Rosalie's face immediately lit up with anticipation.

She has always had great confidence in her exceptionally intelligent son.

"Mom, just wait and see!"

Mark sat down at the computer with a confident look on his face and began writing code.

Mark then spent a week creating a video generation software and a voice reading software.

Video generation software can automatically capture corresponding images from the internet based on the description, and then generate videos from the images.

Voice reading software can also use voices of different ages and genders to simulate different emotions and say various things based on the description.

Mark first applied both software programs to Alice.

Alice was thus able to make more complex and fluid movements, and her words sounded more emotional.

"Alice, generate a movie based on the script of 'Dreamland Children's Paradise'."

Mark gave Alice orders.

"Okay, start generating the movie. It is expected to take 18 hours."

Alice responded quickly.

"The computing power of this computer at home is still too low."

Mark shook his head helplessly, but there was nothing he could do but wait.

When the movie was generated the next day, Mark immediately opened it and started watching.

The entire movie was created by splicing various images from the internet according to the script, and the splicing is quite obvious.

The characters in the movie all use the faces of well-known Hollywood actors, but their expressions are somewhat stiff and rigid.

Mark has only just created his intelligent program, so it's bound to have flaws and needs continuous training and development.

Overall, however, the film has fully brought the script to life.

"Mother……"

Mark called Rosalie, who was still struggling to memorize her lines, over and showed her the newly generated movie.

"Oh my god! Mark, how did you do that?"

When Rosalie saw "Dreamland Children's Paradise" playing on the computer, her eyes widened in disbelief.

If Mark hadn't told her it was made using a computer, she would have thought "Dreamland Children's Paradise" had actually been filmed and released!

Chapter Fifteen: Making Games

Rosalie knew Mark was smart, but she never expected him to do something so amazing!

If word got out that he created a movie on a computer in just one day, it would probably cause a major earthquake in the entire Hollywood film industry.

"Mom, now it will be much easier for you to memorize the lines and scenes in the script, right?"

Mark looked at Rosalie and asked.

"Of course!"

Rosalie nodded, bent down and gave Mark a big kiss on the cheek: "Now Mommy has roughly memorized all the lines, and she even knows how to act them out!"

She was confident that she could memorize the entire script if she watched the movie a couple more times.

More importantly, what was originally just a script in words now has images in Rosalie's mind.

Once filming begins, she can use it as a reference.

After helping Rosalie overcome her biggest obstacle, Mark prepared to begin making the game.

With video generation software, making games will be much easier for him.

"Hmm...which game should we choose to make?"

Mark fell into thought.

After all, he didn't have his own game company, and even with video generation software to help, making large-scale games would be too time-consuming and laborious.

"I'll choose this one!"

A moment later, Mark made his decision.

The game he chose to create was Stardew Valley, which had been a huge hit online before he time-traveled.

Stardew Valley is a game that Eric Brown independently developed over four and a half years.

The game's storyline revolves around the player receiving a letter from their grandfather, returning to their hometown to inherit an abandoned farm, and then cultivating and managing the land.

The core gameplay of this game involves managing a farm, fishing, mining, and socializing with the townspeople.

Stardew Valley became an instant hit online without any promotion or marketing, and its positive review rate on Steam has remained at 98% for many years.

Mark believes that once he creates this game, it will also become a viral hit online, earning him his first pot of gold.

"Alice, help me create this image. The requirements are as follows..."

As Mark typed in code, he ordered Alice to help him make the game.

With his current memory, he can remember every single background music he heard while playing games in his previous life and every single NPC storyline he encountered.

He hummed the background music from the game, and then had Alice play the music using different timbres such as the piano, violin, and flute.

The original game only had 20 NPCs in the town, which was obviously too few.

Mark increased the number of characters to over 100, including not only the original NPCs but also Alice who added numerous side quests and hidden storylines.

With Alice's help, Mark completed Stardew Valley in just over half a month.

"Mom, Aunt Daphne, I've made a game. Can you come over and help me try it out and see if it's fun?"

After finishing the game, Mark called out to Rosalie and Daphne, who were sitting in the yard drinking tea and chatting.

