This game is awesome

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Author: Pigeon Rice

Summary:

A small studio with less than 500 game sales, a boss who ran away, and on the verge of bankruptcy, but after Gu Qingshi took over -

Resuscitation

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Gu Qingshi has devoted his life to avant-garde game creation. He has made outstanding achievements and gained great reputation in the fields of game development, game criticism, philosophical research, introduction to sociology, protection of ancient sites and collation of ancient books.

She had an unparalleled influence and contribution to the emerging post-war generation of games and was hailed as "the last piece of the puzzle of the ninth art."

Yesterday's Talk

Volume One

Chapter 1 [New Arrival]

Big dragon, no.

OPPEIN, yes.

Gu Qingshi stood in front of the floor-length mirror. What appeared before her was a pure and flawless face with a pair of slightly raised almond-shaped eyes, which were charming and captivating.

She was stunned, and looked at herself in the mirror carefully from bottom to top. Her feet were big enough to hold, her legs were long, her skin was as white as ice, and her curves were exquisite. Except for the flat and barren chest, she was almost impeccable.

Although it was not the first time she saw her own body, Gu Qingshi was still deeply shocked.

Gu Qingshi rubbed her chest without any image, and raised the corner of her mouth, "How pessimistic was I before? With such a good body, why don't I just find a rich old man and play Earth Online?"

Judging from Gu Qingshi’s learning experience in P, X, E, F, T, O and other learning platforms in her previous life, this body would at least be considered a “beautiful girl rarely seen in a thousand years” in the island country.

But she - or rather, she who had not awakened the wisdom from her previous life - actually did not take this seriously at all. Gu Qingshi knew nothing about makeup and dressing, which were things that girls were proficient in, and instead focused entirely on studying.

Because of her excellent academic performance, Gu Qingshi did not have very good interpersonal relationships at school - she could not integrate into the girls' small groups, and the boys just watched her from a distance and did not approach her.

But Gu Qingshi did not give up on herself. Instead, she studied harder and did not care about the outside world at all.

Gu Qingshi felt quite emotional. In her previous life, before she was beaten up by the society at university, she also studied hard and struggled like this.

But to be precise, Gu Qingshi had just been beaten up by the social university - this matter had to start from two months ago, during the last summer vacation of high school:

Gu Qingshi usually likes painting, and this summer she found a job as a game artist.

But unexpectedly, this small studio called "Fanxing" failed miserably within a month of its first game coming out, with sales of a pitiful 487. The boss ran away when he saw that things were not going well.

And she, the most gullible adult in the studio, was quickly promoted to temporary head of the studio and took over this mess.

The previous "Gu Qingshi" was inexperienced in the world and foolishly took over the responsibility of Fanxing Studio, becoming the target of salary demands by the five workers in the studio.

But she was still a student, and she didn’t even have 2,000 yuan in her pocket…

"Fool."

It was not her fault. As a fresh-faced student with pure stupidity in her eyes, it was normal for her to fall for the scam of a black-hearted boss. How could she have thought that this was an excuse for the boss to run away?

However, the boss may have had a change of heart before running away, and signed a contract to transfer all the shares of Fanxing Studio to Gu Qingshi, so now Gu Qingshi is the first and only shareholder of the studio.

Well...so naturally she became the target of the employees' criticism.

If I were to describe her situation in one sentence, it would probably be: the situation is extremely dangerous, the future is dark, and if no powerful person comes to help, disaster may occur.

This kind of time travel is not worth it!

Just travel through time. Gu Qingshi knows that complaining now is useless. You can't just run down the street and find a dump truck to bet on probability events, right?

As a veteran player and game producer, if she wants to break through, she still has to start with the game.

Originally, Gu Qingshi was a good student who didn’t play games and didn’t know much about this aspect, so Gu Qingshi turned on the computer and planned to personally investigate the games in this world.

As the chief planner, Gu Qingshi still had the studio's game files stored in his computer, but Gu Qingshi did not rush to review the files. Instead, he first found a list on the most authoritative game platform in the country.

..............

Half an hour later.

Gu Qingshi installed the online game called "Eternal Life" with great anticipation. This game has three million downloads on the platform's download list, ranking first, and it has received all positive reviews.

