Independent Games Festival.
It lasted for a week before it ended successfully.
As the event comes to an end, those games that have received good responses have gradually come to the fore and appear in the players' field of vision.
Among the dozen or so most popular games, more than half are works produced by independent gamers and have been widely praised by players.
certainly.
"Humanity Has Fallen" produced by Honghuang is also included.
Stand out from the crowd of studio works.
But the veteran employees responsible for producing this game were extremely happy.
Early in the morning.
Under the chairmanship of Lao Song, they gathered in the conference room to make the final decision.
"What should I do? I'm a little nervous."
“I don’t know who made the most popular levels.”
"I'm nervous too, but let's make it a fair competition and no one who is not selected should be anxious."
"It's necessary. If your skills are not as good as others, the worst thing you can do is go back and practice again."
"Our team is probably at a loss. Whoever is chosen by you remembers to treat me to a treat."
"Agree!"
While the employees were discussing nervously, the door of the conference room opened, and Chen Lin and Lao Song and Lao Li walked in from the outside.
Seeing the information they were holding, everyone was stunned and fell silent instantly.
"Okay, for this team leader selection, I've invited Mr. Chen to come over and be a witness. Everyone, sit tight."
Lao Song coughed twice and came to the stage to start the meeting directly.
The big screen behind him also lit up with the game data that had just been calculated.
Can be seen.
In this week alone, more than half a million players have played "Humanity Has Fallen".
Although it was due to the free trial, it still exceeded their initial expectations.
Among them, the level with the highest playability reached an exaggerated level of 71%, and was developed by one of the oldest teams who is very familiar with the game market.
Seeing that the level ranked first was designed by his team, the old employee was immediately excited, and others also cast envious glances.
As expected.
Under Lao Song's loud announcement, the old employee became the leader of the first group and stood up amidst the congratulations.
Then, the leaders of the second, third, and fourth groups were also determined one after another.
All are selected based on the game results and the overall performance in daily life.
"Okay, today's meeting will end here first. Then I will find you alone to arrange work."
"Don't be discouraged if you are not selected. When the studio develops in the future, there will be many opportunities for you."
Hearing Lao Song's words, the eyes of the employees who were a little disappointed that they were not selected also rekindled the fire.
Yes, this is just the beginning.
As the studio develops in the future, there will only be more and more positions, and there are plenty of opportunities waiting for them!
"Then Mr. Chen, let's go back first."
After saying something to Chen Lin, everyone exited the conference room and began to go back to complete the work of establishing the group in advance.
After they all left, Lao Song turned to look at Chen Lin, his expression serious.
"problem occurs?"
Chen Lin knew him best and couldn't help but ask.
Old Li on the side looked over curiously.
"Yeah, a little trouble." Old Song nodded, "I followed what you said, and as soon as the event was over, I contacted those independent game authors with good results and invited them to join Honghuang, but they were all preempted by other manufacturers."
"Are you moving so fast?"
Chen Lin crossed his hands to support his chin, with a thoughtful look on his face.
This time, in addition to selecting team leaders, the other purpose of allowing employees to participate in the independent game festival is to show their strength in front of independent game authors so as to better recruit them.
After all, they have just started, and what they lack most is production talents. It also takes a long time to train new people.
And this time it’s an independent game event.
It is also a stage for independent authors to showcase themselves, hoping to get offers from major domestic manufacturers.
"It seems that other manufacturers have the same idea as us. Is it because they offer higher benefits than us?"
"That's not true." Lao Song shook his head.
"What is that? Our salary is not lower than that of those big factories." Lao Li looked confused.
Lao Song glanced at him and said, "It's the size."
"Those independent authors pay more attention to the size of a company. I have talked to several of them before, and they all felt that the scale of our studio was too small. No matter what they said, they would consider it. As a result, they switched to other big companies the next day."
"It's okay if we don't dislike them, but they still dislike our small size??" Lao Li couldn't sit still now, and his temper immediately emerged.
really.
Although they are not ranked among the best in China, they have produced several popular games, which are not comparable to those of ordinary studios and small companies.
Being rejected just for this is really off the mark.
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, when the treatment is not much different, most people still prefer big, well-known companies." Lao Song said helplessly.
"And this is not the most important thing. There is another reason why independent authors choose big companies."
With that said, he picked up the tablet, opened the page and handed it over.
Chen Lin and Lao Li looked at the computer and discovered that it was the game evaluation for this Independent Games Festival.
[Professional review (general): This game is indeed good. It is a fun choice to play with friends, but it has a huge flaw. There are too few levels! It can easily become boring because of repetitive content. 】
[Xigua Evaluation (General): It can be seen that the object collision and design have taken a lot of thought, but there are indeed too many bugs. It doesn’t look like a game made by a well-known studio, outsourcing? 】
[Old man Wu’s evaluation (poor): Jumping blocks, climbing walls, moving things, this is all, graduates can do better than this! 】
"Why are these guys spouting shit!"
Lao Li glared angrily. Although he was not responsible for this game, except for the unconventional style of painting, he tried his best to make other aspects as good as possible.
And anyone with a discerning eye can see that this game’s popularity at the Independent Games Festival is something that a bad game can achieve?
These people are simply telling lies!
"Okay, it's just business competition. It's not like you haven't seen it before."
Chen Lin's expression remained unchanged, and he could see the nature of these comments at a glance.
Whether it is a smear campaign by a peer or a genuine comment, the result is the same.
That is the initial impression that ordinary players have of this game.
When men and women fall in love, they say that first impression is very important.
What’s more, it’s a click-and-play game?
What they have to do now is to erase the impact of these negative comments.
"Then what should we do? These comments are officially publicized by the event, and we have no right to delete them." Lao Song asked.
"It's very simple." Chen Lin smiled slightly.
"Didn't they say that our game has less content and less playability? Then we will directly hand over the control to the players and let them make the game themselves!"
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!