Chen Mo was searching the internet when he suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Right, I don't think Texas hold 'em is there!"
"But how can Texas hold 'em not be there? This doesn't make sense! "
Chen Mo had been wondering which game was missing, but he couldn't find Texas hold 'em in this world. Isn't this bullsh * t?
Chen Mo continued searching, even going so far as to find a lot of foreign websites, only to find none! There really isn't such a thing as Texas hold 'em in this world!
"I knew it, I felt like something was missing. There really isn't any Texas hold 'em!"
"Alright, I've finally found the last piece of the puzzle for Thunderbolt Tabletop."
Chen Mo was excited. Finally, the framework for the tabletop game was complete.
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Texas hold 'em wasn't considered a popular game in China. If you only counted the number of users, it couldn't compare to Dou Dizhu or Mahjong, and it wasn't as popular.
However, Texas hold 'em was extremely popular in some small circles, and the waters were deep beyond belief.
For example, founders and CEOs of big companies in the IT industry, startup industry, and investment industry were all passionate about Texas hold 'em. People like Kaifu Lee, Liu Chuanzhi, and Jack Ma were all fans of Texas hold' em.
Texas hold 'em could be said to be popular around the world, especially in America. If someone said they played poker, then they were most likely playing Texas hold' em.
In the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the first prize of Texas hold 'em even reached ten million USD. There was once a chef from Sweden who won the championship and became rich overnight.
Many people might be confused as to why Texas hold 'em was so attractive.
If you were to describe the difference between Texas hold 'em and other poker games in one sentence, it would be: Texas hold' em is a poker game that can make a stable profit.
Yes, it sounded like a fantasy, but it was the truth.
Other tabletop games like Dou Dizhu, Mahjong, and Golden Flower all had a strong gambling nature. Skill was important, but luck was even more important. If you played Dou Dizhu or Mahjong as a profession, your profits and losses were largely dependent on luck, which was no different from gambling.
The specialty of gambling was that you would lose the longer you gambled, and no one could guarantee that you would make a stable profit.
However, Texas hold 'em was a game that could make a stable profit. If you kept losing, then it only meant one thing: you were a noob.
In foreign countries, there are Texas hold'em pros, like Phil.
Ivey had won 24 championships in various competitions and entered the money-making circle more than a hundred times. He had won more than 20 million USD in his entire career.
In China, there were also many professional Texas Hold 'em players whose monthly income was around a hundred thousand. Due to various reasons, the promotion of Texas Hold 'em in the country was limited. Even so, there were still 60 million poker players in the country.
Why was DeepPaul a game that could make a stable profit? That was because the rules of poker were more complicated than most poker games. You could choose to quit at any time, or you could raise the stakes crazily to double your chips.
Moreover, when playing poker, you can judge your opponent's hand based on their actions (raising, calling, etc.) and play with different strategies.
Dirk Poker was not like Golden Flower. Golden Flower was completely dependent on the hand. If you had the strongest hand, you would definitely win. However, the final outcome of Dirk Poker depended on the five public cards. In theory, even if you had the smallest hand of 27, you could still win against the biggest hand of Ace.
In order to play Dirk Poker, you needed to be good at calculating probabilities, hiding your expression, knowing how to predict your opponent's hand based on their actions, and maintaining a good attitude. The importance of luck in winning or losing could be said to be reduced to the minimum.
If it was a game between an expert and a noob, the noob might have a better hand than the expert, but it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the expert could defeat the noob by playing mind games.
In games like Dou Dizhu or Mahjong, a noob might be able to win one or two big rounds with luck, but in Texas Hold 'em, a noob would never have that chance.
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With the general framework in place, Chen Mo started writing the design document.
The rules of tabletop games were relatively clear and simple, much faster than I Am MT. This time, Chen Mo planned to finish both Thunderbolt Gaming Platform and Thunderbolt Tabletop within a month, then spend another week tweaking before going live.
The next morning.
Chen Mo sent a design outline to Su Jinyu.
"The outline is done, you can fill in the details. Don't touch anything related to the story, let Zheng Hongxi handle it when he's here. The two of you will be working on this game together, it'll be a test of his story design skills, "said Chen Mo.
Su Jinyu received the document from Chen Mo. What surprised her was that the design document was very small, only one or two hundred words.
"Lifeline? An interactive fiction game? "Su Jinyu was shocked.
Chen Mo nodded, "Yep, it's mainly for you and Zheng Hongxi to practice with. I've already highlighted a few important points in the document, it'll be up to you two to see how well this game goes."
Su Jinyu said, "But, manager, this game looks too simple, right?"
Chen Mo laughed, "Simple games can be great too, don't be too arrogant. You can think about adding a few more playstyles under the framework. "
Su Jinyu nodded, "Yep, alright. Got it. "
After leaving Lifeline to Su Jinyu, Chen Mo put all his focus on the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform and Thunderbolt Tabletop.
Lifeline was an interactive fiction game, and Chen Mo wanted to give it to Zheng Hongxi to practice and test his story design skills.
Once Thunderbolt Tabletop and Lifeline were done, Chen Mo would start planning for his first big game.
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Chen Mo spent the next two days fine-tuning the design document.
Thunderbolt Tabletop had three products, Happy Dou Dizhu, Happy Mahjong, and Thunderbolt Poker (Texas hold 'em in his previous life). These three products didn't have the same user base, so they had to be made into three different games. However, many of the art resources for these three games could be used, such as character appearances, item icons, poker cards, etc.
As for these resources, Chen Mo handed them over to the outsourcing company. Since there were tabletop games in the parallel world, they could be found all over the place. They didn't have to be too strict on the quality of the art. Therefore, Chen Mo's only requirement was to be fast. He had to finish all the art within two weeks.
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