Build a game empire from scratch

Lin You really wanted to correct this situation.

But because of the special circumstances of only one week, it is not wise to make changes to the game mechanism rashly.

Not to mention that this situation was already in the forecast: after the mechanism appeared, in the short term, players would not tire of triggering events because of the novelty. After the peak value, it will quickly decrease, returning to the frequency that Lin You hoped to achieve at the beginning of the design.

In the end, Lin You decided to refresh a batch of animals first and fill in the somewhat empty wilderness as a stopgap measure.

After wandering around in several games, Lin You obediently returned to Night City, which was under development.

The construction of the world has already been completed, and the scene of the main task has also been arranged.

Now it has entered the construction of the battle link: the number of enemies arranged, the way of attack and support, the level of firepower, the enemy's attack desire and shooting accuracy adjustment under dynamic difficulty, etc.

And according to the actual needs of the battle, fine-tune the details of the scene.

Of course, in some areas, the construction of scene details is still going on, such as - a large concert!

There is a special working group responsible for converting the concert video materials purchased by the marketing department into virtual reality versions.

This is not an easy task.

The avatar of a star is not difficult, it's just a matter of pinching the face, and it's not too troublesome to construct all the dancers on the stage.

What is really difficult is actually the sound source effect.

——The sound effect of the concert scene and the sound effect of the recording studio are completely two concepts.

The grand sound field, the immersive panoramic sound, the cheers of the audience, and the super complicated chorus...

These sounds, the sound source in the concert recording video, can't be used directly.

One is the loss of sound details, which is unavoidable.

The second is - the sound can be recorded, but the "feeling" in the sound cannot be recorded.

The strongest thing about virtual reality games is precisely the "feeling" that is truly "immersive".

Any lack of details will compromise the authenticity of this feeling, and when too many details are lost, it will even make players feel extremely weird.

So, after staying in the "John Wick" project team for a day, Lin You booked a direct flight to Tanzhou for the next day that night.

There was a recent concert there.

On the fourth day, I will fly to Yangcheng, where there will be a large-scale concert.

There was actually a concert in Shanghai on Friday, and he was still a singer-songwriter, but Lin You didn't plan to attend.

It's not that I have any opinion on this singer, but this Friday, "The Queen of Songs" An Rongyi will come to Yunmeng, enter the virtual world, and have an audition.

One is to adapt to the stage of virtual reality in advance, and the other is to provide opinions on the construction of the virtual world concert with professional eyes and ears, and help improve some areas that are not well done.

Lin You didn't want to miss this concert, even if it was just a rehearsal and audition.

*

The next day, Lin You and Yue Pengju arrived at the airport, boarded the plane smoothly, and entered the first class cabin.

This is all to obtain a richer sensory experience and enrich the company's sensory database, so it is a public expense!

Lin You is confident.

When they got off the plane and got out of Tanzhou Airport, the security team didn't even bother to pretend, and the two cars came together one behind the other.

Lin You was taken aback at first, thinking he had encountered some trouble.

It was only after Yue Pengju's explanation that he figured out what was going on.

This speechless situation ran through the entire process of watching the concert—the audience around Lin You were all members of the security team.

Some of Lin You's vaguely impressed faces even sneaked into the security team of the concert...

As for the concert itself...

lackluster.

It was the first time for Lin You to get an internal ticket, and he sat in the seat closest to the stage, where he could clearly see the faces of the stars on the stage, the details of their costumes, and their unrestrained composure.

These were all great things in the first place.

However, the taste of music does not match.

If it weren't for the fact that the singer was pretty good-looking and had a cute smile, he would have regretted making this trip.

As for being discovered by the opponent's fans, taking pictures and posting them on the Internet, this is something that has long been expected.

This also aroused a wave of discussions among players, wondering whether he suddenly went to Tanzhou to watch the concert, was it laziness, or something else?

Going to the bar is still a lesson for the past!

