Chapter 105 Match 3 Game
Being a person must have principles.
"Shennonglu" is a good game and also an excellent animation production software.
But you cannot use this game to produce a large number of rubbish and deceive the audience's feelings and money.
You can do whatever you want with the animation that is broadcast for free. It is free after all, so there is no loss even if it is ugly or eye-catching.
But Chen Ba doesn't want to make money by producing a batch of rubbish animations and sending them to cinemas, relying on hype and marketing to trick audiences into buying tickets to watch the movies. He would feel disgusted if he made any.
No room for negotiation!
After realizing that the two men had ill intentions, Chen Ba rejected them without hesitation.
After receiving the award and returning to Jiangning, he told other people in the studio about the incident and asked them to strictly control the "personalized customization" service.
We must not allow for the behavior of some villains purchasing personalized customization services, then mass-producing animated films and sending them to theaters to defraud people.
Shen'en Animation can make movies.
But the prerequisite is to have a good script and creativity, and not to fool around. After all, movie tickets cost money, and the tickets must be worth the price.
As for the professional version and the 68-yuan personal version, it doesn’t matter.
The characteristics of these two versions of the Shen'en animation are still very obvious. Even if they are sent to movie theaters, the theater chains will not accept them.
Mainly personalized customization!
This version of the Shen'en animation has become somewhat confusing. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that this is a Shen'en animation.
"Let's find a backdoor."
Chen Ba curled his lips and said, "Monitor the people in the professional version and personalized customization to see what projects they are doing with "Divine Grace Continent"."
"Don't worry about the personal version. It won't cause any waves anyway. Let them be."
"OK."
Yang Dong and others had no objection to Brother Ba's decision.
Indeed, the professional and customized versions of "Shennonglu" have both good and bad sides for the animation industry.
If they don't exercise control and allow users to act recklessly, the animation industry will probably be in chaos immediately.
Although the chaos in the animation industry has nothing to do with Tianba Studio, the reputation of "Shen'en Animation" has been ruined. Who will buy its software in the future?
"That's right, Brother Ba!"
"The matter you asked me to investigate two days ago has already had results."
Zhong Shengwei took out a questionnaire result, handed it to Chen Bahou and said, "This is the situation of the top 100 mobile games, as well as the results of a survey on the preferences of some mobile game players."
"Let me see..."
After taking the report, Chen Ba sat in the chair and looked at it carefully.
The TOP100 survey is simple.
The main purpose is to analyze the current mobile game market and see what types and themes the top-ranked games are.
The player preference survey is more complicated, because everyone likes different types of games. Some people only like to play Landlord, some like to play MOBA competitive games like PUBG, and some like to play PUBG...
Zhong Shengwei surveyed about two hundred mobile game players and came up with this relatively general report.
According to the results, more than half of the players recognize the "social nature" of mobile games and believe that games that can be played with friends are good games.
This result is not unexpected.
Most fun mobile games are “pseudo-social” games, which means that the social attributes are greater than the gameplay.
Another point is the fragmented gaming habits of mobile gamers. Games are usually played and put down at will, and it is impossible to stay in the game all the time.
"What do you think?"
After distributing Zhong Shengwei's investigation report to everyone, Chen Ba asked: "We are going to make a mobile game. Which direction do you think is better to start with?"
"Casual strategy!"
"How about a board game?"
"I think simulation classes are also fine..."
Everyone has their own opinions. After all, everyone has different tastes, so such a result is expected.
Since you all have different opinions, let’s vote!
The final voting results show that casual cooperative games are what everyone thinks are the most suitable themes and types.
Casual cooperative games may seem a bit vague, but it is easier to understand if we put it in another way.
"Party" games like Fall Guys and Overcooked on PC, and Identity V and Tom and Jerry on mobile phones.
“This type of game is really popular.”
Chen Ba nodded and said, "But the problem is that this type of game relies heavily on mechanics and gameplay. If the gameplay mechanics are not good enough, it may not be fun."
“That’s right…”
Yang Dong scratched his ears and said, "It would be best if there is a gameplay that is easy to understand, simple but not boring."
