Chapter Ninety-One: The Theme Hospital
Whether the wolf is coming or not, Lin Yan wants to say yes. He wanted to have a place in the PC market.
If it weren't for the current computer Internet, it would still be in a relatively primitive and difficult to use state.
Lin Yan has long been making online games in the true sense of the word.
StarCraft and Warcraft with Battle.net are actually online games. However, since they can also be played with LAN and offline, it is not a pure online game.
Lin Yan really wanted to make a graphic display, similar to the online game that is now all text.
Such an online game, as long as it is okay, you will not worry about people playing. Whether it is the use of point card timing charge, or free games, the mode of paid props can have a very good profit.
Of course, what is more important is not how much money is made, but how much to capture a new generation of video gamers.
Video gamers, like leeks.
One stubble is old, and there is a new one.
Always thinking about your own game, and only facing one game crowd, that is, looking for death. What to do when these people get old and can't play the game?
In their thirties, they have a family and a business, and they don't have much time to play video games, so do they still put the hope of making money on them.
Wake up, technology is always for children. The main group of people who make money from video games are also those who are young.
When young children become old, middle-aged, and can't play, they often have money, and they can launch some game peripherals to sell their feelings. Let these veteran players play some residual value.
This is the fate of the old players.
Lin Yan has seen too many such things, and even has been prosperous for two years. Basically, it's all about making money by feelings.
The game can be played all the time without doing anything. It can also be upgraded. If you want to upgrade and rise quickly, just top up your money. It doesn't matter if you have time or not.
Even, some players who are used to playing such games are surprised by those who spend a lot of time honing their skills.
They'll say, isn't it just a game, what are you doing with it for so long, just rush for money. Are you stupid.
After all, for them, when they have to play games, they have already made a lot of money.
And those young people who are addicted to the sea of games, some of them are substitute-trainers for these older people. After all, where there is demand, there is supply.
Thus, a new industry emerged.
Lin Yan wants to make some pure online games, but. It's impossible to want to go without a fee. After all, in this world, projects that cannot generate profits by themselves cannot be done.
Start a company. It's not charity.
Isn't a game like "SimCity" that is used to pave the way also really make money?
Japanese small game manufacturers have not yet launched more stylish simulation games. Foreign game developers have taken the lead in making it.
this game. It's called "Whole Person Hospital". is a hospital construction game.
The player serves as the director of the hospital and can choose what department to build. What type of doctor to hire.
There is still a clear difference between "Whole Person Hospital" and "SimCity".
First of all, "Whole Person Hospital" has a complete set of plots, as well as a competitive mode. You can choose to play against the computer, or you can choose to play online with a human LAN.
The person who bankrupts the hospital is the loser. In the end, the remaining hospital is the victorious one.
The whole game is a rather absurd style.
"The head of the hospital is a liar!"
"Please don't die in the hallway!"
"Please don't keep rats, thank you!"
"The patient who came here is actually taking an adventure!"
"We're sorry for the mess in the hospital!"
"Please don't spread the disease to others!"
"Please be patient!"
"Please don't hang out!"
"Please take care of the rest of the staff!"
"Please don't vomit in the hallway!"
"We're here with VIPs!"
"Warning, an earthquake is coming!"
"Attention staff, radiation sickness patients are about to arrive!"
"Someone is stuck, better plan your hospital!"
"You're half a way away from victory!"
The variety of lines is very classic, and it appears at the right time and in the right place.
For example, "The person in charge of the hospital is a liar!" "The time of appearance is after the player has used cheat codes and modified the money, and the narrator will speak.
Employees of Chiba Games, one of the contents of work, is playing games. As long as it is a regular employee, not a logistics department, and is responsible for sweeping the floor and maintaining hygiene, there is this content.
Not only play the games of your own department and company, but also play the games of other companies.
It doesn't matter if it's a good game or a bad game, as long as it's a game that appears on the market, play it.
Some games don't sell well, not because they have a problem with their creativity.
Rather, because other places are not doing well.
For example, the whole game system, the interface of human-computer interaction, and often these other people's games can provide employees with some new ideas and new inspiration.
Of course, plagiarism doesn't happen.
In fact, even if there is plagiarism in Chiba games, the layman can't see it.
This is also a kind of skill.
Lin Yan does not encourage plagiarism, but encourages them to see more games.
For example, the absurd style of "The Whole Hospital" is good. It's very suitable for "The Sims" that is somewhat exaggerated and has some interpretation flavor.
After a new meeting and discussion, the fifth game production department plans to add some similar quips.
Make players smile when they are playing.
When Lin Yan himself saw the game "Whole Hospital", he was also a little embarrassed when he saw the Bullfrog Studio that made the game.
He was kind of tempted to say that he grew up playing their games. Watching Bullfrog Studios launch one game after another, with ideas and big sellers.
Watch them be bought, split, and disbanded by Electronic Arts.
Do you want to buy Bullfrog Studio before Yiyi?
Never mind.
Lin Yan thought about it and gave up this idea, he didn't have a collecting fetish.
Moreover, Bullfrog Studios, which was acquired and disbanded, must have serious problems of its own.
For example, without a complete capital chain, it cannot operate itself well. In the end, the funds were difficult, and after being acquired, he did not obey the arrangements of the acquiring company, and casually broke the contract and left.
Such talented, but unruly people, Lin Yan appreciates and appreciates, but he will not choose to hire them. After all, you have to walk your way, don't you? (To be continued.) )