Chapter 104 Mobile Games
The launch of the Banquet DLC is not only an explanation for the players of "The Fence Simulator", but also a necessary measure to enrich the game content.
Because along with this DLC, there is also Tianba Hotel!
Tianba Real Estate is responsible for building and selling houses, Tianba Decoration is responsible for decorating the houses, and Tianba Hotel provides the venue and dishes for the "housewarming" banquet...
"I understand!"
After listening to Brother Ba's explanation, Xiao Lu drew inferences and said, "Then the next DLC of "The Simulator" should also have a Tianba company to provide players with a variety of services."
For example, Tianba Hospital, Tianba 4S Store, Tianba Crematorium, Tianba Funeral Parlor...
"That's right!"
Chen Ba nodded.
The game "Household Simulator" actually has great potential due to its size and underlying code logic.
This is different from "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator".
Although the two games are of the same type, the foundation of "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" is too poor. After all, it was a game completed by Chen Ba independently, and many foundations were not laid well.
Renrenqixiaxia Simulator has learned from the experience and lessons of the previous game, made it better based on the underlying logic and framework, and has more room for expansion.
If it continues to be updated, new game modes and gameplay are introduced, and the size of the game is continuously improved, this game may become a game like "The Sims".
certainly!
This is just a possibility...
If we really want to achieve the level of "The Sims", we may need hundreds of DLCs to fill in the content. The amount of work is really too large.
"It's okay, just take your time!"
Xiao Lu feels that although the project volume is huge, if we work hard in this direction, there will definitely be such a day in the future.
Many games are not complete as soon as they are released!
If there is such a hope for "The Survivor Simulator", then it will release a few DLCs every year and keep going.
If two years doesn’t work, then three years, five years, or even ten years!
With the continuous enrichment of DLC content and the continuous expansion of the game volume, one day in the future, this game may really become the next "Sims".
"You're right, but don't you think that just relying on us to contribute to "The Survival Simulator" will make the progress too slow?"
Chen Ba said with a smile: "As the saying goes, everyone adds fuel to the fire! Instead of us slowly adding content, why not let players come and work for us to enrich the content of the game?"
Creative workshop!
After "God's Grace Continent" opened its creative workshop, a large number of extremely creative and imaginative works emerged, which gave Chen Ba an immature idea.
Since "Renjian Simulator" has great potential, relying solely on Tianba Studio to fill in the content is not only troublesome but also time-consuming.
Then why not open the creative workshop and let players earn their own living?
"That makes sense."
Xiao Lu couldn't help but think: "If we open the creative workshop and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the players, the progress will indeed be much faster."
Maybe, with the hard work of the players, "Simulator" may become popular again and become the new king of simulation games.
After all, the foundation of this game is really good, and it is entirely possible that it will become the second "The Sims".
"Then leave it to you!"
"I'll go to Zhonghai next door to receive an award first. When I come back, I hope to see a different version of "The Survival Simulator"."
"Receive the award?!"
When Xiao Lu heard this, he suddenly became curious. What award did Brother Ba go to Zhonghai to receive? It’s not awards season yet!
"The annual Golden Crab Award held by the Animation Association, the best online animation was awarded to "The Adventures of Jayne", and I was the special guest..."
When Chen Ba said this, his mood was particularly complicated.
Xiao Lu really guessed it right.
Damn it, this year's best online animation was actually awarded to "The Adventures of Jayne" with more than 1 billion views on the entire network.
If you can’t get it from TGA, then go to the animation industry next door to get an award first!
Although the Golden Crab Award sounds very low-key, in the domestic animation circle, the gold content is still very high, and it is by no means a pheasant award.
…
Early the next morning, Chen Ba met Qian Xin and got on the high-speed train to Zhonghai.
Qian Xin was invited to participate in this Golden Crab Award Ceremony as the director of the animation "The Adventures of Jayne".
Chen Ba is the producer.
One of them is the former UP owner of Perak Perak game area, and the other is the person in charge of the game studio. Neither of them has anything to do with animation.
But the game "God's Grace Continent" brought the two of them into the animation track. Fortunately, Chen Ba has not deviated from his original intention and still considers himself a game producer.
