Lin Mao asked, "Chen Mo, your gaming platform has caused quite a stir recently. You must have offended quite a few people, right?"
Chen Mo laughed, "Offended people? Are you talking about the distributors? I didn't have a good impression of them in the first place. Moreover, what do you mean by offending them? I don't care what they think, it's none of my business whether they're happy or not. In fact, they should be sucking up to me. "
Lin Mao laughed too, "Alright, alright, you're getting ahead of yourself. Come, let's have a toast to your ego! "
The three of them raised their glasses and downed it in one gulp.
Chen Mo poured a glass for the two of them.
Lin Mao also took a bottle of beer and poured a glass for Chen Mo, "To be honest, I'm quite curious, why did you make a gaming platform? Thunderbolt Gaming Platform is currently the third largest gaming platform in China. If you want to be like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and take seventy to eighty percent of the revenue, why would you lower it to thirty percent? "
Chen Mo replied, "Others might not understand, but you do."
Lin Mao blinked, "You just don't like the distributors?"
Chen Mo laughed, "Yeah, I just don't like the distributors."
Zhao Zihao gave him a thumbs up, "Awesome."
Chen Mo said, "Actually, there are channels overseas as well. For example, some of the bigger gaming platforms take an average of thirty percent, or at most fifty percent. There's nothing more than that. But what about the larger distributors in China? They use the fact that they have users to oppress new designers who don't have much ability, sometimes even taking eighty or ninety percent of the revenue!
"Moreover, the distributors have a monopoly on the gaming market, giving the players a bunch of trash games in order to make money. It doesn't benefit the players at all.
"Both the players and the designers are suffering. Some designers have no choice but to be exploited by the distributors in order to get recommendation spots and get more attention from the players. They have no choice but to change the profit model of the game, turning a good game into a mess.
"Many independent video game designers with backbone even choose to release their games overseas. As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer innovative games in China.
"I just don't like those channel merchants. Most of the channel merchants with resources have chosen to go along with them. I'm different. Although I'm a platform operator, I'm still a designer. If I don't interfere, no one else can. So I have to stand up."
"Many people think that I'm fighting a price war, but I'm not. I have money and resources now, so I have to do something right. That's all."
Lin Mao nodded, "Alright, Chen Mo, I'm impressed by what you said! But to be honest, I admire your courage. What you did was equivalent to smashing the rice bowls of those distributors. "
Chen Mo laughed, "So what? E-commerce had destroyed the livelihood of physical stores. So what? Things that shouldn't exist should be eliminated by history. I know that I'm doing the right thing, and that's enough. "
Lin Mao said, "Well said. It just so happens that my new game is about to be completed. I plan to support you and put it on your platform. "
Chen Mo nodded, "You're welcome! Don't worry, I will definitely promote you well. How's the completion rate of your game? "
Lin Mao said, "It's pretty high. I plan to put it on the official app store in the next two days. By the way, how many designers have contacted you recently? "
Chen Mo thought for a bit, "I've had tens of designers contact me so far. The main thing is that many are still in a wait-and-see state. After all, Thunderbolt Gaming Platform has never promoted games from other designers before. Moreover, we're in a bad spot with the other channels. It's normal for them to be hesitant. "
Lin Mao said, "Don't worry, we'll take it slow."
Up until now, Lin Mao had already made four games. Basically, he made one game every year, and was now a B-grade videogame designer. Lin Mao's progress was actually quite good, but compared to Chen Mo's cheats, he was a bit unknown.
The three of them continued to chat.
Suddenly, Zhao Zihao remembered something and said, "By the way, when I was overseas, I found a decent RPG map. It's not available in China, it's called COG.
Have you played it before? "
Chen Mo was shocked, "In Chinese it's called Clash of Gods?"
Zhao Zihao nodded, "Yep, that's the name. Also, the playstyle is quite interesting. It's similar to the Chengha3C game you made. There are also three paths, but the layout is a bit different, 5v5. "
Chen Mo furrowed his eyebrows, "Oh, do you have a video?"
"Yes, give me a second."
Zhao Zihao rummaged through his phone for a while before finding a video of COG and showing it to Chen Mo.
The video was recorded on a phone screen, so the clarity wasn't very high. Most people would be confused, but Chen Mo could see it very clearly.
This was a map made using the Warcraft game editor. Just like Chengha3C, there were three paths from left to right, but it already had the concept of wild areas and monsters.
Each of the ten players could control a hero (according to the packaging of the game, they were called Gods), with the goal of destroying the opponent's base.
There wasn't much information in the video, but Chen Mo could roughly guess the structure of the map from the minimap.
Chen Mo nodded, "Yep, interesting."
Zhao Zihao said, "This map is pretty popular overseas, especially in Europe and America. It's pretty popular, and recently climbed to the number one spot on the map for competitive maps. I really like it, it's more balanced than Chengha3C, and it's easier to pick up as well. "
Chen Mo was actually able to look at the data of the international version of Warcraft, but he hadn't been paying attention to it due to his busy schedule. If it wasn't for Zhao Zihao mentioning it, he might have found this map a week or two later.
Chen Mo asked, "Are there any western companies that want to make this map into a separate game?"
Zhao Zihao thought for a bit, "Uhh, apparently the author of this map is looking for a few big video game companies, but they haven't come to an agreement yet due to the high price. I wonder how they're doing now. "
Chen Mo nodded. Fortunately, this was within his expectations.
The author of this map definitely knew the potential of this playstyle. However, COG was a derivative of Warcraft. If they wanted to make it profitable, they would have to make a huge change from the engine to the characters. Evidently, the author didn't have the ability to do so.
However, the western video game companies definitely wouldn't be willing to give him so many resources for a random map. Therefore, it would be hard for both sides to come to an agreement in the short term. COG was still a long way from becoming a separate game.
Chen Mo asked, "Can you contact the author?"
Zhao Zihao was surprised, "Uhh, I think so, why?"
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