Chapter 15: A Missing Spot
At four o'clock in the afternoon, a red Ferrari stopped in front of the experience store.
Zhao Zihao got out of the car and looked at the main entrance of the experience store: "Wow! This experience store is not small, but let Chen Mo, this kid, catch it. β
Lin Mao rolled his eyes: "Don't you have several stores of such a big one?" β
Zhao Zihao said: "Hey, that's all my dad and my mom, what does it have to do with me." Chen Mo earned it himself, it's different. Let's go and take a look inside. β
These two people called Chen Mo and waited for Chen Mo to open the door.
Zhao Zihao was wearing a white T-shirt on his upper body, jeans on his lower body, and a pair of sneakers.
In fact, his body is quite expensive, but I don't know why wearing it on him feels too much different from a stall.
Lin Mao is dressed more formally, with a short-sleeved shirt and slacks, and he is usually relatively calm, which makes people feel more reliable.
The door opened.
"Come, come in." Chen Mo greeted the two of them inside.
Zhao Zihao took two turns on the first floor and looked at the layout inside: "Okay, Chen Mo, this store is really good, I will call you Chen Mo, the owner of the Internet cafΓ© in the future." β
Chen Mo Yile: "Don't make trouble, this is a serious experience store." β
Lin Mao turned around with some envy: "The things here are all given by the organizers?" It's great, I don't have my own experience store until now. β
Chen Mo said: "You also go to participate in a competition." β
Lin Mao smiled: "Alas, it's not that I haven't been there, it's too difficult to win the championship, mainly because the audience has very strange tastes, the last time I participated, the game I made was obviously of good quality, but the audience didn't buy it, and won a second place, where do you say I should be reasonable." β
The three of them chatted for a while and found a nearby restaurant to eat.
There are only three of them, and they can't eat too many dishes, although Zhao Zihao is rich, but he is not very particular about eating, he ordered five dishes casually, asked for two bottles of beer, and chatted while eating.
"Zhao Zihao, how is your studio doing?" Chen Mo asked.
Zhao Zihao took a bite of food: "That's it, I didn't expect to make money, anyway, I was playing games with me." If I meet someone in the game who can't be beaten, I'll call someone and beat them up. β
Lin Mao said: "Look at your little bit of talent. β
Zhao Zihao said angrily: "Then why don't I raise these people for what, isn't it just to be a thug for me?" β
Chen Mo said: "Then you can't be overbearing in the game?" β
Zhao Zihao shook his head: "Hey, speaking of which, I've been angry enough in the past two days."
Chen Mo asked, "What's wrong?" Bullied people in the game? β
Zhao Zihao said: "The VR game that just came out recently is the foreign "Earth Online", I have been playing recently, and this game almost didn't me off." β
Chen Mo asked, "What's wrong?" β
Zhao Zihao said: "Don't mention it, the designer of this game is sick!" Let me tell you, everyone who enters the game is born directly on the street, and they have 500 yuan on them, and everyone has to work to make money just like in the real world! β
"Are you saying I'm playing your game here to experience the life of a working boy? As a result, I couldn't charge the money if I wanted to! β
"The most angry thing is that there is always that kind of pen to provoke you, deliberately find fault, but you beat him, and the police still arrest you. There were always fights, so I wanted to call all my younger brothers, but it turned out that this group was not in the same city as me when I was born, so I had to take the train! β
Chen Mole said: "This is too real, right?" β
Lin Mao sighed with emotion: "This foreign designer is amazing, can this kind of game be made?" β
Zhao Zihao said very unconvinced: "Hey, it's amazing, but I always think that this designer is sick, what do you say is good about disgusting players?" Why don't you do something with this technology? β
Chen Mo said: "It's a bit unreasonable, I've experienced things countless times in reality, what's the point of experiencing it again in the game." β
Zhao Zihao continued: "Moreover, there is nowhere to spend the money in this game, you can't buy anything by recharging, you have to earn it yourself!" also vigorously cracked down on private transactions, and blocked the account if it was found. It's so aggrieved that I don't want to play anymore. β
Chen Mo smiled: "Don't worry, wait for me to make you a game that costs money to buy combat power directly, you can be as cool as you want." β
Zhao Zihao Yile: "Really, Chen Mo, then I'll wait for you to spend money on the game of combat power!" Don't say anything when the time comes, charge it a thousand dollars first! β
Chen Mo smiled: "A thousand yuan? For a thousand dollars, I can guarantee that you will die with a little dignity in the game. β
"Huh?" Zhao Zihao was stunned, "A thousand yuan is less?" The beta qualification of "Earth Online" only sells for more than 500 yuan. β
Chen Mo lowered his head and took a sip of tea: "Okay, you'll know when the time comes." β
Lin Mao said: "Hey, it's far away. Zhao Zihao, what specific business is your studio doing now, and how many players are there? β
Zhao Zihao thought for a moment: "Player." That's right, our company is a studio, and we don't directly manage the guild, and the guild presidents only have players in their hands, and we are still separated by one layer. β
Lin Mao asked, "Then how many guild leaders can you get in touch with?" When my game is made, can you pull some users for me? β
Zhao Zihao said: "It depends on how much you want, I know about a dozen presidents, and there are about a few thousand players together." It's a bit hard to think that it's a bit hard to support your game's revenue with just that, but it's okay to just support the scene. β
Lin Mao sighed: "The indie games I make are not easy to promote, and they are niche, and those channels are not very optimistic, and the resources I get are too few." β
Zhao Zihao said: "Can't you directly hang the application market? β
Lin Mao shook his head: "Directly hang the application market, no one pays attention to it, and there are still no users to see it." β
Zhao Zihao thought for a while and said: "Okay, I'll ask you when the time comes, and try to find a way to stir up the popularity of the game for you, it's really not good, at least make the data look good for you." By the way, Chen Mo, do you have any suggestions? β
Chen Mo said: "I haven't seen your game yet." β
Lin Mao took out his mobile phone and handed it to Chen Mo: "Take a look, the degree of completion is about eighty." β
Chen Mo took the phone and clicked on the independent game that Lin Mao was developing.
After playing for five minutes, Chen Mo knew it in his heart.
This is a side-scrolling game with European medieval packaging, with the theme of the clichΓ© story of a knight saving a princess, as well as a boss battle plot to defeat a dragon.
In Chen Mo's opinion, the designs are actually considered to be at a good level among D-level designers, but there are still some flaws.
Although it is okay in all aspects, it is difficult to really get players to pay for it. Even if the game costs ten dollars, players have to think about why they want to buy it.
Plot? Play? Fine arts? It's all good, but none of them are particularly outstanding.
Chen Mo thought for a while and said, "I think you may have a misunderstanding in your thinking. β
Lin Mao asked, "What misunderstanding?" β
Chen Mo said: "I think there is a problem with your positioning. You're making an indie game, and it's true that it's relatively niche, but you don't need to position your game as a niche game. β
Zhao Zihao scratched his head: "What do you mean, it's a bit winding, Chen Mo, you can make it clear." β
Chen Mo said: "It can be seen that you have worked hard in all aspects of this stand-alone mobile game, but you are completely in accordance with the standards of niche games, that is to say, you are only targeting a small group of players who like this theme, and the number of these players is simply not enough to support the sales of this game." β
Lin Mao was a little puzzled: "But, isn't making a game to target the needs of target players?" β
Chen Mo said: "I mean, you can expand the target player group a little bit, to put it in layman's terms, you need to get more people to play your game." β
Lin Mao was puzzled: "To put it simply, I also know this, but how to get more people to play?" β
Chen Mo said: "It's very simple, find a shining point." β