Chapter 96: Personal vs. Professional Edition
Thunderbolt, Animation Zone.
The well-known anime miscellaneous talk UP main duck neck has just updated an issue of the "New Preview" video and has been on the top five of the site's popular list.
The title of the video is [July Divine Grace Animation Preview, I have watched the toilet paper in another world once! 】
I heard that this video is very popular, and it also led to a new conceptual term - divine grace animation, so Qian Xin also ran to take a look.
"Hello guys, I'm a duck neck! Today, let's talk about the hot new Divine Grace that will be broadcast or have already aired in July! ”
"Some friends may be curious.,What is the new grace of God? Here I will explain that the new July mentioned in this video is all made by "Divine Grace Continent", so it is collectively called the new ...... of divine grace"
"Okay, let's not talk nonsense, let's get straight to the point!"
"First of all, it is the first blockbuster masterpiece, the charismatic animation officially produced and released by Thunderbolt, "Skeleton Brave's Journey to Another World".
"What about this new episode.,Different from other charismatic animations.,The male protagonist is a skeleton soldier.,That's right! It's the undead template in the DLC......"
"It is reported that Thunderbolt has hired a number of top voice actors for this animation, and has also carried out a warm-up promotion on the homepage, and the lineup can be described as the best among all the gods' animations."
"And then there's "Who Falls in Love in a Different World", a well-known neon animation company, Aguru, has entered the field of divine grace animation for the first time, and it is said to be a very sweet love comedy, which is worth looking forward to......"
Animation has always been classified in a variety of ways.
According to the region, it can be divided into neon animation, Huaguo animation, rice animation and so on. According to production, it can be divided into 2D animation and 3D animation. According to the age group, it can be divided into children's animation, youth animation, all-age animation and so on.
But now it's different!
Nowadays, animation, especially in the field of other worlds, is only divided into two types of animation.
One is Divine Grace Animation, which is an animation made with "Divine Grace Continent" as the carrier.
The other is other animations, no matter what the story is, what kind of production method, anyway, in the theme of another world, it can only be classified as "other".
The Divine Grace animation is so popular!
The endless Grace Animation has also made many animation companies smell business opportunities and decide to make a bold attempt to use "Grace Continent" to produce a new work.
It was all personal production before.
For example, the popular "The Adventures of Jayne", which was originally edited by Qian Xin and randomly hired a few voice actors to make an animation.
But now, the regular army has entered.
Major animation companies have listed "Divine Grace Animation" as the future development direction, and if they can't beat it, they will join and start an assembly line industrial toilet paper.
As a result, when the total sales of the game "Divine Grace Continent" on the whole platform approached 1.8 million copies, a large wave of "Divine Grace New Edition" was quietly announced.
Websites such as Thunderbolt, Penguin Video, and iYiqi Video have opened up a "Grace Animation" area for individual or corporate users to upload their Grace animations.
There is not much to say for individual users.
Because the editing is not professional, and it also lacks certain professional knowledge, there is no good dubbing and copywriting foundation, just watch the excitement.
But it's a different story for enterprise users.
When they discovered the special features of "Divine Grace Continent", they quickly approached Tianba Studio, not only for authorization, but also to put forward their requirements.
"What's that?"
After Chen Ba learned about the requirements of some animation companies, he couldn't help but complain: "Upgrade the game picture quality and provide personalized NPC customization services? ”
"Oh yes!"
Xiao Lu nodded and said, "That's what they said, and said they could pay extra for it......"
How shrewd animation companies are!
Ordinary charismatic animations can be done by any person, so how can they highlight their uniqueness and professionalism?
As a result, they wanted better image quality and more personalized NPC customization services.
"Additional charges?"
Chen Ba, who was not interested in anything, suddenly became interested when he heard the words "additional payment".
Talk about money, then he won't be sleepy!
"I probably understood......"
"You mean, these animation companies want us to provide them with a special version of Grace Land, similar to the professional and personal versions?"
Chen Ba said thoughtfully: "The professional version opens more permissions, a bit similar to a creative workshop? At the same time, the game has a higher picture quality, which distinguishes it from the personal version? ”
"Yes!"
Xiao Lu nodded again and again: "That's what they mean, the current "Divine Grace Continent" is good, but they don't like it a little." ”
"Got it!"
