Chapter 174 Professional Edition Rename
The "game partner" mechanism launched in "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm" has aroused heated discussions across the Internet.
Rule the players with the players?
This new concept shocked the entire gaming industry.
Everyone has turned their attention to the game "Don't Leave After School", wondering what changes will the game have after adopting this method of operation? Chen Ba is also very concerned.
Adding this "game partner" mechanism to the official version is indeed a bold attempt, and he is not sure about it.
However, judging from the feedback given by players after the official version was updated, this is indeed a big change and has certain positive significance.
First of all...
In the past, the planning and operation of games, especially online games, were relatively mysterious. Even if ordinary players wanted to complain, they didn’t know how to find them.
For example, when everyone is playing "League of Legends", if they think a new hero is too over-the-top and the designer is completely using his feet to balance, how would they criticize him?
"League of Legends designer, take a look at the monster you designed. This is Quesanti, HP 4700..."
Look!
Even if you want to criticize the designer, you don’t know who to criticize! Because most players don’t know the designer’s name, and they don’t recognize him.
But in the game "Don't Leave After School", since the introduction of the so-called "game partner" mechanism, the target of focus has been very clear.
"God damned [Cherry Pancake Jam], are you crazy? If you are, go get treatment! I beg you to stop being a demon, okay?"
In the past, there was no one to scold, so everyone would focus their fire on Brother Ba, swearing at him so much that Brother Ba didn't even dare to show up in the community.
Who still scolds Brother Ba now?
Brother Ba has delegated all power and only provides server-related support, retaining a veto power. All good and bad things are done by the "game partners".
Then identify your gaming partner in this area, call him out by name and that's it.
“Okay, okay!”
Chen Ba was extremely satisfied that he was spared from being criticized and instead his gaming partner took a bullet for him.
That's right!
Just for this reason, game partners are very useful. As the saying goes, a red flower needs green leaves to set it off. Without these game partners, how could his reputation in the community become so good?
In addition to professional scapegoating, the biggest change that the game partner mechanism brings to the game is the player welfare.
These game partners are basically ordinary players. They are players themselves, so they know very well how to please other players.
The welfare is definitely maxed out.
Moreover, when it comes to the gaming environment, these gaming partners are more concerned than anyone else. They would like to spend 24 hours a day in the game, always paying attention to the number of active players in their area.
The number of active users has decreased? Then you need to reflect on whether you are not doing well enough. Why are other districts fine, but your district is losing players? It's bad, Tianzhu is coming!
In order to avoid being punished by God and for their own interests, the game partners in various districts have perfectly demonstrated what it means to be "paid to work" and are even more active than working for a salary.
Special praise to District 5!
Because the five districts are a three-legged tripod, after the official version is updated, this district has three game partners who jointly manage and operate this district.
How to allocate among three people?
The answer is three shifts! Each person is on duty for eight hours a day. If necessary, they can ask for leave and find someone else to take over. The main point is that playing games is more active than working.
This made Xiao Lu laugh.
"My goodness! If I hadn't known that they didn't get paid, I would have doubted whether these were employees we hired with money!"
Too dedicated, tears in my eyes! Even if you spend money to hire professional game planners or game operators, they may not be as dedicated as these game partners.
certainly!
Professional game planners and operators are definitely better than ordinary players in terms of professional knowledge. There is no comparison.
"So, although dedication is commendable, it does not mean that one can do one's job well."
Chen Ba explained: "The second-generation rich player in District 4 understood this profound meaning."
The rich second-generation in District 4 plays for a maximum of three hours a day. Compared with the dedicated gaming partners in other districts, he is extremely lazy.
But he is generous with money, and players in District 4 unanimously recognize and praise him.
Moreover, this guy is very cunning. Since he became a so-called game partner, he immediately hired a professional game operation planner to be his assistant to handle all matters in the area for him.
Professional, that's what we call professional!
I have never encountered a situation where I had to play a game and end up having to pay to hire a planner and operator to help me run the game.
Selling this game to him for 68 yuan is definitely the best deal Chen Ba has ever made in his life! Don't even mention 68 yuan!
