Is it not a galgame?

Advertisements for "The Bed Man" are overwhelming, all over the streets, as long as it is allowed to post advertisements, you can probably see the posters of this work.

Especially on the doors of major game stores, there are basically large colorful posters.

Because of the unique painting style and use of colors of the quilt man, the colorful colors can be seen from a distance, which is more likely to attract people's attention.

If you don't go closer and look at the above content, you will think that there is a pair of watercolor paintings hanging at the door of the store.

What does this indicate?
It means pokeni is rich now.

Since Pokémon became popular, pokeni is equivalent to having a hen that can lay golden eggs. Anyway, up to now, all the game revenue of pokeni has brought more than 300 billion yen to the company. income.

After deducting expenses and paying off bank debts, there are more than 200 billion yen on the books.

Maybe there is still a certain gap between the top ten game companies, but pokeni is still considered to have a small capital now.

……

After all, Qing Zhiyuan is a future person from 2023, and he is engaged in the game industry, so he is familiar with the way of publicity and distribution. He couldn't play it before, mainly because he was limited by funds, and now he has money In the future, don't you want to add some future routines?
The trinity of game announcements:
The future is: online and offline preheating, celebrity endorsement, topic hype, cross-border linkage, viral marketing.

Now except for the absence of the Internet, almost everything can be done, just to see if it is necessary.

If it is put in 20 years later, Qing Zhiyuan will still want a set of pancakes and fruits.

The main publicity methods of "The Bed Man" still rely on the media, TV, and posters.

Even if there is no celebrity endorsement or cross-border linkage, it is already quite good. With pokeni's spare no effort to promote it, the popularity of this game quickly rose.

……

"Tsk tsk, it will be miserable if we can't earn back the cost of publicizing such a big battle." said Hiroshi Aoyama, the level designer (planner) of the Diablo project team.

"Well...it's possible. It is said that the TV station alone has already spent more than 3000 million yuan on advertisements. Adding in other expenses, it is going in the direction of [-] million yuan. To be honest, I didn't expect the social network to start. The director is actually willing to invest so much money in "The Bed Man"."

"That's right. I thought the president was using "The Bed Man" as an experiment to train newcomers."

This time, the reaction from the outside world was completely opposite——

Pokeni is not very optimistic about this game internally.

Of course, it is mainly focused on the Diablo 2 development team, which is not very familiar with the game itself, and the Pokémon project team.

"Hey, let me tell you, why are you so narrow-minded? Can you dislike your own products?"

"Ah~ that's not true." Hiroshi Aoyama hurriedly apologized, "It's not that I can't see that my product is good, the main reason is that the members of "Nest Man" are indeed too new, and even Ishino, although he has project experience, has never been in charge of it. Producer."

Having said that, Hiroshi Aoyama does not approve of Mika Ishino's ability from the bottom of his heart.

He is also one of the earliest employees of the company. At the same time as Ishino Mika, both of them served as planners of Onmyoji.

It's just that he is mainly responsible for the level design part of the game, while Mika Ishino is responsible for the content of the game script.

Later, after the game exploded, everyone was full of praise for the plot, but they didn't feel much about the levels and battles.

But in fact, within the game industry, the ability of level designers is generally better than that of script designers.

Now that Mika Ishino can be the producer of the new game, Hiroshi Aoyama is somewhat jealous.

But what he said is not unreasonable, many people think the same as him——

"Bedding Man" is first of all a lightweight galgame, with relatively little investment and a small number of project members.

And they are basically newcomers.

Whether it is Ishino Mika who is the producer for the first time, or Maeda Jun (Maeda Jun) who is the first script designer, or Yokoyama Shota, the original artist who is the first innovative design...

Always give people a look of worry.

No matter how you look at it, it is an experimental game project, so naturally not many people really care about it.

Perhaps Qingzhiyuan was established with the mentality of giving it a try. It would be better if it can be hatched, and it doesn't cost much if it can't be hatched.

Everyone guessed so.

But I didn't expect that Qing Zhiyuan was really willing to spend money when it was finally put on the shelves.

