If you want to talk about the trends of domestic games in recent years, then the rapid progress of independent games must be one of the most important trends that cannot be ignored.
In the past two years, countless independent games from large domestic manufacturers or small teams have shined on various distribution platforms and exhibitions with their solid quality, and have repeatedly achieved good sales results.
Among them, Gunfire Reborn is undoubtedly one of the most impressive products.
Combining the gameplay of meat pigeons and FPS, and the art of fusing the national style and Low Poly, "Gunfire Reborn" has won 2.5 million copies of the PC version with its unique game genes, and was named the 2021 Steam "Early Access Graduation Gold Grade" last year.
In May of this year, the mobile game version of "Gunfire Rebirth" was launched, and on the first day, it received Apple Today recommendation, with an App Store score of 4.7 points, a Google Play score of 4.3 points, and a TapTap score of 8.0. After the release, the mobile game version of "Gunfire Rebirth" continued to dominate the top 3 of the paid list for 4 weeks.
On July 15, the mobile game version of "Gunfire Rebirth" ushered in a blockbuster content update, ushering in the blockbuster hero "Peach" and reincarnation mode gameplay and a number of new weapon props. With the help of the new version, the iOS paid list of the mobile game version of "Gunfire Rebirth" has clearly shown a rising trend.
Peach debuts, reincarnation mode is online, how much fun can the new version of the content bring to players?
The gameplay of Gunfire Reborn is essentially the same as most meat pigeon games, and it is more or less a process in which players continue to play the same but random content, slowly accumulating resources and making their characters stronger after game.
The new hero of this update, "Peach", deserves more space to show its rich content.
As shown in the picture above, Peach is a long-eared rabbit with pink hair, the player needs to spend 6 yuan in the new version to unlock this new hero, as to whether the experience brought by this cute rabbit to the player can make this 6 yuan worthwhile, we will start from her actual combat experience to see the end.
Peach has two active skills, one is to exhale several flying swords and fly to the front of the "sheath". The use limit of "Unsheathed" is limited to the number of times it can be released, in addition to the skill CD, which requires the player to inflict damage through the firearm.
The other is a "flying flower" that explodes a ball of peach blossoms at a certain distance in front. Flying Flower deals a direct range damage, and enemies affected by the skill will be marked for 6 seconds, during which enemies will be marked for further damage or Debuff depending on the awakening of the player's points.
At first glance, the new hero only has two skills, but combined with 18 different skill awakenings, as well as the Buff provided by various secret scrolls randomly dropped in the game, players can play a lot of tricks with these two skills.
For example, players can increase the damage and number of awakenings of flying swords, and then equip the secret scroll of the reduced skill CD, which can smash a steady stream of flying swords on the heads of enemies and become a ruthless unsheathed machine.
For example, the player can increase the awakening of the "Flying Flower" damage by clicking, and then use the shotgun to trigger the passive of the "Flying Flower" mark, that is, if the enemy hit by the "Flying Flower" is hit 12 times in 6 seconds, it will trigger an additional damage, burying the opponent with the "Flying Flower" that constantly explodes.
If the player also wants to play more "automated", you can also click a unique "flying flower" branch, that is, at the same time as the "flying flower" bursts, automatically generate several flying swords to smash into the enemy, with the appropriate CD reduction secret scroll, the player can even not fire the whole process, just press the "flying flower" skill button can beat the enemy to the ground.
In addition to the above three mainstream genres, PC players who installed "Peach" on the mobile end have also developed more interesting gameplay, and later mobile gamers can master these interesting genres with very low learning costs and directly experience the fun of beating monsters.
GunFire Respawn also features several interesting weapons and buff scrolls in the new version.
In terms of secret scrolls, the effect of "overbearing" is undoubtedly the most interesting, and its effect is that the more money the player has in the game, the greater the damage bonus. And money happens to be the resources that players need to consume to increase the value of weapons, so if you want to maximize the effect of this secret scroll, players need to avoid relying on weapons in the choice of battle genre, but relying only on skills to hit damage is a very extreme gameplay, and a little carelessness will defeat the opponent. It all depends on how the player decides.
