The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Jiang Yucheng was slightly taken aback: "It is possible, but..."

Jiang Yucheng is not sure whether anyone else has considered the idea of ​​using such a game engine to build a game platform before this, and even if he has, he will not be surprised by it-from the actual situation, this is indeed true. It's hard to say whether it's a good deal or not.

In the final analysis, it is still a question of cost performance.

What's wrong with having this time?Just make a skin-changing mobile game, and you can easily reap benefits that are many times higher than it. Why waste time and energy on independent games?What's more, they are not discussing independent games, but independent game platforms.

The income of the game platform basically comes from advertising fees and game commissions. In other words, the income that Huaying can obtain on the game platform will largely be determined by the quality of the game itself.

And this game production engine is a production tool that requires very low technical requirements and is very easy to use.

The more Jiang Yucheng thought about it, the more unreliable he felt. He even suspected that there might be other companies who had the same idea as them before them, but they gave up only considering the rate of return.

The Shepherd Star understands his concerns.

This kind of game platform is not unprofitable, but for game companies with a monthly turnover of tens of millions, it is very unnecessary.not to mention……

"Sooner or later, Huaying will be a game platform." Shepherd Xing said.

If you want not to be restricted by channels, you can only create channels yourself.

The game platform itself is not difficult to make, after all, it is just a platform that provides game download channels.The problem is that Huaying has no foundation in this area. Compared with other game platforms that have accumulated tens of millions of users, even if Huaying really makes a game platform, the number of users is a big problem first.

After all, the focus of Huaying is animation. Even if animation is closely related to games, in the final analysis, these are two different industries. Fans of animation movies made by game companies may not necessarily buy it. Similarly, companies that focus on animation suddenly made a Exclusive game platform, fans of the original animation may not necessarily join in.

From the perspective of Shepherd Star, right now is a good entry point.

This kind of game platform has limited profits. Although it is easy to imitate, it may not be able to catch the eyes of most game companies, let alone make several top game platforms that carve up Blue Star players vigilant.

As for Thorn Mutual Entertainment, Musu Xing still knows well that the company’s profitability has not been bad this year, but there are no real blockbuster games. The newly established game platform wants to poach new players from other game platforms. Users must come up with phenomenal games that are not available on other platforms.

And these are all things that the current Thorn Interactive Entertainment cannot do.

Instead of being a traditional game platform, it is better to keep a low profile, start from this angle that most people look down on, and develop slowly. When the foundation is sufficient in the future, it will not be too late to expand.

"What about platform promotion?" Jiang Yucheng asked: "The newly established independent game platform must not have much traffic. Do we want to make some pixel RPG games and visual novels to attract new users?"

Mu Suxing thought for a while, and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "Speaking of which, it seems that we haven't held any official fan recruitment activities in the past three years?"

The answer is certainly yes.

From animation to games, to comics, to today's movies, there are many classic works produced by Huaying, and there are naturally many fan works that fans of all kinds send out for love. But when it comes to official fan solicitation activities, there are still Really never had.

and many more!

Jiang Yucheng's eyes lit up.

Yes, how could he forget this!

Pixel RPG games may be a little troublesome, but visual novels are much easier to promote.There are so many popular characters under Huaying, and all kinds of fan works related to them are bound to be indispensable. In addition, Huaying's first doujin award collection event, there is no need to worry about no new works emerging!

There are fan games, so will there be fewer new users?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yucheng changed his dispensable words at the beginning, and there was a trace of obvious excitement on his face.Seeing that the other party understood what he meant, Shepherd Xing also heaved a sigh of relief.

His idea is actually very simple——

The game platform must be built, but it should not be too ostentatious. Visual novels and pixel RPG games are the two points that are least likely to arouse the guard of peers. At the same time, Huaying can use it to let the original fans of Huaying Subconsciously, it naturally has a certain stickiness to the Huaying game platform.

Take the simplest example:

If you subscribe to Huaying Manga, after your favorite manga is animated, how many times will you watch the animation of the same name?If there are some characters in the animation that I particularly like, and other fans happen to make it into a fan game, wouldn't the audience want to play it?

If there is no fan game for the character he likes... then it will be easier. As a mature XX fan, it's time to learn to produce food by yourself.

After handing over the work of the game platform to Jiang Yucheng, Mu Su Xing happily gave himself a one-week vacation.

Taking advantage of the rare vacation, Star Musu looked through the "Games" category in the system mall.

Like the previous categories such as "novels" and "comics", the category of games in the system mall is also divided into several columns.Usually, the Shepherd's eyes are always looking at Dazuo.This time, it was probably because he was still thinking about the game platform. By the time Mu Suxing realized it, he had already clicked on "Pixel Game".

Originally, he just had the idea of ​​trying it out, but he didn't expect that after such a search, he really found several pixel games with extremely high gameplay quality.

So, when all Huaying employees were happily enjoying their vacation, a certain microblog from a user who cared about them suddenly entered their field of vision——

Shepherd Star V: I suddenly had an idea for an independent game.

"Front row, Xing Xing hasn't posted on Weibo for a long time, so he sneaked a kiss and ran away! By the way, to catch a bug, it should be an independent animation? What the hell is an independent game 23333"

"Looking forward to the new independent animation!"

"Although, do you really think that Xing Xing made a typo? When did Xing Xing post an announcement on Weibo in advance before he made an animation? Thinking about him sneaking away to draw comics before, isn't it normal practice to make games on a whim? "

"...I was just wondering when I paid attention to indie game producers, look at id again, me?"

"No, a manga author who can't make games is not a good animator?"

