Chapter 626 Linkage
[Targeting "Day of Reincarnation"! Tianhu, which has been competing with Linmu Studio, can its new mobile game achieve the same results as "Day of Reincarnation"? ]
[Tianhu's new mobile game, the mobile game with the highest investment so far, the original design quality is extremely excellent! Players praise it! ]
[The new future of mobile games! Tianhu contributes to card-drawing games! ]
[……]
The report "Are the players ready?" was like a signal.
Then.
The next day.
A bunch of related reports came out quickly.
Tianhu did spend money on publicity.
After all, soft articles are really effective.
But they were not so impulsive that they gave money to all the mainstream game media before the mobile game was made.
This is extremely uneconomical.
Therefore, a large part of the reports that suddenly appeared the next day were spontaneously compiled by media people.
This also indirectly proves the success of Tianhu's strategy of "using its strengths to benchmark "Day of Reincarnation".
This even affected most game media people.
After all, it is a simple truth that the quality of the "leaked" manuscript of the Tianhu mobile game is indeed not inferior to "The Day of Reincarnation", and it is also endorsed by the "500 million investment"...
In addition, the game they are benchmarking, "The Day of Reincarnation", has just been at the forefront of the storm because of the disclosure of revenue.
This itself is very topical.
And topicality represents traffic.
So even if many media people know that Tianhu is secretly fueling the flames, they are also happy to report it.
And the true and false, paid and unpaid reports are mixed together.
It began to bombard on a large scale.
The impact on the player side is also getting bigger and bigger.
More and more players have seen the "leaked" manuscript and the news of the "500 million investment"...
And on the last day of March.
Tianhu finally came forward.
They posted a main picture on social media that is in the same style as the leaked manuscript, and confirmed the existence of the mobile game and the fact of the 500 million investment.
In addition, they also announced the name of the new mobile game - "Walking in the Dark"!
This is a bit of a middle school game name, coupled with the lonely back figure walking in the dirty alley in the main view, the cold painting style... plus the foreshadowing of more than half a month.
It completely ignited the expectations of the players.
Under the dynamic released by Tianhu.
Countless players came here because of its reputation.
"It's quite interesting, "Dark Night Walking"... Tianhu finally showed its strength. I am optimistic about your new mobile game."
"The painting style is beautiful. Whether it is the leaked original manuscript or the current main view, it is indeed not worse than "Day of Samsara", but I don't know how the game is exactly."
"I feel that the quality is comparable to "Day of Samsara", but I don't know how it will play."
"Do it well, don't make garbage with 500 million, maintain the current quality."
"..."
Players no longer speak ill of each other, but instead encourage more.
Tianhu.
As soon as the official social media released the dynamic, Mou Feng opened the comment area and read it.
He almost witnessed the process of the comments going from zero to over a thousand.
Then.
He also read the first more than a thousand replies.
When he refreshed again.
The number of comments below is almost over 10,000...
Mou Feng let go of the mouse, looked up, and sighed.
Linmu Studio's marketing strategy is really useful...
He just read more than a thousand comments, 70% of the players mentioned "Day of Reincarnation".
This means that players have already assumed that Tianhu's new mobile game is a mobile game of the same level as "Day of Reincarnation".
"Walking in the Dark" has left an indelible impression on players.
This is already a huge success.
Next.
Tianhu only needs to make the mobile game as soon as possible while ensuring quality...
"The overall situation has been decided."
Mou Feng thought of this and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, there is something he has never told Li Guangsheng.
That is, he was really hit during the Chinese New Year...
This time, he really doesn't want to be second. He
really doesn't want to.
He wants to seize this opportunity that may be the only one in his life to stand in the same position as Linmu Studio.
This is a small ambition deep in his heart.
...
March ends and April comes.
And Tianhu's "Walking in the Dark" is still very popular.
To some extent, it is even more popular than "Day of Reincarnation".
After all, the unknown is always the most curious.
"Day of Reincarnation" has been in operation for almost half a year.
The characters and gameplay have basically been figured out by players.
In addition, after the Chinese New Year, "Day of Reincarnation" only carried out daily card pool rotation, and there are no new activities for the time being.
On one hand, there is the unknown, and on the other hand, there is daily contact.
