Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 352 is this.
I saw Chu Chen.

Guo Fan stood up abruptly and strode forward, explaining as he went.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I got too into character while filming."

Guo Fan's attitude was genuine.

Chu Chen is still very interested in the Wandering Earth project. As a "person from the future", Chu Chen has accumulated some capital in Xingchen.

They established a Star IP Studio, which has fewer than ten people and whose daily work involves collecting investment information from various entertainment industries.

Chu Chen no longer needs to look behind which works have been successful; he only needs to glance at them periodically and submit any that look familiar.

Therefore, it was not long after The Wandering Earth was established.

Chu Chen provided the investment, and it was a very "generous" investment, so "generous" that Guo Fan's first reaction upon receiving the investment budget was...

"Is making mobile games really that profitable?"

After the initial investment, Starry Sky has consistently invested in the Wandering Earth project whenever there is a need for funding. To this day, it can be said to be the biggest financial backer of the entire Wandering Earth project.

Moreover, Chu Chen didn't just give money.

Although Guo Fan had never played Chu Chen's "Final Frontline"...

Having watched the anime "Final Battlefront," I can say without exaggeration that if you connect the main storyline of "Final Battlefront," it is indeed a pretty good soft science fiction work.

Therefore, in Guo Fan's view, Chu Chen was one of his own in a way, as they were both science fiction enthusiasts.

The space elevator animation, in particular, really hit his sweet spot.

Where else can you find a sugar daddy who can provide funding and also understands science fiction?

Therefore, although Chu Chen came to the scene very few times, Guo Fan was very excited every time he came.

"It's alright, Director Guo, you go ahead with your work. We just came to take a look." Chu Chen smiled and shook hands with him. "It was great to see a movie up close."

"Hey, what's so great about it? It's all about the grinding. Filmmaking is all about the slow, meticulous process, grinding frame by frame."

Guo Fan waved his hand. Although he said that, he couldn't hide the excitement and satisfaction in his eyes.

After chatting for a few minutes, Chu Chen turned to the side and introduced Zhou Xun, who had been standing behind him, to Guo Fan.

"Director Guo, let me introduce you. This is Zhou Xun, the head of our newly established science fiction project team at Starry Sky Games. He led the team that made the very popular game 'Planet Explorer' on the Starry Sky Games platform."

Guo Fan's eyes lit up. He looked Zhou Xun up and down and reached out his hand.

"Planet Explorers? I know it! It's famous! Nice to meet you!"

Actually, Guo Fan had never played that game and didn't know what it was, but when it came to interpersonal relationships, Guo Fan was quite adept.

After all, he obtained many things for "The Wandering Earth" through his clever words.

However, Zhou Xun was clearly unaware of Guo Fan's "succubus" attributes and was genuinely flattered, quickly reaching out to shake his hands.

"Director Guo, you're too kind. I... I'm just a game planner."

"Hey, what's with all this planning?"

"In China, everyone who works in science fiction is one of our own. Come on, come on, let's sit in my little tent for a while and have some tea."

He greeted us warmly, without any airs of a director, more like a tech geek who had found a like-minded person and couldn't wait to exchange ideas.

Guo Fan's "small tent" was actually a square space temporarily enclosed by a black curtain and a frame. Inside, there were several monitors, a folding table piled with blueprints and scripts, and a few chairs.

This is the heart of the entire massive film crew. "The place is simple, please don't mind."

As Guo Fan spoke, he had someone pour water for Chu Chen and the others.

"Director Guo, you're too kind."

Chu Chen took the paper cup and found a chair to sit down.

Zhou Xun and his group sat down as well. As soon as they sat down, his eyes were drawn to a design drawing spread out on the table.

It was a hand-drawn diagram of the interior structure of a transport vehicle, with rough lines but amazing details.

The top was marked with numerous revision suggestions in red and blue pens.

"Interested in this?"

Guo Fan noticed Zhou Xun's gaze and explained with a smile.

"This is the cockpit interior of CN171-11. It has been revised more than a dozen times, but I still feel it's not quite right."

Zhou Xun nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, it does have a bit of that, mainly because it's a bit counterintuitive."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment.

It’s bad, occupational disease has kicked in.

It's somewhat impolite to criticize a film director's designs in front of him, so Zhou Xun decided to move on from the topic after saying that.

"Counterintuitive?? Explain in detail."

Unexpectedly, Guo Fan was not angry at all. Instead, he pushed the blueprints in front of Zhou Xun and showed a very interested expression.

Zhou Xun had no choice but to agree with what was said.

"Well, what I mean is, it relies too much on sophisticated electronic components."

"Before I came, Mr. Chen showed me a lot of movie concepts and scripts..."

Although the game based on "The Wandering Earth" does not have the same focus as the movie, it is still a game based on the same IP and has investors involved. Zhou Xun decided to make extensive use of the movie's art assets when the project was initiated.

Before coming here, Zhou Xun had also looked at a lot of art materials; otherwise, he wouldn't have blurted it out just now.

"Although the setting is in the future, this sci-fi world is a post-apocalyptic world. I think we can't just consider the sci-fi part, but also the process. Low temperature, strong electromagnetic pulse, violent turbulence... Under these conditions, the failure rate of touch screens and precision buttons will be very high."

"In my vision, rather than making it into a very futuristic cockpit, it's better to make it a bit rougher."

As Zhou Xun spoke, he seemed to have entered the state of a game planner, and his arm subconsciously made a downward pulling motion.

"For example, this emergency braking system. If it were me, I wouldn't design it as a red button. I would design it as a huge mechanical handbrake with a safety pin. When you pull it down, you can hear a loud 'click' sound. That kind of feedback will bring a real sense of security and impact to the driver and the audience."

"And this steering wheel, I think if we want to showcase intelligent navigation, we can keep the sphere, but the most basic round steering wheel can also be presented in another way."

Zhou Xun became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke.

He talked on and on, and only after he finished did he realize that he had gotten a little carried away. He scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said sorry, his professional habit had kicked in.

Guo Fan, who was standing next to him, completely ignored his apology and slapped his thigh instead.

"Yeah! Holy crap! That's it!"

(End of this chapter)