The 430 livehouse debut
While the wives are busy chasing their careers, Mei Fang focuses on the construction and expansion of Simi Lu's studio this autumn.
Since the concept of indie games was redefined and launched by Meifang, Meifang has absorbed a large number of domestic independent games into its own game territory with the help of the TABTAB program and the gamejam developer competition
This includes studios that were more famous in previous lives, but were still unknown at this time:
At this time, the Fallen Leaf Island project team is preparing to launch "One Hundred Days of Love in the College Entrance Examination", which created a precedent for domestic gal;
Phantom Blade Network will debut the action game "Ash", which they are proud of, with the meta-game concept they rely on;
At this time, the three friends of Hunter Studio are recruiting the first test users for their independent work "Lost Castle";
In addition to these studios, Mei Fang also invited Heluo Studio, which has long been famous in the Chinese market, and this year they will also launch their own comeback work "The Legend of the Heroes"; The Candle Dragon Studio, which had launched the "Ancient Sword Strange Tan" series, was in a lot of turmoil at this time because of the departure of the chief creative engineer, and Mei Fang helped the company stabilize a little through financing cooperation and other means.
Some of these works are still in production, and some have been officially released on the domestic TABTAB platform, because Mei Fang itself has the support of an independent game of the grade "Cloud Journey", and these young people with new dreams are very fond of Mei Fang's plan.
All of these studios have obtained their exclusive publishing status on TABTAB by arranging cooperation negotiations and angel investment, and these products will continue to output works as the backbone of Meifang's domestic independent game empire.
As for the domestic three swords, Mei Fang has taken the initiative to mention cooperation, but Daewoo and Xishanju themselves are large groups with a very thick background, and it is not easy to get the status of exclusive distribution.
When communicating with these long-established domestic stand-alone producers, Mei Fang can not only feel their game design talents, but also feel a pride in their bones, and show a very disgusted and even scornful attitude towards some current game design concepts.
There is no way to keep up with the changes of the times, or there are too many prejudices about some changes, which is probably the key point that some domestic stand-alone games can't keep up with the times, which actually has little to do with the suppression above, so that until now, the tide of version numbers has not even arrived, and some of their works have been eliminated from the market.
Well......
So it's better to talk about games with young people!
However, Mei Fang also has the experience and blessing of later generations to be so inclusive, and he himself can't say how good he is.
As for the overseas aspect, the Mei side is basically looking for some works to seek local distribution cooperation based on its own memory.
This includes Cherry Studios, which he has always had on his heart, and which is the creator of the most well-known Metroidvania-like game in later generations, Hollow Knight.
At this time, the studio is crowdfunding on the well-known platform Kickstarter, and "Hollow Knight" is also out of a basic version of 1.0.0, which is preparing to be put on steam for sale, and Mei Fang directly took over the Chinese localization work of steam and the distribution agency of TABTAB.
Originally, the cherry group planned to crowdfund to 800,000 US dollars before starting to have the DLC development plan of Bumblebee's sister, but now it has only raised 300,000 yuan, and Mei Fang helped them fill the crowdfunding target directly as soon as they made a move, so that Pellen and Gibson, two of the three developers of the cherry group, flew to Pengcheng overnight to meet with Mei Fang, and asked Mei Fang, the father of the gold owner, what requirements Mei Fang had for the future development of "Hollow Knight".
"It's not a big deal...... Bumblebee, you can give up the idea of DLC expansion and just start the next generation of new games. β
Mei Fang thought for a while, "But you have to complete the development of this sequel before 2020, which is a hard requirement for you." β
When the two enthusiastic and cheerful Australian friends heard that Mei Fang had given them four full years of development iteration time, they immediately clapped their hands excitedly.
"It's simple, May, my friend. It took three years for our Hollow Knight to reach its current level, and it certainly won't take three years to complete the new game! β
"You'd better be!"
Mei Fang's sudden annoyance made the two main creators of the cherry group a little confused, but this is understandable, after all, they don't know how many years Mei Fang waited for "Silk Pigeon" in the previous life, and even waited until Mei Fang's sudden death and didn't see it come out.
I have to say that Kickstarter is a good thing, as long as Mei Fang goes through the works he knows before according to the rankings, he will know which works are of good quality enough for him to sell.