The sense of expectation is of course different.
Of course, the staff of Linmu Studio's mobile game department also heard about the news of "Walking in the Dark".
Many staff members of Linmu Studio felt that their original drawings were very good.
Most of the staff members were very frank about this.
As for the subsequent development of the situation,
most of the staff members did not pay attention.
Because the joint event of "Day of Reincarnation" of Linmu Studio has reached the final stage...
April 7.
Early in the morning.
Lin Yao came to the studio.
Just walked into her office, but before she could sit down.
There was a knock on the door.
Xi Qianyu pushed the door and walked into the office, and then asked directly: "Boss, Qi Jianhua handed in the joint promotional video of "Day of Reincarnation". Have you seen it?"
Lin Yao replied: "Well, I have seen it yesterday."
"Then this is the publicity plan I made, take a look."
Xi Qianyu heard this and immediately handed the information in her hand to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao took it, flipped through it, and handed the information back to her: "That's it..."
At this point.
She paused, pointed behind her, and added: "However, in addition to what you wrote above, you can also tell the logistics department that we can also put an advertisement on the screen outside the headquarters."
Xi Qianyu hesitated: "Is this appropriate? This is just a game activity..."
Lin Yao explained: "After all, this is the first linkage, and you are also very hard at business negotiations. It's nothing inappropriate to put an advertisement on the external screen."
"Okay."
Hearing what Lin Yao said, Xi Qianyu agreed.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, Lin Yao thought about it and asked jokingly: "How is it? How do you feel about the IP you negotiated being made into the game?"
"Ah? It's pretty good."
Xi Qianyu reacted and smiled: "I watched the promotional video, it's great. Next, we will see how the final results of the linkage plan are. I hope it will be good."
"What if it's not good?" Lin Yao asked curiously.
Xi Qianyu put away her smile and said viciously: "Then I will fight with Kang Yi! I have worked so hard to negotiate. If they fail, I will ask the entire business department to sit in the mobile game department!"
"Not that bad."
Lin Yao was a little amused: "There should be a good response."
"I hope so."
Xi Qianyu smiled again and then said: "Boss, I will go to prepare."
"Go ahead."
Lin Yao nodded.
Xi Qianyu left.
On the same day, the first joint event of "Day of Reincarnation" began to be promoted...
...
April 8th.
Pengcheng University.
Zhu Gong returned to the dormitory and picked up his mobile phone as usual and opened "Day of Reincarnation".
After finishing today's daily routine.
He opened the game circle again and came to the "Day of Reincarnation" section.
Prepare to see what players are discussing recently.
I haven't read it for a day.
The posts in the section are messy and there is nothing to say.
Zhu Gong flipped through them and clicked in when he was interested and took a look at the replies of the stupid players.
If he was not interested, he would just skip it.
Compared to last month, the "Day of Reincarnation" section has changed a lot.
The biggest change is that there are more posts discussing "Night Walk".
About two out of ten.
He would occasionally take a look, but most of the time he would not reply. Of course,
he also looked at the leaked original paintings.
I have to admit. It's
really good-looking.
I just don't know how the game is...
and just when he was thinking about it.
He refreshed the circle.
A post that he was interested in suddenly popped up.
[The official website of "Day of Reincarnation" has been updated! The preview of the new version will be updated at the end of the month! There are also silhouettes of new characters! The PV will be released tonight!]
Seeing such a post.
Zhu Gong immediately clicked on it and started reading.
In the body of the post, there were several screenshots, which were taken from the official website of "Day of Reincarnation".
"Oh?"
Zhu Gong showed an interested expression and immediately switched to the browser and opened the official website of "Day of Reincarnation".
Sure enough.
On the homepage.
It was a preview of the new version, and the silhouettes of the new characters were also released on it. It was
all black, of course, I couldn't see what they looked like.
But he was still a little excited.
Finally.
After the Spring Festival event, new characters will be released.
He immediately switched back to the game circle to see what the players had said under the previous post.
He refreshed the page.
Hundreds of replies popped up.
"Oh, here it comes!"
"I wonder what five-star characters will be released this time, what their characteristics are, and whether they are easy to use."
“The news about Night Walk has been bombarding for so long, and finally, Day of Reincarnation has made some moves. I have reason to suspect that Linmu Studio feels threatened [dog head].”
