After the first wave of sales peak of "Long 4 Dead" arrived, I saw the sales data of this game.
Many colleagues really think that Linmu Studio, a game company, is really cool.
No restrictions whatsoever.
We also have a boss who can do everything, and a bunch of the most awesome production staff in the country.
the most important is.
Their boss, who knows how to do anything, is willing to let the production staff do whatever they want...or maybe she herself is willing to do whatever they want.
If you want to make a mobile game, just do it!
If you want to do it stand-alone, just do it!
And no matter what they do, they can achieve success... There is no pressure to survive, and there are not too many considerations.
You can do whatever you want. You can make mobile games with your peers, and you can make stand-alone games yourself, and then you will really amaze the players.
At the same time, making mobile games can also lead the trend...
Which of my colleagues doesn't think he's handsome and envious of him?
if you can.
All game companies want to be Linmu Studios.
Especially the production staff of other game companies.
But reality really doesn’t allow it…
Because no game company can have as rich a family as Linmu Studio, let alone other things, their online games are all terrifying gold-swallowing behemoths!
One month’s revenue from one of their online games is estimated to be as much as a year’s revenue from a small game company!
Not to mention they also have a game platform that continuously brings in commission revenue, as well as countless IPs of huge value.
What's even more outrageous is.
Lin Mu Studio has reached this stage, and the entire company is still firmly in the hands of Lin Yao.
They have almost no worries!
Who has such conditions...and it’s not like everyone can be popular in any game they play!
As for why Linmu Studio has such a strong financial background? Why can't all games be as popular as theirs?
Then there is no way around Lin Yao...
In short, this is an unsolvable problem.
So although most of my peers think Lin Mu Studio is very handsome, they are very envious of it.
But that's all.
Soon, they corrected their mentality.
I started waiting for the popularity of "Long 4 Dead" to decrease so that I can continue to promote my own mobile game project.
As for general games, especially stand-alone games, their popularity will slowly decrease after a week of release.
Although it won't fall off a cliff.
But it will definitely come down somewhat.
This is inevitable.
but.
The game "Long 4 Survival" is quite special...
Colleagues were waiting for the popularity of the game to decrease, but finally waited for the news of the opening of the "Left 4 Survival" creative workshop...
at the same time.
In the second week after the release of this game, not only did the sales not drop as quickly as ordinary games, but it also dropped!
The creative workshop is one aspect.
More importantly, players who have played it all say good things about how fun it is to clear the campaign online.
It even gave "Long 4 Survival" the title of a black fugue.
These players spread the word from ten to ten.
Then it attracted more players to start the game.
And these players don't buy games alone, they usually call friends...
in addition.
The confrontation mode of "Long 4 Dead" is also highly rated, which is one of the reasons for the increase in sales...
At the beginning.
Players indeed come here to clear the campaign cooperatively.
Most players who play versus mode have completed the final battle and play with the mentality of giving it a try.
Not many players were interested in the versus mode at the beginning.
After all, zombies versus survivors.
Isn't this the biochemical model?
Everyone has been playing for so long.
I'm familiar with it!
However, when they actually started playing, they realized how different it was from the biochemical mode...how big it was.
In the words of sand sculpture players, this is - [It has a rough beauty].
Talking about dogs.
Compared with dog players, AI really pales in comparison.
Ordinary zombies, these stupid players can play tricks, not to mention special infected people with various abilities.
Confrontation mode.
The special feeling of player control, as long as you have a little bit of playing skills, is really hard to guard against, and the party playing the zombie can also communicate.
This is much more difficult than the special feeling of battle.
Players who play the role of special sense find it interesting, after all, they are controlling zombies that are completely different from the ordinary biochemical mode.
Players who play the role of survivors find it even more interesting. After all, it is no longer a silly AI that controls the special senses, but live players like themselves.
Once PVE becomes PVP, the feeling will be completely different.
not to mention.
The confrontation mode of "Long 4 Dead" emphasizes efficient cooperation and has a strong sense of rhythm.
