Chapter 304 Ark Survival Evolved: If You Mess with Me, You'll Hit a Brick Wall (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 304 Ark·Survival Evolved: If you mess with me, you’ve hit the wall (please subscribe)

On March 3rd, the dragon raises its head.

Yamashiro University, School of Game Design.

Outside the auditorium, banners were hung high and letters were written——

[General Tiangong of Taiping Road·Game Production Experience·Sharing Lecture]

The auditorium, which could accommodate thousands of people, was packed with seats. There was no empty seat at all. Even the aisles were filled with students who wanted to see General Tiangong and listen to General Tiangong's experience sharing.

Members of the student union were all over the auditorium to maintain order. Even because the event was so popular, many non-game design majors came to the auditorium to participate in lectures and meetings.

On the stage, Cai Gou did not have any paper manuscripts and was completely free to express his thoughts and feelings along the way.

Cai Gou was on the stage, talking eloquently, and finally said:

"From pixel games to couple games, from couple games to puzzle games, from puzzle games to interactive games, from interactive games to shooting games, from shooting games to music games, according to Civilization Games - this journey, Tai Ping Dao has been through a lot!”

"Taipingdao has always adhered to the hard-core characteristics, real characteristics, and abstract style, forming an alternative development path in the gaming circle that is different from other game manufacturers."

"My experience is insignificant. If I can give some inspiration to all my fellow students, that would be the best thing. My experience sharing session comes to an end here. Thank you all."

"boom--"

"Crash!"

The entire audience fell into silence, as if they were still immersed in Cai Gou's experience sharing. After a while, they came to their senses, and thunderous applause suddenly resounded through the sky, mixed with a few cheers from time to time——

"Thank you, boss! I have benefited a lot!"

"General Tiangong, I want an autograph!"

"Old thief, one word for today's wave - handsome!"

The host walked onto the stage and said: "Okay, let's move on to the last part of this Taipingdao Tiangong General game production experience sharing lecture - audience questions."

The eyes of the entire audience suddenly lit up like searchlights, and they all raised their hands.

Cai Gou casually pointed at a boy in the front row. When the staff handed him the microphone, he still had an expression of disbelief.

Fortunately, he knew that the opportunity was rare, so after taking a few deep breaths, he asked his question:

"Hello, general, I am a member of the Yellow Turban Army Dumpling Steaming Cult on Taiping Road."

There were a few good-natured jokes in the audience.

Obviously, when facing General Tiangong, it has become an unwritten practice among Taipingdao fans to declare their family status and tell the general what faction of the Yellow Turban Army they belong to.

"What I want to ask is..." the boy plucked up the courage and said:

"Are you confident about the Journey Cup competition to be held in the second half of this year?"

The Journey Cup can be held every three or four years, or every ten years. Each time, it is the most colorful fragment of game memory in the youth of a generation of players.

The theme blind selection event before the Journey Cup half a year ago seems like just yesterday. The horror theme is a very unpopular theme, so it’s no wonder that fans are uneasy.

Cai Gou pondered for a moment and said: "There must be confidence. Taipingdao can only participate in the Journey Cup a handful of times. We will definitely go all out and leave no regrets."

"I understand everyone's concerns. Taipingdao has never had experience in making horror games, but rest assured, it's a first time for everyone, and Taipingdao has never been afraid to try new tracks."

"According to the game competition rules of the Journey Cup, as a participant, I cannot disclose details about the participating games, but please rest assured that I will not let you down, and it will not let you down."

"On the contrary, this game has a horror theme. I'm afraid it has to ask you a question that is unique to Taipingdao but is timeless - can it be done? CaiGou!"

Audience: "Hahahaha!"

Later, a few lucky viewers got the opportunity to ask questions, and the questions they asked——

Some are asking about Taipingdao’s five-year game plan.

Some people asked about Cai Gou's most satisfying game since the establishment of Taiping Road.

Some people are asking whether Taiping Road will recruit interns this year or in the future.

Cai Gou gave satisfactory answers one by one.

Until the host came to the stage and explained: "The Taiping Dao Tiangong General Game Production Experience Sharing Lecture ends here."

The audience looked at Cai Gou reluctantly, but the banquet was over. Cai Gou waved and finally returned to the backstage.

