Chapter 19 Old wine in new bottles? New wine in old bottles!

"Brother Jiang, see you tomorrow!"

"good!"

Jiang Bin looked up at the clock hanging on the wall of the office and felt helpless.

As the information editor of the well-known domestic single-player game portal "Game Star", this is his daily work routine.

Work overtime, keep working overtime! As long as you survive, you won’t stop working overtime…

When the gaming circle is calm, that is also when he is most leisurely.

But once there is a blockbuster new game released in the gaming circle, or any big news happens in the industry, that is when he is busiest.

There are very few days in a year when we can truly "get off work on time".

After all, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, several popular new games emerge in the gaming circle almost every month.

Once this happens, he will have to work overtime to write articles and release the latest game information as soon as possible.

Today is another day of overtime! As a game enthusiast, Jiang Bin is not opposed to overtime. On the contrary, he enjoys it.

Because the reason why he joined Game Star in the first place was because of his love for stand-alone games!

Jiang Bin feels very pleased and motivated to discover one or two surprising new games every month and to witness the development and progress of the industry with his own eyes.

If one day, he suddenly stopped being busy, and there were no new games in the gaming industry worth publishing...

That may not be something to be happy about, because it represents the decline and fall of the gaming industry!

"Oh, you replied to my message?"

Picking up his phone and taking a look at the WeChat chat box, Jiang Bin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the producer of "Study Hard Simulator" would reply to him so quickly.

This is a new game that he is paying close attention to!

Although the game has only been on the market for 40 days, it has already achieved sales of 200,000 copies on the Steam platform.

For a domestic independent game, this can be considered a huge hit!

When he learned about this treasure game through a friend's recommendation and tried it himself, he immediately decided to conduct an online interview with the game's producer.

The editor-in-chief has agreed.

After all, it is an independent game with sales of over 200,000 copies. If Game Star does not report on it, it would be completely inconsistent with their purpose.

However, how to contact the game producer named "GameBugs" became Jiang Bin's biggest headache.

This guy is a newcomer! If you want to contact a newcomer like this, you can either get introduced by a third party or send an email.

After asking around, no one seemed to know "GameBugs".

So Jiang Bin sent an email.

As a result, the email fell on deaf ears. Jiang Bin, guessing that the other party was too busy to check the email, came up with a good idea.

First join the fan group, then reveal your identity and add a WeChat friend.

Don't mention it yet...

This trick is much more effective than sending an email! After adding GameBugs as a friend, Jiang Bin also got some exclusive inside information about the "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator".

For example, the producer’s real name is Chen Ba!

This game that suddenly became popular was actually an independent game created by Chen Ba alone over two and a half years, with no other person involved in the entire process.

The creative plot of the game was actually adapted by producer Chen Ba based on his own school experience. There is some exaggeration but not much.

When Chen Ba told him that he had set up a studio and started developing the second game, Jiang Bin asked about the information about the second game.

"Living under someone else's roof simulator?"

"In the game, you will play the role of a high school student, going to live with your aunt dozens of kilometers away from home, and experience the mixed feelings of boarding life and youthful campus life..."

After taking a look at the game introduction and related promotional pictures sent by Chen Ba, Jiang Bin immediately became interested.

"Is it the same type as the Study Hard Simulator?"

"Yes, about the same."

"Will this give players the impression that it's just old wine in new bottles, with the same substance in a different soup?" Jiang Bin asked curiously.

"Won't!"

"Although it is the same type of game, and the gameplay is similar, after playing it you will find that it is completely different from the hard study simulator..."

That's good, that's good! Jiang Bin, who was originally worried that this young man would lose himself because of the success of his previous work and embark on a path of no return, was relieved when he heard this.

This kind of thing, of putting old wine in new bottles, is very common in the gaming industry! After all, it is easy to make money by reselling an old game by simply changing the skin and a set of art resources.

It’s not like many game producers haven’t been famous before, but after they became famous, most of them lost their ambition and chose to mindlessly change their games and live off their old reputation.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

A game is popular? Then the second, third, fourth, etc. generations will be released until all players are heartbroken and sales are completely gone.

Jiang Bin was very worried that Chen Ba was also such a person. Because his previous work was so popular, he couldn't wait to make a reskin game to make money, thus ruining his own career prospects.

Now it seems that he still has an idea in his mind.

"Okay, I'll go play."

After learning that [Living under Someone Else's Roof Simulator] already had an early access version, Jiang Bin went straight to the Steam platform and bought a copy without saying a word.

It’s OK, it’s also 18 yuan! However, this is the price of the early access version. I don’t know how much the subsequent official version will cost, but it should be more expensive than the previous one.

As he still had to write an article, Jiang Bin couldn't devote himself to the game. He just played it for a dozen minutes and then quit.

"Self-esteem? Interesting!"

Although he had only been playing for a short time, and had not even finished the first semester of his freshman year in high school, Jiang Bin had already felt the charm of the "Living Under Someone Else's House Simulator".

Players have more freedom!

Compared to the previous game, players can only play according to the linear plot set by the game. This time, [Living under Someone Else's House Simulator] is more free and more random.

For example, after school, you can go home, stay in school, or go to seven or eight locations such as the city, parks, playgrounds, Internet cafes, etc. to start different event routes.

This deserves praise!

Although the plot of the previous game [Study Simulator] is touching, players are in a "watching movie" state most of the time and do not feel much freedom.

This is also a point that players often complain about, either studying or herding cattle, there are not many choices! This time is different.

If you like to study, go study. If you like to work, go wash dishes in a restaurant. If you like to hang out, go surf the Internet in an Internet cafe or play billiards in a billiard hall. If you like to pick up trash, go rummage through trash cans on the street...

"Once you experience it, you'll find that it's completely different from the hard-working study simulator!"

Thinking of Chen Bafa's message, Jiang Bin nodded immediately.

He certainly didn't lie!

The living under someone else's roof simulator is indeed different from the studying hard simulator, and the difference is huge.

If anyone says that this is old wine in a new bottle, just slap him to death.

You call this old wine in a new bottle? Does your old wine look like this? This is clearly new wine in an old bottle. If you don't understand, don't say anything nonsense!

(End of this chapter)