The decline in the data of "Dark Guardian" also aroused the alarm of the top management of Tianyi.

With the support of President Zhang Ping, the second version of the game was released in the first test stage.

In this version, a new pet system was launched, and players can get brand new pets without using kryptonite and play a role in the game.

These pets can be used to fight monsters in the dark, can get random materials, and can even be petted and interacted with, fully relieving the fatigue of combat and giving players a chance to relax.

This feature made Dark Guardian, which had been in a state of decline in online numbers, pick up for a few days, but then began to decline again.

Compared with "Dark Guardian", whose data continues to collapse, the data of "Dark Builder", which is monitored by operations, is rising all the way.

According to the thousand-degree index, corresponding to the activity of the player base, corresponding to the average daily visits to the official website and other data, they found that the popularity of the two games has reversed.

The data curves of each other staggered into a cross on the screen, as if the data was mocking the efforts of "The Dark Guardian", giving him a big failure in everything.

Seeing the result, Zhang Ping was also confused.

Obviously, the questionnaire is good everywhere, the picture and music are crushed in all aspects, the public opinion in all aspects is quite good, and the media reputation and player reputation are very good.

But why, does the data keep decreasing?

Look at the UP master of station B, when the company is promoting, it is crazy to play "Dark Guardian", and if it is not promoted, immediately open "Dark Builder" to cool two rounds.

Are you all NTR lovers?

Some anchors even typed the title in the live broadcast room: "Darkness is for life, darkness is true love." ”

Eat and stay in the west, right?

With the data, Zhang Ping found the empty space, and was about to ask the other party's opinion, when he found that the empty state was wrong.

I haven't seen each other for two or three days, the roots of the other party's hair have turned white, and the body is like a leaking balloon, and all the essence and energy in the body have leaked out, and there is nothing.

Thinking about last year's annual meeting, "Dungeon of Kings" has already had good test results, empty and high-spirited, holding his arm and pouring wine, and saying that his game is definitely a big hit, and then go abroad and face the world, so that players all over the world know what a mature krypton system looks like.

But now, the other party is tired and can't do it.

In the gaming industry, success is the best tonic.

At that time, Kongkong looked to be in his early thirties, but his two failures completely shattered his Dao heart, making him almost unable to get up.

Standing by the window, he looked diagonally across the corner blankly, looking at the Fangcheng studio there.

It's half past five in the afternoon, the sky has begun to be a little gray, the people opposite have already left after work, only a pot of leeks in the window is verdant, stretching their vitality.

In stark contrast to leeks, it is yourself in the mirror.

Old-fashioned, decadent.

Standing behind the emptiness, Zhang Ping opened his mouth to say something, but he felt that everything was pale.

Swallowing his dry saliva with difficulty, he said, "Empty, why don't you rest for a while?" ”

"No need." Sora shook his head, "I'm resting, and the pot is easy to get to you." Many people on the head office already looked at Rongcheng as unpleasant, and they couldn't give them a chance to attack Ling. ”

"Empty ......"

"Large companies are like this, the tailwind is strong everywhere, and the headwind is weak everywhere. If nothing else, the company's internal friction and office politics alone can be a headache. ”

“……”

"I'm fine, so be it. I'll try one last time and see if I can get something back. I'll go to the planner for a meeting. ”

Empty slowly left, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly became unstable and almost fell on the carpet.

Zhang Ping subconsciously wanted to help, but he shook his head with the door frame on the side, and then supported himself with both hands.

Looking at the other party's bleak back, Zhang Ping realized something.

Empty, too.

Gather all the plans and release some of the game data collected by the operation.

Instead of releasing the current index comparison, he compared Dark Guardian and Dark Builder side by side, and asked, "Guys, this is our competitor game and review, what do you think?" ”

After reading the materials on the table, one of the planners said lightly, "There shouldn't be any threat." ”

"It's just an indie game, and the graphics are also in a clever pixel style, so there's nothing to pay attention to."

"There are so few features, how can players be interested in cultivating?"

"Music doesn't work, it's just a sound effect, this game can't work."

