I just want players to save money, but I was made the richest man

The opportunity had been obtained, and Ke Jin took a plane back to Jianglin without leaving any trace.

The theme of helping farmers also has a pastoral style.

Isn't that a farming game that has never appeared on Blue Star?

The answer was already coming out in his mind.

"Stardew Valley"!

This game is a weird thing.

Although it is not the originator of farming, it has nothing to do with the spread of farming.

And it’s still a pixel style that many players will abandon at a glance.

However, as a farming game developed entirely by an independent game designer, it incorporates almost all the characteristics of farming games, taking the strengths of hundreds of schools and eliminating the dross of others.

As a small pixel farming stream that is not endorsed by a major manufacturer and is not AAA, it has sold 10 million+ copies in four years.

It is enough to prove that its quality has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But before that, Ke Jin didn't dare to watch the game.

After all, such a market-tested game does not even exist in this category on Blue Star.

It will definitely explode when you take it out.

If it conflicts with your own horoscope, you have nothing to do.

But the so-called way of heaven has reincarnation.

Endorsed by the Supervision Bureau, and free of charge under special circumstances.

If we don’t do it now, when will we wait?

It seems that completely free seems like a loss.

But considering that the production cost of this game is not high, the capital investment will not be too large.

Moreover, Kejin has so many large-scale IP masterpieces, and when the constraints are unlocked, he can release any of them at will.

Let alone four years, ten million copies will be sold to you every year!

After finalizing his decision, Ke Jin unlocked "Stardew Valley" directly on the plane.

It's just that the entry unlocked this time made Kejin a little troubled.

The two keywords entered at the beginning were [farming] and [leisure].

The result that popped up was [Happy Farm] which was also a hit before.

However, as a web-based game, it is somewhat of a cry of the times.

If [Happy Farm] is really made, it will be free, but whether it can fit in with the Internet surfing habits of contemporary netizens is another question.

There are requirements for helping farmers this time. Ke Jin heard from Chang Detai that it seemed that he had to help farmers sell a total of 50,000 boxes of fruits and vegetables.

This is the task the gaming industry has been assigned.

There is no limit to the type, as long as it can sell 50,000 boxes. Huaguang Bureau has back-end statistics, and it can be seen from which entrance the inflow channel of purchasing users comes.

Chang Detai secretly revealed it to Ke Jin as if he was taking credit for it.

This is the amount of task allocation that he strives for.

Guangzi Bureau next door starts with 200,000 boxes.

The field of live streaming is even more outrageous, with a task volume of 500,000 boxes.

If it cannot be sold, the performance bonus of the civil servant will be deducted directly.

Regarding this matter, Ke Jin can only say, well done!

How can a bunch of institutions' iron rice bowlers take the taxes paid by the people every day and not do something to help the people.

But this way.

The requirement of 50,000 boxes is neither more nor less, but it’s hard to say that [Happy Farm] will be able to meet it.

For the sake of stability, Kejin decided to re-randomize it.

After careful consideration.

Entered again.

【Green Hat】【267】

Okay, okay, it’s right this time!

[Congratulations on winning the SS-level project for a farming game - "Stardew Valley"! 】

Ke Jin discovered that Brother Tongzi was a thief.

Let’s just talk about the overall ranking of Stardew Valley among all games.

It definitely cannot be ranked in the SS level range.

After all, there are too many good games on the market, and there are also many pioneering games.

If you insist on putting Stardew Valley into the SS level in the broad category, Ke Jin will be the first to stand up and complain.

But brother Tongzi is a thief.

It labels a partition.

It is the SS level in the farming style.

Just like the previous "Hollow Knight" ranking SS among 2D side-scrolling action games.

Hey, this left Ke Jin speechless.

Comparing only within this small area, Stardew Valley is indeed at the ceiling level.

But the system didn't seal this upper limit. It didn't directly give it to the SSS level. It kept a secret, which showed that there was always a chance.

After all, it doesn't know what the host thinks of this game.

What if the host doesn't like the given game and even keeps it black for the rest of its life? As a result, it will mark an SSS level there instead.

Doesn't this directly induce the host to rot in place?

"Oh, poor brother Tongzi, his heart is broken for this family."

Ke Jin couldn't help but sigh for Brother Tongzi in his heart.