Chen Ba clapped his hands and said, "In this case, you go and tell them that we will release the professional version of the game later, and we will also open personalized customized content." ”
The personal version is the basic body of the game, priced at 68 yuan!
The Pro version is based on the ontology, upgrading the image quality, light and shadow, detail maps, and facial expressions of the characters.
The personal version is permanently bought out, but the professional version can't be done like this, after all, it is for enterprise users, and a permanent buyout is not equivalent to cutting off the financial road?
"The price of the professional version is 999/month, and the annual subscription is a little cheaper, only 9999/year!"
"Heaven and Earth Bank?"
"That must be RMB!"
Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "Enterprise users, don't treat them as ordinary users or home users. ”
Enterprise users, buying "Divine Grace Continent" is to make money, that is, "commercial profit". Isn't it reasonable for this kind of user to charge more expensive?
And not only is the fee expensive, but also the toll is charged, and all animations produced by "Divine Grace Continent" will be charged 30% revenue share.
This is the pro pricing, and on top of the pro version, there is also a personalization service that is priced at "X".
To put it simply, meet to communicate the details, determine personalized NPCs, maps, or other needs, and then quote individually based on the needs of the other person.
Think it's expensive?
Don't use that!
Those professional-grade animation production software are also quite expensive, why don't you complain? What's the deal! Don't you use "Grace Continent" as a productivity tool?
"Productivity tools? Really! ”
Xiao Lu said with a smile: "In this case, what we are selling is not a game, but a third-party animation production software?" ”
"Definitely!"
Chen Ba nodded and said: "Compared with other professional software, "Divine Grace Continent" is simple to operate and powerful, and only needs dubbing and adding some copywriting to make an animation. ”
That's too strong!
It's just used to watch animations.,As a video player, it's a proper overkill.。
……
Early in the morning, Qian Xin got up from the bed.
He's been busy lately.
The popularity of "Jayne's Adventures" made him successfully transform into an animation producer, established the "Jayne" studio, and his career became more and more prosperous.
He is so grateful to Brother Ba!
If it weren't for Brother Ba, he wouldn't have been able to seize the opportunity to jump up and reach today's height.
It's a pity that Brother Ba himself disagrees, otherwise his photo would have been hung on the wall by Qian Xin, and incense would have been offered day and night.
"Huh! The Divine Grace Continent has been updated? ”
Qian Xin, who had just finished washing up and was about to go out for breakfast, suddenly received a message from a friend.
A friend told him that "Divine Grace Continent" has been updated, and a "professional version" with more powerful features, more detailed picture quality, and a monthly fee has been introduced.
Hearing the news, Qian Xin didn't care about eating, so he quickly turned on the computer and logged on to the steam platform to check the details.
That's true!
I saw the detail page of "Divine Grace Continent", the previous official version and deluxe version, suddenly changed its name to the personal version and flagship version.
The price has not changed.
However, below these two versions, a new professional version and a personalized version have been added.
The description of the professional version is aimed at enterprise-level "players", which greatly enhances the expressiveness of the game screen and the details of light and shadow, enriches the character and expression, and the price in the country is 999 yuan / month, and the annual package is 10,000 yuan.
"It's so expensive!"
Even though Qian Xin made a lot of money from "Divine Grace Continent", after seeing the pricing of the professional version, he felt that he couldn't bear it.
There is no selling price for personalization.
But according to the instructions, this service is definitely more expensive than the professional version, after all, this version needs to be finalized offline, including maps, NPCs, building models, etc., all of which can be personalized.
If you have the strength, you can even customize a set of "Divine Grace Continent" with a "modern urban background", and then make an urban romantic comedy animation.
"Personalization can't afford ......"
Qian Xin thought about it for a while, and felt that his financial resources, Brother Ba would definitely not be able to look down on him, and talking about personalized customization was tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation.
Then open a pro version and try it!
A thousand dollars a month is very expensive, but if the effect is really good, judging from the current income of "Jayne's Adventures", it is still very cost-effective.
Thinking of this, Qian Xin immediately called all the members of the studio and used his account to buy a professional version of "Divine Grace Continent".
"it!"
As soon as they entered the game, everyone was stunned.
The picture quality has been greatly improved!
It's worth the 1,000 dollars, although the game is still the same game, but this picture quality improvement alone is worth the investment.