"Into the Dungeon", "Transistor", "Azure", "Shovel Knight", "Trapped Will", "Killing the Spire" and other works, as long as Mei Fang likes to play it himself, he will vote for it.
Other rich bosses buy and buy luxury cars to buy luxury goods, Mei Fang is crazy to find an agent here, and basically the work is confirmed and directly thrown to the overseas market department, so that these departments are working overtime every day, and the eighteenth generation of Mei Fang's ancestors is scolded in his heart, which is of course something that Mei Fang does not know.
In addition, Mei Fang also focused on the excavation of some domestic producers, among which he also invested heavily in Chen Xinghan, a famous Zen game designer who used to work under Sony, and he hoped that Chen Xinghan could join his team and assist him in the development of the 3A open world work.
Chen Xinghan's work "Wind Journey" is also one of the most important reference works of "Journey of Clouds", and it is also one of the mentors who let Mei Fang pursue games as the ninth art.
So Mei Fang decided to build a new studio for Chen Xinghan and his team, ready to complete the design of "Codename: Light Encounter".
Mei Fang, who is also a game producer, has a lot of opinions about the work, and if the producer and the boss do not agree on the concept, it is easy to have a lot of disagreements.
Because he suffered in his previous life, Mei Fang will not forcibly interfere with the work of the producers in his studio, but he also hopes that the work he leads will not be disturbed.
Just like the game "Lilies at the End", the three parts of the script copywriting (designed by Mei Fang), art style (designed by Guo Yun), and music style (designed by Liu Xiaoyu) were all led by Mei Fang himself.
Mei Fang ensures that the atmosphere and visual expression of this work is similar to that of the previous work, but in terms of level design, numerical control, and action design, because the company has enough manpower, Mei Fang can make a more silky experience, and the previous work has big loopholes in the above three, and the previous bad reviews are also concentrated here.
And compared with the previous life's work of about 15 hours of sketch-level plot experience, Mei Fang integrates more world view content through level transformation, adds additional hidden plots and bosses, and makes the whole story more complete and full, and the 100% completion of a week can be pulled to about 40 hours.
"This will be a soul-based work that two-dimensional users will like - at least, they will like to watch it."
This is Mei Fang's evaluation of this "Lily of the End".
"Lilies of the End" will be officially released in a week, but before that, in addition to busy with pre-release preparations, Mei Fang will also participate in a livehouse performance - but Xia Yuan/Lin Wanwan is not very happy about it.
"Why are you watching us perform when you've been so busy lately...... Just go up and sing four or five songs and come down, what's so good! β
"This is our evening schoolgirl's debut, how can I, as a senior, not go to see it!"
"It's not that I don't want you to see it...... One is that you've been busy releasing games lately, and we're just going to test the waters, and we're embarrassed to mess up when the time comes...... I hope to be able to ...... you Isn't it okay to behave perfectly in front of your seniors? β
Lin Wanwan hugged Mei Fang's neck and kept coquettish, but she just tried to persuade Mei Fang not to look at it.
Mei Fang was a little reluctant to Lin Wanwan, so she could only verbally promise her to give up.
"Alright, alright...... I'm not going......"
"If I find out you're coming, I won't be with you."
Lin Wanwan said and took a sip on Mei Fang's face, then got up and stroked the big orange, at this time, Lin Youxi carried Lin Wanwan's guitar and handed it to her: "Ah Fang can't go, can't I go either?" β
"Hmm...... It's better not to come, anyway...... It's a shame. β
"I don't believe it...... Can it be more humiliating than someone acting in bed? β
"Yes!"
Xia Yuan puffed out his face and stomped on the little jiojio, "I've been really busy lately...... Ah Fang is used to decompress, it is true that it is not good to be affectionate, it will be fine after a while, definitely! β
"Alright, alright...... Don't talk about you. β
Lin Youxi handed the guitar bag to Xia Yuan, "I've checked everything for you, and I also packed some food on the inside of the bag, if you are a little flustered at that time, eat some bread to fill your stomach, you eat much less than usual tonight, I see that you don't have much appetite." β
"Uh......h Thank you, Sister Youxi! β
Lin Wanwan hugged Lin Youxi as she said and gave her a big hug.
"I've been really busy lately, I haven't had time to meet and play with you for a long time, and I'll accompany you well when I'm done rehearsing during this busy time."
