Tianba Studio is not the first game company to engage in anti-addiction mechanics, and it will not be the last.

But their "Ancestral Tree" is definitely the first game in history to be complained and opposed by parents because of the anti-addiction mechanism.

Yes, complaints!

"Ancestral Tree" enabled a super-strict anti-addiction mechanism, which was opposed by many parents.

In their original words: This game is so educational and can help my child quit Internet addiction, you don't let my child play?

Tell me, what is your kid's intention?

Regarding this situation, Chen Ba immediately said that he was all thinking about the future flowers of the motherland, and denied that "Ancestral Tree" was a garbage game.

But......

Chen Ba blackened himself, and even admitted that "Ancestral Tree" is a garbage game, which is not worthy of everyone's love and pursuit, and he still can't resist the enthusiasm of parents.

"The world has really changed!"

Yang Dong complained: "The game producer blacks out the garbage game, persuading players not to play, players have to say that this is a good game, and persuade game producers to be nosy......"

To be reasonable, this kind of thing can feel abstract and difficult to understand no matter how you look at it.

It's a real event!

Not to mention that Yang Dong couldn't understand it, and the friends next door couldn't understand it either. Everyone is making games, why am I scolded by the players so bloody, but Chen Ba, this kid, is praised by the players?

What went wrong?

"The world hasn't changed, it's just that the game "Ancestral Tree" is relatively special and ordinary people can't understand it."

Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Anyway, I didn't expect that this game would be developed for a unique use of quitting Internet addiction. ”

It's not a big problem, though.

Although the protests are loud, how to run a game is their freedom, and players have no right to interfere, so just pretend to be deaf and dumb.

As long as Chen Ba is determined not to earn this money, then no one can care about the game "Ancestral Tree".

"But a lot of people are clamoring for a refund, what should I do?" Xiao Lu asked.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Chen Ba said very calmly: "It's a big deal that the game "Ancestral Tree" will not be profitable, and it will become a pure public welfare free game. ”

As long as he doesn't want to make money, then he is invincible, and refunding bad reviews doesn't threaten him at all.

"Don't talk about it......"

waved his hand and signaled everyone not to take the threat of refund of the bad reviews of "The Ancestral Tree" to heart, Chen Ba then said: "Let's talk about "Don't Leave After School" first. ”

As the most popular online game under Tianba Studio, and also the game with the highest number of online users at the same time, "Don't Go After School: Pinballs" is not only popular in China, but also has a certain popularity abroad.

But the game has a total of five regional servers, of which only four are overseas international servers, and the remaining four regions are national servers.

At first, the assignment was fine.

After all, there are more than one billion people in China, and Tianba Studio is also a Huaguo company, so it is normal to mainly take care of domestic players, and no one can gossip.

But with the increasing popularity of the game, especially the further increase in the number of people online, and the continuous spread of fame and influence, overseas players only have one area to choose from, which is a bit embarrassing.

Chen Ba wants to open two more servers.

Of these two servers, one is located in Singapore and serves players in Southeast Asia and Australia. One is located in Neon and serves Japanese and Korean players.

In addition, the original four districts serve Europe and the United States, which is basically enough.

Everyone agreed with this proposal. The overseas servers of "Don't Leave After School" are too scarce, which is indeed a problem with more concentrated feedback from players.

It's just two overseas servers, for Rijin Doujin's "Don't Go After School", it's a completely trivial matter.

Really make money every day!

"Don't Leave After School" has a unique monetization model, playing this game does not cost money, and you can even earn money. The root cause is that the game has a large number of advertising sponsors, and they will pay players for advertising.

In this process, Tianba Studio, as the platform party, actually wants to take a cut......

Not only a rake, but a two-way rake! The advertising fee given by the advertiser, Tianba Studio wants to take a little, and the advertising revenue obtained by the player wants to be reflected?

I'm sorry, when you withdraw money, Tianba Studio also has to take a cut!

Although the commission ratio is very low, just like the handling fee of inter-bank transfer, this thing is better than a large amount and frequent, and it is not a small amount.

That's why.

Chen Ba held the first working meeting after the Spring Festival, and the main content of the discussion was the addition of the server of "Don't Go After School".

After the arrangement of "Don't Leave After School", it was the turn of "Divine Grace Continent", the former revenue king, and the hidden cash cow of Tianba Studio.

"The income of the Divine Grace Continent has always been very stable, after all, it is charged on a monthly subscription basis, and many people buy it for a whole year or even several years......

