Chapter Eighty-Three: The Mainstream of Future Games: Freedom
Just when Zhao Hao was in Seattle, he went to the valve to visit it if he had nothing to do, and then took Tolea to play in the city of Seattle.
In the past few days, the Internet, or the game industry, can be said to have exploded.
The topic around it is all one game, and there is only one game, 'Minecraft'.
On the same day, after Zhao Hao and Gabe Newell talked about the cooperation, the contract was signed the next day.
At the same time, Zhao Hao also contacted the domestic studio, responsible for releasing the news that the MOD can be launched on the steam workshop and the official server map.
Since the big sale of 'Minecraft', Zhao Hao's studio has begun to expand slowly, except for Liu Dong and Li Hua, who are the core members of the production game.
The other staff in charge of the website forum, as well as Lu Yao's staff in charge of the server in the computer room, as well as the staff in health, foreign affairs and finance, etc., add up to more than 30.
Today's Zhao Hao doesn't need to do it himself, many places don't need to be done by himself, except for key projects, it is enough to hand over the rest to others in the studio.
Mods are open for 'Minecraft', and the mods made by players, as long as they are good enough, can also be sold on steam, which is really a great thing.
Almost all the players were delighted.
For the average player, they may be able to play even better mods in the future.
And for those modders, the mods they make can not only attract others to play, but also bring them substantial income.
At the same time, it can also attract a large number of masters who like to make mods.
"Minecraft is open to MOD production and sale" Just when almost everyone who knows the game 'Minecraft' is boasting about it, an article suddenly appeared on the homepage of the famous game review website IGN.
"This year, suddenly there was a pixel game that didn't have a real physics engine, it didn't have gorgeous graphics, the only thing it had was endless freedom and creativity. It's also the first official game company to officially support 'mod' production, and while online mods are banned like all games, it also opens up a mod server area, which many games don't do. Moreover, the official MOD editor makes the production of MOD easier. And just yesterday, the game producer suddenly announced a shocking news, that is, the MOD made by the player, after review and voting, can be purchased on the Steam Workshop, as well as on the official website. Probably in the coming time, we will witness an endless number of mods. ”
At the same time, the world's best-selling gaming magazine also published an article entitled "Freedom: The Theme of the Future of Gaming." ”
"A simple pixel game, almost the whole world, all those who love games may not have played, but they will definitely have heard of it, that is, 'Minecraft' and some game manufacturers who have already determined the project, after seeing this game, they all chose to skip the ticket, because they suddenly found that the original game can still be like this, and the original game can still be so free. Perhaps in the near future, we will find that almost all games will have one theme, and that is freedom. ”
"Oh my God, I'm on my knees, but when will I be able to get a mobile version of 'Minecraft', even if it's a reduced version, and now when I go to work, I think about going home and building a house every day."
"I'm just a dog, and the old Wang next door actually built their unit yesterday!"
"What is this, you haven't watched the live broadcast. There is a great god on the live broadcast, who is directly building the capital, and it has been completed by a third of the way. ”
"I suddenly realized that this game is called 'Minecraft', it's obviously someone else's world."
"That's right, that's right, everyone else already has a luxury estate, raising pigs and chickens, and I'm still in my own small house to defend against zombies that come every night, digging hard and cutting down trees."
With the craze for mods to sell, the topic of 'Minecraft' was heated up again.
And with this trend, the sales of the game actually ushered in another blowout, and in less than two days, nearly 700,000 games were directly sold.
Of course, most of them are still from the official website of the game.,And the digital version on the steam platform.,After all, the physical version is only available in China.,And except for one or two figures.,There's not much value other than the value of collecting.。
However, although there is not much, after all, the revenue of the physical version is much higher than that of the digital version, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and the physical version of the overseas version is sold, and Zhao Hao has also handed it over to valve to contact.
As for the problem of pits, Zhao Hao never thought that Valve was not a small company.
And about the host and the 'Minecraft' on the mobile phone platform, it has also been put on the agenda by Zhao Hao, as long as he waits until he returns to China, there will be Liu Dong's transplant.
The console version of 'Minecraft' is exactly the same as the PC version, and the 'Minecraft' of the two platforms of IOS and Android on the mobile phone is a castrated version, and many of the PC ones have not been ported.
For example, the Hell, made of obsidian, and the railroad railcar made of redstone, etc., cannot be displayed on the mobile platform.
In addition, Zhao Hao is not ready to charge any fees for 'Minecraft' on the mobile platform.
In terms of the host platform, Zhao Hao will not make a certain host level ** account.
"I wonder if there will be a third part of the anti-terrorist operation?" In the Valve headquarters, sitting with Gabe Newell, Zhao Hao asked with some curiosity.
Anti-terrorist operation can be said to be the game that made Valve famous, but now this game is about to come out with a second part.
But what really makes Zhao Hao a little curious is whether there will be a third part.
Because when I was in China, there has always been a small joke, that is, G fat can't count 3.
Talking about all the games under Valve, there is almost only a second part, but there will definitely be no third part, even if it is very, very hot.
"At least there won't be a long time class because the first two parts have already taken too much effort from the team and we want to take a break." Gabe Newell smiled, shook his head and said.
Hearing Gabe Newell's words, Zhao Hao couldn't help but smack his tongue.
Sure enough, the vacation V club lives up to its name.,If it's another game company.,There is such a best-selling game estimated to be the third part of the project.,It will be proposed immediately.。
Where is it like Valve.
However, Zhao Hao also has to admit that this is indeed a company that employees dream of.
And in such a company, creative innovation will always be proposed.
In the short time of the past few days, Zhao Hao has already seen it.
Creative innovation is the foundation of a company's continuation, and eating the old capital is completely waiting for death, especially in the game industry, and the IT industry, which is changing rapidly, innovation is more important.
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