Even if he had to pay 6,800 yuan, Chen Ba would be happy to do it. After all, this player hired the game planner and operator at his own expense and gave them to Tianba Studio for free.
My family, I am so touched...
The first person to be paid to work, the first person to move Tianba, this rich second-generation player from District 4 deserves the title.
"Hahaha!"
Yang Dong, who was carrying the food into the house, also smiled after hearing what the two were discussing, "You know what, Brother Ba's trick really saved us a lot of energy."
If there is no game partner mechanism, the studio will have to arrange someone to be responsible for the subsequent operation and maintenance of the game "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm".
It's ok now!
It’s all about operation. Just keep an eye on the server and make sure it doesn’t crash or get disconnected. Leave the rest to the players.
This is such a hassle-free solution.
"If nothing unexpected happens, as long as our model can be successfully implemented, there will definitely be friendly companies following suit in the future."
"That's probably not easy to imitate."
While calling on the two to help, Yang Dong explained: "The reason why we have this mechanism is actually because the authority is not in the hands of the players, but is bound to the props in the game."
"The marbles are the authority. Marbles can be used by different people. It doesn't mean that only a certain player can use them..."
This is the key point.
Precisely because authority is the essence of the marble, there is the concept of changing dynasties. If players are dissatisfied with someone, they can simply rebel and end the problem.
But if other games learn the mechanism of “players governing players”, can they achieve such a quick and natural “change of dynasties”?
If you can't do it, you can't learn it.
After all, in the game "Don't Leave After School", players who don't perform well may feel the crisis of being usurped by rebels at any time.
Other games want to learn from this, but without a similar "rebellion" mechanism, the best they can do is to create something that is neither fish nor fowl, and it will be difficult to gain recognition from players.
"You've got to the point!"
After helping Yang Dong set up the induction cooker, Chen Ba tore open the hot pot base and poured it into the pot. He shook his head and said, "Even if it's us, we can't make a similar game again."
This is a game bug.
Even if Tianba Studios remakes a game, it is possible that similar bugs will not appear. Therefore, this is a special case that cannot be replicated.
It is snowing heavily outside the window.
Chen Ba, Yang Dong and Xiao Lu sat around the induction cooker, cooking hot pot and chatting about their work arrangements for the new year.
"The Continent of Divine Grace" is going to be renamed.
Don't get me wrong! It's not the personal version that has been renamed. The game "Shennong Land" played by ordinary players can be called what it is and will not be affected by this.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
It is mainly the professional version and personalized customized version of "Shennong Continent". Due to business needs, it may be changed to "Shennong Animation" after a while.
This is also a suggestion from the client! Yang Dong told Chen Ba that many animation companies that cooperated with him said that the professional version of "Shenneng Continent" is very easy to use, but the name makes them want to complain.
After all, it is a professional AI animation production software, but it uses the game name "Shenneng Continent". Isn't it too cheap? The main thing is that I can't find it!
When searching for "Shennonglu" on the Internet, all that comes out are game introductions related to the personal version, or videos or reports related to the game.
This is extremely unfriendly to users of the professional version! Because every time they want to search for tutorials and download links for the professional version of "Shennong Continent", they will always find a lot of content that has nothing to do with the professional version, which is very annoying.
"The professional version should indeed be separated from the personal version, and should be treated as two products in the future!"
Chen Ba thought there was no problem with changing the name.
"Divine Grace Continent" is too extreme. The user groups of the personal version and the professional version do not overlap at all. It is indeed not appropriate to mix these two groups together.
After the professional version was renamed, it was positioned as professional-grade animation production software and was no longer referred to as a "game".
The personal version is still called "Shennong Continent" and it will stay in the game section, focusing on serving game players and some animation fans.
"Then just sell them separately!"
Xiao Lu picked up a piece of beef and put it into the pot, and suddenly suggested: "If we charge for them together, it will be easy for people to get confused, and they may even buy the wrong ones."
This is also a problem.
