Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 356 I advise you not to meddle in other people's business
As the prompt appeared, a dense grid of lines emerged on the map.

Most of the squares are blue, representing areas submerged by seawater, while a few are yellow, representing land. Some of the key yellow squares flash with a glaring red, indicating strongholds occupied by omnics.

This set of rules isn't really anything special.

It's a classic "strategy" game where players need to choose a region as their defense point.

After completing the defense and receiving support, they then send out humanoid units in small squads to fight on these divided "islands".

Capturing different strongholds provides different strategic advantages. For example, capturing a "resource point" can accelerate the recovery of "action points" and the acquisition of construction resources; capturing a "scout tower" can illuminate the surrounding fog of war; and capturing an "armory" can produce some temporary defensive units.

The ultimate goal is to eliminate all the red strongholds on the map and regain control of the coastline.

In terms of gameplay alone, this event is innovative, but not innovative enough.

But on the other hand.

In the main storyline, the commander led a group of androids who only took their equipment and didn't have time to change clothes.

So the 95, M4, A-017, and even the Commander himself were still wearing beach vacation outfits.

A group of people dressed in swimsuits and beach shorts are gathered inside a military personnel carrier, looking at a map and seriously discussing how to counter the omnic blitzkrieg.

This scene is both absurd and logical.

The absurdity lies in the fact that this image looks absurd and is overly pandering to otaku tastes.

It makes sense because that's the main storyline of the game. The mission is urgent, and there's no time to change clothes; you have to start the counterattack immediately.

Therefore, in the subsequent main storyline of this major version, all the characters who appear, including the Type 95, A-017, M4, and WA2000, are uniformly dressed in revealing and eye-catching swimsuits in the cutscenes.

So much so that when this part of the story was being shown, the style of many live streams was like this.

"Pfft—wait a minute! So for this whole event, we're going to have to watch our wives shoot guns in swimsuits?!"

"I declare this to be the greatest version of Final Frontiers ever! Stars, my Superman!"

The most ridiculous thing is...

Due to the setting, the main storyline will also feature human-shaped characters making sarcastic remarks about swimsuits, as well as scenes involving searching for things like wearing a jacket over a swimsuit—the kind of thing that's a bit suggestive not to wear, but even more suggestive to wear.
"WA2000 is blushing as she snipes at the enemy, while also worrying about whether her swimsuit will expose her... Damn it! This image is too vivid!"

"Wait a minute, isn't this development a little off?"

"It's not just weird, it's downright outrageous! I just saw Type 95 seriously marking high-risk areas on a map, but what is she wearing?!"

"Hahaha, isn't this much more interesting than simply selling skins? Immersion, this is what immersion is all about! Isn't it great to see a beautiful girl in a swimsuit, looking shy?!"

As the main storyline is revealed, there are also quite a few "fans" who seem to come from nowhere posting analyses.

Some people say the plot this time is too strange, that Xingchen created the whole storyline just to pander to the otaku, and that Xingchen is too explicit.

However, these things are no longer of any concern to Xingchen at present, and no media outlets have reported on them. After all, Xingchen is not the only company that makes money from swimsuits.

In addition, the stars now are not the same as the stars of the past.

As for the players, it was even more hilarious. Faced with this sarcastic "accusation," they were quickly countered by many veteran players.

"Tell the little brat to mind his own business."

"Don't ask, it's just 'Final Battlefront'!"
It can be said that the huge sales of swimsuits from anime games such as "Final Battlefront" and "FGO" were due to the combined effect of the summer new product event held by the Starry Sky Games platform on August 20th.

In addition, new games such as "Floating Dreams", "Bag of Jianghu", and "Cat Cat" were launched.

Indeed, this gave the general public the impression that Xingchen must have made a lot of money last month.

but!

This is just an impression; they've earned quite a bit, but it's still far from the monthly revenue of hundreds of billions of yen.

It's important to understand that revenue and cash flow are two completely different concepts.

"Revenue" refers to the total amount of money players spend, while "revenue" is the net income after deducting channel commissions, taxes, and other costs.

With revenue of 6 billion RMB, the cash flow must be approaching 10 billion.

Looking at the domestic market, only Tencent can achieve this result; NetEase is still a bit behind. Moreover, even Tencent, in 17, couldn't reach this number every month.

So Chu Chen, who was sitting in the car, was also confused.

Fortunately, the call to Song Yueying was answered almost instantly. After answering, Song Yueying seemed to immediately understand why Chu Chen was calling.

"You've arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou? Did you see the news?"

"Just got off the plane and am on my way back to the company," Chu Chen said succinctly. "I was surrounded by reporters at the airport who said our August revenue exceeded 100 billion yen. What's going on?"

"You're blocked too? Our front desk phone has been ringing off the hook. Partners, investment institutions, and even some government departments have been calling to inquire about the situation."

Song Yueying's tone carried a hint of inexplicable excitement.

"Alright, tell me the specifics of the situation first."

Chu Chen could imagine the chaotic scene that must be unfolding in the company right now.

After all, if the Japanese media's report of hundreds of billions of yen is confirmed, then Tencent Games' position in China will really be shaken.

This is similar to the common people in an ancient capital.

Upon hearing the gossip about "changing emperors," regardless of whether it's true or not, it's bound to generate a lot of buzz, and it's normal for the media to pay attention.

Song Yueying knew that Chu Chen, who had just gotten off the plane, needed information, so she didn't keep him in suspense and started talking directly.

The whole incident was triggered by a report by the Asahi Shimbun.

The report detailed a series of "achievements" of Starry Night Games in August.

From the spending frenzy sparked by the swimsuit event in the Japanese version of "FGO", to the amazing performance of the "Summer Crisis" summer event in "Final Battlefront", and then to the global buzz generated by games such as "Floating Dreams" and "Neko Neko" when they were launched on the Starry Night Games platform on August 20.

The article is extremely vivid, portraying Starry Sky Games as a "game behemoth" with powerful technology, boundless creativity, and terrifying money-making ability.

Even the racing game embedded in "Final Front".

The reports dedicated an entire paragraph to analyzing the game, calling it "the tip of the iceberg showcasing the StarCraft engine's terrifying compatibility and industrialized pipeline capabilities," and arguing that StarCraft Games is redefining the boundaries of gaming.

This content clearly follows the classic Japanese media tactic of "exaggerating reality" to create the impression that "the opponent is too terrifying."
(End of this chapter)