Bao Xu looked at Pei Qian's office. "Is Boss Pei in?"
"No, he hasn't been here for the past two days," Lu Mingliang said.
On Lu Mingliang's side, the dubbing had already been completed.
They started recording on the 25th of last month and only finished on and off on the 1st of this month. The efficiency was not fast, but it was still passable.
After all, Lu Mingliang wasn't a professional dubbing actor. Even if he had a dubbing teacher guiding him from the side, he would often have to NG's dozens of times before he was satisfied.
Now that the dubbing was done, they could focus on the game.
"Brother Bao, I've sent you all the design documents for the new game. Can you see if there's anything else that needs to be changed?"
Lu Mingliang respected Bao Xu a lot.
After all, Bao Xu was the source of inspiration for Ocean Stronghold. If Bao Xu claimed to be the second best at figuring out Boss Pei's intentions, no one would dare claim to be the best!
Bao Xu opened the document and skimmed through it.
"Boss Pei was the one who decided it. I won't look at it. Even if you look at it, you might not understand it. "
It was a taboo to make changes to a game design.
Everyone had their own way of thinking. Most of the time, there was no absolute right or wrong. The key was to have the final say and not to make a mess.
When Bao Xu heard that Boss Pei was personally in charge of the project, he knew that it could not be wrong.
All he had to do was watch and learn. How could he possibly find fault with it?
That was exactly what Pei Qian had planned.
The game had already started development, and Bao Xu couldn't interfere even if he returned.
Since Bao Xu couldn't get involved in work, he would definitely immerse himself in gaming.
In this way, the success rate of the new game was reduced by another notch.
The plan worked!
…
Indeed, it was as Pei Qian had expected.
Bao Xu flipped through the design draft and looked at the others. He felt that the new game did not need his help.
Thus, he turned on his computer and started playing Ocean Stronghold.
I haven't played games for a month, and I'm so bored!
As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Bao Xu felt that the company was simply heaven. He didn't want to go anywhere else!
As he played, Bao Xu felt that something was wrong.
It didn't seem to be that perfect?
A month ago, Bao Xu felt that Ocean Stronghold was already perfect.
But after a month, when he played again, he had a new feeling.
"Since I have nothing to do, I'll optimize Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold a little."
…
Bao Xu casually took a notebook and played with it while recording the content to be changed.
Ever since Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold were released, not a single new version had been updated.
Don't the players have any objections?
Of course!
However … since Pei Qian couldn't hear it, he would pretend that he didn't!
It had been close to four months since the release of Ghost General and a month since the release of Ocean Stronghold.
Some game manufacturers that updated faster would release a new version every month, and that was not something that didn't exist.
If it was a little longer, a new version every three months would be acceptable.
However, the game was clearly still making money. It was quite popular and earning a lot of money, but there was no update at all for four whole months. That was unprecedented!
Pei Qian did not want to update the version at all.
Because these two games were too popular!
Looking at the sales of Ghost General's Permanent Card and Ocean Stronghold's Red Kilin …
According to the requirements of the system, a new version would have to come up with a new payment point. They couldn't just throw money at it without making a profit.
Pei Qian did some calculations and felt that gamers would have to spend money again now that there was a new purchase option!
Therefore, he pretended that nothing had happened and focused on developing the new game.
If they didn't update the game, they would be able to reduce the popularity of the game!
The others in the research and development team were extremely busy working on Game Designer. Naturally, they didn't have time to care about these two stable old games.
However …
Bao Xu had nothing to do!
Since he couldn't get involved in the new game, he would try his best to change the old game.
Bao Xu first carefully adjusted the feel of Ocean Stronghold.
After that, he opened Ghost General.
Comparatively speaking, Ghost General's problems were much bigger than Ocean Stronghold's!
That was because Ocean Stronghold was created by Huang Sibo and a group of designers. After repeated tests, the design was relatively mature.
As for Ghost General, Pei Qian had taken a ready-made template and copied it mechanically!
Many of the texts were very detailed. They were all written (made up) by Ma Yang seriously.
However, the combat system and some basic functions had some minor flaws. That was because the template that Pei Qian bought was a failed project to begin with. While there were no bugs, there were many improvements to be made.
Of course, the impact wasn't that great.
After all, it was a mobile game and gamers didn't have high expectations. It wasn't as though they couldn't play it and they could just make do with it.
Bao Xu played for a while and felt that there were many small problems that could be fixed.
He would just make some changes then!
Before long, Bao Xu's notebook was filled with changes.
Since there was no new content to be created, it couldn't be considered as an update. At most, it could be considered as improvements and fixes.
Bao Xu glanced at his little notebook.
"Yes, I should be able to fix it within three to four days."
"It's nothing!"
…
Three days later …
Tieba for Ghost General.
Compared to other popular mobile game Tieba forums, the layout here was a little messy.
That was because the official platform didn't manage this place!
For a game like Qute Three Kingdoms, the official platform would cooperate with the Tieba forum, assigning a moderator and a mini moderator. There would also be regular discussions on the forum.
However, Ghost General didn't have any of that!
It was in a free-range state.
There were some people who ran for moderator positions but they were very easy-going. They would only delete any posts that were against the rules or advertisements.
However, because there were more members, it was bustling.
Ever since a month or two ago, Ghost General's Tieba had been filled with all sorts of complaints. Recently, there seemed to be even more complaints.
"Can't they update the version?"
"I've already graduated for so long … I've almost finished drawing all the rare cards. Can anyone tell me what else is there to play in this game …"
"I'm so envious of Qute Three Kingdoms. They update once every two months and they're all in the later stages …"
"How annoying! At least other games have a long term goal and you can top up. But for this game, you can't even top up! What should I do if I realize that I don't have anything else to pursue? "
"This is the first time I've seen such a easy-going company. Logically speaking, Ghost General should be earning quite a bit on the leaderboards. Why aren't they updating the version?"
"I'm not counting on you to come up with new gameplay. You could just come up with a new general or a new pay-to-win point!"
Many gamers who had not played Ghost General would have a misconception when they entered the Tieba forum.
Did they enter the wrong place?
This was not how a game's Tieba should look like!
For example, Qute Three Kingdoms' Tieba forum, there would be posts scolding the game developers, designers and event planners every single day.
Events scamming money!
New content without sincerity!
If one did not see such posts for a day, they would even suspect that the Tieba forum had collapsed.
But when they saw Ghost General, everything was the other way around!
All the gamers were eagerly hoping that Ghost General would open up a new pay-to-win point as soon as possible!
In fact, gamers were even discussing what sort of pay-to-win point they should open up.
The most common suggestion was to sell a new general bag.
There were other suggestions such as opening up some top-up events with a minimum limit such as top-up of 1 yuan and a maximum of 50 yuan to obtain some special materials etc.
A situation where gamers were eagerly waiting for the official platform to add a top-up point but was completely ignored by them could only happen in Ghost General!
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