"Busy, everyone is busy, after all, they are all working hard for their careers......"
Lin Youxi smiled and shook his head, "But it's okay, you have to do everything you want to do while you're young, don't regret it when you don't have time in the future." β
"Hmm...... I know. β
Xia Yuan nodded lightly, she understood what Lin Youxi meant.
This is also the plan of the three of them for the university.
During my time in college, I did all the unfulfilled dreams of the career I wanted to work hard for.
Not only Xia Yuan, but also Lin Youxi.
So is the Mei side.
When it's time to start a family, you can't put your career first.
Only this time is the time when you can desperately chase your dreams.
In the future, I can only live a happy family life with financial freedom, woo!
"That's right, Ah Fang, senior!"
Xia Yuan didn't forget to ask Mei Fang before leaving: "I asked you to write songs for Xiaoyu before, I didn't expect to be so busy recently, but I discussed it with Xiaoyu, if you don't have time, you don't have to write it, so as not to cause you trouble." β
"This one...... I've written the lyrics for this song, and I'm thinking about how to compose it. β
"I'll go, why do you still have time to think about this?"
"After all, it was my wife who asked me, how could I not think about it."
Mei Fang smiled and stuck out his tongue at Xia Yuan, who happily hugged Mei Fang and took another sip.
"Alright, alright...... Senior, you really, don't force yourself. I'm going to go in the car with Xiaoxue and them! β
"Have a nice trip!"
"Walk slowly."
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi watched Xia Yuan close the door and leave the house.
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Mei Fang and Lin Youxi glanced at each other.
Then they laughed out loud.
"How can there be a feeling that parents can watch their daughters grow up and be on their own."
Mei Fang pretended to wipe her tears with some grievances, "This can't be done, I don't have a daughter yet, and now I'm so sad when I go out alone." β
"It's like a rehearsal in advance, and after your daughter gets married, you feel good......"
"Although I don't want to be a perverted daughter, but when I think of that picture, it's so uncomfortable to woo-"
At this time, there was a group of cats next to Mei Fang meowing at his feet, and Lin Youxi also came over at this time and let Mei Fang snuggle in his arms.
"Come on...... Don't cry, don't cry, mom hugβ"
Lin Youxi and Mei Fang were enjoying the mother and son PLAY, and suddenly the door clicked open again, it was Xia Yuan who hurried back.
"IβI forgot to bring my wallet, where, whereβwhereβ"
Lin Youxi comforted Mei Fang in his arms while pointing to the back room, "You go to the bathroom in the master bedroom to take a look, you like to put things aside when you blow your hair." β
"I'm going to look for ...... Got it! β
Xia Yuan's voice came from the back room.
Xia Yuan took Sakura's cute wallet, ran to the door in a hurry, and saw Lin Youxi holding Mei Fangqingqing and me there, thought about it and rushed over to hold Mei Fang's cheek and kissed it, and then quickly ran out.
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"So...... Fate, has it really grown? β
Mei Fang just wiped his mouth, and at this moment Lin Youxi's offensive approached again, and while grinding his ears and temples, he began to whisper softly to Mei Fang:
"If you're not sure, you can go and see ......"
"But she said she wouldn't let me go to the livehouse, and it would make her angry if I went, right?"
"Just don't let her see it?"
Lin Youxi said, "And I heard that some livehouses are still quite unsafe, and they go for the first time, so they always have to go to see it to rest assured, right?" β
"So you just want to go...... I promised her not to go just now! β
"It was Lin Wanwan who Lin Youxi promised."
Lin Youxi put on his glasses as he spoke, and nodded his lips to reveal an astringent expression, "What's the matter with me in the morning?" β
"Yes, that makes sense! As long as you don't recognize it as the stationmaster and the eldest lady, it's no problem. β
Mei Fang thought for a while, "You are Xia Zaozao, she is Lin Wanwan, am I not the whole Mei Zhongzhong?" β
"Don't, it's so ugly......" Lin Youxi shook his head, "I don't like it." β
"I think ...... too Don't think about a name anymore. β
"Without further ado, think on the way?"
"Good!"
So Mei Wuwu and Xia Zao early dressed up and took a taxi to the livehouse together, ready to go to see the solo band debut of Yixia band Lin Wanwan.
(End of chapter)