"I don't even pay, is this producer a living bodhisattva?"

This sentence made the planners present laugh out loud, and it also filled the place with a pleasant atmosphere.

Sora laughed too.

Although it is difficult to see the strength of the plan, after all, everyone can write the plan, but there are few who write brilliantly.

But the emptiness can also be seen, there are few excellent plans here.

Most of the planning is mixed up with projects, and the resumes are written wildly, and the words are whimsical, but in addition to the good sycophants for so many years, the strength has not increased at all.

But in a joyful atmosphere, a planner who has been in the industry for two and a half years looked at the evaluation opinions, frowned and said, "It's not good." ”

The conference room was silent in an instant.

The planners first looked at the empty space nervously, and then looked at the planner named Qiu Yu with dissatisfaction.

Everyone is singing praises, so don't come over and pour cold water, okay?

Don't you understand what kind of character is empty?

Someone gently pulled Qiu Yu's clothes, but he didn't bother to pay attention to the guy behind him, and continued: "Although our score is high, I feel that this part of the score should have the addition of 3D and art. If this part is deducted, our gameplay should only look like 70 points. ”

"Qiu Yu, don't say it." One of the planners whispered.

"It's okay, I don't care." Qiu Yu said calmly, "Back to the game, although the rating of "Dark Builder" is low, it is because the pixel art has suffered in art. But I've also played that game in depth, and the art style is actually very good. ”

"What's so great about pixel art?" One of the planners snorted disdainfully, "How many pixel art games have you seen?" ”

Qiu Yu turned his head, his immature face looked very young, only there was a sword-like light in his eyes.

Faced with the old planner's provocation, he said directly: ""Dead Cells", "Terraria", "Under the Legend", I can easily cite a lot of pixel games, have you played all of these? ”

The old planner wanted to refute, but he couldn't say a word.

In the face of these recognized masterpieces, no refutation is powerless.

Standing up, Qiu Yu said: "Although it is pixel-style, the details of Dark Builder are quite in place, and the processing of various details has not been weakened because it is a pixel, but it makes it easier for players to focus on the game. On the other hand, the beautiful graphics look great, but the high art rendering brings a problem, that is, the number of enemies on the same screen must be compressed to a certain range. This will cause the game to be less enjoyable. ”

Hearing this, Kongkong nodded slightly: "There is a problem, but why didn't you say it at the beginning?" ”

"I said it, but you didn't listen."

These words were suspected of throwing the pot, and they also instantly aroused the stress reaction of the old planners present.

But before they could refute, Kongkong raised his hand and said, "I remember, there was this incident in the first place." It's my fault, you continue. ”

The other planners looked at the two in amazement.

Today's emptiness was obviously very different, he was exhausted, and he looked like an old man who was about to die, and he was explaining his last words.

Nodding, Qiu Yu continued: "As you can see, the style of Dark Builders should be to create a sense of oppression through the environment, to achieve mutual cooperation through the construction of buildings, and finally to achieve an incomparable feeling of refreshment by defeating waves of crazy enemies. The number of enemies here is crucial, and the greater the number of enemies, the stronger the player's previous tension and oppression, and the more refreshing the release will be after the formation. I don't know if the living immortal is intentional or accidental, and his monster strength is actually not particularly high, which makes the mowing feel even more refreshing. On the other hand......"

"Look at us. We couldn't do much in numbers, so we had to add a lot of elite monsters. Sora added.

Qiu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out, "You know?" ”

Later, he realized that this was very rude, so he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”

He can be outspoken, but not without politeness, which is the result of a combination of his character and upbringing.

"It's okay, it's good to be blunt, but don't say it in front of so many people next time."

Kongkong smiled gently, this reaction made people think about it again, and some people even began to think about Qiu Yu as an empty bastard.

Nodding, Qiu Yu continued: "It is true that the appearance of elite monsters can greatly enhance the sense of tension, but players don't need elite monsters to provide pressure on themselves at this time, they just want to be a little more refreshing. Okay, now that this question is explained, let's explore the next question, where is the core point of Dark Builders? ”

"Monster farming?" One of the planners asked.

