At four in the afternoon, a red Ferrari stopped in front of the experience store.
Zhao Zihao got out of the car and looked at the front of the experience store, "Woah! This experience store isn't small, Chen Mo managed to get his hands on it. "
Lin Mao rolled his eyes, "Doesn't your family own a few of these?"
Zhao Zihao replied, "Hey, those are my parents', what does it have to do with me? Chen Mo earned it himself, so it's different. Let's go take a look inside. "
The two gave Chen Mo a call and waited for him to open the door.
Zhao Zihao was wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and a pair of sports shoes. If he didn't just get out of the Ferrari, no one would believe he was a rich kid.
Actually, all of his clothes were quite expensive, but for some reason, they didn't feel much different from street stalls when he wore them.
Lin Mao was dressed more formally, in a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants. Moreover, he was usually a more mature person, which made him seem more reliable.
The door opened.
"Come, come in." Chen Mo ushered the two of them in.
Zhao Zihao walked around the first floor and looked at the decor, "Not bad, Chen Mo. This is a nice experience store, I'll call you Chen Mo the internet cafe owner from now on."
Chen Mo was amused, "Don't joke around, this is a proper experience store."
Lin Mao walked around enviously, "Everything in here is provided by the organizers? Not bad, I still don't have my own experience store. "
Chen Mo said, "You should participate in a competition too."
Lin Mao laughed, "Geez, it's not like I haven't been there before. It's too hard to get first place, mainly because the audience has weird tastes. The last time I participated, the quality of the game was quite good, but the audience didn't like it, so I got second place. How am I supposed to explain that?"
The three of them chatted for a bit before finding a nearby restaurant to eat.
There were only three of them, so they couldn't eat too much. Although Zhao Zihao was rich, he wasn't really picky about food. He just randomly ordered five dishes and two bottles of beer, chatting as he ate.
"Zhao Zihao, how's your studio doing?" Chen Mo asked.
Zhao Zihao picked up a mouthful of food and said, "That's it. I didn't expect to earn money anyway. I just wanted to play games with him. If I meet someone I can't beat in the game, I'll call for people to gang up on them. "
Lin Mao said, "Look at yourself."
Zhao Zihao said angrily, "Why else would I keep these people? Isn't it just to be my thugs?"
Chen Mo asked, "Then wouldn't you be a tyrant in the game?"
Zhao Zihao shook his head. "Hey, I've been pissed off for the past two days.
Chen Mo asked, "Why? Were you bullied in-game? "
Zhao Zihao said, "The VR game that came out recently is the foreign 'Earth Online'. I've been playing it recently. It's this game that almost pissed me off."
Chen Mo asked, "What happened?"
Zhao Zihao said, "Don't mention it, the designer of this game is sick! Let me tell you, everyone who enters the game is born on the streets. They only have 500 yuan on them. Everyone has to work to earn money just like in the real world! "
"Do you think I'm playing your game to experience the life of a worker? I can't even top up my money! "
"The most infuriating thing is that there are always those idiots who try to pick a fight with you. In the end, you beat them up, and the police even arrest you. I wanted to call my underlings over, but they weren't born in the same city as me, they had to take the train! "
Chen Mo was amused, "Isn't this a little too realistic?"
Lin Mao exclaimed, "The foreign designer is amazing, to be able to make a game like this."
Zhao Zihao wasn't convinced, "Hey, it's amazing, but I feel like the designer is sick. What's the point of disgusting the players? What's the point of doing something with this skill? "
Chen Mo said, "It doesn't make sense. What's the point of experiencing it again in the game after experiencing it countless times in real life?"
Zhao Zihao continued, "Moreover, there's nowhere to spend money in this game. You can't buy anything by topping up, you have to earn it all yourself! They're also cracking down on private transactions, banning accounts if found out. I'm so frustrated that I don't even want to play anymore. "
Chen Mo laughed, "Don't worry, I'll make you a game where you can buy power with money. You'll be able to have as much fun as you want."
Zhao Zihao laughed, "Really? Chen Mo, I'll be waiting for your game where you can buy power with money! I won't say anything when the time comes, I'll just top up a thousand RMB! "
Chen Mo laughed, "A thousand RMB? I can guarantee that you'll die with some dignity in the game for a thousand RMB. "
"Huh?" Zhao Zihao was shocked, "Is a thousand RMB little? The closed beta test for Earth Online is only selling for five hundred RMB. "
Chen Mo took a sip of his tea, "Alright, you'll know when the time comes."
Lin Mao said, "Geez, we're getting off topic. Zhao Zihao, what does your studio do? How many players do you have? "
Zhao Zihao thought for a bit, "Players. Our company is a studio, we don't directly manage guilds. The guild leaders are the ones who have players, we're still a layer away. "
Lin Mao asked, "How many guild leaders can you get in touch with? When my game is done, can you pull in some users for me? "
Zhao Zihao said, "That depends on how many you want. I know about a dozen guild leaders, which adds up to about a few thousand players. It'll be hard for you to rely on that amount of people to support your game, but it should be enough to keep up appearances. "
Lin Mao sighed, "Indie games aren't easy to promote, and it's a niche market. The channels aren't optimistic about it, so the resources I get are too little."
Zhao Zihao said, "Can't you just put it on the app store?"
Lin Mao shook his head, "If I put it on the app store, no one will pay attention to it, and no users will see it."
Zhao Zihao said after some thought, "Alright, I'll ask around and try to think of a way to make the game more popular. If it really doesn't work, I'll at least make the numbers look better. Oh yeah, Chen Mo, do you have any suggestions? "
Chen Mo said, "I haven't seen your game yet."
Lin Mao took out his phone and gave it to Chen Mo, "Take a look, it's about eighty percent complete."
Chen Mo took the phone and opened the indie game that Lin Mao was working on.
After playing for five minutes, Chen Mo had an idea of what it was.
It was a side-scrolling game, using a medieval European design. The theme was a cliche story of a knight saving a princess, and a boss fight to defeat a dragon.
Chen Mo felt that the design was pretty good for a D-grade video game designer, but there were still some flaws.
Although it was passable, it was hard to get the players to fork out money for it. Even if the game was sold for ten RMB, the players would still have to think about why they would buy it.
Story? Gameplay? Art? They weren't bad, but none of them stood out.
Chen Mo said after some thought, "I think there's a mistake in your thinking."
Lin Mao asked, "What mistake?"
Chen Mo said, "I think there's a problem with your positioning. You're making an indie game, which is a niche market, but you don't need to position your game as a niche game. "
Zhao Zihao scratched his head, "What do you mean? It's a bit confusing, Chen Mo, make it clear."
Chen Mo said, "I can tell that you've put in a lot of effort into this single player game, but you're making it according to the standards of a niche game. This means that you're only targeting the small group of players who like this theme, and the number of players isn't enough to support the sales of the game."
Lin Mao didn't understand, "But isn't the purpose of making a game to target the needs of the players?"
Chen Mo said, "What I mean is that you can expand the target group of players. In other words, you need to get more people to play your game."
Lin Mao was confused, "That's easy to say, I know that, but how do you get more people to play?"
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