Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 397 National-Level Game

With a huge weight lifted from his mind, Yanchuan felt much better.

"Then I'll just wait for these players to settle down."

He said this to ease the relatively serious atmosphere in the car and to chat with Chu Chen about something else, but he never expected that after hearing these words...

Chu Chen shook his head very seriously.

“Some companies can wait for players to accumulate their own traffic because they have a lot of traffic and can afford to waste it. We still need to be more meticulous.”

"You can't just wait for him to sink; you still have to do what needs to be done."

As mentioned earlier, Chu Chen is returning to China tonight. Therefore, although Chu Chen has already given instructions regarding the subsequent operation plan for "FGO".

But taking this opportunity, he emphasized it again.

"Once the popularity stabilizes, we will launch the collaboration mission as planned."

"For example, if you win three times with Artoria in the new mode, you can get a commemorative Artoria avatar frame in the main game. Or, if you complete the first part of the main story, you can unlock a special skin for a certain hero in the new mode."

“You need to pay attention to these things. In the second half of this year, what you need to do is to build up ‘capillaries’ between the two approaches so that traffic and popularity can flow and support each other.”

"To motivate new players to experience the main storyline; and to allow veteran players to relax in the new modes after grinding through the main storyline."

As Shiokawa listened, he took notes in his notebook.

Actually, what Chu Chen mentioned isn't complicated. Collaboration missions, commemorative avatar frames, special skins, and weekly treasure chests are things any game planner could come up with a few years from now.

However, in 17, games with multiple modes were not very common.

The auto battler and PVE modes in "Final Front" can be considered one, but not entirely, since the PVE mode in "Final Front" is derived from the auto battler mode.

Moreover, as I said before, game developers should never underestimate this kind of "basic common sense."

Many industry veterans have already provided the answer with stark reality: many producers simply lack "basic common sense."

For example, after seeing the success of Delta Force's large-scale battlefield and hit-and-run modes, they impulsively decided to directly copy Definitive Edition.

The most absurd thing is that after the release of "Unlimited Machine," the internal executives actually believed in their reflection announcement that the reason for the failure of the open beta was that too many monetization points were removed compared to the closed beta, so that players had no motivation to "grind".
It can only be said that some people are able to get on stage because the wind has blown them away.

Therefore, even if these things are not considered "secret manuals" when taken out individually in later generations, when Chu Chen put them together and connected them with the word "capillaries", they become very powerful.

Shiokawa truly understood Chu Chen's plan for FGO to become a national game, and indeed, it was a massive ecosystem that could self-circulate and generate its own revenue.

The most classic aspect of this core chain is that "FGO Killing" itself is also a gameplay module.

The "FGO Killing" mode will not be popular in the future.

There are other ways to change the funnel and continue to pour flow into it.

As long as FGO can maintain a stable base in Japan, StarCraft can continuously inject new players, allowing the game to gradually mature and eventually become a true "national-level game."

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Just as Chu Chen and Shiokawa were chatting, several unmarked luxury buses slowly pulled up in front of the Sony SME building, which was exclusively owned by Nogizaka46.

In 2017, Nogizaka46 was at the peak of its popularity, with members such as Mai Shiraishi, Nanase Nishino, Asuka Saito, and Manatsu Akimoto...
Even in China, people who follow the Japanese entertainment industry at all are familiar with these names. In Japan, their popularity is basically at the level of national idols. As their popularity rises, it is actually very difficult for them all to get together on a regular basis.

Therefore, when everyone arrived and saw that the members were so well-organized and that almost the entire selection team was present, they themselves were quite surprised, not to mention the others.

"What's going on today? It's all so mysterious."

On the bus, Erika Ikuta started the conversation.

"I don't know. The operations team only said it's a very important project and asked us all to clear our schedules." Mai Shiraishi smoothed her hair, a hint of confusion on her face.

"Is it going to be another waterfall climb or Macau tower jump?"

Kazumi Takayama gave an exaggerated shiver, which drew a burst of laughter.

The girls were quite lively on the bus, but besides their own liveliness, another reason for this was that they quickly discovered there were cameras everywhere inside the bus after boarding.
Even a photographer got on the bus.

Clearly, filming for this episode has already begun.

Several years have passed since the girls debuted, and they have a good understanding of variety shows. In the current situation, although they still don't know what this show is about.

Judging from the cameras and the number of staff following the production crew, it's clear that this recording was no small-scale operation.

In front of the camera, they naturally go "full throttle."

An hour later, the bus finally stopped outside a building that looked like a large film studio.

The pneumatic doors of the bus opened, and the girls filed out.

As Mai Shiraishi stepped out of the car, a unique smell, a mixture of new wood, paint, and dust, wafted towards them—a smell characteristic of large indoor set design studios.

This smell wasn't unfamiliar to idols, but the sight before them still made the Nogizaka46 girls, who were used to big events, gasp in surprise.

Compared to typical variety show studios, this place is way too big.

The high dome was hidden in the darkness, and the countless crisscrossing steel frame structures and rails reflected a cold metallic luster under the scattered work lights.

Perhaps noticing the girls' surprise, the manager leading the group whispered a few words of explanation.

"This is a newly built film shooting base in Chiba. It is said that a Hollywood team was involved in the design and it is the largest indoor studio in Asia."

"So we're going to make a movie!?"

The girls immediately got excited when the topic of movies came up.

However, the agent shook his head.

He simply shook his head without offering any further explanation, merely gesturing for the girls to keep quiet before leading Nogizaka46's staff and girls inside.

Once inside the studio, a tense yet orderly atmosphere quickly filled the air.

(End of this chapter)