Number One Game Designer

The last thing Fang Xi cared about in August was the official launch of the game platform.

Although Fang Xi did not solve the problem of downloading the game platform in the end, for his own layout, it is better to launch the platform now. Don’t hesitate when it’s time to accumulate users, otherwise you may not have to drink the soup later. In the previous life, steam Why so successful? Aside from many mentioned services, download speed and other factors, the most important thing is that the steam platform was launched the earliest!

Many people only remember the sudden explosion of the steam platform after 2008, but many people forget that the steam platform came out in 2002! If you are one step ahead, you will be able to take the lead step by step. This is an opportunity. In China in the past life, the download speed of the Penguin platform has not been solved, and it is still booming. Of course, there are other factors in it.

In addition to this reason, it is also because there are not many big games for Hongyi at present. Fang Xi counts with his fingers, and there are only three browser games and one terminal game under development. The combined capacity of those games developed in this era may not exceed one G, so there is no need to worry about the download speed of the platform for the time being.

At the end of August, the game platform was completed. The platform was named Honghu by Fang Xi, and then went online in a low-key manner.

Diaochan and Qiye are expensive, and the swan travels thousands of miles. This name pinned all Fang Xi's expectations for the future of this platform.

In order to attract the first batch of players, Fang Xi directly built reminders about the platform in the three web games "Swallowing the World", "Three Kingdoms" and "Legendary World", added a gift for logging in with the platform, and then targeted each The platform has made relevant plug-ins, such as the equipment encyclopedia in the legendary world, the picture recommendation, the card counter of the Three Kingdoms Kill, etc.

In addition to the plug-in function of each game, there are built-in forum sections, developer interviews, new version information previews, etc. Generally speaking, if you play on the platform, the experience will be more than twice as good as that of the webpage. This should also be the platform. It should work.

As a platform, there is naturally a game store. After clicking in, curious players found that in addition to the three web games that can be obtained for free, there are two other games that are said to be in production, so stay tuned. Of course, among them is the veteran fan of Hongyi Games, the boss of Da Xingsun, the fifth grandson of Diamond King.

As a RMB fighter player who has cultivated kuns and brushed pictures, and double repaired "Swallowing the World" and "Legendary World", he still supports this kind of one-click login client that can integrate the two games, not to mention that there are convenient plug-ins in it Function and friend chat function, Boss Sun was familiar with all the functions of the platform after three minutes of groping, so he clicked on the "Left 4 Dead" marked "Stay tuned" at the bottom.

The first thing that catches your eyes is a piece of black, and then the black gradually changes from blurred to clear with shaking. Boss Sun quickly understands that this is the first perspective, and in the eyes of the protagonist, the goal is the dilapidated city, blowing in the wind. warning leaflets, and bits and pieces of black blood.

"Is it war? Or monsters attacking the city?" Sun Daxing said to himself suspiciously.

The content of the video progressed very quickly, followed by the hero's memories, the sudden and rapid spread of the virus, the dead began to revive, panic permeated the whole city, and the living gradually fell. This is a hopeless city. Seeing their own bloodthirsty roar, the survivors could only get by in the stinking ditch.

"This kind of monster..." Sun Daxing didn't know how to evaluate it anymore.

At the end of the video, it turned into excitement. The fortress built by the army on the city border, the confrontation between modern firearms and the tide of zombies, the army began to drop supplies in the city, encouraging the survivors to break out of the siege, and the protagonist is one of them. Put on the equipment, put on the firearm, push the door and go out, facing the endless sea of ​​loss, the fire snake on the muzzle indicates death. Then the camera turned, and there were four big blood-red characters: "Left 4 Dead\

,"There is also a line of fine print below: Stay tuned.

As a middle-aged man, Sun Daxing always felt that he played games to pass the time, but after watching the video just now, he realized that his heart was beating a little faster. He watched the trailer video again and saw the difference between modern warfare and zombies. When the collision happened, Sun Daxing made a silent decision in his heart, maybe it would be good to go to this game to get back a little bit of the excitement of his youth?

At this time, one of the advantages of the platform began to emerge: it brings together all the players who are now called Hongyi fans, where you can discuss related topics to your heart's content without worrying about being sprayed by others, such as web games are also games ? and so on.

Under this game that has not yet been released, players who have already gathered votes are discussing.

"Is this Hong Yi's ultimate move?"

"Zombies are so disgusting, but what should I do if I feel a little strange unexpectedly?"

"Upstairs, the zombies are very annoying (×), and the city breakout is very interesting (√)"

"Did you notice that female zombie in sailor suit on the street corner three minutes ago? I think it's cute..."

"Calm down upstairs, now you are more lost than zombies."

It has become a mystery whether humans are more lost or zombies are more lost. However, in a corner of an unpopular forum in China, there are more discussions about the Honghu game platform.

This is an independent forum for game developers. It is a group of domestic producers who are determined to make their own games. However, non-commercial games naturally face difficulties such as lack of investment and no future.

And this post discussing the Honghu game platform is also very simple: "Hongyi Games can apply for the game production fund!"

The person who posted the post came directly to Yituliu, describing in detail that in an unremarkable corner of the Honghu platform, there is a link called Qingmiao Fund.

Click on the link, it also directly explains that you should send your game idea and part of the source code to Hongyi’s dedicated mailbox for review, and the producers who pass the review can apply for a game production fund like Hongyi with a minimum of 10,000 and a maximum of 200,000 , There are many ways to repay the fund. You can regard this fund as an ultra-low interest loan, which will be repaid after the game makes a profit, or you can regard this fund as the investment capital of the game, and Hongyi will withdraw the share at that time.

Of course, all the above conditions have a premise: all games applying for the Youth Fund must be launched on the Honghu platform.

Although there are many conditions, this post can be said to stir up a thousand waves with one stone in this forum with little traffic.

Fang Xi's independent game support plan is currently the only one in China, so after knowing this, independent producers naturally have a little more affection for Hongyi, even the web games that looked hideous before suddenly become cute.

On the same day, Fang Xi's mailbox received dozens of game planning proposals, and more producers are still waiting to see. After all, Hongyi Games has suddenly emerged, and it is difficult for everyone to judge the company's reputation. For game producers, it's a bit of a throwing stone to ask for directions.

And Fang Xi naturally also knows the allusion that there are thousands of gold to buy horse bones, which is also related to Hongyi's future reputation, so he has to be cautious, so Fang Xi simply printed out a few proposals and took them home to read slowly. The producers on the side did not expect Fang Xi to give an answer that day.