Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 554 True feelings revealed
The tension between them gradually subsided, and the lingering warmth of their intimacy remained in the air.

Song Yueying lazily rested her head on Chu Chen's arm.

"Seriously, is this outfit really made by Starry Sky? Does anyone actually buy it?"

"Of course people will buy it. Don't underestimate this maid outfit. From the choice of fabric and the design of the pattern to the style of the lace trim, the peripheral departments have put a lot of effort into this outfit."

Throughout 2017, the development of all departments at Xingchen was remarkable.

The departments surrounding Xingchen are no exception.

In addition to the previously acquired figurine factory, Starry Sky has also recently made moves in the clothing sector. The cosplay clothing market in the previous life was actually quite chaotic.

The clothing industry is notoriously murky, even more so than the electronics industry, and the niche world of cosplay clothing is even more so.

Lacking economies of scale and quality standards, most of them are small workshops making handmade products, which are either ridiculously expensive and of inconsistent quality, or they are mass-produced goods with poor patterns and fabrics that are hard to describe.

Lack of economies of scale and quality standards.

Therefore, Xingchen has always put a lot of thought into clothing. Currently, Xingchen has several brands, one of which is to make everyday clothing, but will add some low-key anime elements to the designs.

For example, the clothes worn by the commander in the previous "Final Front" series, and the clothes worn by the female lead in production committees with StarCraft members, are selected from StarCraft's costume library when the project is initiated.

Using characters as models generates much better sales than simply selling clothes.

In addition, Xingchen's other line is a professional cosplay costume brand, using good fabrics and designs to bring down prices while ensuring quality.

Finally, there's the outfit Song Yueying is wearing, which is part of the Impression series that Xingchen started working on in the second half of this year.

Maids, shrine maidens, magical girls, fairies, and senior students—elements are extracted from these classic symbols that have transcended intellectual property and become established impressions, and used to design and manufacture costumes.

Aside from the "high-end erotic" style maid outfit that Song Yueying was wearing.

There are many more maid outfits in this series, which can satisfy a little fantasy without being too exaggerated to wear in public.

Overall, the apparel business segment doesn't generate as much revenue as games and other peripherals, but it's stable and has been growing steadily, thanks to Starry Night's revenue-sharing model with its studios.

The department that manages clothing is also very proactive.

"You, is business all you think about?"

Song Yueying herself is a workaholic, but it was still a bit strange to hear Chu Chen talking about work at this time.

"Yes, I have."

"For example, right now, I'm thinking, are there other styles of this outfit, like cat ears or bunny ears...?"

Song Yueying was both embarrassed and angry. She reached out and covered his mouth, and the two of them laughed and joked around again.

After another round of commotion, the two finally got their conversation back to a more serious topic.

As mentioned before, when the two are alone, their biggest common topic is the development of Starry Sky, and there are many details to discuss about the development of a company.

"The data for 'Final Forbidden Zone' is very good. On the first day of its online test, the number of concurrent users exceeded one million."

"Just a few days ago, the media was pessimistic about us, but today the wind has changed again."

The "wind direction" Song Yueying was referring to was the "Star Pill Theory" written by Zhang Wei and his group. However, despite saying that the wind direction had changed, there was little genuine relief in Song Yueying's tone.

In many cases.

The map of life is shrouded in mist. Just like in an RTS game, many things that seem obvious from a god's-eye view, such as avoiding a pitfall, may go completely unnoticed by the person involved until they actually step into it.

Even though Song Yueying was in a high-ranking position.

Or rather, it's precisely because Song Yueying is in a high-ranking position.

As a result, she inevitably overthought things. Moreover, being in a high position meant she was exposed to a lot of information, both true and false, internal and external. Even though Song Yueying had confidence in Xingchen, she still felt a heavy pressure in the face of this overwhelming amount of information.

In contrast, Chu Chen's reaction these past few days has been completely different, as the two have been almost inseparable since the end of the annual meeting.

This was also the first time that Song Yueying had spent almost the entire day with Chu Chen.

Therefore, Song Yueying knew very well that even during the days when the storm of public opinion was at its fiercest, Chu Chen did not take these negative reports seriously at all.

They genuinely didn't take it seriously; they weren't just pretending.

That relaxed, detached feeling made her wonder for a moment if this guy was a little too relaxed.
Until yesterday, the open beta of "Final Forbidden Zone," which had been scheduled before the Lunar New Year, became a huge hit as soon as it went live.

Although it sounds strange, Song Yueying, who witnessed the whole process, truly felt that Chu Chen possessed a composure that allowed him to win battles from afar.

If the world were also digitized.

Then a big heart will definitely pop out on her head.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in Song Yueying's eyes, this scene was even more incredibly handsome.

Even Chu Chen's occasional "laziness" during his vacation became a contrast in Song Yueying's eyes, making her heart pound wildly.

The feelings of admiration and worship were almost overflowing from my chest.

"Did you... anticipate this outcome?"

"I never predict the outcome."

Chu Chen shook his head.

"what?"

"I admit that the storm of public opinion from the outside world, as well as those so-called competitors, will impact us."

Actually, if Song Yueying had stayed with Chu Chen for two more years, she should have noticed by now that Chu Chen has already entered "speech mode."

Ok?
You asked what "presentation state" means.

Well, actually it's just a "pretentious" state. Of course, the word "pretentious" sounds a bit strange, so Chu Chen prefers to use the word "genuine feelings".

"But this kind of impact is at most like a few flies buzzing in your ear, annoying, but not fatal."

When Chu Chen said this, his emotions were relatively calm, at least much calmer than when he saw Song Yueying wearing a maid outfit earlier.

After all, watching beautiful girls dressed as maids and doing this and that together was a rare experience in my past life. Moreover, the first time is always the most exciting, and it's the kind of thing that you want to do again and again.

In comparison, both Steam and EPIC were competitors that Chu Chen had long anticipated.

As for Song Yueying's imagined victory from afar, it was merely a fluke. "The Final Forbidden Zone" was slated for release during the Spring Festival from the very beginning.
The public beta of "Final Forbidden Zone" was less about StarCraft targeting someone and more about them just bumping into each other, coinciding with StarCraft's promotional activities at the same time as the official announcement.

Of course, over the past two years, Chu Chen has come to understand that the truth is often not important; what matters is how the story is told.

(End of this chapter)