God-level game designer starts with scared crying anchor

Chapter 16 White Eyed Wolf

In Lin Song's office, Xun Ze is playing a game called "Robot Adventure" with a relaxed face.

It's not that there are no horizontal shooting games in Shuilanxing, but there are quite a few of them.

But basically it’s all about changing the soup without changing the medicine, either to make the skills extremely cool, or to abandon the pixel style and make the picture as beautiful as possible.

Like "Tea Cuphead", there is no one that combines horizontal shooting games with retro animation, jazz, etc., and at the same time increases the difficulty of the game.

That's why "Cuphead" became so popular with players after it was released.

But at the same time, it is very easy to plagiarize, or learn from, "Tea Cuphead".

Not to mention the existence of Piaomiao Asgard and similar game editors, the time for follow-up games to appear will be greatly shortened.

"Robot Adventure" is only the first game to follow suit, but it will definitely not be the last.

"Robot Adventure" also moves closer to the retro style on the screen, and at the same time makes a clear distinction from "Cuphead".

So if you really want to talk about it, you can only say that the two games have similar styles, but they do not constitute plagiarism.

The gameplay is not protected by copyright law. There are many similar side-scrolling shooting games, let alone plagiarism.

Unless the beautiful materials used in "Robot Adventure", such as bosses, mobs, and scenes, are copied directly from "Tea Cuphead".

In other words, the code of "Robot Adventure" is a copy of "Cuphead".

Otherwise, at most, "Robot Adventure" can only be said to be a popular follow-up game. Even if it is a lawsuit, it is impossible to beat it to death because of the similarity of the screen.

"Brother Xun, why are you still in the mood to play games?" Lin Song asked a little depressed.

"Brother Lin, I'm a game designer. When I see a competing game, of course I have to try it out." Xun Ze said with a smile.

Although he only played for half an hour, Xun Ze is convinced that this "Robot Adventure" is absolutely impossible to succeed.

Perhaps the designer of this game only saw the surface of "Cuphead", thinking that as long as the painting style is retro and dynamic music is added, it can be sold at a good price.

But the other party doesn't know that the operation feel of "Tea Cuphead" is the most important thing in this game.

In order to make "Tea Cuphead" feel silky, Xun Ze had to fine-tune it many times. He even went so far as to wear the title of "Number One Player" and cleared the level intensively, almost costing half his life.

Therefore, when playing "Robot Adventure", Xun Ze keenly discovered that although the feel of this game is not bad, it is not up to the level of excellence.

If you rate the two games, "Cuphead" has a [-] out of [-] for its control feel, and "Robot Adventure" can only get [-] out of [-], not even a passing grade.

The core is not as good as "Cuphead", and no matter how good the superficial skills are, players will not buy it.

After all, this is a game, not a cartoon.

And taking a step back, the painting style and music of "Robot Adventure" can only be said to be acceptable, far from being eye-catching.

If it is taken out alone, it may give people a sense of freshness, but with the pearls of "Tea Cuphead" in front, it seems that "Robot Adventure" is of a lower grade.

You must know that even "Cuphead" caught the attention of players because it pioneered the "retro painting style".

If there are too many games like this, players will inevitably feel fatigued.

Whether externally or internally, "Robot Adventure" is not as good as "Tea Cuphead". Xun Ze really can't think of how to make this game a success?
By marketing?Or rely on the game platform?

Although the Fengying game platform where "Robot Adventure" is located is an old-fashioned game platform, and the number of users is several times that of the steampunk game platform, so what?
No one really thinks that there are many users on the game platform, no matter what kind of game it is, it can be a big hit, right?No way?No way?

"How did you do, Brother Xun? Do you need me to do something?"

"Brother Lin, don't worry about this game, it won't cause any trouble."

"Really? I see that the homepage of the Fengying Game Platform is promoting it, and it's very aggressive!"

"It doesn't matter, the harder they promote, the harder they are scolded by players."

Speaking of this, Xun Ze asked a little curiously, "Brother Lin, what's the matter with you today? You seem to be in a hurry."

Although he didn't get along with Lin Song for a long time, the other party is the boss of a game platform after all. If he did things rashly, he would have been gnawed to death by his competitors.

But today Lin Song felt anxious to Xun Ze, and seemed to be unwilling.

Lin Song seemed to have reacted, and he said with a wry smile, "I let Brother Xun see a joke, because I touched a little bit of past grievances, so I can't hold back."

"Is there any enmity between our platform and the Fengying game platform?" Xun Ze asked.

"It's not enough to have any grudges, it's just that the game designer of "Robot Adventure" left from our platform."

"So that's how it is..."

As Xun Ze said, he opened the sales page of "Robot Adventure" and found the designer's name—Cai Deheng.

Seeing the slight change in Xun Ze's expression, Lin Song couldn't help asking: "Brother Xun, your face is a little strange, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that the world is quite small." Xun Ze told Lin Song about Cai Deheng's insulting him on the Internet.

At first, I thought that the other party was looking down on horizontal shooting games and jealous of my handsomeness, so I wrote that essay.

But now it seems that the other party is creating heat for "Robot Adventure" and wants to step on "Tea Cuphead".

This is a bit unkind.

After listening to Xun Ze's words, Lin Song couldn't help but patted the table and said, "The dishes are delicious! When he first emerged on our platform, the platform gave him a lot of resources.

He also gave him generous conditions, just hope that when he develops new games in the future, he can give us a share of the platform, and he doesn't ask for an exclusive.But after he became popular with the resources of the platform, he abandoned our platform like nothing.

After running to the Fengying game platform, Cai Deheng often openly bombarded our platform, and even tricked some newcomer game designers not to come to our platform, it is a white-eyed wolf! "

Xun Ze really didn't expect that Cai Deheng was not only good food, but also such a bad character.

He quickly comforted him: "Brother Lin, don't be angry, it's not worth getting angry for this kind of person."

After Lin Song took a few deep breaths, his mood stabilized again.

"Brother Xun, is it really impossible for "Robot Adventure" to succeed?"

"Of course, maybe you will be scolded by the players!"

In fact, as Xun Ze said, due to the vigorous promotion of the Fengying game platform, the sales of "Robot Adventure" sold [-] copies in a short period of time.

Although this score is far inferior to "Tea Cuphead", it is already the best score in all Cai Deheng's games.

Just when Cai Deheng was imagining that he could use this game to hit a two-star game designer, "Robot Adventure" ushered in a wave of refunds, and players who did not refund gave the game a bad review.

"What the hell? I thought it was a competitor of "Cuphead", but I didn't expect that he wasn't even worthy to lift the shoes of "Cuphead"!"

"It feels bad to the touch. I suggest designers learn from "Cuphead" well, don't they even know how to copy homework?"

"We are here to play games, not to watch cartoons, and your cartoons are not good!"

"I don't know what Fengying game platform thinks? Such games can be recommended on the homepage."

Facing the bad reviews from players, Cai Deheng, who is somewhat arrogant, is angry.

He almost lost his mind, and directly sprayed on Big Eyes: "Some people's fans have no quality at all. In order to praise their brother's game, they really do everything. Malicious refunds and bad reviews, just Like a mad dog, it bites anyone it catches."

It’s okay if the content is only these, Cai Deheng can still quibble that he is talking about other people.

But he couldn't die, he decided to hit Xun Ze's big eyes at the end, and immediately blown up Xun Ze's fans.

　Sliding shovel asks for tickets, asks for collection, asks for everything.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)