Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

Chapter 601

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module.

Mod!

Zhu Yuxing's eyes gradually lit up.

He found a way to break through.

That is to promote the production of modules.

The modding of a game can be said to be a game production method with the lowest threshold.

Because the basic logic of the game is already very complete, as long as there is enough open source and the game is open enough in terms of customization, players will give game developers countless surprises.

MOBA games in the form of DOTA, Chenghai 3C, Counter-Strike, and Red Alert are among the most successful mods.

This kind of open source game is really something that is born for game developers to get started.

At this moment, the Battle.net platform actually just lacks an open platform for modding.

With such a platform, everyone has the opportunity to show their own gameplay.

"Bell."

"What happened to the boss?"

Bell also noticed Zhu Yuxing's slightly excited expression, and he guessed that Zhu Yuxing might have thought of a way to increase the game quickly.

He sighed in his heart that he is indeed the god of games recognized by the industry. Now in such a short period of time, he has already thought of how to expand the scale of game production.

"I'm going to tell you a feature, you can make it in as short a time as possible and launch it on the Battle.net platform."

Bell immediately started recording.

"First of all, you should write down all StarCraft, Counter-Strike and Stardew Valley. These games are all open-production games. We have opened a new function to allow people to change the data in the game at will, if they can. If so, we can also make it as convenient as possible for players to modify game values ​​and programs.”

Bell paused slightly, and then looked at Zhu Youxing in disbelief: "President, isn't this equivalent to handing over our source code to others? And from what you mean, if players modify our source code, they won't Any copyright lawsuits?"

He couldn't believe what Zhu Yuxing said.

There was a small-scale game imitation incident in the game industry before.

However, this incident didn't set off too many waves, and was shot to death by Zhu Youxing when there were just signs.

Later, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment began to limit the reading and copying of game programs, and try to avoid players from touching these unnecessary things as much as possible.

At the same time, Youxing Electronic Entertainment also has the strongest legal team in the world. They sue everywhere like crazy every day, but if a guy dares to copy their game, he will send a lawyer's letter first, and then find a way to get the other party. Take the initiative to give up the lawsuit and stop the infringement.

So far, this method has prevented many vicious plagiarism incidents, and has also been defined as some classic cases in the industry.

But now Zhu Yuxing seems to suddenly plan to change all this, and completely hand over the production and modification rights of some games to outsiders.

So after this game has undergone some magical changes, isn't it no longer their game?
Facing Bell's surprised appearance, Zhu Yuxing said calmly, "Is there anything wrong?"

"This...we're afraid we're going to lose control of these games."

"I don't think this is a bad place. We can strictly limit some games, because that is the core of our technical strength, and it is easy not to show it to others, but games such as Half-Life, Stardew Valley, and StarCraft are originally The logic and gameplay of the game can be easily understood by professional game makers, it is not necessary for us to hide it, it is better to open it up and let players toss at will."

"Let the players toss? How do the players toss?"

Bell still didn't quite understand it.

Take Yusei knows that this world has not yet understood the meaning of the so-called module.

The birth of mods has also greatly lowered the threshold for game development, which will allow various models that are regarded as classics in later generations to be paid attention to by the world.

Any player who is a little creative can easily call the basic logic in a game to make his own game.

Then when his niche gameplay is popular, the producers will be more interested in the production of the game, and then they will find ways to study more complex game production methods to make their mods look more complete and complete. .

Modules, this is something unique to the PC platform, which is incomparable to the console platform. If you don't take advantage of this advantage, the market for the PC platform will always be limited.

Zhu Youxing smiled and said: "There is a classic proverb, the difference between one stick and ten sticks, the power in the crowd is great, and something fantastic can always be born in the crowd, so I hope that these whimsical things can have the soil to bloom, instead of being stillborn because of the excessive difficulty of game development."

Bell still didn't quite understand it.

But he thought about it and felt that this was the president's idea after all, so there must be some deep meaning.

It doesn't matter that he can't understand it now, he can wait and see.

So he recorded it and said, "President, are you sure you let the source code of these games be released directly? Also allow players to change the values ​​in the game at will?"

Zhu Youxing nodded: "Yes, of course, this is just an attempt of mine, I want to see if this can really dig out some talented 'players'."

Then Zhuyouxing paused and continued: "In order to play an exemplary role, I just have time to do some modules as demonstrations, and these demonstrations can be directly taken out as tutorials for players to see, so that they can understand how this is made. How difficult the mod can be.”

Take Yusei started to act while talking.

He immediately started to operate on the computer in front of him.

The first is to modify the underlying code of Counter-Strike first.

The first is to allow some limited procedural and numerical modifications from the ground up.

These modifications can facilitate Zhu Yuxing's subsequent modding.

"What kind of mods are you making..."

Zhu Yuxing thought for a moment, and then immediately thought of a mod that he thought was quite a classic.

Resident Evil zombie infection gameplay.

In Counter Strike, you only need to make some simple modifications to the gameplay mode in the game, then add a countdown function to the game, and finally design a logic program.

The procedure is very simple, so simple that it can be reproduced with a simple familiarity.

And the content of this logic is that when the countdown is over, a player in the room will become a zombie.

This zombie can infect others for a limited time.

(End of this chapter)