I thought you were hatching eggs casually, but I didn't expect you to be serious.

In fact, the ideas of men and women of Neon people in the 90s have not yet changed, they are not as advanced as 20 years later, and they are still stuck in the era of strong men and weak women.

So even though Mika Ishino has played games with Qing Zhiyuan for so many years, everyone still has reservations about her evaluation.

……

"It's too much for these people. Is that why you don't like us?"

Shota Yokoyama, the artist of the "Bedding Man" project team, was very upset when he heard some gossip.

He turned his chair and looked back at Mika Ishino who was writing a document next to him.

"Senior Ishino, don't you have anything to say?"

senior……

The corner of Ishino Mika's mouth twitched, feeling the urge to slap the cactus on the table directly on the man's face.

Hengshan is tall and burly.A face full of flesh, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

Such an old man, because he joined the company later than Mika Ishino, he called her senior.

How can I afford this? !

"Yokoyama-kun, are you 40 years old?" Mika Ishino asked.

"Ah~ Senior, why do you think so?"

Hengshan felt very hurt, like a poor big bear, frowning, covering the top of his head with both hands, his whole body was not well.

"Senior Ishino, I'm only 26 years old this year."

"Huh? Sorry, I really don't know..."

Only 26 years old? !

Totally invisible.

This guy Hengshan looks too old, right?

But it's right to think about it. After all, the art director Taiji Sakata is only under 40 years old, so how could Yokoyama's younger brother be so old.

You know the average age of pokeni is 24 years old now.

Although Ishino Mika was apologetic, she was so happy inside.

Who told you to call someone senior, I don't want to be called so old by you.

Ishino Mika cleared her throat, and said patiently and gently, "Yokoyama-kun, can you not call me senior in the future? You can just call me Ishino. If you feel uncomfortable, just call me Ishino-san."

"Okay, senior. Ah no, Ishino-san." Hengshan nodded obediently.

After a pause of two seconds, he continued to ask:

"But don't you care at all? Members of other project teams are not very optimistic about the matter of "The Bed Man"."

Mika Ishino frowned. Although she was a little dissatisfied with these rumors, she was not particularly high-spirited, to the point where she insisted on arguing with others.

perhaps--

"It's not that I don't care, it's meaningless to care."

Mika Ishino said, "Instead of wasting time arguing with others, it's better to do your own thing well. Grades are the best proof."

She was able to take over the burden of the producer back then, to some extent she wanted to challenge and prove herself well.

President Qing gave her this opportunity.

Ishino Mika must grasp it well.

From this point of view, the president is really different from ordinary men.

From Qing Zhiyuan, Ishino Mika has never felt any discrimination against girls...

All jobs are treated equally.

but……

Thinking of this, Ishino Mika frowned a little uncomfortable.

Sometimes she also thinks that occasionally the president treats her like a girl.

in various senses.

"Anyway, come on! Use your grades to slap them in the face!" Mika Ishino clenched her fists secretly.

"Oh well."

Yokoyama nodded, and Mika Ishino's words calmed him down a little.

Look at Jun Maeda next to him.

This guy didn't seem to care.

Maeda Jun has been in the company for a while, and he looks like a fool on the outside. Now he is listening to music with Sony headphones, and he doesn't know what this guy is thinking.

Your game is going to be released, as a script writer, don't you feel anxious at all?
On the contrary, as an auxiliary role of art, he suffered the most pressure.

Does it fit?

……

In fact, don't look at Jun Maeda's calm and nonchalant expression, he panicked in his heart.

Wearing headphones, but there is no sound from the music at all. I pretended to be listening to music the whole time, but actually listened to the conversation between the two silently.

Maeda Jun is a person who is very afraid of competition and pressure, and it can even be said that the role of [Bedding Man] is his true portrayal.

When encountering things that cannot be solved and are beyond his ability, he will shrink himself back.

So in his previous life, although Alice Soft was his first choice when he applied for the job, he still joined scoop, which seemed to be able to grow and develop.

