Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 215: Damn! This Is Freaking Awesome!

According to the conference schedule, GDC allotted each guest about an hour for their speech on stage.

For example, previous speakers like Li Xiaofeng from Nuyan and a director from a Korean ga company all chose to use the full hour since they didn’t prepare any new projects for this conference.

Golden Wind’s situation was quite different.

Because Gu Sheng had prepared a new work for this event, his speaking ti was shortened to leave more ti for a live demo.

Moreover,

this kind of "cinematic interactive ga" was a completely new topic and genre in this world, never seen before.

As Gu Sheng said, this couldn’t be fully explained with words alone.

So, let the live demo speak for itself!

Buzz—!!!

As Gu Sheng’s voice fell, thunderous applause broke out, whistles ringing everywhere!

Everyone here was from the gaming industry. Although Golden Wind’s size wasn’t large, its reputation was well-known!

So many knew about the ambiguous relationship between Golden Wind’s director Sam and CEO Miia!

And!

Neither of them had ever clarified or explained that ambiguity!

In fact, in the previously sensational “To the Moon,” there was even a sweet developer photo featuring the two.

Therefore, when Gu Sheng announced that today’s collaborator was Shen Miaomiao, the entire venue erupted!

The cara flashes went off repeatedly with a clicking sound, good-natured cheers and applause competing nonstop!

The livestream chatroom was also screaming wildly—

“Laba garlic! My laba garlic!!!”

“Ahhh, playing with CEO Ou! I’m freaking losing my mind!”

“Not wasted waiting from 7:30 to 10 o’clock!”

“Hope CEO Ou can control her Shu Dao Mountain power; after all, this is an international conference.”

“If Old Thief doesn’t act like a jerk, CEO Ou probably won’t casually release Shu Dao Mountain power (dog head).”

“Old Thief: Today’s my death day; I have to be this jerk!”

“Hahaha...”

“Old Thief leading CEO Ou to jailbreak, damn, so exciting!”

“Here she cos, here she cos, CEO Ou!!!”

“...”

Amid the enthusiastic discussions and cheers from the guests,

under the spotlight appeared Shen Miaomiao, with two cute buns on her head, wearing a creamy white Chanel-style lace dress!

Her adorable and sweet style was fully displayed. She walked to Gu Sheng’s side, and the two exchanged a polite, gentle hug.

Then, taking the microphone from Gu Sheng, Shen Miaomiao spoke:

“Good morning, everyone. I am Shen Miaomiao Miia, CEO of Golden Wind.”

“I am very honored to be invited to GDC this ti, to exchange experiences and share achievents with so many outstanding industry representatives worldwide.”

“This ti, Golden Wind continues our golden spirit of bold innovation,”

“With an indomitable fighting spirit, eternal sincerity and passion, and an unyielding pioneering spirit, we strive to contribute our modest share to the progress of the global gaming industry.”

“Next, I will cooperate with Sam to bring you a live demo of Golden Wind’s latest work.”

At this point,

Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng exchanged a glance and nodded to each other.

Then she turned sideways and gestured to the huge screen behind them:

“Golden Wind proudly presents—”

“Escape from Hell”

Wow—!!!

Poised, graceful, sweet, and elegant!

Compared to the nervousness during her first appearance at the Yiyou Mini Gas Festival,

Shen Miaomiao was clearly much more composed at GDC this ti!

This was the confidence Gu Sheng’s peak achievents had always given her, and the security Golden Wind’s steady growth had created for her!

Amid the tidal wave of applause and cheers,

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao entered the motion-sensing pods positioned on the sides of the stage!

All the lights went out!

On the giant screen, the roaring sound of airplane engines echoed.

Then the picture gradually brightened.

The cinematic widescreen presentation made the ga visuals look less like a ga and more like a movie.

Inside the cockpit of a small plane, two n sat facing each other.

The younger man on the right had deep-set eyes, a hooked nose, long sideburns with black hair, and wore a bulletproof vest.

This was one of the lead protagonists—Leo.

“Hey, Vincent, what are your plans after this?”

As Leo spoke, the cara pulled back to reveal the man on the left.

The left man looked a bit older, with so wrinkles on his forehead, black-brown hair, a square-shaped mustache, and a sturdy build.