Lin Youquan should be blind to these discussions.

He has more important things to do.

*

After watching the concert and returning to the hotel that night, Lin You received a message from Xiaomeng: the number of activated players on the Mirage console has finally officially exceeded 100 million.

In fact, the sales volume of Mirage hosts has exceeded 102 million.

However, because the players live in the north and south of Daxia, the time spent on logistics varies, and some players did not use the host immediately after receiving it.

So it has been delayed until now that the number of users who activated the mainframe finally officially exceeded 100 million.

Lin You didn't waste any more time, and immediately started distributing the medals and thank you letters that he had prepared long ago.

In the season map of "Bright Yu", I ran home to log in to the game after school, and I was swimming in the bottom of the sea, chasing fish, and enjoying the splash of diving.

In "League of Assassins", Lin Shun, who was successfully matched to the third game, entered the arena including three two-story buildings and a warehouse, and was fighting with his teammates.

In "Paradise", Xiao Mei is holding animals in the playground, and Xia Yi is punishing the "Zha Zong" players on the track.

There are also tens of millions of other players like them, who have even just bought a console and entered the world of "Journeyman" to experience the difference between the virtual reality version and the computer console version...

All online players received email notifications at the same time.

Then the mail is opened.

In the playground, thousands of players opened the mail almost at the same time.

As the letters unfolded, the music sounded slowly.

"Dear players:

Hello.

It is with great joy that I share the good news with you:

At this moment, the number of activated mirage hosts officially exceeded 100 million.

In other words, at least 100 million players have entered the virtual world we created.

And all this only took two months and fourteen days.

I don't want to tout how awesome this is, how incredible it is...

- Well, I still have a little thought.

Because this honor does not belong to me personally, but to you who are reading this letter at this moment, every one of you.

We have created such a miracle in the history of games together.

And the one thing I want to tell you the most is:

All this is just the beginning.

For Yunmeng, for the virtual world, 100 million is just the beginning.

The Night City has been built, and I believe we will be able to meet you soon.

In addition to Night City, there is another world that is being built quickly. In this world, each of you will be given the freedom to build a world.

In addition to these two worlds, there is a third world that is slowly being built, and I assure you that it will be an incredible, unparalleled, and completely different world from all previous worlds!

In addition to the development of the game, I have another piece of good news to tell you: it won't take long for you to meet a large number of overseas players in the game.

Yes, Yunmeng Games is about to go abroad and enter the world!

100 million players is just the beginning of everything.

The four games are even smaller steps.

Looking at the present from the past, our achievements are indeed amazing, but we have never looked at the present, thinking that we have just taken a step forward and embarked on a real journey of thousands of miles.

In the long road ahead, I sincerely hope that I can still go forward side by side with everyone.

Everyone, our journey is a sea of ​​stars!

——Yunmeng·Linyou"

After reading the letter, a gold medal slowly appeared in front of the players.

The system introduction also emerges:

[First Generation Player Medal]

"Remark 1: It is only available to players who have activated the first-generation Mirage console, commemorating their contribution to the development of the game industry in the early days of virtual reality game development."

"Remark 2: The back of the commemorative badge can be designed with a custom pattern, and the commemorative badge can be used as a player's identity token in some games."

"Remark 3: Get the medal, you can automatically get the skill [Advanced Handheld Extreme Sports], and you can flexibly rotate medals, pencils, lighters, Rubik's cube, playing cards and other items."

"Remark 4: Use the badge to get a glass of beer wine. Drink this glass and celebrate this moment together. (Underage players are automatically replaced with juice, and you can choose your own flavor)"

After the contents of the letter and the commemorative medal were posted online, before the players who received the letter had time to say anything, another group exploded.

Lin You was surprised to find that the sales had been getting slower and slower, and even because of the announcement of [Mirage 2.0], the sales speed of the first generation of Mirage had almost stagnated, and orders began to skyrocket again!

The inventory of several million is rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye!