Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 339 What kind of bad intentions could a cat possibly have!
It really was you!!!

For some reason, when Zhao Ming saw a bunch of links to "Cat Cat" in the comments section, he felt a sudden tightness in his chest, and at the same time, a strange feeling of "I knew it was coming!" arose.

"Hey you!! Quick, check out that game called 'Cat Cat' from yesterday, how popular is it? What are the sales figures?!"

While shouting "Let's investigate!"

The phrase "openly repair the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang pass" suddenly popped into Zhao Ming's mind.

Good heavens, Xingchen, you shameless bastard! Was it really necessary?! Was it really necessary?!

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at the same time.

Shanghai, Azur Lane Studio.

Lin Shuyin, who had just finished her afternoon nap, arrived at the company yawning.

Along the way, people kept greeting her. As August arrived, Manjuu Network's first game, "Azur Lane," had already passed its first mid-scale test.

If all goes well, it should be released in October this year.

Logically speaking, a game company about to launch should be very busy, but Lin Shuyin, one of the bosses, is not that busy.

On one hand, the producer of Azur Lane is not her, but Yuwan, and her work is more about the company's administration and internal management.

Compared to Yuwan, who works overtime every day, Lin Shuyin's job is much easier.

In this particular timeline, they didn't receive investment from Warriors, but from Starry Sky Games. Although both received investment, the treatment was different.

In return for this 40% stake, Xingchen received ample funding and in-depth technical support.
It's genuine technical support.

Xingchen's experience in 2D game development, and Chu Chen's "personal guidance"

It saved Manjiu a lot of trouble.

If it weren't for the engine adjustments made at the beginning of this year to improve game graphics, their development progress would have been even faster.

The entire development process, except for the initial chaotic period when it first joined Starry Sky, was basically operated by a mature studio. This is why Azur Lane has added so much content compared to its predecessor.

However, the overall development progress has not fallen too far behind.

Lin Shuyin can even play games while at work, although she rarely does so.

But today is an exception.

Lin Shuyin made an exception today purely because of Yao Yiyi.

Yao Yiyi is her college classmate and best friend, and also an incurable cat lover. The two have a very good relationship.

After graduation, Lin Shuyin plunged headlong into the wave of game entrepreneurship, while Yao Yiyi became an artist after graduation. She was supposed to work at Lin Shuyin's company, but she went to interview at Xingchen first and was then hired by Xingchen.

However, the two don't have many opportunities to meet now.

Despite the lack of contact, Lin Shuyin's phone kept buzzing as soon as she sat down at her workstation.

Lin Shuyin picked it up and, sure enough, it was another barrage of WeChat messages from Yao Yiyi.

Below a series of cute cat emojis are several lines of large text.

"Yinyinyinyin! Log in! Let's pet the cat!"

Lin Shuyin smiled helplessly and tapped her fingers on the screen: "I'm at work, Miss."

The message was replied to almost instantly: "What work! Aren't you your boss! Paid slacking off is perfectly normal! My sharing task is only missing you!"

"I can slack off all I want, but you slack off at Starry Sky too?"

"This isn't slacking off! I haven't even finished my lunch break yet. Besides, don't you know that our CEO Chen always advocates that you should play the games you make? I'm just responding to CEO Chen's call to stay connected with the player, don't you understand?"

Yao Yiyi always had a whole set of fallacies. Lin Shuyin chatted for a few more minutes, then put her phone aside.

That's what she said, but Yao Yiyi's words still left a ripple in her heart. It wasn't because of "paid slacking off," but because of the title "What Mischief Can a Cat Have?"

too familiar.

I don't know if it's because she's been playing too much, but lately when I open Titok, I keep seeing screenshots of that game, or that cat-petting town livestream.

"Forget it! Let's just call it... market research." Lin Shuyin found a plausible reason for her rare slacking off and put on her headphones with a clear conscience.

Talk about it.

She was actually quite concerned when "Cat Cat" was first officially announced.

Moreover, just two days ago, she discussed the marketing model for this game with Yuwan, which is a very strange game.

In the past, the main promotional base for Starry Sky's games was Bilibili.

Centered on Bilibili, it radiates outwards.

However, the game "Cat Cat" is different. This game is centered around Titok and radiates outwards to Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and other platforms. Its user base is more inclined towards mini-games on StarTap.

In other words, there are actually more female users, but this is only relative to other games.

Even in absolute terms, "Neko Neko" has more male players. Ultimately, this game is a "casual simulation game" rather than a game targeted at women.

Therefore, there are many content creators on Bilibili who enjoy casual games and are making related content.

However, the momentum of "Floating Dreams" was too strong a couple of days ago, so the voice of "Cat Cat" was suppressed.

Lin Shuyin and Yuwan had seriously discussed these things.

The question of whether or not to use the Titok channel for Azur Lane was also discussed seriously. After all, if we were to use it, we would have to report to Chu Chen and try to secure marketing resources.
But in the end.

The two are still considering this specific plan.

So, strictly speaking, Lin Shuyin's claim that she was doing market research by playing "Cat Cat" in the office doesn't seem entirely unreasonable.

Log in to the Starry Sky Games platform.

Open the game library.

Click to start!

All actions were as smooth as flowing water.

After seeing the familiar Starry Sky logo and the A2 Studio logo, the game's startup animation appeared in front of Lin Shuyin.

This is a cozy little house bathed in the afternoon sun. The camera slowly zooms in and a kitten is curled up asleep on a soft mat, its belly rising and falling gently with its breathing.

Dust particles danced in the sunlight, and everything was perfectly quiet.

This opening scene alone was enough to relax Lin Shuyin's tense nerves.

Click to start.

Following the instructions, she began creating her own cat.

The options are limited, but exquisite. From calico, orange tabby, cow, and pure white, to eye color, even the color of the paw pads can be fine-tuned.

Lin Shuyin chose a classic calico cat with almost no hesitation, because it looked the smartest and best fit her stereotype of cats.

After confirming the kitten's identity, there is still the naming process.

Since she hadn't thought of anything beforehand, she just randomly picked a "three-flower" one.

(End of this chapter)