At first everyone might just be playing around.
But slowly, as time goes by, players will understand how interesting the confrontation mode of this game is.
Whether you are a survivor or a special sense, in the confrontation mode, you can perform eye-catching operations, and with cooperation, you can create a set of bosses.
This is a gameplay that is not available in the ordinary biochemical mode.
Many players just use this set, and after finishing the campaign, they seamlessly switch to the confrontation mode again.
This further increases the stickiness of the game.
It drives more players to buy the game.
The final result is this.
In the second week, the popularity of "Long 4 Dead" was even comparable to the first week of the game's release!
This directly silenced colleagues who were waiting for the popularity of "Long 4 Survival" to pass...
"...I suspect Lin Yao designed it."
Li Guangsheng looked at Mou Feng's computer screen and said helplessly: "After the launch of "To the Summit", "Road to Survival" was immediately launched to attract the attention of players and block the way for those who come after them. They want to eat alone!"
"Can you design one for me to see?"
Mou Feng used the sunset red gun technique to clean up the zombies while saying without looking back: "It's not like you haven't played this game, just to cause trouble for us? Release such a game? You think too highly of yourself."
"..."
Li Guangsheng was silent for a moment, then said helplessly: "But this is too outrageous, it's been two weeks! Why is it still getting more and more popular! Why!"
"Because the game is good, why else?"
Mou Feng finally relied on the sunset red marksmanship to stumble to the safe house with several AI teammates. He raised his head and continued: "I didn't believe what the experimenter said at the time. Linmu Studio should have planned this a long time ago.
The game cannot be designed to block the way for those who come after them. They can’t do it, and they can’t do it.”….
"Then what do you think they are for?" Li Guangsheng continued to ask, "And what should we do now? Do we still want to announce the news of a MOBA mobile game?"
"In order to launch a new game, what can I do?"
Mou Feng breathed a sigh of relief: "As for the news... let's postpone the announcement. Now that it pops up, it's just for players to compare it with Lin Mu Studio. It's thankless... Let's let other warriors do it first. Let's wait first.
"Long 4 Dead" is indeed popular, but it is a buy-out game after all. No matter how good the game is, its popularity will inevitably decrease as time goes by. Let's wait until then to talk about it!"
…
at the same time.
Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao is also playing "Road to Survival" in her office.
But she didn't play alone, but formed a wild team and pretended
No wheat, just pretending to be dumb the whole time.
Quite happy.
Because she specifically said she was a newbie.
Therefore, the three big brothers in the team took great care of her. They were afraid that she would fall behind along the way and would remind her every time she encountered a difficult road.
until.
Lin Yao ignored the advice of his elder brothers, rushed directly to ih, and killed it with a shotgun shot.
Then the next ih is the same operation.
The first one can be attributed to luck, but the second one is so easy, then it is definitely not the case.
The three eldest brothers took a deep breath and became careful when speaking.
Some people cautiously asked Lin Yao if he was pretending to be a newbie...
"Hahaha, Miss Mu, did you see that you are asking people to appear as saints?"
Lin Yao heard her teammate's cautious voice, tilted her head and leaned on Mu Wanqing's belly, laughing so hard.
"..."
Mu Wanqing lowered her head and glanced at Lin Yao, who was sitting upright and leaning on her, and said amusedly: "Is it fun? The boss of Lin Mu Studio is pretending to be a newbie..."
"It's fun."
Lin Yao nodded vigorously, then straightened up, quickly tapped on the keyboard, and explained to her three teammates that it was her brother who was playing just now.
And after the explanation.
She left the keyboard with both hands, pulled Mu Wanqing next to her, made her sit on her lap, and put the mouse directly into her hand.
Mu Wanqing: "..."
She was a little dumbfounded, but she still took over the control of the game character and began to follow her teammates.
Because she is not good at it, and because she is not interested in this kind of games with certain horror elements, the operation is very bad.
The zombies were not killed.
Instead, he frequently shoots his teammates with black guns.
Just walked a short distance.
All four characters' health packs are gone.
