Chapter 104: Developing a Game Engine
With shock and disbelief, Feng Yan made a detailed evaluation of "The Legend of the Car God".
After the evaluation, Feng Yan couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and his heart was so excited that he couldn't wait to dance and beat his chest to express his mood at the moment.
Since "Taiwu Picture Scroll" in September last year, he has not been so excited for a long time.
And Taigo picture scroll,To be honest,It's very hardcoreγVery attitude.,But the game setting is not very friendly.,Ordinary people.,Especially girls.,Can't play it at all.γ
But the legend of this car god ...... First of all, the picture quality can blow him up.
Including sharpness, sharpness, lens distortion, chromatic dispersion, resolution, color gamut range, color brightness, color balance and other indicators, completely crushing the 3A masterpiece of the United States.
Then the game setup has been done to the point of returning to the basics, easy to use, and foolish to operate.
However, this does not mean that the playability of the legend of the car god is low, in fact, the real power of this game lies in this, it uses augmented reality technology, ultra-high-definition picture quality and augmented reality are combined, and the power of the explosion is simply more powerful than a nuclear bomb, even a boutique sandbox game can not be compared with it.
Finally, the game is compatible with most platforms, such as iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, Windows, and most consoles.
The technology is against the sky, the operability is strong, and the players are very well taken care of, such a high-level production has completely crushed the domestic game, it can be said that it will be the top of the mountain, at a glance!
He's pretty much seen the game sell well.
Sure enough, after logging in to steam to check, I found that the sales on the first day after the launch yesterday had exceeded 10,000 copies, ranking ninth on Steam's global stand-alone game sales list.
The Steam platform is currently one of the world's largest comprehensive digital distribution platforms, where players can buy, download, discuss, upload, and share games and software.
The price of the Legend of the Car God is 68/86 yuan, and the membership price is 56/72 yuan, which is divided into two versions: ordinary stand-alone version and AR version.
The comment section has exploded, and in just one day, there have been more than 1,000 reviews, which is already more than many high-quality games have been evaluated in a month.
"It's really, really, really really fun - a blood-vomiting recommendation from a Need for Speed veteran. β
"It's just one word for fun, I'll only say it once. It's really a lot of fun. β
"The technology is really too good, and the domestic stand-alone game is another pinnacle, I TM blow it up!"
"This game is really fantastic, the setting is the friendliest of any flying car game I've played so far, it's super fun, I hope to play it later......"
Feng Yan saw from the beginning to the end, except for two players who complained about AR and wanted to vomit after playing for a long time, so far, he has not found a single bad review of the game itself.
It's incredible.
After Feng Yan and the others calmed down a little, they began to write game reviews for "The Legend of the Car God".
People who are in the same mood as Feng Yan are really there at this time.
Many people were dismissive at first, even if the game ranked ninth in the stand-alone sales department, but when they saw the name of the game, they didn't even bother to click on it.
But when the gamers who call themselves veteran drivers receive more and more Aite, they also click on the game with the mood of giving it a try.
And then: it... it... Groove Groove Groove Groove ......
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Zhonghai Changfeng Building, Zhengfeng Game Network Co., Ltd.
Many employees are staring at the real-time sales table in the Steam backend at this time.
11,000 copies;
12,000 copies;
13,000 copies;
14,000 servings......
On average, down to 1000 servings an hour.
The average price is 70 per piece, and the sales volume reaches 70,000 yuan in one hour.
In 24 hours, it is 1.68 million, equivalent to 240,000 US dollars.
According to this sales, tomorrow the legend of the car god will definitely be in the top three of Steam's global stand-alone sales list.
When Chen Xu came over, everyone in the company was beaming with joy on their faces.
When he knew that the sales of the legend of the car god were rising, Chen Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Everyone work hard, and the bonus will be doubled next month!"
"Wow, thank you boss. β
"Boss, you're the most handsome. β
"Boss, I'm going to give you a monkey ......"
When Chen Xu heard this, he immediately pointed at the female employee and shouted: "It's you, don't leave after work at night." β
"Hahaha......"
Money is always the biggest source of motivation, and under the stimulation of money, all employees are full of enthusiasm and devote themselves to the work at hand.
In the office, Yang Siyan couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Although I had already guessed that the sales would explode, I still couldn't help myself at this moment.
After the two chatted for a while, Yang Siyan went to think about how to operate and increase the exposure of the game.
Chen Xu returned to the office and began to guide Xiaobai to build a game engine - too empty!
Do you make money making games?
Make hay.
If you can make a hit, it will be more profitable.
But compared to game engines, it's really a drop in the bucket.
Because the power of a person or even a company is always limited, you can't make all the money in the whole industry.
But game engine companies can.
They create powerful game engines that combine the most powerful art programming capabilities, the most powerful audio tools, and the most easy-to-use AI coding technology to make it easy to develop games.
