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Chapter 112 Wait and see
Si Jinliang went to the operations team. He was going to help Avalon Studio recruit former Mingyu Technology employees...

Tang Yao was not in a hurry to leave because she still had to wait for news from there.

So she pulled Li Xue to a nearby place and found a place to sit down.

Mingyu Technology doesn’t have much else.

But there are as many empty spaces as you want.

After sitting down, Tang Yao began to think about the second game. Although she had just said that she didn't have that many resources to give Si Jinliang at the beginning, it was just resources. As a boss, he still had to be more careful. After all, why did he want the game from Mingyu Technology? Wasn't it just to save time?

Since we have to race against time, we have to let the second project team led by Si Jinliang improve the underlying gameplay and streamline the workflow as much as possible when there are no resources allocated. In this way, once "Fate/Grand Order" is on the right track, the studio's other resources can be directly allocated to the second game, and the game can be produced as quickly as possible.

But this is easier said than done.

The main reason is that being a boss doesn't have an easy job for him.

Although he had just told Si Jinliang that he was very confident... this confidence mainly came from the fact that she had a ready-made, market-proven gameplay from her previous life that she could copy.

This is a huge shortcut.

After all, don’t be fooled by the fact that some games may seem simple to play, as if you can understand them at a glance and anyone can do them.

But it is often the case that the gameplay of those games that look simple and interesting, but can remain popular for a long time, requires a lot of effort and thought from the production staff behind them.

Hearthstone is a prime example.

What is the so-called game depth?
It's not that the more complex the rules, the better. Depth that is supported purely by complexity will make most players feel anxious.

A truly fun game is one that players find easy to master, but also one that allows them to think continuously and has the possibility of practicing to get better at playing.

To put it bluntly, there is "strategy and operational space".

The reason why many Hearthstone players don't like those autistic decks is because the way these autistic decks are played is simply "no matter what cards others have or how others play, I will play like this"... directly destroying the strategy and operating space.

Tang Yao's biggest advantage at the moment is that while the developers need to spend a lot of time and energy thinking about, experimenting with, and trying to figure out how the players want to play... she can find the optimal solution immediately.

But the optimal solution does not mean it is the most suitable solution.

For example, if you want to make a two-dimensional version of Hearthstone, you can certainly refer to the underlying gameplay, but what about the others?

Don't say anything else.

Let’s take a simple example, let’s talk about the DK part.

The nine professions are all well-known in World of Warcraft. When Anduin said "The Light betrayed me", the original painting changed, and the flavor came up instantly.

You can't just ask another beautiful girl to say the same thing, right?

It doesn’t seem impossible…

But it is indeed a bit strange, and the entire story framework needs to be reconstructed.

But if you want to make major changes, the entire compatibility will no longer be Hearthstone.

So she had a lot to think about, which was why she didn't rush to explain to Si Jinliang.

the other side.

After Li Xue was pulled by Tang Yao to sit down, she found that Tang Yao next to her began to mutter something like "story", "style", "depth" and so on.

She smiled gently and didn't disturb her. After hesitating for a moment, she gathered her skirt, stretched out her plump and slender legs, so that the heels of her high heels would not touch the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"not comfortable?"

And she just breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Yao's voice rang out.

Li Xue looked back and found that Tang Yao had noticed her actions.

"Kind of."

Li Xue wasn't shy at all. She simply leaned back in her chair, stretched her legs again, and gently swung the heels of her high heels against the floor. She then said, "I usually don't run in high heels for more than four hours... I ran a bit too long today. Actually, I haven't worn them in a long time, except for the first two years after I started working, so they're a bit uncomfortable."

"Then don't wear it."

Tang Yao was a little amused and helpless.

Although she didn't know much about this in her previous life, she had vaguely heard that wearing high heels for a long time is not good for you.

“Who told me to take a reference in the first place?”

Li Xue gently bumped Tang Yao's shoulder and said jokingly, "If you let me wear black stockings, can I not wear high heels?"

"what about now?"

“I’m wearing it now.”

Upon hearing this, Li Xue looked around and found that there was no one around. She lifted the hem of her long skirt slightly, revealing a small part of her round calf wrapped in soft black stockings, and showed it to Tang Yao.

Today Li Xue is wearing an ankle-length skirt. It is not sloppy and does not drag on the ground. It looks warm and beautiful.

Tang Yao blinked. "...If you don't feel comfortable, then don't wear it. Wouldn't it be okay to wear loafers, Birkenstocks, or Martin boots with this outfit?"

