Thunderbolt Tabletop's content was completed. It contained three games, Dou Dizhu, Mahjong, and Thunderbolt Poker (Texas hold 'em).
was also a dual-terminal game for both computers and mobile phones. However, players could choose to install or uninstall the parts of the game they didn't want to play.
Moreover, Chen Mo had integrated the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform into all existing games. After the update, players who wanted to continue playing Plants vs Zombies and I Am MT would have to log into the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform first.
Of course, as compensation, Chen Mo also gave out some runes to the players.
Afterwards, Chen Mo found Xu Xiaojun, the person in charge of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's marketing department, to arrange for Thunderbolt Tabletop to be released.
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Emperor Dynasty Entertainment Headquarters.
Xu Xiaojun handed the phone used for testing to Lin Chaoxu, "Mr Lin, this is the game that Chen Mo wants to put on our promotional spot."
Lin Chaoxu frowned as he took a look, "Tabletop?"
Xu Xiaojun nodded, "Yep, if you're fine with it, we'll put this game on our promotional spot from next Monday."
Lin Chaoxu said after some hesitation, "No problem, promote it for him. Emperor Dynasty can't go back on their word. As for the game, leave it with me for now, I'll take a look at it. "
"Roger," Xu Xiaojun left.
Lin Chaoxu had quite a lot of work to do, and only managed to find some time to try out Chen Mo's Thunderbolt Tabletop after an hour or so.
To Lin Chaoxu, although Chen Mo was only a C-grade videogame designer, he had already shown his fangs, and was worth spending some time to pay attention to.
Ten minutes later.
Lin Chaoxu went through most of the playstyles and systems of Thunderbolt Tabletop, and fell into deep thought.
Afterwards, Lin Chaoxu made a call, "Hello, Wu Zhao? Come to my office, I have something to discuss with you. "
Wu Zhao arrived about half an hour later.
Wu Zhao was about thirty years old. He was dressed casually and had long hair. He looked like a freelancer who did whatever he wanted.
Wu Zhao was the person in charge of Emperor Dynasty Tabletop, as well as an A-grade videogame designer. Everything in Emperor Dynasty Tabletop, including poker, mahjong, and local tabletop, was decided by him.
Wu Zhao asked, "Mr. Lin, what can I do for you?"
Wu Zhao was confused as well. Emperor Dynasty Tabletop wasn't something that received much attention in Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, and it wasn't very profitable. Lin Chaoxu rarely called him to his office for a meeting.
Lin Chaoxu handed the phone to Wu Zhao. "Play this board game and give me a brief review of it."
Wu Zhao took the phone. "Thunderbolt Tabletop?"
Although he did not understand Lin Chaoxu's intentions, Wu Zhao still clicked the icon and entered the game.
First, he logged in with his Thunderbolt Game Pass and entered the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform. There were currently six games on the platform: Flappybird, Plants vs Zombies, I Am MT, Happy Dou Dizhu, Happy Mahjong, and Thunderbolt Poker.
The first three games were grayed out. If you wanted to play, you could download them. The last three tabletop games had already been downloaded.
Wu Zhao clicked on Happy Dou Dizhu and entered the game.
Although there was an extra step before entering the game, the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform's interface was very simple and easy to use. Therefore, although it was a bit troublesome, it was still acceptable.
There were no players in the game yet, but there were a few robots in the lowest level arenas, so it wasn't completely impossible to play.
Wu Peng followed the instructions and played two rounds. The gameplay was the same as Emperor Dynasty's Dou Dizhu, nothing special.
However, Thunderbolt Tabletop had done a lot of optimizations in terms of guidance outside of the game. Some of the guidance even made Wu Peng feel like it was too simple and straightforward. Some of the rules that veteran poker players were already very familiar with were also introduced in a serious manner.
Moreover, this game also gave the players a lot of Happy Beans, including the first three bankruptcies every day, the completion of specific missions, and so on. There would be many Happy Beans as a reward.
The Noble and Merchant Shop system was also quite rich, including some paid emojis, paid interactions, etc. The quick chat and character movements within the mahjong table were also quite complete.
Wu Zhao clicked on Happy Mahjong after he was done.
The gameplay was pretty much the same as other mahjong games. Popular genres like Blood Mahjong were also included. What was similar to Happy Dou Dizhu was that Happy Mahjong's new player guide and experience were also quite good, clearly better than other tabletop games.
Finally, Wu Zhao clicked on Thunderbolt Poker.
What surprised him was that this was a genre that he had never seen before.
Wu Zhao was an experienced tabletop game enthusiast, as well as a tabletop game designer. He had researched all sorts of tabletop games both in China and abroad, and even if he hadn't, he would have seen them before.
However, he had never seen Thunderbolt Poker's playstyle before.
From a gameplay perspective, it was a bit like Five-card stud, and a bit like Golden Flower, but there were obvious differences.
Thunderbolt Poker's guide was very complete, every step of the game was clearly explained, including key settings such as the cards were easy to remember.
Wu Zhao had a basic grasp of the gameplay after playing for five minutes. However, since there were no players in the arena, only robots, Wu Zhao hadn't discovered the core of the game yet.
From Wu Zhao's perspective, it was only a decent tabletop game, not as good as classic tabletop games like Dou Dizhu and Mahjong.
Wu Zhao played all three tabletop games before asking, "Mr Lin, is this a tabletop game made by Thunderbolt Entertainment?"
"Don't worry about who made it, tell me what you think of this tabletop game," said Lin Chaoxu.
Wu Zhao nodded, "Alright, I'll give you my thoughts on it.
"You know the tabletop game market in China, there's a lot of users, but average profits. Like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Fantasy Gaming Platform, we've been making tabletop games because we're interested in the tabletop game user base, and want to convert them to our gaming platform.
"So, normally, tabletop games are made to expand the user base. If you want to make a profit, tabletop games aren't the best choice.
"This game, how do I put it, it's obvious that it's trying to expand the user base. Dou Dizhu and Mahjong aren't innovative in terms of gameplay, but they've made a lot of changes to the new player guide and daily benefits. They're obviously trying to poach away the less loyal tabletop game users.
"Like our Emperor Dynasty Tabletop, there are some players who don't like to top up, and only have a few dozen or a few hundred beans on them. They'll go in and play a few rounds every day just to get some money. This group of people is likely to be poached by this game. "
"But don't worry. First of all, tabletop games need to have a certain user base in order to become popular. Beginners are the so-called 'fish pond'. The deeper the water, the more new players there are, and the more fun the players will have. Emperor Dynasty Tabletop still has the largest player base, so it's impossible to poach our players in the short term.
"Secondly, the number of players that are easy to poach might be quite a bit, but it's not enough to hurt us too much. Our core players are the active users. These people have a lot of beans in Emperor Dynasty Tabletop, and they're very loyal, so they won't easily change platforms.
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