Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 155: A Ceiling-Level Demo!

The news spread quickly!

“Breaking news! Golden Wind and Kora reach a cooperation agreent, aiming to jointly develop a new title!”

“Famous overseas! It is rumored that Gu Sheng will personally travel to Neo-Japan to serve as the chief director for Kora’s new project!”

“Insider information! Golden Wind will collaborate with Kora to produce a horror ga!”

“Psychological horror goes international! Kora extends an olive branch, inviting Gu Sheng to lead!”

“Specially invited chief director! Golden Wind has preliminarily agreed to cooperate with Kora!”

“Terror returns! Kora confird to develop a new horror title with Golden Wind!”

“...”

Kora itself is a world-class comprehensive digital entertainnt conglorate.

Golden Wind, on the other hand, is currently the hottest rising star in the dostic market, the pioneer of multiple gaming innovations.

The announcent of cooperation between these two companies undoubtedly caused a huge stir.

Discussions exploded everywhere!

“Whoa—Golden Wind is seriously flexing, going straight into cooperation with Kora!”

“And Kora actually took the initiative to reach out.”

“Psychological horror isn’t a joke! Who wouldn’t get kicked out of the neural link in the motion-sensing pod at least once?”

“You pay, I deliver; let’s create a hellish new miracle.”

“Hahaha...”

“Silly netizens can co up with the weirdest slogans...”

“Can’t imagine how twisted the old thief’s next creation will be.”

“Indeed, the previous Phasmophobia cost only a few million, right?”

“Kora’s like a big-spending steel ball immortal; with their full upgrade, who knows what hellish stuff they’ll make.”

“Here’s a ghost story: as an industry insider, we analyzed psychological horror gas in etings and unanimously concluded that increasing the budget is the most effective way to enhance scare factors.”

“Exactly, because imrsion is the most important aspect of psychological horror. The higher the production quality, the stronger the imrsion, and the scarier it becos.”

“Damn, what if the pod kicks out too late and I’m already drinking soup below?”

“ng Po: Kid, you’re quick. I blinked and you already opened your mouth?”

“Hahaha, ridiculous...”

“The Black and White Impermanence: How did this month’s KPI get exceeded so early?”

“On launch day, the King of Hell keeps checking his death ledger, blinking constantly.”

“Schrödinger’s player, huh? In a superposition of dead scared and not scared before opening the pod.”

“LOL, suddenly super hyped for this ga.”

“Mainly curious to see how far the old thief’s twisted limits will stretch with Kora’s cash power.”

“I’m mostly looking forward to the amazing live streams.”

“Golden Wind’s players do have a bit of a twisted mind.”

“...”

Speculation was in full swing everywhere.

The dia scrambled to report, and players waited in eager anticipation.

Amidst the lively discussions, the “pilot cooperation” between Golden Wind and Kora was also progressing rapidly.

It was clear that Kora was quite anxious.

On the third day after the cooperation agreent, Kora sent the labor contract to Golden Wind.

Besides the labor contract, there was also a confidentiality agreent.

Gu Sheng had no objections.

After all, as the chief ga director, he was the one holding the core ga data.

If he wanted to play dirty and secretly leak Silent Hill developnt progress, it would be bad if the dia got it, but worse if competitors got hold of it—Kora would definitely have a headache.

Therefore, to prevent leaks, signing the confidentiality agreent was a must.

Very quickly!

The labor contract and confidentiality agreent were both signed.

Kora did not hold back at all.

The $200,000 paynt was swiftly transferred to Golden Wind’s account, with a promise to pay the remaining balance imdiately after the demo version was completed.

Along with the paynt ca a draft proposal with only the frawork left.

Of course!

Since this proposal was incomplete, and Gu Sheng himself had experience with psychological horror successes,

Moriya Tetsuya, representing Kora, also made it clear—

The developnt lead would be entirely in Gu Sheng’s hands. This proposal was rely a reference; the specific story and settings would be decided by Gu Sheng alone.

...

What should be done?

It was the weekend again.

Gu Sheng sat in his study, furrowing his brows deep in thought.

He had reviewed the fragnted proposal Kora sent; it was only a few pages.

For the world at large, this incomplete proposal might be filled with countless mysteries, great and thought-provoking.

But for him, just seeing the structure and a bit of the opening plot, the full proposal was already forming clearly in his mind.

Regarding the core horror style of the ga, the original Team Silent team chose “psychological suggestive horror.”

In simple terms, psychological horror uses various suggestions and imagery to create a terrifying and twisted atmosphere, delivering strong psychological cues that make players panic.

As for the monsters, triangle heads, humanoid bats, the woman in the iron cage, and others all appeared.

Finally, the story’s opening was set—

A man nad Jas one day receives a letter from his wife Mary.

Mary invites him to a small town called “Silent Hill.”

But the horror is, Mary had already been dead for three years.

For most people, this would just be a malicious prank.

But strangely, the letter ntioned many life details and personal preferences only Jas and Mary knew.

Moreover, during Mary’s terminal illness, Jas had taken her to Silent Hill for recuperation.

Clearly, this letter was not a simple prank.

Where did the letter co from? What secrets were hidden in Silent Hill?

Filled with questions, Jas set off for Silent Hill...

Gu Sheng was extrely familiar with this plot.

Because this was the setting of Silent Hill 2 from his previous life!

Though the proposal draft ended here, Gu Sheng knew the rest of the story clearly—

After Jas arrives at Silent Hill, many bizarre and strange things happen one after another.

Dust falling from the sky, the butcher trapped with a steel triangle head, the strange woman who looked exactly like his wife...