Qian Xin is different.
Probably the title "Qian Dao" is more catchy than the previous online name "Qian Duoduo". Now he no longer calls himself the UP owner of the game area, but calls himself an animation director.
certainly!
Qian Xin has never made a game video since "The Adventures of Jayne" became popular, and devoted himself entirely to the field of animation production.
There is nothing wrong with saying he is an animation director.
"Brother Ba!"
"Have you ever thought about setting up an animation company? With your strength, it shouldn't be a problem to sweep the animation industry, right?"
Sitting on the high-speed train heading to Zhonghai, Qian Xin asked some questions about the personalized customization of "God's Grace Continent" out of curiosity.
What he is most curious about is whether Brother Ba will enter the field of animation and set up a special animation company to produce Shen En animation?
"have not thought!"
Chen Ba decisively denied it: "I sell software to collect tolls. How easy it is to make money! If I enter the animation field and offend people for nothing, will the software still be sold?"
Why stand when you can make money lying down?
In Chen Ba's view, relying on the game "God's Grace Continent", selling software honestly and charging 30% toll is already very popular.
As for moving across industries to engage in animation, isn’t that just because you’re full? Besides, he only knows how to play games, so the risk of rashly stepping into another industry is too high!
"Too……"
Qian Xin thought about it and suddenly felt that Brother Ba was right.
Animation and games are two different fields. Just because Brother Ba can do well in the game industry does not mean that he can do well in the animation field.
The simplest truth.
No matter how good your movie is, if there are no theaters to show it to you, wouldn’t it be doomed?
"What about the new game?"
After learning that Brother Ba was not planning to change industries, but would not forget his original intention and stick to his old profession, Qian Xin immediately asked about the next new game of Tianba Studio.
"New game? I haven't thought about it yet."
"However, according to preliminary discussions in our studio, the new game should be a mobile game..."
Considering that this is not a secret, Chen Ba simply said the truth: "Buying a stand-alone game, and it's a PC stand-alone game, the profit is too unstable."
"In order to ensure the normal operation of the studio, we plan to create a krypton gold mobile game as a source of cash for the studio."
It is also a normal business decision to continuously inject blood into the studio through mobile games and then produce new stand-alone masterpieces for PC.
"Mobile games do make money."
Qian Xin was not surprised to hear this at all, because he had been a game area UP owner before, and he knew very well how powerful mobile games are in collecting money now.
It is no exaggeration to say that in China, the money-making ability of mobile games is dozens of times stronger than that of PC games and console games.
For a popular mobile game, the monthly turnover can easily start at a few hundred million.
If it's something like Pesticide or O God, it would be even more terrifying. On the day when a new card pool and new skin are launched, one day's income can be as much as the development cost of a 3A game.
Although Tianba Studio has made money and is living a comfortable life, who doesn’t want to live a better and more comfortable life?
Isn’t it true that some people think it’s too much money?
"Can Brother Ba tell you what type of mobile game it is?" Qian Xin asked curiously.
“The casual type!”
Chen Ba looked a little embarrassed and said: "What... mobile games that are too complex and large will not be very effective. You should understand this, right?"
"I understand, mobile games are like this."
Qian Xin nodded.
Compared with the PC and console sides, mobile game players are much easier to deal with the various nitpicks players have about the game.
The simpler and cruder the game, the higher the probability of becoming popular.
For example, "Sheep Got a Sheep"!
On the contrary, those games that are very large and complex in content are generally not very popular on the mobile terminal.
This is a unique characteristic of the mobile terminal, that is, the play time is too fragmented, and it is more inclined to the kind of casual games that can be played anytime and anywhere, and can also be put down at any time.
Enduring games such as Xiaoxiaole and Landlord are the eternal kings of the mobile gaming industry.
But then again...
After all, he is a stand-alone game developer. Chen Ba still doesn't want to make a game that is too simple and crude.
He has his own considerations.
There are so many types of casual mobile games to choose from, and not all of them are so simple and crude, as long as they are fun and can pass the time.
By the way.
Several games under Tianba Studio already have mobile port versions.
Although sales are not good, it cannot be said that Tianba Studio has no experience in mobile game development.
