Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?.

Chapter 177 The outcome is decided, a brand new feature?

At that moment, a young man in a suit rushed into the conference room of Dream Factory, hurriedly ran to Cui Yu, and had a panicked expression on his face.

Upon seeing the newcomer's situation from behind the table, Cui Yu's face immediately showed a hint of impatience.

"How many times have I told you to be more careful in your actions? Tell me, what's making you so anxious this time?"

"It's working hours now, so you'd better give me some valuable information, or I'll sentence you for dereliction of duty."

Upon hearing this, the young man visibly paused, seemingly not expecting Cui Yu to say such a thing.

But he gritted his teeth and immediately spoke:
"Boss, there's something new going on at that studio called Feng."

Upon hearing this, Cui Yu's expression immediately changed. He raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of something unreadable flashing in his eyes.
"Oh? Tell me."

In his view, the release of his game, Fantasy Era, has undoubtedly defeated the opposing studio. As long as he continues to increase his investment in marketing and promotion, he will definitely be able to overwhelm the game called Emerald and win the championship of the new game festival.

The champion position in the new game festival provides a massive amount of traffic. As long as you can hold onto this position, all the previous investments can be made up immediately.

Moreover, and most importantly, although the champion and runner-up are only one place apart, the actual amount of traffic support they receive is vastly different.

In other words, he directly nipped the Emerald game in the bud, giving it no chance to recover.

Thinking about this made Cui Yu feel increasingly comfortable. He guessed that the information the other party would provide him now was probably just some desperate measures taken by the studio called Feng in the face of this situation.

Sure enough, the young man spoke.

"The boss said this: just half an hour ago, a studio called Wind suddenly announced the release of a Pokémon game, also in 3D, claiming it would have brand new upgrades in every aspect, including improved graphics and visuals, and even cross-platform online play. According to their announcement, even sports watches and car screens can play their game!"

Upon hearing this, Cui Yu's expression changed abruptly, and he suddenly burst into laughter, a laugh full of mockery and smugness.

He had assumed the studio would use a smarter approach to counter his PR efforts, such as hiring online trolls to smear his game or spending money to buy traffic to compete with him. He was already prepared for all of these possibilities.

Unexpectedly, the other party issued such a declaration!

Releasing a new game?
It features exquisite 2D pixel graphics converted to 3D, and also supports multi-platform online play, even on smartwatches.
Dreaming!
Cui's lips curled slightly. As the owner of Dream Factory, his many years of experience in game development made him well aware of just how astonishing the development cost difference was between 2D pixels and 3D graphics. The initial investment in the graphics of his game Genesis 1 alone had reached an astronomical figure of nearly 100 million. This did not include the costs required for the later improvement of the game and the production of the story map content.

The biggest advantage of pixel games is undoubtedly their low development cost, which is mainly reflected in the image quality and graphics.

And now this studio is even claiming that its next game will be a visually stunning 3D game, just like DreamWorks.

This is simply insane!
Given the capabilities of the other studio, it's already a miracle that they were able to create such a pixelated game. Where did they get the funds to create 3D content?
Although Emerald's sales were indeed quite substantial, which should have made them a fortune, the other party hadn't even enabled in-app purchases or microtransactions. That amount of money was far from enough to develop a 3D game, and probably not even enough for an early test demo.

What Cui Yu found even more laughable was that he actually dared to say that the two platforms were interoperable and that the sports watch and the car screen could both be used?

Is this studio called "Wind" crazy?

For most games, being able to run on a computer is already the limit. This time, I spent a lot of money and advanced technology to successfully port the PC version of Fantasy Era to mobile phones, allowing players to play it on their phones.

No other game company had ever done such a feat before, which is one of the biggest selling points of his promotional campaign.

He only managed to achieve this technology in the last two years, and it is still not mature.

Now, this studio called Wind has only been around for less than a month, and they're already saying they want to achieve this kind of technology?
That's simply impossible!

Cui Yu had already made up his mind.

Therefore, there is no doubt that not a single word of their publicity is true; it is probably just a publicity stunt to help their emerald project regain popularity and surpass their own.

Unfortunately, I won't give him that chance.

Moreover, and even more importantly, the other party committed a major taboo.

Even when releasing all the announcements, I dare not say anything that I am not sure about, because losing the trust of the players in the company would be fatal.

And the other party will definitely not be able to produce this game called Phantom of the Darkness. Despite having a trailer, it has been delayed in going live. This small studio will undoubtedly become the target of public criticism and suffer a great impact.

"In the end, he's still a newcomer, too inexperienced."

Cui Yu muttered something to himself, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

"Boss, you don't seem worried?"

Seeing his reaction, the young man next to him couldn't help but ask a question, only to be met with a disdainful look from Cui Yu.

"Nonsense, you idiot, how come you're so slow-witted working at my company? Do you know how difficult it is to achieve what he said in his announcement? It's simply impossible."

"Developing 3D games? Ha! Even if they could actually make them, how could their budget and capabilities compare to our Fantasy Era?"

"I was initially worried about their content, wondering what new breakthroughs and innovations they might bring, but now it seems I was just overthinking it."

"Alright, get back to work. Tell the publicity department to increase the investment in promotion and online marketing. As for this announcement, call in more online marketing teams to guide public opinion and make them question whether they can actually produce a game like this, haha."

Cui Yu sneered, waved his hand, and turned away.

"It's clear that the outcome is already decided."

