Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 523 Cyber ​​Doctor
Kenichi Tanaka typed the final period to the review.

However, after finishing writing it, he did not feel relieved as usual.

Instead, it created a strange sense of emptiness.

He finished writing the review, but his mind was filled with thoughts of the unique weapons that hadn't yet appeared, and the twenty eagerly awaiting equipment slots.

He was particularly eager to get his hands on the newly unlocked "tactical chip."

Editor-in-Chief Takayuki Imagawa has already taken his manuscript and is off to typeset and publish it.

The office quickly regained the quiet atmosphere unique to Japanese offices, with only the sound of keyboards clicking and the low hum of the central air conditioning audible.

Kenichi Tanaka's next task is to review a simulation management game that focuses on rural life.

He clicked on the game's information, and the screen showed a peaceful pixelated farm where chicks were pecking at rice and cows were grazing. The art style was very soothing.

But now all he can hear are tracer bullets, explosions, and the sounds of android parts shattering.

This feeling is similar to when you were a child and your mom told you to go to bed early the night before a school trip, so you would lie in bed at eight o'clock.

But I tossed and turned, my mind filled with thoughts of where I was going and what snacks I wanted to eat the next day, and I just couldn't fall asleep.

The current Kenichi Tanaka is like that kid lying in bed. His "spring outing" is going home after get off work to continue watching "Final Fantasy XV".

The job in front of you is that agonizing, long night that lasts until dawn.

He sighed, ultimately unable to focus his attention on that pixelated farm.

As if by some strange twist of fate, he opened his browser and entered the address of Japan's largest gaming forum, namely the Star Tap gaming community.

The reason why Star Tap Game Community is the largest game forum at present is not only because of this community, but also because it includes Star Tap mobile app, Star Game platform, Star website, and multiple login platforms.

Furthermore, this community allows players to create their own "channels".

In short, this community can be described as a version of Tieba (a popular Chinese online forum).

This is still the ad-free version of Tieba.

Operating this forum is a loss-making venture for Xingchen, because there is no profit margin, and they still have to pay for servers and a management team. Just like Baidu, although they have tried to commercialize their forums many times, they have not succeeded.

After all, online forums are like public squares.

The reason why squares are attractive is because they are free. Once they are commercialized, people will leave. The internet has no shortage of squares.

So no one created a second Tieba (forum).

However, Xingchen is different. For Xingchen, free is no big deal. The reason why huge capital is "rogue" is that they can really burn money at will in many cases.

In addition, there's Xingchen's current exaggerated profitability, and Chu Chen's seemingly obsessive search for opportunities everywhere.

The free version of the Starry Sky forum was thus created.

As it turns out, these player-built communities can quickly grow wildly as long as they are free. Just look at "Final Front" – there are channels for fans of white stockings, appreciation associations for black stockings, and research centers for battle-damaged artwork.

In addition, there are a wide variety of channels, including consoles, games, secondary games, animation, and more, covering everything from core game guides to console wars and flame wars, to pure life sharing.

Last year, there was even a channel called "The Moon is Beautiful Tonight" that caused quite a stir on the Japanese internet.

【The moon is beautiful tonight】, a channel with a name adapted from a famous quote by Natsume Soseki, has an artistic name, but it's actually a completely one-off platform. At its peak, its activity even surpassed that of the main gaming section.

This was the first time Xingchen had encountered something like this, since in Japan, this type of industry operates in a gray area.

Moreover, the traffic in this section was quite exaggerated, but in the end Chu Chen still decided to control it. He could burn money to create a pure community, but he didn't want the Xingchen brand to be associated with these things.

The topic seems to have gone a bit off track.

In short, Tanaka Kenichi inexplicably clicked on the Star Tap webpage channel.

“Just one look,” he told himself, “to get a general understanding of player feedback, which will also serve as material for a more in-depth review later.”

This reason was so valid that he almost believed it himself.

At this time, the popular comments on the Starry Sky Games community were completely dominated by "Final Squad". Looking around, the majority of the discussions were about "Final Squad".

[A Critical Commentary on the Royal Guard: Whose Ice Cream is the Best?]

[Brothers, I got a legendary item on my first run of a difficult map, is that normal? (Attached image)]

【Starry Sky Games, you tricked me!!】

In the comments sections of these posts, besides discussions about the game *Final Fantasy Squad*, Kenichi Tanaka also noticed that many people were repeatedly posting a strange phrase: "Thanks to Mr. Chen for curing my electronic erectile dysfunction."

"What is this stuff?"

After doing some research, I discovered that this is yet another typical example of a meme spreading from the Chinese gaming community.

Since the emergence of StarCraft games, along with the global popularity of its works, some strange cultural phenomena have also crossed the ocean.

These things quickly created a stereotype among many foreign players who like StarCraft games, just like how everyone in China knows kung fu, many people think that every Chinese player is a comedian.

On YouTube, there are also many videos that specifically analyze the slang used by Chinese gamers.

Actually, this is a misunderstanding. It's simply because the Chinese internet is so vast that any joke that manages to emerge from this massive network, no matter how bad, has some merit.

For example, this "photoshopped image of Chu Chen as a cyber-themed doctor" and this passage.

Tanaka Kenichi's curiosity was piqued, and he quickly found the source of the meme: a photo of Chu Chen, a panda-faced patient photoshopped on, and a banner photoshopped on.

[Specializing in treating erectile dysfunction caused by electronic devices, erectile dysfunction caused by gaming, and mental exhaustion. One game, and the cure is complete; money-back guarantee if ineffective. Attending Physician: Chu Chen.]

"puff……"

Tanaka almost spat out the tea he hadn't finished drinking onto the screen.

However, this outburst made him understand what "electronic impotence" meant.

You know what, this term is really apt. For these veteran players who have been in the industry for many years, played countless games, and are already numb to all kinds of gameplay and routines, there is indeed a common "game burnout period".

I open my game library and see hundreds of AAA titles, but I can't muster any interest. I download a new game, play it for less than half an hour, and then quietly uninstall it.

Kenichi Tanaka, after examining the symptoms, discovered that he was a typical severe case.

But now, he truly feels healed.

(End of this chapter)