Vol 2 Chapter 117: Plants vs. Zombies

Chapter 117: Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies-a small game that seems simple but very strategic. Horrible zombies are about to invade your home, and your only defense is the plants you plant.

Arm your 49 kinds of plants and switch their different functions, such as cherry bombs or powerful cannibals, to block zombies from the path of invasion more quickly and effectively. Different enemies and different gameplays constitute five different game modes. In addition, obstacles such as sunset, rooftops, dense fog, and swimming pools make it more challenging, and the peculiar game fun never ends.

The casual game that Lin Feng is preparing to launch is the desktop casual tower defense game-Plants vs. Zombies, which will be popular in the world in the future. This game is simple to operate and has a relaxed rhythm. It is very suitable to relieve the tight nerves of the player's brain after the legendary and exciting pk battle.

Especially this game draws on some elements of strategy games-collecting resources and using resources to build other units. With 49 kinds of optional plants and 26 different kinds of zombies, this game has more strategic and tactical features while relaxing. When to develop the "economy" and when to develop the "strength", players must make choices based on their own game strategies and actual conditions during the game.

Lin Feng has also been crazy about this game. In order to challenge the last "endless survival mode", he studied hard, but in the end he could only pass 100 rounds. After that, the line of defense that he worked so painstakingly collapsed under the impact of the zombie army. . Legend has it that a great man persisted until 226 rounds. When the screenshot of the game was released, the great man was worshipped by all players.

Lin Feng shared his plans and ideas with the Xishanju Studio, which is developing the online swordsman love, and said that the total development team members are expected to be available for public beta in at most 2 weeks. After all, this game is extremely simple, as long as the damage formula is calculated, plus the pure cartoon shape and 2d graphics, it will not delay them for long. What's more, their current development of Jianxia Qingyuan online has also entered a bottleneck, and it happens to be a small game development and a change of thinking.

Naturally, Lin Feng will not just copy the original flavor of Plants vs. Zombies. After all, it is a stand-alone game, and Lin Feng will develop it into an online game. Lin Feng prepared to discard all the redundant levels and scenes in the stand-alone game.

In the case of his game method unchanged, Lin Feng removed the five superfluous levels and only kept the "playing mini games", "decryption mode", and the most important "survival mode". The "Zen Garden" remains.

In the survival mode, Lin Feng combines all the extra levels into the last level and the level that allows players to fight day and night the most-"Endless Survival", which includes day, night, dense fog and pool scenes. According to the game progress, the game will be in Switch between day and night, and dense fog will appear with the weather, which improves the randomness of the game.

In the "playing mini games" and "decryption mode", the money obtained from passing the level will be exchanged for the "sunshine" in the early stage of "Endless Survival", so that players can have a certain amount of "sunshine" in the early stage. , Used to grow plants, defend against zombie attacks, and reduce the difficulty of the initial game.

As for the "Zen Garden", it is actually a simplified version of "QQ Farm". Lin Feng also made appropriate improvements to make it the same as "QQ Farm", which is also used to attract popularity.

In order to cooperate with the promotion of the game, Lin Feng also introduced a reward system. Any player who persists to the 100th round will open a new level, and the player will enter the next level for a new experience in the next week. Each week, the top 100 players will be rewarded according to the longest rounds.

The first player will be awarded a 120-hour game point card for the legend, the top 20 will be awarded a 90-hour point card, the top 50 will be awarded a 60-hour point card, and the top 100 will be awarded a 30-hour game point card.

The development progress of Plants vs. Zombies has greatly exceeded Lin Feng's expectations. It took only 10 days to come out under the day and night development of Xishanju Studio.

Of course, the biggest credit for this comes from Lin Feng. Lin Feng not only told everyone the detailed attributes and abilities of all 49 kinds of plants, but also described all the abilities and appearances of 26 kinds of zombies. In addition, the level map was also drawn by Lin Feng himself, which greatly reduced the difficulty of their development. Save a lot of time. In this regard, everyone can only sigh that this boss does not know what his head thinks, how can he have so many whimsical ideas.

During the development, the company's internal staff were also attracted by the game's fun and strategic nature, and even many of the company's senior executives volunteered to serve as game testers. The first person to pass the 100 rounds in the closed beta was actually Xiao Fang, which surprised everyone even more.

