Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 27 27. It’s time to develop a new game

"Huh? Are we going to give up on galgame?"

Everyone in the conference room was surprised when they saw the first version of the new plan proposed by Qing Zhiyuan.

Ken Akanishi opened the plan in front of him, and there were a few big words written on the cover——

"Famous Academy"

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

"Famous Academy" is a modified version of "Famous Pocket Academy" from the previous life.

This game is a business simulation mobile game developed by Cairo Game Company in 2013. The main gameplay is to run a school and strive to train various students and let them become talents to improve the school's reputation and ranking.

Although it is a mobile game released in 2013, Qing Zhiyuan listed it as the first development list after launching it, which was also the result of careful consideration.

First of all, this game company in Cairo is quite special. It has only made one type of game, and that is pixel-style business simulation games. From the very beginning, it simulated opening a bookstore, then simulated running a game company... it simulated opening a ramen shop, and simulated building a city. …In short, it’s all a style, and you can tell it’s Cairo’s game at a glance.

In terms of graphics, the pixel style of the Cairo game does not feel out of place even if it is placed on a 1990 red and white console. With Qing Zhiyuan’s own polish, maybe it can still achieve the pixel style of this era. ceiling.

In addition, the reason why we want to make Cairo games is because Cairo games are simple, small in size, and have short development cycles, making them suitable for making quick money.

Famous Pocket Academy can be said to be one of the top 10 most popular games produced by Cairo Company, with explosive downloads and low development difficulty.

Pixel style, playability, high fun, simulated management, short development time, low development cost... It is simply a game tailor-made for this era.

For a small company like pokeni with only 20 people, Qing Zhiyuan could not find a more suitable game to launch than Cairo.

In fact, there were only 9 people in Cairo Game Company at that time, but it was able to produce almost 6 simulation business games in a year. It can be said to be a representative of the high-production industry. Lightweight, small size, agile development, and low cost are all the advantages of Cairo Game.

Qing Zhiyuan made an evaluation and found that it would probably take less than two months to make a "Famous Pocket Academy", and the cost might be reduced to less than 18 million.

As long as the first famous pocket academy can be developed, the subsequent [skin reskinning] work will actually be much easier.

Each game of Cairo Game has its own characteristics, but the backbone has not changed, which is business simulation. The major categories are either terrain gameplay or numerical depth, and the workload of differentiation is relatively small.

As long as we gain a foothold with Cairo Games, we can radiate into other fields and develop new games in the future.

After having enough funds and technology, Qing Zhiyuan will move towards 3A masterpieces.

Just thinking about the bright tomorrow waving to me makes me a little excited.

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After listening to Qing Zhiyuan's statement and carefully reading the main gameplay of "Famous Academy", everyone nodded.

"Indeed, based on our company's situation, it would be a good choice to make a fast simulation business game like "Famous Academy"." The lead artist Taiji Sakata stared at the project, tilting his head and thinking.

"But President, isn't it a pity to give up "Onmyoji" so easily?" Engineer Chikawa Koichi next to him is an honest man. He followed Sakata's words and directly asked everyone's doubts.

Indeed, according to the development routine of general game companies, if a game can be a hit, there is no reason not to continue to develop sequels.

Especially now that "Onmyoji" has achieved a terrible result of 100,000 copies, there is no reason to give up developing a sequel.

Except for the boss of V Club who can't count to three, games that are basically popular must be at least three generations old.

Otherwise, it would be foolish not to make money.

No matter how well the sequel does, given the reputation of the first generation, at least a considerable number of players will buy it.

Qing Zhiyuan also knows this truth.

"Hmm~" He shook his head, "I haven't given up. My idea is to continue developing "Onmyoji 2", but not to make a galgame game."

"ha?!"

All the big guys present were surprised.

"Why?" Qianchuan Hongyi asked.

"Of course it is for the long-term development of the company." Qing Zhiyuan frowned, "Once pokeni is branded as a galgame, it will be very difficult to transform in the future.

It's not too late to change our image through "Famous Academy" before players have formed a fixed impression of us. "

"Why?" Chikawa Hiroshi was puzzled, "Why can't we keep making galgame games and become a giant in the field of galgame games?"

Ah, this loser, Qing Zhiyuan really wanted to slap him to death.

"Of course it's because the president has higher ideals." Mika Ishino stood up and defended Qing Zhiyuan, "To put it bluntly, Galgame games have never given others a good impression. Even if they are the top in the Galgame field, how?

Didn’t Guangrong also transform when he started galgame?

If possible, why don't we try to develop into a broader field? "

Koei Company originally made some galgame games in the 1980s, such as "NIGHT LIFE". Although it is a galgame game, it is more like a popular science thing like a posture guide.

However, they soon gave up and focused their main development efforts on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series and Nobunaga's Ambition series, which achieved great success.

If we really talk about it, the game "NIGHT LIFE" can be regarded as Neon's first little gal game.

"Yes."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "If our company does not have enough support and expansion of games in other fields and only has galgame, we may achieve good results in the short term, but in the long run, it will hinder the company's development."

"But on the other hand, if we have a non-galgame masterpiece first and have opened up enough areas, it doesn't matter if we produce some galgame games on this basis."

But when I started working on galgame, it was very troublesome to make the transition later.

Qing Zhiyuan's dream is not limited to this.

If possible, he hopes to make pokeni the first in neon.

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After a meeting lasting more than 4 hours, pokeni determined the development of two future games.

The first is "Famous Academy"

The second is "Onmyoji 2"

To some extent, pokeni has changed from a single-project game company to a two-project game company, which is a small expansion step.

But for Qing Zhiyuan.

This is just the beginning.

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