Chapter 436
The boss said he wanted to copy, what can the people below say?
You can't say that this can't be copied, but you need to persuade him tactfully. Plagiarism will be difficult or it will affect subsequent scheduling.
But if the boss is very strong, then no amount of persuasion will be of any use.
Several people present can be said to be the management and backbone of the "Journey" research and development team, and they understand Shi Yuzhu's style very well.
Shi Yuzhu can be said to be a serious gamer. He was not happy playing card games at first, so he wanted to make an online game that charges for props.
Therefore, Shi Yuzhu put forward many opinions and suggestions during the development process. As a boss and senior player, he has a high say in the general direction of the game.
Of course, Shi Yuzhu doesn't understand R&D, and his ideas and opinions are all organized and implemented by these R&D backbones.
After all, no matter how good the plan is, it still needs to be implemented.
Shi Yuzhu has been in the business world for so many years, and he still understands this truth.
But something is not right about the current situation.
At this meeting, Yue Tao was not simply venting his dissatisfaction. The situation was actually getting out of control.
Shi Yuzhu is now heavily addicted to "Warring States OL". He has recharged hundreds of thousands in a month, but he has not become the number one combat player in the server.
The more he played, the more he felt that "Warring States OL" was the online game that best suited his own ideas, so he began to constantly ask others to learn from the advantages of his opponents.
The key members of the R&D team are numb. The boss just lets him copy whatever he sees is good, regardless of the practice of copying it first and talking about it later.
Yue Tao said fiercely: "If you see this is good, copy this; if you see that is good, copy that. What else are we going to do? Let's go to the Warring States Period instead."
"Everything belongs to other people. If our own designs are all overthrown, what else do we need to do? Just find a few executive planners to copy them."
Lin Haixiao frowned, "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."
Ji Xuewei sighed, "It's not that easy to copy. Now a lot of things have been changed, and the numerical system needs to be reworked. The key is time, Old Ding, we don't have much time left."
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Ding Qiang's face was as dark as water, and he said slowly: "The current preliminary plan is to conduct a public test in early May, and officially start charging in June."
"Impossible." Yue Tao objected directly, "I said March before, then I changed it to April because I wanted to read "Warring States", and now I said I want to copy it to May."
"There is only one month left, so many things need to be changed. How can we go ahead without testing after the changes? This is too risky? What should I do if a BUG occurs?"
Ding Qiang replied, "We still have one month, and the time is really tight. I hope everyone can unite as one and get the project done well."
"This is not only related to the entire company and the entire team, but also related to your own interests."
"The Zhengtu project has been successfully launched, and the subsequent bonuses will be huge, beyond your imagination."
"You have to fight even for yourself."
"There is no problem in working hard, but now that the order is being changed in the morning and evening, we have no definite direction at all." Yue Tao said angrily, "If we want to complete the revision in one month, the premise is that Mr. Shi will not let us revise frequently."
"Otherwise we won't have time to do anything, and we won't be able to change it just by changing it."
Lin Haixiao also said: "This kind of copying method is not feasible now. We have to have a good talk with Mr. Shi."
"Following the trend and plagiarizing like this will only mess up our own position, and we only have one month, which is too late."
"I think we should be more confident, instead of blindly imitating others, we should come up with our own things."
Everyone in the conference room was silent, no one spoke.
Be more confident and put it lightly.
What is authority in the gaming industry, of course, depends on how much money you can make.
As long as you succeed and what you do is a piece of shit, then whatever you say is right.
If others think you are wrong, then they must be wrong.
As long as you succeed, someone will imitate or even plagiarize whatever shit you do.
However, plagiarism...
No, it should be said that borrowing and paying tribute is very common in the game industry.
From the game type to the gameplay to the art style, everything can be learned and paid tribute to.
There are even many online games that can be reproduced one-to-one, but with slightly different painting styles based on the original version.
When it comes to imitating tributes, Penguin has the most experience.
Some people joked that Penguin's success was due to copying.
The company Penguin woke up at some point in its early days, and then began to borrow and copy crazily.
