Cannon Fodder Genius Game Producer

During the last two days of the first round of testing of "Wasteland", the number of continuous online active users began to drop significantly.

However, in the past 5 days, the user activity data of "Wasteland" has remained at a very good value, so even if the activity data of some players has dropped, the overall data is still above the S-level level judged by Huanyu internally.

However, compared with the brilliant data, in the last two days of testing of "Wasteland", the dialogue ecology of players in the game "Wasteland" is not as healthy as before.

[I'm tired, I hope the game can do a good value cycle. I still like the game very much, but now I have to wait for a long time to do any cultivation. I quit and took a look. This game is indeed an idle game, but this It's been left too long...]

[I want to upgrade the level of the fortress, but at least 5 buildings in the fortress are required to reach level 15. The resources are exhausted and only 4 buildings can be raised. Is there any big guy who can successfully raise 5 level 15 buildings now?Please share a wave of values. 】

[I have given up upgrading the level of the fortress. Let’s talk about it after the public beta. The values ​​​​in the later stage of the internal test this time are really not good. It is a bit difficult for me to complete all the daily tasks. 0/2)', the basic buildings that I want to develop in my fortress have already been blocked. If I want to complete this task, I need to develop new buildings that I don't need.Now that resources are so tight, who wants to spend resources on new buildings that are not needed?But the daily tasks will give rewards to the mobility potion group... In order to calculate whether it is worthwhile to complete the daily tasks, I am already bald in voting. 】

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There are still many discussions like this, including on the WG special page of "Wasteland", there are more posts discussing the numerical rationality of "Wasteland".

The first sentence of these posts is usually: [I like the overall design and gameplay of "Wasteland" very much], followed by a long discussion on the value of the wasteland, I hope the official can see their seriousness, in the next time Correct the existing problems in the test.

***

In Jixing Studio, Lin Cheng, who was sitting at his desk, was receiving prompts from the system one after another.

"Drip! Warning! The word-of-mouth of users of the host-led game "Wasteland" is declining. Please find out the reason for the host to save the decline!"

"Drip! Warning! The host-led game "Wasteland" has a potential crisis of dominance out of control, please host to prevent the dominance from getting out of control!"

During the internal testing of "Wasteland" in the past few days, Lin Cheng has been very comfortable. The testing went very smoothly. Many people in Huanyu, including Jixing, said congratulations when they saw him.

Don't look at such a large group as Huanyu, but to be honest, there are very few successful projects, or projects that are only successful for a while.

So far, the top game of the Huanyu Group is "Super God". There are eight or nine games that are still popular under the Super God, but these games are basically all of the Huanyu Group.

Huanyu Group, with more than 6000 employees, has been established for more than 20 years. So far, there are no more than 30 games that can make people feel familiar after listening.

This shows how difficult it is to have a game that is even just a momentary success.

There are 6 studio groups in Huanyu alone, of which the Polestar studio group is the most famous studio group under Huanyu Group, and each of the 6 studio groups has its own main studio and sub-studios. There are less than five or six to ten or so.

In other words, there are dozens of studios in Huanyu alone, and it is another matter to count the number of projects planned by each studio.

Not every planner has the opportunity to be independently responsible for the production of a project, and not every planner in the industry can have a successful game product.

Lin Cheng's luck, in the eyes of many people, has reached its peak, which also makes many people look at him with unconscious envy.

This kind of envy is the root of Lin Cheng's pride, but now the system's warning is clearly telling him that there is a problem with his favorite "Wasteland", and it is very likely that someone will take this opportunity to try to remove him from the person in charge of "Wasteland". Roll down from the position.

Lin Cheng's whole body is hairy - what's the problem!Why is user word-of-mouth declining? ! "Wasteland" is clearly the most popular game in his memory. He has already produced the quality of the full version in the closed beta stage. Why is there no problem in the first 5 days of testing, but suddenly the word of mouth drops in the last two days? !

