Jin Jieguang was excited. What Chen Mo said seemed to have opened a door for him, clearing up the vague concepts in his head.
He continued to ask, "Then, manager, is there any other way to simplify the game and eliminate negative feedback?"
"There are other things as well, such as …" Chen Mo suddenly realized something halfway through his sentence and changed his words, "Ahem, I don't think I need to go into detail about that. You can probably guess it anyway."
Jin Jieguang could see that Chen Mo's expression was a bit unnatural. Chen Mo clearly realized that he had said too much.
Jin Jieguang didn't dare to ask any further and said, "Mhmm, good luck manager, League of Legends will definitely be a hit!"
Chen Mo wanted to say something, but didn't say anything else in the end and left.
Jin Jieguang was very excited. He felt like he was a spy infiltrating the enemy's camp, with information that could change the outcome of the battle.
What a fruitful trip!
Seeing that Chen Mo had left, Jin Jieguang quickly took out his notebook and jotted down all the important points that Chen Mo had mentioned.
After that, Jin Jieguang played a few more rounds of League of Legends and changed a few champions. He felt that Chen Mo's words made sense.
Eliminate negative feedback, simplify the controls, and enjoy the game to the fullest. Make the game a beginner's paradise!
Jin Jieguang returned to the hotel in excitement. He didn't even have time to eat as he turned on his laptop and started writing a report on his experience with League of Legends. He wanted to write down everything he learned from this trip.
After all, many designers in the industry knew that Chen Mo's foresight was extremely advanced. Even if his predictions weren't accurate, they would still have some value as a reference!
Jin Jieguang's professional level was still very good. From four o 'clock in the afternoon to nine o' clock in the evening, he wrote the first draft of this experience report in more than five hours.
Not only did he write down his feelings from playing League of Legends, but he also summarized the highlights of the game design. Most importantly, he also summarized the bits and pieces that Chen Mo said and expanded them to form a very complete report.
Chen Mo didn't go into detail before, he only briefly mentioned some design ideas. When Jin Jieguang asked if there were more ways to simplify the game and eliminate negative feedback. Chen Mo said yes, but didn't elaborate.
Jin Jieguang was very sure that Chen Mo had more ways to simplify the game, so he was racking his brain for ideas.
What should be done to eliminate negative feedback?
Yes, I'll cancel the Death Replay so that the players won't feel like they died.
Or hide the number of deaths? Hmm, this is not bad either!
Jin Jieguang had included all of this in his experience report.
The more he looked at the experience report, the more satisfied he was.
After going downstairs for supper, Jin Jieguang revised and improved the experience report until he was completely satisfied.
The next day, Jin Jieguang rushed to the airport without stopping. He could not wait to report to Lin Chaoxu the results of his spying.
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Emperor Dynasty Entertainment Headquarters.
Lin Chaoxu carefully read Jin Jieguang's experience report several times.
Jin Jieguang sat on the side, still unable to conceal the excitement in his heart.
Lin Chaoxu rubbed his chin with his right hand and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Lin Chaoxu said, "When it comes to games, a slight change can affect the entire game. Simplifying the content and hiding the data can indeed reduce the difficulty for new players, allowing more players to enjoy the game, but it can also create new problems."
Jin Jieguang's heart sank. Does Lin Chaoxu not like this report?
"Of course, you've done a great job with this report, you deserve praise." Said Lin Chaoxu, "I'll be submitting this report to GA for the original author of COG to take a look. It's hard to say if he'll accept it or not. We're only an agency after all. According to the agreement, we have no right to interfere with the design of the game."
Jin Jieguang nodded, "Alright, Mr Lin!"
Obviously, Lin Chaoxu was quite satisfied with the report, but firstly, Emperor Dynasty Entertainment had no right to change COG's design. Secondly, whether the direction of 'simplifying the game' and 'hiding data' in the report was correct or not still needed to be verified. Therefore, Lin Chaoxu had his reservations about the report.
Jin Jieguang said after some hesitation, "Mr Lin, even if COG doesn't accept it, we can make something similar …"
Lin Chaoxu glanced at him, "I know, I don't need you to remind me."
Jin Jieguang nodded, "Yes, yes."
"Alright, you've worked hard on this trip to the Imperial Capital. It's been very rewarding. COG is a very important project, don't let your guard down. Go back and think about how you're going to market it, "said Lin Chaoxu.
Jin Jieguang left the room.
Lin Chaoxu looked through the report a few more times.
From what he could see, some of the content made sense, but some of it was too radical and risky.
Jin Jieguang was very detailed with regards to the experience of LoL, which was very commendable.
However, Lin Chaoxu felt that the latter part of the report was a bit risky for future revisions of LoL.
However, since Jin Jieguang's report was very well written, Lin Chaoxu couldn't find anything wrong with it, and even felt a bit impressed.
Lin Chaoxu didn't dwell too much on this matter. Although the report seemed to make sense, Lin Chaoxu didn't make a decision immediately. Instead, he had someone translate it into English and send it to GA's representative.
GA replied two days later, and it was the designer of COG, Raman Clive. There was a paragraph that went like this:
"I don't know how your game is, but I do know that a good game should be rich and colorful. Extreme complexity is what makes a game fun to play. Most 'simplifications' are just emasculating the game. COG will only get more and more complicated in the future, and there's no way we can simplify it.
"Especially your suggestion to cancel the scoreboard, to not display the number of deaths, to cancel the last hit and equipment system, to not deduct experience, etc. These changes are ridiculous in my opinion, so please forgive me for not being able to accept your suggestion."
Lin Chaoxu sighed and closed the document.
Just as he had predicted, the GA's developers and the original author of COG ignored the suggestion. It was obvious that Raman Clive thought he was the designer of COG, and the foreigners on the other side of the ocean were just making blind suggestions.
Lin Chaoxu had seen this happen many times when he was working with foreign companies, so he wasn't too surprised.
Fortunately, GA did report on the progress of the development, which was smoother than Lin Chaoxu expected.
After knowing that Chen Mo was working on COG's competitor, LoL, and that it was almost complete, Lin Chaoxu put pressure on GA to speed up the development.
GA's reply was that they would try their best to speed up the development, and release an initial version of COG during Chinese New Year.
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