Chapter 163: 8G can play, 16G is fun!
There has always been a strange phenomenon in the game industry, that is, genuine copies cannot beat pirated copies!
When a phenomenal game comes out, if the gameplay is very novel and the difficulty of imitation is not high, it will become popular in the early stage and be crushed to death by copycat games from friends in the later stage.
There are too many similar examples.
There was even news a few years ago that Goose Factory sued a small factory that was so poorly known that even many domestic players had never heard of it.
What did the other party do?
The answer is to copy King Pesticide, a MOBA mobile game that is popular all over the country, and use this copycat game to directly destroy the genuine overseas version of Pesticide in some Southeast Asian markets.
This is a bit funny to say, but it is indeed a norm in the game industry, especially the domestic game industry.
The first mover may not necessarily occupy the market share, but the latecomer may be the ultimate winner!
Chen Ba doesn’t want to say that plagiarism is common in domestic games, because the legal definition of “plagiarism” is relatively strict. In many games, players may unanimously think that they are plagiarized, but it is difficult to prove or judge whether intellectual property rights have been infringed.
Therefore, describing it as stitching or copycat is more accurate and reasonable than plagiarism.
Is anyone copying Tianba Studio’s games?
Chen Ba had already anticipated this incident and was mentally prepared. After all, as early as a year ago, he saw a game that imitated "Household Simulator" on the steam platform.
The reason why he was surprised this time was, on the one hand, because the imitators this time were not some small workshops or small teams, but actual major domestic game companies.
On the other hand, he never imagined that the Tianba game targeted by big companies would actually be "God's Grace Continent"!
Ah this...
"God's Grace Continent" is great, but if you want to imitate the essence and create a usable copycat version, you need to have a certain level of AI training, right?
"Magic animation?"
As soon as he heard the name, Zhong Shengwei, who was chewing gum, complained: "The ambition is quite big. I will compete with the professional version of "God's Grace Continent"."
I challenged myself to the highest level of difficulty as soon as I started, and I never thought about how difficult it would be to imitate.
Even if it is an imitation of "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" and "Living under the Fence of Others Simulator", it would be great! The development difficulty of these two games is much simpler than that of "God's Grace Continent", right?
"Maybe it's disdain!"
"Big companies have the pride of big companies. They will most likely look down on our low-priced games..."
At this point, Chen Ba waved his hand and said: "Forget it, ignore them. If they like to imitate, let them imitate. It won't be our business if they make a joke."
He has no time to care about his friends and businessmen.
As a medium-sized game, "Don't Leave After School: Pinball Storm" has already begun to take shape since its development.
According to the studio's past practice, multiple rounds of "fried rice at the bar" testing are required before a new game is about to be released to players.
This kind of testing is, on the one hand, for the stability and reliability of the game.
On the other hand, the testing phase is also a key step for Chen Ba to check for and fill in the gaps in the new game.
"Don't Leave After School" is medium in size, and it was not originally planned as a large-scale game. The official version is expected to sell for only 68 yuan.
This is not the same as "Fast".
As a game with an expected price of only 68 yuan, the development work of "Don't Leave After School" is naturally easier than that of "Speed".
certainly!
The main contributor to the short development cycle is actually the Tiehanhan system. If it hadn't figured out the "marble" part of the game, this game would have taken 12-18 months to complete.
Chen Ba opened the details page.
[Game name: Don’t leave after school—Pinball Storm]
[Planning: 85 (can be upgraded)]
[Program: 90 (can be upgraded)]
[Art: 87 (can be improved)]
[… Comprehensive score: 96]
After staring at the system page in his mind for a moment, Chen Ba suddenly asked Xiao Lu: "Are you sure you haven't detected any major bugs?"
"No!"
Xiao Lu said firmly: "The stability of the game is very strong. During the operation, other than the relatively high memory usage, no other problems were found."
"Is the memory usage relatively high?"
When Chen Ba heard this, he immediately frowned and asked about the specific reason for the high memory usage.
The result was a false alarm.
After repeated debugging by Xiao Lu, the memory usage problem of "Don't Leave After School" has been optimized and solved. Now you can play it happily even with 8G memory.
But then again...
Limited by the game map and scene modeling, the recommended configuration for the game "Don't Leave After School" is actually 16G of memory. 8G can only be said to be playable, but the game settings need to be lowered to reduce the number of people displayed on the same screen.
