Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 274 Let's get things going
a few days ago.

An invitation from Xiaomi was sent to major technology media outlets, digital bloggers, and partners across the country.

"See you at Xiaomi's 2017 Spring New Product Launch."

The invitation design is simple: a black background with only Xiaomi's logo and a bright silver number "6". However, on the front of the invitation, there is a layer of stars printed with a special reflective material.

Many journalists who received the invitation immediately published their stories.
Because this specially printed star looks so familiar, it's the star that flies up from the bottom left corner in the opening logo animation of Starry Night Games.

Anyone who has played the Starry Night game
No, even those who don't play the game must have seen this star at least once in the past year or so.

Therefore, after the invitation was sent out, it quickly sparked a lot of discussion in the media.

"Holy crap? Why is there a StarCraft Games logo on the Xiaomi product launch invitation?"

"What's going on? Is Xiaomi going to collaborate with Starry Sky?"

"Mobile phone collaboration? That's nothing special, probably just a themed event with some freebies or something..."

"Something doesn't feel right either. If this were a regular collaboration, they wouldn't need to print a logo on the invitation, would they? And look at the quality of this logo; it feels unusual..."

Immediately, various speculations arose, but after sending out the invitations, neither Xiaomi nor Xingchen offered any explanation.

therefore
The answers to all these questions will have to be found at the press conference.

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The scene of Xiaomi's new product launch event.

A huge circular screen occupied the entire stage backdrop, with a deep blue halo flowing around it, and flashes of light like fireflies on a summer night, rising and falling in the media and fan sections.

Chu Chen was dressed very casually today.

Wearing a T-shirt with a silhouette of a brother and sister from "The End of the World Survival Guide" printed on it, and ordinary jeans, he would have been just an "ordinary handsome guy" if he hadn't been sitting in the front row.

However, even sitting in the front row, his attire stood out somewhat among the group of well-dressed businessmen around him.

Sitting to Chu Chen's right was a senior executive from Xiaomi.

From the moment Chu Chen sat down, he felt uneasy all over. This unease was subtle; on one hand, he knew who Chu Chen was, and on the other hand, precisely because he knew who Chu Chen was and saw him dressed like that, he felt somewhat...
They don't even know to dress more formally for events like this.
However, Lei Jun, who was sitting on the other side of Chu Chen, seemed completely oblivious to all of this, and instead smiled and moved closer.

"Your outfit is so comfortable. I feel so uncomfortable in this suit."

His tone was familiar.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Lei, you're joking. It's just that I don't really have many suits."

The corner of the mouth of that Xiaomi executive twitched slightly just now.

No suit?

Shouldn't we prepare in advance for such occasions?
Lei's gaze fell on Chu Chen's T-shirt. On the black fabric, the silhouettes of the brother and sister under the afterglow of the apocalypse exuded a unique sense of loneliness and hope.

"Apocalyptic Survival Guide?"

Mr. Lei recognized him at a glance.

"I heard this merchandise T-shirt is selling really well?"

"good."

"My colleagues in the surrounding operations department insisted that I wear it, saying it would help promote our surrounding mall and we couldn't miss any opportunity for promotion."

"Live-streaming e-commerce?"

"Yes, just like you, Mr. Lei." Chu Chen then gave a business-like compliment to Lei Jun's sales skills.

However, what Chu Chen didn't realize was that many of the common sense things he thought he knew were things that Lei Jun was still figuring out as he went along.

This resulted in Chu Chen's mutual flattery catching the attention of all the Xiaomi executives nearby.

However, before they could digest any more details, rousing music started playing and the press conference began.
Before going on stage, Lei Jun was not thinking about the product, but about what Chu Chen had just said.

Regardless, the press conference began.

As Lei Jun stepped onto the stage, the entire audience erupted in applause and cheers.

To be honest, this was the first time Chu Chen had ever attended a press conference in person, even though he had seen so many in his previous life.

feel
Okay, I didn't really feel anything.
The first half of the press conference was even a bit boring for Chu Chen, because the so-called new technologies weren't really "new" or "trendy" enough for him.

The only thing that struck him was experiencing a "Lei Jun-style press conference" up close.

With the widespread adoption of new-generation processors, mobile phone performance has become increasingly high, reaching a threshold where the bottleneck for large-scale 3D mobile games is gradually being loosened.

Interestingly, when Lei Jun was demonstrating the game here, he used two games: Honkai Impact 3 and the "extreme" graphics of Final Frontline.

The latter, in particular.

The so-called "ultimate graphics quality" of "Final Front" is simply bringing some lighting baking and rendering techniques from PC to mobile phones.

The most noticeable effect is that after activation, the player's base has better lighting at night, and during the day, the shadows of clouds on the ground and the rendering of light are more realistic.

This technology can run at full speed on the Snapdragon 835, and it should be able to run at full speed on almost any 835.

However, in Lei Jun's words, it became, "Actively adapt to provide the best experience for players."
Of course, besides promoting Xiaomi's new phone, the entire press conference also had a significant impact on Chu Chen, or on a large number of Starry Sky Games players who had been waiting in the live stream to see what this "collaboration" was all about.

The most important thing is, of course, collaboration.

"We have been thinking about how to make technology not only powerful, but also humane."

After introducing all the hardware parameters, Lei Jun changed the subject, and the PPT on the stage also changed, with the background becoming a dazzling starry sky.

"As some of you may know, something happened last year that gave me my first in-depth contact with one of the best game companies in China."

Lei Jun's tone carried a hint of emotion.

"Oh, of course, this 'best in China' is just my personal opinion and does not constitute any advertising claim, so please don't sue me."

A burst of good-natured laughter erupted from the audience.

"In short, because of the Star Tap incident, we got in touch with Star Games."

"During my interactions with their team, I discovered that Starry Sky Games' pursuit of quality and Xiaomi's spirit of 'relentlessly pursuing user experience' are a perfect match."

"In subsequent research, I discovered that young people today have a much greater desire for immersive gaming experiences than we imagined."

"So, we thought, could we do something?"

"Could we combine Starry Sky's pursuit of gaming with our pursuit of user experience?"

"Ultimately, we decided to invite Xingchen to join our research and development team to create a phone that is truly 'born out of passion'!"

Lei Jun's voice rose a few decibels.

Here, both the live and on-site cameras focused on Chu Chen, who naturally smiled and waved. However, it was obvious to anyone with a brain that Xingchen's involvement in the research and development was...
It's all just a gimmick.
(End of this chapter)