After all, for an animation, the most criticized thing about "The Adventures of Jayne" is the rough and blurry picture quality.
With the pro version, this problem has not only been solved, but there are also more surprising benefits......
That is, in the Pro version, the facial expressions of NPCs have finally been optimized, and they are more like anime characters.
And that's not all!
The Pro version also offers a "Screenwriter" mode and a "Director" mode, which allows you to import audio source files and text modifications for your game characters after entering Screenwriter mode.
In director mode, you can use functions such as "Time and Space Backtrack" and "Status Adjustment".
For example.
If you don't think it's exciting and dramatic enough, you can use time and space to retake it like filming NG, and then choose the most suitable one.
The state adjustment is even more powerful.
In this mode, players can modify the basic state of an NPC just like opening the GM background, and even define some hidden attributes, which is very expansive.
"It's worth ...... money"
After experiencing the functions of the professional version of "Divine Grace Continent", Qian Xin called Brother Ba powerful, the professional version is too strong.
If you say,The personal version of "Divine Grace Continent" is at best a new player in another world,The role of "watching animation" is greater than "doing animation"。
Then in the professional version, the role of animation has been maximized, and everyone can use "Divine Grace Continent" to make their favorite animation from another world.
A thousand dollars a month is expensive?
10,000 yuan a month, it is difficult for you to hire a professional animator, and even people will think that your salary is too low.
But for one-tenth of the price, you don't need to hire any animators, you can directly use your creativity in "Divine Grace Continent", and you can make wonderful toilet paper animations in different worlds.
Do you still think it's expensive?
The functions of the professional version of "Divine Grace Continent" are already so powerful that Qian Xin feels incredible.
He didn't dare to think about what the "personalized customized version" with a higher price and the need to finalize the details of the cooperation offline would be like, it must be more powerful, right?
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Hurry up to inform the audience that "The Adventures of Jayne" will be produced using the professional version of the Divine Grace Continent, ushering in a comprehensive upgrade."
Qian Xin instructed: "Xiao Wang, you go and import the archive, let's work overtime today and rush to work on an episode of "The Adventures of Jayne". ”
"But we only bought a pro version!"
Xiao Wang raised his hand and said weakly: "On other computers, the installation is still the personal version of "Divine Grace Continent", 68 pieces. ”
Qian Xin: "......"
Broken, forget about this stubble!
There are five people in the studio, aside from post-editing and audio track synthesis, at least three copies have to be purchased, one is 1000 yuan/month.
Brother Ba is robbing money?
……
Chen Ba didn't expect that after the release of the professional version, it would be loved and praised by so many animation professionals.
Although the professional version does not even sell a thousand copies, compared to the sales of the personal version of nearly 2 million copies, it is really a bit insufficient.
But the professional version is 1000 yuan a copy, and it is charged on a monthly basis, and it can be credited to the account every month, which is much easier to earn than the personal version.
"Brother Ba, I don't want to make games anymore."
"Me ...... too"
How much money can you make making games? Selling software has already made a fortune! If you look at the sales of the professional version, you can see that it is less than a thousand copies, but it contributes nearly one million in revenue.
And this money is available every month, which is really money!
The more Chen Ba thought about it, the more he felt that it was a mistake for him to step into the game industry in the first place.
I knew that making software was so profitable, and I should have engaged in software development in the first place, instead of tossing some bullshit game production.
However, to do a line of love and a line, the road is chosen by yourself, and you have to go down hard.
And most importantly......
The full name of Tie Hanhan's system is [The Most Hardcore Game Producer System], can he still use this thing if he changes careers?
There are so many bugs in making games, if you use this thing to make software, then Chen Ba can't think about the consequences.
Moreover, without Tianba Studio, wouldn't it be a great loss for the game industry? Players won't be able to play all kinds of fun games.
What a pity!
"By the way, don't animation companies buy personalized customization services?" Chen Ba asked.
"Not yet."
Xiao Lu shook his head and said, "The professional version of "Divine Grace Continent", it seems that everyone is very satisfied. As for personalization, they think that Brother Ba will open your mouth and slaughter them fiercely. ”
Chen Ba muttered to himself, "How did they guess? ”
It shouldn't be!
He hasn't slipped the knife yet, and the fat pigs have all been scared away, so who will make up for his missing nutrients?
(End of chapter)