I feel like its outrageous experience can be turned into a best-selling light novel after it returns to System Nebula.

The title of the book is: "Becoming a knight in a foreign land, I have to be careful every day to prevent my host from ruining my life."

When other systems see the title of this book, they will definitely become excited and shout, 'Good to read, love to read, update soon! ’, ‘I can’t sleep at night, even the donkeys in the production team dare not rest like this! ’

Brother Tongzi, be bold and publish a book when you return, I will be the first to buy it!

And don’t worry!

Host, I have really grown up this time!

The mature host has begun to learn to take advantage of the power of nature.

This time, I have the advantage!

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"Have you heard... Mr. Ke seems to have accepted the cooperation from the Supervision Bureau, saying that he will make a game with the theme of helping farmers."

Before Ke Jin's plane landed, the news had quietly spread throughout the entire Ready Player One.

The gaming community can be described as small or large, and some of them are colleagues and friends who work in other factories.

Once the results from Kejin come out, they will definitely trigger heated discussions among designers from major manufacturers.

Then the messages were delivered layer by layer, much faster than a plane.

There were already discussions in the office.

"Wairui, Mr. Ke, you dare to accept this? That's too cruel."

"To be honest this time, I really can't imagine how this theme can be expanded...Mr. Ke is trying too hard..."

"Oh, it's not that I can't understand it. After all, as the boss of a company, so many people have to eat under my eyes every day. I can't do it without fighting."

"Uuuuuuuuuah, tears, this wave is mine."

"If it really doesn't work, when the game is finished and no one plays it, why don't we look at crowdfunding to help buy some agricultural products? By the way, what are the task requirements of the Supervision Bureau? If it's a few hundred boxes, let's do this There are so many people, it’s not impossible to get them together.”

"It seems like fifty thousand boxes?"

"……forget it."

While the employees were discussing in low voices.

There was a rapid sound of leather shoes hitting the ground.

"Mr. Ke is back!" the girl at the front desk whispered.

Soon, the employees in the office were immersed in hard work.

The first thing Kejin did when he returned to the company was to hold a meeting without saying anything.

There are only seven days. Although the company has more than 200 people and can find outsourced art and programming teams to solve part of the progress, the time is still very tight.

Pulling everyone into the conference room, Ke Jin gently put down the medium-and-a-half-thick planning book in his hand.

"You may have heard some of the news, so I won't repeat it here."

"To put it straight to the point, this time the game with the theme of helping farmers is called "Stardew Valley""

"To sum it up simply, this game is about leisure and relaxation. Players can farm, fish, mine, chop down trees, and even have some RPG elements in the battle mode."

"In addition, there are NPC interactions. We try to make each character as vivid as possible according to the plan, so that players can feel that they are in this small town called "Stardew Valley" during the process. town, rather than being a player outside a computer screen.”

"Mr. Ke, I would like to ask." As soon as he finished speaking, an employee boldly raised his question.

This is also the traditional practice of Ready Player One.

Kejin strongly encourages employees to speak freely in meetings. They can say whatever they want and ask if they don’t understand something.

After all, if the employees themselves don’t understand the fun of a game and just follow the plan, the quality of the game will only be considered unsatisfactory.

This is the same as expanding text according to the outline and adding composition details to the line drawing.

If you can't understand the charm of it, the articles you write or the paintings you draw will inevitably have a bit of a bad taste.

"You said it." Ke Jin replied with a somewhat encouraging look.

"Although it may be presumptuous to say this...but what is the point of attracting players to this type of game?" the employee mustered up the courage to ask.

"Farming, fishing, logging, mining, these are all attractions."

"Uh...do these really attract players..." The employees felt that it was difficult for them to get any enjoyment out of it.

Although the other employees did not speak, their eyes were somewhat doubtful.

Ke Jin looked into his eyes with everyone's doubtful eyes, but he wasn't angry at all.

After all, the gameplay of farming style is different from other game types.

The essence of battle royale is FPS, and the pleasure carried by FPS itself is the confident feedback of "I am better than you" after killing the enemy.

Coupled with the many fresh gameplay and settings of the battle royale, employees can understand it at a glance.

As a business stream, "Skyline" itself is considered a relatively mature system on Blue Star, so needless to say.

