This Online Game Developer is Definitely Problematic

A turn-based online game that hadn’t been updated for half a year, had a development budget seven times that of its competitors, yet only made a tenth of their revenue—a total failure. A game t...

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August 28th.

The server war voting session officially begins.

After careful consideration, Lin Yao finally decided to postpone the restriction of experience books.

Postpone it to next month.

In fact, introducing restrictions at this trend will do more harm than good, and the game's upward trend will be directly interrupted.

But it is not okay to ignore it forever.

Lin Yao's idea is to wait until the server war of "Fantasy OL" is over and its reputation gradually rises before imposing restrictions on experience books.

Then the game can slow down and operate steadily, relying on its reputation to attract players.

At that time, the update that will offend some players can be given to the new planner to practice and train his ability to withstand pressure.

Originally, the new studio only had Lin Yao as a planner.

Lin Yao could still handle it.

But Mu Wanqing had mentioned many times that she wanted to recruit new planners.

Lin Yao knew her concerns.

She actually felt that as "Fantasy OL" got on the right track, it was a bit outrageous for her to come to even small events in person, so she finally agreed.

In the past few days,

the planning team has been expanded to a certain extent.

However, the game has not been updated recently, and the only major events in the game are the server war and the Three Realms Competition. Lin Yao is worried about letting the new planners take charge.

So these planners are still in the learning stage.

After a month of learning,

they can just hand over the next small update.

Perfect.

Lin Yao made up her mind, clapped her hands, turned around and went to find Mu Wanqing to ask about the voting situation of the server war. It

was the first server war, and Lin Yao planned to follow every link.

Voting was no exception.

"The players are very enthusiastic, and the number of votes is growing rapidly, but... I noticed that some participating teams have started to collect tickets with money recently. You see this..."

Mu Wanqing told Lin Yao about the situation of the server war.

When it came to someone collecting tickets with money,

Miss Mu's face looked a little strange.

She looked like she was heartbroken...

She looked as if she couldn't wait to go on stage to sell tickets...

"These local tycoons really have money but don't know where to spend it. If they are not large in scale, forget about it. If they are willing to spend money, ordinary players can also benefit. Let them compete. As more and more players appear on each server, these people will automatically find a balance. Otherwise, the civil war and the server war will be equally difficult, and many people probably won't be happy about that."

Lin Yao was speechless, and then glanced at Mu Wanqing who had a weird expression: "But, Miss Mu, what do you mean by looking like you can't wait to go on stage to sell tickets?"

"I really want to..."

The girl with black silk stockings and glasses said awkwardly: "Fifty thousand game coins for a ticket... Sell a hundred tickets, and then sell the game coins to the local tycoons, and you can make more than thirty..."

Lin Yao said helplessly: "Stop, don't have any bad ideas. I'll give you a raise. You want to make more than thirty yuan. You're a development manager."

The money-loving girl with black silk stockings and glasses said seriously: "What's wrong with more than thirty? It's enough for the two of us to have lunch."

"Okay, okay, then go buy the tickets." Lin Yao glared at her lightly.

Mu Wanqing gently pushed the glasses on her small nose bridge and nodded: "Okay, let's practice the trumpet together..."

Lin Yao widened her eyes and said in disbelief: "You are a development manager, you don't abuse your power for personal gain, but you asked the planner to practice the trumpet with you to sell tickets!?"

Mu Wanqing smiled: "Of course, making money must be legal."

"You..."

Lin Yao stretched out her hand and wanted to pinch Mu Wanqing's cheek and belly.

Mu Wanqing twisted her body, looked at Lin Yao with her beautiful eyes, and did not resist.

The two of them made a fuss for a while.

Finally, they got back to business.

"...Now the game trend is very good. Not only the top players who participated in the server war, but also the players are more enthusiastic about the three realms competition that was opened at the same time. The number of online people in each server has increased, and the increase is large. Most of them are more than 50%. Our game looks really popular."

Lin Yao flipped through the information Mu Wanqing gave her, listened to her words, and nodded gently.

Indeed.

"Fantasy OL" has been updated several times, especially after this update, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

It really has a trend of becoming popular.