He was the other lead protagonist—Vincent.

“I don’t know,”

In the close-up, Vincent thought for a mont, then shook his head:

“I haven’t seriously thought about it yet.”

“Stop lying, old ghost,”

Leo laughed heartily, clearly disbelieving:

“You’re so suspicious, you must have plans.”

“Suspicious isn’t the sa as smart.” Vincent shrugged, implying he was just smart.

Leo raised an eyebrow slightly: “You’re saying I’m stupid?”

“You said it yourself,” Vincent shrugged: “I didn’t.”

Knowing he couldn’t win the argunt, Leo could only roll his eyes dramatically.

Then!

Options appeared—

[Please choose your character]

Here, the player can choose which character to play.

On the right, Leo had been sentenced to 8 years for robbery, assault, car theft, and assaulting police, having served 6 months so far.

He was confident, liked to joke around, and was impatient.

On the left, Vincent was sentenced to 14 years for fraud, embezzlent, and murder.

He was cunning, calm, and collected.

‘Whoa—’

The mont the two descriptions appeared, the entire livestream chat exploded with gasps:

“All villains!”

“This is a jailbreak, damn, looks like they succeeded too.”

“Played bully gas before, never played one this evil.”

“I used to think joining Golden Wind required a resu; now with Escape, it feels like you need dical records; now it looks like you need a criminal record.”

“Hahaha, ridiculous...”

After so deliberation,

Shen Miaomiao finally chose the relatively lighter sentenced Leo.

Gu Sheng took on the role of Vincent.

The picture gradually dimd.

On a suburban road, a prisoner transport truck with riot-proof netting rolled along.

The sound of wheels scraping mixed with funky music gave the ga screen a modern Western vibe.

As the truck passed, billowing dust scattered, forming lines of dusty yellow letters in the hot air—

[Golden Wind Proudly Presents]

[Director: Gu Sheng (SamGu)]

[Escape from Hell]

Swish—!!!

The prisoner truck sped along the highway, through wilderness, finally slowing down outside towering high walls, and passed through a heavily guarded iron gate!

Moving forward, the cara pulled up to reveal a sprawling prison panorama.

Iron fences, barbed wire, and watchtowers equipped with searchlights.

Prison uniforms, cells, and a vast prison with guards every few steps.

Ard guards on duty held steel guns.

Prisoners in the exercise yard gathered in groups.

So chatted, so exercised, others whispered as if making deals.

The massive prison was fully displayed, and at the sa ti, subtitles appeared again—

[United States]

[Michigan State Prison]

[1972]

“Oh—damn! This really feels cinematic!”

Just a short opening of a little over a minute, the ga switched through more than ten shots with the prisoner truck’s movent.

The extensive use of cinematic language caused murmurs and whispers in the conference hall:

“This must be still using the Phoenix engine, right? The image quality is insane! It’s almost real!”

“Not really, looks like it’s still using Phantom Dream 5. Probably a lot of action scenes in this ga too...”

“Golden Wind’s industrial quality improvents are visible to the naked eye!”

“I heard, just heard, that CEO Miia always pushes the limits on industrial input within her capabilities.”

“Whoa—really? Industrial quality is a bottomless pit! Isn’t Miia afraid of burning costs?”

“Seems like... she’s not afraid...”

“...”

Just then!

The high-angle cara slowly descended, zooming in, rushing toward a man in a gray shirt sitting on a bench in the exercise yard!

The third-person CG smoothly transitioned into Shen Miaomiao’s first-person live gaplay perspective.

Nice!

The CG and live gaplay switch was seamless, imdiately causing a light murmur of awe among the many industry professionals in the hall!

However!

Before their soft gasps died down!

The screen Shen Miaomiao controlled shrunk horizontally to occupy the entire right side of the screen.

On the left, darkness gradually brightened as Gu Sheng, playing Vincent, was escorted off the prisoner truck by guards.

OHHHHHHHH—!!!

The soft gasps in the conference hall instantly turned into amazent!

Nice!

To maximize the ‘dual protagonist’ cinematic narrative setup,

Gu Sheng’s [Viewing Perspective] continued the dual-screen split perspective from the previous Escape from Hell!

