September 17th …
Shang Yang Games …
The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been officially developed. It was interconnected with the mini-client's data. Players could log in with their own accounts.
There were fewer changes to the game's operations than expected. After all, the original operation mode was to click, click, click.
Now, after changing the scattered UI of the web-based game into a large UI of the mobile game, Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou tried it out and found that the game felt good.
From the gameplay and functions of the game, the mobile version was not much different from the original mini-client. In fact, it might even be more convenient because of the carrier.
Purely from the gaming experience, the mobile version was very successful. Of course, the actual effect depended on the feedback of gamers after it was released.
While the others were busy with the final adjustments, Lin Wan had already contacted the person-in-charge of Shenhua's application store. She had arranged for the best recommendation resources for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version.
At the moment, Shenhua Corporation was still focused on the cell phone business. They did not place much importance on the cell phone software. The changes to the application store this time were just an exploration and a test of the waters.
After all, mobile games were booming. Any company with some users was thinking about how to create a game channel to monetize as many users as possible.
Shenhua setting up an application store and a games market was a basic operation that any normal person would think of.
Because it was an exploration and a test of the waters, Shenhua's application store was not that complete. Even so, Shenhua's cell phones had many high-net-worth users. Every recommendation spot on the application store was very precious.
All recommendation spots had a price tag. What's more, some of the best recommendation spots could not be obtained just by having money. It depended on the game's data.
After all, the more money a game earned, the more profits it would give to the platform. Since the game developers and publishers paid about the same amount of money, games with better data would naturally be promoted.
Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had a special relationship with Lin Wan. Naturally, all sorts of reviews were green-lit.
Lin Yu did not have to do it personally. She only gave instructions to the junior leader in charge of the application store. Naturally, someone would run around to settle this matter.
From Lin Yu's point of view, this recommendation spot was just a way to thank Boss Pei and to express her goodwill to Lin Wan.
She meant 'I'll give you a recommendation spot to coax you'. It was not 'I fully support you in pursuing your dreams by creating games'.
Lin Wan was naturally aware of this as well.
Thus, she was even more eager for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version to achieve good results.
First, he had to complete this mission well so that he could live up to Boss Pei's trust.
Secondly, he was in charge of a successful project, which was the first step towards fulfilling his dream of the game.
Finally, Lin Wan hoped to use this opportunity to prove to Elder Lin and Lin Yu that she hadn't chosen the gaming industry out of impulse. She was fully capable of making a name for herself in this field.
Lin Wan was the one who had made the decision to change Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version into a mobile game. If it failed miserably, it would be a triple blow to Lin Wan.
At that time, she might really consider resigning.
The recommendation spots had already been arranged. Success or failure would depend on tomorrow's release.
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Ye Zhizhou had just finished playing the game and was now looking at the in-game chat group.
The guild chat group for Bloody Battle Song's veteran players was still around. Players were also paying attention to the game's recent developments.
In the beginning, these veteran players did not have much hope for the game.
After what Old Liu did, Bloody Battle Song's web-based game was basically on the brink of death. Even if it was suddenly announced that it would cease operations one day, gamers would not find it strange at all.
However, slowly, this game that looked like it was going to die at any moment was slowly coming back to life!
First, the game's content was completely changed. The 'Chosen One' system was updated. In an instant, the game changed from a traditional web-based game that sold hatred and cheated people of their money into a game that everyone was equal. It did not matter if they did not spend money.
After that, the official platform invested a lot of resources into producing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. The art resources were completely revamped, and many celebrities were hired to endorse the game.
All these signs showed that Shang Yang Games, the developer of this game, was suddenly not short of money!
Although everyone did not know where Shang Yang Games got its money from, having money was a good thing.
Having money meant that the official platform could temporarily withstand the losses. They could make many changes to the game and spend money on publicity.
All in all, all these signs indicated that this game was heading towards an extremely bright future!
Recently, there was news that they were going to release a mobile version of the game that allowed data to be exchanged. This made the veteran players in the group even more excited.
That way, they could play the game whenever and wherever they wanted.
They could play it on their way to work or on their beds after work. If they wanted better graphics, they could turn on their computers and play the mini client.
All in all, it was a pain in the ass to not have a computer by their side when they fought in the past. Now, that problem was solved!