"Journey" relies on picture quality and fragmented plot to make its debut, and the gameplay of the game itself is quite satisfactory.

There are also other games under Ready Player One.

It is clear at a glance what is fun and why it is fun.

But if the farming faction doesn't extend the gameplay, they may not be able to understand it even if they want to.

The origin of Taneda-style games was previously a derivative of SLG-type games. It is difficult to trace back to which game it first appeared.

In games such as SLG, where strategy accounts for a large proportion, players usually need to reasonably plan multiple links such as [clearing wasteland, developing, cultivating troops, entering into combat, attacking cities and seizing land] to achieve the goal of orderly operation of the game. Purpose.

Among them, players find that the two links of land reclamation and development are particularly interesting.

Especially when the reserves of food or minerals are sufficient, players will gain a sense of security with plenty of firepower.

Then, the famous "Harvest Story" came out, and the FSG (abbreviation for farming) was singled out as a unique selling point.

In the 1990s, when all major game types were in chaos, it became very popular because of its unique relaxed and casual gameplay, which made people want to stop playing.

"To put it simply, the reason why players play farming games is the same as character development in popular turn-based games on the market. They enjoy the pleasure of development."

"It's just that the character development has been replaced by land development."

Employees in the conference room have already started writing, simply recording what Ke Jin said.

He looked around the room and continued.

"How to add gameplay to it is also very simple."

"After the field in your hand is sown, it takes 10 days to harvest one fruit at a time. Assume this is a given situation. Then, now I will give you a package of fertilizer to make its maturity period eight days. You can harvest the fruits faster, do you feel the slightest pleasure of improvement?"

Hearing this, the eyes of the employees in the conference room lit up slightly.

really……

Regardless of whether the target is a substantial humanoid character or transformed into a plant.

Shortening the time it takes to train them is a great point in itself.

"Then, we will add another restriction to the land. At first, you can only buy some low-level seeds from NPCs. Even after these seeds are mature, they can be sold for not much money. Let's assume that they can only be sold for 100 gold coins." Ke Jin casually wrote 100 on the conference writing board nearby, and then circled it.

"But as your level or game time goes by, you can get more valuable seeds. Plant them and sell them when they mature, and you can get 500 gold, 1,000 gold, or even 2,000 gold."

"At this time, will you feel a little bit refreshed?" Ke Jin looked at everyone with a smile.

In the conference room, some employees already had their eyes widened.

There was a murmur of discussion.

"Woc! The tiered selling prices of fruits and vegetables! Why did I ignore this!"

"The main feeling is that in reality, expensive fruits and cheap vegetables may appear in the same vegetable market. If you copy reality, it will feel a bit strange and difficult to put into the game... But we have already done it It’s a game, why do you have to rely on reality to restore it 1:1?”

"Damn, I still feel constrained by traditional game types. When Mr. Ke said this, it seems that it's really a bit confusing, right?"

Ke Jin took in everyone's reaction and continued to speak.

"Then, with the money we earn, we can upgrade the house we live in, or add some other farm facilities. This can give the value of the game currency and allow players to constantly experience new things during the gaming experience. output to maintain their freshness. In order to unlock these fresh gadgets, they must work harder to grow them, then sell them to get gold coins, and so on."

As soon as these words came out.

The employees were already a little restless.

"I'm going to close the loop? Is this a closed loop?"

“It feels like the idea of ​​the game system is clearer than the traditional game system of killing monsters and upgrading. In order to avoid players’ aesthetic fatigue, the traditional gameplay of killing monsters and upgrading requires adding many lengthy settings and then allowing them to form a closed loop with each other. But in this way As a result, the cost of getting started will continue to rise for players, and they may eventually give up before they understand the complete mechanism. But the farming concept proposed by Mr. Ke only requires two steps."

"Yeah, plant, harvest, and then sell to make upgrades."

"Guigui... there are tricks, and there are more and more tricks!"

Seeing that the employees were already a little unable to hold back, Ke Jin smiled slightly in his heart.

Can't stand it?

I haven't exerted my strength yet!

"In addition to the above-mentioned gameplay, there are also weapon upgrades." Ke Jin said.

"What the hell? Can weapons be upgraded in the farming game?" The employee was puzzled.