An Quan, the dean of the School of Game Design, was already here. After waiting for a long time, Cai Gou walked up to him and said with a smile:

"Dean, I keep what I say, right? If you agree to go back to school to give a lecture, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with that."

An Quan nodded with a smile: "I'll be proud of you today. Let's go back to my office. I'll treat you to tea."

"Yo? The sun is coming out in the west?"

Cai Gou looked An Quan up and down and said jokingly, "Aren't you afraid that I will eat and take away your inventory?"

"It's too late today. I even let you take away the inventory at the bottom of the box!"

An Quan waved his hand smartly, and the two of them chatted and laughed all the way to An Quan's office.

The decoration of the office has remained the same for several years without any change. During the break of making tea, An Quan asked:

"You kid, you've been following the trend recently. Aren't Qingshan, Baihua, and Wutong, four game companies, competing against each other? At this critical moment, why would you think of returning to school to give a lecture?"

Cai Gou took a sip of tea, with a bit of disdain on his face: "Dean, I'm your soldier, what are they? Even if the four companies are tied together, they are not enough for me."

"They think it's beautiful. They think I will definitely not go to great lengths to fight against them in order to participate in the Journey Cup. One or two people want to jump out and be the first bird."

"In fact, they are right. Why would I go to great lengths to fight against them? There are indeed only two games competing with them, but there are more than two DLCs."

An Quan smiled without saying anything. He had heard a little about the DLC series of Stardew Valley, whether it was [SVE] or [Ridgeside Village]. It can be regarded as a rare high-quality DLC in the gaming circle in recent years.

Cai Gou could think of such a cost-effective way to compete, and to be honest, it also surprised a group of game industry designers.

"Although the four companies need to be paid attention to, you still have to focus most of your attention on the Journey Cup competition in the second half of this year..." An Quan explained:

"In fact, according to the bankruptcy time of game companies, many companies cannot last for three years, from opening to closing, and those with bad luck can't even run into a Journey Cup competition. Even if they run into it, they are not eligible to participate."

"Hey, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

The two were chatting, and the mobile phone placed on the coffee table called. Cai Gou looked at An Quan and showed an apologetic smile. An Quan waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

Cai Gou then answered the phone and asked: "Brother Wu? What's wrong?"

On the other end of the phone, Wu Xiu's slightly excited smile came: "Mr. Cai, just now, Qingshan Game Company issued an official website announcement, announcing that the new game will be available for sale soon."

Qingshan?

Cai Gou heard the words, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly playfully.

Qingshan Game Company was the most active among the four companies before the war, and of course, the quietest after the war.

After holding back for half a year, it seems that they still can’t hold back?

"Wait for me to come back and talk in detail!"

Cai Gou hung up the phone, stood up decisively and said: "Dean, there is something urgent at the company, I will not disturb you, I will come to see you next time."

An Quan stood up and said: "What's the urgent matter? If you need my help, just tell me."

"Oh, don't worry, my great dean, it's not a big deal, Qingshan Game Company has released a game."

Cai Gou stopped talking, An Quan understood and smiled: "So it's such a thing, okay, I won't take up your time as a busy man."

An Quan took out a box of tea with unusually beautiful packaging from the cupboard and handed it to Cai Gou:

"Here, this box of tea is specially reserved for you, take it."

Cai Gou was not polite, and there was no need to be polite to An Quan, which seemed strange: "Oh, thank you, dean."

Cai Gou took the tea, went downstairs, got in the car, and soon the car left Shancheng University.

An Quan looked at the bare treetops in the yard, looked carefully, and saw that there were already a few new green buds on it. He smiled and returned to the office.

An hour later, Cai Gou returned to the headquarters of Taipingdao Company. Wu Xiu, Zhu Pingan, and Zhong Chu were already waiting in his office.

Cai Gou pushed the door open and saw the three people. He asked without any politeness: "Brother Wu, I didn't have time to ask on the phone. Now tell me, what's the situation of Qingshan Game Company?"

Who knew that when this was said, the three looked at each other, all of them were a little bit amused.

"What's wrong?" Cai Gou asked.

"Uh..." Wu Xiu scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said: "Brother, I seem to have made a mistake."

"Qingshan Game Company has released a game called Survival Challenge Day, but the total size of the game is less than 100MB, which is a game that cannot be smaller. It is said to be a survival challenge game, but it is in the form of a text game."

