Making a post-apocalyptic game: Depressing all players

Playing games? I’m obviously studying

Previously.

Buy-out single-player games are definitely not popular in China where payment awareness is not strong. However, the emergence of two games from Ninth Art has broken this status quo.

“The Walking Dead” became a hit overseas, followed closely by the release of “Cities Skylines”.

The two masterpieces broke all doubts from the outside world and established their status in the industry.

The price of 300RMB is indeed not cheap.

But this is a price based on the quality of the work.

Players are not fools either.

If indeed it is a good enough game.

They can win prize pools of 688rmb and several thousand yuan in free online games.

Why is this price unacceptable?

“One thing to say, the price is really conscientious.” ”

Ever since I played Cities Skylines, I feel that those previous business simulation games are garbage and I will not accept refutation.” ”

After I entered the somatosensory cabin, I looked at the urban development center The various situations I encountered, including unruly suggestions, road planning, crime rates… and even the aging of the population, made me really feel like a mayor.” ”

Is this playing a game? As an urban construction major, I I’m studying!”

“Second, studying makes me happy.” ”

In the future, if my mother scolds me for playing games all day long, I will label myself a study instead.”

…

Under the trend of this kind of thinking .

After the college entrance examination, a young man who was taking the urban construction major walked up to his mother who was watching a TV series in the living room: “Mom, give me 300 yuan. I want to buy professional study materials.” The

middle-aged woman did not refuse, but just said: “Study Materials? Okay, are you previewing college courses in advance? Tell mom what exercises they are, and I will help you shop online.”

The young man shook his head quickly and firmly.

“No, no, no, it’s not an exercise.”

“It’s a software for urban construction. My major is municipal planning. If I don’t hurry up now, I will be completely left behind by my classmates.” ”

Learning can make me happy!”

The young woman was stunned: “Software to simulate city construction? How much does it cost?”

The boy answered immediately.

“Not much, only three hundred yuan.”

“In order to become more proficient in my major, it doesn’t matter how hard I work during the holidays. After all, the purpose of studying hard for ten years is to find a good job.”

“Mom, you don’t want to My academic performance will fall.”

The middle-aged woman peeled an apple for her son. After all, it was the meat that fell from her body. The so-called wise son is Mo Ruomu. In the past, she could see through his lies at a glance.

This time…look at his expression.

It seems to be telling the truth.

It’s just that learning software is so expensive at 300 yuan! ? ?

Looking at his son’s expectant eyes.

The middle-aged woman finally dialed the number of her high school teacher, ready to ask her children if they needed to buy any urban construction learning software to study urban construction in college.

When the young man saw this scene, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Good guy, it’s over now.

Our mother doesn’t understand, but can the teacher understand? And as far as he knew, Teacher Wang from high school was also an experienced gamer. If he exposed it to his face, he would inevitably get a meal of belt stew.

Didi Didi——

As the call was dialed, the boy became more and more panicked.

“Hey, Teacher Wang? My kid, Xiao Zhao, said that he needs to buy a learning software online for the urban construction major. We don’t understand, so I want to ask you now…” ”

Hello, Mother Zhao, what is that software? City skyline?”

“It seems so, that guy didn’t explain clearly.”

“Well, my suggestion is to buy it as soon as possible. This software is very helpful for urban construction majors, and there are rumors that Professor Ye Ziqing of Huaqing University also I highly recommend this software.”

“Is that so, Teacher Wang? That’s really troublesome for you!”

“Yes, buy it as soon as possible. After all, Mrs. Zhao, you don’t want to see your child being thrown away by his classmates, right?”

[Didi Didi ——]

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a few words, they hung up the phone.

The young man couldn’t hide his excitement. He originally thought that he would inevitably be tortured by his mother, but he didn’t expect that Teacher Wang was also so discerning. It seemed that those pens and fruits were not given away for free on Teacher’s Day.

“Mom, you see I didn’t lie to you.”

Zhao’s mother heard Huaqing Professor Ye Ziqing’s praise.

That’s a big shot in the urban construction industry.

My IQ dropped sharply immediately, just like seeing rumors of someone pretending to be a famous host on social software.

“Good son, is 300 enough?”

“That’s enough!”

“I’ll give you 500, buy it, buy a big one.”

“Okay, thank you, mom!”

After the boy got the money, he immediately logged into the Steampunk platform and made a backhand purchase. 【City Skyline】.

He began a life of tireless learning and boundless learning.

The next period of time.

The so-called head cantilevering, cone stabbing buttocks, and even learning while eating.

Mother Zhao was very pleased when she saw this scene.

“Our son.”

“You are really sensible.”

The young man was not ashamed, after all, he did not lie.

Just to learn.

no problem.

He sighed secretly, looking at the high crime rate in his city. After searching for strategies on the Internet, he suddenly realized: “Can you still play like this?”

“Chen Sang is a ruthless person, no wonder he is now ranked first among players in the world.”

” But we can also imitate it a little bit.”

“Damn you idiot, go dig coal for me!”

The young man was swimming in the ocean of knowledge, unable to extricate himself.

…

and online.

As “Cities Skylines” becomes more popular, so does the buzz.

Popularity means sales.

Sales are real money.

However, the more Ninth Art makes, the more uncomfortable it becomes for Goose Factory, especially for the studio that had previously been attacked overseas by “The Walking Dead” when “Zombie Killer” entered overseas.

I can lose money, but you can’t make money.

Watching you make money is more uncomfortable than me losing money.

But what can be done?

The basic market of Ninth Art, which was born out of nowhere, is a buyout stand-alone market, while Goose Factory’s main business is free games. Acquisitions and capital injections are not acceptable at all.

Zhao Shunli gritted his teeth angrily and was about to attack those employees.

Suddenly, I received a call from Huaqing University.

When he called at this juncture, he had roughly guessed what would happen.

The “Simulation Construction” software jointly developed by Langya Tianshang and Huaqing was transferred to the name of Tiansheng after Langya was split up and disbanded.

In addition to the usage fees paid by major universities over the years, it has also been a huge amount of income. This game is often used as a fig leaf when promoting the game to the outside world.

But now, is it possible…

Zhao Shunli is not a fool, he has already guessed that they are almost inseparable.

But he still restrained his anger and forced out a smile. After all, the other party was not an employee whom he could scold casually. If he offended such a respected boss.

This is not something that Tianshen Studio can bear.

“Hello, Professor Ye, what can I do?”

“Can you terminate the “Sim City Construction” contract? Can you think about it again? After all, “City Skylines” is just a game, but our software is For…”

“Okay, have you decided yet?”

“Okay, goodbye, Professor Ye is in good health.”

“Didi didi -”

Zhao Shunli hung up the phone, his expression extremely ugly.

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