"Optimize it again!"
Chen Ba knew it very well, although when people were chatting online, they always said that 16G memory is not enough, and various 32G and 64G are enough to play AAA masterpieces.
But everyone’s computer configuration is generally 8*2, that is, 16G is the main configuration.
And many people don't actually have dual-channel configuration. The motherboard only has one 8G memory stick.
So 8G is the foundation.
On this basis, it is necessary to ensure the experience of these 8G memory players. It cannot be the case that 8G cannot play and the 16G experience is average.
"Lower the configuration threshold. This is not a game like "Speed" and "Star King". We don't need such a high configuration threshold."
Chen Ba explained: "It is best to play at 8G and play at 16G! As for the graphics card, it doesn't matter if you have a discrete graphics card or not. You can play with a core graphics card..."
Different positioning and different configurations.
In the Call of Duty series, the configuration threshold is much higher than that of CrossFire, right? So if CrossFire also raises the hardware threshold, will there still be a dream of 300 million mice?
to be honest!
"Don't Leave After School" focuses on childhood nostalgia, and its target player group is different from games such as "Star King" and "Fast".
If you have to compare this new game with the recommended configurations of other games, how many players can meet the requirements?
"I see!"
Xiao Lu nodded and said that he would conduct a round of optimization for "Don't Leave After School" to lower the playing threshold as much as possible.
After talking about the recommended configuration, Chen Ba seemed to think of the 96 comprehensive score given on the system page, nodded and said: "Prepare the trial version and release it in two days."
"So fast?"
Before Xiao Lu could speak, Zhong Shengwei on the side said in surprise: "Don't we have a few more rounds of testing?"
"No need to test!"
Chen Ba shook his head.
Also testing a chicken feather! The Tiehanhan system has given it a super high score of 96, which fully demonstrates that the completion quality of "Don't Leave After School" has reached a certain level.
I don't know if there are any problems.
But the score of 96 is still very valuable. Anyway, the next test will not show anything good. It is better to publish it directly and let the players come and taste it.
A game with a score of 96, even if it’s just a piece of defense, is it better than others, right?
…
Pengcheng, Crystal Garden.
When Jiang Yong woke up, his girlfriend had already left, and there was a sticky note under the mobile phone placed on the bedside.
"Breakfast is ready for you. Get up and heat it up. I'm going to work first^o^"
"Getting up so early..."
Putting away the sticky note, Jiang Yongqing smiled slightly, extremely satisfied with this girlfriend who he had known for less than half a year but was considerate.
My girlfriend is from Xianyang.
Although both of them worked hard in the city of Pengcheng, Pengcheng was so big that they didn't know each other or even meet half a year ago.
"Thanks to Brother Ba!"
While Jiang Yongqing was washing himself, he did not forget to pay homage to his benefactor, Brother Ba, every day.
If it weren't for the game "Love Staff" developed by Brother Ba, he would not have met such a considerate and gentle girl like Jingjing, let alone feel the warmth of home.
To put it harshly...
Jiang Yongqing's current happy life is all thanks to Brother Ba's efforts. For this reason, he hangs a photo of Brother Ba on the wall of the living room and worships him day and night. Isn't it too much?
Unfortunately, Brother Ba is still alive.
Color photos always feel weird, but if Brother Ba goes to Hexi one day and replace them with black and white photos, it will be right.
This photo is a collector's edition of "Brother Ba's Photo Photo" that he bought from Tianba's official peripheral mall for 199 yuan.
Is this an official peripheral product?
It’s indeed for sale!
Jiang Yongqing is not sure what peripherals other game companies sell, but Tianba’s official peripheral mall does sell photos of Brother Ba.
The main character is a maverick who dares to make any money!
Jiang Yongqing felt bad when he thought that Brother Ba was still single and had to wash his own clothes and socks, but he lived such a happy life under Brother Ba's care.
It’s nothing to spend some money on Brother Ba, it’s just a photo.
Jiang Yongqing decided early on that as long as Tianba Studio released a game, he would buy it. You must use practical actions to express your gratitude to Brother Ba and Tianba Studio.
"It's a pity that I really don't like playing "Speed"..."
Speaking of this, Jiang Yongqing was also helpless.
