Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 317: Live Demo! The Soon-to-Be Couple’s Fantastic Jo

Although it was anticipated!

But when the na Peak Kingdom rang out on the stage, the enthusiasm of all the audience and dia present instantly erupted like a blazing firework!

For a single ga developer to take ho two awards is already rare enough!

Most of the ti, GDCA’s awards are arranged in a “win plus nomination” format.

In other words, no matter how strong a ga company is or how many gas it has, usually only one wins, with multiple nominations at best.

But Golden Wind, single-handedly, with two of its gas, swept the GDCA, winning four major awards in one go!

What’s even more crucial is—

No one could raise any doubts about the fairness of these four awards. There was no room for suspicion or accusations of rigging!

After all, the works were right there on display!

Peak Kingdom won Best Sports Ga without question!

Looking across the global gaming scene, not just this year but even narrowing down to the past five years, including motion-sensing pods, PC platforms, and even mobile devices,

In terms of visuals, action, emotional resonance, and gaplay…

Which one could rival Peak Kingdom?

None!

In fact, precisely because of Peak Kingdom’s ergence, many ga developers now have more reflections and inspirations on sports gas.

Including Nuyan and even CloudPower, many companies have announced their next sports gas will embrace more diverse athletic forms.

And this!

Is exactly what makes Peak Kingdom’s Best Sports Ga award so aningful this year.

Besides that, let’s talk about the other three major awards.

Best Music Score going to Peak Kingdom? No complaints there, right?

Who would dare argue?

Is it that I, Justin Bieber, am out of date, or that Master Zhu Banbi can’t handle composing anymore?

Best Multiplayer Online Ga going to Overwatch? Also no problem, right?

On its first day online, player peak concurrency reached millions; Yiyou and XunTeng’s cross-servers nearly burst into sparks.

Global dia reviews exploded, with SNG’s editor-in-chief Simon giving it a perfect score.

In terms of gaplay and production quality, it’s truly one of the very best in today’s gaming world.

As for the final Best Ga Direction award going to Gu Sheng?

There’s really no need for discussion.

He smashed Kora, one of the Big Three in the Eastern Hemisphere, and dealt a heavy blow to YTG Studio, which CloudPower had high hopes for.

Although during this period, one unlucky fellow got beaten up twice,

The fact remains: punching Kora in the East and stomping Vivendi in the West is an undeniable achievent.

Moreover, both Peak Kingdom and Overwatch—the two award-winning projects—were personally created by Gu Sheng.

That alone is enough to prove that Gu Sheng deserves this award.

“...Thank you to the organizing committee, and thank you to all the players,”

On stage, facing the starry flashlights from the audience, Gu Sheng, dressed in a blue-gray suit with a Mickey Mouse fashion watch on his wrist, smiled and nodded:

“To be honest, winning four awards at one ceremony was sothing I never expected,”

“This is the effort of every mber in Golden Wind’s studios, and also the recognition from millions of players worldwide,”

“At this mont, I also want to share this with a friend of mine.”

As he spoke, Gu Sheng raised one hand holding the trophy, while the other made a rock sign and placed it on his head, mimicking cat ears:

“Look, the ga you love is now loved by more and more people,”

“They’ll take you traveling around the world,”

“The better news is that in next month’s major update, our brand-new ‘Peak Eight Events’ challenge will be launching,”

“We will witness the birth of many more warriors and see even more magnificent and breathtaking scenery...”

Saying this, Gu Sheng lowered his hand and took a deep breath:

“Although Peak Kingdom has no storyline, its players create the most beautiful stories for the world,”

“I believe that is the best story this ga has to offer,”

“Thank you all once again.”

Cheers erupted!

With Gu Sheng’s bow, the entire venue thundered with applause!

The audience rose to their feet, clapping enthusiastically, and even the committee representatives and VIPs in the front row stood up to applaud Gu Sheng’s speech!

Amid the thunderous applause, the chat barrage flooded with warm reactions—

“Wow—Old Thief’s cat ears!”

“About to cry.”

“The impact of this ga is truly profound and far-reaching, with the Golden Bull Challenge and Golden Cat Charity Fund.”

“So good, feels like seeing gas make the world a better place.”

“This is why I love Golden Wind.”

Walrider gave a thumbs-up.

Weird, just saw a shadow give a like.

“You’ve been recognized by the nanomachine Silver; get ready to go on a date with Lisa.”

“Wuwuwu—hehehe—”

“Damn! Why are people still screaming in the chat barrage?!”

“Damn, I’m so touched; can we stop with this spooky stuff?”

“Understandable, after all, who playing Old Thief’s gas doesn’t have issues?”

“Second-hand rose in the gaming circle, huh?”

“Rose! How many tis have I said it? Rose!”

“Hahahahaha...”

A flood of emotion and applause!

Clearly!

As the last announced major category, Best Sports Ga for Peak Kingdom brought the whole event to its peak excitent.

Next!

Normally, after this cos the ti for each award-winning developer to announce their second half of the year ga plans.

Yes.

Before the final “Ga of the Year” award is announced, the winners get a chance to showcase their new gas.

But unlike the GDC conference, which focuses on “communication,” this ti developers don’t need speeches or presentations; the focus is entirely on ga demos.

The GDCA organizing committee selects three gas based on innovation and production quality from the registered developers.

Each ga gets twenty minutes of presentation ti.

