Imperial City, the independent game incubation base of "Jiutu Project".
After the Spring Festival, the incubation base has returned to normal operations, and independent game producers have restarted game development work.
Before the Spring Festival holiday, the promotional video released by "Jiutu Project" had a very good publicity effect. The success of the "Office Worker Survival Manual" and "Ink Clouds and Smoke" DEMOs gave all independent game producers a shot in the arm.
They feel as if their dream of making independent games is closer than ever.
Wu Zhicheng is obviously the most motivated.
The DEMO of "Ink Clouds and Smoke" was very successful, and players supported it with real money. It is almost certain that as long as the follow-up content of "Ink Clouds and Smoke" is completed step by step, the sales volume will definitely not be bad.
Moreover, the staff of the entire incubation base are also fully cooperating. Wu Zhicheng has nothing missing and only needs to focus all his energy on game design.
The only drawback is that the incubation base has regulations that require a certain amount of game time to "gather inspiration" every week, which gives Wu Zhicheng a headache.
It would be great if I could use this time to develop games.
At this time, Wu Zhicheng was at his work station, seriously designing the follow-up levels of "Ink Clouds and Smoke".
Each level chapter must be unique in terms of packaging and gameplay, which is also a very brain-consuming task.
Qiu Hong came to the incubation base and looked around. He found that everyone was working very focused and seriously and was very satisfied.
He couldn't help but think again of the situation when he opened a game company and started his own business.
Qiu Hong was also the boss at that time, but every time he went to the company, he could see that the employees seemed to be working seriously, but in fact they were fishing; and the independent game producers here at the incubation base were really designing their own games very seriously.
game.
Qiu Hong couldn't help but sigh, is this the charm of Mr. Pei?
Even though almost no one knows the relationship between "Quantum Project" and Mr. Pei, even though all independent game producers have not been inspired by the "Tengda Spirit", they still do the same things as Tenda employees.
Mr. Pei’s motivational buff can take effect without revealing his identity? And it can also directly affect the imperial capital from Jingzhou?
That's outrageous.
Qiu Hong came to the middle of the office area and clapped his hands: "Please stop what you are doing for a moment. I have two things to announce."
Wu Zhicheng and other independent game producers all raised their heads and listened carefully.
Qiu Hong said: "The first thing is that I will be away for a period of time. I don't know how long it will take. It may be one or two months, or it may be three to five months, depending on the work situation."
"The independent game incubation base in the Imperial City is on the right track. Next, I will go to the Magic City, Yangcheng and other cities to open an independent game incubation base in each of them."
"The preliminary plan is to set up three studios, namely the Northern Studio, the Eastern Studio and the Southern Studio of the 'Endless Project'."
"Everyone must work harder in the future. Our northern studio was the first to be established. It would be embarrassing if we were surpassed by the eastern studio and the southern studio in the future."
"If you encounter any problems at work, you should continue to contact Xi Hao. He will communicate with me at any time."
There were some surprised expressions on everyone's faces, but they didn't overreact.
This is actually an unexpected and reasonable thing.
The "Quittu Project" was originally intended for independent game developers across the country. The independent game developers here in the Imperial City have almost been arranged, and it will definitely be the turn of the independent game developers in Magic City and Yangcheng.
It's just that everyone didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
However, Xi Hao is responsible for the normal operation of the incubation base, so Qiu Hong's departure can be said to have no impact and no one will make a fuss.
Qiu Hong paused and continued: "The second thing is that I have given everyone in the incubation base membership in the managed gym. Everyone must exercise on time."
"In the future, everyone's work meals will have to be replaced by fitness meals that are matched with the managed gym. This is to ensure everyone's health."
"After all, game development requires sitting for long periods of time. Over time, the lumbar spine and cervical spine are prone to problems. Sticking to fitness can give everyone more energy to develop games."
Everyone was stunned when they heard the news.
What the hell?
Got us a gym membership?
Wu Zhicheng also looked confused. He was already very dissatisfied with the rule that "game time must be ensured every week." But now, in addition to taking time to play games, he also has to take time to work out every week?
Moreover, everyone has been eating regular meals from Moyu takeout, which tastes very good. Although it is not as healthy as fitness meals, it is much better than other takeaways. Everyone is very satisfied.
Now we have to eat fitness meals in conjunction with the managed gym. Isn’t this unnecessary?
Wu Zhicheng quickly raised his hand and said: "Mr. Qiu, there is no need for a gym. We are all young people and in good health..."
