The beginning was interesting, but I didn't know what kind of story the author was trying to tell in the empty game content, the same dungeon monsters. ’

The retro pixel art style is very likable, and the first half of the game is quite fun, but the boring combat system, chaotic numerical design, and endless bugs make people have no patience to play. ’

"Monster Dungeon" game starry sky rating: 3.0

Player Reviews(41)

'It's a boring plot, it's a boring battle design, but in this era, there are still people who do retro pixel style, and I don't know what to think. ’

The pixel style graphics are a bit interesting, but the game is boring, wasting 45 oceans. ’

'I'm going to make a great game. Yang Chen, who had just entered the industry, made such bold words.

However, when the truth of the facts is laid out in front of us, it is still too cruel.

"Alas......"

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Yang Chen looked at the dazzling 3.0 score marked in red on the computer screen, and let out a sigh.

This is more than the first time I've read this review, in fact, the score of 3.0 is probably due to the early word-of-mouth public relations of the publishing company.

The game priced at 45 yuan only sold less than 5,000 copies, deducting the channel commission and the share of subsequent player refunds, the real profit in his hands was only about 50,000.

And the cost of the entire game, he invested 300,000.

Yes, he is the creator of this game.

Yang Chen, who graduated from Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, majored in Chinese language and literature, a major he didn't know why he chose in the first place.

In the end, he successfully graduated, like most people, embarked on a path that had nothing to do with his major, a path that he sincerely liked.

He chose the career of game production, from the initial entry into the plot planning, to the later self-study of related programs, art, and then to leave the company to start a business, he spent almost 3 years, not a long time, but not a short time.

In order to save costs, I can't rent a commercial office building, so I can only choose a rough house in the community as an office location.

For market research, in the face of various popular elements at the moment, Yang Chen finally chose the retro pixel style, after all, as an independent gamer, there needs to be something that can attract people's attention, and retro is the gimmick that Yang Chen wants to create.

After deciding on all the jobs, a year later he entered the market with an adventure pixel game "Monster Dungeon", which he thought would be as blockbuster as written in the novel, and then became a dark horse in the domestic game industry, and finally created a game entertainment empire.

But reality gave him a mallet.

Game development is far from being as easy as he thought, the run-in of the team, the development of the project, including the difficulties encountered in the development process, and the dilemma of funding.

Even at the end of the game's development, Yang Chen was the only one left in the entire team, and the rest of the employees chose to resign because they felt that the project had no potential.

The last month includes the optimization of the game, BUG testing and patching, all of which are carried out by Yang Chen himself.

And now, apparently those employees who have chosen to quit, they have made the right choice, it is a losing game.

More than a year of game development is normal for indie gamers, but with today's assembly line operation, the popular elements of a year ago are no longer attractive.

And because of the problems of personnel and funds, he did all the work by himself in the later stage, which led to a lot of problems in terms of numerical values and even optimization.

And these big problems are mixed together, and it's a bad gaming experience for players.

"Alas......" closed the web page, and Yang Chen sighed softly.

Just as the sigh fell, a coat was draped behind him.

"Still thinking about failure?" A playful voice sounded in his ears, and with a warm breath, a pretty face leaned next to him, and Wang Yaliang hugged Yang Chen's arm with both hands.

"Hmm...... Did you wake you up? Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Yaliang who came to his side, and said with some apologies.

This is his girlfriend, two years younger than himself, the two of them have been together since high school, a sneaky underground romance, and usually meeting each other is the same as the previous underground party meeting.

At that time, he was in the third year of high school, Wang Yaliang was in the first year of high school, and then because he was still a few points away from the score line of the university he wanted to be admitted to, he chose to repeat his studies, and that year he was in the third year of high school and Wang Yaliang was the second year of high school.

After that, he came to Shanghai, and only on weekends did he have the opportunity to chat with his mobile phone, chatting about the interesting things he encountered in Shanghai, and the troubles she encountered in her third year of high school, but this seemingly fragile relationship did not wither as most people thought, because in the second year, Wang Yaliang also came to Shanghai and came to the same school.

"The quilt is very cold, I can't hold you and I can't sleep cold." Wang Yaliang smiled and teased Yang Chen.

"Yes, yes, last night, someone grabbed the quilt and almost kicked me down." Yang Chen rolled his eyes, then reached out and hugged Wang Yaliang in his arms.

"My mom called me at night, and she knows about you." Leaning his head in Yang Chen's arms, Wang Yaliang imitated the tone: "My mother said: Xiao Liang, if you really can't do it, don't be in Shanghai, it's good to go back to the county, you tell Xiao Yang, your father has a little relationship in the bureau, let him read the book when the time comes, and when he recruits openly next year, he will be admitted to the interview, and the interview will almost be determined, you are not small, and you will be 25 years old for the New Year." ”

"My mom meant to urge marriage." Wang Yaliang raised his head with a smile in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Yang Chen hugged the person in his arms tightly.

"I don't care, anyway, you don't even want to run away in your life." Stretching out his hand and pinching Yang Chen's face, Wang Yaliang said with a smile.

"Of course I don't run, I finally found a stupid girl, if I run, won't I have to fight a bachelor for the rest of my life?" Yang Chen smiled, grabbed the mouse with his free right hand and closed the computer.

"What do you say? Or will we go home at the end of the year? Wang Yaliang leaned his head on Yang Chen's chest and whispered.

Hearing Wang Yaliang's words, Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at the computer next to him, and thought of his experience in the past few years.

Perhaps, I really don't fit into games.

After two seconds, Yang Chen nodded: "Okay, at the end of the year, let's go back." ”

Hearing Yang Chen's words, Wang Yaliang had a smile on his face, raised his head and pinched Yang Chen's face.

The two of them quarreled on the bed for a while, then turned off the light and covered the quilt and lay down, and soon Yang Chen, who was closing his eyes, heard a slight snoring sound next to him, and then after a few minutes, or ten minutes, a trace of sleepiness hit him and he slowly fell asleep.

However, what is different from the past is that this time Yang Chen had a dream, a very real dream.