Yang Dong introduced: "So don't worry about this one, as long as there is no similar competing software on the market that is better than the Divine Grace Continent, as long as the Divine Grace animation is still watched, the income curve is stable." ”

This meal ticket can last a lifetime.

Although the money is not very large, and the sales volume is not particularly high, it is better to stabilize the long-term flow of water and properly high-quality long-term development projects.

As for other games......

Except for some games that have been given away for free, Tianba Studio's third-ranked game in revenue during the Spring Festival is actually "Xiuzhen Fantasy".

This is beyond the expectations of many people!

Chen Ba is the same, he didn't expect that the recharge flow of "Xiuzhen Fantasy" would grow explosively during the Spring Festival, the reason was a set of "limited" fashion for the Spring Festival?

All right!

MMO online games are really powerful, and the flow of water will rise and rise with a casual activity, which is a strength that is difficult for other standalone or non-MMO games to achieve.

But then again, "Xiuzhen Fantasy" was able to rank third, in addition to the hot sales of the Spring Festival limited fashion, but also thanks to the "merit white list" mechanism made by Chen Ba.

Friends are really willing to spend money!

The number one injustice is a kryptonite game that imitates the legendary 999.

This game spent a lot of money to get a merit whitelist from Tianba Studio, just to fool more players to play their game.

It's called a generous ......

Anyway, Chen Ba was shocked by their handwriting, even if the game was poor, he was still playing the set of "One Knife 999" after so many years, and he still included it in the merit white list.

No way, it's too much!

The launch of the merit white list, combined with the hot sales of the Spring Festival limited fashion, directly brought "Xiuzhen Fantasy" out of the quagmire of loss-making operation.

Not only did he not operate at a loss, but he even slaughtered his friends with the help of the merit white list.

The only pity is ......

Maybe it's because there is a bug in "Xiuzhen Fantasy" and it hasn't been fixed, the ways to get merit have increased, and the speed at which players can improve their strength is also unusually fast.

The cultivation realm of Qi Training, Foundation Building, Jindan, Yuan Infant, Transformation of Gods, Integration, Return to Void, and Mahayana was originally intended to allow players to play for a lifetime.

As a result, the game has only been in service for a few months, and the top schools in each district have basically broken through the merit stage to the transformation stage.

Chen Ba was instantly embarrassed.

Isn't it true that a few brothers are cultivating immortals so fast? Everyone else is an ascetic, but you're here to play speedrun?

"At this pace, in half a year at most, the top players will break through to the Mahayana period."

Chen Ba said distressedly: "Originally, I was going to play for four or five years in the cultivation realm, but it was compressed to half a year or a year, which is too fast. ”

It's okay to cultivate high.

The key is that there are enough merits, and players are willing to spend merit to refine various magic weapons.

As we all know, in the game "Xiuzhen Fantasy", everything that is related to merit, there is no simple one.

Merit magic weapons and merit magic weapons, one is more powerful than the other, players have used this level of divine weapons, and the combat effectiveness is naturally far beyond expectations......

When Chen Ba was at home during the Chinese New Year, he felt that the progress of the game was being pulled quickly, and the remaining game content of "Xiuzhen Fantasy" may not last long.

So he came up with a solution.

That is, when the player's cultivation realm is raised to the Mahayana period, the player's gameplay and realm system during the Mahayana period will be changed.

"The Mahayana period is not about the early, middle, late and consummational periods! Instead, start anew, engage in a new realm system, and forcibly control the progress of the game......"

Chen Ba mentioned several concepts.

The Three Calamities and Five Tribulations, the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, the Nine Tribulations of Becoming Immortals, etc., can be extracted from these concepts to be improved, and then added to the game, so that Mahayana players can continue to cultivate.

Take the Three Calamities and Five Tribulations as an example.

After the player breaks through to the Mahayana period, he has to go through the test of three calamities and five tribulations to become an immortal, and these three calamities and five tribulations are actually eight different realms.

In this way, the progress of the game can be controlled, so that players will not be able to speed through "Xiuzhen Fantasy" for half a year and become immortals on the spot!

What kind of immortal?

"Xiuzhen Fantasy" does not do the content of the fairy world at all, and Chen Ba has never thought of letting players become immortals in a short period of time, without tossing for four or five years, becoming immortals? I want to eat a fart!

"I see what you mean."

