Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 545 Spontaneous?
So what is our great Chu Chen doing at this moment?

The answer is that he was wearing a huge panda headgear and was wildly dancing on the beach to electronic music.

The area was surrounded by layers upon layers of employees holding up their phones to record, with flashes going off everywhere, making it look like a meeting between a top celebrity's haters.

This panda headgear was so big and heavy, I don't know which purchasing genius picked it out. Chu Chen felt like he wasn't dancing, but doing anaerobic exercise in a mobile sauna. He was covered in sweat so much that you could wring water out of his clothes.

"Stop, stop! No, we agreed on one song, and you've given me 'King of Love Songs'?!"

Chu Chen yanked off the hood and gasped for breath like a fish out of water.

Actually, he had already sensed something was wrong, but for the sake of the show, he still danced for a while before coming out to complain. Sure enough, his complaint immediately sparked even more enthusiastic laughter and applause from the surrounding crowd.

"Brother Chen, one more!"

"Brother Chen, dance that! Dance to 'New Treasure Island'!"

"Get lost!" Chu Chen said with a laugh, casually placing the hood on the table.

"Whoever loses next has to jump!"

Don't let Chu Chen's decisive and ruthless demeanor in the conference room fool you; despite possessing resources and power that make the entire industry envious, he is also genuinely capable of humbling himself.

For example, just now, when someone lost a game on the beach, they were punished accordingly, without any airs of being the boss.

They might even play along with memes.

This contrast is why Chu Chen, despite his high position, can still mingle with the players.

In the area where people were watching the spectacle surrounding Chu Chen, there was another beautiful sight to behold.

Those were the girls from Xingchen Voice Acting Agency. Almost every one of these girls had a mobile phone or action camera in hand, and they moved around the crowd like busy little bees, recording material everywhere.

In the past two years, Starry Sky has evolved beyond being just a game company.

With game content at its core, the derivative businesses such as animation, variety shows, and voice actor idols together form a vast pan-entertainment ecosystem.

In the past two years, the voice acting department of Starry Sky has expanded rapidly, not only taking on the voice acting work for its own games, but also making miHoYo, NetEase, and other members of Starry Sky Alliance important clients.

"Sister Jiang Yue, look, look! I recorded a video of the boss dancing, it's in high definition!"

A young voice actress with pigtails excitedly approached Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue, as the leading lady of Xingchen Voice Acting Department, is also one of the top new generation voice actors in China. Of course, the entire Huaxia idol voice actor circle is just starting out.

The main channels for external output are either Xingchen's own programs, their live streams, and the videos they post themselves.

So this will allow us to record some footage of Chu Chen, which can be used as talking points in later programs or directly edited into our own videos.

The traffic will be quite substantial.

For Jiang Yue and her group of girls, Chu Chen was also a complex figure.

He is the boss, the future of China Games in the eyes of the media, a billionaire, and the helmsman who decides the future of the company.

But in front of the camera, he can instantly switch roles and become the partner who understands the best way to create a good show. He knows when to be serious, when to "act silly," and when a self-deprecating joke can liven up the atmosphere.

This ability to control his emotions so well has earned the sincere admiration of these voice actress idols who make a living through their work. When doing shows with him, they never have to worry about awkward silences or running out of topics.

He himself is the biggest topic of discussion.

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"Alright, stop surrounding me, I need to find something to eat."

After playing two more rounds of games, Chu Chen broke free from the crowd. Once outside, he glanced at the beach and quickly spotted Song Yueying, who was also surrounded by a large group of people not far away. He then shook his head.
"Brother Chen! How about a beer?"

As I passed the barbecue grill, a young man from the art department enthusiastically handed me a freshly opened bottle of ice-cold beer.

"I appreciate your understanding, but I'll be on stage tonight to be interrogated by you all, so I need to keep a clear head."

"Brother Chen! I have a plot idea for 'The Wandering Earth,' what do you think..."

"Stop, this is your vacation time, don't talk to me about work."

Chu Chen unscrewed the bottle cap, took a big gulp of water, and pointed to the stage in the distance.

"I'll save my ideas for tonight, and we'll do a live stream across all platforms so that millions of players can hear them."

After bypassing a group of people playing beach volleyball and dodging several "assassins" who were attacking with water guns, Chu Chen finally arrived near the open-air bar.

Song Yueying had just seen off the last group of people trying to get close to her, and was rubbing her cheeks, which were stiff from smiling.

The two looked at each other and saw the same weariness and amusement in each other's eyes.

"how do you feel?"

"Thanks to you, the muscles in my face are almost welded shut."

Without saying anything more, the two of them tacitly took their glasses and went around to a relatively quiet corner behind the bar.

There are two rattan lounge chairs here, facing the sea, offering a panoramic view of the bustling beach while providing a respite from most of the noise.

The annual party at Xingchen was actually quite flexible. They simply took everyone to a resort, set up some activities on the beach, and had a barbecue together.

There's also a variety of seafood available in the evening, and the main attraction is the lively atmosphere.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, casting a golden glow on the sea. On the shimmering beach, some people were playing volleyball, some were having a water gun fight, and some were simply lying under the parasols, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

However, a few people seemed out of place.

"Look over there," Chu Chen gestured with his chin, indicating that Song Yueying should look towards the distance.

"What are those guys in the art group doing? They're all carrying cameras, they're practically crawling on the sand."

Several young people were gathered around a rock that had been washed by the sea. One of them was holding a professional DSLR camera, the lens almost touching the ground, seemingly photographing some kind of texture on the sand.

Another person held up an action camera and took pictures of the waves repeatedly, muttering to himself as if analyzing the shape of the rolling waves.

"They're making them work overtime for the company's annual meeting?"

Chu Chen could naturally tell that these people were collecting environmental materials, although in most cases, the construction of game scenes did not require on-site location shooting.

Most companies don't organize on-location filming; they just need to combine online materials to build the sets.

However, in some large game development teams, the development process often involves location scouting, like the Black Myth team, who are currently traveling around.

However, even if you need to record footage, there's no need to do it now.

"Don't wrong an innocent person." Song Yueying took a sip of lemon juice, a hint of amusement on her face.

"I didn't make them do this; they did it on their own. And it wasn't just me doing it; didn't you see that several people from the animal capture team were also recording?"

(End of this chapter)