NOVEL WEB Chapter 8: The company was established, the only game
Chapter 8 The company is established, the only game
It took Meng Shu another week to register the company.
After cashing out the proceeds from the video, he used the money to find a registration agency company with a good reputation and qualifications, explained the matter, and asked them to help run errands.
And he began to look for office space all over the city, which took a lot of time. He spent almost four days in a week renting land everywhere.
The environment is good, but the price is expensive.
The price is good, but the environment is poor and remote.
Or it is a vacant room, the kind that needs to be renovated at your own expense.
Looking at the tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket, Meng Shu really felt like crying.
In the early stage of starting a business, the starting capital was too little, and money was needed too much!
Now I am looking forward to the official version of the well-reputed Dark Forest to sell well.
Another day passed, but fortunately things were not that rough.
Meng Shu finally found a suitable office space in an industrial park.
The area here is small, with basic decoration. The previous company is said to be an e-commerce company. For some reason, it collapsed and left in a hurry. There are still some tables and chairs that have not been moved.
Meng Shu thought that these things could be used to make do, so he simply rented these remnants together.
After the site problem was solved, I went to the advertising shop non-stop, and designed a barely passable LOGO, as the company's initial logo, and it will definitely be changed in the future.
Just like that, after a week of busy work, his small company in this world - 'Only Game' was officially established!
He also made an LED luminous signboard for this purpose, and installed it at the entrance of the front desk, so that people can tell that this is a game company at a glance.
The company name of the only game was decided by him after thinking about it for about 2 minutes.
There is nothing profound in it, and there is a far-sighted meaning in it.
It is purely fluent, easy to remember, common, and impressive.
Meng Shu is a real person, and he doesn't want to engage in those things that are not there. The meaning of the company name is in the name of the company, which makes it hard to remember, and it takes a lot of brain.
Is it not good to choose a name that elementary school students can remember?
He came to the industrial park, went up to the 5th floor of Building C, walked to No. 520, and opened the glass door.
Then at a glance, I saw a neat company that was ready to start business at any time.
The luminous four characters of "The Only Game" on the wall at the front desk are clearly displayed and eye-catching.
Meng Shu walked around the small company, then pulled out the chair, sat on it, lit a cigarette, and puffed.
Then he whispered in a voice that only he could hear.
"The matter of starting a company is over, so the next step is to develop the game with all our strength."
He took out his mobile phone, opened the barrage.com, and felt a little headache looking at the pile of 99+.
Scanning the private message, there is still no new investor to contact. It seems that in this world, even if horror games become popular, there is still no company that will be optimistic.
This also gave Meng Shu a deeper understanding of the horror types in this world.
Compared to other types of games, it is difficult for horror games to attract those big companies before they are completely popular.
Meng Shu shook his head, which was only natural.
If the Dark Forest is replaced with something else, such as "Call of Duty" or "Need for Speed", based on the current popularity, I am afraid that some people are willing to invest.
Meng Shu exhaled, sat on the chair and spun around.
He needs money, he wants to make a VR version, and he also has a way to make a VR version.
Meng Shu believes that with the help of the system, the quality of the VR game made is definitely stronger and more realistic than the original world!
It will definitely be able to set off a storm in this world where VR games are not outstanding, and even infinite is zero!
But he is not helpless. Since he has no investment and no money, then on the premise that he already has a company, there is only one way left
Meng Shu raised his head and stared at the ceiling, collected himself, and crossed his legs.
That's EA testing!
is the Early Access version!
To put it simply, it is to directly put unfinished games that are still in the development stage on the shelves for sale.
Then make money while developing, alleviating financial tension, so that you don’t run out of money to develop.
This method is a relatively common form in the original world.
For example, "Cyberpunk 2077" was put on the shelves more than a year in advance, allowing players to pre-order, and then use the money sold to continue development to alleviate funding problems.
For example, "Baldur's Gate 3", the EA version was released early, 298 yuan, and sold a lot, but he didn't see the official version until he traveled through time.
Such a way of selling while making games like this has raised several small companies that make games in the country of the original world.
Domestic games such as "The Great Immortal Simulator", "Taiwu Painting Scroll", "Looking for Longevity", "Dyson Ball Project" and other domestic games solved the initial funding problem by means of early access.
During the release period, the money earned was continuously used to improve the game and develop new content, so that even in the unfinished EA version, the online rate of players is still very high.
As it happens, in this world, there is a global game and software platform called Cyber.
After being represented by Huaguo, this platform was renamed as 'Cyber Platform' according to the transliteration.
The cyber platform is very similar to the steam platform in the original world, and there are also many domestic and foreign games on it.
But the difference is that Huaguo already has a local agent, so domestic games need to be submitted for review to get a version number if they want to be listed on the cyber platform.
Fortunately, there are not so many rules and regulations in this world. It is a very normal process for games to be submitted for review here, and it will not happen that the first review lasts for a year.
As long as there is no politics or uncomfortable content, even if there are red blood and ghosts in the game, you can basically get the relevant qualification certificate.
It can be said that in this world, the multi-directional development of game practitioners is greatly encouraged.
Meng Shu decided to take the road of selling while making, and then when the official version is released, he will bring the VR version together to surprise the players and give him a scare value.
As for the host platform, it must also be transplanted, there is no doubt about it.
But for this kind of thing, he plans to hire people to do it after he has enough funds.
After all, the commission fee of the platform is not low, and it is really impossible without money.
Another thing is that the popularity of the game has dropped.
Meng Shu couldn't help frowning as he watched the video data in the background show a downward trend.
But then I was a little relieved, thinking that this would indeed be the case.
After all, there are too many interesting things on the Internet now, and it is easy to divert everyone's attention.
You, a dark forest, may have attracted a huge amount of attention before, but if there are no follow-up updates to keep the popularity and audience stickiness, it will only get colder and colder.
If Meng Shu wants to develop a VR version, he needs to sell EA semi-finished games to make money.
But if the popularity is not enough and the popularity is not wide, it is very likely that the game will die suddenly when it is released!
So, before putting it on the cyber platform, there must be enough material to attract players, make players interested, and pave the way for the launch.
And let the players believe that your game is really under stable development.
In this way, everyone will be willing to pay for support.
Thinking of this, Meng Shu closed his eyes, and looked at the material resources attached to the dark forest in the system.
There is still a promotional CG, this cannot be released, and this has to be released when the game is released.
There is also an original soundtrack composition package, which actually doesn’t matter whether it is published or not, as there is no impressive music in it.
Then what is left is the concept design and art resources of the game.
Looking at these two things, Meng Shu leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated.
Time passed by little by little, I don't know how long it has passed.
Gradually, voices came from outside the company, and it seemed that it was time to get off work.
At this moment, Meng Shu opened his eyes, and he had already determined the content to be announced in his mind.
"In this world where the horror genre is backward, the characters and monster shapes of the dark forest should be very novel, right?"
(end of this chapter)