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...

Chapter 94 Breakout

Chapter 94 Breakout

"When will DEAS be held?" Lin Yao asked again.

Mu Wanqing replied, "Next month, the registration phase has already begun."

"That's about the same time."

Lin Yao thought about the progress of the promotional video production, and then looked at Zhong Xiu: "Zhong Xiu, how is the game debugging going?"

"It will take some time to test, mainly because we have no experience, and the balance feels a little off."

Zhong Xiu laughed: "But it will be soon, and there is no problem playing now. The day before yesterday we tried to play against each other for a while, and it was very interesting. We played for more than three hours and had a lot of fun. In a month, it should be almost debugged."

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded.

"But Lin Yao, shouldn't the name of the game be decided?"

Zhong Xiu said with a bit of a smile: "You have written the plot, but you haven't even decided on the name of the game. Don't let the game be stuck without a name when it is finished."

"Name, do you have any good ideas?"

Lin Yao looked at Zhong Xiu.

But just as he asked.

When she thought of the name Jugao, she instantly regretted it...

"Survival?"

But this time, Zhong Xiu did not say a name that would make people want to complain, but instead made a fairly reliable suggestion.

"It feels a bit one-sided."

Lin Yao shook her head gently, then lowered her head and pondered for a long time, and said, "Why not call it 'Breakout'?"

"'Breakout'? That's OK."

Zhong Xiu nodded. Although he felt that the biochemical mode was more suitable to be called 'Death Battle' than 'Breakout', he vaguely guessed that Lin Yao had other ideas and did not object.

"Then the studio will focus on two tasks next. One is to reopen the server war and the Three Realms Competition for "Fantasy OL", and to make it a regular event in the future, held once a month. The other is the final debugging of "Breakout" and the finalization of the promotional video. Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Yao finally summarized.

Everyone in the conference room nodded.

Then the meeting was adjourned and everyone was busy with their own things.

Lin Yao stayed behind and held Mu Wanqing who wanted to leave: "Miss Mu, wait a minute, I'll take you to see the promotional video and see how handsome you are."

"Ah? OK..."

Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then followed Lin Yao to the engine group.

The person in charge of this promotional video was Qi Jianhua, a very young guy, who was a little handsome and very capable. He was also the first person to master the Blue Star engine. The only shortcoming was that he was said to be very bad at playing games, and was often complained by the people in the engine group that they would never play games with him...

Qi Jianhua was busy, and when he heard the voices, he turned around and saw Lin Yao and Mu Wanqing coming over, and immediately knew what they were for.

He immediately called up the promotional video and played it for the two of them.

Just two minutes passed quickly.

"Planner Lin, I have to say that your idea is really amazing. Every time I watch it, I can't help but get goose bumps."

Qi Jianhua accompanied the two ladies to watch the promotional video, and then couldn't help touching his arm and sighed: "Especially the combination of sound and picture effects, and the final creativity, it's really cool."

"After all, it cost so much money to hire someone to make the music, of course it's worth it."

Lin Yao nodded, and was very satisfied.

On the other side.

Mu Wanqing slightly widened her beautiful eyes and looked very surprised.

"How is it, Miss Mu." Lin Yao gently bumped her with her shoulder.

Mu Wanqing was a little dazed: "Very impressive, it turns out that we can also make a promotional video with such a good texture..."

"More than two months of hard work, making a two-minute promotional video, of course the texture is good, it's all money."

Lin Yao complained in a low voice, and then said: "But I'm not asking about this, I'm asking about the character who appeared at the end, is she handsome?"

"... Handsome."

Mu Wanqing raised her head, looked at the expectant look on Lin Yao's face, couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, and nodded.

Lin Yao immediately showed a healing smile like a flower: "You have good vision."

...

October 14th.

Friday.

The final finishing work of the promotional video of "Breakout" was completed and pressed into a film.

Lin Yao watched it for the last time and nodded with satisfaction. Then, while asking Miss Mu to sign up for DEAS, she ran to Zhong Xiu to take a look.

Zhong Xiu and his friends were playing games at work, playing a team battle... and the game they were playing was "Breakout".

Lin Yao stood behind Zhong Xiu and watched quietly for a while.

This game called "Breakout" is very small, with only three maps, two optional characters for humans, and only two types of zombies.

But there are a lot of guns in it. Lin Yao finally added a supply mechanism for the human side. During the game, humans can venture to the randomly refreshed supply point to get better guns.

At this time.

Zhong Xiu was shouting that he wanted to get the supply guns, and just as he went down, he was infected by zombies. He was also calm and turned around and rushed to his teammates.

The teammates who were holding on over there immediately started to curse.

The entire engine group was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"What a loser."

Lin Yao complained to him.

Zhong Xiu heard the voice, turned around, and said awkwardly: "I'm seeking wealth and honor in danger, but I didn't succeed..."

"I'm a loser."

Lin Yao looked at him with some disdain, then looked back at his screen and suddenly said: "Thank you for your hard work, very good."

Because Breakout is small and has a show-off element, Lin Yao did not make it to the level of CS, but made the graphics to the extreme.

The picture quality and light and shadow effects are outstanding, not to mention the fineness of the guns.

This is the point that Lin Yao focuses on.

Because in the end she decided to rely on selling appearance revenue...

and the best-selling appearances are guns and knives, and the character skins are average.

Overall.

Breakout is very realistic, even a bit like Battlefield.

Of course.

Because it is a biochemical mode, forget about the big scenes of Battlefield.

"Hard work? Actually, I don't think so. The Blue Star Engine is really convenient, and I feel very happy to have made such a work."

Zhong Xiu let go of the mouse and chatted with Lin Yao: "Lin Yao... Do you think our studio can become famous after the release of Breakout?"

"Who knows."

Lin Yao raised her snow-white chin, looked at the ceiling and thought for a while, then shook her head, "But even if it can't become famous, it should be able to shock the players, right?"

"...Of course."

Zhong Xiu said confidently.

...

Whether the game "Breakout" can shock the players is still unknown.

But the fact that Linmu Studio participated in DEAS did shock the players who paid attention to it...

DEAS will be held in more than a week.

The candidate lists for various awards have been announced.

This also includes the Most Anticipated Game Award.

"Breakout" appears on the list, and the company behind it is Linmu Studio.

With the explosion of "Fantasy OL", many players have heard of this studio.

Now it is the number one turn-based online game.

Most gamers have heard of it.

But isn't the Most Anticipated Game Award for independent games or stand-alone games?

Why is a turn-based game joining in the fun?

What for?

Is a turn-based game also participating in the selection of the most anticipated game? Is

there still something to look forward to?

It's funny...

(End of this chapter)