At the same time, the popularity of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version's advertisement also gave these veteran players an illusion.
It seemed like the entire world knew about this game.
Zhang Zuting and his four good brothers' advertisement caused a stir on the internet. Just the advertisement collection alone had more than two million views on Aili Island.
Zha Zhuti memes could be seen everywhere on the internet. There were also many videos of people dissing this advertisement and the game itself.
If this was not popular, what was popular?
Thus, naturally, players were eagerly waiting for the mobile version to be released.
However, Ye Zhizhou, who had been lurking among the players, knew very well that this was all an illusion.
On the surface, this game seemed to be doing well. However, in reality, Shang Yang Games had been burning Boss Pei's money. Ten million yuan had already been spent on research, development, and marketing.
Ten million yuan was not a small sum.
If they were to scrimp a little, they would be able to make a small-scale client-side game or a high-quality independent game.
If the mobile version of the game continued to maintain its current popularity after its release, it would be a huge blow to everyone.
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September 18th …
Today, everyone in Shang Yang Games arrived at the office early and waited anxiously.
They downloaded Shenhua's application store on their cell phones and checked it every once in a while.
10 AM …
Ye Zhizhou refreshed the application store out of habit and exclaimed, "I got it! I got it!"
The people around him immediately came over.
Shenhua's application store could be downloaded from other brands of cell phones (apart from Pineapple). Shenhua's cell phones would be pre-installed with Shenhua's application store when they left the factory.
Everyone immediately began to play the 'search and see' game. They began to search for the recommendation spot for the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song.
After searching through all of them, everyone could not help but take a deep breath.
This was like treating one's biological daughter!
It was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
On the application store's main page, there were four advertisement spots at the top. The first one was Bloody Battle Song.
Zhang Zuting raised his huge sword and looked like he was about to chop it down.
Below it were five horizontal categories. Below them were five popular recommended applications, including online shopping apps, video apps, and other popular apps.
What's more, Bloody Battle Song was one of these five programs.
The icon was Zhang Zuting's avatar in a cosplay costume. The title was: Bloody Battle Song (Server opens on the 18th, 10 AM).
Below it was the size of the installation package: 370MB. It had a four-and-a-half-star rating. There was also a slogan: Endorsed by Zhang Zuting, an absolutely fair and green national war game!
After clicking on it, they were immediately sent to Bloody Battle Song's details page.
This was the application store's main page. Every recommendation spot was worth its weight in gold.
Yet, Bloody Battle Song had taken up two such important spots!
That was not all. On the game store's main page, the first recommendation spot on the 'Editor's Picks' was still Bloody Battle Song!
Clicking on the 'Online Games' category, Bloody Battle Song was still in the 'New Recommended Games of the Month' category!
The third main page was a leaderboard. All the apps and games in the market would be ranked according to a certain algorithm based on their recent and long-term downloads, ratings, popularity, profitability, and other factors.
In seventh place was still Bloody Battle Song!
There was a caption below it: 350,000 installs, 4.7 rating. The most eye-catching thing was that there was a very eye-catching red label behind the title: Selected Recommendation!
This recommendation was made by the official staff of Shenhua's application store. They would regularly select games with good quality and good sales before awarding them.
With this label, it was as if they were telling all Shenhua's users that this was a good game that had been selected by the officials!
With such a wide variety of recommendation spots, it was no wonder that everyone was deeply moved.
How many connections did one have to have in order to get them?!
Forget about the scattered recommendation spots, such as the small recommendation spots on the main page, they could all be bought with money.
However, the heavy recommendation spots on the main page not only had to compete with other popular games, but they also had to compete with other popular apps. They would not stand a chance if they paid less!
Of course, the recommendation spots on the main page were not the worst.
The worst thing was that they had secretly pushed Bloody Battle Song to seventh place on the leaderboard!
On the cell phone's screen, the seventh place was right at the bottom. They did not have to flip the page to see it.
This leaderboard was generally calculated according to an algorithm. The ranking was basically fair.
After all, it would be too obvious if the entire leaderboard was faked. Users would easily be able to see through it.
Thus, the usual method was to sneak one or two promotional projects into the leaderboard, then create some fake data to whitewash it. In any case, most users would not know the exact rules of the leaderboard.
It was just like how Weibo bought trending searches.
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