"Multiplayer online is for sure."
Now that they have decided to make mobile games, Chen Ba must have understood the domestic mobile game environment and knows that it is difficult to survive in a pure stand-alone game, and that online games are more promising.
Therefore, the casual games he is considering will definitely have multiplayer, just like the online mode of "Star Emperor".
"Speaking of Starry Sky Emperor, why not consider a mobile version of this game?" Qian Xin asked curiously.
He really thinks "Star Emperor" is fun. If the so-called "Star Emperor M" is developed, then he will definitely give it a try.
"no!"
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Even a PC can't handle the pressure. Do you think a mobile phone can handle it?"
It is possible to cut down the image quality.
But here comes the problem. Without the game quality and gorgeous special effects that we are proud of, what else can "Star Emperor" do to attract players?
Does anyone really think that "Star Emperor" is very playable?
This is pure nonsense!
Without the ultra-high picture quality and gorgeous special effects, "Star Emperor" is not even as good as ordinary fighting mobile games.
Copying it as it is or slightly deleting and modifying it, the performance of the mobile phone or tablet is not enough, and the picture quality and special effects are greatly deleted, then the core selling point is lost...
This is also the reason why there is no mobile port plan for "Star Emperor" yet.
Unless one day in the future, the GPU of mobile phones can be comparable to the level of 3070, then you can consider porting "Star Emperor" to the mobile terminal with slight changes in video quality and special effects.
Currently, this is unrealistic.
While chatting, the high-speed train soon arrived at Zhonghai Station.
Chen Ba and Qian Xin got out of the car. Before the award ceremony started, they walked around the Town God's Temple, had lunch, and then wandered towards the venue.
The Animation Association is so poor!
Not to mention the rented venue was small and didn't even have air conditioning. It was so hot that Chen Ba was sweating. He regretted not letting Brother Dong accept the award on his behalf.
Fortunately, the organizers also understood everyone's difficulty, and the awards ceremony went quickly.
When the awards ceremony was on stage, Chen Ba was not idle and chatted with several animation producers and directors.
They are very interested in the "personalized customization" service of "God's Grace Continent". After all, there is a precedent of "This Brave Man is Too Steady", and everyone knows the gold content of this technology.
However, they are not here for animation.
To be precise, it is not a TV animation, but a big screen animated movie!
"Making a movie?"
Chen Ba frowned and thought for a while, and felt that the two people's ideas were okay, but what "God's Grace Continent" is best at is actually the deduction of long-form continuous animations.
A work like a movie, which is only one or two hours long and has an extremely fast plot rhythm, may be difficult to control in "The Continent of God's Grace".
"More than one film!"
The animation producer said excitedly: "With "The Continent of God's Grace", the movie can be made into a trilogy, five parts or even ten parts in one go!"
Good guy!
With so many movies being released at once, it doesn’t cost the audience any money to buy tickets, right? Who would watch such a long video?
"Then you have to read the script."
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "If you have a good script, we can work together. If you don't have a suitable script, forget it."
He can't cheat money.
Ordinary divine grace animations are broadcast for free on the Internet. At least if you are unhappy after watching them, you won’t suffer much loss.
But if the Divine Grace animation is put on the big screen without a good story to support it, and it is purely to make money, he cannot do such a thing.
These two people are not good people.
They probably feel that with the powerful functions of "God's Grace Continent", they can mass-produce a batch of low-cost "animated movies" and send them to theaters for release.
Anyway, it is low-cost, and it is large-scale and fully managed. It is sent to cinemas for release. There is no guarantee that the audience will be attracted by the title and introduction and buy tickets to watch it.
The cost is too low!
Spending a few million to get personalized customization services from Tianba Studio, and casually fooling around with a dozen or twenty movies would not be a big problem.
Isn't this kind of movie just trying to make money?
When the movie comes out, if you just spend some money on promotion, there will definitely be audiences one after another who will be fooled.
Who will the audience scold then?
You don't need to think about it to know that the audience spent money to buy movie tickets and was disappointed when they went in. When they came out, they would definitely scold Tianba Studio for producing so many bad movies that polluted the cinema.
You can't make this kind of money!