As for the current state of the game industry, it is basically similar to the situation in Pei Qian's previous life in 2009.

For example, the most popular online games have changed from *World of Warcraft* to *Fantasy World*, *Counter-Strike* to *Anti-Terrorism Project*, and *DotA* to *Divine Revelation*. The packaging is slightly different, but the gameplay is largely the same.

Mobile games have improved significantly, which may be because hardware development is faster than in his previous life.

For example, card mobile games in Pei Qian's previous life benefited from the boom in smartphones and only appeared in 2012. In this parallel world, similar games appeared around 2008 due to the earlier emergence of smartphones, and are now a very mature game genre.

"In that case, the situation is very clear."

"I just need to spend money on template and art resources on the resource website, spend all 50,000 yuan, and then make a game that no one plays or sells, which is equivalent to a complete loss after two weeks."

"Perfect!"

Having made up his mind, Pei Qian began searching for the templates he wanted on the resource website.

"Driving simulation basic template, 20,000, comes with a set of vehicle interior and exterior textures."

"Scene template, desert highway template, 15,000. If you need dynamic environmental changes, you need to add another 8,000, for a total of 23,000."

"A bit expensive, but I just want the expensive ones!"

"There's still a little money left."

"Radio music, choose 30 songs from 100, or let the system play randomly from the music library, 6,000."

"There's 1,000 yuan left, um... buy a simple leaderboard function, I can't afford anything else."

After a little consideration, Pei Qian placed orders frantically on the resource website, quickly spending all 50,000 yuan.

These resources are not expensive, to be honest.

For example, this basic driving simulation template can be used to implement the basic functions of a driving simulation game by applying it to the game editor.

Accelerator, brake, turning, collision, etc., everything is available.

The desert highway scene itself supports free adjustment of the road length in the editor, and there will be some random changes in the desert scene.

With the environmental change simulation function, there will be environmental changes such as sunrise and sunset, and sandstorms.

Because they are all general-purpose templates, many independent game developers will buy them, so overlapping is 100% going to happen.

Some developers will customize some art resources for replacement in order to avoid overlapping, but of course, the investment will continue to increase.

But Pei Qian doesn't care about that.

Overlapping? So be it! Anyway, I'm here to lose money. I'd be happy if players don't play this game because of overlapping!

Pei Qian started making the game.

Even though he wanted to lose money, the game at least had to pass the ESRO review and be successfully launched.

If it is a semi-finished product with serious functional deficiencies, it will not pass the ESRO review, and the system may determine that Pei Qian has violated the rules.

Therefore, no matter how bad the game is, the basic functions must be complete.

Drag the basic template into the editor, and then drag in the scene template.

Then the basic framework of the game is there. After the players enter the game, they can drive on the desert highway.

However, the purchased resources cannot be wasted.

Pei Qian also added a radio function to the vehicle, so players can turn on the radio and listen to some music while driving.

These are all niche music or very traditional classic music. It is impossible to buy those popular songs with this little money.

Next is a more critical question.

What is the core gameplay of this game?

Pei Qian himself didn't know.

Racing game?

Don't be ridiculous, there's no money to do it.

He could only afford a basic template, only had a texture for one car, and could only afford one scene.

Those complex tracks, beautiful cars, and the related gameplay programs for racing games, he couldn't afford them all!

How can he make gameplay if he can't afford it?

Pei Qian slapped his head and got an idea.

The core gameplay of the game is very simple, just driving!

Reach the finish line from the starting point to complete the game!

But that's not enough. It's all pieced together with general-purpose resources, and there's no gameplay innovation at all. It's estimated that it will be difficult to pass the review.

He has to make some changes to ensure that the game can pass the review; but these changes can't be too good, he has to ensure that the game can lose money and no one will play it!

Pei Qian thought for a while and directly lengthened the desert track scene infinitely.

Lengthen it to a total game time of 8 hours!

That's right, players need to drive on this road for 8 hours to reach the finish line, and the desert highway will turn every once in a while during this period.

It is impossible for players to pass the game by just pressing one key.

In this way, the gameplay is different from the general driving simulation games on the market, and it should be able to pass the review.

Moreover, such a terrible gameplay will definitely be scolded to death by the players, how could this game make money!

Pei Qian was very excited and felt that he was simply a genius.

Finally, use a very simple method to make a game completion interface, just display a line of text: "Congratulations, you have successfully wasted 8 precious hours of your life!"

Even if someone can really complete the game, he has to make him so angry that he will never play my company's games again!

The purchased leaderboard function cannot be wasted either, make a "Waste Time Leaderboard" to count the "number of completions" and "effective game time" of each player.

This leaderboard is useless, it's just to put the function that was bought with money on it.

In a few strokes, it was quickly completed.

These functions are the most basic of the basic functions supported by the editor, and only require some simple dragging and changing parameters. It is almost doable with your hands.

Learning the editor, buying resources, and making the game, all added together, took less than two hours.

"I'm doomed to lose money with such a brainless game!"

After Pei Qian finished the game, he tried running it on his computer.

Then he quit the game after five minutes and almost threw up.

All you do is drive, drive, drive, it's boring to the extreme!

Pei Qian was very satisfied, and then immediately released the game.

Game name: *Lonely Desert Road*.

Game introduction: Drive alone on a desert road for a few hours, and you will gain some thoughts about life.

Pei Qian was very troubled when writing the introduction.

Brag about yourself? It's not appropriate, what if it really attracts a group of clickbaiters, what should he do if he loses less money?

Blackmail yourself? It's not appropriate either, it's too obvious, on the one hand, he is worried about being judged as a violation by the system, and on the other hand, he is afraid of stimulating the reverse psychology of the players. The more you say this game is trash, the more they want to play it.

Therefore, he must write the introduction honestly, so that the players will not be interested in it at a glance!

Then it's time for pricing.

Pei Qian set the price of the game at 1 yuan.

He didn't want to set it too high, what if it's really high, and a few idiots buy it because their brains are twitching, wouldn't he lose less money!

The pricing is low enough, even if dozens of players buy it, it will have no impact on Pei Qian's loss.

After everything was done, Pei Qian uploaded the game, waiting for the game review to pass and automatically launch on the official game platform.

This process generally takes from a few hours to two or three days.

The official platform has a fully automatic recommendation effect. The same batch of new games automatically go through recommendations based on changes in data, and administrators will not intervene unless there is malicious brushing.

Pei Qian is not worried at all.

Such a trash game will definitely be ignored and cool down quickly after it is launched. When the two weeks are up, he will get 50,000 yuan, wouldn't that be great!

Pei Qian closed his laptop and felt refreshed and happy!