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Chapter 205 - 91: He’s Making a Free Charity Game Too? This Young Man Has Gone Mad Just to Show Off!_2

Chapter 205: Chapter 91: He’s Making a Free Charity Game Too? This Young Man Has Gone Mad Just to Show Off!_2

After all these years, it was only the freak from next door who threw out new game genres without regard for his life, clanging away.

Random types, psychological types, tower defense types, battle royale types.

But even they are starting to feel a bit exhausted now.

The last hit game "Hollow Knight," fundamentally, was still an extension of the action genre, it just chose a more novel theme, expanding the perspective into the world of insects, and it also pioneered the era of ’subtracting moves but increasing game difficulty’ with micro-actions.

Plus, it only became a hit thanks to the endorsement from Huayang Daily.

But in the end, "Hollow" is still an action game.

This also proves a very simple fact.

Designer Ke really has nothing new to dig out anymore.

If there were something new to shock the world with, who would stick to the old ways?

Seeing that everyone remained silent, Chang Detai spoke again.

"We’re all young people here, let’s get those creative juices flowing, huh? I’ve got an idea, let’s see if we can expand on it?"

"For example, we could make a rural farming-style game, where the protagonist is a farmer uncle, and the main storyline is about riding a big yellow ox to till the fields, sow seeds, and turn the soil..."

As he spoke, even Chang Detai found himself unable to continue.

Fuck, who would play this game...

I feel bored just picturing it...

And at my age, everyone from this generation onward would have been a farmer facing the loess sky in a couple decades; I should technically be able to relate more, but I still find it boring.

Let alone the younger generation of players, who are in their teens or twenties and have grown up in the cities, probably can’t relate at all.

At this point, the designers also gave a bitter smile.

"Director Chang, this can’t even be called a genre, it’s just reality reflected in a game."

"We can’t even pin down a target audience... such a game has no audience at all..."

"Even if it were a free game made in response to a call, it doesn’t make money, and it won’t gain any reputation... Is this really..."

"Yeah, Director Chang, please don’t put us in a tough position. The industry is so competitive now, it’s hard enough just to make a living."

People one after another made their excuses.

It’s not that they didn’t want to do it.

It’s just that, really, they couldn’t do it.

Playing games is all about evoking emotions.

Whether it’s crying, laughing, feeling thrilled, or stimulated.

Players are supposed to get an emotional response from the game from beginning to end.

Your kind of game... where’s the emotional response going to come from...

If farmers had the chance, they wouldn’t want to farm either.

Industries that even professionals want to avoid.

Now, put that in a game for players to play.

Isn’t that just blatantly seeking failure...

"Sigh, forget it," Chang Detai said with some disappointment, waving his hand.

He looked around the crowd, then suddenly asked in surprise.

"Hm? Where is Designer Ke? Didn’t he come today?"

Ever since "Skyline," Chang Detai had been paying close attention to Head Player’s company.

Subsequently, they produced two blockbuster IPs, "Pubg" and "Hollow Knight."

Beyond that, "Wind Traveler" and "Arknights" also set new trends, becoming popular and well-received among the gaming community—all observed by Chang Detai.

With such a talented designer present, might there be a different perspective?

Soon, a secretary whispered a reply.

"There is light rain in West Lake today, and Designer Ke’s flight was delayed a bit, he just landed and said he’ll be here soon."

"Okay, let’s get ready here too, the meeting is about to start."

After these words fell, the directors and planners from the dozen major gaming companies that had been summoned, along with a group of designers, all began to make their way out of the office.

Those with closer personal relationships formed small groups and whispered among themselves.

In front of Chang Detai, they couldn’t show their feelings.

But once they left the room, some discontent was apparent.

"Director Chang really holds Designer Ke in too high regard. When we all can’t come up with results, he actually asks in front of everyone whether Designer Ke has come... as if Designer Ke’s arrival would spark ideas."

"Yeah, it kind of feels like we’ve been overlooked. After all, I was a designer who participated in Silver Brilliance’s high-level meetings and discussed innovative concepts like ’guaranteed minimums.’ Isn’t my contribution to the industry bigger than Designer Ke’s?"

"Forget it, let’s not talk about that guy. It makes it seem as if someone of my status needs to talk behind his back, which is totally unnecessary. The status of a big company’s director is not something his single A-grade company can match, at least for the time being."

As the group left the office,

The conference room also formally began a new round of quarterly summary discussions.

The first half didn’t have much to talk about; it was mostly just representatives from each big manufacturer taking turns speaking on stage.

Then the journalists and media in the audience symbolically threw out a few questions of interest to the players.

Finally, they provided a conclusion and a future outlook.

About one or two hours later, it was drawing to a close.

Ke Jin had arrived through the back door during this time.

Since the front was already packed, he found a row at the back and sat down.

I must admit, the speeches of these olds were unbearably long and stank to high heaven, with each manufacturer’s representative repeating the same platitudes from the stage.

They were amazingly effective at inducing sleep.

By the time Ke Jin had napped through part of it and opened his eyes, the last representative from Tengjing had just stepped down from the stage.

Then, Chang Detai walked up to the podium and sat down.

He made some routine summaries according to custom, followed by some courteous official talk, and wished each company success and good results in the second half of the year.