“I don’t expect it to be on the level of Warcraft and Baboon, but the quality should be at least online…right?”

As soon as she opened the game, Gu Qingshi was shocked by the exquisite graphics. The graphics, the particle effects, the shadows, the light, the water... It was definitely the 3A level of a big manufacturer!

Gu Qingshi then remembered that because of the war, artificial intelligence has developed very rapidly, and many jobs in this world are completed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, so the cost of producing high-definition modeling and mapping is very low.

Gu Qingshi excitedly clicked into the game.

after an hour......

"What kind of rubbish game is this? It's even more stupid than mindless path-finding! It's a completely moronic game!"

This game is like a thesis covered with gold foil. The numerical planner calculated the monster attributes with his feet, the level planner spit out the task process when he was drunk, the plot planner copied the plot and background without thinking, and the gameplay is a tribute to the classic of finding people to kill monsters. The UI is clean, and it won't even pop up unless Gu Qingshi actively calls it out!

Apart from the picture, there is nothing else!

Gu Qingshi didn't believe it, so she tried a few more games. The plot texts and gameplay of stand-alone games were slightly better, but they were all pretty much the same...

Gu Qingshi slumped in the chair, suddenly feeling sad for the players in this world.

It's really hard for them to play these games with their noses pinched.

Unlike the previous life, the direction of game development in this world is strange and distorted: due to the development of AI, the value of programs and art resources has been depreciating, and the graphics are surprisingly good. But the themes are all fairy tales, martial arts, and fantasy RPGs. The homogeneity is uncomfortable.

FPS, RTS, MOBA, these are rare. The most popular free shooting game that Gu Qingshi found, "Last Action", had only 90,000 downloads and only 7,000 peak online users.

The reason behind this phenomenon is so devastating that games of the shooting, tactical, real-time strategy, and grand strategy genres are filled with violent elements. For the sake of people's mental health and the general public's anti-war sentiment, these types of games cannot be recommended on the platform...

Without exposure resources and relying only on tap water, most games simply cannot survive.

Gu Qingshi was speechless. She finally understood how this shabby studio went bankrupt.

Their first product, "Industry: 1800", is an extremely hardcore historical grand strategy game, and the timeline is set from 1800 to 2000, and these two hundred years just cover the world's "Hundred Years of World War".

Moreover, the main gameplay of this game is colonial wars and annexation and invasion wars, similar to "Hearts of Iron" with an extended timeline, a map coloring game with war gameplay as the core...

In other words, this game is so politically incorrect!

Okay, she can understand.

It's only been twenty years since we experienced the trauma of the Hundred Years' War, and the anti-war sentiment of the general public has not yet been completely eliminated. Yet you make a war-themed game. If you don't fail, who will?

This is similar to going to Israel to promote "The Struggle of X" and holding high the eagle flag to protect the monarchy in Soviet Russia...

As for why their studio chose such an unfortunate subject, we have to mention Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick from Fanxing Studio.

The chief planner has a background in archaeology;

Program, currently studying macroeconomics;

Fine arts, studying mechanical automation;

Copywriter, unemployed guy from the philosophy department.

Numbers, the brother who fled from civil engineering.

And her current boss, stupid JK.

And the former boss, the black-hearted Zhou Pa Pi.

Seven dragons and phoenixes gathered in one studio to serve, how could this game be a small blessing?

Including Gu Qingshi, the entire studio was full of enthusiasm before starting work and knew almost nothing about the market. In the end, they got what they wished for.

"Hopeless!"

"It's completely hopeless!"

Gu Qingshi sorted out her situation clearly and fell silent in an instant.

She opened her cell phone and checked the balance on her bank card: 877 yuan.

It's not enough for her to eat.

If it really doesn't work, she should consider going to Yuanjiao and find a rich old man to make popcorn...

JK still has a market.

What else can we do? Change this game into Hearts of Iron?

Come on, it would be better to start over and make it Victoria. Gu Qingshi was stunned for a moment when she thought of this.

It seems that their studio can really change this game into Victoria.

One majored in history, one majored in economics, one majored in engineering, one majored in civil engineering, and one majored in philosophy...

Isn't this Victoria's chosen team?