This fight is still on normal difficulty...
The three teammates couldn't bear it anymore.
"Brother, why don't you... let's replace your brother? I don't think you're incompetent, I believe in you, but if you continue to act like this, we will all die on the way."
As soon as my teammates said this.
Hear their sincere tone.
Lin Yao, who was behind Mu Wanqing, couldn't hold back any longer. She stretched out her arms to hug Mu Wanqing, burying her face in the crook of her neck, her shoulders shaking constantly.
Because I was too complacent.
She didn't think too much about it.
Mu Wanqing noticed it. She looked down and saw a slight blush on her fair face. She didn't know whether it was embarrassment or shame...
finally.
It was Lin Yao who took over the control.
Accompanied by three teammates, I cleared the third chapter.
"……Hahaha."
After clearing customs.
Lin Yao exited the matching room, released the mouse, and then placed her snow-white chin on the shoulder of Mu Wanqing who was still sitting on her lap. She couldn't help but laugh again and repeated what the teammates just said: "How about
Let your brother do it?"
"I don't know how to play in the first place!"
Mu Wanqing turned her back to Lin Yao. She was infected and couldn't help but smile softly: "You want me to play...it's embarrassing."
"No fear, no shame."
Lin Yao reluctantly stopped laughing and said: "You will always learn if you keep playing, and there is me, right? Then you can let me save the situation! One of us pretends to be a newbie and the other pretends to be a boss, which will shock the players!
"
"..."
Mu Wanqing was noncommittal and just smiled softly.
Although she really doesn't know how to play games.
But she had to admit it.
She likes this feeling very much...
"Okay, get up quickly, my legs are numb."
Lin Yao teased Mu Wanqing for a while. After the excitement subsided, she finally realized that she was almost losing her thighs.
When she regained consciousness, she quickly raised her legs and urged Mu Wanqing, who was sitting on her lap, to get up.
Mu Wanqing stood up holding on to the table.
Lin Yao rubbed her plump thighs, then stood up. After a little activity, she sighed: "Sure enough... games are the best way to relieve stress."
"Actually, there aren't many girls who think like you."
Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao, who was jumping around like a bunny, feeling helpless and hurried over to hold her arm: "Ordinary girls can't relieve stress like this."
"Then how to relieve it?"
Lin Yao stopped jumping and was a little curious.
Mu Wanqing thought for a while and replied uncertainly: "Chatting with friends? Singing? Eat delicious food?"
"You're not sure either!"
Lin Yao was a little amused. She took a step forward and reached out to pinch Mu Wanqing's soft face: "So you'd better play games with me to relieve stress."
"……good."
Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao's beautiful face next to Chi Chi. Although she had a lot to say, in the end she just responded with a nice word.
Then, she thought for a while and added: "But next time I will sit in the back."
Lin Yao asked curiously: "Why?"
Mu Wanqing did not answer, and walked around behind Lin Yao with a slightly red face, returning the favor.
"..."
Lin Yao was stunned, and then said: "Damn it, what's the matter? Why do you hold a grudge so much..."
…
The two were noisy for a while.
That's when they separated.
Lin Yao sat down again, then turned off the game, opened the game forum, and took a look at the topics that the players had recently talked about.
really.
As more and more players clear the official campaign of "Long 4 Dead".
More and more players are beginning to study the confrontation mode of "Left 4 Survival".
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Most of the discussion posts on the forum have also changed from discussing the battle to discussing the confrontation mode.
This is actually what Lin Yao wants to see.
The campaign will eventually get boring, and good Ds cannot be produced endlessly.
But when fighting against others, no game is the same...
Confrontation mode is also one of the magic weapons to extend the life of the game.
Lin Yao smiled softly when she saw the players enthusiastically discussing how to cooperate in the confrontation mode and how to play the special infected well in the post.
so good.
This is the feeling of encountering a new game that interests you, and then discussing it together to gradually become familiar with the game.
She carefully scrolled through the post and read the replies from nearly a hundred players before closing the post.
