Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 503 There are still experts! ?
January 1st!! Tomorrow?!

"boom!!!"

If the previous PV was like a drop of water falling into boiling oil, then this release date is like throwing a depth charge directly into the oil pan.

"Fuck!!!"

"Tomorrow??? Am I seeing things?!"

"So the game they just gave us was a smokescreen? That was the real surprise?!"

"Wait a minute! Look at the app! That random game from earlier has an extra option at the bottom!"

"What options? Let me see... Holy crap! If you're not satisfied with the game, you can exchange it for a PUBG Mobile skin!!!"

"Open beta tomorrow? They're only releasing the PV today? What kind of crazy move is this? No pre-launch hype?!"

The barrage of comments instantly flooded the entire screen, and its density was so high that it even caused some devices with slightly lower specifications to experience brief lag.

Although there had been rumors that StarCraft was developing a mobile version of PUBG, no one expected that StarCraft would release it at this time.

What surprised them even more was that the public beta test would start tomorrow!!
This is far more impressive than any prize; almost instantly, major gaming forums and social media platforms exploded with excitement.

[Breaking News! PUBG Mobile Officially Launches Tomorrow with Authorization from Bluehole and Development by StarCraft Games!] Some media outlets, in pursuit of traffic, have only presented a headline with a few photos inside.

no way.

Chinese people understand each other best.

After the PC game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" became a huge hit and the term "chicken dinner" became a popular meme of the year, product managers and analysts from countless game companies in China wrote similar conclusions in their reports.

A free, high-quality "battle royale" mobile game will have a terrifyingly large market in China.

In fact, this is indeed the case in terms of future development trends.

In this day and age, not every young person who loves games owns a computer that can run "PUBG" smoothly, and not everyone is willing to pay 98 yuan for a "ticket" for a game.

This silent group of players is the vast ocean of the Chinese game market, thanks to the unexpected and unannounced launch of the PUBG Mobile game.

It was essentially a fatal blow to the lifeblood of countless companies.

Besides the media, around the same time, the heads of Tencent Yaoguang Studio, Meitian Studio, and NetEase Wilderness Action Studio, who were initially enjoying the spectacle, also spoke out.

Almost instantly, he sat up abruptly from his deathbed.

"What the hell?!"

"How...how dare they?!"

"A game of this scale, released globally simultaneously, goes straight to open beta without any large-scale marketing or promotion???"

For most games, marketing and promotion are very important, but for PUBG Mobile...

This process is both important and unimportant.

It's important because marketing and promotion are an indispensable part of the creation of a game, from its initial planning to its launch. They determine how many people see the game, how many users are acquired in the early stages, and ultimately, the game's survival in terms of revenue.

It doesn't matter; it's because the game's name is "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

More importantly, "Night of Stars" itself is also a major promotional channel. The reason for choosing to release the PV tonight is, frankly, to let more players know about it.

When the PV was released, the number of online viewers worldwide was already approaching an astonishing 100 million. There couldn't be a better advertisement, and there couldn't be a more direct way to advertise—release a PV today and play an ad tomorrow. However, just when everyone thought this was the biggest surprise of the night, the live stream didn't switch back to the main stage.

The screen remained dark.

In the dead silence, a spotlight suddenly shone on the center of the stage.

Within the aperture, what appeared was not a grand scene or a cool special effect, but a pair of legs, a pair of long and shapely beautiful legs encased in black stockings with a delicate sheen.

These legs are not CG, but rather footage straight from the game engine.

As the light shifts, you can even see the fine texture of the fabric on the surface of the stockings, and the soft yet powerful muscle lines outlined against the skin.

In the live stream, players who were just enjoying the surprise of the sudden release of PUBG Mobile were suddenly bombarded with a dense barrage of question marks and exclamation marks, as if by a delayed nuclear explosion.

"?????"

"Holy crap! What is this now?!"

While a bunch of players were filled with questions, the camera slowly began to move upwards.

Beyond the absolute territory, one sees a black pleated mini-skirt adorned with tactical accessories, and above that, a well-fitting combat top that accentuates the girl's slender and agile waist.

When the camera finally focused on the girl's face, all the players of "Final Front" gasped in surprise.

That was a face they knew all too well, UMP45.

Although UMP45 is less popular than popular characters like 94, M4, and A-017, it is still a top-tier character.

Furthermore, at this moment, the face is no longer a 2D illustration, but is presented to everyone in a vivid and dynamic 3D form.

The sense of impact and novelty is even stronger.

As UPM45 appeared, behind her, the ruins of a dilapidated city slowly unfolded, and in the distance, a huge energy shield emitting an ominous red light was slowly shrinking.

"boom!"

A crisp gunshot shattered the silence.

The scene instantly changes, and the exciting electronic rock music explodes!
UMP45 moved like a ghost among the buildings. She leaped from a high-rise, landed and rolled, and casually threw a beacon into a house.

Instantly, the three enemies inside the room were highlighted with red outlines.

Immediately afterwards, two other 3D-style "humanoid" girls, Negev wielding a light machine gun and M4A1 moving swiftly, flanked from both sides.

Gunfire erupted!

The entire PV is so fast-paced it's breathtaking.

You can see the shadow of "PUBG"—scavenging for supplies, running from the zone, and tactical cooperation—but everything is completely different!
UMP45 squad has just taken out a group of enemies.

Immediately afterwards, a dull yet highly penetrating sniper shot rang out, bullets spinning and tearing through the air, the running UPM45 exploded into a pile of data fragments, and was instantly eliminated.

The camera quickly zooms out, revealing WA2000, dressed in an elegant gothic suit and sporting gorgeous burgundy hair, calmly pulling back the bolt to eject the hot cartridge case atop a signal tower.

The camera then shifts again, revealing a white dress, a cape, black stockings, and long hair...
Starry Night Games' popular mascot 95 makes a dazzling debut.

With a slight downward pressure on the muzzle, a precise three-round burst was fired! "Ta! Ta! Ta!" Three crisp gunshots rang out, almost in quick succession. The bullets, carrying intense kinetic energy, tore through the air and pierced the window with pinpoint accuracy.

(End of this chapter)