Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 238 Animation Team

Because Chu Chen added more author information, the scope of discussion for some works expanded. For example, the information about nationality served as a second-stage promotional tool at this time.

American players, after conducting research, discovered that American authors made up the largest number of the top 100, which made them very proud.

Chinese players are very proud that the event organized by Xingchen has generated such a huge response globally.

Players from other countries also find it interesting to see their own national culture shining on this platform.

Even in India, one of the authors, after making it into the Top 100, received many likes on Twitter from Indians, who said it showcased Indian culture.
Besides the country, occupation, and address, these two pieces of information also played an unexpected role in the subsequent development. At first, people were just amazed by the wide variety of the creators' occupations.

The author of "Echoes of the Apocalypse," KK, is an engineer, which seems quite reasonable. After all, it's cyberpunk, and it feels like an engineer's work is a perfect fit for the genre.

But the author of "First Day of School," Olivia, is a horticulturist, which caused an uproar in the comments section.

"A gardener created a magical world even more dazzling than the Harry Potter movies? What incredible imagination!"

"I get it! She wasn't trimming flowers and grass, she was trimming magical plants!"

"No wonder the forests inside looked so realistic; it's a perfect match for my major."

The contrast brought about by this crossover makes the entire collection full of the legendary charm of "hidden masters among ordinary people".

In reality, there aren't that many "hidden masters" in the world. However, those who participate in rendering competitions, even if their original profession has nothing to do with rendering, must have learned rendering software through various coincidences.

Many people switch to other jobs after leaving their current ones.

However, not all works are like this. The day after the video was released, a work with a number in the seventies went viral both domestically and internationally.

In terms of technical capabilities, it is definitely at the bottom of the TOP100, with slightly rough modeling and some flaws in lighting and shadow processing, but it was still selected.

The scene begins on a bus, with the night deep outside the window.

A little boy was leaning on the windowsill, his innocent face reflected in the glass. In his pupils, he saw a residential building engulfed in flames in the distance, the towering flames almost turning half the night sky red.

There was no background music, only the faint, distant sound of fire truck sirens.

The screen goes dark at this moment.

When it lights up again, the view has changed.

The camera focuses on the interior of a room engulfed in flames and thick smoke, the walls charred black and sparks flying everywhere. A figure in heavy firefighting gear is struggling to evacuate a little girl who is unconscious from the inferno.

He turned his head, seemingly glancing towards the "window".

Through the mask covered in soot and water stains, only a pair of incredibly determined eyes could be seen.

The picture freezes.

The information strip in the upper left corner slowly appeared.

[Inheritance] [Author: Li Wei] [Firefighter] [China, Chongqing]

In an instant, the barrage of comments on Bilibili was like a flood bursting its banks, instantly covering the entire screen.

"........."

"I am grass."

"I take back what I said earlier about the technical quality of this work. I apologize to the author."

"A firefighter's work... He didn't paint his imagination, he painted everyday life."

"Inheritance... I understand now. When he was a child, he was saved by a firefighter, so when he grew up, he also became a firefighter to save more people."

"Hey, stop talking, you're crying."

"Salute to the greatest heroes who went against the tide!"

The reason this work went viral, if we really trace its origins, is related to the author information Chu Chen added. Simply put, a beautiful visual might only elicit a "wow" from a player, but a derivative "story" can spread for a long time.

This video was even shared and liked by Bilibili, Weibo, and even some overseas fire departments.

The spread of this information also boosted the popularity of Starry Sky Wallpaper, so much so that when "The Last Survival Guide" was released, this wallpaper was recommended to European and American players.

Although the conversion rate was not high, it still had an impact on many European and American players, which led to the rapid spread of the game after the subsequent explosion in popularity of "Final Survival".

The starry wallpaper may also have played a part in that.

The high level of influence of "Season 1" brought a huge amount of traffic to Star Wallpaper.

Many users download the software specifically to use the wallpapers it contains.

Its global user base has exceeded 100 million, which is quite an impressive number for a wallpaper app that "requires certain resources".

Moreover, with the iteration of mobile phone and PC hardware.

The market potential is expected to grow even larger, so even though there is still a month until May, Chu Chen is already preparing the content for the second rendering competition.

The biggest difference between the second season and the first rendering competition is that Chu Chen has also joined the "Animation Group" in addition to the "Rendering Group".

Simply put, Chu Chen will provide a storyboard framework.

Then, just like with rendering, we invited animation enthusiasts from around the world to participate in the animation competition.

Compared to the rendering competitions of the past, wallpaper software, as a "platform" framework, actually has a much greater capacity.

There are far more people in this world who like to "show off" and want to "show off their skills" than you might imagine, especially among the billions of internet users.

Furthermore, not all users prefer 3D rendering.

If it weren't for the novelty factor, Chu Chen could have easily joined a whole series of TOP100 categories, including "Photography Group," "Photo Group," and "Animated GIF Group."
However, if all these things are released at once, users might get tired of them.

That's why Chu Chen chose to take it one step at a time.

This year, he chose the animation team.

The video length for the Starry Sky Rendering Competition is 5 to 8 seconds, and the production cost of a 5 to 8-second animation is not high; even some individuals can make it.

However, considering that animation takes more time to produce, including works for rendering competitions, and that Chu Chen is not short of money.

Therefore, Chu Chen plans to operate this year's competition with a "participation award" plus a "selection award".

As long as your work passes the "benchmark" review.

In other words, as long as it is an original animation and an original rendering, you can get a participation award. In addition, if you are successfully selected into the TOP100, there will be an extra bonus.

The total bonus budget for both departments was increased by Chu Chen to 3000 million RMB.

For Chu Chen...

This money was well spent. It's just like building a game platform. Once the framework of the platform is established, the competition will bring huge traffic to Xingchen every year.

What's even more interesting is that this was something Starry Night Games couldn't do a year ago, because Starry Night Games had virtually no influence in Japan last year.

However, FGO topped the Japanese best-selling charts for six consecutive months.

StarCraft's status in Japan doesn't need others to elevate it; it rose on its own. Now, many people mention StarCraft when they hear the name.

Ah...it's that star.
Interestingly, though.

Song Yueying didn't pay attention to these things. After watching the animation on Chu Chen's computer, her first words were...

"Was this animation made by Mai Ishihara?"

(End of this chapter)