Almighty Game Designer

Chapter 38: stop by

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Chen Mo was flipping through the comments and forum hot posts of "Plants vs. Zombies".

If you want to update the version, the main thing is to see what the players like and want. If a new version is updated, but the core demands of the players are not resolved, it means that nothing has been done.

At this time, Chen Mo noticed a girl came to the door of the experience store, wearing jeans and a long ponytail, she was neatly dressed.

"Zhuo Yao?" Chen Mo remembered her name.

This girl is the owner of Zhiyuan Internet Cafe, and she came here before, when Chen Mo's experience store just opened.

Zhuo Yao looked at the first floor of the experience store in surprise: "Wow, I haven't been here for more than a month, your experience store is so lively! I remember that the last time I came, there was no one there?"

Chen Mo said, "Of course, it's impossible for your Internet cafe to open for a month without a single person, right?"

Zhuo Yao was speechless: "You can't say that, can your experience store be the same as an Internet cafe? Hey, it seems that the game you made is good, so many people play it."

Zhuo Yao leaned back on the sofa, and Chen Mo poured her a glass of water.

"Last time you said you would come on another day, but this time it has been changed for more than a month." Chen Mo joked.

"Hey, don't mention it, there are too many Internet cafes, I can't leave." Zhuo Yao said, "And recently I was addicted to a small game."

Chen Mo asked, "Addicted to a little game?"

Zhuo Yao nodded: "Yes, it's the recently popular "Plants vs. Zombies". You haven't played it? As a game designer, it's impossible for you not to pay attention to the new game list?"

Chen Mo said, "Uh... just played."

Zhuo Yao laughed: "I know it, tell me quickly, how many levels have you reached in the endless mode? I have already reached level 97, and I will reach level 100 soon!"

Chen Mo: "..."

Zhuo Yao noticed that Chen Mo's expression was a bit weird, and she thought he was embarrassed because he had too few levels: "It's okay, I can teach you, my own routines are very good, I will let you go through the first fifty levels!"

Chen Mo pointed to a computer in the distance, where a girl was playing: "She has reached level 174."

"Ah?!" Zhuo Yao was stunned, what do you mean

She stood up and looked at the girl, she looked like a good girl, she should be a student from a nearby university, how could she play better than herself by staying up all night

Wait a moment!

When Zhuo Yao first entered the door, she didn't pay attention to what games these people were playing, but now she looked at a few machines and suddenly noticed something.

Seems like the whole floor is playing Plants vs. Zombies

This is an experience store, and generally only the designer's own games can be played in the experience store.

Could it be that…

Zhuo Yao looked at Chen Mo: "Could it be, the author of "Plants vs. Zombies"..."

Chen Mo nodded: "Yes, it is next."

Zhuo Yao was stunned for three seconds, and suddenly realized: "I'm dizzy! You made this game! I also said, why is the logo at the opening of this game so familiar, so I saw it at the door of your store!"

Chen Mo was speechless: "I said, you can't be so forgetful, right? Your Internet cafe is across the street, but you can't even remember my logo?"

Zhuo Yao was a little embarrassed, coughed twice and said: "Ahem, well, you also know that our Internet cafe owners stay in Internet cafes all the year round, that... right?"

Chen Mo nodded and echoed, "Mmm, yes."

Zhuo Yao laughed with a "poof": "What is it? Forget it, don't talk to you, and teach me the secret of "Plants vs. Zombies"!"

Chen Mo was speechless: "Why are you all like this? When you see me, you want the secret. There are not many high-quality posts in the player community. Go there and look for it."

Zhuo Yao rolled her eyes: "Stingy."

Chen Mo: "..."

How can everything be related to stinginess! It doesn't matter if I'm not stingy, it's because you're lazy!

Zhuo Yao said: "Hey, but having said that, I really didn't expect you, a rookie designer, to be able to make such an awesome hit game. It's amazing. It's a pity that mobile games are not suitable for promotion in my Internet cafe. "

Chen Mo said: "It's okay, I will also make terminal games in the future. By the way, I haven't asked, is your Internet cafe mainly PC games or VR games?"

Zhuo Yao said: "PC. I also want to change it to a VR Internet cafe, but the initial investment is too large and I don't have that much money. Now the status of PC Internet cafes is indeed a bit embarrassing, and I have been struggling with this matter for a long time."

Chen Mo said: "Well, I know, the main reason is that the games on the PC side are squeezed by the VR games, and they seem to be a bit declining."

"That's why." Zhuo Yao was a little helpless, "VR Internet cafes will definitely remain the mainstream in the future, and PC Internet cafes will probably be gradually eliminated."

Chen Mo shook his head: "That's not necessarily true."

Zhuo Yao was stunned: "Why?"

Chen Mo said: "It's very simple. PC Internet cafes are in decline now, just because there is no super hit game on the PC side. What if there is really a super hit game on the PC side that can crush VR games in the future?"

Zhuo Yao's eyes widened slightly: "It's not... maybe."

Chen Mo said: "It doesn't appear now, but it doesn't mean it won't appear in the future. Before "Plants vs. Zombies" came out, who would have thought that there would be such a big market for puzzle games?"

Zhuo Yao thought for three seconds: "So, you are praising yourself in disguise, right?"

Chen Mo nodded: "Yes."

Zhuo Yao: "..."

Chen Mo said: "The truth is this. I think you can continue to stick to PC Internet cafes. The prospects are not as pessimistic as you think. You see, PCs completely crush mobile phones in terms of performance, but mobile games are still alive and well." .The performance of the VR game cabin completely crushes the PC, which does not mean that PC games will not work.”

Zhuo Yao nodded: "It sounds quite reasonable, so let me borrow your good words. I hope you can develop a super-popular game on the PC side to save my Internet cafe. When will you start developing it?"

Chen Mo thought for a moment: "About... within two years?"

Zhuo Yao rolled her eyes: "Goodbye."

Chen Mo laughed, "I'm serious."

Zhuo Yao: "Goodbye."

It seemed that she thought Chen Mo was bluffing her, and she didn't believe it at all.

What Chen Mo said was not to comfort Zhuo Yao, he really thought so. Although VR games are the mainstream in this world, he doesn't think PC games will be replaced.

VR games are not necessarily the ultimate form of games.

A very simple example, why do moba games always have a 45-degree view of God, not the first person

It is true that some game companies have tried to make moba into a full 3D first-person view, and it has indeed been made, and the production is very sophisticated, and even made a gimmick of five roads (there are two roads at the top and bottom of the map), but in the end The result is unsatisfactory, and the playability is far inferior to moba.

The game doesn't even make a lot of waves, and not many players have heard of it.

The reason is simple. From the 3D perspective, the screening range and usage methods of many skills have changed a lot, and the operation mode has also changed. The player's ability to control the overall situation has seriously declined. The game directly loses some of the core fun of moba games, making it a "tasteless" game.

This is one of the most critical factors leading to the failure of "full 3dmoba".