Lin Cheng's entire face was black, and while his face was dark, someone had already compiled today's player feedback into a document and sent it to him.

Lin Cheng endured his irritability and read these documents one by one, but he still couldn't understand what the problem was.

Every reply, seems to say that there is something wrong with 'numerical looping'.

How could there be a problem with the value loop? !

This is the numerical rhythm verified after "Wasteland" was finally launched!

Mobility potions and value-added props are not enough?

This is because these players played too aggressively, right?After all, what he got was the final version plan of "Wasteland", so the event reward distribution plan in the game is also the value of the game's official seven-day public beta event.

In the current plan, except for the content related to the recharge module in "Wasteland", which has been removed by him, the other values ​​​​have not changed. Lin Cheng can't figure out why there is a problem?

【system! ! !What the hell is going on here? ! 】

Lin Cheng asked the system with an almost ashen face, but the system would only reply bluntly: "Hey, please find the solution to the problem by the host!"

【Search for yourself? !This is already the most mature plan of "Wasteland", what else can I look for? ! 】Lin Cheng's voice hides a wave of exasperation.

"Drip, warning, the host needs to find a solution by itself!"

"Dididi, warning! If the dominance of the host game is plundered, it will lead to the failure of the host's achievement task, and the decline in life enjoyment!!"

In the end, the beeping sound of the system made Lin Cheng slam the table—Made, Didi, he only knows about Didi all day long, he wants this shit system to be useful!

Lin Cheng once again hated that what he was bound to was not a system that could not be stopped without spending 10 billion yuan. It was just this bullshit game king system, except that at the beginning he used "Crazy Graduation Season" to earn dozens After [-], he will only be forced to do tasks!

Can he be happy about these bullshit things?

As a system, it can only provide him with game plans and game-related props, and he can't count on anything else...

Faced with "Wasteland", which was completely sure, but the word-of-mouth declined on the sixth day of the closed beta, Lin Cheng, who was still complacent a few days ago, directly collapsed. He was happy and resentful that he could not provide him with more help. system.

Why is it that other people can go smoothly when they are reborn and bound to the system, but he is reborn and bound to the system, but there are so many inexplicable difficulties? !

The system suggested him to review the values ​​of "Wasteland", but Lin Cheng was an ordinary game worker in his previous life, and he was doing tasks assigned by his superiors. All he had to do was to find out if there was a similar system in other games, copy That's it. As for the numerical considerations, there are naturally people with a higher level than him who bother with the planning.

The most important thing he did was to select some rewards randomly from the reward pool they planned, according to different task levels and according to the established rules, and arrange them in the task.

Let him review the values ​​of "Wasteland" now?

Where can he think of the numerical problems of "Wasteland"?

But what Lin Cheng knew more clearly was that the system's reminder would definitely not be groundless. Not only did the word of mouth of "Wasteland" have problems, but there were already people behind him coveting his position as the person in charge of "Wasteland" .

However, Lin Cheng's brain had a rare moment of enlightenment at this time-here in Huanyu, there is no other problem and no one can remove his position as the person in charge. Those people who want to remove him can only be from "Wasteland" When the test results go wrong.

For example, "Wasteland" is currently facing a crisis of declining reputation.

He had to solve this problem, only by solving this problem, the danger behind would not be approaching.

Thinking of this, Lin Cheng's face darkened, and he began to rack his brains to think about where the crisis in front of "Wasteland" came from.

***

In the same studio, Pei Shu has not continued to play the game since the first day of the "Wasteland" test, and Wang Fei has the same attitude.

Among the 4 people who did not lose the studio, only Jiang Ziye and Qiu Boyu were still playing "Wasteland" and paying attention to the public opinion of Wasteland players.

Jiang Ziye simply thinks that Wasteland is indeed a very interesting game. He happens to be a relatively Buddhist player. When playing the game, he will spend some money relatively restrainedly. When the game cannot be paid, he will not care too much. .

