ATPnovel Chapter 116 lets players create their own games.
Chapter 116 lets players create their own games.
When Slice, who was lurking in the live stream, saw the huge reaction to the song in the comments, his eyes lit up.
Slice Guy dedicated himself to working on the internet for several months and made a living through it, accumulating some experience in using the internet.
Based on his professional instincts, he keenly realized that editing this clip from Su Tao's live stream and pairing it with the "De Chi" tune might give it another small boost in popularity.
Slice Guy's lips curled slightly, as if he could already see the screen showing a surge in views after the sliced video was posted.
He twisted his wrist hard, making a cracking sound, preparing to edit the live stream clip out overnight after the major streamers finished their broadcasts.
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The following morning, 18 hours had passed since the release of Escape from Chickenkov.
Apart from the sales growth rate starting to slow down, other metrics are still steadily improving.
On Steam, for example, the rating for "Escape from Chickenkov" has reached a level of overwhelmingly positive reviews.
The number of daily active players is rapidly approaching ten million.
Industry insiders and most players believe that Escape from Chickenkov has a high probability of achieving over 10 million concurrent players on its first day of release.
However, Chen Dong was not blinded by these seemingly impressive figures. He was well aware that this was at most a temporary boom due to the weekend factor.
Once the two-day break is over, the number of daily active players for Escape from Chicken will definitely plummet.
Star Card Games, Product Development Department 4.
"Everyone's worked hard. Come and grab a cup of coffee, take a break, and refresh yourselves."
Chen Dong led a few people into the fourth product development department and dumped more than a dozen paper bags of various sizes onto the long table, instantly filling up all the space.
"Besides coffee, there are also some desserts in the bag. People who haven't had breakfast can grab a few to tide them over."
As Chen Dong finished speaking, the programmers sitting at their workstations pounced on the coffee, which was considered a life-saving elixir for working people, like hungry wolves, and quickly chose their favorite flavor.
Fortunately, most of those who can work at StarCard nowadays are highly educated elites. Regardless of their abilities, at least their outward appearance and manners are quite good, and there have been no pushing or shoving incidents.
While these urban workers were drinking coffee, having breakfast, and resting, Chen Dong called all the managers outside and held a small meeting on the spot.
"Now that Escape from Chickenkov has been successfully launched, Product Development Department 4 no longer needs so many people. We will keep some programmers to maintain the game's operation and develop the game's subsequent content, while the rest will be merged into Product Development Department 5 to join the development and production of Black Myth: Wukong."
For a game, the most manpower is usually needed in the initial development stage, while after the game is completed, the operation of the game and the development of subsequent content no longer require so many manpower.
To keep these people from having nothing to do, Chen Dong simply put them all into the fifth product development department, which was responsible for developing "Black Myth: Wukong".
Just recently, the head of Product Development Department 5 kept talking to Chen Dong about the lack of manpower.
After all, it is a AAA game, and it can even be said to be the first AAA game in China. Even if Chen Dong didn't say it, the programmers in the fifth product development department hoped to do their best in the process of developing "Black Myth Wukong".
We strive to make this first domestically produced AAA masterpiece stand up to some excellent international titles and give a resounding slap in the face to those foreigners who look down on Chinese game developers.
However, the consequence of doing so is that unless more manpower and budget are added to the product development department, the development progress of "Black Myth: Wukong" will inevitably slow down, even with the design ideas and background information provided by the system.
It is highly likely that it will not be possible to produce it within a year as Chen Dong planned.
To Chen Dong's surprise, apart from the head of Product Development Department 4, the heads of the other three departments did not complain at all after hearing the news; instead, they showed excited expressions.
It seems like I've been looking forward to this day for a long time.
"Why are you all grinning like that? Are you really that eager to work?"
Chen Dong frowned, a hint of curiosity in his voice.
The managers exchanged glances. Seeing that Chen Dong had seen through their hidden emotions, they simply stopped pretending and couldn't suppress their smiles.
"Being able to participate in the production of China's first AAA title is a dream for many game developers in China. We are so grateful to Chen Dong for giving us this opportunity, how could we possibly complain?"
When Xiao Qin spoke, his eyes narrowed into slits, which suddenly made him look somewhat like a certain singer.
Chen Dong found it quite amusing upon hearing this, and lightly patted Xiao Qin's shoulder, trying his best to put on a serious face.
"Stop grinning and open your eyes to look at me!"
"Although you all really want to join the production team of Black Myth: Wukong, I must remind you of one thing before we do."
I need to rest and recharge during the two-day holiday tomorrow and the day after. I don't want to end up on the news one day saying that StarCard Games is forcing employees to work overtime, leading to health problems.
The managers readily agreed to this request, which seemed unlikely to come from a capitalist.
Seeing that the others nodded, Chen Dong continued to speak.
"Oh, by the way, before I leave work today, I'll open-source part of the development code for 'Escape from Chickenkov'..."
Before Chen Dong could finish speaking, several managers immediately expressed their doubts.
"Mr. Chen, why do you want to open-source the game's code?"
"Yes, if our competitors saw this code, they would probably be able to make a game similar to Escape from Chickenkov very quickly."
"Isn't this just creating unnecessary competition for Star Cards?"
Faced with questions from several technical supervisors, Chen Dong raised his sleeve, signaling them to be quiet, before calmly explaining.
"The open-source portion of the game code is simply to make it easier for players to create their own mods and spontaneously promote the development of Escape from Chickenkov."
As for the issue of competitors quickly creating competing products, there's no need to worry too much. After all, which game made by Starcard hasn't had imitators?
When you're eating meat, you should also give those who come after you a chance to have some soup.
The technical supervisors didn't really listen to the second half of Chen Dong's long-winded explanation; they only heard the first half, which was about getting players to act as free labor for the Star Cards.