After Mark turned three, Daphne no longer needed to be his full-time caregiver, and she found a job at another clinic.

Whenever she had time on weekends, Daphne would visit Mark at his house.

"Great! Is this the game you've been busy working on lately?"

Rosalie asked Mark as she stood up.

She wasn't particularly interested in games, but since it was a game made by her son, she naturally had to take a look.

"Little Mark is amazing! He can make games at such a young age."

Daphne smiled and praised Mark.

Rosalie sat in front of the computer and opened the Stardew Valley icon.

As soothing music began to play, the opening animation started playing on the computer.

The player receives a letter from his grandfather, resigns from his job, returns to his hometown, inherits the farm, and then the game officially begins.

What first appeared before my eyes was an abandoned farm.

Players follow the game prompts to start cleaning up trash and cultivating the farm.

Instead of using the original game's pixelated style, Mark made the graphics more refined.

When Rosalie first started playing, she was a bit flustered and often didn't know where to click.

After becoming familiar with the operation, she gradually became addicted to it.

Farming, gathering, mining, upgrading houses, building chicken coops...

Before we knew it, an hour had passed.

"Mom, it's time to cook!"

With the time approaching 12 o'clock, Mark had to speak up to remind them.

"oh oh……"

Upon hearing this, Rosalie reluctantly got up and left the computer.

"Um... Mark, could you send me a copy of this game?"

Daphne said to Mark somewhat shyly.

She watched Rosalie play all morning and was already itching to play the game herself.

"Okay!"

Mark nodded and ordered Alice, "Alice, send a copy of the Stardew Valley installation package to Aunt Daphne's email address."

Since he has already registered the game's copyright, he is not worried about it being leaked.

"Okay, Mark."

Alice's clear, bell-like voice rang out.

"Having Alice around is so convenient!"

Daphne looked on with envy.

Rosalie had already boasted about Alice to her many times.

However, what Daphne envied even more was that Rosalie had such a smart and adorable son as Mark.

Daphne had previously been somewhat skeptical about the fact that Mark was Tony Stark's son.

But after witnessing Mark's various abilities, she no longer had any doubts.

No one but Tony Stark could have given birth to such a smart child!

Over the next few days, Rosalie became completely engrossed in the game.

The first thing I do every morning is to quickly open Stardew Valley and start harvesting crops.

She also frequently talks to Daphne on the phone to exchange experiences on farm planting.

Seeing that both of them really enjoyed the game, Mark knew he had it in the bag this time.

He started preparing to make money from this game.

There are currently no third-party gaming platforms like Steam.

Individual game developers like Mark can only upload their games to download websites and then promote them on PC shareware and game forums.

After Mark completed the registration and uploaded the game, he ordered Alice, "Alice, go to various game forums and post promotional messages for Stardew Valley."

"Okay, Mark."

Alice immediately started posting on websites such as Usenet, GameSpot, and IGN Community, leaving download links for Stardew Valley.

Mark's pricing model involves allowing players to try the game for free for 30 minutes, and then paying $10 to enjoy it permanently for free.

Since there is no online payment option yet, Mark can only have the other party send him a $10 money order via mail, and then send the registration code to the other party via email after receiving it.

Chapter Sixteen: Upgrading Equipment

As an intelligent program, Alice can post and reply on various game forums tirelessly to promote Stardew Valley.

Although Alice was quickly banned and had her account suspended by the forum administrators, Stardew Valley's reputation was certainly established.

Soon, people downloaded and installed it, and started playing it.

Those who tried the game were quickly drawn in and became completely absorbed in the joy of farming.

"To continue playing, please purchase a registration code. Price: $10/code".

After the 30-minute trial period ended, players who were playing Stardew Valley immediately found that they could no longer control the game and also received a pop-up notification.

This is the time when they gradually become familiar with the gameplay and begin to get hooked on it.

"Oh, S**T!"

Upon seeing the notification, the players immediately erupted in angry curses.

They then wrote down the address, hurried to the nearest post office, bought a $10 money order, and mailed it there.

Since mailing takes time, these players who are temporarily unable to continue playing have no choice but to post on the forum.

"This is absolutely the most fun game I've ever played in all these years!"

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