Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 165 David's Thoughts
David looked over and, sure enough, saw a team wearing Yahoo! Japan badges setting up equipment among a group of media personnel, with others wearing IGN badges next to them.
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To be honest, David was genuinely surprised when he saw these reporters.

Wait, StarCraft Games has become this influential? Is this really the kind of event a game company's press conference should be holding?
The key point is that this press conference wasn't a product launch at all.

It's understandable that media from the gaming and tech industries came, given that Xingchen must have spent a lot of money. It's also understandable that CCTV.com, Xinhua.net, and media from Suzhou and Hangzhou came.

After all, Starry Night Games has indeed been making headlines overseas recently.

Yahoo Japan, what are you doing here with IGN?
For some reason, seeing those reporters with their long lenses and microphones, Dawei's enthusiasm for chatting vanished instantly.

He suddenly remembered that Mihayou had recently been doing promotional work in overseas markets.

He had to pull some strings to get a spot in a fairly well-known Japanese gaming magazine. He even had a small celebration with the operations team... the whole company celebrated for it.

After a moment of silence, Dawei picked up the bottled water on the table and took a sip, but his throat still felt a little dry.

Looking at the huge Starry Sky Games logo on the stage screen at the press conference.

Even though David knew he sensed David's jealousy, he couldn't help but start thinking about it.

"When will I be able to get these people to willingly bring their cameras and stroll around our Mihayou building..."

Once his mind started wandering, Dawei lost interest in idle chatter.
He quickly found an excuse to contact his team.

He didn't go to the Star Alliance press conference just to join in the fun.

He came here because he received an invitation from Chu Chen, who said he wanted to take this opportunity to talk to him about logging into Mihoyo on Xingchen Tap.
To be honest, when I first heard about Xingchen's collaboration invitation a few months ago...

David didn't really care. Although Honkai Impact 3rd was one of the first games to launch on Star Tap, it also garnered nearly a million pre-registrations on Star Tap.

However, logging into Startap does not mean joining Startap's promotional program.

Dawei has his own operational plans for Honkai Impact 3.

However, as Xingchen Tap's traffic grew, and in early September this year, Xingchen Tap's daily active users surged from two or three million to tens of millions again, Dawei, like other manufacturers, began to waver.

Especially in the Japanese market.

Unlike in later years, Mihoyo does not yet possess comprehensive global distribution capabilities, and its current cash reserves are insufficient to support global promotion.

Honkai Impact 3rd, in its previous form, was released in Japan only about half a year after the Chinese version.

Without the success of StarCraft, without StarCraft Tap...

David isn't in a rush to release the product globally simultaneously. Taking it easy and stabilizing the domestic market first is a viable strategy before considering other options.
But what was that saying again?

Human thoughts follow the eyes.

After witnessing Xingchen's success, Dawei didn't say it outwardly, but he was actually a little "anxious" inside.

Just like many manufacturers in later generations who wanted to learn from Mihoyo while also wanting to "replace" it, Dawei at this time also wanted to learn from Xingchen's path and take the lead himself.

This is actually only natural; after all, if you don't even dare to think about it, then it's even less likely that you can do it.

Perhaps before long, this world will become a place where Kuro touches Mihayou, Mihayou touches Xingchen, and Xingchen wants to pull Teng Xun off his horse.
Everyone has a bright future ahead.
But let's return to the present moment.

Just as David was pondering how to talk and what to discuss, the noise around the venue suddenly dropped several decibels.

The scene, which had been incredibly noisy just moments before, was now eerily quiet.

"What's going on?" As soon as David turned his head, he saw the crowd at the door disperse like a stream, and a group of reporters rushed forward.

It turns out, the person in question has arrived.

Chu Chen was with Song Yueying and several other key members of the Starry Sky Games team.

Since the Q&A session for the media was scheduled after the press conference, the media who gathered around were mainly taking photos. Surrounded by a crowd of media and staff, and amidst the flashing of cameras, they were busy taking pictures.

Chu Chen walked in as if surrounded by stars.

He didn't immediately walk to the main stage, but instead scanned the crowd, his gaze quickly settling on the location of the Mihoyo team.

Then, under the watchful eyes of many people in the room, he walked straight towards David.

At that moment, Dawei felt that at least half of the eyes in the hall were focused on him, those eyes mixed with curiosity, speculation, and a hint of barely perceptible envy.

As he watched the figure, still smiling warmly under the flashing lights, walking towards him, Dawei felt a sudden warmth in his chest.

It's like being praised by your teacher in front of the whole class when you're in school; a secret yet intense sense of vanity instantly fills your heart.

He knew that Chu Chen had come over on his own initiative because the two had communicated beforehand and had agreed to meet before the press conference.

But David really didn't expect that their meeting would be like this.

He subconsciously straightened his collar and put on the most standard and appropriate business smile.

However, just as he was about to reach out to receive it, a thought struck his mind like lightning.

Why should I get excited?
Why should I feel proud just because he took the initiative to come over and say hello?
The vanity and excitement that had just begun to rise transformed into an even stranger feeling in that instant.

He believes that Mihayou is no less than Xingchen. If they are not competitors, they are at least athletes on the same track, sprinting towards the same finish line.

But his reaction just now made him seem more like a junior waiting for the favor of an industry senior.

David's smile remained unchanged, revealing no flaw, but a deeply complex emotion flickered deep in his eyes. "I'm the senior, after all."
"Brother Dawei, you're here."

Chu Chen had already walked up to him, extending his hand in a familiar tone, as if he were an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time.

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The impromptu conversation lasted longer than expected.

They talked for about half an hour until the host appeared on stage and the press conference was about to begin. Chu Chen needed to go backstage to prepare, so Dawei said goodbye to Chu Chen.

During their half-hour conversation, the two talked about quite a lot.

Before meeting Chu Chen, Dawei had read newspapers, news reports, and data countless times, trying to guess what kind of person Chu Chen would be.

Is he a genius at game development? Or a shrewd and calculating boss?

But when they actually met, Dawei realized that none of his imaginations were of Chu Chen.

The real Chu Chen gives the first impression of being a very pure person.

So pure of a thought, David felt that the jealousy and hostility he had just felt were somewhat inexplicable.

The two didn't talk much about commercialization; they mostly discussed game development.

Although some commercial aspects were also mentioned, such as Chu Chen's hope that Honkai Impact 3 could be exclusively launched on Xingchen Tap, and that the other party could undertake the promotion and distribution work of Honkai Impact 3.

(End of this chapter)