This kind of small method, in fact, has been used by many game companies, and it can be regarded as a way to subtly expand the player base.

For example, in the previous life, Blizzard Battle.net, egame platform, etc., integrate all their own games, make a simple small login, and add such a thing in the early stage, players won't care too much about it, after all, it's nothing more than a few more clicks of the mouse.

But slowly, more and more games will be integrated on this small login, and the section will be constantly updated, and even specific auxiliary plug-ins will be developed for some games.

Of course, to be called a platform, there have to be enough games on it, or rather, the games have to be heavy enough. So far, Shimmer Studios has not had such strength, and although the only four games are all high-quality, they are far from enough in terms of the number of players.

Therefore, now it is equivalent to planting a seed, waiting for the right time to take root and sprout.

……

On the other hand, Fu Xing'an, Wu Mingliang and Jia Jia were also having a good time.

Not only playing, but also going to the Internet to read various posts, Weibo, real Q&A, everywhere to see the players' evaluation of "Taiwu Picture Scroll".

Happy!

This feeling is like your own child winning the first place, and then being praised by the teacher crazy, not to mention how comfortable.

The program team and the art team are also playing "Taiwu Picture Scroll".

Now that the game is made, there is nothing to do in the short term except optimization, and there is nothing else to do except play the game. Moreover, the program and art don't really know much about the gameplay of this game, and they are completely experiencing the game with the player's mentality, and they are also having fun.

There are still many people who don't understand themselves, so they can only ask the design team, and Fu Xingan also works part-time as a guide.

Among them, the most emotional is Wu Mingming.

"Taiwu Picture Scroll" has really become a hit!

Wu Mingliang really didn't think about this, because this game has no possibility of becoming a hit game from all aspects!

The difficulty of getting started is so high, the system in the game is so complicated, and even some hardcore players are asked to study on their own, and they can't play it at all for a few hours, such a game can actually explode?

What's even more outrageous is that Zhong Ming didn't go to any channel providers, so he set up an official website by himself, and hung the game on it and it was over. I bought some ads, but how much did I spend on those ads? Hundreds of thousands! Which of those big games burns money that is not several times this number?

But "Taiwu Picture Scroll" became popular, which really completely subverted Wu Mingliang's three views.

To be precise, it's the view of the game.

The point is, judging from the data, the popularity of this game is not accidental.

If it's just that the sales are high, then it can be said that this game is just a gimmick, or many players buy it out of love for similar themes and in a supportive attitude.

But "Taiwu Picture Scroll" is not only a high sales volume, but also a very large number of people online!

The current number of online users is basically maintained at about 40,000, which is a very scary number, because the sales of the game are only 200,000.

If the popularity of this game is just an accident, then what does such a high number of online people mean?

These people not only bought the "Taiwu Picture Scroll", but also really played non-stop.

Some people's game time has even reached dozens of hours, which has completely crushed many triple-A masterpieces.

Of course, a sandbox game seems to be a bit stinky and shameless compared with the game duration of the general triple-A masterpiece with a plot, but the data of game duration can at least show the stickiness and love of players for this game.

These data are all available in the data background, Wu Mingliang is an insider, and he knows that this is all real data, so he is even more shocked!

……

"Let's pause the work at hand first, and let me briefly talk about the achievements of "Taiwu Picture Scroll" so far."

Zhong Ming got up from his seat and came to the middle of everyone's workstations, and everyone else looked at him.

