Jiang Yucheng was slightly stunned. "Yes, it is possible, but
Jiang Yucheng was not sure whether anyone else had considered using such a game engine to build a game platform before. Even if someone had, he would not be surprised by it - from a practical point of view, it was indeed difficult to say whether this was a good deal.
Ultimately it’s a question of cost-effectiveness.
Why not do something else with this time? Even if you make a reskin mobile game, you can easily get many times more revenue than that. Why waste time and energy on independent games? What's more, they are not discussing independent games, but independent game platforms. The income of game platforms basically comes from advertising fees and game commissions. In other words, the income that Huaying can obtain on the game platform will be largely determined by the quality of the games themselves.
This game production engine is a production tool that has extremely low technical requirements and is very easy to use.
The more Jiang Yucheng thought about it, the more unreliable it seemed. He even suspected that there might be other companies that had the same idea as them before, but gave up because of the rate of return.
Muxiuxing understood his concerns
It’s not that such gaming platforms cannot make money, but for gaming companies with monthly revenues of tens of millions, it’s unnecessary.
Huaying will become a gaming platform sooner or later," said Muxuxing.
If you don’t want to be restricted by channels, you can only create your own channels
The game platform itself is not difficult to build, after all, it is just a platform for game download channels. The problem is that Huaying has no foundation in this area. Compared with other game platforms that have accumulated tens of millions of users, even if Huaying really builds a game platform, the number of users is a big problem.
After all, Huaying's focus is animation. Even though animation is closely related to games, in the final analysis, these are two different industries. Fans may not buy into animated films made by game companies. Similarly, if a company that focuses on animation suddenly makes an exclusive game platform, the original animation fans may not necessarily support it.
In Muxuxing's opinion, now is a good entry point.
This kind of game platform has limited profits. Although it is easy to imitate, it may not be able to catch the eyes of most game companies, let alone make the top game platforms that divide up the players of Blue Star feel vigilant.
As for Jingzhi Interactive Entertainment, Mu Suxing has a good idea. The company's profit level has not been bad in the past year, but it has no truly popular games. If a newly established game platform wants to poach new users from other game platforms, it must come up with phenomenal games that other platforms do not have.
These are all things that the current Thorns Interactive Entertainment cannot do.
Instead of rushing to build a traditional gaming platform, it is better to keep a low profile, start from an angle that most people don't care about, and develop slowly. Once you have a solid foundation, it will not be too late to expand.
What about platform promotion?" Jiang Yucheng asked, "The newly established independent game platform will definitely not have much traffic. Should we make some pixel RG games and visual novels to attract new users
Muxuxing thought about it and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question, "Come to think of it, we haven't held any official fan collection activities in the past three years.
The answer is of course yes.
From animation to games, to comics, and now to movies, there are many classic works produced by Huaying, and there are naturally many fan works created by fans for their love. However, when it comes to the official fan collection activities, there has never been such a big one.
etc.
Jiang Yucheng's eyes lit up.
Yeah, how could he forget this
Pixel RG games may be a little more troublesome, but it is much easier to promote visual novels. There are so many popular characters under Huaying, and various fan works related to them are inevitable. In addition, Huaying's first fan collection activity with awards will not worry about new works emerging.
Now that there are fan games, won’t there be a shortage of new users
Thinking of this, Jiang Yucheng changed his indifferent attitude at the beginning, and a hint of excitement appeared on his face. Seeing that the other party understood what he meant, Mu Suxing also breathed a sigh of relief.
His idea is actually very simple
A gaming platform must be built, but it cannot be too ostentatious, so visual novels and pixel RG games are the two points that are least likely to arouse the vigilance of peers. At the same time, Huaying can use it to allow Huaying's original fans to naturally develop a certain degree of stickiness to the Huaying gaming platform imperceptibly.
Let’s take the simplest example
If you are a follower of "Huaying Comics", after your favorite comics are animated, will you watch the animation of the same name? If there are some characters in the animation that you particularly like, and other enthusiasts happen to make it into a fan game, wouldn't the audience want to play it
If there is no fan game for the character he likes... that would be even easier. As a mature xx fan, it is time to learn to produce his own content. After handing over the work of the game platform to Jiang Yucheng, Mu Suxing happily gave himself a week's vacation.
Taking advantage of the rare holiday, Mu Suxing browsed through the "Games" category in the system mall.
Like the previous categories of "novels" and "comics", the game category in the system mall is also divided into several columns. Usually, Mu Suxing's eyes are always on the big games. This time, he is probably still thinking about the game platform. By the time Mu Suxing reacted, he had already clicked on the "Pixel Game"
He had originally just wanted to give it a try, but he actually found a few pixel games with extremely high gameplay quality. So when all the employees of Huaying were happily enjoying their vacation, a Weibo post from a user who was particularly concerned about them suddenly caught their attention.
Muxuxingv: Suddenly I had an idea for an independent game.
Front row, Xingxing hasn't posted on Weibo for a long time. He secretly kissed her and ran away! By the way, I caught a bug. It should be an independent animation, right? What the hell is an independent game? 23333
Looking forward to the new independent animation!
Although, do you really think Xingxing made a typo? When did Xingxing post a Weibo announcement in advance for animation? Think about it, he secretly drew comics before, so isn't it normal for him to suddenly have the idea of making a game
I was just wondering when I paid attention to independent game producers, and then I looked again, "Me?"
