pjbooks Chapter 212 4399 Mini Games
Chapter 212 4399 Mini Games
Half an hour later, at the Rabbit Technology office.
The atmosphere wasn't as somber as Lu Ran had feared; instead, it was rather relaxed.
Lu Ran pushed open the door and went in, only to find several interns from the technical department huddled together, pointing and gesturing at a screen.
"This maze is well-designed; the mechanism in the third level is quite interesting..."
"The combo system in Bejeweled is pretty fun, should we consider adopting it?"
"The whack-a-mole design in that game is hilarious; the one with glasses looks just like Brother Zhou..."
"Haha, shh—keep your voice down!"
Lu Ran walked over and coughed.
The interns immediately sat up straight, pretending to be working diligently.
"What are you looking at?" Lu Ran asked knowingly.
"Uh...we're researching our competitors' products!" A boy with glasses raised his hand. "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated!"
Lu Ran laughed: "Okay, so what have you figured out?"
The interns exchanged glances, and the bespectacled boy mustered his courage and said, "President Lu, I don't think we need to panic."
"Oh? Why?"
"Because those games on Weibo, although fun, are all single-player." The boy pushed up his glasses—a gesture somewhat similar to Zhou Ming's philosophy. "There's no social interaction, no friend interaction, no leaderboards. I believe you'll get bored after a few days."
Another girl chimed in, "And they don't have any pets! Not that rabbit!"
"Yes!" the third intern said excitedly, "I went to Weibo last night and the maze was really fun, but I got tired of it after a while and started missing my rabbit. So I came back."
As Lu Ran listened, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.
It seems I don't need to worry at all. This time, Weibo's counterattack looks powerful and impressive on the surface, but Lu Ran knows that in reality, it didn't have much of an impact.
Moreover, Weibo's move served as a reminder to Lu Ran.
"Alright," he clapped his hands, "go do what you're supposed to do. Those who want to do research can continue, no need to sneak around."
The interns dispersed with smiles on their faces.
Lu Ran walked into Zhou Mingzhe's office and found the technology partner looking at the screen with a somewhat serious expression.
"How is it?" Lu Ran sat down next to him.
Zhou Mingzhe adjusted his glasses: "The data is alright. We lost about 500,000 daily active users yesterday, but 200,000 came back this morning. Although there has been some loss, it hasn't hurt us yet. We just don't know how much loss will continue."
"So what do you think we should do?"
"Wait for them to come back?" Zhou Mingzhe asked hesitantly.
After all, the game "Seven Heroes of the Jianghu" that the company is currently developing can only be played offline, because the game is too big and not suitable for being enlarged on a TUTU.
Lu Ran laughed: "Waiting isn't a solution. This move by Weibo shows they're starting to get serious about making games. Five today, maybe ten next week, maybe twenty next month. Although the impact this time isn't huge, if we just sit here and wait to die, relying solely on one farm, we'll be slowly worn down sooner or later."
Zhou Mingzhe nodded: "You have an idea?"
Lu Ran leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling.
Of course, I have ideas.
The words of those interns reminded him that although there are many games on Weibo, they are all isolated and have not formed an ecosystem.
On the TUTU side, there's a farm, pets, a community, and a social network.
If we make some more games and compile them into a collection, it should be quite effective.
"Brother Zhou," he suddenly sat up straight, "what do you think about integrating all the little games I've made before into TUTU?"
Zhou Mingzhe was taken aback: "All of them?"
"Yes. Games like 'Jump Jump,' 'Candy Crush,' 'Happy Farm,' and 'Skill Gomoku' are already available, and I own the copyrights. We'll develop some new ones, put them all in, and create a game center."
"Users can play freely in the game center, and after finishing, they can share their scores to their circle, compare rankings with friends, and accumulate points to exchange for pet skins."
"Isn't Weibo known for its game compilations? Let's create an even bigger compilation."
After listening, Zhou Mingzhe thought Lu Ran's suggestion was good. He had indeed forgotten that Lu Ran had many early mini-game works.
Many people still play these little games today.
"That's a good idea." He adjusted his glasses. "But developing new games takes time. How will you maintain the progress of subsequent games? Relying on your few games alone, you can only win back lost customers right now. Should we try to acquire some games from other game companies...?"
"No need." Lu Ran stood up. "I'll take care of these."
Zhou Mingzhe looked at him suspiciously: "Are you alone?"
"Yes, it's just me." Lu Ran said without changing his expression. "Don't worry, I've already written a lot of games before, but the reason I haven't been able to make them yet is because I've been saving them specifically for TUTU."
Just kidding, I only redeemed it temporarily.
However, Lu Ran's words gave Zhou Mingzhe a lot of confidence.
He really forgot.
The person in front of me is a tough guy who can write "Jump Jump" all night long, so it's normal for him to develop some new games.
"Alright," he nodded, "then you write the code, and I'll handle the platform integration. We'll work on both fronts simultaneously and aim to launch within a week."
"A week is too long." Lu Ran thought for a moment, "Three days. I'll bring out thirty games."
Zhou Mingzhe adjusted his glasses noticeably faster: "Three days? Thirty games?"
"Thirty games is just a conservative estimate," Lu Ran said seriously. "The games on my computer have been itching to be released, just waiting for this debut."
Zhou Mingzhe took a deep breath: "Lu Ran, tell me honestly, do you have a game library hidden in your head?"
"Not only that, there's also a music library and a script library." Lu Ran knew he was joking, and went along with his words.
Sometimes I really want to cut open your brain and see what's inside!
Lu Ran patted his shoulder, "Don't ask anymore, the answer is talent."
...
That night, Lu Ran locked himself in his study.
The system panel unfolds before your eyes:
Current popularity rating: 78,234,567
Thirty-nine million.
During this period, "Super Girl" continued to be a hit, the second season of "That Rabbit" gained positive word-of-mouth, TUTU's user base steadily increased, and its popularity accumulated significantly.
Lu Ran typed in the search box:
[Complete Set of Development Materials for 4399 Mini Games]
—The search requires 5,000,000 popularity points. Confirm?
Ten million?
This price is ten times that of previous game searches.
But since it's a collection, Lu Ran felt it was worth it.
Without hesitation, he clicked "confirm".
The next second, a massive amount of information flooded into my mind like a tidal wave.
It's not just one game, it's hundreds.
Gold Miner, Fire and Ice in the Forest, Beat Up Kids, Flash Fighter, Q-version Bubble Fighter, Bleach vs. Naruto, King of Fighters Wing, Journey to the West, Seer, Mole's World...
Lu Ran's consciousness was submerged in a sea of information for a full ten minutes before he slowly opened his eyes.
"Dad, you're truly awesome." He exclaimed sincerely.
This material is not simply source code and documentation, but a complete game platform solution.
It not only contains complete information on hundreds of mini-games, but also the design scheme for the game center, user points system, achievement system, leaderboard system, friend battle system...
There's even a detailed "User Retention Strategy Analysis Report" that analyzes how to keep users on the platform long-term through game combinations.
Lu Ran knew this was a feature of the system; when searching for games, it would always include corresponding user reports.
If it weren't for Weibo's actions, Lu Ran would have almost forgotten about this killer game that was all the rage on web pages in his previous life.
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