Chapter 4
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A few numbers flickered inside Chen Mo’s mind, becoming part of his memory. He could feel that his coding skills did improve a tiny bit.
“That’s not so bad! Wouldn’t consuming a hundred of these books mean that my coding skills would be maxed out? A hundred of those just adds up to a hundred thousand RMB, what a great deal… of rubbish! That’s just plain robbery!
2“Ten thousand to buy one point of Attribute! What am I, stupid?
1“Relax, relax…
“It’s just small money. If I make a hot trendy game, it could be raking in millions a month. Enough for me to be spinning this wheel for a while.
Of course, before starting, Chen Mo consumed the rest of the green tech books first: three Coding books and one Level Design book.
It probably wasn’t doing much, but better have it than not!
The video game engine wasn’t hard to use at all. It took Chen Mo no time to get used to it.
After downloading the remaining 6MB of resources, Chen Mo started writing the design document. As the game wasn’t big, the document only required a few hundred words.
Resource usage was minimal, mostly utilizing the free shared resources on the engine, which were usable after a few small tweaks.
The foundation of the game was finished within the night. The next day, after he woke up, Chen Mo added some simple networking and leaderboards to the game, and considered it done.
5After finishing, Chen Mo did some testing. The game felt similar to his work in his previous life.
After making an installation package, Chen Mo submitted the game to the competition officials. As to whether the game would gain any recognition, he’d only find out on the day of the competition.
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On the day of the competition…
Chen Mo put on his only suit, readying himself to attend the video game design competition
The Imperial Capital was usually quite hot in August. Chen Mo felt stupid in formal wear. Fortunately the venue was air-conditioned, cooling him down after a short time.
Under the guidance of the officials, the judges, competitors, and audience were led to their seats in an orderly manner. The preparations for the competition were underway, all that was left was for the competition to start.
It wasn’t a small audience, with at least six hundred people.
1This competition was no ordinary competition: not only was there a live broadcast and full recording of the event, but they had also managed to invite three fairly famous video game designers as the judges.
The prizes for the competition weren’t small, either. The first place would receive three hundred thousand RMB for video game research and development, a D-grade video game designer certificate, and a personal video game experience store.
Not much needed to be said about the three hundred thousand RMB. The most attractive part was the last prize, a personal video game experience store!
Video game experience stores were places where video game designers displayed their works: a gallery. Video game experience stores came in various sizes; SSS-grade video game designers had entire towers for their video game experience store. Sometimes it became a Mecca of gamers, somewhere they must visit once in their lives.
4In terms of layout, video game experience stores were like internet cafes, but served a different function.
Experience stores weren’t for profit. First, they mainly served as a workplace for designers. Second, they were a platform for the game designers to interact with the gamers..
Gamers who come to experience stores have opportunities to speak with the designers, to give suggestions and test out their latest creations. Once the designer thinks the game is about done, the game will then be released.
1Of course, testing can be done online in the form of alphas, but the designers in this world preferred using experience stores. As everyone in their store was a tangible, personable human, it filled the designers with ideas.
As such, experience stores had slowly become the symbols of a video game designer. A video game designer without their own experience store was a designer that was looked down on.
Chen Mo also knew the value of an experience store. If he wanted to open a store on his own, the money he would spend on rent wouldn’t be small, not to mention equipment, none of which he could afford as of now.
Therefore, Chen Mo had to grab hold of the opportunity when it came!
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[1] QQ games are known for freemium, pay to win, or gacha heavy games.