Xiao Lu yawned and said, "Add a few transition realms to save the player from speedrunning!" It's just that I think your concern is unnecessary. ”

MMO online games are very polarized, and "Xiuzhen Fantasy" is no exception.

At present, the top players of the game, that is, the top bosses of various sects, are probably in the early stage of cultivating into gods.

But does this represent all players?

Large army players, they haven't broken through to the Jindan period at this time, and most of them are still spinning in the foundation building period!

Therefore, Xiao Lu believes that Brother Ba's worries are a little too advanced. The main army of players are not so fast in cultivating to improve the realm, and the game is difficult to be speedrun.

As for the few kryptonite giants, liver emperors, or technical gods, it is normal for them to be able to speed run the game, after all, people spend far more energy and time than ordinary players.

Maybe this handful of top players are all in the Mahayana period, and the mainstream players are only in the god stage......

"That's true, but the three calamities and five calamities still have to be added, so be prepared!"

The first meeting after the festival was held here, and everything that should be said had basically been said, so Chen Ba made a summary, and then shifted the topic to the new game "Once Upon a Time in the Mountain Village".

The version number of the new game is not easy to get!

This is the result of the subject matter, Chen Ba tried to inquire, and found that the above seems to be full of rejection and prejudice against this kind of "gods and ghosts" game.

"The ending of the game needs to be changed!"

"Change the ending?"

Yang Dong was surprised: "Isn't the ending Hu Xi to investigate the truth, eliminate the grievances and demons of Sandong Village, and put all the villagers into the ground?" ”

"Yes, but on the basis of this ending, add a follow-up!"

Chen Ba said helplessly: "After the protagonist Hu Xi finished all this, when the game was about to end, Hu Xi woke up from his sleep, and the sun was shining outside the window. ”

Everyone: "......"

Are you kidding?

Brother Ba, you've changed! Didn't you hate this kind of "waking up just a dream" ending the most? Why is this being added now?

"So what do you say?"

Chen Ba said angrily: "Of course I know that this kind of ending is a bit disgusting, but there are so many demons and monsters and supernatural things, don't say that this is a dream, can it be said that these are true things?" ”

True and false, false and real!

Anyway, I can't admit that the protagonist Hu Xi's experience is true, and I don't admit that it's a dream.

It's a big deal to make an open-ended ending in the end, Hu Xi can't tell what is true and what is false, and the player doesn't know whether Hu Xi is alive or dead?

"This one can be!"

Yang Dong nodded and said: "This way of dealing with it is slightly more reliable than dreaming, and it is more acceptable to players." ”

"That's it, the protagonist Hu Xi solves the problems of the village, but he also completely falls into the illusion......"

Chen Ba said thoughtfully: "He doesn't know if everything he experienced is true, or if it is a demonic fantasy after a mental disorder. ”

"Similarly, players from God's perspective don't know if the protagonist Hu Xi is alive in the end, or if he has become a new weird!"

Let the players guess.

Anyway, Chen Ba did this to avoid suspicion, so as not to be provoked and said that this game promotes and bans superstition or something......

"In that case, I feel like I can leave a foreshadowing for the sequel "Once Upon a Time in the Mountain Village 2"!"

Luo Ji opened his mind and said: "Hu Xi solved the problem of Sandong Village, but he was also trapped in it and could not save himself, and finally became trapped in the village and became a new village keeper and weird. ”

"In order to solve the mystery of the bizarre destruction of Sandong Village, the beautiful reporter came to the original site of Sandong Village, which has been abandoned and overgrown with weeds, and set up a tent to investigate......"

"And then met Hu Xi?"

Chen Ba pursed his lips and said: "Lao Luo, you understand it too well, the sequel is for you to play with!" ”

is worthy of being a veteran who has been in the game industry for so many years, and in this moment's effort, "Once Upon a Time in the Mountain Village 2" has given him a whole framework.

The most important thing is that he can't find much fault with the sequel plot that Lao Luo said. If you really want to release "Once Upon a Time in the Mountain Village 2", the plot is probably what he said.

Then do it!

In order to avoid suspicion, in order to get the version number more smoothly, the ending was slightly changed, and the "real ending" was hinted at.

Anyway, the players are not stupid, and when they see the final ending, they will never believe that this is Hu Xi's fantasy after learning of the death of his adoptive father and being stimulated to go insane.

Whoever believes this set of rhetoric, then he is really simple, and the real ending has been hinted at long before this scene.

(End of chapter)