Under this model, Penguin's reputation among most Internet companies is naturally very bad, because its copying poses more or less threats to general Internet companies. Although most of Penguin's imitations are not very successful, as long as it Once established in this industry, it will defeat a group of early practitioners.
Many Internet entrepreneurs will be asked the same question when facing venture capital.
What would you do if Penguin copied your model and ideas?
The vast majority of entrepreneurs will be silent when asked because they don’t know what to do.
In the game industry, being copied by a studio owned by Penguin is also very scary for other peers.
Because Penguin has an advantage that no one else has, and that is a strong QQ user group.
Having a large number of QQ users naturally brings huge traffic. With the continuous development of the domestic Internet, the number of QQ users is also growing rapidly, and this advantage has become increasingly obvious.
In fact, the most threatening thing about Penguin is its huge user platform.
If you see a successful game on the market, find a team to copy it, and then use your own advantages to promote it, will it be a success?
The answer is, impossible.
You must know that copying is also a very technical activity. It does not mean that you can master it by just looking at it or playing with it.
Almost every popular work has been copied, but few can surpass the original.
Those who follow the trend basically want to ride on the popularity and make a quick buck. No one has ever thought of becoming popular, because it is less realistic than winning the jackpot by buying lottery tickets.
Many projects died in the process of plagiarism, and the remaining ones that made it to online testing were in the minority.
After all, the research and development process still requires a certain amount of technical strength. It is difficult to build a team with strong technical strength and good teamwork.
The mechanics of other people's games seem very simple, but when you copy them, you find that your skills are simply not up to that level, and forcibly adding them can only lead to various crashing bugs, and you have to give up some functions.
When some functions are discarded, the entire project will develop in a different direction, and in the end it will be a game that no one knows what it is.
Even with such a team, it still depends on the quality of the producer.
The quality of producers varies from good to bad. Just like directors in the film and television industry, those who are strong are really strong and those who are weak are really weak.
As we all know, the most capable people in an industry belong to the top few, while the majority are mediocre.
The position of producer is no exception. Producers with strong abilities and high quality are rare, and most of them cannot even be said to be mediocre.
Silly is a more appropriate word to describe it.
Sufficient R&D funds, a boss who knows his stuff and won’t interfere, a capable producer and a R&D team with strong execution, an experienced operation and publishing team, plus some luck, these factors can come together to create a successful game.
Usually, what I encounter are tight funds, bosses who don’t know anything and interfere randomly, producers who are confused, and all kinds of weird employees.
Therefore, it is very normal for a project to be cut off during the research and development stage. From project establishment to testing, 70% of projects can be screened out.
Even if you can survive the test, there are no major BUGs, and the data is barely acceptable, then you can really charge for public testing. The next step is to see the test of the market.
Some games are well-made and the team works hard, but they just don’t become popular. This is purely a matter of luck.
Of course, these are very few examples.
What we often see are all kinds of rubbish works. Works that look like rubbish from any angle, or works that look beautifully packaged but are actually still rubbish.
Most domestic online games are numerical games, and the numerical system can be said to be the soul of them.
It is relatively easy to copy the gameplay, art style, etc., but it is almost impossible to copy the numerical system.
Because in the process of copying online games, certain modifications are inevitable due to various circumstances, and the overall numerical system will be modified accordingly.
Even if you can get the numerical table of the tribute object, this set of things will not be of much use, and the effect may even be negative.
Moreover, different operations will choose different commercialization models, and their requirements will also be different, which will also force the R&D team to modify the numerical system to adapt to the rhythm of the operating platform.
This is a great test of the design capabilities of numerical planners and producers.
Therefore, plagiarism is not a panacea, and it is likely to get you killed. After the meeting, Lin Haixiao, Ding Qiang, and Ji Xuewei came to Shi Yuzhu's office together. They came to give collective advice.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the boss sitting in front of the computer, holding the keyboard and mouse with both hands frantically, and he was very involved in the game.
The three of them looked at each other, standing where no one dared to speak first.
