Yu Dong remembered that the earliest Lian Lian Kan game he ever played was probably a little before 2003. The reason why he remembered it so clearly was because at that time the school was closed due to the epidemic, and he stayed at home and played many games of Lian Lian Kan.
At that time, Bejeweled had just come out.
At that time, when everyone played games, they would buy pirated game discs from bookstores and street stalls. Games like Lianliankan had small memory and were usually add-ons that were hidden in the CDs of other games. That is to say, no matter what game you bought,
, there will be a Lianliankan included in it, so it will spread quickly.
Yu Dong couldn't remember what CD he bought, and then he kept looking at the ones hidden inside.
The pictures used in Lianliankan at that time were all the characters of "Pokémon" which were very popular at that time.
The reason for using characters who can use Pokémon is, of course, because the producers want to take advantage of Pokémon's extreme popularity to drive players to play the game.
However, if Deep Space makes this game, it will definitely not use the character pictures from Pokémon.
On the one hand, it is impossible. Although copyright management is not strict now, a large company like Deep Space must be more sensitive than others when encountering this kind of problem, otherwise there will definitely be disputes in the future. Unless Deep Space pays for Pokémon in advance
A copyright fee, but obviously Yu Dong would not be willing.
On the other hand, I don’t think so. Deep Space doesn’t need the fame of Pokémon to attract people to play this game.
This game itself has the ability to attract players, and the addition of pictures is not necessary. Watching other subsequent versions can also illustrate this problem.
What Yu Dong wants to do is to use the communication ability of this game to promote Deep Space Company's IP.
For example, the small IP that is currently being developed in cooperation with Motorola, and Deep Space's earliest big IP "Resident Evil".
Another example is the Mythology Universe IP that Deep Space is about to develop together with Disney. There are a lot of characters in it that can be used.
While using Lianliankan to promote these IPs, we also use these IPs to promote Lianliankan, which complement each other.
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The next morning, Yu Dong went to the company again, this time in his own big office. In addition to him, the general manager of Deep Space China, Jiang Jie, and the general manager of Deep Space Computer Network Co., Ltd.
Wang Jin, the head of Deep Space Visual Design Company, was also present.
On the other end of the phone, Jimmy, the general manager of Deep Space America, and Shinji Mikami, the general manager of Deep Space Game Software Company, attended this meeting.
After the call got through, I checked the sound quality and volume to make sure there were no problems, and then said to Dong, "Boss, you can start."
"Okay." Yu Dong nodded and said into the phone: "Jimmy, Mikami, thank you for working overtime at night."
He spoke Mandarin. High-level meetings of Deep Space Company are all in Mandarin now. The high-level officials must know Mandarin anyway. For example, Campbell from Deep Space Books has already learned Chinese very well.
The King of Chu had a slim waist, and many died of starvation in the palace. From ancient times to the present, it has been a practice of superiority and deeds. In deep space, the top management can speak Chinese, and the employees below naturally follow suit and are very enthusiastic about learning Chinese.
"Boss, fortunately, it's not too late now. We often work overtime until later than this."
Shinji Mikami's Mandarin is not as good as Canbot's, but he can be heard clearly.
Jimmy laughed at the side and said: "Mikami, are you complaining to me about being too tired at work, or are you asking for credit from your boss?"
"I'm just reporting my work status to my boss." Shinji Mikami said seriously.
"Haha, I'll ask Mr. Ji to give you a salary increase later. Now let's finish the business quickly so that you can go to bed early. I should have already told you about the main content of today's meeting, right?"
"I told you, but only half of it. He said you have ideas for two new games, but he didn't tell me the specific ideas," Jimmy said.
"Well, I told him not to talk about it yet. I will explain it to you myself. These two games are not complicated. I will briefly explain them to you. Let me talk about the first game first and watch it in succession. You can imagine it first.
There is a ten by ten square matrix on the game screen, with a total of one hundred points. Each point has a picture block on it. These blocks are opposite each other, and all the player has to do is..."
