After sending off the father and daughter, Chen Mo returned to the experience store.
What happened to Nini did move him, mainly because it made him realize something that he had been neglecting.
What was a game?
For a video game designer, there were many different attributes to a game.
For different groups of people, a game would be different.
It could be a work of art, a cultural product that combined many design concepts and artistic concepts.
It could be a great form of entertainment, the best way to relieve stress after work.
It could be a career, an esports competition, a way to constantly surpass oneself.
It could be "opium for the mind", a "scourge", a "distraction", and something that many people avoided at all costs.
Everyone knew that games could move people, they could bring happiness, they could bring negative emotions.
Of course, games could also empty your wallet, allowing the developers to make a lot of money.
But Chen Mo also realized that in the process of rushing to make games, he seemed to have neglected the most basic, most basic thing, which was the joy that games brought.
Ever since he entered the industry, Chen Mo's path seemed to have been smooth sailing in the eyes of outsiders, and all of his games were profitable. But in reality, no one could see the hardships that he had to go through.
Ever since he entered the industry, Chen Mo had been working non-stop on new games, ensuring that he would make three to four new games every year, and one of them would have to be over a hundred million RMB.
Apart from that, Chen Mo made quite a few games with paywalls in order to accumulate funds faster, to make sure that he could make games faster than the game designers of this world.
He was basically working every single day.
Before the game was developed, he would do market research, analyze what the players liked, and plan the game design. During the development process, he would coordinate everyone's progress, controlling all aspects of the game, including playstyle, art, and music. Before the game was released, he would use all sorts of methods to promote it. After the game was released, he would gather feedback from the players and make changes, before quickly moving on to the next game.
It could be said that in the entire team, Chen Mo could replace anyone, but no one could replace Chen Mo's role.
Disregarding all other factors, at least in terms of diligence, Chen Mo wouldn't lose to anyone in the video game industry.
Of course, part of this was due to Chen Mo's personality, as well as external factors.
Although Chen Mo had many classic game ideas, they weren't worth much in the video game industry.
Compared to the power of channels and capital, creativity is sometimes very fragile.
Therefore, Chen Mo had to tread carefully, because many opportunities would be hard to grasp once missed.
But after seeing Nini play Minecraft, Chen Mo realized something.
Thunderbolt Entertainment was now an influential video game company. He was no longer the unknown video game designer from before.
He could now slow down a little. He didn't have to calculate every step so precisely like before, and he couldn't afford to make any mistakes in every step.
Every player should be treated as a living person, not a bunch of cold data.
It was time to think about something other than making money.
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Chen Mo's office on the second floor of the experience store.
Lin Xiao handed over a document to Chen Mo, "Manager, the renovations to the new store are basically complete. Everything was done according to your plan. This is the detailed report."
Chen Mo reached out and took it. "Alright, thanks for your hard work."
Lin Xiao asked, "Then, Store Manager, when are we going to move there? If the date is confirmed, I will inform everyone. "
Chen Mo thought for a bit, "Next week, we can let everyone know now."
Lin Xiao nodded, "Alright."
Chen Mo started looking through the report after Lin Xiao left.
The location of the new experience store had been in consideration since November last year, before Minecraft was released. Lin Xiao had been running around the entire Imperial Capital during this time, looking for a lot of places.
In the end, Chen Mo settled on a four story office building.
It was located in the northeast of the Imperial Capital, between the third and fourth ring roads, right next to the subway station. The office building was a bit low, mainly because there were historical sites along the way, so buildings that were too tall weren't allowed. As a result, only four stories were built.
The entire building was under construction, and was due to be completed in March. Chen Mo was quite satisfied with the structure and location of the building, so he decided to buy it.
The price was sixty thousand per square meter, and the four stories were six hundred square meters, which was a total of nine hundred million. This price was a bit on the expensive side, but there were many benefits to it. One was that it was convenient to get around, two was that it was quite close to Chen Mo's experience store, and three was that the size and number of floors fit Chen Mo's requirements, so he decided to buy it right away.
After it was completed in March, Chen Mo found a professional company to design and renovate the building, slightly changing the structure of the building, and adding various decorations both inside and outside the building.
Including all sorts of miscellaneous expenses, as well as the equipment for the experience store, Chen Mo spent a total of three hundred million. The new experience store's renovations were now complete.
The entire experience store's structure was planned by Chen Mo himself.
It was a five minute walk from the subway station to the main entrance of the experience store. The lobby on the first floor was the reception and resting area. There were many sofas for players to rest and chat on, as well as specialized coffee machines and drinks.
The lobby faced the elevators, and there were two elevators that could go from the first to the fourth floor.
The corridors on both sides connected to the main usable areas. The first floor was the PC gaming experience area, similar to an internet cafe. The left and right sides of the lobby were two areas, which added up to around one thousand two hundred square meters, with two hundred computers.
The second floor was the holographic projection area and the mobile gaming experience area. The second, third, and fourth floors didn't need a lobby, but there was a girl at the front desk in charge of receiving players.
The holographic projection area had a large holographic projector and two smaller ones, which could display in-game scenes and graphics through holographic projection.
However, in this world, these holographic projectors weren't very popular due to their high price and impractical value. Chen Mo bought them in preparation for future eSports games.
Apart from that, there was a large LED screen on the wall of the second floor, similar to the screens at concerts and eSports competitions, for players to watch.
The other areas were for the audience, and the other for the mobile gaming experience area. Every seat had a phone and tablet attached to the seat for players to experience.
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