Time Travel: 2014

The time came to the evening of the 15th unknowingly.

At this time, Lin Hui was still living in the villa of Mingpin International.

Little did he know that he had unknowingly become the "prey" coveted by many people.

At this time, he had been "staying" in the villa all day.

Of course, even a "homebody" is not the kind of homebody who has nothing to do.

Even after the game "FLAPPY BIRD" was launched, Lin Hui chose to relax.

But there is nowhere to relax in this world.

Lin Hui wanted to do nothing, but his strength didn't allow it.

In the past few hours, feedback from all aspects has been pouring in at him.

Even if Lin Hui wanted to steal half of his free life, he couldn't.

Lin Hui only felt that he was unable to do anything.

Maybe it’s time to find a secretary to share the load.

The secretary has something to do.

But where to find a suitable secretary?

Not just any person can be a secretary.

At the very least, they must have a community of interests with Lin Hui.

If you can't even achieve the minimum consensus of interests.

So what's the difference between putting it around rashly and planting an untimely bomb?

Thinking of this, Lin Hui shook his head helplessly.

But fortunately, the news that is pouring towards him is basically good news.

Judging from the feedback from Goose Factory and Zhalang, the game promotion effect can be said to be very ideal.

There has been a good discussion atmosphere about the game "FLAPPY BIRD" on many social platforms.

What surprised Lin Hui the most was that a small game like "FLAPPY BIRD" had actually become a topic on Zhi/Hu.

There are many questions about this game on Zhi/Hu.

What Lin Hui didn't expect was the most popular issue related to this game.

This is neither why this game is so popular, nor is it discussing how this game is so popular.

Instead, a bunch of people are discussing "Are there any birds in nature that fly in the same way as the pixel birds in the "FLAPPY BIRD" game?"

Lin Hui saw the high praise answer under this question and answered like this:

"In nature, there are indeed some birds that fly like the "Flappy Bird". Some small passerine birds, such as sparrows, fly in this way of 'flipping' because their wings are short and round. , completely unable to spread their wings and glide like hawks and pigeons, but they can fly by flapping quickly. Flapping their wings quickly is very laborious, and in order to reduce physical exertion, they will adopt this wave-shaped flight method during flight - rapid flapping. The wings rise, then fold the wings, fall in a parabola, then continue to flap the wings to rise..."

This serious format and hard-core science popularization made Lin Hui really uncomfortable.

It seems that the current Zhi/Hu environment is pretty good, at least not like the "laxative person who just gave birth to his mother-in-law in Mongolia" in the next few years.

And there is quite a lot of serious popular science in the answers.

Instead of giving all kinds of clever answers like in the previous life.

So, how did Zhi/Hu, which is still okay now, turn into such a mess later?

…

In addition to the good discussion atmosphere on social platforms.

Lin Hui noticed that on the background of his personal developer account, AppStore officials sent him many messages one after another:

"Dear developer, the game "FLAPPY BIRD" you developed has been included in the App Store's selected new games this week. During this period, it is best not to have large version iterations to avoid unknown bugs that may affect the player experience. Impact……"

"..."

"Dear developer, you have successfully joined the AppStore Personal Developer Incentive Program. For details, please check the link www.\u003c\u003e.com"

"Hello, dear developer, I am Huang Jing, a software engineer at AppStore. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me at any time. Contact information:..."

"Congratulations to your outstanding developer, the game "FLAPPY BIRD" you developed has successfully exceeded 20 million (effective) downloads worldwide."

Included in the App Store's selection of new games this week, it is best not to have major version iterations during this period to avoid the impact of unknown bugs on player experience..."

"..."

Judging from these news, the current download situation of the game "FLAPPY BIRD" is pretty good.

The download data on the first day basically crushed the "2048" he developed before.

In fact, it’s more than just breaking through 20 million effective downloads.

Judging from the background data, the actual number of effective downloads has reached 23.41 million.

Lin Hui believes that the actual number of effective downloads on the first day is likely to exceed 30 million.

In fact, judging from the feedback received from Apple software engineer Huang Jing.

If it weren't for the fact that the AppStore unexpectedly crashed several times today.

Lin Hui feels that the current number of effective downloads should have exceeded 30 million.

Although the effective downloads have not exceeded 30 million, the number of downloads on the first day still ranks first in the world.

This result is very gratifying, but basically within Lin Hui’s expectations.

After all, this game was a hit in its previous life.

Overall, the results of this game are gratifying.

But the income aspect is not entirely satisfactory.

From the data point of view.

There are currently 23.41 million valid downloads, of which 23.05 million valid downloads come from the domestic AppStore.

The effective downloads in overseas areas are only 360,000 times.

China is still in the limited exemption period, and Lin Hui is not in the habit of placing advertisements in games.

In addition to bringing some incentive income to Lin Hui, these 23.05 million valid domestic downloads have basically no possibility of other income.

There are 360,000 effective downloads overseas.

According to the current dividing principle.

Overseas downloads will only bring Lin Hui 36×0.99×70%=249,480 US dollars in income.

This is totally not enough.

If the overseas share is less than 250,000 US dollars, Lin Hui will simply lose money.

After all, Lin Hui also spent US$1 million in promotional expenses overseas.

Mention this.

Lin Hui was puzzled.

After all, he also spent huge amounts of money on publicity.

Why is the hair promotion effect so unsatisfactory?

Could it be that my promotion strategy has overturned again?

But it shouldn’t be said.

Although showing the game "FLAPPY BIRD" in video form may be a bit boring.

But YouTubers can completely induce potential player groups through words~

Lin Hui didn't believe that these YouTubers with tens of thousands of subscribers didn't even have the ability to incite people.

Or if the problem does not appear in the announcement.

Where did that come from?

Lin Hui thought for a while.

A sudden realization.

The problem is the time difference.

When the game "FLAPPY BIRD" was launched simultaneously globally.

Although it is daytime in China.

But major overseas consumption areas are still in the dark~

Lin Hui finally understood why he invested US$1 million in publicity and promotion overseas.

The number of downloads is only 360,000.

Sure enough, no matter how good the announcement is, it can't compete with the jet lag.

But in the final analysis, my reputation is still not big enough.

If the reputation is big enough, it will be attractive enough to users.

So what if there is a time difference?

Apple press conferences are always at 1 o'clock.

Don’t you stay up late watching a lot of movies?

Lin Hui obviously still has a long way to go before he can reach this level.

Speaking of the game itself.

Now it seems that there is no need to worry about any overseas markets encountering Waterloo.

Overseas players can contribute 360,000 effective downloads even after dark and rest.

Then it will only be a matter of minutes after dawn when the score reaches one million.

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