Blue Star.
After Klee and Barbara left, Ken started getting busy with company matters.
Meanwhile, the staff had already posted Klee and Barbara's voice-acting highlights on social platforms using the official [Genshin Impact] account.
Although the closed beta hadn't started yet, pre-release publicity was still essential.
The publicity department had been focused on advertising all along, but there actually hadn't been much video promotion for Genshin Impact until now—today was the first step.
With the ad placement successful, everyone got back to their busy work.
Early in development, game creation still relies on everyone grinding together.
7:00 PM.
GLOCO's Livestream Room, Twitch TV.
As a well-known streamer on the Twitch TV, GLOCO is a veteran in the livestreaming world.
Thanks to his constant catchphrases, crazy antics, and penchant for watching pretty girls.
However, there's no classic game like Dota 2 or LOL in this world, so GLOCO's popularity came from streaming reviews of new games and occasionally doing wild creative content.
After all, the streaming world is fiercely competitive now.
Big streamers compete even harder; it's no longer enough to maintain your popularity with just one game—you have to keep things fresh. The best is a new and interesting game so viewers feel that novelty.
That's why GLOCO often reserves a spot in closed betas for some games to give his viewers a first taste.
But today, he couldn't find any fun games after searching for a while, so he decided to check out his own fan-made memes on Facebook.
Ahem.
Watching his own Memes with his viewers is another way to stream.
But tonight, as soon as GLOCO entered Facebook, he was drawn to the giant homepage cover.
Right there on the cover were two anime girls.
One, with twin-tails as golden as sunlight and eyes as blue as a flowing lake, wore a glowing white dress and stockings.
The other, a little girl who looked about six or seven, wore red clothes and carried a small backpack, looking quirky and adorable.
[Want to experience an anime adventure? Genshin invites you to embark on a journey to another world.]
Staring at the headline, GLOCO, who had planned to watch his own memes, clicked in on impulse.
"Guys, this new game looks pretty good, doesn't it? The art style for the two girls on the cover is really nice. Let's check out the video!"
When bored, he'd watch beauties with his viewers.
Now, seeing Barbara and Klee on the cover, he naturally clicked in.
As soon as he did, a sweet, gentle female voice rang out:
["Barbara makes her shining debut~ Leave the healing to me, I won't let you down!"]
With the sweet, gentle voice, the video image cleared up.
It showed a voice-acting studio.
Inside, a blonde girl wearing recording gear smiled with a pure, healing expression.
Next to her was a computer.
On the screen was "Barbara" from the game.
The real-life Barbara voicing game-Barbara was displayed vividly through this camera work.
Seeing this, GLOCO's eyes widened.
"Dang, am I seeing things? This voice actress looks exactly like the in-game character... Can cosplay really be this accurate now?"
He rubbed his eyes, his face showing genuine shock.
But after the surprise came a helpless, lusty smile.
"Hehehe... this game looks good—at least the voice actress they found is perfect, exactly like the character... It's breaking the dimensional wall."
He stroked his chin, eyes fixed on Barbara, making creepy "hehehe" laughs.
Especially watching the real Barbara's expressions and gestures while dubbing, GLOCO laughed like a perv.
His viewers were shocked too.
The game character is cute enough, but even the voice actress is top-tier? This game is interesting.
["Wow... What game is this? Genshin Impact, right? The girl characters are so pretty, I love it!"]
["While the honest folks are still drooling, smart ones are already searching the game... but it's not even in beta yet. Suddenly I really want to jump in."]
["Such cute anime girls! Especially when she said 'Barbara, charge!' That's so anime!"]
["Honestly... this art style feels even more refined."]
["Look at that little loli in red! I love little lolis... hehehe... I can't resist, uncle can't hold back."]
["Arrest all the above posters."]
The chat scrolled fast.
GLOCO himself was amazed. Though the Barbara dubbing video was only a minute or so, it made his heart flutter.
He couldn't remember the last time he saw such a 2D-centric game.
Before, these games were all from Sakura Land.
He didn't expect a domestic studio to make one, and so well-crafted too.
The main thing was that the voice actress could break the dimensional wall. That alone made viewers unable to look away.
Cosplaying a 2D game character is easy, but looking exactly the same is hard.
GLOCO took a deep breath and clicked the second video.
["Big demon, big demon, waha! I'm coming to catch you... Gah—"]
["Want to go blow up fish with Klee?"]
["Please, please, help Klee!"]
As soon as he clicked the second video, GLOCO was overwhelmed by cuteness.
Watching Klee voice the character while making all sorts of little gestures, his eyes practically sparkled.
Just like the last video, a computer in front of Klee showed a chibi Klee in the game.
Seeing the synchronized expressions and actions, everyone couldn't handle it.
["So cute! Is this character called Klee? Which company made this? How did they come up with such an adorable character?"]
["Ahhh, someone tell me how to get this character! I can't sleep!"]
["Genshin! I'm going to the official page to sign up for the beta—I hope I get in! Isn't the founder a former Tianqi Games developer? Damn!"]
["Oh my god, which game company is this? They even got voice actresses who look exactly like the characters? I'm instantly immersed."]
["Arrest, arrest, our country has a complete criminal code, hope everyone behaves themselves."]
["I pick the white-stocking Barbara! That uniform is too tempting, awsl!"]
"..."
Both videos ended quickly, but the hype in the livestream didn't die down.
For otaku LSPs, nothing is more tempting than anime girls.
Even though the game wasn't out yet, the two short videos had everyone curious.
GLOCO decisively checked out all the promo videos on the Star Dome official account.
"Guys, I will get a closed beta spot... This game is insane, it'll definitely blow up, the creativity is off the charts."
He said it seriously, but secretly screenshot Barbara and Klee and saved them to his desktop.
Hehehe...
When the game launches, he'll pay whatever it takes to get those two characters!