However, Shi Yuzhu quickly noticed them and said, "You are here just in time. Take a look at this thing."
The three of them walked to the computer and followed Shi Yuzhu's fingers to look at the screen.
"I saw that there is no strengthening protection talisman. This is to prevent the weapon from shattering when strengthening. There is also this guarantee talisman to increase the chance of success." Shi Yuzhu pointed at the two props, "The two new props released in the Warring States Period, what does this mean? ?”
"This shows that the operations of the campus network responded quickly to player feedback. Players were very dissatisfied with the broken weapons during the strengthening process, and they immediately launched an improvement plan."
"This plan is not simply to prevent the weapon from breaking, but to create a protective prop and make you a lot of money."
"We must study this idea carefully. Everything is designed as a paid prop."
The three people's scalps went numb after hearing this, and they secretly complained that the campus network was really dark.
Shi Yuzhu touched his chin, "But I always feel that there is something wrong with their enhancement probability. Why does the 50% enhancement success rate fail? Four or five times in a row."
"Lao Ji, you are a numerical person, can you tell me?"
Ji Xuewei thought for a while and replied: "This should be a pseudo-random probability. Showing a 50% enhancement success rate does not mean that you have a 50% chance of success."
Shi Yuzhu frowned, "You're saying there's something wrong with his description of the reinforcement probability, right? In fact, the reinforcement probability is not that high?"
"It should be." Ji Xuewei was a little unsure.
Shi Yuzhu did not dwell on this and picked up a notebook from the table, "I have recorded in detail the consumption of the weapon from strengthening +1 to +10. It seems that the consumption has increased since the third weapon. What is the reason?"
Ji Xuewei was a little confused, "Really? You can't remember it wrong, right?"
"How is it possible? I count them one at a time, and I record each time I strengthen them." Shi Yuzhu said very firmly, "It's just that the consumption has increased."
Not only Ji Xuewei couldn't understand, but the others were even more confused.
"Maybe the strengthening mechanism of "Warring States Online" is like this." Lin Haixiao said uncertainly.
"Then can we copy it?" Shi Yuzhu asked.
"Uh..." Ji Xuewei said immediately, "This is not technically difficult, but adjusting the values will be troublesome."
"I don't care how it is implemented, I will copy it." Shi Yuzhu emphasized again.
"One more thing, please help me do some research. The second person in this ranking is chasing me very closely. How can you spend money to distance yourself from him?"
Ding Qiang couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Mr. Shi, there are so many changes and there is not enough time. Didn't we schedule the public beta to be launched in May? If we must make changes, should we postpone the public beta date?"
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"The date of the open beta cannot be postponed." Shi Yuzhu directly dismissed the illusions of several people, "This time has been set and cannot be changed."
Once the public beta date is determined, it is basically impossible to postpone it, especially key projects. The more important the project, the less likely it is to be postponed.
Because the company has invested huge resources in key projects, including publicity and promotion and traffic diversion.
Other departments make publicity and promotion plans based on predetermined dates. Once implemented, they cannot be changed, and the cost of changes is very high.
And once it is postponed, those advertising and promotion resources will be wasted, because it is your breach of contract, and the advertising and promotion company will not refund the money.
The market competition is fierce. If you withdraw, other peers will immediately come up and occupy your time slot.
When they heard that it couldn't be postponed, several people became numb.
Shi Yuzhu stared at the computer screen for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do you think there will be any problems with this second place player on the strength list? Why can't I close the gap with him no matter how much money I charge?"
Everyone was stunned, and Lin Haixiao hesitated, "Maybe someone else also topped up the money?"
Shi Yuzhu frowned and was very unhappy, "Are there so many rich people?"
……
Pixel Studio producer Liu Kun walked into the operations department with a smile on his face and greeted everyone, "Mr. Zhou, congratulations. I heard that your sales exceeded 50 million this month. You are prosperous."
"It's all brothers' hard work." Zhou Yuan said with a smile, "Brother Kun, your project will be tested soon. If you need anything, just tell me."
