'It was interesting at the beginning, but the subsequent hollow game content and the same dungeon monsters made me confused as to what kind of story the author wanted to tell.'

'The retro pixel art style is very lovable, and the first half of the game is quite fun, but the boring battle system, confusing numerical design, and endless bugs make people have no patience to continue playing.'

"Monster Dungeon" game star rating: 3.0

Player comments(41)

'The plot is boring, the combat design is boring, but in this era, there are still people doing retro pixel style, I don't know what they think.'

'The pixel-style graphics are a bit interesting, but the game is too boring, and it's a waste of 45 dollars.'

"I want to make a great game." Yang Chen, who had just entered the industry, once made such a bold statement.

However, when the truth is placed in front of us, it is still too cruel.

"well……"

At twelve o'clock in the night, in Shang Hai's rental house, Yang Chen looked at the dazzling 3.0 rating marked in red on the computer screen and let out a sigh.

This is the first time he has read this review. In fact, the 3.0 rating is probably due to the early word-of-mouth public relations of the publishing company.

The game priced at 45 yuan sold less than 5,000 copies. After deducting the channel commission and subsequent player refunds, the actual profit in his hands was only about 50,000.

As for the cost of the entire game, he invested 300,000.

Yes, he is the creator of this game.

Yang Chen, who graduated from Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, majored in Chinese language and literature, a major that he didn’t even know why he chose it in the first place.

In the end, he successfully graduated, just like most people, he embarked on a path that had nothing to do with his major, a path that he really liked.

He chose the career of game production. From the beginning of plot planning, to self-study of related programs and art, to leaving his job to start a business, it took him almost 3 years. It is not a long time, but it is not a short time either.

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I spent my three years of savings to recruit people. In order to save costs, I couldn't rent a commercial office building, so I could only choose a rough house in the community as an office location.

After conducting market research and facing various popular elements at the moment, Yang Chen finally chose the retro pixel style. After all, as an independent gamer, he needs something eye-catching. Retro is the gimmick that Yang Chen wants to create.

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After confirming all the work, a year later he entered the market with an adventure pixel game "Monster Dungeon" he developed. Originally, he thought it would be as blockbuster as written in the novel, and then become a leader in the domestic gaming industry.

A dark horse, and finally created a gaming and entertainment empire.

But reality gave him a hammer.

Game development is far from being as easy as he thought. The team's integration, project development, including the difficulties encountered during the development process, and the financial dilemma.

Even at the end of game development, Yang Chen was the only one left in the entire team, and the rest of the employees chose to resign because they felt that the project had no potential.

The last month included game optimization and bug testing and fixing, all of which Yang Chen was responsible for.

Now, it's clear that those employees who chose to resign made the right choice. This is a losing game.

More than a year of game development is quite normal for independent gamers, but with today's assembly line operations, elements that were popular a year ago no longer have much appeal now.

Moreover, due to personnel and funding issues, he did all the work himself in the later period, which led to quite a few problems including numerical values ​​and even optimization.

And these big problems are mixed together, which creates a bad gaming experience for players.

"Alas..." Yang Chen sighed softly after closing the webpage.

Just as the sigh fell, a coat was draped behind him.

"Still thinking about failure?" A playful voice sounded next to his ears, and with a warm breath, a pretty face came to his side, and Wang Yaliang hugged Yang Chen's arms with both hands.

"Um...did it wake you up?" Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Yaliang who was next to him, and said with some apology.

This is his girlfriend, who is two years younger than him. The two of them have been together since high school. They have a secret and underground relationship. Every meeting is just like meeting in the underground party.

At that time, he was in the third year of high school and Wang Yaliang was in the first year of high school. Then because he was still a few points away from the score line of the university he wanted to enter, he chose to repeat the study. That year, he was in the third year of high school and Wang Yaliang was the second year of high school.

After that, he came to Shanghai. Only on weekends did he have the opportunity to chat on his mobile phone, chatting about the interesting things he encountered in Shanghai and the troubles she encountered in her senior year of high school, but this seemed relatively fragile.

The love affair did not wither as most people thought, because in the second year, Wang Yaliang also came to Shanghai and came to the same school.

"The bed is very cold. I can't sleep because I can't hold you." Wang Yaliang teased Yang Chen with a smile.

"Yes, yes, last night someone grabbed the quilt and almost kicked me down." Yang Chen rolled his eyes, then reached out and held Wang Yaliang in his arms.

"My mother called me at night. She knows about you." Leaning his head in Yang Chen's arms, Wang Yaliang imitated his tone: "My mother said: Xiao Liang, if it doesn't work, don't stay in Shang."

It's good to go back to the county. Tell Xiao Yang that your father has some connections in the bureau. Let him read the book and get interview points when the recruitment is open next year. The interview will be almost the same.

It can be decided by default, you are not young anymore, you will be 25 during the Chinese New Year."

"My mother is urging me to get married." Wang Yaliang raised his head with a smile in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Yang Chen hugged the person in his arms tightly.

"I don't care. Anyway, you won't even think about running away in this life." Wang Yaliang said with a smile as he stretched out his hand and pinched Yang Chen's face.

"Of course I won't run away. I finally found a silly girl. If I run away, won't I have to be a bachelor for the rest of my life?" Yang Chen smiled, freeing up his right hand to grab the mouse and close the computer.

"What do you think? How about we go home at the end of the year?" Wang Yaliang leaned his head on Yang Chen's chest and whispered.

Hearing Wang Yaliang's words, Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at the computer next to him, and thought of his experiences in the past few years.

Maybe, I am really not suitable for playing games.

After two seconds, Yang Chen nodded: "Okay, let's go back at the end of the year."

Hearing Yang Chen's words, Wang Yaliang showed a smile on his face, raised his head and pinched Yang Chen's face.

The two of them had a fuss on the bed for a while, then turned off the lights and covered themselves with quilts and lay down. Soon Yang Chen, who had his eyes closed, heard slight snoring coming from next to him. Then after a few minutes or ten minutes, there was a trace of snoring.

Drowsiness hit him and he slowly fell asleep.
Chapter completed!