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But looking at the two obvious dark circles on her face, we can see that she fought day and night, and was the first one to pass the Hundred ** level after repeated defeats. But even Xiao Fang is so addicted, once listed, its prospects can be imagined.

When the game went on sale on May 20, it really caused a sensation. Before that, Lin Feng repeatedly promoted it on the official website, which made the players full of curiosity. As soon as the public beta, many players can’t wait to download the client and log in.

At first, everyone came for the top 100 point card rewards made by Lin Feng, but after entering, they were deeply attracted by the game.

Facts have also proved that the second online game launched by "Second World"-Plants vs. Zombies really did not disappoint everyone. Simple operation, relaxed rhythm, cute plants and zombie shapes, plus extremely challenging levels, as well as real-time strategy tactics, so that many players will be addicted to it once they start.

In addition, Lin Feng's guarantee that this game will adopt a low 10 yuan monthly fee system, as well as the launch of new levels after a hundred rounds of adherence, and the weekly top 100 reward system, all make people want to stop.

No one can imagine that just such a simple game will be wildly popular among players. In just one week of listing, the highest number of online users was repeatedly refreshed. On the seventh day, one week after the official public beta, the highest number of online users exceeded one million, breaking the previous record held by the legend.

Since Lin Feng adopted the "Second World" registered account to share all its game accounts, the launch of Plants vs. Zombies once again stimulated the number of member registrations in the "Second World". With the participation of a large number of white-collar workers and female players at work, Registered members of the "Second World" easily exceeded the 100 million mark.

This data made all online game companies dumbfounded, looking at their hard-working and costly agent online games, but they were not as good as a small game developed and launched within two weeks of the "Second World", which made many online game company bosses look green. One piece of purple.

In the jealous psychology of many online game company bosses, almost dozens of tower defense games of the same type are being developed simultaneously. Since you can't be the first crab-eater, then follow the trend. In short, the "Second World" cannot be allowed to enjoy its achievements alone. This casual online game market requires everyone to have a share of the pie.

Lin Feng has no opinion on the crazy follow-up actions of many online game companies. This game is simple, it couldn't be easier to copy. In addition to being so popular, it is not surprising to be imitated. As for whether a large number of similar games will squeeze the "Second World" market share, the impact is definitely there, but it will not be too big. As the first crab-eater, Lin Feng has already succeeded in enclosure. Players are actually very loyal. Once you identify your game and brand, you will not easily change games. Maybe occasionally try to try new things, but in the end, they will "return to their roots."

After a week of fighting, more than 2,000 players have reached the 100th round and opened the second level. And the highest record of the player who ranked first is up to the 170th round, not far from the legendary record of 226 rounds. With the efforts of tens of millions of people across the country, Lin Feng believes that this 226-round record of the best man must not be far away.

As for those who have broken through the 100 ** level, the second level prepared by Lin Feng is very different from the first level. Originally, in the first level, the zombies would clear all obstacles on the offensive route, but in the second level, they would not. The zombies would only bury their heads and rush forward, and would not attack the plants. If it encounters an obstacle, the zombie will choose the path that suffers the least damage.

As the zombie action thinking changes, there are also scenes that change.

Lin Feng expanded his map by 10 times and eliminated the plants that collect resources. The "economy" acquired by the player in the game comes from the elimination of zombies. The more zombies you eliminate, the more "economy" you get, and the more plants you can build to stop zombies. Of course, Lin Feng also increased the speed of the zombie to a certain extent.

How to reasonably arrange plants in a garden 10 times larger than the original, delay the attack of zombies, and finally eliminate them when they enter the house, has become a new focus of players' thinking. (Note: When placing plants, the player must leave an exit for the zombie to lead to the house, and it cannot be blocked.)

Similarly, the second level is the same as the first level. After a hundred rounds, the third level will be opened. The reward system is the same as the first level, but Lin Feng has slightly increased the rewards. The first prize is increased from 120 hours to 150 hours, and so on, all rewards are 30 hours higher than the first level.

The launch of this alternative upgrade system has also stimulated the enthusiasm of players even more. Walking into the Internet cafe, looking around, most people are playing Plants vs. Zombies. While playing, they also give pointers to each other and exchange customs clearance experience. It is a prosperous scene.