Although the current rhythm of "Wasteland" is a bit difficult to play, it is also a pleasure for Jiang Ziye to carefully calculate how to use the limited resources.

Besides, he still has work to do, and it is impossible to stare at the game all day long. When he is busy, he puts away the game and lets his fortress save resources and build production with peace of mind. Just right.

But Jiang Ziye also knew in his heart that if a game wants to have a good result, it must not only have his type of players, otherwise the game manufacturer will have to drink the northwest wind.

Unlike Jiang Ziye, Qiu Boyu opened an emulator. Although he didn't operate it very much, he hung on the "Wasteland" game almost all day long.

In the spare time between writing codes, when he relaxes, he will switch to the game interface of "Wasteland" to see the player feedback in the game.

He saw with his own eyes that the players who were full of enthusiasm on the day of the first test of "Wasteland" became tired on the sixth day, and the discussion among players became much less passionate.

"How is it? How do you feel?" Pei Shu took the coffee from outside the cup and handed it to Qiu Boyu.

Qiu Boyu subconsciously said 'Thank you Brother Pei', then shook his head: "If you don't open the recharge module, the value will not change, and "Wasteland" will be finished."

Pei Shu smiled and said, "It's not all about the failure to open the recharge module."

"Ah?" Qiu Boyu looked at Pei Shu suspiciously: "Brother Pei, why do you say that?"

Pei Shu said bluntly: "The numerical value of the game should follow the idea of ​​the main planner of the game. Although the framework of the numerical value of the game and the detailed model calculation are the work of numerical planning, the main planner should guide a clear direction for the numerical value. Planning must have a steelyard in mind, what kind of numerical experience does he hope to give players in this game?"

"The current overall value of "Wasteland" can actually be seen to be very complete, but the current game rhythm is more suitable for viewing after opening the recharge module. And "Wasteland" currently has no such thing as a recharge module, so Even if a recharge module is added, the new numerical planning may not fully cooperate with the original numerical system in the planning and design of the recharge module and various value-added props without correct guidance."

"For example, Boyu, what do you think the price of the mobility potion pack in the game should be?"

Qiu Boyu was stunned for a moment, and instinctively said: "18."

He reported a value that he thinks is relatively reasonable. The 18-yuan mobility potion package is enough to support the normal experience of the explosive players for 2-3 days. , is a value that is likely to keep players low krypton for a long time.

Pei Shu nodded: "Well, you have a long-term idea. But think about it, if there is a person who is completely different from you in terms of philosophy, he hopes that the flow of "Wasteland" will rise as high as possible. Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, , the price of this gift pack is entirely likely to double or even double."

Qiu Boyu understood what Pei Shu meant.

Chief planners or project managers, they are responsible for the entire game, the system design, gameplay design, economic cycle, etc. of the game are all in their minds to achieve an overall balance, if one of the corners bulges or collapses, it is possible Bring a kind of irreversible damage to this game.

After all, Qiu Boyu cannot deny that he still cares about "Wasteland", he hesitated for a while, and said: "...Lin Cheng is the main planner of "Wasteland" after all, with him..."

When Pei Shu heard Qiu Boyu's words, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Do you really think "Wasteland" is Lin Cheng's work?"

This question made Qiu Boyu startled, and then fell silent.

Is "Wasteland" really Lin Cheng's work?

Qiu Boyu didn't dare to say it, but he also had such a question in his heart - a creator, even if he is too arrogant to accept any suggestions, he will directly cut off the value after making a numerical design that should match the recharge module. The recharge module, and then use other modules intact, do you think the game is a zero-krypton game?

***

In Jixing Gong's studio, Lin Cheng thought about it. There was a problem with the numerical value. Who could solve the problem best?

In Lin Cheng's view, the entire Huanyu Group looked like they were about to usurp the throne.

The only safe...

At this moment, Lin Cheng thought of Qiu Boyu who had resigned—by the way, the original author of "Wasteland"!That guy, who asked him for advice every day, must have... feelings for Wasteland, right?