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The mod editor is easy to make, and it took ID-software game company a few days to make it. It was then released on the Firefly game platform for players to download.

Firefly game platform has also added some new features - MOD community.

Official propaganda: "Download the "Doom Warrior" MOD editor, players can edit levels and props freely! Each time a MOD is completed, players can publish it to the "Doom Warrior" MOD community for everyone to download and play! If you download The number is large and has commercial value, and Firefly Games will sign a contract with the MOD producer to share 1% of the revenue of the MOD module!"

"After signing the contract, Firefly Games will promote it in the MOD community, and make money by charging for downloads! Each MOD download costs one dollar, and if the download volume reaches one million, the MOD producer will get 1 Ten thousand U.S. dollars!"

"It's fun and can make money, everyone is welcome to actively participate in the MOD production of "Doom"!!!"

The news spread quickly, and it immediately caused a huge response!

Internet cafes, school computer rooms and other places, countless players shouted excitedly!

"Wow, it's so cool that players can create their own game levels!"

"Oh, just like God, you can create everything in it!"

"Hehe, I'm going to make a super difficult level, so everyone can't pass it!"

"Hehe, can you build a tank? If you can drive a tank in Doom, it will be a bunker!"

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Before long, the number of downloads of the Doom MOD editor exploded, almost crashing the server. Fortunately, P2P download technology is used, which reduces the pressure on the server!

An hour after the MOD community function appeared, the "Doom" MOD editor has been downloaded by tens of thousands of people! During this period, some great players, who are also programmers or game designers, immediately understood how to use the MOD editor to edit various game contents! In the "Doom Warrior" column of the MOD community, more than 100 player-made MODs have been uploaded.

With the advent of MOD. "Doom" is also becoming more and more popular, and various MODs enrich the game content and make the game more fun and interesting. It's really fun to play! For a time, "Doom" couldn't be more popular.

Many Internet cafes are open 24 hours and are full.

There is no room even for an all-nighter!

But only those players who can access the Internet can play, and the number of computers in Internet cafes is in short supply. Cause a lot of people want to play the game but can't play it.

Finally, they are angry!

On July 15th, hundreds of people blocked the door of Firefly Game Company, gathered in a parade, and called on Firefly Game Company to release game CDs!

"Resist unfairness and demand equal treatment!!!"

"We don't have internet access. Can't play Doom and Warcraft 1. Hope Firefly Games releases a single-player CD!"

"Strongly request the release of game discs, or smash the door of Firefly Games!"

"..."

More and more people marched, shouting slogans louder and louder. The media reporters were shocked. They had never seen a game that caused hundreds of thousands of people to march!

Henry saw the crowd parading at the gate of Firefly Game Company through CNN live broadcast, and couldn't help but smack his tongue...

Henry thought for a while, then ordered Firefly Games to hold a press conference and announced to the outside world: "July 30. The game discs of "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" will be released globally. There are two ways to buy them. One way is to purchase through the Amazon website of Nicholas Group, and players all over the world can buy in this way, but only if the country where the player is located has opened the Internet and established a cooperative relationship with Nicholas Group; and the second way is only in the United States Players can use, that is, through the store established by Firefly Game Company - 'Firefly Game House' to buy, currently, 'Firefly Game House' is only distributed in the United States!"

"The game discs are all priced at $100!"

"Each game disc. We will give you a specific registration code. The game can only be played if the registration code is used. Our company has developed a disc encryption technology, that is, the registration code is entered in the process of reading the disc to be effective!"

"Here, I would like to remind everyone to pay attention that you cannot play by copying the game!"

After the press conference, the players got an accurate reply from Firefly Game Company, they couldn't help cheering and dispersed!

And other game companies were shocked when they learned that Firefly Games had developed such an encryption technology! You know, game discs are pirated and often copied, resulting in a significant drop in sales. If the technology developed by Firefly Games is used, the game can only be played by entering the registration code when reading the disc. Wouldn't this increase the sales of game discs?

Firefly Games is one of the top game publishers in the United States. Before the launch of "Doom" and "Warcraft 1", it published the works of other game companies. During this period, Firefly Game Company gradually established its own store in the United States - "Firefly Game House"!

The products operated by Firefly Game House are all games, including computer games, arcade games, video games, card games and many other types.

The interior layout is mainly a product exhibition stand and a game experience center.

Firefly Games initially relied on external channels to distribute games, but the profit was too low. Therefore, the establishment of a specialty store is on the agenda! So far, more than 500 firefly game houses have been established in the United States, costing a total of 1 billion US dollars!

Big investment, big profit.

In terms of scale, Firefly Games can't compare to EA Games, but in terms of profitability, Firefly Games has surpassed EA Games in 1991!

The distribution of EA Games has always relied on distributors all over the world. Although there are many games released and sold, most of the money has been distributed.

Usually a game disc costs tens of dollars, and top-of-the-line games such as Doom and Warcraft 1 will sell for a little more, at $100. For $100, the distributors at all levels will share a total of $40, the retailer will share $15, and the game production company will share another $20, plus the cost of disc production and labor costs. How much more money can a game publisher make?

Distributors and retailers are the most profitable pieces.

Therefore, Firefly Game Company has been preparing to establish its own sales channels earlier, and the best way is to open specialty stores across the country!

Firefly Game House allows Firefly Game Company to master enough offline channels. Attracted a lot of game companies.

Now, Firefly Games has developed a new disc encryption technology, which makes the global game companies even more excited!

On the same day, dozens of game companies expressed goodwill to Firefly Games and sought cooperation.

Some good-looking game companies even want Firefly Games to allow their games to log on to the Firefly game platform!