"No need, I heard that our project will be handed over to Penguin for operation." Liu Kun smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to cooperate with you."
"Hey, why do you call it Penguin? Our own operation strength is not bad." Zhou Yuan was very surprised.
"Mr. Qin decided on this." Liu Kun sighed, "Maybe he has some agreement with Penguin."
Zhou Yuan also felt regretful, but now that "Warring States OL" has just been launched, it is a time when it is attracting strong money. According to the general rules of the market, "Warring States OL" can operate for at least four or five years.
In the past four or five years, game companies have been able to produce several games, and the operations department certainly has no shortage of projects to work on.
An operations staff came over and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, the giant in the first server has recharged another 100,000 yuan in platinum. He wants us to give him a weapon that won't break. Do you agree to it?"
"Impossible, you tell him that we don't have this kind of weapon." Zhou Yuan thought for a moment, "You can tell him to give him more protective charms and guarantee charms."
"Also, your enhancement probability has been adjusted too much. It shows 50% and your backend has directly adjusted it to 5%. The big players are not fools, so they must be unhappy. You should increase it a bit."
The operations staff agreed, and then asked: "Mr. Zhou, Giant Platinum has recharged another 100,000 yuan. The gap in combat power with the second place will be widened today. There is still a battle for the royal city tonight."
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"Then give more gold ingots to the second place and let him increase his combat power." Zhou Yuan then warned, "Let our staff take it easy and don't increase the combat power too much. It’s exceeded.”
"The royal city will be given to the first place on the list today, so don't grab it."
Liu Kun looked surprised, "Have you arranged childcare in the game?"
"Well, that's not called entrustment." Zhou Yuan explained, "Mr. Qin said these are special operations personnel."
"Hehe." Liu Kun couldn't laugh or cry, "Mr. Qin's business philosophy is really...hehe."
Zhou Yuan also smiled and said nothing.
Whether it's bad or not is another matter, as long as it makes money.
I didn't see this player charging money into the game. This shows that Mr. Qin has a firm grasp on the psychology of these players.
The two of them were very smart and did not continue to discuss Mr. Qin's operating methods, and walked towards the conference room together.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qin Shaoyan holding a stack of documents and looking through them, "Brother Kun is here, sit down quickly."
Liu Kun sat next to Qin Shaoyan and asked: "Mr. Qin, when will the people from Penguin come, so that we can make a demonstration version in advance."
"It's just the next few days." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "Well, it should be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The demo version can be done in advance."
"Don't make it too formal, just show them the development version. Penguin is very confident in the quality of our game."
"This all depends on Mr. Qin's reputation." Liu Kun said with a smile.
This may sound like flattery, but Liu Kun still means it a bit sincerely.
"Warring States OL" suddenly emerged, and soon reached the goal of 600,000 people online, surpassing the record set by "Legend" that year.
The revenue in the first month was nearly 60 million, which shocked all peers. Everyone predicted that "Warring States OL" would achieve higher results in the future.
This performance is enough to prove Qin Shaoyan's status in the game industry. Many companies are rushing to cooperate, hoping that Mr. Qin can customize an online game for them.
Penguin had already reached an agreement with Qin Shaoyan on cooperation in FPS online games. When they heard that he had produced a new online game, they immediately agreed to continue the cooperation.
"Brother Kun, there is something you need to help me with." Qin Shaoyan warned, "For the overseas version of "Warring States OL", we have to find someone to translate the text in advance."
"Oh." Liu Kun was very surprised, "Has an overseas operating company come to discuss cooperation so soon?"
"If they don't come, we can take the initiative to look for them." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Be prepared for a rainy day. It's better to make preparations first than to improvise."
"Okay." Liu Kun nodded, "Overseas versions are generally in South Korea and Vietnam."
"Thailand can also be considered, and there should also be a traditional Chinese version." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "Let's also make an English version."
"There is also an Arabic version to be done."
"Ah?" Liu Kun was very surprised, "Arabic version?"
"Next step, we plan to open up the market in the Middle East." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "There are many rich people there."
(End of chapter)