“How could it be related to Night Walk? The new version cannot be made in a short time. Linmu Studio should have been preparing for it a long time ago... However, Night Walk must have an impact on the game. I don’t know if you feel the same way. Anyway,
ever since I read the news about Night Walk and became interested in it, I suddenly didn’t look forward to the release of new characters in Day of Reincarnation so much.”
“It’s probably because Tianhu leaked the original designs of five characters some time ago, and there were various styles, which allowed us to briefly enter the sage form [dog head].”
"Yes, yes, that's the feeling. I always feel like I just saw something new... Although the style of the Fox mobile game is different from "Day of Reincarnation", it can be seen that they still borrowed the character illustrations of "Day of Reincarnation" when setting up the characters. It feels like I have seen five new characters, and then there is not much time between them. I don't look forward to the new version and new characters of "Day of Reincarnation" that much, because I feel that there will be nothing new..."
"That's what I said, but after a while, the card pool disappears, the sage state disappears, and the new character traits are easy to use, I will regret it."
"That's also true, but what should I do now that I am a sage?"
"..."
Zhu Gong flipped through the comments for a while and was stunned.
Then.
He subconsciously called out the reply box and wanted to refute the other party.
Because he really likes this mobile game.
You can play it anytime, anywhere.
There is also the pleasure of collecting strategies for beautiful girls...
But he stopped after typing a word. He
was a little hesitant.
Because he seemed to have entered the sage state as well.
He switched back to the official website of "Day of Reincarnation", and then looked at the silhouettes of the characters on it, and began to imagine what kind of characters they would be...
But no matter how he thought about it.
It seems that there are only those few types, right?
The original manuscript of "Under the Dark Night" released some time ago has loli, queen, killers in formal clothes, as if attending a banquet; there are also short-haired girls wearing belly-exposing clothes and full of wildness...
The character style is also very close to "Day of Reincarnation"...
emmm...
When I think of the original manuscripts of "Under the Dark Night",
it seems that it is indeed a bit sage.
I just finished looking at five characters with different forms, and "Day of Reincarnation" just launched new characters during the Spring Festival.
I have come into contact with so many beautiful girls in such a short time.
And there is no duplication.
It is indeed a bit of a waste of expectations.
Now looking at the black shadow on the official website, it feels that no matter what form I imagine it to be, I can find the corresponding character in my memory.
Of course, the expectations are not that high.
Zhu Gong figured this out, switched to the game circle, gave up the idea of refutation, and continued to read the replies.
Then.
He found out.
The reply saying that he had entered the sage state had been voted the first. It seemed that there were quite a few players who thought so...
Linmu Studio would not run into trouble this time, right?
Suddenly,
such a thought popped up in Zhu Gong's mind, and he put away his phone.
And it was afternoon.
When Zhu Gong opened the "Game Circle" again,
the posts related to the new version of "Day of Reincarnation" had already flooded the forum.
Players began to guess what style the characters with only silhouettes on the official website of "Day of Reincarnation" were, what characteristics they would have, and what would be updated in the new version.
And professional LSPs even began to guess what clothes the characters wore and what weapons they used based on their height and the size of the silhouettes...
[You guys are really good at playing. ]
Zhu Gong looked at it for a while and replied to the post.
Then, she probably knew what the character silhouettes on the official website looked like.
Long hair, slim clothes, queen, wings, holding heavy weapons...
The forms were all guessed, and unknowingly.
This reduced Zhu Gong's expectations a lot.
Time passed.
In the evening.
In the "Day of Reincarnation" section, there were suddenly not so many discussions about the new version.
Zhu Gong finished a day's class, had dinner in the cafeteria, and then played the PC game for a while.
Then, he even forgot that "Day of Reincarnation" was about to release the PV...
When he suddenly came to his senses and remembered this, it
was already 8:12.
The PV was released.
"Fuck."
Zhu Gong slapped his forehead, quickly turned off the MOBA game, and then hurriedly opened the official website.
The homepage PV of the "Day of Reincarnation" official website was already posted.
He immediately enlarged the playback window and played it directly.
Although the anticipation was not that strong, the character's appearance was almost guessed.
But it's still necessary to watch it.
