Chapter 30: The Cube Machine Comes Out
"It's just an electronic toy."
Tian Moyun said casually, and began to stuff the circuit board, screen, and small speakers that had been made before, then install the battery and turn on the computer.
As a crisp and monotonous sound rang out, graphics gradually appeared on the screen.
He repeatedly debugged for a while, constantly modified the program, and carefully polished the shell and buttons with a file, and then turned on the computer again.
After trying to play for two minutes, he handed it to the curious Su Qiong on the side: "You try it."
"Isn't this the handheld machine?"
Su Qiong was a little confused, but soon realized something was wrong: "This is not an LCD screen, it is more like a calculator screen."
The handheld machine she came into contact with was a four-gray black and white LCD screen, but the "handheld machine" in her hand was not, but a pixel screen that was relatively behind.
"This is called a pixel dot matrix screen, which is generally used for digital display."
Tian Moyun said: "Although this technology is backward, the benefits are obvious. It has low cost, low power consumption, durability, and does not require a chip, and can be displayed on a circuit board."
Currently, the handheld consoles on the market use black and white LCD screens, with a resolution of about 160*140, similar to the first generation of Game?Boy in the previous life, but their performance is slightly inferior. When I made the handheld version of "Super Mario" and "Contra", there was a lot of castration content.
The screens of these handheld machines are expensive and require a special chip and supporting cassette to play. All of them are calculated, and the cost is not low.
"How do you play this thing?"
Su Qiong had only a little understanding of hardware knowledge, but was a little curious about the "electronic toy" that looked like a handheld machine.
"You're like this..."
Tian Moyun began to teach: "It can play a simple electronic game. After clicking to start, blocks of different shapes will land on the top of the screen. You can use the arrow keys to change the position of the blocks and use the function keys to change the shape. When ten blocks are piled up into a horizontal line, it will automatically eliminate..."
This is the classic masterpiece of the Earth in his previous life - "Tetris"
For decades since the birth of electronic games, this game has always been a regular customer of the global hot-selling list. It seems simple, but it is infinitely close to the "essence" of the game and is also one of the most playable games.
In comparison, even games like "Super Mario" and "Contra" are much inferior.
"It seems to be interesting..."
Su Qiong gradually understood and felt a little excited.
Tian Moyun didn't say anything, got up and poured a glass of water, went to the balcony to bask in the sun for a while, and sat in the rocking chair and was drowsy.
Just as I was about to fall into a sweet dream, I was awakened by a finger.
"Senior, it's landing from behind too fast, I can't keep up."
"The next square shape will be displayed on the right side of the screen, just take a look at it in advance."
"Senior, how can you get more points?"
"Leave a blank space when stacking blocks, and then eliminate the four rows together to get extra points."
"Senior..."
"Are you finished?"
...
Until Tian Moyun woke up, she found that Su Qiong was still beating the block with serious expressions.
He looked at the time and it was almost two hours.
Immediately snatched it from her: "You are a good kid, don't be addicted to games."
"I almost disappeared four times."
Su Qiong stared at him angrily, made a gesture, and exaggeratedly said: "I almost got ten thousand points, ten thousand points!"
It seems like I almost passed the level.
"It takes one million points to pass the test."
Tian Moyun's words immediately made her feel as if she was struck by lightning.
"How can you play one million points? Ten thousand points is the limit, right?"
Su Qiong didn't think she was a broken hand, but when she got to the back, the blocks fell too fast, so if you didn't pay attention, you would cap GG.
"It's too simple to be ten thousand."
Tian Moyun said casually and demonstrated it to her personally.
Seeing Tian Moyun easily hit tens of thousands of points, Su Qiong's eyes were full of admiration.
This girl thought Tian Moyun was a novice like her, but how could she know that this guy played for more than a few thousand games in his previous life, and he relied entirely on instinct, and practice made perfect.
"Tell me, how is this game?"
Tian Moyun asked.
Su Qiong no longer acted like a little. She thought seriously for a long time and said seriously: "It's great. Although the painting style is simple, the gameplay is very interesting. From the perspective of gameplay alone, there are almost no games on the market that can compare with it."
This is not a flattery. The Block Game is a classic masterpiece, and countless top masterpieces cannot replace its status.
"Then what do you think of its market? Will players buy it?"
Tian Moyun asked again.
"this……"
Su Qiong looked at this simple style and low-end screen quality and said hesitantly: "Although it is very interesting, but if compared with the handheld machine on the market..."
The configuration and game lineup are too big.
It is unlikely to rely on a "game-rich" block game to grab the player group of handheld players.
"I said, it's not a handheld machine, but an electronic toy."
Tian Moyun shook her head and interrupted her: "The lowest price of handheld machines on the market is more than 1,500 yuan, and the hardware cost is extremely high, but this gadget... If mass-produced, the cost will be less than 20 yuan."
"this……"
Su Qiong was stunned and immediately figured it out.
Looking at her expression, Tian Moyun smiled and said, "It is a dream to use it to compete for the group of handheld players... However, my target group is not the player of handheld players. There are too many people who are reluctant to buy one or two thousand handheld players, but electronic toys worth a few dozen yuan... are hard to say."
"I guess...it will soon be popular all over the country, just like Super Mario is popular in the game circle."
Su Qiong clenched her fists and said seriously.
Tian Moyun did not intend to buy this thing as a handheld machine, but in the name of "electronic toys", the target group and handheld machine players do not overlap. Moreover, because of the extremely low price, the game fun of handheld machine is not inferior to handheld machine, it will inevitably bring a huge market of hundreds of times.
It is true that the configuration of this "electronic toy" is very backward, and the screens use very outdated pixel dot matrix screens.
But who cares about these things in the face of sincere prices?
"Senior, what is this game called?"
Su Qiong asked curiously: "Have the senior named it?"
"Not yet, I don't know what the name is appropriate."
Tian Moyun shook his head.
"That's called...Happy Square."
Su Qiong dragged her cheeks and thought for a while, saying, "It is a transformation work of our company and it is also something that can bring happiness to everyone. I think...it may be very good after our company."
"you're right."
Tian Moyun smiled: "After debugging for so long, I finally barely made the finished product. I want to see if this gadget can poach me an industry leader."
"You want to dig Wang Sicheng?"
Su Qiong's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!