Now all the major game forums are full of posts discussing games.

It is estimated that all that is missing is an opportunity.

The biggest contributor to this grand occasion is not the server war, but the Three Realms Competition that Lin Yao specially chose to start at the same time as the server war.

This is the highlight that attracts players.

After all, the vast majority of players are still ordinary players who are jokingly called a part of the heavy krypton player experience by some planners.

They are the most important cornerstone of online games.

Lin Yao smiled and said, "Then keep it up. I hope we can become the envy of our peers and make them envy that we can get rid of it once and for all."

"Once and for all?"

"Make a game and then eat it for the rest of your life..."

"..."

Mu Wanqing looked at the serious Lin Yao, feeling a little amused.

Sometimes this girl always says some nonsensical things in a serious tone like this.

Cute and funny.

"Then let's work hard to get rid of it once and for all."

Mu Wanqing smiled gently, then put away the smile on her face, glanced at the paper in her hand, became a little more serious, and talked about the next thing: "There is one more thing, Lin Yao, I think I need to tell you, have you read the Computer News? Recently, there was an article published there, which seems to say that a local tyrant in our game embezzled more than 3 million yuan from public funds in order to participate in the server war." "

... embezzlement of public funds?"

Lin Yao raised her head suddenly and looked at Mu Wanqing in surprise.

She didn't read any Computer News.

But this matter sounds big or small.

In her memory.

In this world, such things are still rare. After all, the online game industry has only been started for a short time,

and such things are always more sensitive for the first time.

Unlike Earth.

She didn't want her new studio to be criticized.

Lin Yao immediately asked with concern: "Is it a natural discussion? Is there really someone so stupid? Or is someone jealous and deliberately targeting us?"

As an Earthling, Lin Yao has seen the power of public opinion and never dared to underestimate the influence of this aspect. It is really terrifying.

The famous Shanda back then.

It was because the boss couldn't stand the pressure of public opinion that he turned the absolute No. 1 company into a second-rate online game company...

She herself certainly wouldn't be affected by these public opinions, but this world's online games have just started. If someone is willing to promote it, who knows what will happen if public funds are used to charge games. It depends on the reaction of the public. If things

go wrong, it will have a devastating impact on the morale of the studio and the rising momentum of "Fantasy OL".

Mu Wanqing shook her head: "It's not clear now. Computer Newspaper is a second-rate magazine. The other party only reported this matter and didn't seem to have any intention of investigating it."

Lin Yao pondered for a moment: "No investigation? Then don't worry about it, wait first. If it's just mentioned, let this matter slowly subside. We don't need to respond, so as not to cause bigger problems."

Lin Yao is actually still optimistic.

She thinks that this incident may be just an accident.

A small number of people know about it.

Then this matter will slowly sink and become a past event that no one on the Internet will mention.

Her thoughts are still influenced by her previous life.

And in her previous life... This kind of thing is really uncommon.

But now she is not on Earth.

This incident was not entirely accidental.

With the end of the registration phase for the Fantasy OL server war, the game data is booming, and even some players who do not play turn-based online games have heard about the key moments of this game.

Suddenly,

the portal websites that have recently emerged on the Internet have reported that a player of Fantasy OL embezzled public funds to recharge in order to participate in the server war.

These recently emerging portal websites not only reported, but also tracked the incident seriously.

Peng Yongjun, the editor of Computer News, who first broke the news, then published several follow-up reports.

He revealed the life experience of this player. He

has elderly parents and children, and his family conditions are not good, but he embezzled the company's money to recharge the game in order to participate in the game's server war.

The company where he embezzled public funds has not been doing well during this period. This time, the public funds were embezzled, which was seriously damaged and even went bankrupt immediately.

In short,

in the report,

the game seems to have become a kind of original sin, the source of all these tragedies.

And with the portal websites fueling the flames.

The netizens here haven't seen many such things, and with the recent popularity of "Fantasy OL", word spread quickly, and many people who don't play turn-based online games heard about it. For

a while,

public opinion was in an uproar.

Is this game...teaching players!?

(End of this chapter)