Zhu Pingan continued: "The quality of this Survival Challenge Day is on par with the level of the entries in the College Student Game Festival. It is said to be a new release, but I think it is more like a provocation."

"Oh?"

Cai Gou became interested, walked around the desk, logged into the computer and searched online.

[Game name: Survival Challenge Day]

[Developer: Qingshan Game Company]

[Type: Single Player·Survival·Collection·Crafting·Building·Challenge·Single Player]

[Price: Free]

[Introduction: The wailing of zombies resounds through the streets, and the broken courtyards are full of murderous intentions. To survive in this apocalypse, you need water! Food! Weapons! And a safe house!

Search every building you see and bring all the resources you can find back to your home. Oh! Don't forget, you need a backpack!

You must be careful and alert to any slight noise to avoid alarming the hordes of zombies! If you are unfortunately alarmed, then prepare to fight or run for your life! I prefer the latter.

Rookie, how many days can you survive in this apocalypse? Believe me, you know nothing about horror! ]

[Developer's message: Qingshan Game Company's fan feedback this year, free broadcast]

The game Survival Challenge Day is indeed a survival and construction game, and the gameplay is very classic, which is the most enduring setting of the survival and construction category.

But what Zhu Pingan and Wu Xiu said is also true, in today's rapidly developing gaming industry, this game still has the flavor of ten years ago.

Zhu Ping'an looked at Cai Gou and explained: "Brother Dog, the Ark·Survival Evolved produced by Brother Zhong's project team is used to compete with the Survival Challenge Day. It is completely an anti-aircraft cannon to fight mosquitoes."

"In my opinion, among the three major expansion modules of Stardew Valley, there is still one [East Scap] that has not been released. How about we release [East Scap] to compete with him? To be honest, use [East Scap]. Scarp] I feel like I’m giving him an advantage when I compete with him in the ring.”

Cai Gou raised his head and looked at Zhu Ping'an with a playful and narrow smile.

Zhu Pingan scratched his arm and said, "Brother Dog, what do you mean? Your smile makes my skin crawl. What? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Hahahaha..." Cai Gou explained: "Uncle Emperor, I gave you the trump card in Stardew Valley. Didn't I give you the trump card in Ark Survival Evolved?"

"Ah?" Zhu Pingan suddenly looked back at Zhong Chu and asked, "Brother Zhong, does Ark Survival Evolved also have DLC?"

Zhong Chu smiled and nodded honestly: "Well, Mr. Cai gave me a DLC design plan during the game project establishment stage and asked me to keep it secret."

"Is there more than one DLC?" Zhu Pingan asked.

Zhong Chu just nodded with a smile and did not answer.

Zhu Pingan looked at Cai Gou, the initiator of all this, and asked, "Brother Dog, what do you think?"

Cai Gou tapped his finger on the table and explained: "The main body of Stardew Valley plus the two DLCs [SVE] and [Ridgeside Village] have already earned enough popularity and sales for Stardew Valley. The audience of players is almost Catch them all.”

"In a short period of time, even if Taipingdao releases the [Eastscape] DLC for Stardew Valley, I don't think there will be much growth in sales and popularity. This account is not worthwhile."

"Of course, if Fengqi Games or Wutong Games still plan to release a farming management game, then [Eastscape] must be released even if it is not cost-effective. But now it is Qingshan Games that competes with us."

"Although the released game is small in size and has old-fashioned gameplay. At first glance, it is used to fight against the front line, but it is always a survival and construction game. We use [Eastscape], a DLC of a farming and management game, to compete in the arena. ?”

"Qingshan Game Company has a great idea. They want to use a small game to deceive us into using the bottom card, but they don't know that Ark: Survival Evolved has far more trump cards than Stardew Valley."

"On the surface, we only have one king, but in fact we have a set of king bombs. It's time for them to see Taipingdao's strength in survival and construction track."

"We just want to use Ark Survival Evolved to tell the entire gaming community that if anyone opposes us, even if they release a small game, no one will be left behind."

Zhu Pingan nodded with sudden realization. Since Brother Gou had already made a plan, he would no longer get involved. In order to maximize profits, [Eastscape] should be released slowly for the best effect.

Zhong Chu looked at Cai Gou and asked passionately: "Mr. Cai, is that the Ark Survival Evolved promotional video?"

Cai Gou made the final decision: "Release it now!"

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