Then, she browsed the forum for a while, but couldn't find any posts she was interested in.
She was about to close the forum and return to work.
But finally click next page.
Lin Yao was about to move the cursor to the cross in the upper right corner when she suddenly saw an interesting post out of the corner of her eye.
[Hint!? What do the easter eggs in "Long 4 Dead" represent? 】
[Playing a difficult battle today, I found two posters pasted opposite the elevator in the shopping mall at the last level of the first chapter of the game. They were these two [pictures]pictures]]
[I can’t clearly see what it is, but I can barely make out that it says ‘a brand new fighting game,’ the characters revealed, and ‘a virtual reality game belonging to the future,’ which seems to be something great]
[And the most important thing is, I found that when the controlled character passes by, the character's lines will also be triggered! They are 'Ha, this is a good game, and 'My favorite!'
[Is this a hint from Linmu Studio!? Are they preparing a big project that we don’t know about!?]
When Lin Yao saw the title of the post, she gave up the idea of closing the page and instead clicked on the post to take a look.
And after reading it.
She only had one feeling - players are so keen.
In fact, the easter eggs in the first game were not obvious, but they were still discovered.
And it was discovered at a time when everyone was playing games, not when the popularity of the game returned to calm.
Lin Yao read the details of the post, then moved the mouse wheel with great interest, pulled it down, and then looked at the players' replies...
"What the hell? There's an Easter egg here? Why didn't I notice it?"
"Isn't it possible? This should be just a simple interaction set up to match the game level, right? It's so normal to have posters in shopping malls. The poster is thinking too much."
"I think it's possible! What if Linmu Studio is really secretly preparing for a big move!? And considering the announcement time of "Left 4 Survival", a game that doesn't follow the rules...fuck, I'm starting to get excited.
.”
"Stop dreaming, how is it possible!" This is a good game, I feel like I am telling it to players! It is also targeting the game "Left 4 Dead", I just said it with the help of two damaged posters, don't
I’m thinking too much! How can it be possible to pave the way for a really big move like this! It’s simply unheard of!”
"I also think it's impossible. Maybe the staff within Linmu Studio don't even know what these two posters represent. It's probably that a staff member added them [funny] casually, just to increase the sense of immersion."
"I'll re-enter the game to see if there's this easter egg? I didn't even know about it!"
"After the appraisal, the host made such a fuss... I thought it was something! I am so excited about this piece of shit!"….
"..."
Lin Yao flipped through two pages of responses from players.
In general.
Most players think this is just an interactive design added by the production team of "Long 4 Dead" to increase the sense of immersion. What is the specific content of the poster, maybe even Lin Yao doesn't know.
To put it bluntly, it means nothing.
Only a small number of players feel that this thing represents a certain game that is being produced by Linmu Studio, and the current interaction of "Left 4 Survival" is to pave the way for that unknown game.
The vast majority of players are in the former position.
After all, it's a bit unrealistic to think about.
How can one masterpiece pave the way for another...
"..."
Seeing this, Lin Yao let go of the mouse, leaned back on the chair, suddenly smiled softly, and said: "Miss Mu, in the next game we have to bury the Easter eggs more secretly."
"ah?"
Mu Wanqing was handling work information in the group on her mobile phone when she suddenly heard Lin Yao calling her and raised her head in surprise: "Bury the Easter egg more secretly?"
Lin Yao nodded: "Well, of course players won't believe it when they see this easter egg for the first time, but if they can see the same easter egg in the second game, it will be different..."
Speaking of which.
She paused, then stood up and walked quickly towards the door, saying, "Forget it, I'll go talk now."
When Mu Wanqing reacted.
Lin Yao has already ran out.
"???"
Mu Wanqing was confused.
the other side.
Lin Yao quickly found the project team leader of Love Letter Project, the second game, and chatted with him.
The two quickly reached an agreement and hid the original Easter egg poster even more secretly.
Yes.
Linmu Studios is even already preparing a second game.
Mou Feng is right. As time goes by, the popularity of buyout games will inevitably decrease.