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Chapter 534 - 173: If other hosts saw my operation, wouldn’t they feel so ashamed that they’d uninstall the system overnight?

Chapter 534: Chapter 173: If other hosts saw my operation, wouldn’t they feel so ashamed that they’d uninstall the system overnight?

After settling on the idea of holding a game design competition, Ke Jin consulted Brother Tong Zi.

There were only two days left until the final tally of the task.

With a system, a company, and a solid foundation, he could create a small game in a very short period of time.

But other ordinary game designers couldn’t manage that.

Therefore, it would be somewhat too harsh to set the game production time according to his requirements.

Could the timeframe be extended slightly?

Brother Tong Zi soon gave a standardized system reply.

Considering the special process of this "game design conference," a task throughput quota would be specially allocated for this competition.

In layman’s terms,

Whatever amount Ke Jin took from this throughput, as long as the earnings by the end of the competition did not exceed this money, it would count as task completion.

If Ke Jin allocated a throughput quota of 1 million,

then as long as the income from the competition did not exceed 1 million, it would be a success.

When Ke Jin learned of this rule, his eyes lit up instantly!

"Does that mean, this DLC task is now decoupled from the Switch exclusive series?"

That’s fantastic!

Ke Jin had been worried before.

If this do-or-die additional DLC task was still tied to the Switch exclusive series,

even if he put up 100 million as a prize and gave the designers a month to create the game,

there’s no way those few works could sell for only 100 million in the following month.

It would mean the game design competition was for naught, and the task was given away for free.

But now, it only mattered what the competition itself brought in.

Upon hearing this, Ke Jin couldn’t help but laugh.

Bro, what income can a game design competition bring?

I, the number one player, am just the host, the organizer.

I’m the one who disburses money!

I’m not competing, where would I get income from?

"Oh no, wrong. How could I forget the inherent income from the competition..." Ke Jin felt fortunate for his meticulous and thorough mind.

Although he wasn’t competing,

the competition itself could still bring some income.

The income mainly came from two sources.

One was the sponsors.

The other was the live broadcast rights.

Sponsors need no further explanation; for various brands and manufacturers, they love joining the buzz in all kinds of competitions.

And broadcasting rights are not to be underestimated, either.

In the previous Earth, the exclusive broadcasting rights for the LOL S Championships could sell for nearly 300 million, a sky-high price.

And that was just for a single S Championship, limited to the Hua Nation region.

Although the broadcasting rights for a design competition theoretically couldn’t sell for much,

just to be safe,

Ke Jin still made the necessary preparations.

First, he turned away all sponsors, not accepting a single one.

Second, the competition’s live broadcasting rights would be free across the whole network! However, only regular broadcasting institutions or personal streamers needed to apply to the number one player, and after review, they could receive the broadcasting rights.

This was to prevent some random people from mixing in for traffic.

After firming up a series of plans, Ke Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it seemed like he was being overly cautious,

keeping such a barely noticeable event under such strict control,

what could possibly be wrong with Mr. Ke?

Mr. Ke only wanted to grasp with both hands and be firm with both!

Having taken care of the preparations related to the task,

next, he needed to plan the theme of this competition.

The game design competition seemed broad and comprehensive.

However, there were also system requirements this time.

Since it was a DLC task derived from several exclusive titles,

the theme of the game design had to be related to these games.

Otherwise, it would be too chaotic and not conducive to the system’s supervision and judgment.

It’s worth mentioning that for this design competition, Brother Tong Zi would also serve as a deputy supervisor, monitoring the competition in real time.

Although the final scoring would be up to Ke Jin, and Brother Tong Zi would not interfere,

if Ke Jin tried to do something sneaky, like ’awarding the prize to a terrible work to fulfill some unknown condition,’ Brother Tong Zi would stop him immediately.

"Don’t worry, Baby Tong, you’ve been with me for three years. Am I that type of person? I still have my bottom line, you know!" Ke Jin gave a look of disdain.

Baby Tong, so petty, actually doesn’t trust Mr. Ke! Noted!

Putting aside the joking thoughts in his mind, Ke Jin carefully reviewed the keywords given by Brother Tong Zi.

Doves, card games, Sidescrolling Levels, Platform Jump, shooting, Odyssey

Choose 3 out of 6, to set three themes.

After some thought,

Ke Jin chose Doves + Platform Jump + Sidescrolling Levels as the three elements.

Meeting any one of these themes would count.

That is, even if a game only contained the Dove element and lacked Sidescrolling Levels and Platform Jump, it would still be acceptable.

This would lower the difficulty for the game designers.

Having selected the themes,

Ke Jin then searched the internet for related competition data, wanting to see if there were any event processes he could copy.

Soon he discovered that,

unlike the previous Earth,

almost every major company would regularly hold design competitions to scout for talent to recruit into their companies.

On Blue Star, hardly anyone did this.

As for the reasons,

on one hand, even three years ago, the entire game market of Blue Star was still in a chaotic state.

Not to mention the scarcity of game types, it was always those few heavy pay-to-play categories.

Even if they tried, they couldn’t produce anything spectacular.

Furthermore,

many large companies were actually afraid of innovation.

Fearing that someone might actually create a work that can be enjoyed without pay-to-play mechanics, which could overturn the market.