Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 67 Hard Alliance
The unusual reaction to this "special event" has once again plunged much of the domestic gaming industry into a state of turmoil.

"What's going on?! How did he get 100 points again?!"

"Quick, quick, bring me the test paper and copy it!"

The message Huang Jintao received was from Chen Fan, the COO of NetEase Interactive Entertainment, asking him if he could try this kind of promotional method on Onmyoji as well.

Even if we hire some shills, we can create a similar "please open the server" news on the Korean and Japanese servers.

"This"

To be honest, Huang Jintao felt that this kind of thing was probably not intentional on Ren Xingchen's part.

Moreover, these are things people see for the first time and are looking at for novelty. If you try to imitate them deliberately, it's easy to end up looking like a poor imitation, and if not done well, it might even have the opposite effect.

However, it is, after all, the opinion of the group's direct superiors.

Huang Jintao then presented this plan and asked the Onmyoji operations team to come up with a solution first, since there were still a few months before the official launch.

Whether we use it or not, we'll see when the time comes.

Maybe the boss will forget about it, and that'll be fine.
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The explosive popularity of "Final Battlefront" in Japan is like a strange collaboration. It first generated buzz in Japan, then resonated in China, and then created ripples in South Korea.

The entire farce in South Korea came to an end with StarCraft Games announcing that it was preparing to launch a Korean server and providing updates on the localization progress.

The incident may have ended, but the game's popularity shows no signs of cooling down.

As most of the Chinese gaming industry watched "Final Front" climb to the top again, many wondered if making money in the anime and manga world was really that easy.

Some manufacturers subconsciously began to speed up their pace, and several studios under Tencent canceled their rest periods and entered overtime mode.

For "Gun Girl", for Huang Yu, and for Wan Wanggang.

This scene only made them more anxious, after all, they hadn't even played their cards yet, how could the other side be about to win?!

What's even more frustrating is that, despite doing absolutely nothing in this round of marketing for "Final Front," "GunGirls" has seen its revenue decline even further.

Even Huang Yu, who had been relatively calm, could no longer remain calm.

In Wan Wanggang's own words.

"Hurry up! We don't have much time left."

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With the huge success of "Final Frontline", it's not just game developers who are envious.

The date is May 15th.

Three days after the Japanese server of "Final Battlefront" was launched.

Around 9 a.m.

Suzhou, Hangzhou and Wuzhen
"Ink Painting Smart Games: Suzhou and Hangzhou Android Game Development Industry Forum"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a grand name."

Chu Chen looked at the banner hanging outside the Wuzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, and felt a little uneasy.

Suzhou-Hangzhou Android Game Development Industry Forum.

This industry development forum, while not having much influence among gamers, also doesn't really have much influence in the domestic gaming community.

Because this is essentially a platform for Suzhou and Hangzhou officials to showcase their investment opportunities.

Chu Chen's presence here was not because he wanted to come.

It was because Wang Jianmin, the vice mayor of Yufeng City, was also attending the forum and was going to give a speech.

Therefore, Chu Chen was notified in advance, hoping that he could share his thoughts at the meeting as a representative of outstanding enterprises in Yufeng City.

It was something like the class's top students being called upon to give a speech under the national flag, although Chu Chen didn't like these kinds of formalities.

But then again, the industrial park is now Xingchen's landlord.

Moreover, because the occupancy rate of the industrial park is actually very low, and the park is quite large, Starry Sky Games will be staying here for a long time to come. Since the government is willing to support it as a model, Chu Chen naturally understands the situation.

In addition, being a role model, while not very useful for game development, can be quite effective in certain situations.

So Chu Chen arrived in Wuzhen last night and went to the forum early this morning.

As it is an industry forum, the entire venue layout is completely different from that of typical game exhibitions.

It was less of a "forum" and more like an official briefing. The forum had a front and a back; the front was a large hall where some media were conducting interviews.

Behind that is a huge conference hall, which is the actual venue for the forum.

After Chu Chen entered, he was interviewed by several media outlets, but most of the questions were very formulaic. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he planned to walk into the briefing room.

He had just lifted his foot to leave when someone suddenly stopped him.

"Mr. Chen, you must be Mr. Chen from Starry Sky Games, right?"

A middle-aged man appeared before Chu Chen.

The man had a smile on his face, wore a well-tailored suit, and had his hair neatly combed.

However, his face didn't quite match the suit; his slightly narrow eyes and goatee gave him a rather "slick" look.

This was the first time Chu Chen had ever met someone with a goatee in real life.

"you are?"

"Nice to meet you. My surname is Zhang, Zhang with the radical 'bow and long'. You can just call me Lao Zhang. I'm from the Android Hardware Alliance."

The man extended his hand and handed over a business card.

Android Hardware Alliance?
Chu Chen glanced at the business card and quickly remembered what kind of organization it was.

If we use their official profile.

This is a joint promotion agency that focuses on mobile phone users, helps mobile phone manufacturers build vertical ecosystems, and provides services to mobile application and service developers.

However, actually.

This is the Android channel alliance formed by six mainstream domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

Just like Apple has the famous Apple tax, which is a 30% cut of developers with annual income exceeding $100 million.

Android also has its own "Android tax".

The problem is that Google, which was supposed to collect a tax on Android devices, withdrew from the domestic market in 2010.

Android is an open platform, so when smartphones were just emerging, the distribution channels of various mobile phone manufacturers were very chaotic, and the commission rates were not the same.

Moreover, at that time, the Android system was relatively open, and third-party software markets such as 91 Assistant and Wandoujia were quite popular.

Therefore, in the early stages of development, the commission rates for Android channels were actually very low.

Sometimes there's no commission at all.

However, as the battle for Android phones gradually entered its later stages and smartphones became more widespread, the Android distribution channels began to change in 14.

Those who frequently watched the press conferences back then should remember.

Starting that year, various mobile phone manufacturers began restricting "root access," limiting "flashing" (flashing ROMs), and restricting users from "installing third-party applications," citing security concerns.

When users install third-party applications, they will be redirected to the official app store first.

Although this approach was somewhat "rogue," the traffic to the domestic mobile application market did indeed increase significantly after that.

Therefore, in order to maximize the profits of this channel and at the same time reduce the channel management costs for mobile phone manufacturers, a company called Kawan Media emerged.

This original Android ecosystem company leveraged its existing network to connect with various mobile phone manufacturers and establish the "Hardware Alliance".

(End of this chapter)