In other words, although players in the motion pods had independent first-person views,

the audience watching the ga output could simultaneously see both players’ in-ga screens and perspectives!

“Whoa, damn—!”

Seeing this, sitting in the front row of guests, the calm and experienced director Li Xiaofeng from Nuyan couldn’t help but let out a surprised exclamation!

“Split screen like this? This is really... really...”

“Unprecedented,”

Next to him, Zhou Ting, founder and director of Zhenting Gas, chid in:

“An unprecedented breakthrough; Director Gu’s creativity always gives goosebumps.”

Zhou Ting fully respected Gu Sheng now!

Since the battle with Titanfall and seeing that level break the ceiling of ga design, Zhou Ting had made a clear judgnt of Gu Sheng’s strength—

“How strong Gu Sheng is, I don’t know. I only know he’s stronger than .”

“And not just a little stronger!”

“Aspirations don’t depend on age; the sea can’t be scooped with a ladle.”

Now, in Zhou Ting’s mind, Gu Sheng was undoubtedly China’s top-tier ga designer.

And in fact, Gu Sheng’s repeated boundary-breaking proved this view right.

“What do you think, Zhou?” Hearing Zhou’s comnt, Li Xiaofeng leaned sideways and started chatting with him.

Zhou Ting shrugged: “I think this isn’t just simple split-screen first-person. This ti, Director Gu is taking cinematic language all the way.”

“Looks a bit like The Shawshank Redemption,” Li Xiaofeng nodded, “Probably to serve the cara language later.”

They were veterans in the gaming world for many years!

Although they didn’t have Gu Sheng’s endless stream of inspiration,

as ‘spring water commanders’ and ‘post-mortem analysts,’ they were very competent, sharp-eyed and ruthless critics.

In fact!

Their opinions were correct.

Because now, Gu Sheng stood at the prison gate, facing Shen Miaomiao who was behind the exercise yard’s wire fence!

“Move it! Sissy, what are you staring at!”

A guard behind pushed Gu Sheng, staggering him forward and dragging him inside the prison.

anwhile, Shen Miaomiao chuckled quietly and turned toward the prison exercise gate.

Gu Sheng signed paperwork, stamped fingerprints, verified identity, stripped off all his clothes, underwent a search, and was led to a cell.

Shen Miaomiao passed through layers of guarded cells, heading to her own cell.

During this ti!

Whenever Shen Miaomiao dominated the story—such as witnessing prisoner fights or chatting with cellmates to learn the situation—

the right screen would enlarge.

Whenever Gu Sheng dominated the story—such as being sprayed with water pipe while naked or receiving the warden’s lecture—

the left screen would enlarge.

The clear primary and secondary cara language combined with split-screen dual perspectives allowed the audience to see the whole picture without clutter!

Moreover, the smooth perspective switching made the entire ga incredibly fluid, a truly cinematic audiovisual experience!

When Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao walked through the prison corridors and appeared together in the sa space for the first ti, the external screen also showed their first combined fra!

Like two lines moving forward continuously.

When they faced each other directly, the previously split screens rged into a complete picture!

“Wow—!!!”

At the mont the screen rged,

the entire conference hall suddenly burst into cheers!

Previously, everyone had been fairly restrained; even though Escape from Hell’s cara language and setup were novel, they had only whispered a couple of tis.

But this shot, all the attendees could no longer hold back, transforming into Yu Hua teachers expressing their first reaction after watching: jealous as hell!

Damn! This is freaking aweso, holy crap!

Shocked!

This is showing off!

Raw showing off!

Imaginative shots blending perfectly.

Vincent and Leo, left and right, locked in cells separated by just a wall.

At this mont, the aesthetic of cara structure was displayed to the fullest.

The three major Chinese company representatives all patted their chests and breathed a sigh of relief, glad they hadn’t brought their own works, or they’d get beaten again.

Designers from other countries showed mixed expressions.

So were surprised, so envious, so jealous, and others filled with eager curiosity!

Astonishing everyone!

The attending peers were filled with admiration and awe.

As the players demonstrating the ga, Shen Miaomiao also expressed that this ga experience was truly wonderful!!!