……

Regarding Mu Suxing's sudden Weibo post, most of the fans didn't know whether they didn't take it seriously or really didn't mind. When they were struck by lightning, especially those who worked and dealt most with the Shepherd Stars on weekdays, their hearts immediately rose to their throats.

joke?

If outsiders don't know, don't their own people know?

When did the pastor make a joke?Rather, every time he looks like he's joking, it's often when he's bluntly telling everyone that he's going to mess things up!

The correct interpretation of "Suddenly have an idea for an independent game" is "I want to make an independent game" no matter how you look at it!

Here, Mu Su Xing is happily drawing a vertical picture for his indie game, while the mobile phone that is casually put aside over there is ringing crazily.He picked up his phone and glanced at the incoming call notification.

Fang Lian?

Why are you calling at this time?

As soon as the phone was connected, Fang Lian's unquestionable voice sounded from the other end: "I don't agree!"

Shepherd star was a little dazed: "What?" He didn't find anything wrong.

While he was wondering, Fang Lian's tone over there suddenly took a 180° turn, and he became extremely sad: "Didn't you say that there will be one Harry Potter movie a year? This is just the beginning of the first one. Don't tell me you're going to be the shopkeeper now."

Shepherd star: ...

This is true, Harry Potter is no better than other previous animations, or a CG animation film with little experience in Huaying. As Huaying's first animation film, it is even more meaningful. The law is as easily handed over to others as before.

Realizing that Mu Juxing was wavering, Fang Lian accepted it as soon as he saw an offer, and after getting Mu Juxing's reassurance, he hung up the phone contentedly.I thought it was over like this, but I didn't expect that within two seconds, the familiar ringtone of the incoming call rang immediately.

This time it was Wen Feihang who called.

Wen Feihang: "Beforehand, I'm just answering the voices of Huaying fans: Our best-performing online animation this year is only ranked second. It's been a long time since you've been overwhelmed by your old enemy. Don't you? Any thoughts?"

Shepherd star was at a loss for the strange words in the other party's mouth.

Enemy?who?Why doesn't he know?

Probably guessing his confusion, Wen Feihang reminded: "Director He Hongfeng of Luofeng Animation, our "IS" and "Magic Girl Madoka" were both in the same period as him, and you have always been the one and the other, you forgot gone?"

Shepherd star: ...

No, he just couldn't remember when he and He Hongfeng formed a strange old enemy relationship.

When the third phone rang, Shepherd Xing was already numb: "Tell me, why are you?"

"Actually, I'm just here to join in the fun," Qiu Fengmao said gently, "I just want to remind you that the new headquarters is almost finished, and the office building is about three playgrounds away from the gate. Don't forget to buy a bicycle by then. .”

Shepherd Star: ……………

Mu Su Xing hung up the phone in dismay.

Of course, intellectually, he can still understand the vigilance of Fang Lian and others. After all, according to his original plan, they will only be busier in the new year. At this time, it does not sound like they want to cross-border to make independent games. Like a joke?

But does this conflict with his being unhappy?

No!

He put the phone back on the table depressed, not a big move, but Qin Sheng, who was choosing books in front of a bookcase, seemed to have a feeling, and cast him a questioning look: "What's wrong?"

Shepherd Xing was a little wronged at first - to be reasonable, didn't he just want to make an independent game?As for the loyal ministers who persuaded the faint emperor in ancient times?However, when Qin Sheng asked at this moment, he felt a little embarrassed for no reason. After all, in the eyes of those who didn't understand the situation, his decision was indeed a bit hasty.

After thinking about it for a while, Mu Su Xing decided to make a quick decision on this embarrassing topic, so he answered briefly: "I want to make an independent game, but others disagree."

Qin Sheng didn't comment on his sudden cross-border idea, but said: "Can you tell me the specifics? What kind of game is it?"

Compared with the previous topic, this question is obviously more on the mind of the co-shepherd star - this makes him look very interested.

Shepherd Star: "It's a pixel RPG fan game."

It is an ACG hodgepodge work called "囧hun" that makes Musuxing have a cross-border impulse.

Just like the name of this game, this is a game that achieves the ultimate in "playing memes".Except for the protagonist, there is not a single original NPC in the whole game - as many as 400+ NPCs in the game come from 100+ animations, even if it is a wild cat on the side of the road, you can find the same model in the animation.

It is worth mentioning that "囧hun" is not just a simple and crude collection of a large number of anime characters. The characters, scenes, dialogues and plots in the game are all set up quite cleverly:

For example, in the first city named "Taoyuan Township City", the wedding of Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran was being held in the church. Fat Tiger, who was in charge of instrumental music, originally wanted to join the choir. When the number of murders doubled, Hattori Heiji told her calmly, because "Kindaichi also came to the wedding."

Players can gamble with Tsunade at the restaurant, meet the self-proclaimed "omniscient" Usopp, play chess with Sato Fujiwara, and pick up the paper of the Death Note...

In short, this is a very interesting fan game for veteran animation fans.

Mu Su Xing wanted to make a pixel RPG game, of course not to bring "囧hun" over, but the existence of this game gave him an idea:

What would it look like if he selected the classic characters from Huaying’s already produced animations and the animations to be produced in the future, and made it into a pixel RPG game in a relaxed style?

Fans of Huaying will guess that some of the unfamiliar characters in the game are actually characters that will appear in Huaying's future animations?

After a few years, all the animations related to the characters in the game have been completed. When fans accidentally click on the game again and look at the familiar characters in the screen, what kind of mood will they feel?