Meanwhile, Ling Feng was unaware of the turmoil unfolding at the Dream Factory.

He sat back down at his computer, skillfully brought up the system interface, and even felt a little relaxed.

Making 3D games?

This is his old profession; he used to specialize in this. Now that he has the system, it will only be easier for him.

"System, begin production of 'Pokémon: Black and White'."

[Ding! Game template selected by the host has been detected. Loading begins...]

[3D template loaded successfully!] [The host has been found to have the following modules: "3D Engine Optimization Module (Intermediate)", "Cross-Platform Adaptive Compatibility Module (Intermediate)", "Experience Enhancement Module (Intermediate)"...]

[Module loading complete! Starting automated game core construction...]

On the screen, complex code flows down like a waterfall, but it quickly transforms into an intuitive progress bar and a visual modeling interface.

The 3D models of Pokémon were built, rendered, and given animation and expressions at an astonishing speed, and the map scenes quickly transformed from sketches into three-dimensional and detailed ones.

Ling Feng only needs to occasionally move his fingers to adjust the lighting effects or confirm the presentation of key plot points. Most of the tedious work that would make traditional game company teams go bald and stay up all night is completed efficiently and silently by the system.

As he watched the content gradually take shape on the screen, the level of detail far surpassing that of Fantasy Era, Ling Feng felt a surge of emotion.

Back when he was making "Emerald," he had to put in a lot of effort to manually adjust the pixel art and scripts. Now, with more advanced modules, the efficiency has improved exponentially, and this investment has definitely been worthwhile.

He leisurely took a sip of water, even distracted by thoughts of the PM-0734 world, pondering how to use this new game to collect emotion points the next time he went there.

Less than an hour later, a crisp system notification announced the completion of the production.

[Game completed!]

Please set a countdown timer for the release.

"Let's set it to go live in... an hour."

Ling Feng thought for a moment, set the time, and took out the interdimensional communicator, preparing to go to another world first to send out the game.

After all, this black phantom must be released in that world first before it can be released in this world, to avoid problems such as spacetime fluctuations.

The interdimensional communicator quickly started up, and taking advantage of the last bit of free time, he casually opened the background data of "Emerald" to check its recent popularity.

But just as he opened the backend management interface, another system notification popped up, which startled him.

[Ding! The weekly leaderboard for Pokémon Emerald has been completed!]

Based on the rankings, physical prizes need to be distributed to fifty players!

"Fifty?!" Ling Feng almost choked.

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

Last time there were only three people, and they managed to get away with just a few boxes of magic candy...
This time, the amount increased more than tenfold. Where did all those gifts come from?
Moreover, he recognized the IDs of the players at the top of the leaderboard. Many of them were active trainers on the forum, mostly Elite Four members or well-known bloggers.

When giving rewards to these people, you can't just give them a casual gift; that would not only be ineffective but could also backfire—it has to be something at least on par with the Magic Candy.

But what should we do?
Ling Feng couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Although I have money now, the things that money can buy are obviously incomparable to things like magical candies and Mega Stones.

Just as he was fretting over the list and wondering what to do, a different, somewhat solemn notification sound rang in his mind.

[Specific conditions have been met!]

[Continuous Mission: Pocket Empire (SS Rank) - First Stage Completed!]

[Interim Goal: The number of registered users on the dedicated gaming forum "Pocket Alliance" has reached 100000. (Current number: 110352/100,000), target achieved!]

Current total popularity score: 3821

[The current phase of the task has been completed!]

[Rewards being distributed...]

[Congratulations, host! You have obtained: 1 random intermediate special module and 1 random advanced Pokémon item!]

[The "Gacha" feature in the system shop is now available!]

The forum has already surpassed 100,000 users?
Ling Feng then noticed that, with the continued rise in popularity of Emerald and the huge controversy brought about by the new game festival, the game forum that he had originally set up by Cynthia for posting announcements and communicating with players had unknowingly attracted more than 100,000 registered users!

This is absolutely a huge surprise, and it came at just the right time!
He immediately checked the reward details, starting with two orbs of light representing modules and items.

[Random Intermediate Special Module Settlement Completed: Pokémon Ecosystem Simulation Enhancement Module (Intermediate)]

[Effect: After use, Pokémon behavior patterns, habitat selection, and community interactions in the game will be more realistic, greatly enhancing the immersion and realism of the game's world.]

[Random item settled: A-rank Pokémon item: Broken Silver Crown] (Used to enhance a Pokémon's individual stats; an extremely rare treasure even in the host's native world.)

[New Gacha Feature Launched: Hosts can consume Emotion Points to randomly draw various items, modules, or special items from the system shop. Current Gacha Level: "1"]

[Upgrading the gacha level requires meeting specific conditions. The condition for upgrading to "2" is: a player must complete the first playthrough of any game.]

"Let me see"

Ling Feng curiously clicked on the newly appeared gashapon icon in the system shop interface, which was shimmering with an alluring light.

The interface unfolds, displaying a variety of items categorized into categories, from the most common healing items and Poké Balls to various evolution stones, attribute-enhancing items, and some good-looking items.

Examples include "Move Learner - Finishing Touch" and "Max Bracer (Trial Version)".

However, most of the premium items are displayed in gray, indicating that higher-level store access or specific achievements are required to unlock and draw them.

The label below the huge gashapon machine image in the center of the screen is very clear.

[Basic Draw: Each use costs 1000 Emotion Points and randomly grants one item currently available in the shop!]

(End of this chapter)