He bought "Fast", and he bought the most expensive platinum version. But after buying it and playing it for half an hour, the game was just lying in the library and gathering dust.
He can't play racing games.
I don't know why, but he can play other games just fine, but when playing this racing game, he feels a strong sense of dizziness and nausea.
Jingjing said he suffered from 3D vertigo.
But Jiang Yongqing doesn't think so. He plays other 3D games just fine and doesn't experience this kind of discomfort. Only racing games make him feel nauseous.
Are the symptoms mild?
Jiang Yongqing didn't understand. Anyway, he couldn't play racing games with his physique. He could only look forward to Brother Ba's new game.
"Didi!"
After washing up, while eating breakfast, my phone suddenly rang.
Jiang Yongqing picked up his phone, unlocked it, and saw that it was several buddies in the "Love Staff" communication group, discussing a new game.
"Brother Ba's new game?"
Knowing that this was Tianba Studio's new game after "Speed", Jiang Yongqing immediately became interested and asked in the group: "What is the name of this game? When can I play it?"
"The name of the game is "Don't Leave After School: Pinball Storm", and the early access version has been released on the Steam platform and Nobug platform..."
"Why is it 68 yuan again?"
"It's okay. The introduction looks pretty good. It seems we can still connect online. Do you have anyone to play with?"
"Add me, add me, let's play together!"
The old "Love Staff" players in the group had a lively discussion, and Jiang Yongqing also asked for the answer he wanted.
What else are you having for breakfast?
Although the love breakfast made by Jingjing was delicious, it was still a little less interesting than the defense prepared by Brother Ba.
Jiang Yongqing put down his bowls and chopsticks, couldn't wait to walk to the computer, logged into his steam platform account, and searched for the game "Don't Leave After School: Pinball Storm".
Enter the game details page.
The first thing that catches the eye is the game promotional pictures, showing the general situation of the game.
"Fuck..."
The pinball duel scenes in the promotional pictures, especially the cool pinball souls, directly stunned Jiang Yongqing.
He knew about marbles, having played with them as a child.
But what is this marble soul? How can you still summon Pokémon spirits by playing with marbles?
Too abstract!
After looking at the game's promotional pictures, especially those cool marble duels, Jiang Yongqing could hardly hold back his inner impulse.
But he was not in a hurry and took another look at the detailed introduction of the game.
["Don't Leave After School: Pinball Storm" is a multiplayer online competitive game. It takes the pinball game of childhood as the core and incorporates a variety of novel gameplay to enjoy the fun brought by pinball...]
It’s indeed the marbles from childhood!
After reading the game introduction and combining it with the game's promotional pictures, Jiang Yongqing already had an idea.
purchase! Must buy!
Not to mention that supporting Brother Ba was his original intention. Even if this game was not produced by Brother Ba, it would not be a bad idea to buy a pinball game just to bring back those childhood memories.
[This game is in early access stage...]
After taking a look at the price of the game and confirming that his friends had not lied to him and that it was really 68 yuan, Jiang Yongqing decisively chose to scan the QR code to pay and bought this pinball game.
Downloading and installing will take some time!
Jiang Yongqing had a day off today and did not have to go to work. He was not in a hurry. He left the game in the background and slowly downloaded it. Then he turned around and returned to the living room to continue eating.
About twenty minutes passed.
After finishing the meal, Jiang Yongqing, who also washed the dishes, returned to the computer and opened the downloaded and installed game.
The logo of Tianba Game!
Starting from "Star Emperor", almost every Tianba game will load a studio exclusive logo on the startup page.
After the logo is displayed, it’s the game’s turn to load and the Nobug account login page.
"Are you pinching your face again?"
Jiang Yongqing also doesn't understand why Brother Ba likes to pinch his face so much. Can't he provide a preset template to enter the game with one click?
Skip, skip, skip!
Privacy permissions, game notifications... just skip them all. These are the things that annoy him the most. Every time he plays a new game, it takes him a long time.
Especially the privacy permission, which almost all games require players to confirm.
But what's the point?
It's obviously a multiple-choice question, and you can't enter the game unless you select "I accept". However, these game developers pretend to be generous and give you an "I don't accept" option.
Just taking off your pants and farting is unnecessary!
Unless one day you can enter the game by choosing "I don't accept", otherwise Jiang Yongqing will never recognize this design.