Some people came for the personal version of "Shennong Continent", but because they couldn't tell the difference between the personal version and the professional version, they accidentally bought the professional version for 999 yuan per month.
He thought it was permanent, but when the professional version service expired the next month and he was prompted to renew, he realized he had bought the wrong version.
There are also people who came for the professional version, but ended up buying the personal version. In the end, they accused Tianba Studio of false advertising and complained that "Shennong Continent" was not as easy to use as described in the video...
These situations are very common. Even Chen Ba himself has handled several after-sales cases of purchasing the wrong version and applying for a refund.
Selling them separately is also reasonable! The price of the professional version is not noticeable at all in the software section, and no gamers will come to gossip about it.
But now, there are many people gossiping...
Xiao Lu previously saw a short video that listed some of the most expensive games on the Steam platform, including "Land of Divine Grace".
Moreover, the uneducated video blogger even exaggerated in the video, saying that "Shennonglu" is the only game that "charges monthly".
What the hell is this? For players who know the inside story, such stupid videos may just make them laugh. After all, everyone knows the price of the personal version of "Shennong Land".
But for those passers-by who don’t know the situation and don’t know what game "Shennonglu" is, they were immediately shocked after watching the video.
A thousand bucks to play for a month, ten thousand bucks to play for a year?
Oh my god! What kind of game is this? I have never heard of this kind of charging method. It’s ok to charge monthly, but why is it so expensive? The impact is very bad!
Because of this, Xiao Lu proposed to sell the two games separately, with the professional version in the software section and the personal version in the game section.
This way there won't be so many idiots coming around to make irresponsible comments about the charging standards.
"Can!"
Chen Ba calmly picked up the beef that Xiao Lu had put into the pot, stuffed it into his mouth and tasted it, saying, "Then I'll listen to you and sell them separately."
"But even if they are separated, the personal version must also provide an upgrade window, leaving a channel for ordinary players to upgrade to the professional version."
The sales volume of the professional version of "Divine Grace Continent" is not high, and the number of stable renewal users is only around 10,000.
Among them, quite a number of users come from major animation companies.
In addition, there are also many ordinary players who upgrade to the professional version in order to try something new or to fulfill their dreams.
Although most of them left sadly...
But then again, even though 99% of ordinary players cannot bring out the capabilities of the professional version of "Shennong Land" to create eye-catching animations.
But there is no shortage of geniuses in this world! In October last year, a disabled player with the online name "Love You Are Not Alone" used his self-taught professional knowledge and one hand to complete a fine animation using the professional version of "Shennong Continent".
After the animation was broadcast online, it quickly won praise from audiences across the Internet with its touching plot and vivid characters, and received a high score of 9.8 on the Penguin Video website.
The cumulative number of views has exceeded 2 billion! Lonely Brother achieved financial freedom with this work, and even sold the adaptation rights for the sequel, and joined the well-known Penguin Animation Company as the creative director.
It’s really inspiring!
Brother Lonely actually has a high level of education, but because he lost his left arm in a car accident, he has been depressed all day and feels that his life is bleak.
The professional version of "Divine Grace Continent" helped him find his dream. He remembered his obsession and love for animation, so he decided to make an animation that was true to his passion for the sake of his dream.
Maybe art really requires talent...
Although he was a newcomer who had never been involved in the animation industry, he produced an animation that became a hit of the year and even became popular abroad.
Little-known fact: Lonely Brother first played the personal version of "Shennong Land", and the videos he posted were also for his own entertainment.
But a netizen said that the animation he made was very good, but unfortunately the picture quality was a drag. Now the entire Internet is full of professional-made Shen'en animations, and few people watch the personal version anymore.
So, he sponsored Lonely Brother and gave him the professional version of "Divine Grace Continent" for a whole year.
I can only say that this netizen has a really sharp vision!
He said that Lonely Brother was a genius, and it turned out that he really was a genius, even a peerless genius who amazed everyone.
Chen Ba retained the channel for the personal version to be promoted to the professional version, hoping that another genius like Lonely Brother would appear...
The domestic animation industry really needs a second or third Lonely Brother! (End of this chapter)