Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 7 The Current State of the Stars
Ye Feiyang glanced at it and immediately understood the general meaning.

Basically, it means that you can get 20 recruitment tickets for inviting a new player, and you can get 20 recruitment tickets for inviting 2 new players thereafter.

You can get up to 100 recruitment tickets.

Although Ye Feiyang doesn't play many anime-style games, he could still sense that the invitation reward seemed a bit too high.

I casually opened the store and sure enough, a gift pack of 10 recruitment tickets was selling for 29.9 yuan.

With a little calculation, it's easy to see that if you get a full 9 people, you can get props worth 300 yuan!
Although it's a bit troublesome to gather 9 people.

It's quite easy to recruit one person; one person can get 20 recruitment tickets. This is a good deal!
Ye Feiyang turned his head and knew that Lao Wang must have already logged off.

So he looked up and shouted at Old Li, who was still sleeping.

"Old Li!! Old Li! The sun's already high in the sky! Get up! What's your computer password? I'll get you a game!"

Compared to Ye Feiyang's quick agreement with Lao Wang, Lao Li was clearly not as "generous".

He shook the blanket.

"Call me Daddy, call me Daddy and I'll help you."

"Dad!! My dear dad!! Quick, quick, help me."

"Holy crap, you actually shouted that?! What game is this awesome?"

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at the same time
Starry Sky Games Studio

Although on the surface, everyone is still at their workstations, typing on their keyboards.

But if you look closely...

You can see that everyone in the studio is distracted and not focused on their work; almost everyone is glancing at Chu Chen's workstation.

Since that incident six months ago, Chu Chen removed the partitions from his large office, and now his workstation is outside, just like everyone else's.

Moreover, with the addition of new staff over the past six months, the workstations at Star Studio have undergone a major adjustment.

The current layout of Star Studio is somewhat similar to a classroom, with Chu Chen's seat on the far left of the office, while the others are on the right.

to be frank.

At first, everyone was uncomfortable with this arrangement, and also with Chu Chen.

It's so awkward to have my boss sitting on a "lecture platform" like a teacher every day at work.

However, everyone soon discovered that there was something fishy about the arrangement of the workstations, and they wondered if President Chen was possessed by a ghost... no, no, by a deity.

Anyway, ever since that incident six months ago, President Chen has been like he's on a cheat code.

In terms of art, Chu Chen can directly draw the character's sketch and quickly finalize the line art based on the character design requirements.

This one move alone accelerated the work efficiency of the art team by at least 50%. After all, for artists, the most difficult part of creating a character illustration is sketching, determining the pose, and drawing the line art.

It's not that they can't draw it, but during game development, communication between artists and designers often encounters various problems. For example, the lead designer might not even know what effect they want.

Therefore, when making requests, the things they put forward are very vague.

Or perhaps the art team has just started drawing when the planning team has new requirements, or after the drawing is finished, they say, "This black isn't the black I wanted."
Chu Chen skipped the communication phase and directly provided the art team with the line art. The art team only needed to refine the line art according to the requirements. Over the past six months, the girls in the Starry Sky art department have gone from initial shock to complete numbness.
Only when a new employee occasionally joins the company would they repeatedly confirm one thing from the incredulous expressions on the new employee's face: the problem with the company wasn't them, but Chu Chen.

Aside from the art style, the programming, gameplay, and even the copywriting are almost all like this.

In Chu Chen's mind, there seemed to be a complete framework, and everyone was piecing together the game framework piece by piece, like building blocks.

And what's even more outrageous is...
In this process, almost no building block is wasted.

This is why the final product of "Final Front" was so well completed in just six months.

It is precisely because of these factors that Xingchen's employees have gradually become accustomed to the arrangement of their workstations.

Normally, Chu Chen would come down from the "platform" about every hour and then make a round. Normally, this would put a lot of pressure on people.

Chu Chen was obviously aware of this, so most of the time, his rounds were dominated by "praise".

Moreover, Chu Chen's praise wasn't the kind of polite compliment, but the kind that really hits the mark. For example, Song Yueying's character art was praised many times.

In addition, Chu Chen not only praised them, but also acted like a commentator, marveling at how well they did in certain areas.

Let's imagine.

In a high school classroom, your homeroom teacher suddenly walks up to you, picks up your homework, and then starts praising you for doing a good job in front of the whole class.

It's a kind of "tingling and refreshing sensation".

In Xingchen, the person who gave the praise was President Chen.

This "tingling, numbing sensation" is so profound and exhilarating after Chu Chen demonstrated his terrifying game development skills that it's hard to describe in words.

Many people even felt that the words of praise were more impactful than the red envelopes given out on the spot after the praise.

In addition, Chu Chen's tour of the venue brought another benefit, namely the so-called "work atmosphere," which is hard to describe but definitely exists.

Just like the learning atmosphere in an elite class is completely different from that in a regular class.

After all, Chu Chen really does know a little bit about everything.

In the workplace, nothing is more terrifying than having a boss who can see right through what you're doing. With such a boss, even wanting to slack off requires considerable skill.
Once Chu Chen persisted in this task, and once everyone got into the habit of not slacking off, the efficiency of the entire studio improved noticeably.

The increased efficiency, in turn, reduced the workload for everyone.

At least since the month before last, the company has been able to ensure that employees leave work on time every day, and even have weekends off.

This positive feedback is also the reason why everyone gradually accepted and even came to like Chu Chen's "workstation" arrangement.

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"Sister Ying, why don't you go ask President Chen how the game is doing after its release today? He's been so quiet, it's making me feel so much pressure!"

As a message appeared, the group chat avatars of the group named "Starry Sky Cricket Group" began to flash.

"Yeah, judging from President Chen's expression, I hope the server launch today won't be a bad result."

"Is it good or bad that he's completely unable to focus on his work? Mr. Chen hasn't said a word."

"Sister Ying, it's your turn to step up!"

(End of this chapter)