Party games are generally very simple to play.
For example, in Fall Guys, you have to survive in various game sessions and eventually win first place. Or in Identity V or Tom and Jerry, the winning team.
Or in Overcooked, where everyone works towards the same goal, which is to complete the tasks assigned to each game...
Goals, factions, survival! These can all be set as the core gameplay of the game, and then other mechanisms or game frameworks can be designed based on this gameplay.
"Don't worry, let's wait and see."
Although the voting results were out, Chen Ba was not in a hurry to launch Tianba Studio's first mobile game.
You always have to think carefully the first time.
After all, the mobile side is different from the PC side. Whether it is the market trend or the player's taste, it requires careful and detailed investigation and research.
Most importantly…
Many people in the studio have no experience in developing a cross-platform mobile game, so they need to adapt to this in advance.
For the first mobile game, it is best to keep it simple. It doesn’t matter if you fail. You can just use it as a practice.
Based on this premise, Chen Ba felt that everyone was a bit too excited, starting with Identity V, Honor of Kings and so on, which sounded scary.
Please!
This is the first time I’ve made a mobile game. Can you be more pragmatic and not think so far ahead?
"Easier?"
After hearing what Brother Ba said, everyone looked at each other.
“That’s right!”
Chen Ba said bluntly: "Although we have achieved some results on the PC side, this cannot cover up the fact that we are a blank slate on the mobile side."
Newbies need to be low-key.
How can a new player in the industry go all in right away? Do you have the money to go all in? The development cost of mobile games is not low. This is the first time that Tianba Studio is trying the mobile game market. The goal should be set a little lower, and not aim for a big hit right away.
"I think match-3 games might be a good theme for casual games!"
"Three eliminations?"
Everyone looked puzzled.
Tianba Studio first produced "Star Emperor" and then "Divine Grace Continent", which one of them is not a masterpiece that has dominated the world?
Their new game turned out to be a match-3 game? This is too weird...
Although it was not stated explicitly, Chen Ba could tell from everyone's expressions that they thought this plan was too conservative.
Indeed, match-3 games are very basic.
But what about the basics? Well-made match-3 games are still the absolute "casual" kings in the mobile game market.
Let’s not talk about mobile games.
Even on the PC side, a well-made single-player match-3 game can still sell a lot of copies. Why do you look down on match-3 games? "Brother Keba...didn't you say that our mobile game will not be a single-player game, but a multiplayer game?" Xiao Lu raised his hand weakly.
"Yes, multiplayer!"
Chen Ba nodded in affirmation and said, "Does the match-3 game conflict with multiplayer? I don't think so!"
Xiao Lu: “…”
There is no conflict, but there seem to be few examples of multiplayer online games among the popular match-3 games on the market.
How can we connect online? "Match opponents and do the PK system!" Chen Ba said indifferently.
"In five minutes, see who can eliminate more blocks. The player with the highest score wins. Isn't this a form of multiplayer online?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
You can even create a room and invite all your friends and family to see who can eliminate higher scores and pass more levels.
“That’s fine too!”
Although Brother Ba’s online solution sounds unreliable, it can be used and will not turn it into a pure stand-alone game.
But is match-3 really fun? Zhong Shengwei has played many match-3 games and often sees others playing it on the subway, so he has a lot to say about this.
He just explained: "Brother Ba, there is no problem with this topic. The user base of match-3 games is still very large. Both the elderly and children like to play match-3 games."
The subject matter is fine.
Match-3 games have always occupied a large share of the mobile game market. You may think that no one plays them, but that is just what you think.
It's like someone scratching their head and still can't figure out who is playing "Tanwan Blue Moon"...
That’s what match-3 mobile games are like.
It has extremely strong vitality, and its popularity is comparable to other board games such as Landlord and Mahjong.
“Match-3 games also have scoring.”
Chen Balue thought for a moment and said, "A regular elimination game is definitely not very attractive and won't attract attention. I don't plan to make a simple and crude game like that."
