Ma Yang packed his stuff and headed out to a nearby bookstore to buy some books on game design.
Pei Qian did not know if he could buy it, but there were so many big bookstores. He should be able to find it, right?
In fact, at this time, some shopping platforms had already appeared on the Internet, including websites that specialized in selling books.
However, many people haven't figured it out yet. Even some slower students haven't opened online banking yet.
Ma Yang was the more traditional type of student. When he thought about buying a book, his first choice was to go to a bookstore and flip through a portion of the content before deciding whether or not to buy it.
Of course, this situation would change drastically in the next few years.
Pei Qian returned to his bed, switched on his laptop, and thought about what to do next.
In the afternoon, Ma Yang returned.
He was carrying seven or eight books, and one of them was a large one. It was about two fingers thick, and it was a 16-folio book. The title of the book was Advanced Programming Essentials.
There were also a bunch of other books.
For example: "Survival Guide Outside Code", "Program Development Management Guide", "Code Encyclopedia", "Design Mode", and "Cervical Spondylosis Rehabilitation Guide".
Ma Yang felt that he had gained a lot.
Pei Qian flipped through the books that Ma Yang had brought back and finally, his gaze landed on the 'Cervical Spondylosis Rehabilitation Guide'.
You're really well-prepared!
He even considered the possibility of getting cervical spondylosis in the future?
But the biggest problem programmers faced was not cervical spondylosis, but death from overwork!
Besides, you're not a programmer!
Before this, Pei Qian had almost thought that he had chosen the wrong person when he saw how much effort Ma Yang had put into this matter.
However, when he saw the books that Ma Yang had chosen, Pei Qian was certain.
Ma Yang was his best partner! There was no doubt about it!
Look, I went all the way out to the bookstore and only picked out these few books.
Even if he said that it was useless, he couldn't say that it was completely useless.
Saying that it was useful, what the hell was the use of it!
It was a typical case of working for nothing.
Pei Qian patted Ma Yang on the shoulder. "Ma Yang, we're doing design, not programming."
"Besides, don't you know that games are now made with game editors?"
"Moreover, technology is developing explosively now, and the speed of innovation is too fast. The technology in these books is already in a state of half-obsolete, and they really can't be used anymore."
Ma Yang's face paled. "I was wondering why the bookstore was offering discounts! So you can't sell it! "
"I searched the bookstore for a long time, but I couldn't find any books on game design. This is all I found. When I saw that they were on sale, I picked a few books and bought them. "
"What should we do? Even discounted books aren't refundable!"
Ma Yang was a little flustered.
Pei Qian was completely relieved. He smiled and said, "It's alright. It's good that you have this intention. If you feel that you shouldn't buy these books for free, you can take a look at them. They might be of some help. "
When Ma Yang heard this, he relaxed slightly. "Do you want to see it? We can take turns. "
Pei Qian's expression darkened as he quickly waved his hand. "No need, no need."
Who would want to read these books? They were too uncomfortable to even use as pillows!
Lying on his bed, Ma Yang flipped open the thickest 'Advanced Programming Essentials'.
Five minutes later, he heard snoring coming from his bed.
Pei Qian was pleased.
Hmm, reliable!
Look at this attitude, 100 points!
Looking at this ability, 0 points!
Isn't this the designer I've been looking for?
It was a pity that Pei Qian only knew one person as talented as Ma Yang.
If there were a few more of them, wouldn't Pei Qian be invincible? Losing 300,000 yuan was easy!
…
Pei Qian opened ERSO's official game editor and disregarded the thousands of downloads for The Lonely Desert Road as he started to think about his future plans.
As an independent game, its popularity often came and went quickly.
What's more, The Lonely Desert Road was a game that did not have any technical content or sustainable gameplay.
Actually, there were similar examples in Pei Qian's previous life as well. Games with low quality, rough art resources and boring gameplay exploded in popularity due to special reasons.
However, such examples were extremely rare. Out of hundreds of similar games, there might only be one or two of them.
Pei Qian had not expected to bump into something like this!
In the coming period of time, The Lonely Desert Road's popularity would definitely plummet. Naturally, the downloads and income would plummet as well – that was a normal phenomenon.
However, no matter if it plummeted or not, the game was still earning money. That was what pained Pei Qian the most.
Reflecting on the painful experience, Pei Qian decided to change his mindset.
He could not make an independent game this time round – he had to change!
That was because in the short term, Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. was already bound to The Lonely Desert Road in the hearts of gamers.
Pei Qian was faced with a dilemma.
If he were to make a scam game, he might have to replicate The Lonely Desert Road's success. Even if it wasn't as popular as it was, it would still be a devastating blow to Pei Qian if he were to make a slight profit.
However, if he didn't make a deceptive game and made a proper, normal, independent game … Perhaps the players would buy the game because they thought it was of acceptable quality.
That would be terrible!
Furthermore, it would take a lot of effort to spend the 300,000 to make an independent game.
How expensive would he have to buy the templates and art resources to spend the 300,000?!
Furthermore, if he were to buy those expensive art resources and make the game look so beautiful, he might even be able to attract a bunch of gamers into the game. He wouldn't be making a loss then!
Therefore, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided to give up on these gamers who were passionate about independent games and change his field.
300,000 wasn't enough to make a large scale game.
Even though Pei Qian's goal was to lose money, he had to at least make a finished game.
If the game didn't pass the vetting process and the 300,000 was spent without any results, the system would judge it as a violation.
Therefore, he had to spend all the money and make the game.
Pei Qian scrolled through the official platform and finally confirmed his goal.
Mobile games!
This was a choice he had no other choice. On the one hand, he didn't have enough money to make a large scale game. On the other hand, it wasn't suitable for him to make an independent game in the short term.
Mobile gamers and independent gamers were not the same group.
Independent gamers might check out the new game because they knew about Tengda. However, mobile gamers would not.
As long as the mobile game was trashy enough, Pei Qian was certain that no one would care about it!
After confirming his direction, it was time for market research.
Pei Qian entered the official platform and browsed through all the popular mobile games. He even downloaded a few popular mobile games to try them out.
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