Almighty Game Designer Chapter 253: 1 pair of father and daughter

The sales miracle created by "Minecraft" has made the entire game industry a little dumbfounded.

It may be the cheapest VR game in history, and its profitability is not the strongest, but its sales growth rate is extremely scary.

In terms of the current domestic situation, there are more than 1.3 billion mobile phone users, about 500 million PC users, and only about 100 million VR users.

Currently, the number of people who own private cars in China is 156 million. Considering the limited purchase policies in many big cities, there are actually far more people who can afford private cars than this number.

Generally speaking, people who can afford a private car can also afford a VR game pod. However, the VR game pod is a pure entertainment device after all, so the number of players who actually buy the game pod is less. Around 100 million.

But this is already a very large market.

In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, the popularity of VR game cabins is higher than that in China, and the market is also very impressive.

From the current situation, the sales volume of "Minecraft" has exceeded 3 million in the first month. As long as there are a few more months, it will be no problem to exceed 10 million. In other words, by that time, one out of ten game bays will have "Minecraft" installed.

This also means that this game is about to hit the "VR game with the highest install rate".

After the sales miracle of "Minecraft" broke out, the game industry has also begun to study it. Even the game committee has dedicated game review experts who have published articles to analyze the special features of "Minecraft" .

""Minecraft" is a very special VR game. Its biggest special feature is that it is a game that can give full play to players' imagination and creativity."

"Most existing games abstract a few rules from some entertaining activities in the real world, and then construct the entire game world."

"In this type of game, players follow the simple and easy-to-understand rules in the game, strive to achieve their goals, and get a certain sense of satisfaction. This is the basic fun of these games."

"However, such a game should be regarded as a narrow game. The rules are fixed, cannot be changed at will, and the scalability is limited."

"However, if a rich gameplay is added to the game, it dilutes its original fun and even causes the problem of unclear purpose."

"But in "Minecraft", this did not happen."

"The gameplay is very rich, you can survive, you can team up, you can create, you can use redstone to build all kinds of fun things."

"A thousand people have a thousand ways to play, everyone can find what they want in this game."

"It's hard to say what the fun of "Minecraft" is. You can only say that it gives you a space for fun. You just need to load the fun you want in and enjoy it. "

As the popularity continues to rise, "Minecraft" has almost become the most topical VR game this month, and the limelight of "A Thousand Hells" has been completely overshadowed.

……

Experience shop.

Chen Mo is leaning on the sofa, testing the performance of "Minecraft" on the tablet.

The effect is ok, but it’s definitely not comparable to the VR version.

When Chen Mo was developing Minecraft, he first developed the PC version and then ported it to the VR platform. As for the "Minecraft" on the mobile phone platform, it's a complete incident.

The problem is that compared with the VR version, the PC version and the mobile version of Minecraft are equivalent to incomplete games, because the VR version of Minecraft was modified by Chen Mo, and the other two "Minecraft" on the platform is only equivalent to the level of the previous life.

In other words, the PC and mobile versions of "Minecraft" do not have a network mode and a sightseeing mode (Chen Mo's world), and they are relatively backward in terms of art style.

The PC version is relatively better. One of the more painful problems of the mobile version is the operation. In terms of mobile, the performance of the virtual joystick in the 3D world is not very comfortable, such as "click to place, long press to tap". Operation is not very convenient.

Moreover, the mobile version is limited by the configuration and capacity of the mobile phone, and it certainly cannot bring large buildings. If you can’t play such large buildings, players will at most build a cabin in single player mode and play survival mode. , The fun is greatly reduced.

In terms of the popularity of the VR version of Minecraft, it is logical to launch the PC version and the mobile version. Chen Mo will certainly not miss this opportunity, but he needs to optimize some details.

I was thinking about it. Two people came in at the experience store.

It looks like a dad and a daughter. My dad looks younger, in his forties, and his daughter is about twelve or thirteen.

The daughter took her father's hand: "Dad, is this the place where "My World" was made?"

The voice is so soft and cute, it's almost cute.

Dad bends over and touched her head, "Yes, you will be able to play "Minecraft" soon."

Chen Mo was a little surprised, because there seemed to be very few children in his experience store.

The rules of the experience store are the same as those of Internet cafes, and minors cannot access the Internet.

Although minors can experience mobile games for a short period of time accompanied by their parents, this situation is too rare after all. Whose parents will take their children to the experience store to play mobile games?

The father and daughter came to the front desk.

Dad said to the front desk: "Hello, I want to ask, can I experience "Minecraft" here?"

Su Jinyu no longer serves as the front desk now. The front desk now is a little girl who has just graduated from university.

She said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, because "Minecraft" is currently a VR platform game, and currently there are only computers and mobile phones in the experience store, so there is no way to experience it."

Dad froze for a moment: "Huh? Can't you experience your own games in the experience store?"

The girl at the front desk said: "I'm very sorry, because "Minecraft" is our company's first VR game, and the experience store can no longer put the VR game pod, so I am very sorry."

Dad is a little bit lost~IndoMTL.com~ but nodded: "Okay, thank you."

The little girl pouted: "Dad?"

Dad took her little hand to the door and squatted down: "Nini, there is no "Minecraft" in the experience store. Or dad think of another way."

The little girl's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry, but she nodded: "Well, then let's go, father."

Dad squeezed Nini's face a little guiltily and stood up to go.

"Wait a minute." Chen Mo stood up, "Are you going to play "Minecraft"?"

Dad was taken aback: "Yes, you are?"

Chen Mo stretched out his hand: "I am Chen Mo, the designer of Minecraft."

Dad shook hands with Chen Mo, and said in surprise: "Are you the designer of "Minecraft"? Fortunately to meet you."

Chen Mo looked at Nini: "The little girl wants to play "My World"?"