My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 24 Survival
After recovering from the shock, Zhou Kuang decided to leave the mall quickly to avoid accidentally seeing any dirty and gloomy items again.

He didn't have enough points to buy anything anyway, and anything useful would cost at least a thousand points.

Even the character design guidelines for "Star Attack" mentioned earlier originally cost 100 points.

Zhou Kuang felt depressed when he thought about how he and his employees had worked so hard for several weeks and finally completed Task Target 1, but the points they earned were only enough to buy the LGBTQ+ handbook at its original price.

Zhou Kuang opened his backpack again and checked other items that he had not had time to look at when he exchanged the points redemption voucher.

【Expandable surprise gift box × 1】

[Introduction: This surprise gift box contains a random surprise item. The longer the holder holds the gift box, the more valuable the item will be, until the holder chooses to use it and opens the box to obtain the item.]

Holding period: 0 days

After reading the introduction, Zhou Kuang nodded. Although he didn't know what would come out of this surprise gift box, he would at least not open it now.

However, this feeling of facing the unknown still made him eager to try, and he was itching to know what items he could get by opening it.

Not good.

As this feeling grew stronger, he quickly closed the item description to prevent himself from opening the gift box impulsively, which would have been a huge loss.

Zhou Kuang was not very good at dealing with this kind of thing before he traveled through time. Every time he encountered a situation in the mall where he could get a golden egg for buying something, he couldn't help but buy things.

Although he said that the things he bought were useful, in fact, he just wanted to get the golden eggs.

As a result, every time he smashed the golden egg, what came out was garbage, either napkins or vouchers. The most valuable thing was just an egg boiler.

He obviously hates boiled eggs the most!
The egg white has a bland taste, and most importantly, it is a bit tough, and it feels like chewing a piece of tasteless rubber.

The egg yolk tastes dry and has a faint fishy smell. Although he has never eaten chalk, if he has really tasted it, he believes that the two must taste the same.

When the two are mixed together, the conflict in textures brought by the different parts makes it even harder to swallow!
Zhou Kuang shook his head and forgot the memory of eating boiled eggs, and quickly looked at another object.

[Independent Game Plan Raffle Ticket]

[Introduction: After using this lottery ticket, you can get a detailed and complete plan for an independent game, which can be drawn from all existing independent games.]

It turns out that there is another prop that can be used to draw a complete game plan!

Although this is just an independent game.

Independent games are generally independent projects that do not have outstanding commercial capabilities and do not make much money. Of course, this is not absolutely absolute.

Many well-known independent games have been loved by players after they were launched, and their earning power even exceeds that of ordinary 3A game projects.

There are even quite a few players who have become loyal fans of independent games and will not play any non-independent games.

This brings us to the unique charm of independent games, which also explains why independent games lack commercial potential.

The definition of an independent game is a game created by an independent developer. It does not refer to just one person, but can also refer to a group of people.

That is, the developer did not accept any external funds or investment.

The downsides of this are obvious: independent developers have to bear all the financial pressure, but at the same time they can finally do something different.

Since they have no external funding, they have full control over their projects, so they can use risky and experimental ideas in their games without reservation. Whether it is unpopular themes, unique art styles, or game types with a small number of players, they can often only be found in independent projects.

This naturally gives independent games a style different from that of ordinary commercial projects.

Zhou Kuang was a little looking forward to the "Crab Crab Treasure Hunt Adventure" plan he had drawn before. Although he felt that it was incompatible with their project at first, after the magical modification, his attitude had changed 180 degrees.

There is no plan that is more suitable for their project than "Crab Crab Treasure Hunt", not even the plan of "Dark Souls"!

The scale of "Crab Crab Treasure Hunt" is definitely more suitable for the number and capabilities of their company's employees.

So what kind of game plan can this independent game plan lottery ticket bring him?

use!

The moment Zhou Kuang chose to use it, the props in the backpack immediately disappeared and the system voice sounded.

"Extracting..."

"Extraction successful!"

"Congratulations, host! You have obtained the complete plan for 'Vampire Survivor'!"

Vampire Survivor?!

Zhou Kuang almost jumped up. If "Crab Treasure Hunt" was just an excellent Soul-like game that was neither good nor bad, then "Vampire Survivor" was a super independent game that truly led the trend and created an entire category of survivor games.

For example, Potato Brothers, 20 Minutes to Dawn, and Ground Zeroes were all inspired by the popularity of Vampire Survivor, and each has its own characteristics, so you will never feel repetitive when playing them.

Easy to get started + a wide variety of genres + roguelike form the biggest core features of this type of game.

Just press WASD to control the direction, keep killing enemies coming from all directions, and then keep upgrading.

As your character levels up and becomes stronger, the enemies will become more difficult.

Regardless of whether you die midway or clear the level completely, you can use the permanent currency you get to upgrade your character and challenge the same or more difficult levels again.

"Vampire Survivor" has been on the shelves for half a year, and its praise rate has surpassed many masterpieces, even including "Portal" and "Stardew Valley", and has entered the top ten of the overall praise list.

This "Vampire Survivor" plan is simply a huge gold mine!

It's not just because Vampire Survivor has sold nearly 10 million copies, but also because of its scalability and ultra-low cost.

"Vampire Survivor" is an independent game made by an Italian man alone in one year. For a company of 40 people like theirs, the cost of making such a game is already quite low.

But this is not the most important thing!
The most important thing is that Zhou Kuang already knows that after the release of "Vampire Survivor", players will be unable to stop and will be hungry for similar games.

As long as the quality is not too bad and it has characteristics that are different from "Vampire Survivor", it can become a small hit and make money easily.

You don't even have to think too much, because the basic framework already exists in the original work.

Game makers only need to create different art materials and add some game mechanisms, and they're done.

(End of this chapter)