Although everyone spoke in a subtle way, Chen Mo knew exactly what these people were worried about.
Originally, the domestic distributors had the two major game platforms of Emperor Dynasty and Shenhuan, and other messy small platforms could also live freely in the cracks.
Channel vendors are in a strong position and have relatively strong bargaining power. Independent game designers doing research and development are very weak, and they are a bit exploited, but they are still within the controllable range.
However, Chen Mo's Thunder game platform was born out of nowhere, blatantly breaking the unspoken rules of the previous distributors, and it was tantamount to launching a war against all distributors in the country.
This will result in a consequence that accelerates the integration of domestic game channels.
The cooperation between the two major platforms such as Dichao and Shenhuan is a relatively clear signal. They feel the threat, so they seize the time to integrate channel resources and want to stabilize the strong position of channel providers.
Although this move is mainly aimed at the Thunder game platform, these independent game designers will also be affected to some extent.
If the Thunder game platform collapses or compromises, then there will be a big alliance of channel providers in the country, which is equivalent to the integration of the two major channel providers of Dichao and Shenhuan, and their power will become unprecedentedly strong.
By then, how much bargaining power do these independent game designers have left
I'm afraid it will be even more dire than before.
Of course, objectively, there is also the possibility that the Thunder game platform will dominate the domestic channels, but that possibility is very small, and it is basically impossible from the current point of view.
These designers all have this sense of crisis, but the war between the distributors is like a fight between gods to them, and they can't get involved at all, so they show their favor to Chen Mo.
After all, Chen Mo felt more trustworthy than those high-ranking big distributors.
Thunder Games-Chen Mo: "You don't have to think too much. The life of independent game designers will definitely get better and better in the future. The current state of 'channel is king' in China is a relatively unhealthy state, and it will change sooner or later. .”
"I just started to build the Thunder game platform myself, and I didn't want to be controlled by others. After all, everyone knows how crazy it is for those distributors to always intervene in R&D."
"So don't worry, everyone. If you concentrate on making independent games, Emperor Dynasty and Shenhuan won't make any waves."
[Group leader] The Three Kingdoms of the Nightmare - Zhang Xiaokong: "Yes, boss, with your words, we can rest assured."
Disha Xing-Zhu Fanglin: "Amazing, 666!"
Wings of the Protoss - Li Feng: "Awesome!"
There was a wave of "666" in the group. Although these people are not familiar with Chen Mo, they still like Chen Mo's statement. At least for now, these designers and Chen Mo should be regarded as the same front, and they are all enemies with those big distributors who monopolize the domestic market.
Star Spirit Wings-Li Feng: "Speaking of which, Chen Mo, do you know that Dichao Huyu and Shenhuan Game Platform are discussing internally to launch a dominant game to prove the strength of their new channel."
Thunder Game-Chen Mo: "Not too concerned."
Mimeng-Lin Hailing: "Li Feng, you really deserve to be an intelligence agent of our group, you know this? Tell me in detail."
Wings of the Protoss-Li Feng: "Hey, after all, I like to collect gossip in the industry every day when I have nothing to do. I also heard from Dichao that they plan to release games internally, compete, and finally launch a game. Two games are linked to omni-channel recommendations to create a truly national-level game.”
[Administrator] Hengyou.com-Qiu Hengyang: "They are going to demonstrate, and they want to show us how powerful omni-channel promotion is."
[Group leader] The Three Kingdoms of Gods - Zhang Xiaokong: "It's not just like this. You think, if this game is really made for them, it will definitely divide up more player resources, and this big channel will change. It was very scary."
Dishaxing-Zhu Fanglin: "I'm a little curious, what kind of game are they going to do?"
Protoss Wings-Li Feng: "I don't know about that. They will definitely try to keep this level of information secret. Unless they release it on purpose, it will be difficult to find out the details."
[Administrator] Hengyou.com-Qiu Hengyang: "Actually, there are only a few popular game types. If there are a large number of players, mmorpg and fps must be used."
[Group leader] The Three Kingdoms of the Nightmare - Zhang Xiaokong: "Yes, we must still make rpg games."
Protoss Wings-Li Feng: "I heard that Dichao intends to represent cog. I don't know if it's true or not."
[Group leader] The Three Kingdoms of Gods - Zhang Xiaokong: "It should be just a small episode, cog is still too niche at present, and no one can say what will happen before the finished game is released. I think it is nothing more than Emperor Dynasty A layout is like buying a lottery ticket.”
The group started to discuss what kind of game Emperor Dynasty and Shenhuan were going to make, but the conversation gradually became more and more erratic, and turned to the question of "is mmorpg a game type that can be surpassed?"
Chen Mo dived silently.
…
In the studio, Qian Kun is testing a new game prototype.
The map of Summoner’s Canyon only opened a small part of the blue base, and the current art resources are all reused, from “Warcraft” and “Diablo”. Although the art quality is high, the overall The art style is extremely chaotic, so it looks weird.
Qian Kun clicked the right mouse button on the open space, and a barbarian walked to the place he clicked.
This barbarian is actually Galen, the power of Demacia, but because there is no model of Galen for the time being, the model of the barbarian is used instead.
Through the editor, Qian Kun placed a new enemy hero, a Teemo, in front of Galen.
Of course, this Teemo is not an official model, but the King of the Hill in Warcraft.
This Teemo, who looked exactly like the King of the Hill, was set to have a blood volume of 100,000, and stood motionless in place. Qian Kun clicked on qwer, and a set of damage was hit on Teemo's body to observe the effect of the attack.
There is a "silent" icon floating out, and the special effect of the big sword in the final ult is not there yet, but there is already a screen shaking effect.
There is nothing wrong with the damage value, and there is nothing wrong with the skill mechanism.
Qian Kun looked at Chen Mo who was standing aside: "It's okay, store manager. The prototype of this game should be relatively stable now. I'll test it with a few more complex heroes."
Chen Mo nodded: "Okay. It's mainly the judgment rules for various complex states, which must be perfected. There are also skill trajectories and effects, hero actions, etc., which must be refined."
Qian Kun said: "Don't worry, "Warcraft" and "Diablo" have made similar combat mechanisms, this time it is nothing more than more complicated, no problem."
Chen Mo patted Qian Kun on the shoulder, and continued to watch the work progress of the art side.
He is very reassured about Qian Kun. Although Qian Kun has been thinking about how to cheat players out of money all day long, he already has a lot of experience in numerical values, levels and combat systems, and he is very careful and rarely makes mistakes.