"I have 10,000 wealth points already?"
Hearing the notification, Chen Lin, who was looking up information online, beamed with joy.
He opened the game sales platform and found that braveheart had unknowingly sold over 500 copies.
At a selling price of 45 yuan per copy, after deducting the platform's 50% commission and taxes, he was left with just about 10,000.
So.
Were the wealth points his income from selling games?
That was good news.
He had checked before, making a 2D promotional animation for a game cost 10,000 wealth points per minute.
3D was even more exaggerated, costing 100,000 wealth points per minute.
A two-hour movie would cost over ten million directly!
Of course.
Compared to actual filming plus special effects, a movie that could be made for ten million was already quite good, not to mention the guaranteed quality of the system's productions.
More importantly.
Spending the money earned would not reduce the wealth points, which were an independent system currency.
"It's a pity that one minute is too short. I'll save up first."
Chen Lin had many games in his mind, but with his current ability, he couldn't make them immediately. He needed to expand his team.
If possible, it would be best to create his own game studio to pave the way for future blockbusters.
Thinking of this, he picked up his phone and dialed the number.
"Hello, Old Song, I have a game outsourcing project. I wanted to ask if you guys would take it."
Inside the live stream.
Just as Chen Lin was expanding offline.
Old E, who had finished the game, was sitting blankly in front of his computer, watching the screen gradually turn black.
His face was reflected on the dark screen.
His eyes were wet, he didn't know when.
He died.
The kind-hearted father, who risked danger to go deep into the battlefield for his family reunion, just died like that.
The live stream was utterly silent.
Even the bullet comments were few and far between.
They never would have imagined that the story would end this way, and the entire live stream was enveloped in a depressing atmosphere.
"He… died?"
Old E opened his mouth. Although he had a myriad of words in his heart, he couldn't utter a single one.
After a long while, he slowly got up and walked around the room a few times, occasionally looking up at the ceiling, seemingly digesting the story he had just experienced.
"Daddy~"
At this moment, a childish voice called out, and a little girl, only three or four years old, ran in from outside.
Her stumbling steps were just like the female protagonist chasing her father's footsteps in the game.
Old E and the viewers, who had been suppressing their emotions, finally couldn't hold back anymore when they saw this scene, and bullet comments erupted like a flood.
"Damn it! This hit me right in the heart!"
"The Designer is inhuman! I'm going to send him razor blades!"
"I'm not crying, but my tears just won't stop. Getting old means you really can't watch this kind of thing."
"No, I don't believe it. There must be a good ending, right?"
"Wuwu... Father-in-law, my father-in-law."
"I miss my dad."
They say men's emotions are reserved and not easily expressed.
But at this moment, the men in the live stream collectively broke down.
Especially Old E.
When he saw his daughter appear, he immediately empathized, picking her up with a trembling yet doting embrace, his expression grim but more gentle than ever.
"Niu Niu, Daddy will take you out to play today, okay?"
Saying that, he looked apologetically at the live stream camera: "Brothers, let's end the live stream here today. I need to spend some quality time with my family today. Sorry."
The live stream closed.
But not a single person blamed him for ending early.
Because everyone knew that the streamer had immersed himself in the game.
Or rather.
They had all immersed themselves in it.
Making them both love and hate this game.
"No, I can't be the only one breaking down!"
Finally.
A viewer recovered, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
Then, not long after, game highlight videos appeared on major websites and short video platforms.
[Shocking! The best healing game of the year, you deserve to own it!]
[This game is so much fun! Everyone come and play!]
[Streamer Old E angrily throws his controller, and the reason is this!]
[Why did a million viewers cry collectively? The reason behind it is heartwarming.]
It must be said.
The speed of online information dissemination is terrifying.
In just half a day.
The previously unknown braveheart had already entered the sight of major streamers and players, receiving countless attention.
Especially after seeing the astonishing promotional CG and the live stream clips of the famous streamer Old E, many players immediately purchased and downloaded it, causing sales to surge again.
Of course.
Some people also felt it was overly exaggerated.
They entered the game with the attitude of exposing a lie.
But three or four hours later.
"Wuwuwu, how could it be like this? Can't I just not play anymore?"
In the live stream.
Tuanzi, who was tricked into the game by viewers, was crying uncontrollably, hugging a plush pillow, completely broken by the game's ending.
Many viewers who came because of the hype were also frantically sending bullet comments.
"Goodness, let alone the streamer, even a big man like me wants to cry."
"It was so hard to get to the end, and then it's just gone. Who can bear that?"
"The atmosphere rendering is truly amazing! I was basically holding my breath the whole time in the later parts."
"At first, I thought the 45 yuan price was a bit high, but now it seems I was unworthy."
"To make a 2D side-scroller to this extent, is this Designer a god?"
"I wish I hadn't come. Rest in peace, father-in-law!"
Sometimes.
Being in darkness is not scary.
What's scary is being in darkness but knowing there is still light in the world.
Chasing the light, only to fall just as you are about to touch it.
Maximizing this unwillingness and lingering regret is the charm of this game.
It has been a long time since such a dedicated game appeared in the industry.
And it's even a personal production, a rare occurrence.
While shocked.
The number of people following Chen Lin's account also increased.
On the other side.
Dawn Studio conference room.
Chen Lin was sitting on the sofa, discussing matters with a shrewd and experienced-looking man.
"Chen Lin, you just said on the phone that you want to hire our people to help you make a game. Are you sure you're not joking with me?" Old Song asked with a suspicious look.
Just this morning.
He had called to ask about Chen Lin's situation and learned that he was being ostracized by the industry to the point of having to change professions.
Now, he suddenly came over saying he had a game to outsource to them. Anyone who heard it would find it absurd.
One must know that making a game is not something that can be done with just a few words.
From the initial selection of theme and gameplay to code programming, and then to art and special effects, every step requires massive human and material resources, and sufficient funds.
If he weren't familiar with Chen Lin's character, he probably would have already kicked him out as a fool.
"Of course I'm not joking," Chen Lin said seriously, "I've already drafted the game plan; it's just that the funding might take a few days."
"Waiting a few days isn't a problem. What kind of game do you want to make?"
"This one."
Chen Lin took out the already prepared design documents and placed them on the table.
Although it was only the most preliminary design, it was enough to glimpse a part of its appearance.
Old Song didn't say much, picking up the documents and carefully reviewing them.
But after a while, he gasped.
"This… this is the game you designed?"
He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise.
Because in his impression, Chen Lin was just a university student who had just graduated not long ago, and it was already very good if he understood some professional programming.
He didn't expect him to come up with such a complete design plan.
Even the details were clearly standardized!
The only thing that he found a bit incomprehensible was the game's genre.
"Card, strategy, Cultivation, tower climbing—these types of games don't seem to be doing very well on the market recently. Are you sure you want to make one?"