Almighty Game Designer Chapter 240: Try it out
Finally, after several rounds of warm-up, both "Minecraft" and "A Thousand Hells" have released their launch dates.
Both games are scheduled to be launched on August 1. In terms of price, "Thousand Hells" is priced at 1288, while "Minecraft" is priced at only 128, which is exactly one-tenth of "Thousand Hells".
The pricing of "Thousand Hells" seems to be at a normal level in domestic VR games, but it is actually low.
Because it is the same as "Diablo", it is a stand-alone gameplay. There are very few value-added services in the game. The main revenue comes from the sales of the game itself. After the player purchases it, there is basically no need for follow-up costs, so This money should be considered relatively cheap compared to other domestic VR games.
Of course, this is not to say that the dynasties are mutually entertaining, but because the resources of "A Thousand Hells" are not consumed so much, many scenes are reused, so the development cost is greatly reduced.
Dichao Mutual Entertainment set the price slightly lower, hoping to sell more sales.
As for "Minecraft".
Many people are amazed that "Minecraft" is sold so cheaply. For a VR game, 128 is like giving away for nothing.
(Generally speaking, dividing a VR game by ten is the PC game price point, which means that Minecraft is roughly equivalent to a PC game worth 12 yuan on the VR platform.)
But in fact, Chen Mo is still expensive.
Because "Minecraft" really does not require any investment. When developing the PC version, the investment is almost negligible. Even if it is changed to the VR version, with so many optimizations and adjustments, the total investment is only one. Tens of thousands.
For Chen Mo, more than ten million is really not a cost. The main cost of making "Minecraft" is the cost of time.
So, Chen Mo is not so expensive. What he wants is sales. Only when sales go up and there are more players, can "Minecraft" show its true potential.
Chen Mo's goal is to install "Minecraft" on every VR game cabin in the country.
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On August 1, "Minecraft" and "A Thousand Hells" are officially launched!
After the two games were open for purchase, players who have been paying attention to these two games began to download them one after another, and could not wait to install them in the game cabin to experience.
Moyu live broadcast platform, Lin Xue's live broadcast room.
The picture is still black, and the audience are all talking about it.
"Axue is switching the signal of the game cabin? Live the VR game today?"
"Yes, I heard that "Thousand Hells" is on sale today, so I should go to the official server. After all, Axue is a big fan of "Darkness"." Youth will grow old
"Uh, shouldn't the **** fans of "Darkness" play Chen Mo's new game?"
"Playing wool, that's a building block game, who wants to watch it."
"Huh? There is a signal, the game cabin screen comes out."
On the screen of the live room, an information screen of the game cabin appeared.
VR games in this world can also be broadcast live, but they must be converted into live broadcast signals through the game cabin for players to watch.
For a simple example, such as "Thousand Hells", a first-person RPG, the player’s perspective is first-person and the field of view is 124 degrees, but after being converted into a live broadcast signal, the perspective will become a third-person follow-up perspective (that is, the camera Will move to the back of the character's head), and the field of view will change to 90 degrees on the computer screen.
After all, if the first-person view video signal is directly converted into a live broadcast, it will be too shaken, and most viewers will be shaken.
The current interface is equivalent to the desktop of the game cabin. There are a lot of games. "A Thousand Hells" is in a more conspicuous position.
As a result, before the barrage had time to be complacent, Lin Xue had already opened "Minecraft."
The barrage is stunned.
"Huh? "My World"? Really "My World"?"
"Axue has changed sex? How did she play this kind of building block game?"
"Day, I don't want to watch it!"
"Upstairs, if you don't like to watch, hurry up, we love to watch anything Axue plays!"
Lin Xue said: "Today I will live broadcast "Minecraft" to everyone. This game was also developed by Chen Mo. Hey, I won't explain much, let's go directly to the game."
Lin Xue's somewhat ambiguous rhetoric caused the barrage to gossip.
"What do you mean by Axue, why not explain more?"
"I feel that Axue trusts Chen Mo's game very much..."
"Why do I smell a different smell!"
Amidst a question mark in the barrage, the screen cut to the game screen of "Minecraft".
Xue Lin was in a field at this time, and the sun rising slowly in the distance.
A few white clouds in the sky put together the game LOGO: Minecraft. There is also the English name Minecraft.
The Secret Realm of God's Domain
Not far from the front left of Xue Lin, there is a small house made of squares, with four characters [My World] written on it.
On the left is a path that winds to a dense forest. Many buildings are faintly visible in the distance. The sign says [Others' World].
To the right of Xue Lin, there is a huge observatory with a huge globe on it. It says [Everyone's World].
On the inconspicuous place on the right side of the observatory, there is a slightly smaller portal, which says [Chen Mo's World].
In addition, there is a building similar to a warehouse next to [Minecraft], which says [Resource Center].
Of course, all the buildings are made of squares, with a strong mosaic style.
It seems that this scene should be the game login screen.
Lin Xue tried to walk around the scene, and when she looked down, she realized that her image in the game had also become a toy figure.
The audience can see more clearly from the third-person perspective. At this time, Lin Xue is a bit like the villain in the "Frozen" series of LEGGO blocks, Q version, standard three-headed body, blond hair, and wearing cute The white skirt and stockings are very cute on the way.
When a player just logs in, "Minecraft" will automatically read the player account data in the game cabin and determine the character's initial gender based on this.
A cute puppy came to Lin Xue with a display card in his hand.
"The character image has been randomly selected for you based on the gender of your account. Do you need to customize it yourself?"
Lin Xue almost didn't hesitate to choose [Yes~IndoMTL.com~ If this game does not provide a face-squeezing service, that's fine, since it is provided, how can you not pinch your face?
Lin Xue's perspective has changed, from the previous first-person perspective to the third-person perspective, looking down on her character like a soul out of his body.
At the same time, related interface UI appeared on both sides of the character, for Lin Xue to choose freely to dress up.
"It's quite rich..."
Lin Xue looked at it, and she found that although the game looks relatively simple, all functions are quite complete. Take the face-squeeze system as an example, the character's face, hat, coat, pants, shoes, etc. can be freely selected, and even the height of the character can be adjusted within a certain range.
After choosing carefully for half an hour, Lin Xue finally chose a satisfactory outfit.
"Well... Which mode should I play first?"
Lin Xue thought for a moment: "Let’s experience it in a stand-alone game first, otherwise it will be bad if you are in the online mode."