Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

It can't be said that it was all for nothing.

Add to that the hype surrounding Gamescom and the upcoming popularity of the Wandering Earth movie.

As long as Lin Li can maintain this quality in the release, there's absolutely no need to worry about sales.

Even if Frostpunk releases a lot of new titles during this period, it's not a problem. Frostpunk might even increase players' expectations for The Wandering Earth: Home.

Chapter 241 Nuoxing and Song Shiyu

The next day, noon.

The Spark Games booth was still packed with people.

After a day of fermentation.

The word-of-mouth effect has already appeared yesterday.

Even though many eager players have already watched the demo gameplay videos online, this has not dampened their desire to try it out for themselves.

The presence of even more players than yesterday presents a challenge for the entire Spark Games booth.

However, Song Shiyu, one of the main creators of the DEMO project, was not at the booth at this time.

He was working on something that seemed completely out of place at the game expo.

Watch the evening news.

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Song Shiyu has not been with Xinghuo Games for long; he joined the company in April of this year.

Before joining Spark Games, he had worked on Shepherd's Heart.

The game performed well after its launch. Although it wasn't a huge hit, it still generated over 20 million RMB in revenue in its first month.

Song Shiyu has established himself in the gaming industry.

After his first successful work, Song Shiyu quickly came up with the idea for his second game.

He wanted to create a science fiction work.

Unfortunately, his approach did not align with the research and development roadmap of his original company, YAMAYURI.

Without support, the company is unwilling to allocate funds.

After failing to reach an agreement, Song Shiyu left the company.

At that time, the industry was having a heated discussion about Spark Games' Spark Project.

So he went to find Lin Li with his own plan.

During the interview, he submitted a game design proposal to Lin Li.

It was a project that didn't yet have a name.

~~~

Song Shiyu hasn't even come up with a name for the project yet.

Lin Li, however, recognized it at a glance: this project proposal was the future "Nuoxing".

Many players may not have any impression of the game "Norstar".

This is because it was a game that was aborted before it was even released due to a broken funding chain.

The game is inspired by Paradox Interactive's Stellaris.

The first PV for "Norstar" was released in 2020.

When it was released, it still garnered a lot of traffic, with the first PV even exceeding one million views.

Many players are still looking forward to this anime-style star-studded event.

pity.

This wait lasted for four years.

Instead of testing or launching the server, what they received was an announcement that development had been halted.

The game failed not only because the investors' funds were frozen, preventing them from continuing to invest, but also because...

This is also related to the lack of talent in science fiction and strategy in China.

Unable to find suitable candidates domestically, the Nuoxing team had to turn to overseas talent.

This resulted in the scrapping of much of the initial work.

Second.

Song Shiyu was caught in a dilemma between commerce and art.

Investors put money in the hope that he can make quick money in ACG mobile games or mainstream SLG mobile games.

Song Shiyu, however, once wanted to turn this project into a PC indie game that would better express his own personality.

Subsequently, due to market and capital reasons, it had to be changed to a mobile game.

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Well known.

When a game's creator starts wavering and the direction of development becomes unclear, the project is in danger.

Furthermore, with this kind of subject matter, if one doesn't know how to choose or make a decision...

Because you want to do too many things, you end up not being able to find the focus.

From this perspective...

Song Shiyu is not a qualified producer.

But when he found Lin Li.

Lin Li immediately kept him there.

The reason is also very simple.

Although the previous version of "Nuoxing" was aborted, the development team released a large number of beta test videos after its abortion.

In these videos, Song Shiyu also explained Nuoxing's thinking in detail.

From these narratives...

Lin Li could sense that this was a thoughtful person.

Lin Li still had many doubts about the "Nuoxing" project, because in his opinion, the game styles of anime and StarCraft were really hard to match.

But Lin Li still got this person back.

Furthermore, Lin Li immediately gave him the opportunity to work independently on the project, allowing him to attempt to demonstrate the feasibility of the "Nuoxing" project.

Later, when the Wandering Earth project was approved.

When it came time to start making the demo, Lin Li immediately thought of Song Shiyu, since his project team had recruited employees with experience in science fiction game production from the very beginning.

Are there any more suitable people than them?

Of course there is none.

"Finish this first. It's also a science fiction project. Once you have experience with this project, if you still want to work on 'Nuoxing,' you can start the project directly."

Lin Li is not only good at making promises to players, but also to his employees.

~~~

Song Shiyu, who already loved science fiction, didn't refuse this lucrative opportunity and quickly learned about the Wandering Earth DEMO project.

I instantly developed a strong interest in this project.

The two sides hit it off.

We assembled a team and started working on this demo.

During the entire production of the demo, Song Shiyu's horizons were broadened.

Before coming here, he was somewhat unfamiliar with Lin Li, and like the outside world, he felt that Lin Li's success had an element of luck.

However, during the production of this demo...

Song Shiyu's thinking completely changed. He finally understood why Lin Li was able to lead Spark Games to success.

It's actually not complicated.

Clear goals, quick decisions, and willingness to spend money.

Having clear objectives means that from the very beginning of the DEMO project, Lin Li clearly expressed the overall project goals and what he wanted to showcase.

Everything presented today was decided from the very beginning.

They make quick decisions and are willing to spend money.

This refers to Lin Li's decisiveness when faced with problems.

For example, they encountered a big problem in this demo.

There are too few people in China who do science fiction art design.

The designs created by their own design team were either too flamboyant or lacked a sense of depth.

At this point, Lin Li did not look for solutions to the problem in the gaming industry.

Instead, they bypassed the gaming industry and approached the production team of The Wandering Earth, solving the problem by investing in the film.

Tens of millions of dollars in investment, and they didn't even blink.

However, it is precisely because of this that the entire DEMO production team was able to present such a DEMO in such a short time.

The entire demo was created from the beginning to its final presentation at the Cologne booth.

It can be said that it broadened Song Shiyu's horizons.

But even so.

Song Shiyu never imagined that a work he was involved in would be broadcast on CCTV.

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A game? Appearing on the evening news?

It's like something out of a fairy tale.

But at this moment.

It felt like it was really about to happen.

Not only him, but also several key members of the Wandering Earth production team who came this time, including Lin Li and Su Shanshan, were in the lounge, intently watching TV.

A group of Chinese people watched the evening news at Gamescom in Cologne.

And I was really on the edge of my seat watching it.

Chapter 242 All are set off by their peers

Time passed, second by second.

Just when Song Shiyu's eyes were starting to get tired...

at last.

"Here's a brief news item: At Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, a Chinese sci-fi game, *The Wandering Earth: Home*, garnered attention from players both at home and abroad..."

The message was very short.

Several images even appeared in the background.

The images of the booths and the rows of people flashed by.

But this did not stop the crowd from cheering.

"They actually appeared on CCTV!"

"Holy crap! Holy crap, they really did it!?"

"Did anyone take a picture just now? Send me a copy, I want to post it on my WeChat Moments."