In this bizarre inner world, Jas experienced nightmare-like dangers one after another.

As exploration deepened, an astonishing truth surfaced—

Originally, Jas and Mary loved each other very much.

But fate was cruel.

The news of Mary’s terminal illness hit like a thunderbolt.

To not lose his beloved wife, Jas rushed around seeking treatnts for Mary.

However, his exhausting efforts did not improve her condition at all.

Instead, her illness worsened; her once delicate and beautiful face withered and declined, and long-term pain made her hysterical.

Worse yet, the ever-increasing dical expenses suffocated Jas, burning out his will.

This desperate pain was like purgatory fire, making him want to die.

And this pain seed to echo Mary’s hysterical sobs:

“If you don’t want to die, why do you look so angry? If you want to die, why do you look so sad?”

Jas did not know how to answer.

He loved Mary, loved everything about her.

At the sa ti, he hated Mary, hated how her illness shattered all the good things.

The emotional turmoil of caring for a sick person wore down Jas’s nerves.

Finally, when Mary’s illness was terminal and incurable, awaiting death’s arrival,

Jas could no longer bear the despair. To free Mary,

One afternoon, he kissed her deeply, then smothered Mary to death with a pillow.

Yes, three years ago, he killed his wife with his own hands.

The monsters and imagery in Silent Hill’s inner world were the darkness and cowardice he refused to face in his heart.

A suppressed yet deeply profound core.

To this day, Gu Sheng could still recall the overwhelming oppressive feelings he experienced after finishing the ga and his amazent at the core emotions it expressed.

Undoubtedly, this Silent Hill, whether in ga expression, storyline, core spirit, or soundtrack, was a work of art.

It seed that in this world, Team Silent intended to first release the Silent Hill 2 from his previous life, then fill out the Silent Hill worldview through subsequent works, gradually expanding the story.

Although the release order was sowhat adjusted, the general idea was likely the sa.

It was hard to imagine that Kora in this world mistakenly strangled such a milestone work in its cradle.

Damn! Wait?!

At this thought, Gu Sheng suddenly felt alard!

Sothing was off! Damn it!

Though the Silent Hill proposal now in his hands was incomplete,

It was unimaginable that ten years ago the Kora executives had only seen such an incomplete draft!

In other words, Kora’s top brass must have seen the epoch-making original proposal, but due to the large early investnt, unclear prospects, and conflict with another project, they cut the IP!

This was no good sign.

Thinking this, Gu Sheng opened the web and searched for the ga that had beaten Silent Hill in project resources ten years ago.

It didn’t take long for him to find the answer.

Because ten years ago, Kora was in poor economic condition and had few releases, only five gas in total.

Among these five, the only one comparable in scale to Silent Hill was a fantasy action-adventure ga called “Proof of Yin and Yang: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.”

After checking the ga details, Gu Sheng frowned deeply.

Because Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, whether in gaplay, story construction, or core spirit, was completely incomparable to Silent Hill.

Its only advantage was that its predecessor “Proof of Yin and Yang” had sold well on PC and brought Kora so profits.

Yes.

This was a money-grabbing sequel.

But such a dull, unremarkable sequel squeezed out Silent Hill!

What did that an?

No need to say more.

Because the answer seed obvious.

Suddenly!

Gu Sheng, who had been half-lying down, sat up straight!

Maybe his previous biased view wasn’t wrong!

Whether it was Konami in his previous life or Kora in this world, they both deserved a big “Fuck!”

Though such a conclusion might be premature, since ten years had passed since Kora killed Silent Hill,

Maybe in these ten years Kora had improved and begun focusing on ga artistry.

But better safe than sorry!

With Kora’s past record, Gu Sheng had to reconsider carefully!

Originally!

When he first saw the incomplete proposal, his first reaction was to remaster Silent Hill 2 from his previous life into the motion-sensing pod!

Perfectly matching the client’s requirents.

Although this remaster would require considerable effort due to ga perspective and technology reasons,

Kora had money, and this ga’s quality was high, so Gu Sheng was unafraid of the trouble and willing to let this classic see the light again in this world.

After all, Kora no longer knew what the original proposal’s full content was, and the Team Silent team had long since disappeared from the ga industry with ti.

In other words, now in this world, the only person capable, qualified, and hopeful to complete the proposal was him.

He planned to add a small prologue demo to Silent Hill, mainly to showcase the ga’s production level and pure psychological horror core, then align content with the main ga, leaving a small Easter egg at the demo’s end to lead into the full ga.

Then, while perfecting the proposal, he would wait for the formal cooperation to materialize.

This way, once the contract was signed, he could seamlessly restart this classic with the core team!

The plan was excellent.

But now!

Gu Sheng no longer thought so.

Because he could not guarantee whether Kora would pull any tricks during future cooperation!

So!

“The full ga’s proposal… I’d better wait a bit...”

Gu Sheng murmured:

“Not just the full ga proposal, I’ll wait until the cooperation is really locked in,”

“This demo’s content… also needs to be reconsidered…”

Kora’s shady actions ten years ago made him suspicious.

He had to keep a card up his sleeve.

For now, no full proposal would be released.

And the demo must be made vague, full of taphors and hints, so Kora couldn’t see through his story at a glance.

Moreover, this demo had to be exquisite, exquisite, and more exquisite, striving to reach the ceiling level.

He wouldn’t be shy to brag—only he could perfectly present this IP.

“taphors, hints, vagueness, hidden mainline, ceiling-level, Silent Hill, demo… Oh snap.”

Gu Sheng closed his eyes and pondered.

After a mont, he silently called out: “System?”

[I’m here]

“Help unlock ‘Silent Hill P.T.’”