"Ok?"

When Li Xue heard this, she slowly turned her head and looked at Tang Yao.

"what happened?"

"Don't you know everything? Why don't you try it yourself?" Li Xue looked at Tang Yao, who was sitting dignifiedly with her slender legs pressed together, and then gently poked her forehead with a finger, feeling a little helpless: "You make me wear it every day, why don't you find a mirror to refer to yourself?"

"Now we're done with the reference."

Tang Yao pretended not to hear and skipped over the topic, saying, "You don't need to wear it anymore. And even if you do, you can't see it. If you want to see it, you have to be sneaky..."

"Where did you steal the steamed bun?"

"Wasn't it just now?"

"Then come to my house."

Li Xue blurted out: "I'll show you openly that I don't have to wear a skirt at home..."

"what?"

Tang Yao was stunned.

Li Xue was also stunned, but then quickly reacted. Her ears turned red, but she changed the subject without changing her expression, "Nothing. By the way... my cousin contacted me."

"Ok?"

Tang Yao's attention was indeed diverted. Although she was also curious about what had just been said...but the business was indeed more important.

Li Xue briefly talked about the process of Lin Shuang contacting her. She didn't hide anything, and there was nothing to hide.

Tang Yao shook her head after hearing this and said, "Don't worry about her. People like her are more uncomfortable than ever when they miss out. They will definitely regret it. They will probably harass you again in the next few days, but don't worry about it. I guess she will give up soon."

"Huh? She'll accept it so quickly? You said that it's more painful for people like this to miss out than ever."

Li Xue was curious when she heard this.

She didn't think her cousin would accept it so easily.

Especially when I think back to her chilling tone during the call.

It's obvious that he is regretting it so much.

Tang Yao didn't answer directly, but asked, "You told her about our game's first-day revenue, right?"

Li Xue nodded: "Yeah."

"I guess soon... she'll have a bunch of mobile game projects on her desk. Once she comes to her senses, she'll quickly realize that mobile games are a completely blue ocean, and 2D mobile games are an even bluer ocean. Since we can do it, won't she think that other people's projects can do it too? After all, the market is so huge."

Tang Yao smiled and continued, "Since others can do it, there's no need to bother you anymore. After all, our game has only been in public beta for a short time. Although the initial performance was very impressive, it's just one game. Creating one yourself and getting more shares is better than begging others for help."

"..."

Li Xue frowned slightly, then turned sideways and said seriously, "Tang Yao, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to reveal Liu Shui..."

"No, no, no."

Tang Yao smiled softly and quickly interrupted her: "This is a good thing. Many hands make light work. The bigger the market, the better. It's good for us. Don't think you've done anything wrong. You're a shareholder, so be more confident."

"..."

Li Xue hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and didn't continue, but still said: "But I really shouldn't have told her."

Tang Yao casually said, "It's okay. Even if we don't tell her, we can't hide the status of our game for too long. After all, they are all smart people. Sooner or later, she will react, and sooner or later, a project will be handed to her."

When card-drawing mobile games were popular in the past, didn’t all the monsters and demons want to get a piece of the pie?
"Then you're not worried?"

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao's fair face: "So many people are pouring in..."

"do not worry."

Tang Yao shook her head slightly. "The format of Fate/Grand Order is inherently unique. It's unrealistic to completely imitate it. And if we were to change the format, we'd already released our second game... As for your cousin, she's incredibly arrogant. I saw that the first time we met. She doesn't understand games, let alone the anime."

……

at the same time.

A venture capital company.

Manager's Office.

Lin Shuang calmed down much faster than Tang Yao expected.

Less than two days after her breakdown, someone from her subordinates handed her a project.

...two-dimensional mobile game project.

When I looked at this two-dimensional mobile game project that was clearly based on "Fate/Grand Order", I saw the sentence "The blue ocean market has broad prospects" and recalled what my cousin said about the first-day revenue.

Her eyes lit up instantly.

Yes.

Avalon Studios is far from having a monopoly, their game is just in public beta!
If they can do it, why can't others do it? They can achieve such a high turnover on the first day, why can't others do it?

This is a promising blue ocean market! Currently, only Avalon Studio is developing 2D games!

As long as the resources are in place, why worry that the games made by professional game producers cannot beat the games made by amateurs?
Think of this.

moment.

Lin Shuang wiped out the downward trend!
(End of this chapter)