Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

The call was from the Game Commission.

And the one who called was Hou Yalin, the deputy minister of the Beijing Game Commission.

I previously won the first and second prizes in"Three Kingdoms" and"The Coast of the Land", and when I received the award, it was the other party who presented it to Chen Xu.

The main purpose this time is to ask whether"Warcraft" will be released overseas.

It was obviously an achievement of"Warcraft" that attracted him there.

The external release of a successful RTS work will also have a great promotion effect on the game market.

"Of course there is intention in this regard, but there are no relevant plans yet."Chen Xu also responded quickly.

Before"Warcraft" became popular, many game manufacturers actually came to him.

Many of them were publishing giants such as Interactive Entertainment.

After all,"Warcraft" is a Western fantasy game. Everyone can see that the subject matter will also have a large market overseas.

But the conditions have not been agreed upon.

In addition to being divided into this piece, what is more important is a dominant position overseas.

Simple To put it simply, the content of overseas games is not under Chen Xu's control.

How to update it later, or even if their distribution channels make changes on their own, is not Chen Xu's business. Anyway, they will pay Chen Xu for how many copies they sold. That's it.

This is the most unacceptable thing for Chen Xu.

Although Chen Xu also wants to open up"Warcraft" overseas as soon as possible and create a trend, but without the initiative, Chen Xu would rather let Fengyun Games accumulate a foundation..

At worst, he will open up an overseas market and find a local overseas channel to promote the game.

He doesn't believe it. Without Zhang Butcher, he can only eat pigs with hair on them.

"In this case, Mr. Chen, if you are free, you can agree on a time to talk about this aspect."Hou Yalin said to Chen Xu on the other end of the phone

"Okay, Minister Hou."Chen Xu also nodded.

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On the afternoon of the next day, Chen Xu had a negotiation with the people sent by the game committee in the office of Fengyun Games.

The company responsible for the overseas distribution of Fengyun Game's"Warcraft" is a publishing company called Xingbang Software.

I had never heard of this name at all, but the other party was obviously prepared and showed Chen Xu his situation in advance.

Compared with publishers such as Interactive Entertainment, this Xingbang software still has a certain official flavor.

It was originally a unit under the Game Commission, but was later transformed into an enterprise system.

Although it has become a corporate system, the relationship is still there after all.

Some official agent distribution and introduction work are basically carried out by them.

To put it simply, it has connections and strength, but because of its rather special status, it is far less well-known than interactive entertainment.

Moreover, the games it distributes as agents are also quite picky.

The two parties sat here and chatted for a while. An hour later, Chen Xu shook hands with the person in charge of the other party with a smile on his face:"Happy cooperation.""

"Happy working with you, Mr. Chen."

In response to several requests made by Yu Chen Xu, the other party actually agreed to them all.

First of all, Chen Xu is responsible for the dominance of the game. They are only responsible for distribution.

Including the finished product of an overseas game, Chen Xu also needs to refer to An opinion.

There is also the fee for game distribution, which is only 30% like the official platform. Of course, this is 30% after tax, which is the net profit. With such a condition, Chen Xu estimates that any relatively large distribution agency in China will It's impossible for them to agree.

Xingbang Software can agree, probably because of the Game Committee.

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In the next few days, Chen Xu has been in contact with Xingbang Software.

We are discussing a direction for the overseas release of"Warcraft", including some content for subsequent games overseas.

During this period on the Internet, players of"Warcraft" were also extremely active.

Because a"Warcraft" e-sports event held by Shark TV was officially held.

The participating players are basically old faces from other RTS games in the RTS world who have transitioned to"Warcraft".

There are a total of 8 contestants, all of whom are relatively well-known in the RTS circle.

It is precisely because of this that it has also attracted some players who know"Warcraft" but have not yet transferred into it.

After all, these professional players all have many fans.

During this period, Shark TV was also planning to contact Chen Xu to be a guest guest, which would add some heat to this game.

But Chen Xu refused.

After all, Chen Xu has been quite busy these days.

The main thing is the overseas release of"Warcraft".

Including some laws and customs issues in other countries, Xingbang Software also explained this to Chen Xu. To put it simply, don't misunderstand them.

It sounds simple, but Chen Xu feels that this aspect is much more troublesome than making games.

Even during this period, Chen Xu didn't pay attention to the finals of the first e-sports competition held in"Warcraft".

"I feel like it’s time to prepare a department in this area!"Chen Xu rubbed his temples and put down the stack of information passed over by Xingbang Software.

Chen Xu stretched out.

This area is really complicated.

If every game has to be like this in the future, then He stopped developing games.

Including the subsequent layout of e-sports and promotion, Chen Xu felt that he also needed to form a team.

It was impossible to do everything by himself, although when it came to these things, he was considered He knows a little bit about it.

But his energy is also limited, and for Chen Xu, the main purpose of doing this work is to promote the game.

But all the energy is put into this area, and there is no time for the development of game content. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

But in Chen Xu's heart While thinking about this, there was a knock on the door. After getting a response, the door was pushed open. Han Yue walked in front holding a stack of data sheets and walked in with a somewhat panicked expression, followed by Qin Yi and several others. personal

"Mr. Chen, no, there is something wrong with the balance of"Warcraft"!"

"yes! Players have protested in various ways on community forums, and it seems that many competitors have bought navy troops to set the pace."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Chen, some professional players also gave suggestions online."

"They all say that the orcs are too strong, and that the night elves and undead are too weak. Mr. Chen, how should we respond? Should we strengthen or weaken the orcs and humans?"

Several people said in confusion.

Listening to everyone's words, Chen Xu was a little stunned.

《Is there a problem with the balance of Warcraft? what's the situation?