Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

"Genki Knight" has completely become a hit, there is no doubt about it.

And on the twelfth day of its launch, even in terms of the number of downloads, it has surpassed "Under the Legend".

Officially exceeded 10 million downloads.

Of course, this is not to say that there are 10 million players, but the tens of millions of downloads are also a testament to the success of the game.

And it can be said that the impact of "Genki Knight" on the game industry and the media is far higher than that of "Under the Legend".

Is Under the Legend a good game?

So far, 9 million downloads and a player rating of 9.7.

The certification income alone brought Chen Xu more than one million.

OPENED A CATEGORY OF METAGAME POPULARITY.

These are enough to prove the excellence of "Under the Legend".

But the movement set off by "Under the Legend" is not as big as imagined.

Because it's a free-to-play game, and while the meta element has shaken the industry, it's more of an artistic shock.

Whether or not you can succeed in business is something that everyone doesn't know.

Although judging from its performance, there is a high probability that it will become popular, but this is just speculation.

And "Genki Knight" is different.

From the beginning, I didn't even touch the tail of the best-selling list of new games, and then the number of downloads and payments continued to rise, and finally 24 hours before the record, directly to the first place.

The reputation is excellent, and at the same time it is on the best-selling list of new games, coupled with this unique way of playing.

This is really a shock to the industry.

People in the game industry have a hunch that may, like "Under the Legend", the small finished game of "Genki Knight" is about to become a new outlet again.

And it is a wider business outlet.

Especially with the increasing popularity of "Genki Knight" on the Internet.

This makes many media and gamers who pay attention to it have a feeling as if they have witnessed history.

"A different shooting game, a unique feeling experience of Genki Knight!".

"Climbing to the top of the best-selling list of new games, the daily turnover of Genki Knight continues to exceed one million!".

"After METAGAME, Chen Xu brought a unique style of game!".

"From Legend to Genki Knight, Analyzing the Past of Game Designer Chen Xu!".

"Shocked, Tenghua lost to a little-known independent studio!".

With the results of "Genki Knight", many game media have also made "Genki Knight" as a news headline.

After all, it is on the cusp of the storm, and this traffic is not eaten in vain.

Of course, there are also some media that want to attract people's attention to play the title party, focusing on Chen Xu and You Zifang, as well as Tenghua, and wanting to do a big thing.

There are also many so-called 'players', of course, it is more likely that the media who want to make a big news have come to Youzifang's official blog to ridicule them.

'Wait and see, now the results are out!'

"The first new game is "Genki Knight", and "City of Legends" has fallen to third, are you used to it? ’

'Fortunately, someone didn't play any gambling with Chen Xu at the beginning, otherwise it would be really difficult to ride a tiger now." ’

Especially when you returned to Chen Xu, you can wait and see, but now it has also been pushed up.

Needless to say, there was no reply to the message at all.

In this case, playing dead is the most effective way.

And Chen Xu's words didn't pay attention to this rhythm on the Internet, and he didn't pay attention to it.

Take the initiative to mock a downstream sub-party?

Chen Xu is not so boring, and the main reason for being with the other party at the beginning was because the other party first came to rub a wave of popularity of "Under the Legend".

In addition, the speech of the wanderer in the back made people a little uncomfortable.

For now, one of the initial successes of Genki Knight is that he has already proven his ability.

Silence is the best way to go.

As for the media, Chen Xu didn't have too many mood swings.

Now it seems that all the media are on his side, but Chen Xu is also very clear.

If "Genki Knight" didn't show such results.

That should be the kind of genius designer who is not worthy of the name, and the wanderer is far-sighted.

For Chen Xu, how to maintain the follow-up of "Genki Knight" is the main thing now.

For a roguelike game, Genki Knight is still different from ordinary card games.

That's one of the points of repeated profit.

The reason why card games can generate a steady stream of income, and even the continuous roll-off service can have players enter.

Its deep enough card pool, as well as an extremely high kryptonite ceiling, all play a big role.

Therefore, even if there is no new content update in the future, the card game will only need to roll over for a long time to be able to make enough profits.

But "Genki Knight" is different, the kryptonite points in the game are currently in the new characters and skins.

Although it's free with in-app purchases, it's actually no different from selling DLC.

If "Genki Knight" is a game that is bought out for a fee, and the skin has new characters, it can actually be understood as DLC.

At present, through a data situation in the background of the game editor, Chen Xu can also see that the income of "Genki Knight" has continued to decline.

Although the daily turnover is basically still in the order of millions.

But you must know that the daily user growth of "Genki Knight" is an explosive growth.

In this case, the turnover is still only maintaining or even declining, which shows that in fact, the follow-up profit of "Genki Knight" is not very impressive.

It's just that the players who joined later maintained such a revenue balance.

And according to the data, the growth rate of players has also slowed down, which shows that the number of players in "Genki Knight" is already on the verge of approaching a saturation state.

There will definitely be players in the future, but don't expect the same surge in users as before.

In this state, if there are no measures, the revenue of "Genki Knight" will definitely continue to decline slowly.