Chapter 60
Su Jinyu was working hard at the front desk of the experience store.
Jia Peng and Chang Xiuya were whispering to one another, mouth to ear.
“I heard that Senior Jinyu went to see the manager upon seeing the design document. What happened next?” asked Chang Xiuya.
Jia Peng shook his head, “No clue, the two of them talked for about an hour, then senior Xiuya came downstairs and followed his instructions on starting a new project in the game engine.”
Chang Xiuya whispered, “She didn’t say anything?”
Jia Peng shook his head again, “Nothing.”
Although it was just a few lines, every side of the animated world was revealed. It seemed to be a Western fantasy world. There were many classical races from Western fantasy worlds, such as orcs and dwarves, and there were also some classic scenes from it.
Moreover, the animation made the world seem very rich, and it could be easily felt through the narration.
The whole world was called Azeroth, with at least seven or eight different races. There was unity and war between different races. So far there were two different factions: one was the Alliance led by Humans, and the other was the Horde led by the Orcs. They were enemies at war.
“This world seems quite big. However, it’s still too early to tell what the story is like,” observed Wen Lingwei.
Everyone had their eyes glued to the screen after seeing the opening scene.
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That was what Chen Mo was trying to achieve.
Why was Chen Mo so confident with I Am MT? It was because the world was based on World of Warcraft, and there was no question about the cultural impact of World of Warcraft!
Even without World of Warcraft, its world and story were still top notch!
It was just like before the Harry Potter craze. How many people in China understood and liked witch culture? Many of them knew nothing about it, but it didn’t affect the popularity of Harry Potter.
Things that were classic stayed classic no matter where they went. They remained a classic even if the method of conveying them was different.
On the surface, Chen Mo was trying to recreate I Am MT. In reality, he was trying to recreate the combination of I Am MT and World of Warcraft, using the story of I Am MT, and the setting of World of Warcraft to recreate I Am MT to its fullest.
Just like this opening scene had done, the setting of the story was organically conveyed to the audience through the narration and the scenes, teaching them about the setting of Azeroth and the different races.
Chen Mo was akin to a dual-wielding warrior with Titan’s Grip, wielding I Am MT on the left, and World of Warcraft on the right!
The audience in this world didn’t understand World of Warcraft? Not a problem! Using his fully maxed out Level One story-writing skills, Chen Mo could weave the setting of World of Warcraft into I Am MT, slowly feeding the information to the audience.
Of course, if he had the ability to do so, he would bring even more of the gaming culture from his previous world into this one. But making an animation like this was already at Chen Mo’s limit, so he couldn’t make a massive game like World of Warcraft, nor did he have the money to make a blockbuster movie.