"The sales of "Taiwu Picture Scroll" in the first week have reached 200,000, and many people may already know about it. This is a remarkable achievement for an indie game, and one to be proud of. This is the result of everyone's joint efforts, and I would like to express my gratitude to everyone for their hard work! ”

"Here, I would like to emphasize the issue of project bonuses. According to the company's regulations, 20% of the net income of the project will be distributed as a bonus to all members who participate in the game. However, according to the different positions and the amount of work, there will be a certain weight in the distribution, and the specific amount will be emphasized to the heads of various departments, if you have any questions, you can directly find your own person in charge, Jiang Wanna for the art team, and Zhou Sen for the program team. ”

"This is the first project that everyone has worked together, maybe before this, many people have some distrust in the ability and prospects of our studio, I hope this game can make everyone understand that we want to build Shimmer Studio into the world's top game factory, definitely not casually, and I hope you can continue to work hard in the future, our next one, the next one, every game in the future, must be a hit!"

After Zhong Ming finished speaking, everyone applauded.

Awesome!

This is different from the general leader painting the cake, others draw the cake in order to make everyone work overtime, and give a blank check; Zhong Ming is not painting cakes, because the cakes have already been distributed to everyone!

According to the current sales volume, the sales volume in the first month reached 600,000, which is not a big problem.

After deducting various costs, deducting taxes, and taking out 20% to pay bonuses, that is also a bonus of millions!

Now these people in the project, even if they are not in charge, just ordinary employees, can get tens of thousands of yuan in bonuses a month.

Everyone is applauding not only for their own success, but also for money......

Miao Zhu asked in a low voice, "Then, is the celebration banquet still prepared?" ”

Zhong Ming thought for a while: "Prepare, you look at it, and the company will report it." ”

Although Zhong Ming is not very interested in something that is more formal than the celebration banquet, if everyone likes it, they should still do it.

……

"Taiwu Picture Scroll", on sale for a whole week.

Zhong Ming's personal Weibo, as well as the official Weibo of Shimmer Studio, posted a message at the same time.

"Warmly celebrate the sales of "Taiwu Picture Scroll" exceeding 200,000 in the first week!"

"Hello everyone, I am Zhong Ming, the producer of "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and I am very happy to share this good news with you, the first week sales of "Taiwu Picture Scroll" exceeded 200,000, and the number of active users exceeded 40,000, even for Shimmer Studio, which has already released several high-quality games, this is a proud achievement."

"Thank you for your attention, and thank you for your support, you have made Taiwu Picture Scroll a living world, and our efforts have been rewarded. In the future, Shimmer Studio will continue to launch more high-quality games, and I hope you can still witness it with us! ”

As soon as this Weibo was issued, there were a large number of comments at the bottom.

There are also many people who have forwarded it, and a hot topic has been formed in an instant, and it has spread quickly!

"200,000 ??? sales in the first week"

", is this going against the sky? It's just an indie game! ”

"The key is that this game sells 68, isn't it the first week of turnover to break 10 million??"

"It's terrifying, there are more than 40,000 active people, this data is too good, right?"

"There's nothing surprising in terms of popularity, so many streamers are playing, and several friends around me who don't play games have heard about it!"

"Be invincible!"

"Damn, brag about it, I don't believe it, how can the quality of this game be worthy of this sales? To be honest, how many trolls have you bought? ”

"That's right, anyway, the data is not public, and there is no way to verify it, you say that the sales in the first week are one million, and others can't slap you in the face."

A bunch of congratulatory comments were interspersed with a few slightly harsh comments.

However, it was quickly submerged and did not make any waves.

After all, this is Zhong Ming's own Weibo, most of the people who are paying attention to it are his fans and loyal players of "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and the first people who saw the news after forwarding it were basically the group of people who liked "Taiwu Picture Scroll", of course, most of them were supporters.

And this sales figure is enough to shock many people in the industry.

It's incredible!

A hardcore indie game with almost no publicity and no platform on the shelves can achieve such sales? That's, isn't it?

All of a sudden, there are those who are red-eyed, and there are those who are suspicious.

But no matter how much praise there is, and how much denigration there is, "Taigo Picture Scroll" has undoubtedly become the most popular indie game of this time, and it is in the limelight!

……

The next morning.

As soon as Zhong Ming arrived at the company, Fu Xingan ran over.

"Boss, look, on the real Q&A, there is someone hacking us!"

