Game Entertainment Empire

'It was interesting at the beginning, but the empty game content in the follow-up, the stereotyped dungeon monsters, I don't quite understand what kind of story the author wants to tell. ’

'The retro pixel art style is very flattering. The first half of the game is fun, but the boring combat system, chaotic numerical design, and endless bugs make people impatient to play. ’

"Dungeon of Monsters" Game Star Rating: 3.0

Player Reviews (41)

'Boring plot, boring battle design, but there are still people doing retro pixel style in this era, and I don't know what to think. ’

'The pixel-style picture makes people feel a little interesting, but the game is too boring, and 45 of the ocean is wasted. ’

'I want to make a great game. ’ Yang Chen, who had just entered the business, once made such a rhetoric.

However, when the truth of the facts was placed in front of him, it was still too cruel.

"Ugh……"

In Shang Hai's rental house at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Yang Chen sighed as he looked at the dazzling, 3.0 rating marked in red on the computer screen.

This is not the first time he has read this review. In fact, the score of 3.0 is probably due to the early word-of-mouth public relations of the publishing company.

The game priced at 45 yuan has only sold less than 5,000 copies. After deducting the channel commission and the share of subsequent player refunds, the real profit in his hands is only about 50,000.

And the cost of the entire game, he invested 300,000.

Yes, he is the creator of this game.

Yang Chen, who graduated from Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, majored in Chinese language and literature, a major that he did not know why he chose it in the first place.

In the end, he successfully graduated, just like the vast majority of people, he embarked on a path that has nothing to do with his major, a path that he sincerely likes.

He chose the line of game production. It took him almost 3 years from the beginning of plot planning, to self-study of related programs and art, and then to leaving to start a business. It is not a long time, but it is not a short period of time. .

I took out my three-year savings and recruited troops. In order to save costs, I could not rent a commercial office building. I could only choose a rough house in the community as an office location.

For market research, in the face of various popular elements, Yang Chen finally chose the retro pixel style. After all, as an independent gamer, he needs to have something that can attract attention. Retro is the gimmick that Yang Chen wants to create. .

After confirming all the work, he entered the market a year later with an adventure pixel game "Dungeon of Monsters" that he developed. Originally, he thought it would be as blockbuster as what was written in the novel, and then he became a leader in the domestic game industry. A dark horse, and finally created a game entertainment empire.

But reality gave him the hammer.

Game development is far from being as easy as he thought, the team's running-in, the development of the project, including the difficulties encountered in the development process, and the dilemma of funds.

Even at the end of the game development, Yang Chen was the only one left in the entire team, and the rest of the employees chose to resign because they felt that the project had no potential.

The last month included game optimization, bug testing and repairing, all of which were carried out by Yang Chen himself.

And now, obviously those employees who chose to quit, they did the right thing, and it was a losing game.

Game development for more than a year is quite normal for independent gamers, but under the operation of today's assembly line, the popular elements a year ago are no longer attractive.

And because of personnel and funding issues, he did all the work himself in the later stage, which led to a lot of problems including numerical values ​​and even optimization.

And these not small problems are mixed together,

It's a bad gaming experience for players.

"Ah..." Yang Chen sighed softly after closing the page.

Just as the sigh fell, a coat was draped behind him.

"Still thinking about failure?" A playful voice sounded in his ears, with a warm breath and a pretty face beside him, Wang Yaliang hugged Yang Chen's arms with both hands.

"Well... did I wake you up?" Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Yaliang who was next to him, and said apologetically.

This is his girlfriend, who is two years younger than him. The two of them have been together since high school. They have a sneaky underground romance. Every time they meet, they are the same as the previous underground parties.

At that time, he went to the third year of high school, Wang Yaliang, and the first year of high school. Then, because he was still a few points away from the university he wanted to take the exam, he chose to repeat it.

After that, he came to Shanghai. Only on weekends did he have the opportunity to chat on his mobile phone, chatting about the interesting things he encountered in Shanghai and the troubles she encountered in the third year of high school, but it seemed relatively fragile. Their relationship did not wither as most people thought, because in the second year, Wang Yaliang also came to Shanghai and came to the same school.

"The bed is very cold, I can't hold you and I can't fall asleep." Wang Yaliang sneered at Yang Chen with a smile.

"Yes, yes, someone grabbed the quilt last night and almost kicked me off." Yang Chen rolled his eyes, then reached out and hugged Wang Yaliang in his arms.

"My mother called me at night, she knows about you." Putting her head in Yang Chen's arms, Wang Yaliang imitated her tone: "My mother said: Xiaoliang, if it really doesn't work, don't stay in Shang It's good to go back to the county. You tell Xiao Yang that your father is also involved in the bureau. Let him read the book when the time comes. When the public recruitment comes next year, he will get an interview score, and the interview time will be about the same. You can make an internal decision, and you are not too young, and you are 26 during the Chinese New Year."

"My mother meant to urge marriage." Wang Yaliang raised his head with a smile in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Yang Chen hugged the person in his arms tightly.

"I don't care, anyway, don't even think about running away in your life." Wang Yaliang said with a smile, reaching out and pinching Yang Chen's face.

"Of course I don't run, I finally found a silly girl. If I ran away, wouldn't I have to be a bachelor for the rest of my life?" Yang Chen smiled, freeing up his right hand and grabbing the mouse to turn off the computer.

"What do you think? Or we will go home by the end of the year?" Wang Yaliang put his head on Yang Chen's chest and said softly.

Hearing Wang Yaliang's words, Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at the computer next to him, and thought about his experience in the past few years.

Maybe, he is really not suitable for playing games.

After two seconds, Yang Chen nodded: "Okay, at the end of the year, let's go back."

Hearing Yang Chen's words, Wang Yaliang showed a smile on his face, raised his head and pinched Yang Chen's face.

The two quarreled on the bed for a while, then turned off the light and covered the quilt and lay down. Soon, Yang Chen, who closed his eyes, heard a slight snoring sound next to him, and after a few minutes, or ten minutes, there was a faint sound of snoring. When the drowsiness hit him, he slowly fell asleep.

But what was different from the past was that this time Yang Chen had a dream, a very real dream.