Onmyoji's framework was relatively clear. Although its playstyle was very different from I Am MT after countless iterations of card games, the core was still the same, drawing cards, training, and team composition as the core fun.
In terms of production, the more difficult parts were the graphics and models. Especially the models. Onmyoji's models were very precise, higher than Warcraft and Wulin Legend.
Other than the models, the background music, voice actors, and character art all required a lot of work, but these were relatively easy to solve. The main problem was money.
In Chen Mo's plan, Onmyoji's design was split into six areas, namely the Shikigami and Onmyoji system, story exploration, combat, social module (Yin-Yang Hut, mail, chat, etc.), spirit and shop related, and other systems (summoning, illustration, etc.)
The most basic was the Shikigami, Onmyoji, and spirit related combat system, followed by the story exploration. Once these two were done, the rest would be easy.
The playstyle of Chinese mobile card games was relatively simple, the main difficulty was in the card stats, numbers, and playstyles. Therefore, it didn't take long for Chen Mo to finish the basic draft.
Chen Mo sent the draft and Abe no Haruaki's draft to Su Jinyu before going downstairs.
…
Wen Lingwei and Qian Kun came over before Su Jinyu even had the chance to look at the concept draft.
They were the ones who cared the most about the game, and immediately came over as soon as they heard that the draft was done.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Abe no Haruaki's draft.
"What the hell, Abe no Haruaki? Isn't this the famous Onmyoji from the history of Nihon? "Zheng Hongxi was shocked.
Wen Lingwei said, "Yeah, the style of dress is also Japanese, is the manager going to make this theme?"
Zheng Hongxi was a bit hesitant, "Will it work? The IPs for card games are getting better and better, and Onmyoji isn't a popular theme in China. Looks like the manager is going to create his own IP? "
Su Jinyu looked at the draft, "The manager wrote in the draft that he's going to make a high quality game, and he's going to hire professional voice actors to do the Japanese voice acting? From the looks of it, this game is much more complicated than I Am MT. "
"I don't know if it will work. I'm just afraid it won't be able to adapt to the local climate!"
Everyone was a little worried.
As they were discussing, Chen Mo came downstairs.
"Come to the meeting room, I'll briefly explain the development of the game," said Chen Mo as he walked towards the meeting room.
Wen Lingwei followed. "I want to sit in as well!"
Chen Mo nodded, "Sure, whatever."
Once they were seated in the conference room, Jia Peng couldn't wait to ask, "Manager, what game is it this time? Is it similar to I Am MT? "
Su Jinyu also asked, "Is it a scam game?"
Chen Mo said, "Oh, it's a game with a very good heart."
Su Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, that's good."
Qian Kun was dumbfounded. He flipped through the draft again. "Huh? Are you sure? From what I see, this game's summoning system and Spirit-branded Retainer training system aren't healing at all. "
Chen Mo said, "The cure I'm talking about is the storyline. In the game's background, it's an era where humans and ghosts coexist. The Onmyojis have to maintain the balance between the two worlds. Moreover, there's a lot of touching stories about monsters and humans. Most of the monsters have sad backgrounds. Isn't the storyline going to be healing? "
Zheng Hongxi flipped through the draft, "Hmm … this story does seem to be healing."
Qian Kun scratched his head. He felt like something wasn't right, but couldn't find a reason to refute it.
Chen Mo continued, "You can think of this game as an upgraded version of I Am MT. The core of the game is the same as I Am MT. It's a game that focuses on acquiring, training, matching, and battling cards. The only difference is that it's a 3D model instead of a card."
Qian Kun's eyes lit up. "So, it's still a scam game, right?"
Chen Mo's mouth twitched. "Yeah, you can think of it that way."
Zheng Hongxi said, "Then, I have a question. Since it's a card game, wouldn't the IP be important? Most card games on the market now don't have a big IP. The theme we're making might be good overseas, but there aren't many players that care about Onmyojis in China, right? "
Chen Mo nodded, "Yeah, it's still a minority."
Wen Lingwei asked, "Then how are you going to make this IP popular? Or are you going to make an anime like I Am MT? "
Chen Mo shook his head, "Not an anime, nothing else. The game itself has the ability to create its own IP. "
Everyone was shocked, "Huh? Are you serious? "
Chen Mo laughed, "I'm serious. That's why we have to make the quality of the game top notch, including art, models, settings, music, dialogue, voice acting, etc. It has to be better than any other card game on the market. "
Su Jinyu furrowed her eyebrows, "Better than any other card game? That's a bit difficult. "
Chen Mo shook his head, "It's not difficult, not at all. It's all about money. So when you're looking for outsourcing companies, go straight for the highest quality ones. It's fine even if it's twenty thousand RMB for an art. We're willing to pay any price for the art and music. And for the voice acting, get someone to contact the famous voice actresses. Pay as much as you can, and make sure we're satisfied. "
Everyone was speechless. Twenty thousand RMB for an art? And famous voice actresses?
I Am MT's art was only two thousand RMB a piece. Raising the price by ten times, wasn't this a bit too much? Combined with the models and animations, the cost of a Shikigami would go through the roof. It was even more expensive than the Warcraft models!
Although Chen Mo had the money now, it was still surprising that he was willing to spend so much money.
Qian Kun said hesitantly, "Manager, if we're willing to pay any price, then the development cost would be in the tens of millions …"
Chen Mo nodded, "Yeah, why? Is ten million a lot? Warcraft's cinematics cost over thirty million RMB. "
Jia Peng scratched his head, "Of course it can't compare to Warcraft, but it's a mobile game …"
Chen Mo said, "Don't worry, it won't be any less profitable than Warcraft. Let's put it this way, we don't have to control the development costs, especially when it comes to the quality of the game's art and music. We want the best, don't worry about money. "
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