Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 385 Program Effects
Meanwhile, Kenji Sato on the other side wasn't thinking that far ahead.

He watched the avatars in the room dimming one by one, knowing that if he didn't choose one soon, he would have to accept the system's random assignment.

"Who should I choose? Who should I choose?"

"Have it!"

His eyes lit up, and he precisely clicked the mouse on the portrait of the man in the blue bodysuit holding a red magic gun.

Cú Chulainn (Lancer)

"I choose you!" Kenji Sato announced loudly in the live stream. The game started, and after the loading screen, the blood-red text in the center of the screen reappeared.

[Faction: Pseudo-Servant]

[Victory Conditions: 1. The number of pseudo-Servants exceeds the number of Servants; 2. Destroy all magic nodes.]

Your companion is: Medea

"Huh??? I'm a werewolf in the very first game?"

Kenji Sato was genuinely surprised, and the comments section was equally enthusiastic.

"Hilarious! The streamer's expression looks like he's doing something wrong."

"It's time to test your acting skills! Anchor, give us a real 'thief crying 'stop thief'' performance!"

The game officially begins.

Kenji Sato, controlling Cú Chulainn, tried to appear natural, pretending to head straight for the mission point like the other players.

His teammate, the player controlling Medea, disappeared silently into another corner of the map, presumably to set a trap.

Don't say it, really don't say it.

This was inexplicable, and Kenji Sato was a little nervous. This feeling was completely different from playing FGO and progressing through the main story and fighting high-difficulty quests.

Now, he is facing eight living, breathing people, and he needs to deceive them.

As he passed by an Artoria who was on a mission, he wondered whether he should make a move, but with people coming and going all around, he couldn't find an opportunity.

"calm down,"

"We need to find someone who's alone."

Just then, the previously dark map next to it suddenly flickered, and a player's figure appeared, with an eye symbol appearing above his head.

"It's Medea's trap!"

Kenji Sato was overjoyed, which meant that his teammates had begun to take action and had successfully locked onto one of the players' vision.

Without the slightest hesitation, he ran over and pressed the attack button on Sasaki Kojiro, who had already been exposed.

After a brief kill animation, the lone Sasaki Kojiro fell to the ground.

"Holy crap, this animation is amazing!"

Kenji Sato didn't notice that he was so nervous when he "killed" that his voice sounded a little off when he was broadcasting.

He immediately turned around, trying to slip away through another exit to create an alibi.

However, as soon as the character turned around, he bumped into Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes. Their eyes met, and the air seemed to freeze. Before Kenji Sato could think of what to say, an exclamation mark bubble appeared above Gilgamesh's head.

The roundtable meeting was convened instantly.

[Gilgamesh (Player ID: Jewel Magician)]: It was Cú Chulainn who did it! I saw him run out of the crime scene in the basement with my own eyes!

A clear, crisp female voice, seemingly deliberately imitating Gilgamesh, came from the speakers.

The fact that the girl uses "this king" as her catchphrase makes it easy to see that this player is also a hardcore "Fate/Grand Order fan". Speaking of the first batch of people who are playing FGO now, even if they are not Fate/Grand Order fans, most of them know some basic settings.

Normally, upon hearing a girl's voice, he would probably crack a couple of flirtatious remarks to liven up the atmosphere of the live stream. But in this moment, Kenji Sato didn't even think twice before pressing the voice button to start refuting.

"You're talking nonsense! I was just passing by when I heard a commotion, so I went in to check, and there I found Kojiro lying there! You were right nearby when I went in, I think you're the one who killed him and framed him!"

The viewers in the live stream were laughing hysterically, not at Sato's remarks.

It's because the plot is so similar to the tutorial we just learned.

"Hahaha, exactly the same script!"

Gilgamesh: I've seen this scene before!

"The anchor's explanation is so weak, it's hilarious."

In fact, judging solely from the content of his speech, Kenji Sato didn't have any problems.

This was his first time playing as a werewolf, and even though it's just a "game," many people get nervous the first time they play.

In his incoherent ramblings, he used up his entire two-minute free speaking time in one go.

In the standard voice lines of "FGO Assassin".

It uses a free-for-all microphone system, meaning whoever presses the voice button first can speak.

Only one person can speak at a time, but each person's free speaking time is limited to 2 minutes.

You can finish your speech in two minutes, or you can speak part of it first and then refute any unfavorable statements you make if you have time left.

Each exile discussion has a time limit of 10 minutes. Of course, if all players have completed their votes, the exile discussion will end immediately.

Using up all the allotted speaking time at once, coupled with his incoherent speech throughout, was just too "wolf-like".

Moreover, once he used up his speaking time, there was no room for rebuttal if anyone questioned him later. So, unsurprisingly, he was quickly voted out.

This time, Kenji Sato really maximized the entertainment value of the show.

As the voting results were finalized, his screen instantly went gray, and Cú Chulainn's image was covered by a huge red "Exile" stamp before he was mercilessly thrown out of Camelot.

"what--!"

A scream of despair echoed throughout the live stream.

Kenji Sato slumped in his gaming chair, covering his face with his hands, feeling as if his streaming career had suffered an unprecedented blow.

In the first round, he was the first to be knifed, the first to be discovered, and the first to be thrown out.

The live stream chat had gone completely crazy, with a dense barrage of "hahahaha" almost covering the entire screen, occasionally interspersed with a few heartfelt comments.

"Even though the streamer isn't very good, the show is incredibly entertaining!"

"This is so much fun! This game is practically made for live streaming!"

"I can't resist, my hands are itching to play!!"

"The King of Freebies of the Year!"

Teammate: This bastard is no good, let's sell him!

Although Kenji Sato lost face.

However, the popularity of the live stream actually increased instead of decreased in the short few minutes after he was voted out, doubling in value!
The special effects of the gifts started to appear sporadically.

Clearly, due to the high level of interaction during the live stream, Twitch has already started promoting his stream. As his popularity and donations continue to rise, his mindset has subtly changed.

I lost the game, but I won the live stream.

This move... seems like a good deal?
In addition, Kenji Sato vaguely sensed that this model seemed to fit quite well with the live streaming format.

(End of this chapter)