novelODS Chapter 10 New Game
Chapter 10 New Game
"Yesterday's sales approached 10, and last week's sales exceeded 120 million. Although this is a decrease compared to the 310 million in the first week, but..."
In the conference room, Tang She, who had been burying his head in the sand like an ostrich, was pulled out of the sand and instantly put on a mask of pain.
"If I hear any more news related to the card game 'Three Kingdoms Kill,' I'll go deaf!"
Upon hearing Tang She's words, the new accountant, Xiao Chen, looked at Ren Wei somewhat helplessly.
Ren Wei waved her hand, telling Xiao Chen to go back to the office to rest first.
She could probably understand Tang She's feelings.
The Three Kingdoms Kill game is a good game, but their goal is not just to make a good game.
In an effort to revive their confidence, the payment plan they devised for "Three Kingdoms Kill" was practically a bloodbath.
Despite the high profits of the game "Three Kingdoms Kill" now, after deducting platform revenue share and taxes, the game's income is barely enough to support its operation.
However, this is only temporary. The fact that they are barely breaking even is only because the Three Kingdoms Kill game has just been released, and their company is still just a makeshift operation.
Once they resolve their internal issues, the profitability of Three Kingdoms Kill will definitely exceed their expectations.
Ren Wei had also read Tang She's proposal.
With esports, board games, and various collaborations, there are many ways for Three Kingdoms Kill to generate revenue in the future.
But as mentioned at the beginning, what they want to make is not just a game that sells well. Rather than selling well or winning awards, they want to make a game that everyone can have fun playing.
However, the company's current situation means they have no money in their accounts, so they can only watch as Three Kingdoms Kill continues to operate in this way, unable to develop new games.
Tang She stared at the task panel in front of him, speechless.
At 40 yuan per person, the game "Three Kingdoms Kill" sold over 700 million copies in three weeks. Although this 700 million is just revenue, after deducting commissions and taxes, the actual amount is not that much, but the game is still being sold. It's not so easy to simply break through the company's cash flow.
Moreover, what Tang She is even more afraid of now is that his new game will also sell very well.
The original goal could not be achieved at all.
Everything depends on the new game that comes out tomorrow.
The office was silent.
Xiao Li and Wu Yu basically shared the same sentiment. They wanted to make games and bring smiles to more players through games, rather than running a game company and making more money from Three Kingdoms Kill.
Ren Wei witnessed all of this, and finally sighed before addressing everyone:
"We can try developing a new game. The company's cash flow is much healthier than I expected, so the expenditure on this game can't be too high, at most 50."
Smiles returned to everyone's faces, except for Tang She, who frowned slightly. 50 was still too little.
However, since Ren Wei has also given her consent, we can't just abandon the game halfway through; we can just increase the budget later.
"I'll bring the project proposal over tomorrow. We'll have another meeting then to discuss how to make this game."
Upon hearing this, Ren Wei paused slightly as she tidied up the documents.
So it turns out they really had been preparing a new game for a while.
That's what makes true comrades-in-arms. They're always thinking about how to make games, not random, trivial things.
However, the game "Three Kingdoms Kill" has been running for a month now, and considering the previous development period, they have practically lived and worked at the company for the past four months.
Now that the company has also hired a lot of new people, they no longer need to work overtime. Ren Wei shook her head and rejected Tang She's idea.
"Everyone's been exhausted lately, so let's go home and rest for a week first. We can talk about anything else after the holiday."
Tang She originally wanted to refuse, but after seeing the listless duo, he didn't say anything.
Everyone went home. Tang She also returned to his rented apartment.
It's called an apartment, but it's really not much different from a pigeon coop. The room, which is only a few square meters, can only fit a bed and a table. There is no other space.
The restrooms are shared, and people wash up at the taps outside.
Although Tang She earned a lot of money that year, including his salary and part-time jobs, he donated all of it to orphanages.
He had very low material desires, and only seeing the smiles of children with similar backgrounds to his could make him feel relaxed.
He now only has eight hundred yuan left in his account.
He was quite tired during this period, and since the system would refresh a new game at 0:00, Tang She, who planned to get up and check it as soon as possible, went to sleep immediately after returning home.
Time quickly passed into the early hours of the morning. Tang She turned off the buzzing alarm clock and opened the familiar system panel.
[Congratulations, host, on your successful advancement.]
[Game draw in progress...]
[The Witch's Banquet Rating: 9.9]
Hades II Rating: 9.0
[Plants vs. Zombies: Replant Edition Rating: 4.0]
What does it mean?
A 9.9 rating?
The name sounds like a horror game.
The general public has a relatively low acceptance of horror games, so horror games generally don't score very high. Therefore, a horror game that can still get a score of 9.9 must be a masterpiece.
It's a pity. If it were a 6 or even 7 out of 10, Tang She would very likely have chosen this horror game.
But the one with a score of 9.9 is absolutely not a good choice.
The remaining two are Hades 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: Replant.
One got a sequel, and the other got a remake; neither of them seem like a bad game.
However, sequels are generally not as good as the originals, and remakes are generally not as good as the originals.
Although there are exceptions, they are generally few.
However, Hades 2 is probably one of the few exceptions.
As a sequel to version 9.0, it's clear that it surpasses its predecessor.
This "Plants vs. Zombies: Replant Edition" doesn't sound very promising.
With Tang She's limited imagination, he simply couldn't fathom what kind of game this was.
Moreover, its rating is only 4.0.
Let's go with him.
As Tang She made his choice, the light screen changed again.
Current development team: four people. Estimated investment: 500,000. Under evaluation...
[Plants vs. Zombies Development Period: 30 days. Estimated Sales Revenue: 1 million. System Settlement Time: 14 days.]
Although the company hired new people, those new people are also responsible for the operation of Three Kingdoms Kill and the development of new content, so only the original four people can participate in this project.
And this development cycle and investment...
The development was completed just in time for the release of the new "Tiger Talisman" in the Three Kingdoms Kill game.
From this perspective, it seems unlikely that it will have any impact on the company's cash flow.
We have no choice but to conserve resources and increase spending.
Make the new "Tiger Talisman" a bit worse, and then add more content to Plants vs. Zombies: Replant Edition.
That should achieve our goal.