Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 181 Another Shot

If the success of Honkai Impact 3rd was just an isolated case that surprised the media and kept the Hardcore Alliance up at night, then what happened half a month later...

The arrival of Onmyoji was like a shot in the heart.

In mid-October, amidst much anticipation, Onmyoji officially launched its open beta across all platforms, with the only official download channel for Android being Startap.

Even when downloading from the official Onmyoji website, the pop-up window always leads to the download link for Star Tap.

Before the release of Honkai Impact 3, many people were pessimistic about Onmyoji.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Onmyoji has no potential to become a hit. Many people are laughing at Xingchen, so it's understandable that they signed a promotional contract with Honkai Impact 3.

This "Onmyoji" game daring to sign a gambling agreement is truly a case of "grasping at straws in desperation."

Many manufacturers, including the Hardcore Alliance, are basically just watching the show.

They wanted to see how Startap could push a Japanese-style, turn-based game with so many debuffs to generate over 100 million RMB in monthly revenue.

However..
On the first day of Onmyoji's release, the spectator's mentality turned into fear.

If Honkai Impact 3rd is TNT, then Onmyoji is a nuclear bomb.

On the first day of its release, Onmyoji was barely comparable to Honkai Impact 3. By the second day, the servers were starting to struggle, and by the third day, the situation was even worse.

On the fourth day, even adding a new server every half hour was not enough for Onmyoji.
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On the afternoon of the fifth day of Onmyoji.

The NetEase Building, the Onmyoji project team.

Huang Jintao rushed into Chen Fan's office with his heart pounding like it was about to explode.

"Mr. Chen!"

He didn't even bother to knock, slamming his tablet onto Chen Fan's desk with a thud.

"The data from StarTap is out!!! Today's data is even more astonishing! Adding the data they provided, our global revenue is roughly estimated to have exceeded 100 million by today!!"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment.

"It broke 100 million today?!"

Huang Jintao's voice was a little dry, and he licked his lips.

"Yes, the feedback from Starry Sky Games is that we've already surpassed 100 million today! And our traffic is still increasing. If we can maintain this momentum, we might reach 300 million this month..."

"Based on this curve, next month, at least 800 million, if not 1 billion, is definitely guaranteed."

When a person experiences extreme excitement.

Sometimes, you may experience a rapid heartbeat, a foggy mind, and a feeling of intense excitement.

This is how Huang Jintao was at that time.

Actually, Huang Jintao was quite composed when developing the game, but even the most composed person can't remain composed in such a situation. It's like an ordinary person winning five million.

Even with the best efforts to control it, the brain just can't stop.

Not to mention, today's turnover exceeded 30 million, setting a new record.

From the moment he received Chu Chen's call until now, he hasn't stopped. Even in Chen Fan's office, after finishing his report, he subconsciously started pacing around the office.

However, Chen Fan is ultimately the leader.

Having seen more successful projects, his excitement threshold is also higher, so although he is also very excited.

But the first time.

What he actually thought of was...
"If we follow this revenue stream, for every additional 100 million, we'll get an extra 3% commission."

"Next month, won't we have to give away one or two hundred million?" Upon hearing this, Huang Jintao, who had just been very excited, suddenly stopped moving.

Although this money wasn't actually directly related to him, when he heard those words, he felt as if he could already see piles of banknotes growing wings and flying away in front of him.

"Oh, I think so. I suddenly feel a pang of heartache."

What hurts?

"The money that was distributed wasn't yours. Besides, without StarTap, could you have achieved this result? If we had chosen to combine them directly, the cost would have been even higher, and the effect might not have been even half of StarTap's."

After a moment of excitement, Chen Fan quickly calmed down and leaned back in his chair.

For Chen Fan...

Although the achievement of breaking 100 million in five days is quite amazing, in reality, judging from the operation data of "Onmyoji" in the past few days, breaking 100 million was only a matter of time.

Therefore, he was surprised, but not that surprised.

After the revenue figures came out on the fifth day, he almost instantly realized that Onmyoji was even more popular than he had imagined. Immediately afterward, he thought of the contract he had signed with Xingchen.

Chen Fan was extremely grateful that he was the one who finalized the collaboration with Startap, and that his name was on the contract—this was all thanks to him.

However, he also had some regrets. He regretted not setting a revenue share cap when he signed the contract, which meant that next month he might actually have to pay hundreds of millions in costs for just one channel, Startap.
However, the signed contract will not be changed.

So after instinctively making a sarcastic remark, Chen Fan immediately came to his senses. His most important task now was to maintain the "importance" of this contract.

It's no exaggeration to say that from the moment Onmyoji succeeded, Chen Fan was the person in the world who most insisted that "Onmyoji could not have succeeded without Star Tap."

This is why his attitude changed so drastically.

However, that silly boy Huang Jintao was probably blinded by victory, and he stupidly said something about pain. What pain? Even if it's a 50/50 split, when reporting to his superiors, he should say that the 50/50 split is a must-have.
No, thinking it through isn't enough; I also need to change this kid's mindset first! Star Tap must be the key to Onmyoji's success, absolutely!

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if a high-ranking leader said something inappropriate during a visit.

"Speaking of which, Jin Tao, you made 100 million in five days. You're the number one contributor to NetEase. Do you know what the rest of the company has been saying about you these past few days?"

"How to say?"

"You, Huang Jintao, are a leader who can bypass the invincible Nanshan and lead the online community into a new era."

Huang Jintao scratched his head.

"This is just too outrageous!"

"No, not at all an exaggeration."

"We earned far more than 1.5 million this week!"

At this point, Chen Fan turned his computer screen towards Huang Jintao.

On Chen Fan's screen was the stock price chart of NetEase on NASDAQ. Since the launch of "Onmyoji", the stock price had been rising steadily.

In the previous life, a year after the release of "Onmyoji", NetEase's stock price nearly doubled.

In this world, because Star Tap itself is already very popular, and Onmyoji is added to the mix, the stock price will rise even faster, and this is predictable.

Once this 1 million poster is released, the stock price will rise further.

Chen Fan had already figured it out. When he wrote the report later, he would directly include the increase in stock price that boosted the company's valuation as "IP's impact on revenue" under this "revenue" system.

Let alone Starry Sky Tap's 30% commission...
Even if you divide it in half, the data still looks good.

"Holy crap, the stock price is going up too?"

(End of this chapter)