Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

《The RPG map of"Warcraft" is actually not very troublesome, if Chen Xu is responsible for all the several maps.

It will probably be completed in about a week.

But as said, you still need to take a break when you have time.

And Qin Yi, the three of them, would almost have to find something to do for them.

Among them, Zhao Shan and Chen Qingzhu are not bad. They are mainly responsible for the art aspect.

However, whether the games are RPG or tower defense TD, how to deal with the numerical values ​​​​in them is a lot of issues for Qin Yi to consider.

There are also issues of balance in various aspects.

For RPG maps, some imbalance is okay.

But after the development of"Warcraft" is completed, no matter what type of game it is, numerical values ​​are the top priority.

Therefore, it is still necessary to have some advance exercise.

And it’s almost a month since"Warcraft" was launched.

During this period, the total sales of"Warcraft" reached 3.1 million copies, but the sales growth of the latter one also slowed down significantly compared with the previous one.

In terms of revenue, most of the sales come from the independent Fengyun game platform, without the 30% commission from the official platform.

In addition, Fengyun Games is still on tax holiday, so the income received is almost 260 million.

《The development costs of"Warcraft" have already been earned back, and the profit has exceeded 100 million.

However, in Chen Xu's opinion, the current content volume of"Warcraft" can reach 3.1 million copies, which is already considered very high.

Therefore, a follow-up map editor plan is also on the agenda.

After all,"Warcraft" could reach such a height in its previous life.

It’s not just the RTS gameplay of"Warcraft" that relies on it

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I fished for a few days.

During this time, Shark TV has also begun preparations for a"Warcraft" event.

The other party also negotiated with Chen Xu in advance.

The first"Warcraft" competition mainly adopted an offline model for players and online audiences.

It's not to save costs or anything, but to take advantage of the hottest times of"Warcraft".

Chen Xu also agreed with this.

Offline is indeed important, but the popularity of online viewing is fundamental to promoting the game.

From this point of view, Chen Xu and Shark TV have the same goal.

In addition to Fengyun Game Platform, Chen Xu also organized an event with Shark TV.

Prime Weekend Contest.

There will be a competition every weekend, sponsored by Shark TV.

Any player with a ladder score of 2,000 or more in"Warcraft" can register.

The first place will receive a bonus of RMB 3,000, the second place will receive RMB 1,500, the third place will receive RMB 500, and the third place will receive RMB 200.

The prize money is small but there are wins every week. In addition to the first"Warcraft" e-sports tournament, invited players will also be directly invited from the top three in the golden weekend competition.

The remaining contestants need to go to auditions.

Of course, all are played on the Fengyun gaming platform.

But for Chen Xu, this is to enhance the platform stickiness of"Warcraft" players.

It would be unrealistic to rely on just one golden weekend event for Fengyun Gaming Platform to break out of the siege.

But relying on"Warcraft" to temporarily gain a foothold, this is not a big problem.

During this period of time, the success of"Warcraft" also attracted many media who wanted to contact Chen Xu for an interview.

Among them is the former Game Research Club.

However, they were all pushed away by Chen Xu.

Now, he doesn't actually need to do interviews to increase his popularity.

The previous award-winning"The Shore of the Land", coupled with the great success of"Warcraft", now Chen Xu's official blog has more than 2 million fans.

Although there is definitely some moisture in it, for example, many players just paid attention to Chen Xu on a whim.

Normally, even if Chen Xu posts an official blog, these players may not really care.

But no matter what, this number is placed here.

As long as any news about Chen Xu is released from the official blog, people in the gaming circle will know about it.

This results in secondary dissemination of the message.

So now, Chen Xu doesn't care much about interviews with some ordinary game media.

There's no need to waste this time

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The next day, Chen Xu drove to the downstairs of Fengyun Games.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Xu saw a group of people queuing up at the door to go through the formalities.

"Mr. Chen is here, Mr. Chen is here!"

"Mr. Chen, can we take a photo with you?"

Everyone looked very excited when they saw Chen Xu's arrival.

And Chen Xu was also speechless.

It was fine a while ago, but after the news of the"Warcraft" competition was released, another group of players came into the experience store..

Even if Chen Xu told Han Yue to change the rules of the experience store and impose time limits, it still did not stop these enthusiastic players.

"I will notify you on the official blog if there is new content. There is no new content for you to experience now."Chen Xu said speechlessly while opening the door.

"That's different. Playing in Mr. Chen's experience store is like divine help!"

"Yes, yes, I scored 100 points in the experience store yesterday, and it’s almost 2,000 points!"

"No, I still play in an Internet cafe at home. The first Juggernaut learned the fatal blow without jumping and slashing, but in the experience store, it was just random!"

Everyone found various metaphysical reasons, and Chen Xu was speechless for a while.

After dealing with these players, Chen Xu ignored them.

Anyway, the rules have been set, and the experience store must be treated as a two-hour online game. Ka, that's up to you.

When they came to the second floor, Qin Yi and Zhao Shan were already working.

The three of them were using the map editor in front of the computer, studying the map plan book that Chen Xu gave them.

Chen Xu came to the third floor I looked at them for a few times without saying anything.

Let them do it on their own first. After the finished product comes out, he can check and point out the problems.

Anyway, the RPG map part is not very urgent at the moment.

In the planning, at least it will wait until After this game.

As for Han Yue, he is responsible for building an official forum for"Warcraft".

Creating a social circle for players is what Chen Xu has always emphasized and is doing.

Among them,"Vitality Knight" and"Three Kingdoms" This area is not very successful, mainly because the proportion of these two games is too casual.

Simply put, they are not hard-core enough, and the content is not advanced enough.

As for the two games"Land of the Land" and"Warcraft", The situation in the player community was much better.

After paying attention to the situation, Chen Xu returned to the office, but as soon as he sat down, he received a phone call that surprised him.

"《What are your intentions and plans for overseas distribution of Warcraft?"Chen Xu was a little surprised when he heard what the other party meant.