Chapter 24
Words:1939Update:22/06/18 02:19:51
A moment later.
The group was in an uproar!
"Isn't Tengda the company behind The Lonely Desert Road?!"
“！！！ They're not making scammers anymore and are making mobile games? "
"To think that a company as such would have a conscience! Is that for real?!"
All of them did a search and naturally discovered that the game was actually produced by the same company as The Lonely Desert Road, a scammy game that had become popular a while ago!
That didn't seem possible for a company to have a conscience!
Ruan Guangjian explained hurriedly, "It's true! You can download the game if you don't believe me! It's really fair! You can play the game for free for 10 yuan and the only additional charge is the permanent card that costs 30 yuan. After you buy it, you'll get an additional 10 consecutive draws every day and there's nothing else!"
"For real?"
Chen Qi was doubtful.
A mobile card game that did not have any in-app purchases?
What were they counting on to earn money?
Were they counting on the 10 yuan per player to recoup their capital?
Wasn't that a game that was destined to lose money?!
Disbelieving, everyone purchased the game to check it out.
However, they realized that the game truly had a conscience after they entered it!
Indeed, there was a shop system. However, there was only a single product in the shop – the permanent card that cost 30 yuan.
Ghost General did not have any of the payment options that other card games would have, such as stamina potions, the number of times one could challenge a level, card draw and so on!
In other words, all players would be experiencing the exact same game experience. There was no distinction between rich and poor players, and there was no difference between rich players and free players!
Even the only internal purchase service was a lifetime card, and it was only 30 yuan!
That was equivalent to the price of a card in Fantasy World and it was for a lifetime!
Chen Qi was shocked.
He could not understand it!
As a famous game concept artist in the country, he worked for a top game company in the country and was a professional in the industry.
Even though he was in charge of art, he knew a thing or two about game design as well.
The in-app purchase service in card games was the main source of income. Many rich players would spend hundreds or even thousands of yuan to top up and a single one of them could match up to a few hundred ordinary players.
This profit model started with Qute Three Kingdoms and the in-app purchase income of the game was something that many game companies were jealous of.
Of course, there were many players who would criticize the game for being too shady.
However, why would the game company refuse to live with money?
Chen Qi did not expect a company to be so strong-willed. Not only did they use all the research and development funds to improve the quality of the game without leaving a single cent for marketing, they even took the initiative to cut off their own source of income just to provide an equal gaming experience for all players!
What kind of spirit was this?
Very childish, but also very noble!
Tears welled up in Chen Qi's eyes. He thought of himself when he had just entered the industry. At that time, the domestic standalone games were flourishing. Gamers like him did not forget their original intentions and worked hard to create standalone games with a "conscience."
But now, there weren't many companies with such a conscience!
"No problem. I'll post it on Weibo to help you promote it. We can't let such a good game be buried!" Chen Qi was the first to speak.
The others naturally responded in unison!
"It's a game with a conscience. I'm going to promote it too!"
"I don't have many followers on Weibo. How about this, I'll go to the other groups and shout."
"Those who posted it on Weibo, don't forget to attach these original art. These are the essence of the game!"
Of course, there were also people who were slightly suspicious.
Could they be here to freeload off the big shots for free?
However, on second thought, it didn't seem like it.
The key was that Ruan Guangjian's original art was truly beautiful and had everyone convinced. Otherwise, none of these reputable people in the industry would be willing to help him promote it for free.
Furthermore, this game truly had a conscience. In fact, it had even removed all the purchase options in the game.
A company with a conscience as such did not buy fake reviewers or fake reviews. What was there to be suspicious about?
Based on the current situation, the game was most likely going to suffer a huge loss. Helping to promote it would be a way to let it die in peace.
Before long, a few of the big shots in the group shared Ruan Guangjian's Weibo and original art.
Chen Qi shared it as well and even wrote a paragraph of his own.
"This is the work of a friend in the group. I especially like this style of original art. It's a reinterpretation of the characters of the three kingdoms. It's extremely imaginative and the style can be said to have its own style."
"P.S. This seems to be a contribution for a game company. The name of the game is Ghost General."
Chen Qi did not give too much of an introduction. Part of the reason was because of his character and he wasn't too good with words. Another part of the reason was because he didn't want others to think that this was a commercial or advertisement.
If he were to exaggerate too much, it would be as bad as going too far.
The Weibo post gave off the impression that it was just a casual mention to share his friend's work.
Of course, even though these artists were big shots in the industry, strictly speaking, they didn't have many fans.
Take Chen Qi for example. Even though he was the main artist and concept designer for a large scale domestic game project and had many popular original art works, his Weibo followers were only in the hundreds of thousands.
A similar post on Weibo would have at most a few hundred comments, no more.
However, Chen Qi's Weibo friends weren't limited to artists who only focused on original art for games like himself.
Among the group of people who followed one another, there were artists who drew comics, famous producers from game companies, and even some second and third-rate celebrities and novel authors.
Chen Qi's group had quite the influence as a result of his publicity.
Before long, the number of comments on Weibo increased rapidly.
"Are these characters from the three kingdoms that were modified? So handsome! "
"Is this the work of a foreign artist?"
"It's the work of a Chinese artist!"
"A Chinese artist can actually produce an original art of such a unique style?"
"Wow! Just looking at the original art alone is enough to make it look so cool!"
"This game is called Ghost General? Why haven't I heard of it before? "
"Mobile games are all cartoonish and I'm about to puke from looking at it! This style is so refreshing!"
"Let's go check it out!"
The response was unexpectedly enthusiastic!
Actually, that was normal as well. After all, Qute Three Kingdoms had been a popular game for a year now!
In the past year, Qute Three Kingdoms had been expanding the number of mobile card game gamers, allowing most mobile gamers to get familiar with mobile card games without any obstacles.
However, on the other hand, gamers were gradually getting tired of Qute Three Kingdoms' style as well.
It was especially so because of the cartoonish style of the game. After watching a large number of games that followed the trend, many gamers were already suffering from aesthetic fatigue and wanted to puke at the sight of cartoonish art!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
