322. Boss Cao discovered the conspiracy

After listening to Li Lanyun, Cao Yang was very pleased that Bomi Company is currently launching the online game to be launched.

These games were not launched by Cao Yang, but were spontaneously initiated by various studios, which shows that their independent thinking and problem-solving ability has been greatly improved. Moreover, many planners know what they want and like and are more willing to do. This is a good thing for Bomi Company and Cao Yang.

This means that if one day Cao Yang really retires, or doesn’t want to do it, wants to go on vacation, and enjoys life well, the company will be able to operate well.

What a powerful Bomi who can be completely let go of Cao Yang?

Cao Yang is very looking forward to the arrival of this day.

"Do you have any questions about the boss of online games?" Li Lanyun asked.

Cao Yang thought for a while and did not answer him immediately.

He was thinking about something-

If the agency rights of toxic milk powder can be taken down, the pillars of Penguin in his previous life will basically be Bomi.

The only thing I haven't gotten it should be the CrossFire game, right?

According to the official statement of Penguin in the previous life, this game is-

The dream of 300 million mice, 3 million people are online at the same time.

It has long dominated the list of FPS online games and is one of the most profitable online games under Penguin.

I don’t know if the CrossFire has been developed. Cao Yang is now considering whether to proxy CrossFire, or redevelop a large-scale online game of shooting himself?

Forget it, let's find out first.

Cao Yang made up his mind, then shook his head at Li Lanyun, "I have no problem here, just take it."

...

Li Lanyun nodded and continued to turn the page down.

"Bomie and its subsidiaries have 3 games in total that have not been officially launched yet, but the completion rate is actually relatively high."

In PPT, three games are displayed, namely:

Warcraft 3: The Mystery of the Panda Man, The Road to Exile and Fate/Prototype

"Warcraft 3: Mystery of the Panda Man" has been debugging for a long time. We have adjusted the various values ​​and feels, as well as the balance of various types of troops for almost half a year. We have also found many professional players to do the test. The latest test was in October, and the game received high evaluations from professional players, so our evaluation has met the exterior standards and can be ready to be put on the shelves at any time."

"Well..." Cao Yang thought for a while, "No hurry, but the debugging work must be done well. I am going to save this game until after the Spring Festival next year."

There are actually not many days left after calculating the days.

If it is released during the Spring Festival, it is estimated that the War3 Champions League will be replaced next year.

Warcraft3 Championship League

W3CL for short.

This competition is hosted by Bomi, with an annual prize amount of up to 5 million, and has become the hottest War3 competition in the world.

Now, dota-related maps have appeared on war3. Although they are still in the early version, with the addition of Ice Frog, this map has slowly accumulated some players.

Cao Yang was considering that he could hold a dota competition in about two years.

The new expansion pack of War3 has not been released before. The main reason is that the balance of this game is difficult to debug, so it took a long time to adjust. Almost every time it is adjusted, professional players will be invited to test and experience it, and then continue to feedback and iteration. This process is actually very painful.

Another point is that Cao Yang considers that the previous expansion pack, Ice Throne, has only been in service for 2 years and has not reached the experience limit of this version, so he has suppressed it and not sent it.

Now that the time is almost ripe, we can start preparing to let the Xihuan Studio team release this expansion pack after next Spring Festival.

"Okay." After listening to Cao Yang's words, Li Lanyun recorded it in his notebook.

...

"Then the game "The Road to Exile" produced by Bomi Mi, it is said that the completion rate is 80%. Now some of them are open to ask a small number of players to test," said Li Lanyun. "It will be almost the same in terms of completion in about May next year."

"Huh? Isn't that just right?" Cao Yang said with a smile, "I can take this game to the E3 Electronics Exhibition in May next year."

This year, Bomi Company made a big splash at the E3 exhibition and finally successfully proved itself with its strength. Bomi will definitely have a place at the E3 exhibition next year.

Then after participating in the E3 exhibition, you can still go to Chinajoy in June.

After walking in this way, the popularity and publicity of the road to exile will be gained.

"Yes." Li Lanyun said with a smile, "It's just right for us to promote our games. Our company is in good momentum this year, and it's probably the focus next year."

"That's necessary." Cao Yang smiled confidently.

He is still very confident in the path of exile, and the team itself is still strong. Although the path of exile in his previous life is relatively niche and can be described as hardcore, its core players are also very loyal and have a very high evaluation of this game.

If you can do a good job of publicity, the final sales of this game should not be too bad.

...

"The other is the visual novel game independently developed by Xingyue Company, "Fate/Prototype"," said Li Lanyun, "The production completion rate of this game is also very high.

This game is expected to be launched at the end of this year, and the AIR game platform will be released and promoted in conjunction with the Monthly.”

Cao Yang gave him a high degree of independence and autonomy in the company of Xingyue. Basically, he would not interfere with Nasu Mushroom, so the development of Xingyue is quite free. Bomi Company provides them with technical and financial support, and Nasu Mushroom only needs to be bold enough to do what he wants to do.

