Laura Crawford.

Hailed as one of the pinnacles of personal adventure gaming.

The "Tomb Raider" series in which it is located and "Uncharted", which was released on console platforms last year, are known as the two "Antiquities of the Dead".

Where to go, where to go, the killer demon king......

Countless titles make this character more and more charming.

Before the eighth work, Laura's image was mainly dominated by sexy actresses with plump buttocks and hao R.

Especially since the movie version of "Tomb Raider" became popular, the model has tended to be the heroine of the movie, Angelina Jolie.

It has more than 100 million fans all over the world.

However, success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He.

Now, twelve years after the Tomb Raider game, the series has had to face an embarrassing problem.

The sales of "Tomb Raider" are gradually declining.

If Mao Yi is not mistaken, the sales of this year's Tomb Raider 8 are less than two million copies.

This is a disaster for the "Tomb Raider" series, which broke five million in the first week.

And it was from this work that the "Tomb Raider" series ushered in its own winter.

It is completely mothballed by SE.

It took five years for the project to finally restart.

Counting the two to three years of the game's production, that is, the series has been stopped for more than two years!

I can't remember the specifics clearly, but I only know that because of this, Crystal Power, which is the later successor of "Tomb Raider", laid off more than 30 people for this purpose, including 8 creative directors!

The reason why I remember it so clearly is because the ninth part of Tomb Raider, which is the first part of the reboot, is the only reboot series that Mao Yi's computer can run back then.

So out of curiosity, he also went to make up the ticket.

That is, I bought a copy of the digital copies of all the previous works.

Of course, at that time, those digital versions were already very cheap.

There are ten models in total, which is less than 30 yuan.

Because I can only play this one reboot, Mao Yi, who likes it very much, came seven or eight times in a row that year.

Well, it's 99% collected every time.

Because there's one collection element that you need luck to get.

Unfortunately, Mao Yi was too unlucky in this regard.

Later, Mao Yi learned that as early as the first time he cleared the customs, if he didn't directly hit 100% of the collection, then all the files after you could only play 99%.

Mao Yi, who has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, almost collapsed because of it.

Therefore, for this series, Mao Yi naturally remembers it vividly.

And this related knowledge also appeared many times in the novels he wrote later.

I have to say that this may have become an obsession of his.

Now, he is born again.

"Tomb Raider 8" is about to be released, and "Tomb Raider 9" is still far away, so can Mao Yi, who is ready to make a 3A masterpiece, get a piece of the pie?

Mao Yi touched his chin, looked at the image in front of him, and gradually became distracted.

"Let's go!" I felt my arm being picked up, and the voice of shame came from my ears.

Mao Yi subconsciously looked up and found that the people around him were looking at him in surprise.

After being stunned for a moment, Mao Yi reacted suddenly.

Laura's image is still mainly sexy.

So at this time, Mao Yi showed that kind of expression to such a character......

"Uh-"

Mao Yi was covered with cold sweat.

"Got it?" asked the girl curiously after dodging the crowd.

"Yes! ”

"Is it Laura?" asked the girl, who naturally knew Laura, curiously.

"Let's see, if not...... Let's do something about it. Mao Yi wasn't sure.

Of course not.

It will have to wait until the end of the year, after SE is completely dead to "Tomb Raider 8", before he can consider poaching the crystal power.

Yes, Mao Yi's plan is to dig up all the crystal power.

But to tell the truth, although the sales of "Tomb Raider 8" have hit the streets, whether this studio can be poached is still a headache.

After all, SE is not an idiot.

Of course, maybe SE will choose to give up after SE feels that the potential of the IP of "Tomb Raider" has reached the end.

Everything still has to be seen in the time.

Yaya didn't ask again.

Although she learned some relevant information, after all, her main business was not this, so she didn't care too much.

"By the way, what's the name of the Steam national version?" Yaya seemed to think of something and asked curiously.

"Why are you interested?"

"Zhou Jingqi asked me to help ask before, and I just remembered. Speaking of which, Yaya was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, Steam Huaxia. Mao Yi said with a smile.

"So what's the game?"

Yaya's words stopped Mao Yi from asking.

With a pat on his forehead, Mao Yi discovered a very serious problem.

As the first version of Steam Huaxia, there is no escort game!

Isn't Zhen Nyima cheating?

Rubbing his eyebrows, Mao Yi hesitated.

If he poachs Crystal Power's employees at the end of this year, will he be able to release a reboot of Tomb Raider at the end of next year?

The answer, of course, is no.

Even if the Tomb Raider reboot were to be simplified, it would take at least two years to develop.

What's more, I don't have a suitable game engine yet.

Mao Yi had a headache.

It's useless to simply dig up a studio.

In particular, the W7 will be available next year......

Wait a minute!

W7？

Mao Yi slapped his forehead, how could he forget about it.

Hurriedly went to a nearby Internet café to find the news.

W7 will be released at the end of October next year.

It also means that if Mao Yi wants to make a game at the end of the year, he must reduce things to within a month.

So......

Can it be done?

Monkey business!

Games can only be made based on the operating system, and you want to spend a month to make a game that takes two or even three years to develop, nonsense!

Everything must be scientific!

But in this way, the launch date of STEAM of the Bank of China will inevitably be postponed.

It won't take 12 years to make it.

Although it is earlier than the previous life, it ......

It's only 08 years now, wait four years?

Mao Yi fell into doubts in life.

What to do?

In the days that followed, Mao Yi was absent-minded.

Yaya sees it in her eyes and is anxious in her heart.

She rarely saw Mao Yi in such a trance, so she was naturally a little worried.

After thinking about it, Yaya asked tentatively, "Mao Yi?"

"Huh?" Mao Yi turned his head to look at Yaya, but his eyes didn't focus on Yaya's body.

"Can you tell me what you're worried about?"

Mao Yi opened his mouth, and just wanted to say what you know, but when the words came to his mouth, he stopped.

There was no need for him to be angry with Yaya.

After all, Yaya didn't do anything wrong.

With a sigh, Mao Yi talked about his recent troubles.

After finishing speaking, he said to Yaya with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I'm a little irritable and have a bad temper." ”

"It's okay. Yaya shook her head, thought for a while, and asked curiously: "Maomao, although I don't know how to make a game, I think about it, are you thinking about things too complicated?"

"Huh?" Mao Yi looked at Yaya in surprise.