Zhong Ming didn't care: "What's the matter, the game can't be liked by everyone, there are many people who are popular, and it is normal for someone to be black." ”

"The point is, there are still a lot of likes. It's kind of like being brought to the beat! Fu Xing'an said.

"Then I'll see." Zhong Ming opened the link sent by Fu Xing'an.

Originally, Zhong Ming thought that this was the result of a certain peer's "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and he was deliberately finding fault.

On closer inspection, it turned out to be not.

The person who wrote this article turned out to be an excellent answerer on the topic of games, and after the release of this article, it has received more than 2000 likes so far.

The title of the article is: "Stop holding up the Taiwu picture scroll and blindly carnival!" 》

Then carefully read the content of the article.

First of all, the article briefly introduces the high attention, high sales, and achievements of "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and calls it a "miracle that cannot be ignored".

Then, the author went to play it himself, and played it seriously with a very decent attitude, but after countless sleepiness, he chose to give up.

Then I came to the conclusion that this game, although it was very hardcore, very attitude, and very rich in content, was really not very fun.

Finally, I came to a conclusion: "Taiwu Picture Scroll" is so popular, it is supported by Chinese players, and it is only because Chinese-themed games have never been very good that this game has been praised to the sky.

Then, he went through the comments on Weibo and found that there were a lot of praises in it, all of which were given because of the Chinese theme of this game.

For example: "It's not very fun at the moment, the shortcomings are 12345, but Chinese-themed games are not easy to do, and conscientious independent games must be praised!" ”

Etcetera.

Then the author writes an epilogue.

"I've never been afraid of losing powder, so if something is right, someone needs to say it. Taiwu Picture Scroll is a game aimed at the Chinese people, but in reality, it is only suitable for about 0.1% of the Chinese people. Please treat this game sensibly.,The current "Taiwu Picture Scroll",Far from being fun.,Its main content,Exploration、Simulation management、RPG cultivation and so on,The fun is not the same.,The result of forcibly mixing together is to influence each other.,Make four dislikes.。 ”

"Randomly generated NPCs are just a pair of cluttered data and texture-generated repeaters, with no personality, no story, and no sense of substitution."

"And its combat is made into an automatic battle where the numbers determine everything, lacking the experience of an RPG game, and more like a strategy game that only relies on pre-war preparation."

"Overall, the experience of the game is mediocre and lethargic, with different ways of playing and conflicting, and people being divided into different stereotypes. Maybe it has depth, attitude, and innovation, but it's not fun, I hope everyone will return to rational evaluation, and don't tout it anymore and affect those players who haven't entered the pit. ”

Zhong Ming read the whole article carefully from beginning to end.

If it is a malicious smear by a competitor, and the whole article is factually wrong, then Zhong Ming will definitely not refute it, because the players themselves can see the problem here.

If a player angrily abuses because he doesn't like "Taiwu Picture Scroll", then Zhong Ming will not refute it, because liking it or not is a very subjective thing, and no one can decide what others like, and it is necessary to allow someone to dislike his work.

But for this article, Zhong Ming felt the need to respond.

This is not to refute some factual errors in this article, nor to prove some right or wrong in the design concept, but simply to show a certain attitude of oneself.

Obviously, this article still has a lot of influence, although the comment with the highest likes in the popular comments is a comment that refutes him, but the number of more than 2,000 likes shows that many people are indeed led away by this article.

Moreover, Zhong Ming can't tell whether this author is a high-end black who has received money, or just because he doesn't like this game and feels it.

Of course, the latter is more likely.

There must be many voices like this, and with the current popularity of "Taiwu Picture Scroll", it is completely normal for this kind of sound to appear.

But in any case, Zhong Ming felt that he should speak out for the players who really liked "Taiwu Picture Scroll", and also on behalf of Shimmer Studio.

Not to the author of the article, but to all those who hold a similar point of view.