"Well, it's okay, they are originally a game company," Cao Yang said with a smile. "I also believe in Nao Mushroom's judgment. As long as they run the Xingyue Company well, it will be the biggest reward for us."

"Fate/Prototype" is an unfinished novel written by Nasu Mushroom during his student days. It is the ancestor and prototype of almost all Fate series. Although it is the prototype of "Fate/stay night", there are different settings between the two.

Shirou Emiya, the protagonist in "Fate/stay night", did not appear in Prototype. The protagonist in Prototype is a girl named Ayaka Satsuki, while Saber is the male King Arthur.

Aya Ka, who is competitive, intelligent but somewhat gives people a sense of world-weary monk, and Saber, who stands behind the girl while keeping her mouth hurting her while smiling while protecting her, the combination of the two is such a relationship. It can be understood well by referring to the combination of Rin Tosaka and Archer (Emiya) in "Fate/stay night".

This game is different from the traditional galgame. The protagonist is a girl, while the attendant is the male King Arthur. So rather than playing this game for otaku, it is better to take care of the girls' moods. It also provides an alternative experience for some male players who like the King and Destiny series.

From the perspective of target users, the positioning of this game is relatively vague.

According to Cao Yang's understanding, if the FP is released, it may bring a large group of girls into the Destiny series, but there is another risk, that is—

Losing a lot of male players.

"In the future, FP should work with ANIPLEX Co., Ltd., which has been cooperated with before, to animation the FP." Li Lanyun said.

"Well, it's pretty good," said Cao Yang. "Anime is a good choice. If you can link cartoons and games, you might really get good sales."

"Yes." Li Lanyun nodded and said nothing.

In fact, from his perspective, he was quite worried about the new game developed by Shinyue because it was the first female perspective. Moreover, after reading the script of this game, he thought that the plot of the game was not particularly outstanding, especially the heroine's sister who appeared in the middle, which was really powerful and disgusting.

However, since the boss gave Xingyue Company enough autonomy, Li Lanyun couldn't say anything, let's look at the future development.

For Cao Yang, his idea was simpler-

No matter what the plot is, as long as the character design of Xingyue Company is excellent enough to add enough personality and powerful heroic characters to the game, it is valuable.

This will lay a solid foundation for launching FGO, a krypton gold product on mobile games in a few years.

FGO is a krypton gold game on mobile phones. The main gameplay is to collect heroic cards and related skin drawings. As for combat, nothing is important.

What I sell is the character design in the FATE series.

Perhaps when Bomi makes this game, it can still be called "Kings and Fate", Kings and Fate, abbreviated as KAF.

Whether you can make this mobile game depends on the number of heroic spirits that Xingyue and Bomi can create, allowing players to develop a strong enough desire to buy, which is actually inseparable from the personal charm of heroic spirits.

...

"Now there are so many products under our research." Li Lanyun turned the ppt to the next page.

There are several game names on it:

"God of War·Wukong", "Shan Hai Jing·Yan Feng", "Assassin's Soul·Mo Shu"

Continue, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Yan Feng", this game is a sequel to the "Shan Hai Jing". The Classic of Mountains and Seas used the X1 engine before. If this product was launched, we will use the X3 engine to produce it."

"Huh?" When Cao Yang heard the X3 engine, his eyes lit up, "Can the X3 engine be put into use now?"

"Well," Li Lanyun nodded, "The engine group had been tested last month. Brother Qiang said it could be used. If there is any problem, it can be solved in development. At the same time, if you use the X3 engine to develop "Shan Hai Jing·Yan Feng", you can also help them test the effect of the X3 engine and help improve the engine functions."

"Okay." Cao Yang laughed.

In fact, Bomi's games have also come through this way. The engine has been developed and the functions are not necessarily perfect. There are many bugs and functions that are solved while doing.

So basically every time Bomi can display a new engine, it also means that Bomi has a new game to be launched, which is the reason.

The two complement each other and alternately.

...

Shanhaijing was developed relatively early. The X1 engine that was used back then must be much inferior to the masterpieces made by Bomi now. Even the Soul of Assassin is completely overwhelming in physical performance.

Now the development of a new version is actually to make new iterations of the picture quality. As for the game content, there is actually not much change. It is nothing more than adding some new monsters to the original monsters, launching new plots, and adding new equipment and action experiences...

The requirements for copywriting in this series are far less high than other games that focus on storytelling content, and are also the easiest to develop and design.

Therefore, "Shan Hai Jing·Yan Feng" should save a lot of time in production, making this game a touchstone for new engines is also due to their fast development and low design cost.

Experiment with new engines is suitable for products that are mature and do not require much change.

...

""Assassin's Soul·Moshu" is a continuation based on "Assassin's Soul·Maple". The gameplay has not changed much, mainly because of the content in the plot."
To be continued...