Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1244: Ghost General 2

Pei Qian cleared his throat and went straight to the point seeing that everyone was here. “The development cycle this time is five months. Since there is not much time, we will not make particularly large-scale games.”

“I took a look. Tengda has not done any combat games yet. Let’s set it as a combat game.”

“Yu Fei, you’re the chief designer. Tell me your thoughts first.”

The atmosphere immediately became awkward.

Yu Fei looked around in disbelief and pointed at himself. “Me?”

Pei Qian nodded. “Why, is there a second person named Yu Fei in this place?”

Yu Fei was speechless on the spot. He almost acted like he was denying it.

“Boss Pei, I’m just a substitute!”

“Hu Xianbin was the one who wrote the design manuscript of Eternal Reincarnation!”

“What’s more, I’ve never played a fighting game before. What ideas could I have?”

Pei Qian frowned slightly. “You sound too humble. What do you mean you haven’t played a fighting game before? I don’t believe you haven’t played one or two rounds with your classmates when you were young.”

Yu Fei was speechless.

Indeed, it would be a little nonsense to say that they had not played a single combat game at their age. After all, combat games had been popular all over the country when they were young. They had more or less played it in game halls on the streets and in game consoles bought at home.

What’s more, there were many similar street simulators on computers in high schools and universities. It was common to play two rounds with their classmates.

However, for a game like a combat game, so what if he had played a few rounds? He was no different from a pure novice!

Yu Fei continued to shake his head. “Boss Pei, if I have to be stingy with my words, I have indeed played a few rounds. However, my understanding of combat games is limited to knowing that this game has a playlist and can produce a slight wave. I know nothing about other games such as standing back, choosing, and combos!”

At this point, Pei Qian’s eyes lit up.

“Eh? Do you actually know about these concepts? Not bad, you already know a lot. It’s more than enough to make this combat game!”

Pei Qian had never heard of any of the words Yu Fei said.

In fact, Pei Qian was also worried that Yu Fei would not be able to develop this project if he did not know anything about fighting games.

From the looks of the current situation, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.

In any case, as long as Yu Fei knew these basic concepts and understood a little, it would be enough. It would be the best outcome to create the game and not delay it.

He could not do it if he did not understand it at all; he could not know too much either.

It was just right for Yu Fei to understand a little.

The corners of Yu Fei’s mouth twitched slightly. “Boss Pei, don’t make fun of me! Even if you want to give me confidence, you don’t have to say that I know enough!”

“What’s more, I only heard about these concepts when I went online to watch videos by chance. I don’t know what they mean at all!”

“I was the one who wrote the plot of ‘Eternal Reincarnation’. I’ve also written the design draft. I can accept being a substitute, but a combat game, this…”

Yu Fei felt that this matter was too ridiculous, so much that he did not know what to say.

Who would do that!

Forget about Eternal Reincarnation. After all, Yu Fei was the original author of the plot. What’s more, he was an avid lover of action games. He knew Repent and be Saved very well. In addition, Hu Xianbin had already finished writing the design manuscript. He had come to take over and deal with some minor problems. There was no big problem. It was barely reasonable.

This was a combat game!

He did not understand at all!

What’s more, Yu Fei felt that he was about to leave. Hu Xianbin was about to come back and take over.

You want me to talk about my views on combat games now? What can I talk about?

Yu Fei felt that he was bearing pressure that he should not have at this age.

Pei Qian sniggered.

The more Yu Fei resisted, the more he did not understand and the less confidence he had.

Since that was the case, he had to squeeze out some good ideas that would definitely incur losses from him!

In the conference room, the other designers could not bear to see Yu Fei’s tragic state.

Wasn’t Boss Pei a little too eager to force him to put a square peg into a round hole?

Boss Pei’s original intention was good. He hoped that Yu Fei could grow a little in the process of being the class planner. After all, Boss Pei had requested this from all the previous chief planners. However… Yu Fei was just an ordinary person with no experience in the industry after all. It was normal for him to have nothing to say about a game type that he did not understand.

Thus, someone wanted to raise his hand and talk about his opinion. On one hand, he wanted to answer Boss Pei’s question. On the other hand, he wanted to give Yu Fei some inspiration.

Of course, none of the designers present knew much about combat games.

