Reborn in another world as a game

Chapter 490 New game "Warcraft"; cheap version of 3G mobile phone;

As expected.

Wilson made a very high-profile announcement of the global revenue of "Genesis" and took this opportunity to provoke "Legend of Blood" next door.

Tian Moyun didn't bother to talk to him.

A purely Chinese style game like "Legend of Hot Blood" has a very good audience in the Great Xia Kingdom, but it is hard to sell it abroad.

Moreover, if global operations are carried out, the costs and costs are too high, and the probability of losing money is almost 100%.

Tian Moyun never thought of operating this game globally.

However, there are a few foreign game platforms that value it. If they want to buy the agency rights of the game, Tian Moyun directly asks Xia Yu to negotiate, and then licenses it to the other party at a lower price.

Anyway, he didn't plan to make a cross-border version. If someone buys it, he sells it, and he can make a little money.

Who would think that they make a lot of money, right?

……

In the new year, the laboratory also began to get busy.

The next generation of starry sky computers, starry sky mobile phones, resistive touch screens, capacitive touch screens, WiFi technology, 4G networks, mobile chips, smart homes, game consoles, handheld game consoles, 64-bit arcade machines... all have to be invested in research and development.

The research and development funds invested in the first phase alone are as high as 300 billion.

If it weren't for the relatively quick dividends of the hundreds of companies it invests in, the group might not be able to get the money.

And at the same time-

The members of [Storm Games] have returned from their travels.

"This is the design draft of the new game."

Tian Moyun handed a document to Xia Yu: "It's just a simplified version, and the specific details need to be filled in by relevant personnel."

new game.

Xia Yu was not surprised. When she took the document, she saw four words written on it—Warcraft.

""Warcraft" is a real-time strategy game, not a new genre, but its design concept is unique at present."

Tian Moyun said: "It has two ways to play. It can be used as a stand-alone game to play the plot, or it can be used as an online game to compete on one platform... The details are written in the design draft, you can take a look first."

Warcraft: Humans and Orcs

A mountain that cannot be ignored in the game history of Earth in the previous life.

Many of its gameplays have laid the foundation for subsequent game design.

For example: shortcut key design, automatic release of skills (magic), race settings, random map generator...

certainly--

"Warcraft: Humans and Orcs" is not a perfect game, and there are still many design flaws.

These have been improved in several subsequent sequels. In the era of "Warcraft 2", it has already developed its own style and gameplay.

And finally, with the arrival of "The Frozen Throne", the entire Warcraft series has been multiplied to its peak, sold well all over the world, and become a classic masterpiece.

……

When writing the design draft, Tian Moyun focused on the advantages of those sequels, and made many modifications to the first generation of Warcraft, making the operation more reasonable, and improving the balance and difficulty of getting started.

Of course, the core selling points of the subsequent Warcraft sequels, he did not pile them all into the first generation.

On the one hand, he doesn't want to drain the potential of "Warcraft" all at once, and this story has to be told slowly.

On the other hand, the first generation of "Warcraft", after making many detailed adjustments, is already at the top level in the world as a whole, and the content is rich enough, so there is no need to add extra ingredients without authorization.

"Mr. Tian, ​​did you really design this by yourself?"

Xia Yu felt a little unbelievable.

"After studying Western culture and existing Western-style games for a period of time, I made a simple design draft."

Tian Moyun smiled, and changed the subject without a trace: "This game will become [Thunder Group]'s first masterpiece to go abroad and conquer the world. Do you have the confidence to make it?"

"Have."

Xia Yu nodded heavily.

Regardless of whether you have confidence or not, you must firmly say "yes" at this time.

[Storm Games] has been in business for such a long time, and has produced [-] or [-] games, not all of which are popular.

Sometimes, a game that doesn't receive much attention can sweep the charts, while a hard-fought masterpiece directly loses money on the street... This is a very normal thing.

He is too aware of the importance of a good idea. In the final analysis, what he sells is content and creativity, not advanced technology.

If there is a lack of old-fashioned creativity and mediocre gameplay, even if the special effects are flying all over the sky, it will be difficult for players to buy it.

And the game Warcraft...

Before Xia Yu read the design draft, she could guess that this must be another super masterpiece with regular hits.

If he didn't hold such a good game in his hands, he would definitely regret it for many years.

"Then go back and prepare."

Tian Moyun said casually: "At the stage of game project approval, I will be responsible for supervising the process."

……

"Warcraft" has entered the preparatory period, and the employees of the research and development team have just returned from traveling around the world, full of ambition and motivation.

While Tian Moyun is supervising the game design process, he is also leading many projects of [Thunder R&D Center].

It sounds like a lot of work, but it's not.

For the projects on both sides, he played a guiding and correcting role.

Tian Moyun has a very clear design idea in his mind. He is like a prophet, knowing which idea is correct and which idea is wrong. Therefore, what he has to do is: sign and agree correctly, and reject the wrong one. .

Like an emotionless review machine.

……

"The war at the end of the year has been completely cleared up. The companies we invest in have basically survived and defeated many international giants."

Jin Ge said softly: "There is no threat to the domestic market for the time being, but internationally, our computer and mobile phone businesses have encountered a lot of resistance."

"Oh?"

Tian Moyun was not surprised when he looked at the financial report of the overseas branch on the table.

"The mainland market is completely different from the international market. It is difficult to get consumers to buy the routines that are invincible in the country."

Jin Ge said lightly.

"I'll figure it out."

Tian Moyun nodded.

He manages the business of mobile phones and computers, and he has to find a way to solve the problem by himself.

"There is one more thing."

Jin Ge thought for a while, and said: "[Qingyun mobile phone] sells well in China, but after all, the price is too high, and it can only occupy the high-end market, and the low-end market may not be available."

"The [Orange Phone] brand can still be used. I am thinking, should I launch a relatively cheap 3G mobile phone to compete for the market? If I don't take this market, I am afraid that it will be taken by those overseas giants. gone."

Cheap 3G mobile phones.

This is inevitable.

But Jin Ge was able to take the initiative to ask Tian Moyun to bring it up, probably not because of his own intention, but because some of his companies want to expand new business.

[Qingyun Mobile Phone] has set off a craze across the country, and the [Starry Sky Technology] behind it has a faint tendency to become the first subsidiary of the group. The presidents of traditional entities such as Wang Sicheng, Zhang Mingda, and Yun Yingying should also be anxious.

"The research and development center has this part of the research."

Tian Moyun estimated the time: "A week later, I will issue a basic plan. If there is no problem, I will start the process, then mass production and warm-up, and it will enter the market in April. [Shenhui Technology] There will never be faster than us."

(End of this chapter)