Zhu Gong took a sip of water and thought.
In front of him.
The video loaded briefly.
The trailer began to play...
accompanied by ethereal humming.
The camera swept across the city that seemed to be unchanged.
Then,
an explosion suddenly sounded, interrupting the humming in the background.
The camera turned and
changed to the first-person perspective.
In front of him was a chaotic battlefield.
In front of a nest made of dark red meat, countless monsters poured out from it, and characters of different shapes were fighting on the front line.
"What are you daydreaming about?"
Suddenly,
a blonde girl holding a rapier staggered back a few steps, shook her ponytails, then turned her head to look at the camera and complained, "Commander!"
The camera slowly moved and looked at her.
But no words were spoken.
In front of the screen,
Zhu Gong was a little surprised to see this scene.
Because the blonde girl with ponytails was the five-star character 'Arrogant Shepherd', which was also the first five-star character for most players.
Is this... a level screen?
Is it the perspective of the player playing the game now?
Zhu Gong showed an interested expression.
On the screen,
the PV was still playing.
"Commander, do you want to escape? If you abandon us, I will kill you and eat you."
The blonde girl's voice had just fallen.
A queen with two furry animal ears on her head also retreated from the front line, also looked at the camera and threatened.
The camera moved again and looked at her.
After a brief silence.
"Something's wrong? What's wrong?"
Although the male protagonist in the video, that is, the character played by the player, did not speak.
But the orc queen seemed to have heard the player's words and asked.
"Commander, you are scared!"
The blonde girl next to him teased him.
But as soon as she finished speaking.
Suddenly realized something, she looked up at the sky.
The orc queen next to her also frowned and looked at the sky.
Finally.
It was the player's perspective, also raised, aimed at the sky.
The sky was clear blue.
As if there was no impurity.
But at the farthest end of the line of sight.
A touch of red was approaching quickly.
From far to near.
And soon.
Revealed its true appearance.
It was a ball of scorching fire.
The fireball came from far to near.
Straight to the battlefield.
Then.
It flew over the heads of the blonde girl and the orc lady and headed straight for the nest.
"What is that..."
The blonde girl muttered to herself as the fireball flew by, looking forward.
But no one could answer her question.
Because the fireball had already fallen.
With a bang,
the fireball landed on the nest.
The scorching flames instantly occupied all vision.
The shock wave swept up the debris and hit fiercely.
The blonde girl and the orc lady immediately stood in front of the player, blocking the line of sight and the impact.
The screen suddenly darkened.
"......?"
Zhu Gong slowly put a question mark.
New character?
But didn't it say that all characters are residents of the city? Why did it come down from the sky this time?
Is it a new event?
He couldn't figure it out.
In fact, he didn't need to think about it.
Because after a short black screen.
Accompanied by a cough.
The screen lit up again.
The dust gradually dissipated.
The blonde girl's figure also reappeared. She waved her hand to disperse the dust that blocked her vision, then tightly grasped the rapier in her hand and looked forward vigilantly.
On the other side,
the orc queen bent down and also looked at the smoke and dust ahead, as if she was facing a great enemy. The animal ears on her head stood up, as if the hair was blown up. The fur on the animal ears stood up.
The player acting as the camera looked around and saw the two people who were facing a great enemy and were about to move forward. "
Don't move, it's the enemy!"
The blonde girl suddenly shouted.
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from the front.
"Excuse me, do you know where this is?"
The smoke rolled. Then gradually dissipated. A figure appeared. It was a girl with a capable short hair. She waved a sickle that was twice as tall as herself. After dispersing the smoke and dust, she stepped on the monster's body fragments on the ground, walked forward a few steps, and then asked expressionlessly. The camera was aimed at her. Then. The picture froze. The character portrait appeared.
Ding ding ding -
five stars lit up one after another.
Then, as if to introduce her, a line of huge brush-written characters appeared next to the portrait.
[Death God·Ishii Saki]
"Huh? Cough cough cough cough..."
In front of the screen.
When Zhu Gong saw this scene, he was a little fascinated. He just picked up the water bottle and wanted to drink water.
When the character appeared.
He sprayed all the water out directly...
and then started coughing violently.
Question marks all over his head.
Wait!!!
This character!!!
