In his previous life, MOBAs dominated the PC and mobile market, and there was basically no competition. From Chen Mo's perspective, MOBAs would continue to dominate for a long time, perhaps for another five to ten years.
As for what game would replace MOBAs as the king of gaming for the next ten years? No one knew.
If anyone knew the answer, he could start working on it right now.
This was the case in his previous life, let alone the parallel world where video game design concepts weren't as developed.
Although there were VR games in the parallel world, they weren't as playable as MOBAs in Chen Mo's eyes.
For PC games, the genres that were impacted the most by VR games were first-person adventure games and FPS games, followed by strategy and business. Casual games and mobile games weren't affected by VR games at all.
From Chen Mo's point of view, MOBA games in the parallel world had the same huge potential as in his previous world as they had in his previous world.
This was why he was certain that PC games wouldn't die out, and PC internet cafes wouldn't go extinct.
Of course, he wouldn't explain this to anyone, nor would he reveal any of his game design concepts.
Zhuo Yao looked at the layout of the experience store and asked, "I suddenly thought of something. Are you the only one in your experience store right now?"
Chen Mo was shocked, "What do you mean I'm the only one here? Aren't there a lot of players here? "
Zhuo Yao explained, "No, what I mean is that there are managers and cashiers in the internet cafes. Are you the only one here? Can you handle the work? "
Chen Mo replied, "Oh, so that's what you mean. I can handle it. Most of the computer stuff is done by the players themselves. As for the daily maintenance and cleaning, there are professionals there. I don't actually have to do much. "
Zhuo Yao said, "Then you should at least be on the first floor, right? But isn't your office on the second floor? "
Chen Mo was shocked. He had forgotten about this problem.
Now that the experience store was open for business, Chen Mo had to be on the first floor to keep an eye on things. But Chen Mo's office was on the second floor.
This meant that Chen Mo had to hire a receptionist.
Zhuo Yao said, "I think you should hire a cashier to help you with these things. You're a famous videogame designer now, you can't be doing everything yourself, right?"
Chen Mo nodded, "Yeah, you're right …"
Zhuo Yao stood up: "Alright, I have to go back. You should come to my internet cafe some other day. We're all neighbors, so let's hang out more."
"No problem." Chen Mo stood up and walked her out.
After sending Zhuo Yao off, Chen Mo started thinking about hiring a receptionist.
Now that Plants vs Zombies had entered a stable state of profitability, Chen Mo wasn't as strapped for cash as he was before. It wouldn't be a problem for him to pay another person's salary.
But Chen Mo was considering if he should hire anyone other than the receptionist.
Many video game designers have assistants. For example, some A-grade or S-grade video game designers need to design large-scale VR games. It's definitely not something that can be done by one or two people. They need an entire team.
Chen Mo had a bit of a reputation now. If he were to hire assistants now, it was very likely that there would be a lot of new designers willing to work for free.
However, Chen Mo was hesitant.
This world was different from his previous one. The structure of a company in his previous life was a combination of the strong. The more talent there was, the better a company would grow. Popular games required the hard work of many parties, such as development, distribution, and distribution. Creativity wasn't everything.
However, the parallel world was different. Creativity was everything in the parallel world. Chen Mo had no doubt that if an A-grade video game designer was given an idea for a MOBA game, they would be able to develop a decent MOBA in a year's time.
Chen Mo's Thunderbolt Entertainment wasn't a giant like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment or Zen Entertainment. Creativity was his lifeline, and he couldn't afford to lose it.
He was the one who had Pandora's Box in his hands. Once Pandora's Box was opened, it would cause a huge change in the video game industry. The other video game companies wouldn't just sit there and do nothing. There would definitely be some changes.
What if the changes happened earlier? That wouldn't be good news for Chen Mo.
Therefore, hiring an assistant was risky. After working together for a long time, Chen Mo's design philosophy would definitely affect the assistant. If the assistant was enlightened and decided to start his own company, then Chen Mo would be raising a competitor.
Chen Mo was in a dilemma.
However, after thinking about it, he decided to hire an assistant.
After all, he was going to make a big game in the future, and he couldn't do it alone. He had to take that step sooner or later.
Of course, he had to choose the assistant strictly according to his requirements. He would rather not have one than to hire the wrong one.
After thinking about it, Chen Mo had a rough idea of what to do. He opened his computer and posted a long Weibo post.
"Hiring: A receptionist for the video game experience store. Female, good facial features, a serious attitude, and a basic understanding of the video game industry."
"Hiring: A video game designer assistant. Gender is not limited. Needs to have a good understanding of the video game industry, professionalism, and a serious attitude."
"Applicants will need to prepare the following materials: Resume, a review of Plants vs Zombies, review of any mobile game on the market, and an outlook for the future of the video game industry."
"Please send the above information to my email as a videogame designer. Those who pass will be contacted for an interview."
After writing the long Weibo post, Chen Mo read through it and felt that there weren't any problems, so he sent it.
Chen Mo's Weibo now had close to a hundred thousand followers. Most of them were fans of Plants vs Zombies and video game industry insiders. They were shocked to see the long Weibo post and started reposting it.
"This is a great opportunity, help me repost it."
"I really want to go, but I haven't graduated yet, help me repost it."
"You're the designer of Plants vs Zombies, you'll definitely learn something if you go. Help me repost it."
"I want to go! I'm going to write a game review now! "
Very quickly, Chen Mo's Weibo post was being reposted non-stop. Many people expressed their interest in coming.
Of course, there were more people who wanted to be an assistant, but not many wanted to be a receptionist.
Even in the parallel world, it wasn't easy to get into the industry. Many people who weren't talented enough to make games on their own had to become an assistant if they wanted to join the video game industry.
Now that Chen Mo had some fame, there would be many people who wanted to learn how to make games from him.
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