Yu Dong briefly explained how to play Lianliankan. After that, Yu Dong was about to ask them if they understood, when Shinji Mikami's excited voice came over the phone, "Boss, this game is great.
!”
Mikami Shinji's sudden excitement shocked Yu Dong.
Of course, what was even more surprising was the margin next to him. After Yu Dong left yesterday, he thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what was so good about this game and why the boss paid so much attention to it. Now seeing Shinji Mikami so excited, he
I couldn’t figure it out even more, and I also had doubts about my own knowledge.
Before Dong could speak, Shinji Mikami continued: "Why are Minesweeper and Tetris so popular among players? The reason is very simple, that is, elimination... elimination..."
When Mikami Shinji's Mandarin was still not enough, Yu Dong smiled and reminded: "Eliminate?"
"Yes, yes, it is elimination! Elimination can bring psychological pleasure to people, and this pleasure is very direct. Therefore, although this game is very simple, it will definitely attract players."
Yiliang nodded thoughtfully. When Yu Dong demonstrated on paper before, he only connected the graphics, but the graphics did not disappear. He could not feel any pleasure.
Now that Shinji Mikami compared Minesweeper to Tetris, he somewhat understood.
Seeing how knowledgeable Shinji Mikami was, Yu Dong laughed and said, "Mikami, do you want to hear the second game I thought of?"
"certainly."
"The second game is actually very similar to Lianliankan. It also connects the same graphics together and then eliminates the graphics, but the difference is..."
Match-matching games remain true to their origins, and the same goes for games like Bejeweled and Match-Block.
After Idou introduced how to play the game, Shinji Mikami became even more excited, "This game is better!"
Then he started to explain the reasons, "Compared with Lianliankan, Xiaoxiaole is more playable and competitive. For example, Xiaoxiaole has more choices at the same time, and each choice
It will also affect the next choice and directly affect the outcome of the game, but Lianliankan is more of a test of eyesight, not intelligence."
He originally wanted to use competitiveness, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out how to use competitiveness.
"Also, the continuous play is over after one game, but Xiaoxiaole can keep playing, making players more immersed in it."
As expected, he is a game expert. Yu Dong just gave a brief introduction to how to play, and he already understood it, and every word he said was on point.
Then, Shinji Mikami laughed again, "Boss, I have a suggestion. For Lianliankan and Xiaoxiaole, why not use zombies as tiles? When eliminating pictures, you can also have a way to fight zombies.
Pleasure, killing two birds with one stone.”
Yu Dong couldn't help laughing. This guy Shinji Mikami even came up with idioms in order to promote the "Resident Evil" film he directed.
Jimmy also laughed, "Mikami, these two games haven't been finalized yet, so you are rushing to push "Resident Evil" up. Besides, this kind of puzzle game targets many groups.
It’s an old man and a child. Isn’t it inappropriate to use zombies as icons?”
"It's okay, Jimmy, you can make multiple versions. Put the zombie version in the horror version, and then make some cuter versions for children. Anyway, this kind of thing is not difficult to implement technically."
Jimmy smiled and said, "I personally support your idea. This version of Zombie cannot be used as the main version, but it can be launched as a special edition. Recently, our company is discussing with Sony the joint development of the Mythical Universe, as well as Motorola's small
Players, these two should be placed in the main position. Then, the characters in the game "Escape" can also be made into a version."
Jimmy said everything Yu Dong wanted to say, and also expanded it to include "Escape".
Jiang Jie suddenly clapped his hands at the side and said excitedly: "I have an idea!"
Yu Dong turned to look at Jiang Jie, "What's your idea?"
Jiang Jie touched his head and said, "It suddenly occurred to me that we can actually make a Chinese character version, that is, different Chinese characters are made into tiles, and players can connect the same Chinese characters together to complete the game."
Yuliang nodded: "This is a good idea, but there is a problem. The Chinese characters are not attractive enough, so it probably cannot be used as the main version. And for Chinese people, this is too simple. We can also read these Chinese characters.
If you get it out, you can put it in Xiaoxiaole."