Just like Unity3D, the world's largest game engine company, as long as you play a lot of mobile games, you must have seen this logo, which is one of the most common cross-platform game engines on mobile platforms at present, from Temple Run to Hearthstone, which are all classics developed by Unity.
An eight-year-old kid in the United States once used Unity to develop a game.
Can you imagine how foolish the operation is?
According to data released by Unity, as of June 2018, there were 2 million games developed based on Unity around the world.
However, Unity is not an open source engine, and it costs money to use it, although there is also a free version, but the free version of the performance testing and analysis tools are not complete, and if you want to develop it commercially, you still have to buy the professional version.
The official price of the professional version of Unity is: 1,500 US dollars, which is converted into 10,500 yuan at the current exchange rate.
Can you imagine how profitable Unity is?
Unity is actually quite conscientious, and like the CryEngine engine and Unreal Engine, that's the real black!
Their commercial licensing price is only $99, which seems cheaper than Unity, but they require developers to pay a 25% cut of the game's revenue after it exceeds $50,000.
Awesome or not?
As long as you develop a game with my game engine, you must give me a quarter of the net profit from the money you make.
In other words, game engine companies only need to develop better and more comprehensive tools, and individual developers and game developers around the world will help you make money.
Chen Xu is naturally very greedy and wants a piece of the pie.
However, this matter still needs to be worked out slowly.
The competition in the game engine market is very miserable, and it has basically been carved up, and if you want to fight your way out, it is useless to hype up something, you must rely on hard power.
It is a game developed based on a game engine.
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With Xiaobai's help, Chen Xu spent a week and finally built the framework of the Taixu game engine.
The entire framework includes: Footsteps Language Editor, Particle and Environment Effect Editor, Skeletal Animation System, Material Editor, and Terrain System.
Property Viewer, Third-Party Plugins, Asset Browser, Physics, Shader, Sound, and Global Illumination.
These are just the basics, and the engine features need to be further improved, such as material collection and organization.
There's also a component modeling team.
The follow-up workload is still very large.
At the same time, the speed game "Legend of the Car God" has dominated the sales chart on Steam since March 26.
By April 2, the sales in the first week exceeded last year's popular "Taiwu Picture Scroll", reaching 250,000 copies.
And unlike domestic stand-alone games, mainly aimed at the Chinese people, the legend of the car god has been for global players from the beginning, and has been produced in five languages: English, Russian, German, Japanese, and Italian, and the subsequent versions in various languages are still being added.
Of the 250,000 purchases, one-third are foreign users.
Taking advantage of this momentum, the operation of Zhengfeng Games has also spared no effort to promote it throughout the domestic network.
All kinds of advertorials are also emerging.
The legend of the car god has become the hottest topic in major game forums in China.
Naturally, sales are rising.
On the morning of the 3rd, Chen Xu rented a holiday villa in Jiangtan Park, and called all 37 employees of the company except for the staff on duty to come over and have a grand celebration party.
Steak, lamb chops, prawns, oysters, and a variety of liquors, beers, red wines, and XO are also available in unlimited quantities.
As for the few on duty, Chen Xu didn't treat them badly, and one person gave a cash reward of 2,000 yuan.
Although the game was not developed by them, they also contributed to the planning, operation and promotion of these.
Otherwise, "The Legend of the Car God" would be popular, but it definitely not as fast and fierce as it is now!
It was noisy until half past eight in the evening, Chen Xu stood on the coffee table with a wine glass and said, "Everyone be quiet!"
In the noisy living room of the villa, it gradually quieted down.
Chen Xu said with a three-point wine: "On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you for your hard work during this time. As he spoke, he raised his glass and drank it all.
After a pause, Chen Xu said: "Boss, I'm not a person who likes sensationalism, let's be practical, today our sales exceeded 10 million and we had a big meal here." When the sales exceed 50 million, I promise you a 10-day luxury tour of the whole family bucket in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand! Sales will exceed 100 million, and the whole family bucket in Europe will be a 10-day luxury tour!"
"Wow~Boss, you're so handsome~"
"To put it another way. β
"Hahaha......"
"Boss, I love you!"
"Let's take a look at the women's clothes, if I can, boss, I don't mind analizing you. β
"Wow...... Boss, you're too sassy, aren't you? β
"Hahaha......"
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I kept my hips up until half past eleven in the evening, when the party ended.
Then Yang Siyan drove Chen Xu back to Zizhu Garden, and then took a taxi to leave.
Chen Xu drank too much wine, his throat was very thirsty, and he got up drunk to find water to drink.
After drinking, my whole body was still hot and I couldn't sleep.
He wanted someone to talk to.
Female.
Then he took out his mobile phone and flipped through it casually, and flipped to Shen Yiqiu's number.
I dialed it out.
"Toot-toot-toot-"
The phone rang for a while before it was connected, and then Shen Yiqiu's sleepy voice came from inside, "Hey-who-"
Chen Xu shouted into the mobile phone: "Hey, get up and pee!hahahahaha......ha