How... so familiar! ?
He immediately raised his head, not wanting to miss a second of the shot.
On the screen.
The portrait disappeared.
The blonde girl and the orc lady looked at her warily, neither of them replied.
And next to her, the smoke was stirred again.
Light footsteps sounded.
A figure emerged.
Then.
Breaking through the smoke, appeared in front of the camera.
It was a girl wearing a sailor suit, who looked very shy. She protected her chest with her hands, like a frightened rabbit, looked around, then looked at the camera and asked:
"Senior?"
The camera was aimed at her.
The picture freezes again.
Ding Ding Ding...
[Clerk·Sakamoto Makoto]
And Tachi Ei disappeared. As if she heard something, the shy girl named Sakamoto Makoto suddenly turned her head and looked to her left.
"Why are we being rolled into a strange place again!"
This time it was a male voice. A high school student in a Western-style school uniform impatiently dispersed the smoke and then appeared in front of the camera.
The picture freezes again.
Ding Ding Ding...
[Contractor·Kamimoto Kazuo]
"???????????????????????????????"
On the screen.
Zhu Gong had more question marks on his head.
He wanted to sort out his thoughts... but PV didn't give him a chance at all.
"I smell the smell of sin."
A hoarse female voice followed closely and rang.
All the smoke rolled and rolled up.
Then.
Pure white feathers fell.
A figure suddenly rose into the air.
The camera was aimed upwards.
In the air.
Pure white wings spread out.
A woman wearing a tight leather jacket, high-top boots, and flowing blonde hair holds a huge sword upside down in both hands, with her back to the sun, looking down.
The picture freezes again.
Ding Ding Ding...
[Judge: Dark Ke]
The last PV.
The camera pulls away and rises into the air.
Looking down at the two parties in confrontation.
The blonde girl who has been holding the rapier moves.
She grips the hilt tightly, slowly lowers her center of gravity, suddenly exerts force, and rushes forward.
Then, accompanied by a flash of cold light.
The screen darkens.
The PV stops abruptly. The
name of the game and a huge slogan appear.
[《Reincarnation Day》! 'When the devil comes, the angel descends', the new 1.7 version! ]
[April 23! Officially launched! ]
...
"...This must be Dark Ke! This must be that comic! The name is Dark Ke!!!"
Seeing the last character.
Zhu Gong opened his mouth.
Then seeing the last slogan, he couldn't help it. He stood up suddenly, pointed at the screen, and roared.
The voice was full of excitement and disbelief.
The character who appeared at the end was exactly the same as what the players in the forum had guessed. She was indeed a long-haired queen, wearing a slim-fitting outfit, with wings, and holding heavy weapons...
There was absolutely no difference.
But tm... Zhu Gong not only did not think that all this was natural, but was so scared that he almost jumped up.
At this moment,
countless thoughts burst out in his mind.
Infringement? Playing a gray area? Or is it authorized? Why do comic characters appear in the game?
And... what the hell is this?
Then,
among countless thoughts,
one idea gradually became clear.
He thought of something, and immediately picked up the mobile phone on the table and opened the game "Day of Reincarnation" section.
As soon as he opened it,
Zhu Gong was shocked.
[Fuck! ! ! ! ]
[Have you seen the latest PV? Why do comic characters appear! ! ]
[Is the person in the PV the main character of "Dark Grave"! ? ]
[Does anyone know what's going on! ! ? ]
[Is this fucking nothing new? ]
[...]
Looking up, there were posts like this.
Because other players' thoughts were the same as Zhu Gong's.
They were all in disbelief...
Zhu Gong quickly flipped through the posts, as if he was reading his own thoughts.
Then.
After flipping for a long time.
After skimming through three pages of posts expressing shock.
He finally found the answer he wanted.
[New version! Linmu Studio has brought a brand new role-playing linkage! "Dark Grave" x "Day of Reincarnation"! Comics x games! Brand new 1.7 version! Launched on April 23! ]
Zhu Gong immediately clicked on the post and after reading it.
He looked up and his pupils shook wildly.
All the extra thoughts disappeared, all the doubts disappeared.
Only one was left - linkage! The game is actually linked with the comics!
The card drawing game... can actually be done this way! ?
(End of this chapter)
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