In Alice Soft at that time, because the development director of TADA declared that "if there is no performance after one year, I will be fired immediately", which made the survival competition in Alice Soft quite fierce, which is one of the reasons why I did not join.

A newcomer like Maeda, who has never even touched the Windows operating system before, is not confident that he can survive the survival competition of Alice Soft.

In the timeline of this life, if Qing Zhiyuan's personal promise was not obtained, Maeda Jun probably would not have the courage to join pokeni brazenly.

Maeda Jun pretended to be listening to the music, feeling extremely anxious inside.

teeth white teeth white...

Does the company have an elimination system?
Shouldn't I just lose my job because of poor grades in "The Bed Man" when I first joined pokeni?

No way?
The results of "The Bed Man" will not be bad, will they?
……

"Ah~ It would be great if it was made by Furuhara Chunqiu, and the results will definitely be very good. But the producer of this game wrote the name [Ishino Mika]."

Inside the Spirit Club, Masaki Takei sighed.

This is the script character design of the well-known "Students of the Same Class". Masaki Takei is responsible for many character settings and story lines among the students of the same class.

He and Masato Hiruta, the president of the company, complement each other perfectly.

"Who doesn't miss Guyuan Chunqiu?" Hiruta Masato sighed from the bottom of his heart.

To some extent, Guyuan Chunqiu is the leader of elf.

In the field of galgames, pokeni is the first company to perfect the entire game mechanism, including [memory corridor] [favorability setting] [raider branch setting]...

Without pokeni, Masato Hiruta felt that galgame would not be able to develop so fast.

You must know that a few years ago, galgame always gave people a bad impression.

But now, more people feel that they can reap love, touch and tears from galgames...

All this is because of Guyuan Chunqiu.

But Mr. Guyuan Chunqiu is no longer engaged in game work.

During this period of time, Masato Hiruta felt that he suddenly lost his direction in life, the lighthouse on the sea suddenly disappeared, and the whole world turned black.

If Gu Yuan Chunqiu was around, what kind of games could he create?
Masato Hiruta always thinks about this problem in the dead of night.

"Guyuan Chunqiu's departure from the game industry is really a great loss for the game industry." Masato Hiruta lamented, "To be honest, there is no galgame player who misses him now. If President Qing Zhiyuan could stay He'll be fine."

"Yeah." Masaki Takei nodded, "But it's only a few years, and in a few years, when a dominant galgame producer appears, Guyuan Chunqiu will probably become history .”

"Didn't the rookie Shinji Mikami prove his strength?" Masaki Takei turned his head to look at his president.

Masato Hiruta laughed, "Mikami's game is in a different field. It's already an ARPG, not a galgame."

"Then now we have to see if Ishino Mika can succeed Furuhara Chunqiu?"

"Well, that's right."

……

The entire game industry, not just people in the industry, players are also paying attention to this issue——

Who is the successor of Furuhara Chunqiu in Pokeni Co., Ltd.?

Or, to put it more bluntly, after Gu Yuan Chunqiu leaves, who will be handed over to make the galgame of P company.

And who has the ability to take over.

The main reason is that the old thief Guyuan made it so well before that players wondered if there would be anyone else with such a talent.

As Masato Hiruta said, no matter how good Shinji Mikami's "The Witcher" is, it is always an ARPG.

Galgame can take over the baton to be the real successor.

……

This time around, though, things are much, much better than when The Witcher was released.

At least the players are willing to give it a try, whether out of curiosity or if the promotion is in place, in short, there is enthusiasm and willingness to buy.

All of this is actually thanks to "The Witcher"

It was the combination of Mikami Shinji and Urobuchi Gen that gave the players confidence.

make them willing to believe—

Even if there is no Guyuan Chunqiu in pokeni, high-quality game works can still appear.

……

On October 1993, 10, "Bedding Man" was released on time.

Long queues formed at the entrances of major game stores.

This scene is quite a bit like the scene when "Your Name" was released.

Furukawa Haoze and his friends also lined up early.

"No matter what, "The Man in the Bed" must be tried. If it is not good, it will be remembered as a memorial to Gu Yuan Chunqiu."

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