chsdbacks Chapter 205 Game Collaboration
Chapter 205 Game Collaboration
In the study late at night, Lu Ran stared blankly at the string of numbers on the system panel for a while.
Current popularity rating: 78,234,567
Forty-three million.
It's been a while since the last search, and the popularity score has increased significantly.
During this period, "Super Girl" continued to gain momentum, and the second season of "That Rabbit" was a hit. TUTU's user stickiness steadily increased, and its popularity rose faster than expected.
"Forty-three million..." Lu Ran muttered to himself, "Spending a million to unlock a game shouldn't be too much, right?"
He typed into the search box: 【Meteor Butterfly Sword complete development materials】
—The search requires 5,000,000 popularity points. Confirm?
confirm.
The next second, a massive amount of information flooded into my mind like a tidal wave.
Lu Ran closed his eyes, letting the information unfold in his mind—source code, art assets, level design, weapon system, move list, physics engine parameters...
There's even a detailed "player psychology analysis report" that analyzes why players feel good after winning and why they feel a thrill from slamming their keyboards when they're being comboed.
Ten minutes passed before he opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Dad, you're truly awesome." He exclaimed sincerely.
Although this isn't the first time I've redeemed a game, the amount of data I've redeemed this time is much larger than that for "Happy Match" and "Happy Farm".
After all, Meteor Butterfly Sword is not a simple casual game, but a real action game.
Nine weapons, dozens of moves, a complex combo system, and local area network multiplayer functionality.
Lu Ran remembered the grand occasion of playing "Meteor" online with a group of people in internet cafes in his previous life.
The dagger combo "Up-Up-A", the longsword "Back-Back-A", the hammer's ground slam, the greatsword's spinning attack...
Some people became fighting masters, some became assassins, and some even squatted in corners, waiting for someone to pass by before jumping out and taking them down in one go.
Back then, you could often hear conversations like this in internet cafes:
"Holy crap, who shot me?"
"It wasn't me!"
"It's you! You've been squatting there in an invisibility cloak for ages!"
"I'm squatting down because I'm contemplating life!"
"Screw you, think about it! Take this!"
Then came the clattering of keyboards and screams that rose and fell.
Lu Ran snapped out of his thoughts and began to carefully review the information he had exchanged.
The materials for "Meteor, Butterfly, Sword" are indeed complete, but Lu Ran still cannot use them directly.
The original game characters were a group of martial arts practitioners dressed in ancient costumes, including men and women, young and old.
Although it fits the martial arts setting, using it directly would be abrupt, since this world doesn't have the background of Meteor Butterfly Sword.
Lu Ran redeemed this game because it was inspired by "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes".
The image of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit, created by Zhou Xiaoou, has begun to take shape, but it is still uncertain whether it can successfully capture a certain market share.
However, if you add another game, the effect is not as simple as 1+1.
Compared to music and anime, games are actually much scarcer in this world. Otherwise, all of Lu Ran's previous mini-games would have become wildly popular online.
If we put characters from "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes" into the game, replacing the original characters, and then changed the scene background to classic scenes from the anime, would it have a surprising effect?
Lu Ran pondered the feasibility of this modification.
Imagine this: A player chooses the character "Rainbow Cat," wielding the Rainbow Sword, and unleashes a flurry of fiery swordplay that forces their opponent to retreat; the opponent chooses "Black Tiger," brandishing the Black Tiger Blade, exuding a sinister aura; the two engage in a flurry of attacks on the arena, until Rainbow Cat finally ends the match with a "Rainbow Piercing the Sun."
Lu Ran found it exciting just thinking about it.
Moreover, this creates a synergistic effect between games and anime—viewers of anime will play games, and gamers will watch anime.
Win-win.
"That's settled then." Lu Ran made the decision and began making revisions.
He first deleted all the character models and textures in the game, keeping only the skeletons and motion data.
Then I created a new folder and named it "Role Reserved".
Once Zhou Xiaoou finalizes the character designs for "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes," we can directly apply them.
Of course, this is only the first step.
Looking at the materials, Lu Ran suddenly thought of another question: business model.
In its previous form, "Meteor, Butterfly, Sword" was a single-player game; players would download and install it, and then connect online via a local area network.
Although it was a classic, its lifespan was limited, and it was gradually replaced by various online games.
Many single-player games from the same period either later became online games or almost disappeared over time.
In this world, although the single-player game market seems to be doing well right now, online games have a stronger selling point.
The issues are piracy and user habits – players here are more accustomed to the model of downloading for free and making in-app purchases.
If Meteor, Butterfly, and Sword were made into a single-player game, it might be popular for a while but then fade away.
But what if it were made into an online game?
Lu Ran tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
Online games mean players can be matched and battled at any time, that seasons can be updated, and that there can be ranking systems, skin systems, achievement systems, etc.
This also means that the interns at Tutu Technology can get some practice.
It's only a matter of time before Lu Ran enters the gaming industry; testing the waters with this game first is certainly a good idea.
He thought of the group of eager college students in the TUTU office.
Recently, the maintenance work of "Happy Farm" and "Rabbit Pet" has been on track, and Zhou Mingzhe keeps nagging to give these young college students some work to do.
"Perfect," Lu Ran smiled, "Let's give them something to do."
He considered it in his mind: converting a single-player game to an online one would keep the core gameplay the same, but it would require adding servers, a matchmaking system, an account system, and data synchronization... The workload would be considerable, but not too difficult.
This level is just right for them to practice.
With complete source code, detailed planning documents, readily available art resources, and Zhou Mingzhe's backing, it would be truly unacceptable if the people at Tutu Technology still couldn't handle it.
"Just consider it practice for them," Lu Ran muttered to himself. "Anyway, they won't lose anything if they fail, and they'll make a killing if they succeed."
He turned on his computer, created a new document, and began writing the proposal.
Project Name: Seven Heroes Jianghu
【核心玩法】：九种武器，实时对战，支持1v1、2v2、4v4等多种模式
【Featured Systems】: Ranked Matches, Season Rewards, Weapon Skins, Character Skins
[Collaboration Plan]: Deep collaboration with "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes" - anime characters will appear directly as game characters.
[Technical Architecture]: The client is based on modified existing source code; the server is managed by the Tutu Technology technical department; the matching algorithm...
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