My Animation Era

What derivatives can be made?

The first thing Gu Miao thought of was models, which were model toys of major animated characters such as Human Torch, Vanguard, and Tiger King.

This is actually not difficult to do.

With rich experience in Wanbao Toys, it is easy to make this kind of model toys. Whether they are assembled models or one-piece models, they are all easily accessible.

But besides this kind of model toys, are there any other derivatives?

City defense token!

That's right, after the character model, the second thing Gu Miao thought of was the key prop in the animation that attracted various parties to compete for and promoted the plot - the city defense token.

This thing, with its cool shape and unique meaning, fascinated many children back then.

There are seven tokens in total!

There are four motorcycle clans, representing the City of Time, the Temple of the Moon, the City of Energy and the City of Snow, respectively, and are controlled by the Human Torch, Vanguard, Tornado and Supersonic.

The Beast Clan has three parts, representing the Thunder Palace, the Wild City and the City of the Undead, and is controlled by the three war kings: the Tiger King, the Wild Orangutan and the Tyrannosaurus God.

To be honest……

The design of these seven city defense tokens is very creative in Gu Miao's opinion. Even if it does not have special functions, it can still be regarded as a handicraft based on its appearance.

For example, the city defense token of the City of Time is a golden hourglass, and the hourglass also symbolizes time.

The city's defense token in Snowstorm City is a dark blue and light blue "snowflake". This design allows people to see at a glance that this token represents the city of motorcycles.

Oh, right!

Speaking of the design of the city defense tokens, Gu Miao admired the four tokens from the motorcycle tribe, but the three tokens from the beast tribe...

Gu Miao's evaluation is a piece of shit!

The token of the Thunder Palace is the character "tiger", the token of the Wild City is the character "ape", and the token of the City of the Dead is the character "dragon".

Take a look, what are these?

Look at the motorcycle tribe, and then look at you beast tribe, they are all city defense tokens, how can you have different aesthetic tastes?

"I think it's OK!"

Huang Kun, who is also a director, expressed his own opinion: "Although using words directly does not feel as refined and beautiful as patterns, it is also very unique."

"You know a hammer..."

"Even if you want to show your characteristics, you can't be so hasty, right?" Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "Don't you think the words on these three tokens can be seamlessly converted into patterns?"

Text to pattern?

Huang Kun was stunned at first, not understanding what Gu Miao meant, but when he glanced at the three words "tiger", "gorilla" and "dragon", he immediately realized it.

These are three animals!

Tiger, monkey, dragon, you can completely use the patterns or totems of these three animals to replace the original "pure text" design.

This is good, this is good!

Using tigers, orangutans, and dragons as token patterns not only retains the special meaning of each token, but also becomes more refined and beautiful.

"Then it's decided."

Gu Miao made a final decision and said: "The materials that were prepared before will be reworked and changed. As for the motorcycle race, we will leave it as it is and not change it."

This is not favoritism.

The main ones are the biker tokens, which are indeed well designed. The peripheral derivatives can just follow the same pattern, and there is no need to modify anything.

In addition to the city defense token, Gu Miao also thought of another peripheral derivative that is very inconspicuous, but will probably make the children ecstatic.

Battle cards!

Just imagine, when battle cards with the names of special moves such as "Shocking Wave Kill", "Tianyu Dragon Slaying Dance", "Thunder Half-Moon Slash", etc., and equipped with exquisite patterns and special move values ​​are placed in front of you, which child can bear it? ?

Gu Miao couldn't help it anyway.

He still remembered clearly that when he was a child, he was defrauded by something like this, which was not enough pocket money, and then he went home and was beaten by a mixed male and female doubles team.

It is precisely because I have been caught in the rain before that I want to take away the umbrellas from the children so that they can experience the feeling of being caught in the rain.

Out, must come out!

Just look at the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" next door. This thing is essentially just a piece of paper. How much is it worth?

But once it becomes popular, the profit rate of return is comparable to robbery. The saying that printing cards is equivalent to printing money is more than just talk.

…

The animation "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX" is still popular in Egawa Hongzuru Cartoon. Its endless new monsters and fascinating plots continue to set ratings records.

At this time, Wanbao Games quietly released a live demonstration video of the "new game".

This video is going viral!

Wanbao Games is one of the top companies in the country and second only to Goose Pig in overall scale. It has many fans in the gaming circle.

And the new game they are about to release will naturally arouse the curiosity of countless players, wondering what type of game it is? PC or console? Online game or stand-alone?

With curiosity in mind, players clicked on the link one after another and started watching the so-called "real machine demonstration" video on the Wanbao video website.

[This is a world completely ruled by mechanical life forms. There are kind-hearted motorcycle tribes and ferocious and aggressive beast tribes...]

After the Wanbao Games logo disappeared, accompanied by the melodious music, a hoarse voiceover began to slowly describe the background of the game.

Through a piece of exquisite game CG, players have a general understanding of the game background of "King of Robots" and also know that it is a real-time strategy game about "racial hegemony".

Then, the demonstration officially begins.

Two internal employees of Wanbao Games controlled the motorcycle tribe and the beast tribe respectively, and started a duel in the world of beasts.

The game itself is not finished yet.

Therefore, the content demonstrated in this video is only some general gameplay. When it comes to details, rough traces can still be seen.

But even so...

As an employee of the motorcycle clan, he used [Energy Amethyst] at all costs to upgrade his Thunderbolt and Vanguard to level 10, and used a combined stunt called [Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash].

On the other side, the Wanbao employees who controlled the beast tribe also cooperated and sent the Tiger King to use the unique skill [Storm Nebula Split] to fight against it.

For the sake of program effect, both sides used their special moves to fight regardless of the situation. Their cool and exquisite special effects immediately fascinated the players in front of the screen.

"Wow! This is so handsome!"

"I thought it was the limit for a hero unit to have its own unique skills. I never thought that different heroes could actually use combo skills?"

"Battle.net is online, I'm excited! I really want to get my roommates to play a game now..."

The only six-minute live demonstration video instantly ignited the enthusiasm of players with its unique gameplay and trick system.

In just four hours, the number of views of this demo video quickly exceeded 5 million and is on its way to 10 million.

The comment area was full of praise and praise, and players with high expectations even went to the official Wanbao Games blog to urge updates, saying that 6 minutes was not enough. Is there a second live demonstration?

[The actual machine demonstration is no longer available. 】

[But don’t worry, if you are curious about “King of Mechs” and want to know more information, you may wish to pay attention to the latest developments of @Wanbao Animation...]

No, what do you mean?

The reply from Wanbao Games’ official WeChat account left the players confused for a moment.

What everyone wants to know about is the game and what they want to see is the actual game demonstration. Why do you want everyone to pay attention to the animation company? Why, can watching cartoons satisfy your craving?

The token of the beast clan, I guess when you watch the animation, few people realize that it is actually a Chinese character, it is too abstract...