As for the current gaming industry environment, it is basically similar to the situation in Pei Qian's previous life in 2009.
For example, the most popular online games at present have changed from Yamaguchi Mountain to "Fantasy World", CS has become "Anti-Terrorism Plan", and DOTA has become "Divine Inspiration". The packaging is different, but the gameplay is very different.
Mobile games have improved significantly, perhaps because hardware development is faster than in previous generations.
For example, Pei Qian's mobile card game in his previous life benefited from the popularization of smartphones and only appeared in 2012. In the parallel world, since smartphones appeared earlier, similar games already appeared around 2008 and are now very mature.
type of game.
"In this case, the situation will be clear."
"I only need to spend money to purchase templates and art resources on the resource site, spend all 50,000 yuan, and then the game will be played by no one and cannot be sold. After two weeks, it will be equivalent to a total loss."
"Perfect!"
After making up his mind, Pei Qian began to search the resource site for the template he wanted.
"Basic template for driving simulation, RMB 20,000, comes with a set of vehicle interior and exterior textures."
"Scene template, desert highway template, 15,000. If you need dynamic environmental changes, you need to add 8,000, for a total of 23,000."
“A bit expensive, but I just want something expensive!”
"There is still some money left that has not been spent."
"Radio music, choose 30 of the 100 songs, or the system will randomly play them in the music library, 6000."
"I have 1,000 yuan left. Well... let's buy a simple ranking function. I can't afford anything else."
After thinking about it for a moment, Pei Qian placed an order frantically on the resource site and quickly spent all 50,000 yuan.
These resources are honestly not expensive.
For example, if you add this basic driving simulation template to the game editor, you can realize the basic functions of a driving simulation game.
Throttle, brake, turning, collision, etc., all available.
The desert highway scene itself supports free adjustment of the length of the journey in the editor, and there will be some random changes in the desert scene.
With the addition of the environmental change simulation function, there will be environmental changes such as sunrise and sunset, wind and sand, etc.
Because they are all universal templates, many independent game producers will also buy them and use them, so it is 100% likely that they will hit you in the face.
In order not to offend, some producers will customize some art resources to replace them. Of course, in that case, the investment will continue to increase.
But Pei Qian doesn't care about this.
A slap in the face? A bump in the face! Anyway, I am here to lose money. I don’t want players to stop playing this game because of a bump in the face!
Pei Qian started making games.
Although it will cost money, the game must at least pass ESRO's review and be successfully launched.
If it is a semi-finished product with serious missing functions, it will not pass ESRO's review, and the system may determine that Pei Qian violated the regulations.
Therefore, no matter how deceptive the game is, its basic functions must be complete.
Drag the basic template into the editor, and then drag the scene template into it.
Then the big framework of the game is ready. After players enter the game, they can drive on the desert highway.
However, purchased resources cannot be wasted.
Pei Qian also added a radio function to the vehicle. Players can turn on the radio and listen to some random music while driving.
They are all niche music or very traditional classic music. It is impossible to buy those popular songs for such a small amount of money.
Next, there is a more critical question.
What is the core gameplay of this game?
Pei Qian himself doesn't know.
Racing?
Stop making trouble, I don't have the money to do it.
I can only afford a basic template, a car texture, and a scene.
Those complicated tracks, beautiful cars, and racing-related gameplay programs are all beyond our reach!
How to play if you can’t afford it?
Pei Qian patted his head and said yes.
The core gameplay of the game is very simple, just drive!
Drive from the starting point to the end point and you've cleared the level!
But this alone is not enough. It is all pieced together with common resources and there is no gameplay innovation at all. It is estimated that it will be difficult to pass the review.
Some changes have to be made to ensure that the game can pass the review; but these changes cannot be too good, and they have to ensure that the game can lose money and no one will play it!
Pei Qian thought for a while and stretched out the desert track scene infinitely.
The total game time is 8 hours!
That's right, players need to drive on this road for 8 hours to reach the end point, and during this period, the desert road will turn every once in a while.
If the player wants to clear the level by just pressing one button, it is impossible.
In this way, the gameplay will be different from the general driving simulation games on the market, and it should be able to pass the review.
Moreover, such a deceptive gameplay should be scolded by the players? This game can only make money!
Pei Qian was very excited and felt like a genius.
Finally, I used a very simple method to create a game clearance interface, which just displays one line of text: "Congratulations, you have successfully wasted 8 precious hours of your life!"
Even if someone can really pass the level, he has to be so angry that he never plays my company's games again!
Don’t waste the ranking function you purchased. Make a “Waste of Time Ranking” and count the “number of clearances” and “effective game time” of each player.
This ranking list is useless, it is just to arrange the functions that you spend money to buy.
Three times, five times and two times, it was quickly completed.
These functions are all basic among the functions supported by the editor. You only need to perform some simple dragging and changing parameters operations, almost with your hands.
Learning the editor by yourself, buying resources, and making games, all taken together, take less than two hours.
"Such a mentally retarded game, I'm going to lose!"
Pei Qian finished the game and tried it on his computer.
Then I quit the game after five minutes and almost vomited.
When you go in, you just drive, drive, drive, it’s so boring!
Pei Qian was very satisfied and immediately released the game.
Game name: "Lonely Desert Highway".
Game introduction: Driving alone on a desert road for a few hours, you will get some thoughts about life.
When writing the introduction, Pei Qian was very confused.
Bragging yourself? Inappropriate. What if you really attract a group of clickbait enthusiasts and lose money?
Hacking yourself? It’s not appropriate either. That’s too obvious. On the one hand, you’re worried about being judged by the system as violating the rules. On the other hand, you’re also worried about stimulating the player’s rebellious psychology. The more you say this game is rubbish, the more he’ll want to play it. What should I do?
Therefore, write the introduction honestly so that players will not be interested as soon as they see the introduction!
Then comes the pricing.
Pei Qian set a price of 1 yuan for the game.
He didn’t want to set it too high, but if it was too high, some idiots would buy it out of their wits, and he would lose less money!
The price is low enough, even if dozens of players buy it, it will have no impact on Pei Qian's losses.
After everything was done, Pei Qian uploaded the game and waited for the game to be approved and automatically put on the official game platform.
This process generally takes from a few hours to two or three days.
The official platform has a fully automatic recommendation effect. New games of the same batch are automatically recommended based on changes in data. Unless there is malicious ranking manipulation, the management staff will not intervene.
Pei Qian is not worried at all.
It's such a rubbish game. No one will care about it after it's released. It's cool at the speed of light. When the two weeks are up, it will be 50,000 yuan, wouldn't it be great!
Pei Qian closed the laptop, feeling relaxed and happy!