The mod editor was easy to make, and it didn't take ID-software Games a few days to make it. It was then released to the Firefly game platform for players to download.

The Firefly game platform has also added some new features to this purpose - MOD community.

Official publicity: "Download the Doom MOD editor, players can freely edit levels and props! Each time a MOD is made, players can publish it to the Doom MOD community for everyone to download and play!

"After signing the contract, Firefly Games will promote it in the mod community, and make a profit by charging for downloads! Each mod download costs one dollar, and if the number of downloads reaches one million, then the mod maker will get $10,000!"

"It's fun and can make money, everyone is welcome to actively participate in the MOD production !! Doom"

After the news spread, it immediately caused a huge response!

Internet cafes, school computer rooms and other places, countless players shouted excitedly!

"Wow, players can create their own game levels, that's cool!"

"Oh, it's like God, you can create everything in it!"

"Hehe, I'm going to make a super difficult level that everyone can't pass!"

"Hehe, can you build a tank? If you can drive a tank in Doom, you will have a bunker!"

“……”

It didn't take long for the number of Doom mod editor downloads to skyrocket, almost crashing the server. Fortunately, P2P download technology was used, which eased the pressure on the server!

An hour after the release of the MOD community, the MOD editor of "DOOM" has been downloaded by tens of thousands of people! During this period, some powerful players, who are also programmers or game designers, immediately understand how to use the MOD editor to edit various game content! In the MOD community's "DOOM" column, more than 100 player-made mods have been uploaded.

"Doom" is getting more and more popular. All kinds of mods appeared, enriching the game content, making it more fun and interesting, and it was really fun to play! "Doom" couldn't be more popular.

Many internet cafes are open 24 hours a day and are full.

There are no empty seats even if it's an all-nighter!

However, only those who have access to the Internet can play it, and the number of computers in Internet cafes is in short supply, resulting in a large number of people who want to play games but can't.

Finally, they were furious!

On July 15th. Hundreds of people blocked the door of Firefly Games and marched to call on Firefly Games to release game CDs!

"Resist unfairness and demand equal treatment !!"

"We don't have the Internet, we can't play Doom and Warcraft 1, and we hope that Firefly Games will release a stand-alone version of the game!"

"Strongly demand the release of game discs, otherwise the door of Firefly Games will be smashed!"

“……”

The marchers came more and more, and the slogans became stronger and stronger. The media reporters were shocked, they had never seen it before. There was a game that could cause hundreds of people to march!

Henry saw the dense crowd sniping at the entrance of Firefly Games through CNN News Live Broadcast, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly......

Henry thought for a while, and then ordered Firefly Games to hold a press conference, announcing to the public: "On July 30th, the game CDs of "Doom" and "Warcraft 1" will be released globally, and there are two ways to buy them, the first way is to buy them through the Amazon website of the Nicholas Group of Companies, and players all over the world can buy them in this way, but only if the player's country has opened the Internet. And establish a partnership with the Nicholas Group, and the second way is only available to American players, that is, through the exclusive store established by Firefly Games Company - 'Firefly Game House', at present, 'Firefly Game House' is only distributed in the United States!"

"Game discs are all priced at $100!"

"Every game disc. We all come with a specific registration code. You can only play the game if you have used a registration code. Our company has developed a disc encryption technology, that is, enter the registration code in the process of reading the disc, in order to be effective!"

"Here, I would like to draw special attention to the way through which the game is copied. It's not playable!"

After the press conference, the players received an accurate reply from Firefly Games, and they couldn't help but cheer and disperse!

Other game companies were shocked to learn that Firefly Games had developed such an encryption technology! You know, game discs are highly pirated and often copied, resulting in a sharp drop in sales. If you use the technology developed by Firefly Games, you can enter the registration code when reading the disc to play the game, wouldn't this increase the sales of game discs?

Firefly Games is one of the leading game publishers in the United States, publishing titles from other game companies before the release of Doom and Warcraft 1. During this period, Firefly Game Company gradually established a chain of stores in the United States - "Firefly Game House"!

Firefly Playhouse deals in games that include computer games, arcade games, video games, card games, and many other genres.

The indoor layout is mainly a product exhibition stand and a game experience center.

Firefly Games initially relied on external channels to publish games, but the profit was too low. So far, more than 500 firefly game houses have been built in the United States, costing a total of $1 billion!

Big investment, big returns.

In terms of scale, Firefly Games can't compare to EA Games, but in terms of profitability, Firefly Games has surpassed EA Games in 1991!

EA Games has always relied on distributors around the world for its distribution, and although it publishes more games and sells more, most of the money is divided.

Usually a game disc costs a few tens of dollars, and top games like Doom and Warcraft 1 sell for a little more expensive, $100. $100, a total of $40 for distributors at all levels, $15 for retailers, and another $20 for game production companies, deducting disc production costs and labor costs. How much more can a game publishing company make?

Distributors and retailers are the biggest chunks of profits.

Therefore, Firefly Games has been preparing to establish its own sales channel earlier, and the best way is to open stores across the country!

Now, Firefly Games has developed a new disc encryption technology. Suddenly let the global game companies burst into excitement!

On the same day, dozens of game companies expressed their goodwill to Firefly Games and sought cooperation.

Some discerning game companies even want Firefly Games to allow their games to log in to the Firefly game platform!