"I thought so……"
"As for traditional match-3 games, don't even mention you guys. Just go to Tieba and find a keyboard warrior, and you can probably make one."
"But what we want to do is a pseudo match-3 game with a match-3 game skin and a character development system embedded in it."
"ah?!"
Now everyone was even more confused.
What is a match-3 game with a built-in character development system? We all know these words, so why do they sound so strange when combined together?
“Stupid!”
Chen Ba was speechless and said, "Why do we want to make mobile games?"
"make money!"
"That's it, isn't it? Since we're aiming to make money and support our standalone business, shouldn't we join the krypton gold system?"
At this point, Chen Ba touched his chin and said, "Match-3 games generally have two ways to make money. One is to insert advertisements, and the other is to sell various props."
Chen Ba doesn't like either of these two.
Match-3 games with inserted advertisements provide a very poor gaming experience. Ads appearing at every turn can easily cause players to abandon the game and run away.
Selling props is better, but only slightly better. After all, in order to sell props, the difficulty of some levels will be adjusted to "just right".
What is just right?
It's like the time to clear a level is just around the corner, but the countdown is going by so fast. If you have a prop, you can pass it immediately, but without a prop, you can only regret failure...
Actually, there is another type! But that one is too shameless. They advertise and sell props at the same time, not missing any opportunity to make money. It is too shameless to see how greedy they are.
Chen Ba didn't like this approach, so he decided to embed character development gameplay based on the traditional match-3 game.
Doing so can not only ensure the playability of the game, but also open up a new channel for spending money.
Paying for something means drawing characters.
Each character has different skills, which can be regarded as "props" in traditional match-3 games.
"Isn't it still selling props?"
"no the same!"
Chen Ba shook his head and explained: "For props, you can use them all together. But if you choose a character, you can only use this one skill."
"Each character has different elements, and each level map also has different elements. It is very useful to use the mutual restraint of elements to play specific levels."
The elements are temporarily defined as the five elements.
The water element characters will be greatly enhanced in the fire element levels. Not only will their skills be more powerful, but they will also have special effects.
For example, a fire element character has the skill of blowing up blocks in a certain area. Originally it is a 2*2 area, but in a water element level, it may become 1*1.
By developing your character, you can also upgrade your skill levels and unlock more interactions and dialogues.
"OK!"
After roughly understanding what Brother Ba said about the character development system, Yang Dong was the first to ask, "Who are you going to let play this game, Brother Ba?"
We really don't need to play together, right? It's just a match-3 game. Seriously, anyone from Tianba Studio except Zhang Xiaojuan can basically handle it.
It's just a matter of time.
"Let Xiao Lu and I do it. You guys are responsible for contacting the voice actors and painters. This part is quite important."
Chen Ba explained: "Our krypton gold point is the characters, so the character design is really careful and can't be just a makeshift one."
“We need to have an ACG style, a style that children like, and characters that suit the aesthetic tastes of middle-aged and elderly people…”
To put it bluntly.
The art style of this game is comprehensive. No matter men, women, young or old, everyone can find their favorite characters in the game.
Whether it is strong or not is another matter...
Anyway, each character only has one skill, and it has a CD, so its strength depends on how the player uses it.
"And the online part..."
Chen Ba thought about it and finally made an arrangement: "We can just make a matching entertainment system for this part, and we won't have to deal with the ranking."
For casual games, everyone plays them in fragmented time. It would be too outrageous to take them too seriously and come up with something like a ranking competition.
This kind of game is only used to kill fragmented time. It is not good to play it while working.
certainly!
There must be a ranking list.
You can be on the list by passing a certain number of levels. The more levels you pass, the higher your ranking will be. This is also an honor!
There are also many top players in match-3 games, and we can provide them with a stage to show their skills. Let ordinary players see how awesome the top players of match-3 games are!
In addition to the level rankings, there can also be a win rate ranking for matching.
As for the main body of the game, that is, the elimination part, Chen Ba didn't pay much attention to it. After all, as everyone knows, the best thing about a match-3 game is to eliminate three...
It's just a few cubes, who are you looking down on? Two college students can do it! (End of this chapter)