Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 335 New Game

"Though the world of martial arts may be far away, chivalry will never die. Complete the following tasks to receive the free commemorative game 'Floating Dreams: Heroes of the Bag', a spin-off of 'Floating Dreams'."

【Leave a Message in the Martial World】: Share your "Martial World Profile" to any social media platform.

[By analogy]: Browse the "What Mischief Can a Cat Have?" martial arts DLC page on the Starry Sky platform for 30 seconds.

[Read widely]: Browse the "Summer Activities" section of the Star Platform for 3 minutes.

【Lessons from Others】: Purchase or play any game in your library that has the "Wuxia" tag.

【Wandering the Martial World Together】: Invite a friend to browse the event page.

Ye Gaoxiang raised an eyebrow. As a veteran of the internet industry, he saw through the trick at a glance.

Sharing and driving traffic to other games within the same company is a standard practice.

"Why is Starry Sky doing this too?"

Normally, he might have scoffed and simply turned it off.

But today, he hesitated. On the one hand, these tasks were indeed not troublesome, just a matter of moving his fingers. On the other hand, the name "Floating Dreams and Long Songs: Heroes with Burdens" was just too tempting.

"A spin-off commemorative game?"

"WTF?"

Ye Gaoxiang muttered to himself as he clicked on the question mark icon next to the task to view the game description.

【Floating Dreams: Heroes of the Baggage is a backpack management game that blends strategy, roguelike, and martial arts elements. It features cross-platform data sharing between PC and mobile. Originally priced at 19.9 yuan, the game can be permanently added to your library for free by completing the "Seeking Heroic Traces" quest.】

Below the introduction, there are also several pixel-style game screenshots.

In the screenshot, a chibi-style figure in blue robes is carrying a huge backpack.

The backpack was divided into compartments, containing all sorts of items: longswords, elixirs, secret manuals, and so on. The different items placed together seemed to trigger some kind of strange connection.

"A backpack management game? A roguelike game?"

In fact, players who traveled back from the "future" at this time would have noticed this.

This game is a "simplified" version of Backpack Heroes.

Many players may not have heard of the name "Backpack Heroes".

However, in terms of gameplay, this game does have its own unique features. As a pioneering work of the "backpack management" gameplay, it successfully spawned many similar games, collectively known as "backpack-like" games.

Not only did it sell over a million copies in just three months after its launch, but it also became a best-selling game with over a million copies sold in the "backpack-like" genre.

There are also a lot of "tribute" versions of games in China.

The reason there are so many pirated copies is that Backpack Heroes itself is very easy to develop; it is a typical game that relies on "creativity" and "numerical" design.

For Chu Chen, developing a backpack-like game would be much faster and more cost-effective.

On the one hand, "Floating Dreams" already had a variety of materials; on the other hand, with mature solutions in place, the entire game took two months from project initiation to completion.
And most of the time, it was just a few people working on the numerical design and level design.

However, players are certainly unaware of these things.

The moment Ye Gaoxiang saw the game, he almost immediately decided to complete all of these tasks.

In this process.

He claimed Terraria, a game that has gained a martial arts theme due to its collaboration with "Floating Dreams," and can be claimed for free.

This was probably the easiest way to complete the task. Ye Gaoxiang then opened the DLC page for "What Mischief Can a Cat Be Thinking?" and watched an orange cat dressed in a flying fish costume leaping around. You know what, it was quite amusing.
Although he wouldn't buy it, he opened the Starry Summer Event and browsed around. Surprisingly, he actually saw a few games that interested him, but at this moment...

His mind was not on this at all.

After browsing around and completing all the tasks, the "Claim Game" button in the center of the page changed from gray to a bright gold.

He pressed it without hesitation.

Congratulations! "Floating Dreams: Heroes of the Burden" has been successfully added to your game library!

A game of less than 500MB was downloaded and installed very quickly.

Ye Gaoxiang rubbed his hands together and double-clicked the brand-new, pixelated blue-robed swordsman icon on the desktop. At least, while waiting for the official open beta of "Floating Dream Song", he had something to satisfy his craving.
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As the game started, a familiar melody, a duet of guzheng and xiao, began to play.

It is the login music for "Floating Dreams and Long Songs", but it has been processed into an 8-bit chip music style, losing some of its grandeur and gaining more playfulness and nostalgia.

Ye Gaoxiang perked up, even though he hadn't listened to the login music more than a few times.

But this feeling! It's just right!!

The game's main interface is very simple, with a background reminiscent of ink wash painting, and the four large pixelated characters "Bag Hero" in the center. Below are only two options: "Entering the Martial World" and "Leave".

He chose to "enter the martial arts world for the first time".

The scene shifts, and a pixelated, chibi-style figure in blue robes appears on the screen, looking exactly like the character in his novel "Floating Dreams".

In front of the little man stood a similarly pixelated... scarecrow.

[Beginner's Guide: The world is a dangerous place, and your belongings are essential for your survival. Please pack your bags and prepare to face your first enemy.]

A huge backpack interface popped up, taking up most of the screen.

The backpack initially has only a 3x3 grid with nine compartments, containing three items scattered throughout:

A broken iron sword: occupies a 1x2 grid, damage: 5.

One bottle of [Inferior Healing Medicine]: Occupies a 1x1 grid. Effect: Restores 10 health points after the battle ends.

A fragment of the Qingfeng Sword Technique: Occupies a 1x1 grid. Effect: Increases block by 1 point each turn.

Ye Gaoxiang glanced at it, didn't think much of it, and directly clicked the "Accept Challenge" button in the lower right corner.

The battle begins.

The pixelated figure and the scarecrow stand facing each other. Below the pixelated figure's health bar are displayed "5 points of damage" and "1 point of block", while above the scarecrow's head is a message that says "Attack: 3".

After one round, he had dealt 5 damage to the scarecrow, while taking 2 damage himself.

After several rounds, the scarecrow collapsed, with only a sliver of health left.

[Victory! But such a humiliating victory is hardly the mark of a true hero. Perhaps, regrouping will make you stronger.]

The system notification popped up again, indicating that the battle had been reset.

Ye Gaoxiang frowned and re-examined the three items in his backpack.

He tried moving the broken iron sword, and when he dragged it next to the fragment of the Qingfeng Sword Technique, a faint white light lit up on the edges of both items at the same time.

The description of the [Fragment of the Qingfeng Sword Technique] has changed: [Effect: Increases block by 1 point each turn. If adjacent to a 'sword' type weapon, that weapon's damage is increased by 2 this turn.]

"Oh?"

(End of this chapter)