The highest number of online users on the Firefly game platform has exceeded the 2 million mark, which shows the popularity is booming. However, there are only two games on the game platform, "Doom" and "Warcraft 1", which are a bit thin. However, precisely because there are only two games. And they are all boutique games, but it makes people subconsciously think that the games on the firefly game platform are all boutique games!

In fact, Henry also intends to implant a thought in the hearts of players: that is, the production of fireflies must be high-quality!!

So, when many games wanted Firefly Games to release their games to the Firefly game platform, Henry thought about it carefully. Previously, Henry had planned to make the Firefly game platform a Steam platform and publish a variety of games!

However, the popularity of the firefly game platform has given Henry a new understanding.

He couldn't help but think of Atari. The company had been the hegemon of the gaming industry before, and then it had too many bad games, which led to the decline of the company. Nintendo, on the other hand, has strict requirements for third-party games, and does not want shoddy games. Only after passing the review will the game be released to Nintendo's console platform!

If the firefly game platform adheres to the idea of not refusing to come and salvaging a sum of money, it will definitely be finished in the future.

After some thought, Henry decided to publish high-quality games on the Firefly game platform. Create a boutique platform. At the same time, a sub-platform was established Steam, which was used to distribute games from other game companies in large quantities. Of course, the Steam platform is a little lower. But there will also be a very strict censorship mechanism, and bad games will not be allowed to log in to the platform casually!

This is equivalent to the firefly game platform to be a high-end market, and the steam platform to be a low-end market.

However, if you perform well on the Steam platform, then you can play on the Firefly game platform! Just give a thought to many game companies, if you can get on the Firefly game platform, it means that your company's game has been recognized by the world's most authoritative game company, it can be said that it is a high-quality game, and its status in the game industry will be immediately different!

Fame and fortune!!

Henry couldn't help but wonder if he would learn from the Oscars in the future, and also make a Firefly Game Awards Ceremony, and award awards according to game categories, such as the Best FPS Award (first-person shooter), the Best RTS Award (real-time strategy game), the Best RPG Award (role-playing game), etc., so that Firefly Games Company can't think about it!

At that time, countless game companies will be as close to the Firefly Awards as film companies are to the Oscars!

Subsequently, Henry came to the Firefly Game Company, not to mention the Firefly Game Awards Ceremony, this kind of thing is still far away. At least it won't be able to hold until the firefly game platform has a huge influence. Otherwise, it will be grandstanding and make people laugh!

Henry shared his idea of forming a sub-platform with CEO Simon Hodge.

"The Firefly game platform and disc encryption technology have made the number of companies looking for us to publish games skyrocket, and the situation seems to be good, but we must also be vigilant! We must strengthen the review of games than games, and bad games must not be released! In addition, some game companies want to log their games on the Firefly game platform. After careful consideration, I decided that only high-quality games like Doom and Warcraft 1 would be available on the platform. However, business cannot be left unattended. Therefore, I plan to have Firefly Games set up a sub-platform, the Steam platform, which is dedicated to publishing ordinary or mid-to-upper level games!"

When Simon Hodge heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Chairman, this is a very cool idea, I think it works!"

"Okay, you wait for the organization team to make the Steam platform as soon as possible!" Henry said while thinking, "Hmm, when the Steam platform is completed, you can gather the game companies that want to log in to the Firefly game platform and tell them that we have a new platform! The Steam platform is based on the Firefly game platform and is its sub-platform, so they don't have to worry about not having popularity and traffic." In addition, although the game was originally released on the Steam platform, there is also a chance to land on the Firefly game platform, and the game that was originally released on the Firefly game platform may also be taken off the shelves, which is not set in stone. Sometimes, we look away. After all, when a new game comes out, no one can be 100% sure, and this game will definitely be a big hit. Henry paused, then said, "Anyway, it's a silver lining for them......

Simon Hodge nodded, "Okay, chairman, I've got it, I'm going to develop the Steam platform right now, and as for the game company, I'll drag them first." ”

"Hmm!"

Simon Hodge said, "Oh, by the way, today Ball Pictures approached us and said they were going to make a movie adaptation of Doom!"

Simon Hodge knew that Henry had a film company, so he didn't dare to make a decision on the licensing of the film, so he had to ask first.

"Oh......" Henry couldn't help but recall, in 2005, the film adaptation of "Doom 3" was launched, with a production cost of $60 million and a global box office of $56 million.

Rather than giving it to other film companies to produce, it is better to give it to Galaxy Films, strengthen the depth of the plot and characterization, and then increase investment in special effects, just with the popularity of "Doom", after the movie is released, it will definitely be a huge hit!

In 2005, the influence of "Doom" was far less than before, and it was normal for the box office to be low. If you shoot the Doom movie now, just gamers can top the box office!

Henry said to Simon Hodge: "Say no to Universal Pictures, Galaxy Pictures will make the film!!"

"Yes!"

After Simon Hodge left, Henry called Bobby Robin, CEO of Galaxy Films, and informed him to immediately ask Galaxy Films to buy the film adaptation rights of "Doom", and take advantage of the game's popularity to immediately shoot the movie.

"This movie, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, to make a special effects blockbuster, although there is a game and no plot, but the plot of the movie must be full!"

"Hmm!" replied Bobby Robin with a smile, "I'll invite a number of well-known Hollywood screenwriters, and I think they will be interested in this movie!"

"Oh, by the way, Chairman, we've acquired Miramax Films, and the Weinstein brothers only retain 25% of the shares at the moment!"

"Well, that's good!"

(To be continued.) )