The highest online number of Firefly game platform has exceeded 2 million mark. Visible popularity. However, there are only two games "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" on the game platform, which is a bit thin. However, just because there are only two games, and they are both high-quality games, people subconsciously think that the games on the Firefly game platform are all high-quality games!

In fact, Henry also intentionally implanted a thought in the player's heart: that is, produced by Firefly. Must be a boutique! ! !

so. When many game companies hoped that Firefly Games would release their games to the Firefly game platform, Henry thought about it carefully. Previously, Henry had planned to turn the Firefly game platform into a steam platform and publish a variety of games!

However, the popularity of the Firefly game platform gave Henry a new understanding.

He couldn't help but think of Atari, which had been the dominant player in the game industry before, and then suffered from too many bad games, which led to the decline of the company. Nintendo, on the other hand, has strict requirements for third-party games. Shoddy games, never. Only after passing the review, the game can be landed on Nintendo's console platform!

If the Firefly game platform is based on the idea of ​​​​salvaging a fortune, it will definitely be finished in the future.

After some thought, Henry decided that the Firefly Game Platform should exclusively publish high-quality games and create a high-quality platform. At the same time, a sub-platform steam was established to distribute games from other game companies in large quantities. certainly. Although the steam platform is a bit lower, it will also have a very strict review mechanism, so that bad games will not be allowed to log into the platform casually!

This is equivalent to the high-end market for the Firefly game platform, and the low-end market for the steam platform.

However, if you perform well on the steam platform, then you can go to the Firefly game platform! In this way, many game companies can be given an idea. If this happens on the Firefly game platform, it means that the company's game has been recognized by the world's most authoritative game company, and it can be said to be a boutique game. From now on, its status in the game industry will be different immediately! Furthermore, if you board the Firefly game platform, you will also get huge benefits!

This is simply fame and fortune! ! !

Henry couldn't help wondering if he would like to learn from the Oscars in the future, and also organize a Firefly game award ceremony to award awards according to game categories, such as the best FPS award (first-person shooter game), the best RTS award (real-time strategy game), Best RPG award (role-playing game), etc. If you do this, Firefly Games will not be able to do it!

By then, countless game companies will be as close to the Firefly Awards as movie companies are to the Oscars!

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Afterwards, Henry came to the Firefly Games Company. Let's not talk about the Firefly Games Awards Ceremony, this kind of thing is still far away. At least it can't be held until the Firefly game platform has a huge influence. Otherwise, it's just grandstanding, just making people laugh!

After Henry arrived at the company, he told CEO Simon Hodge that he was going to set up a sub-platform.

"The Firefly game platform and disc encryption technology have led to a sudden increase in the number of companies that are looking for us to publish games. The situation seems to be good, but we must remain vigilant! We must strengthen the review of games. Bad games must not be released! In addition, Some game companies want to put their games on the Firefly game platform. After careful consideration, I decided that only high-quality games like Doom and Warcraft 1 can be listed on this platform. However, business I have to do it at home. Therefore, I plan to let Firefly Game Company set up a sub-platform - the steam platform, which is specially used to publish ordinary or upper-middle-level games!"

When Simon Hodge heard the words, he couldn't help but praised: "Chairman, this is a very cool idea, I think it's feasible!"

"Well, wait for the organization team to make the steam platform as soon as possible!" Henry said while thinking, "Huh? When the steam platform is completed, you will call up those game companies who want to log in to the Firefly game platform and tell them. , We also have a new platform! The steam platform relies on the Firefly game platform and is its sub-platform, so they don't have to worry about the lack of popularity and traffic. In addition, although the game was initially released on the steam platform, there are opportunities Log in to the Firefly game platform, and the game that was initially released to the Firefly game platform may also be taken off the shelf. This is not static. Sometimes, we will also look wrong. After all, when a new game comes out, no one can have hundreds of them. 100% sure, this game will definitely sell well." Henry paused, then said, "Anyway, it's a glimmer of hope for them..."

Simon Hodge nodded, "Okay, chairman, I have understood, and now organize a team to develop the steam platform. As for the game company, I will drag them first."

"Um!"

Simon Hodge suddenly thought of something, and then said to Henry, "Chairman, today Ball Pictures came to us and said they would adapt Doom into a movie!"

Simon Hodge knew that Henry had a film company, so he didn't dare to make a light decision about film licensing, he had to ask first.

"Oh..." Henry couldn't help but recall that in 2005, the film adaptation of "Doom 3" was launched, with a production cost of US$60 million and a global box office of US$56 million. , the third-rate plot, the second-rate characters, make the movie downgrade.

Rather than letting it be produced by other film companies, it is better to produce it for Galaxy Film Company, strengthen the plot and the depth of the characters, and invest more in special effects. With the popularity of "Doom", the film will definitely be a hit after its release!

In 2005, "Doom" was far less influential than before, and it is normal to think that the box office is low. If the Doom movie is made now, just gamers will be able to top the box office!

Henry to Simon Hodge: "Reject Universal, Galaxy Films will make it!!!"

"Yes!"

After Simon Hodge left, Henry called Galaxy Films CEO Bobby Robin, informing him that Galaxy Films would immediately buy the film adaptation rights of "Doom", and take advantage of the game's fire to shoot movies immediately.

"This movie will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make a special effects blockbuster. Although the game has no plot, the plot of the movie must be full!"

"Well, okay!" Bobby Robin replied with a smile, "I will invite several well-known Hollywood screenwriters, presumably they will be interested in this movie! Oh, yes, Chairman! This morning, we The Miramax Films has been successfully acquired, and the Weinstein brothers only retain 25% of the shares!"

"Oh, very good!" Miramax Films has great potential and will be equivalent to the right-hand man of Galaxy Films in the future. It will play a great role in the future development of Galaxy Films.

(To be continued ~^~)