Compared with the world in the dream memory, the speed of game review in reality is much faster, but the next day, Yang Chen received a text message on his mobile phone, about the news that "The Combination of Isaac" passed the official review.

Not to his surprise, the game was given a rating of 17+ by the rating agency.

After all, although it is a pixel art style, there are still a lot of restrictive expressions in the game, such as illustrations, scenes, and monster styles.

"The game must be a big seller, at least 100,000 copies!" Wang Yaliang watched Yang Chen open the webpages of several domestic game publishing companies, and then sent the demo version over, and said with these expectations.

Hearing this, Yang Chen, who had just finished sending the email, couldn't cry or laugh a little: "Silly girl, we invested 400,000 yuan in the whole game, if we only sell 100,000 copies, the price is set at 58 yuan, and then after deducting the platform and the distribution company's share, and then paying taxes, we will also recover the cost." ”

It sounds like 58 yuan, selling 100,000 copies is 5.8 million, but after deducting the platform's share, the publisher's share, and taxes, it can be said that it is far less than thought in Yang Chen's hands

If an individual invests in the game platform, after deducting the platform's commission and taxes, 100,000 copies will definitely be able to make money.

But Yang Chen didn't want to be like this, because this kind of effect is too slow, and it may even make the game pearl dusty, which is not uncommon in the game world.

Because the game maker does not have the ability to carry out publicity and advertising, he can only spontaneously promote it in some places such as Tieba, resulting in no one knowing about the game.

In the end, the time was missed, the craze was missed, and a game that could have been able to become a hit, did not make much waves.

There are not a few such works, and there are even special video makers who dig into this kind of game, and then analyze it in combination with the quality of the game itself and the situation of the era at that time.

Of course, this is not the most uncomfortable thing for the developer, and it may be that your game is not popular, and someone else borrows the idea of your game, and then he becomes popular.

This is not uncommon in the gaming world.

Yang Chen has enough confidence in "The Combination of Isaac", and this confidence is not only in himself, but also in the trust in the other world in the dream.

And more importantly, what makes the game itself so great is mainly the gameplay design.

Like all afterthoughts, standing on the shoulders of giants and watching others solve a puzzle, you will exclaim, 'Ah, this thing is so simple, I can do it too.'"

But the pioneers are undoubtedly great.

Yang Chen is now the one standing on the shoulders of giants, looking at this game from the perspective of a game maker, he is sincerely impressed by the gameplay design of this game.

The composition of random elements, in fact, in reality, this kind of random element game, is not uncommon, but it has great flaws.

But after understanding the random game in the world of dream memory, that is, the game called roguelike in that world, after referring to a few games, Yang Chen already had a general design idea.

Random means that not all elements are random, and that just creates clutter.

The real fun of random games is to construct infinite fun in the limited data props.

Anything that is different can be combined to create a whole new way to play, rather than being a patchwork.

Numerical design, and special effects, that's what makes this type of game fundamental.

The excessive pursuit of so-called randomness is just putting the cart before the horse.

Gameplay is the core selling element of this type of game.

Aside from the main infinite possibilities of dungeon shooters and prop monster elements, then "The Combination of Isaac" doesn't have much of a blockbuster.

Plot?

Indeed, the plot of "The Marriage of Isaac" is wonderful, but there are too many games with a good enough plot.

And the plot of "The Binding of Isaac" itself still has elements of the Western Bible, and domestic players may not be able to find the plot of this game very awesome, and may even be a little incomprehensible.

Similarly, games that rely solely on the plot to attract players also have a more fatal drawback, that is, it is easy for players to clear the level.

Even if there is a lot of piracy in the world of dream memories, there are perfect laws that can effectively crack down on the piracy industry, but the players who have cleared the video cloud can't control it.

Finally, and more importantly, there is no patent for how the game is played.

Although it is not the same as the dream memory, a small company comes out with a game, and the large company can copy a game on the same day.

But there is no special gameplay patent, there is only a limited time protection for gameplay features in the law, and after the game has passed the review, the relevant gameplay elements are officially registered, and there will be a period of protection, and after this time, as long as the values, art UI, code, and proprietary elements are different, then it will not be judged as plagiarism.

If Yang Chen chooses to sell the game slowly on a certain platform, Yang Chen is even more worried that the game's reputation has not yet fermented at all, so it will be targeted by some game manufacturers, and then improve and launch a game with the same gameplay according to the mold.

At that time, large companies have more perfect resources and more money to promote, even though Yang Chen has dream memories of another world, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Yang Chen does not think that the quality of his game can be compared to others.

After all, in game development, small money is really too important.

At present, even if he gives himself a complete GDD of a triple-A game from beginning to end, Yang Chen has no way to manifest it.

"Set a small goal, 500,000 copies sold." Yang Chen said with a smile.

In my dream memory,The final sales of this game in that world are close to 10 million.,And the world where I'm in is more genuine.,The laws against piracy are more standardized.,Even if it's a different world.,But the quality of the game is put here to set 500,000 sales as the initial goal shouldn't be a big problem.。

As for what Yang Chen was thinking, Wang Yaliang didn't know anything.

After listening to Yang Chen's words, Wang Yaliang, who was lying on him, looked at Yang Chen with a serious face: "You swell!" Let's stop YY and be honest. ”

500,000? You didn't sell 10,000 copies of your last game!

"If people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?"

Yang Chen stretched, patted Wang Yaliang's arm, and said with a smile.

Wang Yaliang, who was lying on Yang Chen's body, just pouted.

Well, she really doesn't know where Yang Chen got the confidence, although she also played this "The Combination of Isaac", and it feels quite interesting as the fun of Elimination.

But can a game like this really sell 500,000 copies?

Wang Yaliang really doesn't know much about the game industry, but she estimates that if she is an ordinary player and spends money to buy such a game, she will definitely be unwilling.

After all, from the painting style, she has already been persuaded to quit.