Qiu Hong's expression became serious: "You are in good health? Do you believe this?"
"Before you came to the incubation base, you were playing independent games in your residence. Your day and night were reversed, and your diet was irregular. Although you don't have any serious illnesses because of your youth, who doesn't have some minor problems?"
"It just so happened that the managed gym opened in the Imperial City. I heard that the fitness effect is very good. I have arranged for everyone to go, so they all have to go! Xi Hao, you have to supervise everyone and urge everyone to exercise. If someone does not go, I will
I’m asking you!”
Xi Hao also froze at his workstation, not knowing how to react for a moment.
Qiu Hong said he was very tough, but in fact he had no confidence in his heart.
In fact, these requests were made by President Pei, and he was just a sounding board.
After Pei Qian learned that Moyu Internet cafes, Moyu takeout and managed gyms had opened on a large scale in the Imperial Capital, Magic Capital and other cities, he had been thinking about how to counterattack and hold back.
It suddenly occurred to me that there are quite a lot of properties in the imperial capital!
There are independent game incubation bases, there are cold-faced girls, and they are all arranged to have managed gyms. It can not only create a certain amount of losses, but also interfere with everyone's work progress. Why not?
However, the relationship between the incubation base and Tenda Group cannot be made public, so Qiu Hong can only continue to be a tool man.
Wu Zhicheng and other producers stood up one after another and wanted to discuss with Qiu Hong.
There is absolutely no need to go to the gym!
Wouldn't it be better if we just get down to business and play games?
But Qiu Hong had no intention of bargaining with them. He said firmly, "That's it," and then left.
Wu Zhicheng and the others were obviously mistaken, because Qiu Hong actually had no control over this matter. Wouldn't it be the wrong person to bargain with Qiu Hong?
Watching Qiu Hong's leaving figure, Wu Zhicheng and the other producers looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
At the same time, there seems to be a familiar taste...
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At the same time, Magic City, Longyu Group.
In the conference room, Eric looked at the latest report with a very proud smile on his face.
Zhao Xuming sat opposite Eric, trying to reduce his presence and leave the stage to Eric.
Nearly a week has passed since the implementation of the "Eric New Deal", and some clues can already be seen from the ioi data.
The reason why Eric is so happy is because this time the data is completely in line with his expectations, and the effect is even better than he imagined!
The decline in revenue is certain. After all, the heroes are all free, and the price of skins has been directly cut to 30% of the original price. The player base of ioi will not see explosive growth in the short term, but the average amount spent per person will be less.
Revenue will inevitably decrease.
But the decline in revenue data is much more optimistic than Eric expected!
Judging from the data, although the price has dropped, many old players have been compensated and purchased a lot of skins that they had not planned to buy before.
Although the price of selling each skin is less, the number of copies sold has increased, achieving the effect of small profits but quick turnover.
For example, some old players originally wanted to spend 80 yuan to buy a skin, but now they find that they can buy two types, they will still spend the money instead of only spending 40 yuan to save the other 40 yuan.
After the price of skins dropped sharply, it has reached an all-time low. The vast majority of players feel that it is absolutely impossible for skins to drop in price for a long time in the future, so they no longer wait for discounts and choose to buy them immediately.
Moreover, this big price reduction has created a lot of popularity, and the number of people online at the same time in the national server and even the world server, as well as the per capita game time and other data, have all improved significantly.
Many players buy several skins at once, so they naturally want to play a few more games to appreciate and feel them in the game.
In short, Eric is very satisfied with the data in the report, and naturally he is also very proud and even a little inflated.
Eric looked around at everyone: "The senior management of Dayak Group are also quite satisfied with the new version of data, which is completely in line with our previous expectations."
"So next, we have to pursue the victory and continue to make up for a big shortcoming of ioi."
“Mobile version!”
"A big reason for GOG's success lies in its mobile game version. Whether it is promoted in the national server or promoted around the world, GOG's mobile games have played a very critical role."
"Before, we were indeed too arrogant and thought that the mobile game version was useless, so we missed the opportunity. Seeing that GOG has achieved such great success in the mobile game market, we also realized our mistake."
"So, Zhidou Company is currently developing the mobile game version of ioi. Like GOG, it is a client game, and the mobile games are interoperable on both ends."
"After making up for this shortcoming, the gap between ioi and GOG will be further narrowed. Coupled with our price war, we will definitely be able to regain the market lost to GOG!"
