Almighty Game Designer - Chapter 75

Tang Dagang said, “Alright, let me discuss it in detail. It is obvious that 《I am MT》 is an original anime, but it will not bring enough players to its mobile game by only depending on the popularity of its anime, and the duration of the anime is limited. Therefore, it can not fully display the settings of the entire Azeroth Universe.”

“And so, Chen Mo had launched the ‘Azeroth Universe’ in order to supplement the anime, and bring enough gimmick to the mobile game of 《I am MT》 and it also allowed everyone to understand some of the content of the anime.”

“As for me saying that Chen Mo is ambitious, the reason is very simple, it is because I think that his provocation is planned in advance! How could he have been so indifferent after winning if he had wagered on impulse? This shows that he is clear about his purpose from beginning to end, and the only thing he wants is the recommendation position. Qiu Bin was completely used by him!”

“Since Chen Mo has a huge ambition, then what he wants to do is very clear. The settings of the Azeroth Universe is so huge and complete that it even refined the rules of the hearthstone, which shows that Chen Mo has the idea to make this setting into a huge game.”

“But he can’t gather so many players for this world as soon as it appears. Therefore, he needs to warm it up, slowly update it, and present it to the whole world step by step until he feels that the player’s expectation for this world reached the peak. At that time, his ability will be enough to launch this new game!”

Yan Zhenyuan nodded, “Hm, it does makes sense.”

Qin Xiao, who had been staring at his phone, looked up and said, “So? What do you wanna do?”

Tang Dagang excitedly said without noticing the sarcasm in Qin Xiao’s gaze, “That is why this is a good news for us! Chen Mo is just a C-Class Game Designer, and so he won’t be able to control such a huge game in a short period of time, so we must take the initiative…”

Qin Xiao waved his hand and said, “Okay, everyone here are people from your own side, so you don’t need to be so vague. You just want to plagiarize Azeroth Universe, right?”

Tang Dagang was a bit embarrased by what Qin Xiao said, and made him felt a bit uncomfortable and nodded, “Yes.”

Qin Xiao put his feet off the table and stared at Tang Dagang, “I will ask you, how will you copy it? The whole Azeroth Universe was created by Chen Mo, does our company, Emperor Interactive Entertainment, really dare to steal these things, and with the degree of protection of intellectual property rights, we are really going to bleed if we did it.”

Tang Dagang argued, “Of course I know about that, but we can also just not completely copy it, then revise it and get around it and so on.”

Qin Xiao said, “How to get around it? You can indeed get around with the gameplay, but how would you get around the settings, background, and plot? These days, even writing a novel with the same color palette would get you beaten. A while ago, a famous writer was on the verge of bankruptcy due to plagiarizing. what’s the difference between you copying the settings and the author plagiarizing a book? Do you think the lawyers and judges are lacking in ability?”

Tang Dagang said unconvinced, “We have so many writers and so many game designers who are good at making plots in Emperor Interactive Entertainment, and it’s not hard to change the settings, is it?”

Qin Xiao was speechless, “To what extent? Less change and the others would notice it at a glance, then what is the meaning of this change? Is it to deceive yourself? If you changed a lot, then it is equivalent to rewriting, and if you are willing to work hard, then why copy the others? Couldn’t we just rewrite a western fantasy settings ourselves?”

Tang Dagang froze and was trying to find a way to refute.

Qin Xiao continued, “Besides, can a western fantasy be popular in our country? Are you mentally retarded? Yeah? Last year, the game 《Emperor’s Command》 made a huge mess in our country. It still currently fresh, so have you forgotten about that?”

Tang Dagang said, “Alright, but even if we put aside this settings, there are still many other settings that we can use from Azeroth Universe, such as running towards dead bodies to revive them, using hearthstones to return back to the inn, and doing achievements and so on…”

Qin Xiao look at him with contempt, and knocked on the table impatiently, “Can you think about it first before you speak such things?”

“First of all, all of the stuff you mentioned are all link to the western fantasy settings. Without this settings, can these game settings be so outstanding?”

“Secondly, what if you could add these settings? Can you support a huge game with just these few settings?”

Tang Dagang became speechless, and he thought for a moment and said defiantly, “But if this thing has no future, then why does Chen Mo spent so much effort…”

Qin Xiao said, “Chen Mo is Chen Mo, we are us. Chen Mo owns the complete IP of the Azeroth Universe, and what do we have? Yeah? For us, the Azeroth Universe is indeed good, but we can’t use it.”

“Supposing that you can give me a settings that is comparable to that of the Azeroth Universe, then I will immediately make a VR game for you. Do you have one?”

Tang Dagang argued, “We…we can adapt the Azeroth Universe!”

Qin Xiao asked back, “Can an adaptation be the same as the original? Do you think our writers can do a better job than 《Emperor’s Command》?”

Tang Dagang, “…”

Yan Zhenyuan came to mediate when he noticed that Tang Dagang had stopped talking, “Well, everyone is just expressing their own opinions, and sometimes the wording is a little more intense, and so do not take it into heart.”

Tang Dagang was speechless, how would he dare took it to heart? Qin Xiao is an S-Class Game Designer, and he is even ruthless to his boss, Lin Zhaoxu. So how would he dare to have an opinion?

However, Tang Dagang is still a little unconvinced, and so he still wondered why they couldn’t copy it? Why can 《I am MT》 be copied and not Azeroth Universe? One is nothing more than just a mere card game, while the other one is a huge rpg!

Yan Zhenyuan looked at Qiu Jiang, who had never said anything, “What do you think?”

Qiu Jiang glanced at him and said, “Are you pretending to not understand? Qin Xiao already said it so clearly that you can copy the gameplay, but you can’t copy the settings. Does anyone else still couldn’t understand it?”

“Chen Mo may indeed do a huge role-playing game, but the few settings he had released until now can not support such a huge game at all. In my opinion, he is crafty, as he kept all the good things to himself, and what he lets out are all things that we can’t copy or that even if you can copy it, it won’t even matter at all. ”

Yan Zhenyuan was also helpless. He originally wanted Qiu Jiang to help make a compromise, but turns out, she is even more direct than Qin Xiao.

Yan Zhenyuan sighed, “Well, I don’t think this is absolute. Tang Dagang, you are also an A-Class Game Designer, if you really are interested, then you can try making a PC game yourself, and in case you manage to do it, then you can apply to President Lin to turn it into VR.”

Tang Dagang nodded happily, “Alright! I will do my best!”

Yan Zhenyuan said, “The amount of resources and budget approved won’t be too much, and so we can only do it according to usual role-playing games.”

Tang Dagang nodded, “Okay, there is no problem!”

Yan Zhenyuan once more looked at the others, “Do you all have any other opinions?”

The other game designers had also expressed their opinions, but they had not made any decisive progress.

These people did not reach an agreement until the end, but most of the game designers led by Qin Xiao thought that although the Azeroth Universe is good, but they could not use it.

However, in order to be prepared, Yan Zhenyuan did not completely rule out this possibility and so he arranged Tang Dagang to take the lead in making a game by imitating the settings of the Azeroth Universe, which is equivalent to being the vanguard.

If the situation is good, then they can consider developing it into VR.

In this regard, Qin Xiao said it with disdain, “Waste of time.”