"As for action games, Seele will give it a try."
Being around her brother and sister every day, Seele naturally knew the types of games they were making. Upon hearing Nangong Yu's words, Seele immediately felt a bit troubled.
She wasn't very good at this type of game. If she played poorly right away, would her brother and sister laugh at her?
"This concubine also wants to try."
Glancing at the somewhat hesitant Seele, Kaguya immediately stepped forward: "How about this concubine goes first?"
"Either is fine."
After connecting the controller to the computer, Nangong Yu controlled the Little Knight to move, jump, and slash a few times. Then he summoned a few small flying insects and slashed them a few times. After confirming there were no immediate issues, he handed the controller to Kaguya.
"The joystick controls direction, this is jump..."
After explaining the basic movement rules, Nangong Yu planned to release a few small monsters for Kaguya to practice on first.
"This feel..."
On the flat, roughly modeled path, when Kaguya controlled the small figure to swing its first slash, her eyes immediately widened in surprise.
Even without much light and sound effects, the smooth animation alone already felt quite enjoyable.
With more advanced equipment and technology, Nangong Yu elevated the already excellent feel of hollow knight to a new level. Signal transmission was at the microsecond level, making the controls feel like an extension of one's own arm, as if one had truly swung a sword.
"How is it? We've tuned it pretty well, haven't we?"
"It's more than just 'pretty well'; this is already quite excellent."
Kaguya looked at her husband with a somewhat complex expression. Back then, she had expended so much manpower and resources, yet it was still quite impossible to achieve the level seen on the screen now.
Her husband was truly strong; two people could achieve such a feat.
"Come, try the small monsters."
As soon as he spoke, Hatsune waved her leek, and a few small flying insects slowly flew towards the Little Knight.
Kaguya controlled the Little Knight to jump up and slash at one of the flying insects.
A rough silver light flashed. A sluggish white light sparked where the Little Knight and the flying insect made contact. The flying insect's recoil after being hit, and the Little Knight's slight backward movement due to the reactive force, all gave Kaguya a sense of realism.
A sense of realism that the Little Knight had truly hit something with its small nail.
She immediately understood that this alone could be considered an excellent game. For action-oriented games, the sense of impact is often one of the most important contributing factors.
"How is it? Are you familiar with it?"
Seeing Kaguya easily deal with the few small monsters, Nangong Yu asked with a smile.
"Mm, the controls feel easy. Could this be a game that sells on its 'exhilaration'? With such excellent impact, the final product should be quite good."
Exhilarating?
Hearing this, Nangong Yu couldn't help but laugh. This game was indeed 'exhilarating'.
"In that case, Kaguya, would you like to try challenging the game's boss?"
"The boss is already made?"
"We've made a few prototypes, just right to test how they work."
"Alright, this concubine also wants to try challenging it."
Having just cleared a group of small monsters, Kaguya was feeling quite confident.
Besides, how hard could a boss be?
At worst, she'd die a few times. It's not like it could make her withdraw into herself, right?
She couldn't help but chuckle inwardly, then Kaguya noticed Nangong Yu immediately burst into joyful laughter.
He was about to say something but was stopped by Bronya. Bronya was soft-hearted after all and didn't want to harm her new friend.
No charms was one thing, but making a Little Knight without even a dash go fight those bosses?
Nangong Yu knew how to torment people.
"Then let's try the False Knight first. The False Knight is quite large, so it's good for testing the hit feedback of large-sized monsters."
As an enemy most Little Knights face in the early stages, the False Knight's moves are relatively fixed and very easy to dodge, so it won't make someone withdraw into themselves right away.
"Tsk, the False Knight, huh? Fine, fine."
Nangong Yu clicked his tongue somewhat reluctantly, but hearing Bronya's explanation, he didn't really object.
"Is my husband hoping to see this concubine challenge a more difficult boss?"
At this moment, Kaguya, who was holding the controller and constantly slashing with the Little Knight, suddenly spoke.
"No, those are too difficult. Kaguya, you'd better..."
She smiled gently at Bronya, then shook her head slightly: "If my husband wishes to see it, then this concubine will naturally not refuse."
"You..."
Since some people were voluntarily seeking death, Bronya could only pout and put the False Knight away.
Kaguya's words made Nangong Yu feel a bit soft-hearted, so he slowly put away Zote, who he had almost pulled out.
"Zote is still too difficult for newcomers."
"Indeed."
Bronya nodded in agreement.
"So, let's go with the Mantis Lords, which are basically finished."
"Inde... Huh?!"
As arguably the most exhilarating boss to fight in the game, Nangong Yu had made it first so he could continuously optimize it until it reached perfection.
Bronya's expression changed. She looked at Nangong Yu as if accusing him of being a devil.
Then she turned her gaze to Kaguya, who was quite expectant and ready to show off her skills, and silently sighed for her in her heart.
Hope she's okay.
Soon, Nangong Yu and the two others, as spectators, watched Kaguya control the Little Knight and enter a rough scene with three tall stone thrones.
And on each of the three thrones sat a strangely shaped mantis, supporting its legs with its hands.
Soon, the mechanism was triggered, the scene was enclosed by an iron cage, cutting off any retreat. The three mantises stood up simultaneously, and the one in the very middle instantly disappeared, attacking the Little Knight.
The rapid attacks made Kaguya flustered and overwhelmed for a moment. Not long after, she died under the mantis's long spear.
"The attacks are quite memorable. This concubine will try again."
Kaguya's mindset was not affected in the slightest, and Hatsune in the corner timely helped her reset the level.
A new round of challenges began again.
One mantis certainly isn't difficult, but what if there were two?
Even if two could be passed, what if three attacked together?
Soon, Kaguya felt a little sweaty, and the grip on her controller tightened.
Actually, there aren't three mantises together in the game map; you can pass after defeating two. Their unique rhythm and combat style can be said to be true beginner mentors.
But here, Nangong Yu maliciously added the Three Mantises from Godhome's Five Gates, a difficulty that increased almost exponentially, successfully shifting the smile from Kaguya's face to Nangong Yu's.