Many gamers had played combat games before, but very few gamers were truly professionals. Tengda Games’ employees were relatively young. They did not have such talents.

Seeing that the other designers were getting restless, Pei Qian raised his hand. “Don’t interrupt. I just want to hear Yu Fei’s thoughts.”

He then looked at Yu Fei. “Don’t belittle yourself or think you’re afraid of losing face. Actually, every idea has its merits. Many ideas are more constructive and more valuable because you don’t understand.”

“Don’t worry. Tengda’s tradition is to speak freely. No one will laugh at you if you’re wrong.”

Yu Fei was a little speechless.

Boss Pei had already said so much. There was no point in refusing.

At that thought, Yu Fei reluctantly nodded. “Alright, I’ll just say it casually.”

“I think that Tengda has a unique advantage if we have to make combat games. That is the IP in our hands.”

“Combat games are also a game type that pays a lot of attention to IPs. On Tengda’s side, we can actually add many classic characters of successful games, such as Skylark, Prison Keeper, and some deeply popular hero characters in GOG, such as Modest, into combat and make it into a chaotic battle.”

“That way, we should be able to maximize the number of players. We should not be unable to recoup our costs because combat games are too niche.”

Yu Fei looked carefully at Boss Pei after he finished speaking.

However, his heart quickly thudded. Boss Pei’s expression did not change much, but he could not hide his disappointment!

“Indeed, my suggestion is still too unprofessional…” Yu Fei was a little melancholic.

Pei Qian was indeed very disappointed. He did not expect Yu Fei to propose such a reliable plan.

If he continued developing according to Yu Fei’s thinking, wouldn’t he be able to create a game like ‘Tengda’s Great Battle’?

That would not do!

If they really did that, most loyal gamers would definitely want to add one. They might not make a huge profit, but they would definitely not lose out.

What’s more, the various games would definitely link up logically. GOG would not stand by and do nothing.

Pei Qian did not want to use the ready-made IPs in his hands, but he had to find a suitable reason why not.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, “Ah, I’m sorry. I forgot to say something just now.”

“Actually, we have always had a very important group of gamers: the old gamers of Ghost General.”

“These players can be said to be true fans. They had already become our players in the early stages when there were only two people in Tengda. They are true veteran players.”

“So many years have passed. Ghost General has updated some of its generals’ cards and improved on the gameplay of card games. However, it’s still the same old game and I’m sick of it.”

“It’s really touching that gamers are still unwilling to give up under such circumstances.”

“I think that developing Ghost General 2 for them could also give back to the support and expectations that old gamers have for us.”

“Therefore, we’ll use Ghost General as the background for this game!”

Pei Qian had specially looked at Ghost General’s figures previously. Until now, there was still a small group of die-hard fans playing. He really could not figure out what drove them to persevere.

One had to know that Ghost General’s gameplay was nothing more than swiping data and cards. What’s more, the probability of card drawing was not that difficult. Under a situation where there was almost no desire, these people could actually go online and do activities every day. It was really unbelievable.

Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to reward them with a combat game since it had not been easy for them!

In any case, Ghost General 2 would definitely not be made into a mobile card game. Given Tengda’s current research and development capabilities, it would definitely make a gold-drawing demon that would sweep the mobile games industry.

Even if he did not create a paywall system but maintained Ghost General’s fixed-rate contract and permanent membership fees, as long as the gamers were big enough, the income would be terrifying.

However, what if he asked card games players to play combat games?

That was definitely not right.

That was killing three birds with one stone.

First of all, he had created a sequel to Ghost General in name to account for the persevering old gamers.

Secondly, turning from a card game to a combat game could wash away all the old gamers of Ghost General;

Lastly, with this setting, it could also logically dispel Yu Fei and the others’ thoughts of making Tengda’s Chaos Battle.

Then, he could tell the veteran gamers of Ghost General: If you keep urging Ghost General 2, wouldn’t I be doing it for you!

What? You want a mobile card game?

Aiya, aren’t all games the same? Look at this combat game. The graphics are so beautiful, the attack movements are so smooth, the special effects are so good. Isn’t this much more fun than card games?

What? You’re lousy? Can’t play? Can’t you experience the fun?

You can only blame yourselves for being lousy.

I made it for you because you don’t like it. What has it got to do with me?

Just thinking about it made this scene a little beautiful.