Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 236 Chu Chen's Office
The IGN controversy was like a sudden and fierce typhoon on the Chinese internet.

As quickly as it comes, it goes as quickly as it comes.

After the "bad apples" left, the overall internet buzz quickly subsided, and derivative content began to take center stage.

A large number of videos of European and American players and streamers playing "Final Survival" began to appear on Bilibili. Apart from being slightly shaken when it was first caught in the vortex of public opinion, StarCraft Games was almost completely unscathed afterward, and even took advantage of this opportunity to rise rapidly.

In just one week, global sales exceeded 700 million.

Although this is just a game priced at 38 yuan, the revenue generated by these 7 million sales is less than the revenue generated by a 3A game with 700,000 to 800,000 sales.

However, 700 million is 700 million.
Everyone knows that this number will not be the end, and the sales of "The End of the World Survival Guide" will definitely continue to rise as word of mouth and fame spread.

StarCraft America specifically highlighted its sales figures for Europe and America, which is actually a response to StarCraft's fans.

When the storm passed, the sky appeared clearer than ever before.

It's a very subtle feeling, like your team is being unfairly called on by the referee in an away game, and the whole audience is booing, but your team manages to withstand the pressure and snatch a last-minute victory.

The feeling of triumph after frustration, the exhilaration of turning the tide against all odds, is enough to get any supporter's blood pumping.

However, compared to the fervor outside, the internal workings of Starry Games remained as calm and busy as ever.

The morning sunlight streamed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the spacious and bright office area of ​​Starry Night Games in a warm golden glow, gilding each workstation.

The air was filled with the aroma of coffee and the soft sound of keyboard typing; everything seemed orderly and well-organized.

Song Yueying walked into the company with light steps, humming an unknown tune.

Today she wore a light apricot-colored dress, her long hair casually draped over her shoulders, and a smile she couldn't hide on her face. She looked like an elf who had just emerged from the morning light, bright and charming.

I am the art director for Starry Night Games.

Over the past year, she has witnessed the company's transformation firsthand.

She herself gradually transitioned from a simple artist to someone who took on project management responsibilities. This feeling of continuous learning and growth filled her with energy every day.

Especially in the last two days, seeing the online reactions—from initial outrage to triumph, and now to widespread celebration—made her happy too.

Although she didn't personally engage in online arguments, she would quietly like comments supporting Xingchen, and she also felt a sense of satisfaction when she saw posts where rational opinions were contradicted by sales figures.
"Good morning, Sister Yueying!"

"Good morning, Sister Yueying is in a great mood today, she came humming a song."

As employees passed by, they greeted her with smiles, and Song Yueying responded to each one with a smile.

Her gaze swept around the office area and naturally landed on the innermost office.

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As the company grew larger, Chu Chen finally had his own office.

There was no other way. After all, if Chu Chen were to sit in the employees' work area when there were too many people, it would not only fail to improve efficiency but would also negatively impact the work of ordinary employees.

So Chu Chen has had his own office since November of last year.

This office was actually the leftmost medium-sized meeting room at Starry Sky Games. It's quite large, roughly the size of a standard classroom. However, it hadn't been used much before.

After all, the division of labor among Xingchen's various studios is quite clear.

When there's a real need to hold a large meeting, we usually borrow the "reporting hall" in the industrial park. For smaller meetings, everyone holds them in one of the small meeting rooms in their own office area.
This medium-sized conference room was stuck in a rut, so Chu Chen simply took it and renovated it.

Upon seeing this "CEO's office," Song Yueying couldn't help but smile. If it were someone entering Chu Chen's office for the first time, they would most likely be startled.

Because this place doesn't resemble a company CEO's office at all.

It's less of a CEO's office and more of a "private workspace".

The room was large, with the back third being Chu Chen's private rest area, separated by a partition wall. Sometimes when Chu Chen worked too late, he would rest directly at the company.

Upon entering, the office area is located on the left side near the window, consisting of six desks joined together.

Although these six desks were originally placed in Chu Chen's office simply because "the company had extras" and "the room was quite empty," once they were actually put into use...
These desks are used quite frequently.

Aside from the heads of several studios, one said, "I feel like you've been a bit out of sorts lately. Why don't you work in President Chen's office for a few days?"

Besides using Chu Chen's studio workstations as "seats next to the teacher's desk" to scare "students".

Sometimes, the core creative team would actually work in Chu Chen's office for extended periods, especially during major version updates or when significant decisions needed to be made.

He grabbed a laptop and sat down next to Chu Chen.

Regardless of whether it's metaphysics or not, many people have said that things they couldn't figure out before, they could come up with in President Chen's office.
Even though Chu Chen wasn't in the office
It felt somewhat like having a mysterious buff when doing homework in the teacher's office, so much so that people later added temporary workstations here, and sometimes this place was like a study room, where you had to "grab" a spot "in advance".

Apart from Chu Chen's office area.

On the right is a rest area.

A long coffee table, around which is a sofa, and around which is a floor-to-ceiling wall bookcase. On the wall opposite the coffee table is a large TV, and a PS4, XBOX, and SWITCH.

There are also freezers and a snack section nearby.
People who frequently watch Chu Chen's videos should be familiar with this place.

This is where Chu Chen occasionally streams himself playing games.

Of course, not many people usually play games in this rest area. After all, it's in Chu Chen's office rest area, and it takes a lot of courage to come here to "rest".

However, most of the company's employees had actually come to play before, because Chu Chen would randomly invite employees to play together from time to time, as a way of having heart-to-heart talks and also to keep himself familiar with the front line.

In short.

Chu Chen's office is a place that is both familiar and unfamiliar to most people within Xingchen.

Why do we say the majority?
Because a small group of people were quite familiar with this office, Song Yueying walked to Chu Chen's office door, knocked symbolically on the door frame, and then naturally pushed the door open and entered.

(End of this chapter)