"It's cooperation." Qiu Yu corrected with a smile, "The producers have been introducing the game towards cooperation, but I personally feel that it would be more interesting if I could add a little confrontational element." Of course, it's a personal thought. Under the tone of this cooperation, the other party has also introduced a lot of magic weapons that newcomers can also play an important role, such as immovable like a mountain. ”

"We also have a lot of magic weapons, and newcomers can use them too." Another planner retorted.

"How much does that cost?"

"Uh......"

"The first charge of 128 was sent immediately, but it was only an embryo. If you want to make this embryo easy to use, you have to spend money to buy material upgrades and gem inlays, so that a newcomer can be useful. And "Dark Builders"...... I opened five or six numbers to test, and about two or three times I was able to get a similar magic weapon, and then the newcomer could join the official game and start learning the veteran gameplay. In other words, newcomers can basically play the game after a few rounds. ”

After a pause, Qiu Yu thought of something, and then added: "Speaking of magic weapons, I think of one thing, our cultivation is too much. ”

"Isn't that bad?"

"Not good. It's mostly a traditional turn-based RPG for PC games, and it's obviously not suitable for this kind of game like Dark Builders. Today's players pay more attention to fast gameplay and simple development, they can accept some liver and krypton, but they can't accept too complicated cycles. Life is already so tired, don't force them to learn what they don't like. ”

Subsequently, Qiu Yu continued to talk about the game, and it was half an hour.

From his remarks, it can be seen that he has really studied the two games and compared them in detail.

A lot of the details of the content can never be felt without a lot of game time, which is in stark contrast to the planning around you who only know how to look at the data, and don't even play your own games.

Seeing Qiu Yu's generosity and brilliance, and even looking at him with admiration, a planner asked with malice: "You know so well, you should usually play these two games, right?" ”

This question can be described as ill-intentioned.

Although it's a game company, Tianyi is not allowed to plan to play other games during working hours, and if its own games are not for testing functions, they will try not to let the planner play.

For gaming companies, this rule does go a little too far.

And the other party's question was obviously asking Qiu Yu in person: "You kid violated the rules, right?" ”

However, Qiu Yu just smiled, and then said: "I play during my break, I usually only sleep for four hours, and I have been playing these two games in my free time. ”

"You ......"

"And if I break the rules, HR will come and talk to me. What do you mean by asking this question at this time? ”

“…… Nothing interesting......

The other party wanted to end the topic, but Qiu Yu had already slammed the table, and the loud sound made a group of people instantly nervous.

Staring at the planning of the question, Qiu Yu shouted: "Then what do you mean!" If the game is not done well, I think about how to make people take the blame every day, and I know how to be a-stirring stick if I don't use it. The years are going up, the morality is falling, so you can say that the seniors really regard themselves as characters! ”

The planner who was scolded in front of him turned pale, but he couldn't say a word.

After drinking and asking, Qiu Yu's face softened, and then added: "As I analyzed, our games are good everywhere, but they are not fun. Dark Builders looks simple, but it's just fun. Whether it's fun or not is the only criterion for judging a game, and unfortunately, we're going to lose it. ”

Sora nodded while listening, and said directly after hearing this: "It's okay, let's end the meeting." Qiu Yu, you stay. ”

By the time the planners came out, there were only two people left in the spacious conference room.

The old and the young were opposed to each other, but Qiu Yu did not have any fear, and still stood firmly, looking at the emptiness in front of him.

Looking at Qiu Yu, Kongkong seemed to see his young self.

At that time, I was just like the other party, outspoken and daring.

Then he was suppressed and stumbled for a long time before returning to the track.

The emptiness of coming back became greasy and smooth, the former ideal slowly disappeared, and the stove used to throw the pot was perfect, and in the end only money remained.

With a long breath, Sora felt that he was really old, and he began to reminisce about the past.

Facing Qiu Yu again, he asked, "Tell me how you understand Tianyi." ”

(End of chapter)