No, a comic book author who can't make games is not a good animation producer
Regarding Mu Suxing's sudden Weibo post, most fans either didn't take it seriously or really didn't care about Yi, and basically just complained in the comment section for fun. However, the Huaying employees who accidentally saw this Weibo post were struck by lightning, especially the ones who had the most contact with Mu Suxing at work. Their hearts immediately rose to their throats.
joke
Outsiders don't know, but don't they know it themselves
When has Muxuxing ever joked? Rather, every time he looked like he was joking, it was usually when he was telling everyone that he was going to cause trouble.
The correct interpretation of "I suddenly had an idea for an independent game" is "I want to make an independent game"!
Muxuxing was happily drawing illustrations for his independent game, while his phone, which was casually placed aside, was ringing like crazy. He picked up the phone and took a look at the incoming call notification.
Fang Lian
Why did you call at this time
As soon as the call was connected, Fang Lian's firm and unquestionable voice rang out from the other end: "I don't agree!
Mu Xuxing was a little confused. "What?" He didn't find anything wrong.
He was puzzled when Fang Lian's tone suddenly took a 180-degree turn and became extremely complaining, "Didn't we agree to produce a Harry Potter movie every year? This is just the first one, don't tell me you want to be a hands-off boss now.
Pleiades
That's true. Harry Potter is not comparable to other animations before it, and it is a CG animation film that Huaying has little experience in. As Huaying's first animation film, it is of great significance. From any perspective, he really can't hand it over to others as easily as before.
Realizing that Mu Suxing was wavering, Fang Lian decided to quit while he was ahead. After receiving repeated assurances from Mu Suxing, he hung up the phone contentedly. He thought that was the end of it, but unexpectedly, in less than two seconds, the familiar ringtone of the incoming call rang immediately.
This time the person who called was Wen Feihang.
Wen Feihang: "I'll let you know in advance. I'm just relaying the voices of the majority of Huaying fans. Our best online animation this year is only ranked second. It's been a long time since you were beaten by your old enemy. Don't you have any ideas?"
Mu Xuxing was confused for a moment by the strange words uttered by the other party.
Enemy? Who? How come he doesn't know
Perhaps guessing his confusion, Wen Feihang reminded him, "Director He Hongfeng of Luofeng Animation, our "S" and "Magical Girl Madoka Magica" were produced at the same time as him, and you were always the first and he was the second. Have you forgotten?"
Pleiades
No, he just didn't remember when he and He Hongfeng formed a strange old relationship. When the third call came, Mu Suxing was numb. "Tell me, why did you call?"
Actually, I am just joining in the fun. Qiu Fengmao said gently, "I just want to remind you that the new headquarters is almost finished. The office building is about three playgrounds away from the gate. Don't forget to buy a bicycle when the time comes.
Pleiades
Mu Suxing hung up the phone unhappily.
Of course, intellectually he could still understand the vigilance of Fang Lian and the others. After all, according to his original plan, they would be even busier in the new year. Wouldn't it sound a bit ridiculous to say that they wanted to cross over and make an independent game at this time
But does this conflict with him being unhappy
No!
He put his phone back on the table in frustration. His movement was not big, but Feng Sheng, who was selecting books in front of the bookshelf, seemed to sense something and cast a questioning look at him. "What's wrong?"
Mu Suxing was originally a little aggrieved when Qin Sheng asked him. Didn't he just want to make an independent game? Was he like the loyal ministers in ancient times who advised the tyrants? However, when Qin Sheng asked him about it, he felt a little embarrassed for no reason. After all, in the eyes of people who didn't understand the situation, his decision was indeed a bit hasty.
Muxuxing thought about it and decided to cut the Gordian knot on this embarrassing topic, so he briefly answered, "I want to make an independent game, but others disagree.
Qin Sheng did not comment on his sudden cross-border idea, but just asked, "Can you be more specific? What kind of game is it? Compared with the previous topic, this question obviously suits Mu Suxing's heart more - this makes him look very interested.
"Muxiuxing" is a pixel RG fan game.
What made Muxuxing want to cross borders was an ACG hodgepodge of works called "囧魂"
Just like the name of this game, this is a game that takes "playing with memes" to the extreme. Except for the protagonist, there are no original NPCs in the entire game. As many as 400+ NPCs in the game come from more than 100 animations. Even a wild cat on the side of the road can be found in the animation. It is worth mentioning that "Lost Soul" is not just a simple and crude gathering of a large number of anime characters. The characters, scenes, dialogues and plots in the game are all set up quite cleverly.
For example, in the first city called "Togengo City", the wedding of Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan is being held in the church. Fat Tiger, who is in charge of the instrumental music, originally wanted to join the choir. When Toyama Kazuha was surprised by the doubling of murders, Hattori Heiji calmly told her that it was because "Kindaichi also came to attend the wedding."
Players can gamble with Tsunade in the tavern, meet Usopp who claims to be "all-knowing", learn chess skills with Fujiwara Sawa, pick up **paper...
In short, this is a very interesting fan game for veteran anime fans.
Muxuxing wanted to make a pixel RG game, of course not by moving "Lost Soul" over, but the existence of this game gave him an idea
What would it be like if he selected classic characters from the animations that Huaying has already produced and will produce in the future, and made a pixel RG game in a lighthearted and sarcastic style
Will fans of Huaying guess that some of the unfamiliar characters in the game are actually characters that will appear in Huaying's future animations
How will fans feel when they accidentally open the game again and see the familiar characters on the screen after several years when all the character-related animations in the game have been completed