Rebirth 08: Can a mobile game company also build a tech empire?

The company definitely needs a new game to establish itself in the gaming industry.

However, directly creating large-scale 3D games.

Not to mention the lack of funds to support game development, the company's employees also lack experience in developing large-scale games.

Therefore, Jiang Chang's idea was too idealistic.

They didn't even consider whether the company's conditions allowed it!

Furthermore, Lu Chen also knew about "Super Monkey Ball" that Jiang Chang mentioned.

This is one of the first games released on the App Store, and one of the few large-scale games with 3D scenes.

The game features stunning graphics, a vast map, and makes full use of the iPhone's gyroscope sensor to provide players with an immersive gaming experience.

More importantly, despite its hefty price tag of $9.99, the Super Monkey Ball's sales are on par with Angry Birds, which costs $0.99!

This clearly demonstrates the power of the Super Monkey Ball!

Jiang Chang's idea to develop a racing game modeled after Super Monkey Ball is indeed a good one.

But this is not what Lu Chen wanted.

Lu Chen's idea is that the games produced by the company should be as high-quality and entertaining as possible, while also being innovative!

Lu Chen temporarily set aside Jiang Chang's thoughts and continued:

"Does anyone else have any ideas?"

This time, it was the elder brother, Wu Zhixuan, who stepped forward.

"Boss, I think we can continue to explore the potential of Angry Birds."

For example, there are birds with new skills, and more complex maps.

We could even enable map creation, allowing players to create and upload their own maps.

After listening, Lu Chen nodded silently.

Wu Zhixuan's ideas tend to be conservative.

After all, that's what Rovio did in his previous life; after Angry Birds became a success, they launched a whole series of animations, movies, and merchandise.

This led to subsequent space versions, Star Wars versions, Rio versions, seasonal versions, and so on.

Continuously explore the potential of Angry Birds.

But every game eventually comes to the end of its life cycle.

Even after Angry Birds had exhausted its potential, Rovio failed to create a new blockbuster game.

After listening to the employees' thoughts.

Lu Chen decided to increase the intensity for everyone.

Let me show you what true innovation really is!

"Since no one has any good ideas, I'll share mine!"

Lu Chen took two steps to the whiteboard.

The employees below immediately perked up and shouted, "Here we come!"

Boss Lu has an almost magical power whenever he walks in front of the whiteboard.

To be able to depict a groundbreaking game in just a few minutes.

"Everyone's previous ideas were good, but they didn't grasp the key points of smartphones."

The biggest change brought about by smartphones is that they have revolutionized the traditional button-based interaction method.

Use swipe instead of tap.

Therefore, we also need to learn to change the form of the game.

Moreover, a good game needs to learn to simplify!

You can play with just one finger!

Everyone was completely bewildered by Lu Chen's words.

Angry Birds is played with one finger, and the new game is also played with one finger.

How many brilliant ideas does Boss Lu have to create games that are never the same?

"Imagine if a few fruits were tossed up from the bottom of the screen."

Lu Chen drew an apple and a banana in the center of the whiteboard.

Then the player only needs to swipe lightly.

Cut it in two with one stroke!

Lu Chen cleanly and decisively severed the two fruits on the canvas with a single stroke.

It also cut off the tangled mess of thoughts in everyone's minds.

It was like a bolt of lightning flashing across my heart in the darkness.

"What...what...what!!!"

"How could I not have thought of that!"

"Simple, so simple! Completely intuitive! No tutorial needed!"

Everyone was stunned by Lu Chen's brilliant idea.

They really couldn't have imagined it.

Lu Chen can produce one groundbreaking work after another.

This game can definitely rival Angry Birds!

Both games are considered classics!

The employees below were already excited, but Lu Chen hadn't finished speaking yet.

"We can add a burst of juice the moment the fruit is cut open."

At the same time, the fruits that appear on screen each time can be arranged in a row at a certain moment.

This allows players to cut everything in one go!

This way of cutting fruit will definitely maximize the enjoyment!

Lu Chen drew several different kinds of fruit on the whiteboard and added a few scattering lines to represent bursting juice.

"Yes, yes, it's really satisfying to cut several fruits at once."

"That's right, it perfectly satisfies a strange, destructive urge in humanity!"

The employees' ideas came out like a flood.

"But isn't cutting fruit like this a bit too monotonous?"

Chu Yu raised her hand to ask a question.

Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction. Finally, someone was using their brain and keeping up with his pace.

Good question!

We can increase the difficulty by adding bombs between the flying fruits.

If a player accidentally switches to the bomb, they lose.

Lu Chen showed no sign of stopping and continued speaking:

We offer three different modes for game development.

For example, in the classic mode, there is no time limit, and fruits and bombs keep appearing. If a player misses three fruits or cuts a bomb, the game ends.

Time-limited mode, 90 seconds, no bombs, players cut as much fruit as possible.

Arcade mode has a 60-second timer. Fruits with special abilities will appear. Cutting them will slow you down or cause a large number of fruits to appear, while cutting them with bombs will deduct time.

The player's goal is to get the highest possible score.

This allows us to build a leaderboard.

It tallies and ranks the scores of players worldwide.

After hearing Lu Chen's thoughts on the game, everyone was so shocked that they were speechless.

Same office, same whiteboard, same groundbreaking innovation!

Once again, everyone witnessed Lu Chen's moment of becoming a legend!

Seeing Lu Chen full of vigor, creating classics with every move.

Everyone suddenly realized how wonderful it is to have a boss like that.

Tao Manwen secretly took out her phone and filmed Lu Chen writing and drawing on the whiteboard.

Perhaps one day, several years from now, this video will appear on the Internet.

Only then will people realize that the games that accompanied their childhood years ago were born in a simple office.

Lu Chen's mouth was dry from talking at length.

He stopped and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

But he found several employees staring at him blankly, their eyes giving him the creeps.

"Hey everyone, say something!"

Lu Chen waved to the group.

Only then did everyone realize what was happening.

"The boss is awesome!"

"The boss is invincible!"

"Boss, I love you!"

Several people surrounded Lu Chen and gave him a big hug.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing...?"

The sudden surge of emotion left Lu Chen momentarily speechless.

"Alright, alright, aren't we in a meeting? Why are we getting all sentimental?"

Everyone, please return to your seats. I'll give a summary.

With Lu Chen's persuasion, the crowd finally returned to order.

"Don't be fooled by the simple gameplay; developing a new game like Angry Birds is no less difficult than developing one."

Therefore, everyone should also adopt a serious work attitude.

Complete the development of the new game as soon as possible.

So please ask any questions you have now.

"Yes, boss!" Tao Manwen raised her hand.

"What?"

"What's the name of the new game?"

"Let's call it... 'Fruit Swordsman'!"