29. What? Glory of the King is going to be released on the 18th?
On the first day of July, the domestic newspaper and magazine "New Age of Games" published a report for all game enthusiasts-
【Insider of Development Behind Honor of Kings】
In this article, reporter Zhang Yawen showed readers how the development team of Honor of Kings works:
Including how exquisite original paintings are drawn.
There are also one or two line drawings drawn by the main Ma Hao. Although it has not been painted yet, it can still be seen that his composition is full of imagination. The most important thing is that these two female figures are extremely hot, which directly makes countless otaku spit out blood.
Everyone couldn't help but wonder whether Honor of Kings is going to release a sequel or is it going to release some peripherals?
In addition, Zhang Yawen also conducted in-depth interviews with Bomi's boss Cao Yang.
What is very surprising is that—
Bomi's boss is actually an extremely young handsome guy.
This attracted many female players.
Originally, they disdained to play this kind of galgame, because galgame is basically designed for male players, which will make men the dominant of love to a certain extent, that is, the legendary harem.
However, after seeing the photos of Cao Yang, countless girls exclaimed-
Oh my God, is Bomi's boss so handsome?
Just go for this, can you start playing?
and……
The article also interviewed the plot writer Ai Xiaomi, the copywriting planner of Bomi Games.
Ai Xiaomi triggered a dual effect:
First, it attracted more male players. They said, "This girl is too cute, right?" Who would have thought that the plot that is so deeply rooted in the hearts of men and understands the wide range of needs of male players is actually written by a girl, or the kind of girl who comes out of the comics."
This feeling is like you went to a restaurant for a wonderful meal and suddenly wanted to meet the chef. But I found that the chef was as beautiful as a fairy, which deepened your favorability for this restaurant.
Second, it has attracted more female players. Damn, what kind of explosive male harem plot can such a cute girl write? No, I must go and take a look.
This mainly activates their curiosity.
At the end of the article, reporter Zhang Yawen also hinted that the first version of Honor of Kings will soon meet you.
When I heard that the first version of Eighteen was released, the public opinion was almost blown up.
"Damn it! Eighteen! God, the A Ke I am thinking about will even be stripped naked and stood in front of me..."
"I'm fucking... who can withstand this?"
"I'm going to buy it for eighteen years."
"Woooooooooo...I'm not eighteen yet."
"Wife, wait for me for three more years. When I become an adult in three years, I will definitely buy it."
On the official website, there are a bunch of players’ messages:
"I hope that in addition to the eighteenth anniversary of the protagonists, the official will also make the female spirits in it? For example, our Dama." Dama is Daji, and her prototype comes from the C-ma in Fate, so it is affectionately called Dama by players here.
"Where is a male spirit? Is there a picture of the eighteenth? For example, Li Bai."
Li Bai is a popular character in the game. In the minds of the majority of players, his status is not inferior to that of several protagonists.
...
This hierarchical system was actually decided after many times of thinking and discussion.
Games mainly refer to electronic games.
It was once regarded as the culprit of spiritual opium, poisoning teenagers, and regarded as a flood by those who do not understand games.
However, after verified by time, the people above have found that the game actually has its social value:
First of all, games themselves are the carrier of culture. Like books, newspapers, and film and television art, they can become tools for exporting cultural value.
The future war of great powers is a war of all-round, not only economic and foreign teachers and military forces to carry out arming, but cultural wars are also very important.
If you don’t export your own culture, you will be imported into their culture by others.
Therefore, the above believes that the game needs support.
We want to attack.
Secondly, games have a social role, and data show that after games appear and become popular, the crime rate decreases every year.
Because people can vent their emotions and desires in the game.
Finally, the game itself is a spiritual wealth and a high-value product. In the future development, it is definitely necessary to gradually produce spiritual products rather than material wealth. The country hopes that one day we can export games to other countries.
However, the people above also expressed their concerns about the negative impact of the game.
For example, teenagers are addicted to games, will the violence and astringent elements in the game instigate people to commit crimes... etc.
However, instead of denying the value of [game] in one-size-fits-all ways, it is better to classify and regulate.
The advantage of grading is that people of different age groups can be divided, and minors are not allowed to purchase the version on the Eighteenth.
Those who make games can also accurately divide their own markets.
...
As the first galgame in China, Bomi's King of Glory is now about to be launched on Eighteen, which of course has received widespread attention from the society.
For Cao Yang, the biggest benefit is-
Make another profit.
Compared with the previous version of the 18th, there are only more [content], and the development cost of these contents is relatively low.
It’s nothing more than having more pictures on the art side and making a few short CGs.
You can solve it by looking for outsourcing, but there is no technical content at all.
However, on the 18th, the official price of Bomi will be twice as high as the all-age version. It will be sold for 180 yuan, and Bomi will be priced at 100 yuan for the distributor.
In an island country, this is a routine operation. After all, those who like you will definitely pay for you. If you don’t like you, you will give him free of charge, and he will not come.
On the 18th, it is aimed at fans of this game and some adult men with curiosity.
Adults will also have much higher purchasing power than minors.
...
After 6 and 7 months, Bomi's inventory of 1 million [Honor of Kings] has been cleared.
Later, I received orders from some distributors one after another.
There is a little different from others in stand-alone games. This type of game has the sales of the first two months, because it is particularly popular with the plot, just like a movie. When it was first released, the number of screens and audiences was the largest, and the smaller the more you go.
Now it's almost a bottleneck.
The sales volume of 1 million Honor of Kings is given to distributors at a CD of 30 yuan. Bomi has a turnover of 30 million. Excluding costs and daily expenses, Bomi still has a surplus of more than 20 million yuan.
It looks a lot, but it burns very quickly.
Part of it must be used to maintain the normal operation of QQ.
From the company level, Bomi lent to Penguin. Although both legal representatives and major shareholders of the two companies are Cao Yang, they still go through formal legal procedures.
Another part of the matter is that Bomi has to develop new projects.
Some people stayed behind the King of Glory project and continued to make its products on the 18th, and then they will also make second and third generations...
If this treasure IP is operated well, it will be worth a lot of money in the future.
Just like the Final Fantasy series of Island Nation.
Another part of the employees were transferred by Cao Yang to set up a new development team.
In addition, people have to be recruited, and the personnel must be expanded to twice the current one.
This is also inevitable. You cannot just make one game. Once you succeed, you will inevitably expand. This is determined by the nature of capital itself.
The employees were all ready to go, and they could no longer hold back.
"Boss, what game will we do next?"
Chapter completed!