In terms of weapons, the living weapon "Qingxi" is the most eye-catching, because "Qingxi" is a lizard dragon that spews out flames and corrosive liquid, and the player will hold it for combat. During battles and leisure time, Qing Xi will have many interesting physical reactions.
(In his spare time, Qing Xi often squeezes his eyebrows and makes his eyes)
Although the meat pigeons in Gunfire Reborn are very rich in content, because the game only has 4 maps that are not large, this leads to players often encountering the situation of "not playing enough", and the combat genre that they have built so hard cannot be further verified in a more difficult game environment.
In order to broaden the depth of the meat pigeon gameplay and encourage players to explore more possibilities, Gunfire Reborn brings a new gameplay in the new version - reincarnation mode.
After the player has passed the Nightmare difficulty, they can turn on the reincarnation mode.
The difficulty of the reincarnation mode is more difficult than the normal game flow, and every time the player completes the game, they can unlock the next level of reincarnation difficulty, and there are currently 7 levels of difficulty.
In this mode, players will also encounter two brand new NPCs to build a new combat system.
Although the Lingyou sold by Lingyou will not directly enhance the player's combat effectiveness, it can bring players a lot of fresh game experience.
To give two examples, when a player purchases the Omniscient Eye, they can display treasure rooms and mysterious chests on the minimap to avoid the player from missing out on these hidden contents. If the player buys "All Odds", they can challenge more elite monsters in front of the Boss level and enhance themselves with the loot they drop.
Another new NPC, the Odd Merchant, will sell more powerful weapons and scrolls, and if the player wants to buy these items from him, they need to consume the essence that can be obtained by destroying enemies.
In addition to the more challenging gameplay experience, the greater value of reincarnation mode for players is that it gives players more time and resources to use their imagination and build some tactical genres to the pinnacle.
On the surface, the content of this update seems to be only a new hero and a new mode, but the amount of content worth exploring and experiencing players far exceeds the quantifier of "one".
Such a large-scale update has naturally received praise from players, injecting a lot of vitality into this product that was released for two months.
(Currently, the Mobile version of Gunfire Has a 4.7 Rating on the App Store)
Open communication and positive feedback are the keys to the long-term operation of independent games
As more and more indie games log on to mobile platforms, how to run an indie game for a long time has become a proposition.
The toesha network, which was the first to release "Gunfire Rebirth" on the mobile platform, is also facing this problem.
Overall, the strategy adopted by the Reborn of Guns team is to interact with players with a positive attitude. Open channels for direct communication between the planning team and players, and listen to players' opinions in a timely manner.
After hearing the player's opinion, the game team will also be very active in giving the player a reply and implementing the solution of the problem. Just a few days after the first "Planning Face-to-Face" event, the production team released a response to the player's opinion and gave the approximate time point when some of the comments could be implemented.
Outside of player feedback, the Gunfire Respawn team is also making a real effort.
In order to overcome the problem of inconvenient shooting operation caused by the transplantation, the team conducted research on other mobile shooter products on the market, and implemented automatic firing for "Gunfire Rebirth" and other important functions that affect the player's gaming experience.
Problems such as model adaptation and hero unlock abnormalities in the porting process have been properly solved by the team to ensure the player's game experience.
epilogue
Looking to the future, Gunfire Reborn will continue to protect and upgrade the player's gaming experience.
In terms of game content, the mobile terminal of Gunfire Reborn has its PC content as a reserve, and will continue to bring content updates to mobile players for a long time to come.
In terms of game experience, the mobile game team will continue to iteratively polish the game's operation, shooting, levels and other modules, and strive to make mobile players experience the original "Gunfire Rebirth" PC experience on mobile phones.
It's been 2 months since the launch of Gunfire Reborn. During this time, the GunFire Reborn team, like most of the best mobile port teams, methodically updated the game content and provided a high-quality long-term service for players who bought out the game once.
Admittedly, the story of Gunfire Reborn on mobile has just begun, and in the future, it will explore the possibility of more independent games going live and running on mobile. But at the moment, it is undoubtedly one of the best choices for domestic mobile game players who want to experience the indie game ecology.