Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 324 Personality Tendencies
[I am the only one]: Who am I? I am your grandpa! A good dog doesn't block the way, so get out of my way!

The atmosphere in the game changed drastically the moment the selection was confirmed.

The professional smile on the face of the housekeeper at Xianke Manor vanished instantly, replaced by a grim expression.

The speech bubble above his head popped and shattered, reforming into three blood-red exclamation marks.

"court death!"

With a loud shout, more than a dozen people rushed forward.

Huang Wenfeng was a novice to begin with, and with 1 against 10, he hadn't even figured out how to play when the screen suddenly shook and went completely gray.

"puff--"

Huang Wenfeng almost spat out his water on the screen, and the live stream chat exploded with comments.

【Hahahahahaha! 】

[Anchor, your death was horribly tragic, but it was also very entertaining!]

Huang Wenfeng was also indifferent to death.

"This martial arts world is too realistic. You need to have the strength to cause trouble..."

He clicked to revive, and the scene changed. Li Gou Dan was standing at the entrance of Xianke Manor once again. The butler was still as polite as ever, as if nothing had happened.

This time, Huang Wenfeng learned his lesson and obediently chose the second option.

[Ren Shan]: I am Li Gou Dan. I was passing through your esteemed place when I heard that Master Zhao was a hero. I admired him greatly and came here to pay my respects.

The butler's expression immediately softened, and he even cupped his hands in greeting to Li Gou Dan, while the bubble above his head turned into a gentle conversation.

"So you're a chivalrous person who's come because of your reputation. The manor lord is hosting a banquet in the main hall. If you don't mind, young hero, you may come in with me to take a look."

Immediately afterwards, the butler took a deep breath, gathered his strength, and loudly proclaimed his greeting throughout the manor:
"Ranked number 199 on the Human Ranking, the nameless swordsman in blue robes—Li Gou Dan has arrived!"

The sound traveled far and wide, clearly reaching the ears of everyone inside and outside the villa.

In an instant, the previously noisy crowd fell into an eerie silence for a second.

Immediately afterwards, suppressed whispers and muffled laughter spread like a tide through the crowd.

"Pfft... Li... Li Gou Dan?"

"There really is a top-tier player on the leaderboard!!!"

Actually, this was supposed to be a scene where the protagonist is showing off, but Huang Wenfeng's name was so out of place that the barrage of "hahahaha" and "holy crap" almost completely covered the screen.

Huang Wenfeng was overjoyed, barely suppressing his laughter, and manipulated the three large characters "Li Gou Dan" as he followed a servant into the manor.

After passing through several corridors, the view suddenly opened up before me.

What should have been an exquisite courtyard with artificial hills and flowing water has now been cleared out, and a huge square arena has been built in the center with solid wood.

Behind the arena, there was an even larger viewing platform.

In the center of the viewing platform, a middle-aged man around fifty years old sat imposingly in a grand chair.

He was dressed in a white Taoist robe that should have given him an air of otherworldly elegance, but his exposed arms were bulging with muscles, his black hair was tied up on top of his head with a wooden hairpin, and his face was covered with a thick, bushy beard. He didn't have the slightest air of otherworldly grace; instead, he looked like a butcher who was always ready to go into a fight.

If it weren't for the whisk and longsword beside him, no one would know that he was a Taoist priest.

This must be Zhao Jingfeng, the owner of Xianke Manor and a newly promoted expert on the Earth Ranking.

Beside Zhao Jingfeng, on another chair, sat a young woman. She wore a light blue dress, her figure slender and graceful. She sat quietly, seemingly out of place amidst the surrounding noise. Her gaze was fixed on the empty arena, her eyes showing neither the shyness of a young woman about to be married nor the anticipation of her future husband, but only a calmness, an almost indifferent calmness.

As soon as the character's portrait was displayed, a group of LSPs (Likely referring to people who are overly enthusiastic or sarcastic) in the comments section became excited.

[Zhao Yangyu! What a nice name!! She's definitely a gacha character!! My waifu!!]

[Holy crap, this girl is so cold, I love her!]

[That aura is amazing! Streamer, go for her!]

[Screw you, didn't you see their "get lost" look on their faces?]

Just then, a young man dressed in a Taoist robe from Xianke Mountain Villa and carrying a long sword walked to the center of the arena. His face bore some resemblance to his father, Zhao Jingfeng, but he appeared younger and sharper.

He cleared his throat and announced in a loud voice, "Fellow martial artists, I am Zhao Long. I have been ordered by my father to serve as the referee for this martial arts contest to find a husband."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd below the stage, and continued, "The rules are simple: two people will compete in a group. The first person to step onto the stage may designate any person below as their opponent. The use of hidden weapons or poisons is prohibited during the fight. A person who falls off the stage or whose health drops below 50% is considered to have lost."

"The loser is eliminated, and the winner advances. Until the last person is determined, he will have a final match with my younger sister. If he can gain my younger sister's approval, the marriage will be settled."

As soon as Zhao Long finished speaking, the familiar option box popped up again at the bottom of Huang Wenfeng's game interface.

However, this option is no longer a dialogue, but a choice that determines the direction of the plot.

[Using a martial arts contest to find a husband, he actively sought out the hidden Li Bangui and engaged him in a one-on-one duel, punishing evil and promoting good.] (Upright)

[Warm up first, follow the rules, prepare to participate in the martial arts contest to find a husband, and win the heart of your beloved.] (Ren Shan)

[Listen first, as for whether or not to step into the ring, we'll decide later.] (Moderation)

[Screw the competition, I'm going to just rob you today!] (Spontaneous)

[Want to compete again? Too much trouble. All of you come at me at once, watch me beat you to a pulp! This girl is definitely fit to be my wife!] (Only Me)

Five options again, the same familiar feeling.

But this time, the situation is different.

The option "Only Me" is highlighted in red.

"Ok?"

Huang Wenfeng hovered the mouse over the screen with some doubt, and a line of small text slowly appeared in the center of the screen.

"Your current level of good and evil does not match this option. If you force your choice, you will accumulate inner demons."

Huang Wenfeng was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood. So that's how the personality system in "Floating Dreams" works!

In the early stages, you are given complete freedom to do whatever you want. You can be a grandfather if you want, or a knight if you want.

But once your actions accumulate to a certain extent, the system will characterize your character based on your choices!
Once this "good/evil value" or "personality tendency" is formed, your behavior will be restricted.

Of course, this doesn't mean you can't be righteous and moral one second and slaughter your whole family the next, because choosing the wrong option will only accumulate inner demons, but it won't affect your choice.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, although negative options will cause you to lose reputation, you will not lose reputation as long as you kill all the "witnesses" in a short period of time.

In other words, hypocrites, villains, and so on can all be displayed.

However, to be a fickle and chaotic villain in "Floating Dreams," or to wait for a hypocrite, requires much more "effort."

(End of this chapter)