"The weapons referred to here refer to the tools that players need to use for farming. Even if it is just a game and there is no need to seriously restore the original appearance of farming, the necessary tools must still be arranged. An ax for cutting trees , a shovel for digging, a sickle for harvesting, a pick for chipping away at stone.”

"Essentially, in other games, upgrading weapons causes higher damage and makes killing monsters more enjoyable, so we can also use tools to make the character farm more enjoyable. You might have needed to chop five times to harvest a tree, but now the ax After upgrading, it only takes four, three, or even one time. Are you comfortable at this time?"

Upon hearing this, the employees laughed.

It’s okay to have more fun farming.

But after laughing, I felt that what Mr. Ke said did make sense.

This is actually an improvement in nature, but it replaces the traditional improvement of killing monsters with farming.

But as long as there is improvement, players will feel happy.

Ke Jin continued.

"In the same way, we can make fishing more fun. When the level of the fishing rod is very low at the beginning, it will be extremely difficult for players to fish, and they will not even be able to catch valuable big fish. You can wait until the fishing rod is gradually upgraded. , paired with auxiliary tools, the moment the fish takes the bait, the feeling of pleasure will burst out."

"The same goes for mining. We can first put a few pieces of higher-grade ore at the door of the player's farmhouse so that they can see it, but if they can't mine it, they will become more and more curious about what is hidden in the ore. They will try their best to upgrade the pickaxe, and after the pickaxe is upgraded, they will naturally be eager to come and mine."

"In addition, players can also experience animal husbandry, planting trees, collecting illustrations, exploring maps, fighting, opening shops, and regular in-game holiday celebrations in "Stardew Valley."

"There are fishing competitions at the Ice and Snow Festival, viewing awards at the Jellyfish Festival, ghost mazes at Halloween, and exhibitions of high-quality crops during the harvest season. By participating in these mini-games, you can get rare seeds and other rewards that you can't usually get."

"Even, as long as players play long enough, they can get married and have children in the game."

"He started out with nothing and an abandoned farmhouse, and developed into a happy family and a famous agricultural tycoon from all over the country! Experience a rural farming simulator in an immersive way!"

"There are more details, all are written in the planning book." Ke Jin closed the page of the planning book in his hand and looked at the employees in front of him with a smile.

"Now, do you still feel that farming games have no appeal to players?"

the answer is negative.

Because, the entire conference room exploded!

All the employees started discussing it emotionally, and they kept saying 'fuck' one after another.

What's more, they were even so excited that their faces turned red.

Without it, it was simply because farming games, which had never been seen before on Blue Star, left everyone confused at first.

Everyone thinks that you need to cross the river by feeling for stones and take it one step at a time.

As a result, Mr. Ke pulled out a Galaxy Battleship with his backhand and shouted, "Get in the car!" We are living through the Milky Way! ’

The gameplay he describes is detailed and dense.

Interlocking without being complicated.

There is a sense of freshness everywhere!

Every move of the players is driven by expectations!

Explode!

Explosive ideas!

A burst of heated discussion broke out in the entire conference room!

"F*ck!! I feel like after listening to what he said, some sealed DNA started to flow in my bones..."

"What the hell, farming can also develop such rich elements??"

"Ke is awesome! Dig Ri! This idea is really awesome!! Why can't I think of it, Gan!"

"You must be able to think of at least adding "sum" after your name instead of "someone."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I'm sorry, Mr. Ke. At first, I suspected that you were just pretending to be fat... I didn't expect that you are a strongman weighing more than 200 kilograms!"

"Just listening to Mr. Ke's description makes me feel like I'm about to die. There are ants crawling on my body! What should I do if I want to play this game now!!"

"Mr. Ke, are you sure this game will last seven days? I'll give you a number, five days!! Give me a few days off after finishing the game, and let me experience it immersively first!!"

"Do it for me! Do it for me hard!! Xiaomei at the front desk helps me order a box of Red Bull! I will fight to death at my desk today!!"

"One box? One box for each person! Don't let other manufacturers think that our top players are all idlers!"

Brothers, you are really not slow to update. Look at the red mark of "Update 10,000 words per day" on the details page of this book. I am steadily outputting 10,000 words every day, but I am used to writing big chapters, each chapter is about 5K words. , updated twice a day.

It's really not me who's touching it! !

Why are there still people saying that the update is so slow and it’s about to end?

I……