A hot pot restaurant in the magical city of Vientiane.
Chen Xu, Ruan Ningxue and Yang Xin were eating hot pot.
Beef, tripe, beef louvers, beef rolls…
When it comes to hot pot, how can it still be called hot pot without beef
"It's so powerful, Master. It's exploded in the gaming community, and it's also received rave reviews from players!" Yang Xin, who had already gotten to know each other, looked excited at the news on his phone.
"Sister Xin, don't call me a great god. I'm not a great god now. Just call me by my name." Chen Xu waved his hand.
It's such an exaggeration to say it, but Chen Xu knows very well that the so-called sensation is more of an explosion in the small circle of gentleman game developers.
As for the entire gaming community
At most, it made a splash in the independent game circle, and it was the kind of splash that didn't have many ripples.
Chen Xu has a very clear understanding of this point.
"I feel like I shouldn't have said 50,000 sales in the first place." Ruan Ningxue said next to her, but with a smile on her face.
After hearing this, Chen Xu put down the chopsticks in his hands and said to Ruan Ningxue with a smile: "There's nothing you can do about it, senior sister, you decided this yourself."
"Hey, I was thinking about inviting Chen Xu to my company before, but now it seems that I have overthought it!" Yang Xin said a little depressed.
"Please don't bother my junior. The sales of three of your games are worse than the last!" Ruan Ningxue stabbed her in the back mercilessly.
"Although my three games all failed, there is a reason for that. I am responsible for the text plot structure, and others are hired to do it. Moreover, the plot texts are all recognized by players' feedback. Yes!" Yang Xin expressed dissatisfaction.
"By the way, Chen Xu, can you help me tell you what went wrong with the three games developed by our company?" Yang Xin looked at Chen Xu and asked.
"Positioning still has a bloated system." Chen Xu took his mobile phone and searched, and he understood it after simply watching some videos on the Internet.
"Hmm...?" Yang Xin was a little confused.
"To put it simply, Sister Xin, you want to add a little bit of everything to your game, but Sister Xin, you are making a low-cost independent game, not a 3A-level game. Even if it is a 3A-level game, there are many System settings are basically for enrichment, not as the main course." Chen Xu said to Yang Xin.
Listening to Chen Xu's words, Yang Xin showed an expression of enlightenment on the surface. He understood a little but not completely.
However, although he was still a little confused, Yang Xin was too embarrassed to continue asking at the dinner table, so he changed the topic.
"By the way, Chen Xu, what are you going to do next?"
"Next, I'm going to open a small game company of my own." It's not a secret, Chen Xu said with a smile.
"Open your own company?" Yang Xin was a little surprised.
"Yes." Chen Xu nodded, this was part of the plan.
Yang Xin, who was sitting in his seat, thought for a while, then made a decision and said, "Well, Chen Xu, what do you think of me? Can I come to your place to develop games together?"
She still loves playing games very much.
However, three consecutive failed projects also made her a little discouraged.
But now she figured it out.
Is it a problem that I can’t be a game designer and make successful games
No, it's not!
It's just that she hasn't found a way to succeed yet. Finding a thigh to hug her is also the secret to success!
She had an in-depth understanding of the game "Magic Mirror" before coming here.
Then she came to the conclusion that the game's success was no fluke.
And just now I heard Chen Xu’s comments about his three games. Although I understood a little bit, I didn’t fully understand them.
But one thing she can be sure of is that this junior who her best friend calls a game for the first time definitely has the potential to become a great master!
Some game designers may develop a high-quality game because of a moment of inspiration, and then lose it to everyone.
But there are also game designers who have a very clear understanding of the games they want to develop.
The Chen Xu in front of him was obviously such a person.
The failure of three consecutive games gave Yang Xin a clear understanding of himself.
Listening to Yang Xin's words, Chen Xu, who was sitting in his seat, also fell into thinking.
Chen Xu briefly took a look at the three games Yang Xin mentioned.
As Yang Xin said, the plot is indeed the highlight.
Most of the negative reviews of the game come from the gameplay settings, while most of the good reviews come from the plot.
And it's not one game, it's all three games.
Obviously this is the credit of copywriting planning.
If he wants to make games by himself in the future, he will definitely not be able to rely on him alone. He can be responsible for the main plot lines and various contexts of some games.
But what about the complete plot arrangement
It is unrealistic to rely on him alone, even if there is a system.
You must know that in previous games such as Red Dead Redemption 2, the main text alone was more than 2,000 pages. Counting the text of the entire game, a stack of script pages as big as an A4 paper would be 2.4 meters long. high.
For a game like "Magic Mirror", he can take full responsibility, but in the future, when developing games with larger amounts of text, it is obviously impossible for him to cover everything.
"Of course there is no problem. Sister Xin, if you are serious, we can talk about it after I finish the company." Chen Xu said to Yang Xin.
"No problem, then I'll wait for news from you, Chen Xu!" Yang Xin said.
"Okay, okay, if you don't eat, I will eat all the beef." Ruan Ningxue said next to her.
"I said, Ning Xue, do you want you to join us? With our strength, we can definitely do something big!" Yang Xin looked at Ruan Ningxue next to him with a smile.
After picking up the Wangwang milk on the table and taking a sip, Ruan Ningxue glanced at Yang Xin and said nothing.
"But I don't know how popular "Magic Mirror" will be, with sales exceeding one million per month?" Yang Xin guessed on the side.
"There is hope for a half price, but it is basically impossible to go higher." Chen Xu said with a smile.
He still has a relatively clear understanding of this. After all, it is an 18R game and the restrictions are too great.
A group of people ate and drank in the store. At about nine o'clock, Chen Xu sent the two people to their respective communities before taking a taxi home.