"It's not very simple either. There are many Chinese characters that you can't tell the difference without looking carefully, such as 孑与子, 天和夭. Another example is some radicals that are different, such as Yang and Yang."
"Well, Jiang Jie's suggestion is quite good. Of course, it can only be the same as zombies and not a mainstream version. After all, people's acceptance of pictures is different from text. Putting Chinese characters in the game is still a bit monotonous."
Yu Dong looked at Jiang Jie with a smile: "Not bad, keep up the good work."
Although Yu Dong feels that the Chinese character version cannot be mainstream, he is still very interested in this proposal. Regardless of whether it can be mainstream, he will make this version. It may have a miraculous effect in promoting Chinese culture.
Shinji Mikami on the other side of the phone also smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, take your time. I think these two games will have a long-lasting vitality, and there will be many opportunities to add what we want in the future."
"Well, that's the truth, but we still have to pay attention to these two projects. After all, they are too easy to copy. Don't end up making wedding dresses for others." Jimmy said.
"Of course."
Listening to their discussion about version protection, Yu Dong didn't pay much attention to it, because he knew that it was useless. No matter how they protected it, there would definitely be a large number of similar games coming out in the future, and it was not easy to sue for infringement.
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What they have to do is to get players accustomed to their version as soon as possible, and also make a fuss about the game experience.
"Since you all think it's good, I'll leave these two plans to you. Mikami, arrange for someone to prepare a plan as soon as possible."
Shinji Mikami smiled and said, "No need to arrange anyone, I will do it myself."
Jimmy teased: "Mikami, don't force yourself, don't tire yourself."
"Not tired, not tired."
The matter of Lianliankan and Xiaoxiaole was quickly decided. In fact, even if Shinji Mikami wasn't so excited and supportive, these two games would definitely be made.
Because the production difficulty of these two games is not very high, since the boss personally spoke, it is easy to make them.
Of course, now the main person in charge, Shinji Mikami, is also optimistic about this game, and he will invest more energy in it in the future to make the game better.
Then a few people chatted for a while to see if they could spread their thoughts.
However, they didn’t chat for long before Jimmy smiled and said: “Okay, okay, transoceanic phone calls are so expensive. We are a small start-up deep space company, so we should save as much as possible if we can. If there is anything else we want to talk about,
Either I go to China, or you come to the United States, and we can talk face to face."
Yu Dong rolled his eyes, "You mean, the air ticket is cheaper than the phone bill?"
"Haha, it's getting late, Dong, I need to rest too."
Yu Dong looked at his watch and said, "What time is it? Are you going to have a rest? You have been in trouble recently, right?"
"Haha, it's not a good thing for a boss to pay too much attention to employees' personal lives. I'll talk to you about this later. I'm done."
After saying that, Jimmy hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Yu Dong smiled. He had indeed heard that Jimmy was in a situation recently and seemed to have a girlfriend.
Yu Dong was quite happy to hear this, otherwise Yu Dong would have been really worried that Jimmy had some issues with his orientation.
After Yu Liang hung up the phone here, Yu Dong looked at Wang Jin, who had been silent, "You have recently designed a batch of mythological universe tiles. I think they will be used later. As for the little kid,
...There’s no need to do it for now. Also, if you have spare time, design a batch of Chinese character tiles.”
Wang Jin nodded: "No problem, I'll start working on it when I get back."
"Well, when nothing happens, you should keep in touch with Shinji Mikami and communicate with him about your needs."
"Haha, I'm afraid Mr. Ji will say that the phone bill is too expensive again."
Hearing Wang Jin's joke, Yu Dong and the others laughed. Jimmy always likes him. They say that Deep Space Company is a small company, but in fact, not to mention Deep Space America and Deep Space China, just
The following branches are already very strong.
Among the companies currently controlled by Deep Space, I am afraid that only Deep Space Music and Deep Space Vision are slightly inferior, but these two companies are also growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Needless to say, Deep Space Music, with the addition of Zhou Jianhui and the music business of Deep Space Company, they have developed very quickly.
Chapter completed!