“...Well, I just asked Mr. Sam to stay behind; I guess everyone has guessed it,”

On stage, the host smiled at Gu Sheng:

“As far as I know, besides confidently winning multiple awards, Golden Wind also has a surprise announcent for us today, right?”

“Yes,”

At this mont, Gu Sheng had taken the crystal trophy backstage during the brief break, handing it to staff for safekeeping, now unburdened:

“I still rember at the last GDC conference, our ga Escape from Hell gained much love and support from players,”

“But back then, we were still a small developer, lacking both technical strength and ga developnt experience,”

“So,”

“This ti, we have continued the beloved and recognized two-player cooperative mode,”

“Investing over two hundred million dollars, we created the world’s first AAA two-player cooperative RPG—”

As he spoke, Gu Sheng gestured toward the large screen behind him!

With surprised whispers from the audience, the lights went down, and the LED screen lit up!

!!!

As the gates opened!

A red humanoid book appeared, complete with glasses and a mouth, eyebrows and beard made from purple confetti!

The red book passionately announced:

[This is a story about a magical kingdom...]

[Here, there are wizards and warriors!]

As he spoke, a chubby clay figurine dressed as a wizard looked confusedly at the snow in its hands,

While a thin wooden puppet clad in armor raised a fiery long blade, ready to fight.

They battled, cooperated, fighting a plastic toy dragon in a narrow dungeon!

[This legend unfolds over the vast blue sea!]

The scene switched; two puppets were on a small boat, fighting a toy octopus in the river!

[Of course, they also solve puzzles across the river of ti!]

An ordinary-looking clock suddenly grew enormous, the two puppets experiencing bizarre and colorful scenes within giant rotating gears!

[Oh right—there’s also—a big explosion!]

Boom!!!

With a massive blast of fire, the two puppets scread as they were blasted into the sky!

At this mont, the screen froze!

[Ah, wait, almost forgot to ntion—they used to be humans.]

As the book spoke, two torn wedding photos appeared on the frozen screen.

[Oh—what a pity—]

As the photos parted, the scene rapidly rewound, and the red book reappeared:

“You must be wondering, what exactly is the the of this story?”

“Then let’s first take a look at our two protagonists—”

Speaking,

The terrified chubby clay puppet let out a loud and hearty scream: “Whaaa! How did I beco like this?!”

[This is Cody!]

Next to him, a blue-haired wooden puppet girl also scread sharply: “Aaaah! How did I turn into a puppet?!”

[This is i!]

“To turn back...!”

The red magic book appeared again beside them:

“You must first repair the relationship between you two~”

As the magic book’s voice sounded, a fast-paced montage of bizarre gaplay unfolded vividly—

On a spiraling snowy slope, the two dashed through the snow!

Amid chaotic lava waves, they cooperated to ride a vehicle forward!

They rode a frog, leaping over poisonous swamps, landing lightly on floating lotus leaves!

They sprinted across templates, dodging rcilessly falling shovels, fighting anthropomorphic toolboxes!

They spun finger spinners to jump over ocean ball pits; they held joysticks larger than themselves in front of huge TVs battling!

Microphones transford into ruthless iron snakes chasing them; puppet gorillas piloted flying saucers firing lasers; giant vacuum cleaners unleashed fury at the pair!

They coordinated, collaborated, traversed familiar yet strange places, experiencing bizarre and thrilling battles!

[This! Is a story about cooperation!]

[Life’s journey is long; walking alone is not as good as—]

!Yay! Yay!

With the sound, three lines of orange-yellow playful font dropped over the red curtain-like screen!

[It Takes Two]

[Golden Wind]

[Presents to You]

Cheers erupted!

As the trailer was revealed, the entire venue went wild!

dia representatives’ caras clicked furiously!

Audience screams and cheers rolled in waves!

In the live stream chat barrage, there was a rare burst of lag—

OHHHHHHH—

Holy crap!!! Is this a sequel to Escape from Hell?!

Looks like it, but not a direct sequel, more like a different story!

“No way... this looks so damn fun!!!

Thrilling skiing, Little Yellow’s signature shooting, cute cartoon art style, and chase scenes!”

Escape from Hell, Peak Kingdom, Garden Warfare, Overcooked, even Escape!

Bad news: Frankenstein’s monster; good news: all stitched together!

I! Made! So this is a story of a couple turned into little puppets? That’s so interesting!

Looks like it, that big toolbox and the various anthropomorphized toys, aaaaaah I can’t take it! I want to play it now!

Escape from Hell cast such a huge shadow; does this need a ga like It Takes Two to make up for it?

“Holy crap! A two hundred million dollar fairy tale! Buy or die! I’m not buying, I’m a dog!!!”

“Please open pre-orders! This ti I’m definitely pre-ordering no matter what.”

“Wait... the stage lights aren’t on, comrades! No other introductions!”

“So...”

“So—?”

“So next! Let’s welco Golden Wind’s chairwoman Mia Shen and Golden Wind’s CEO and chief ga director SamGu,”

The host’s voice bood through the speakers, filling the hall!

“To jointly bring us a twenty-minute—live gaplay demo!”

Boom!!!

At these words, both online and offline audiences went wild!

Because it’s rare for any developer to do live demos on the GDCA stage; usually, they use introductions and CG trailers to promote their gas.

But this ti!

Golden Wind actually went straight into live gaplay!

The once “reserved two-player” project from GDC reappeared on stage!

Amid a sea of cheers, Cody, played by Gu Sheng, and i, played by Shen Miaomiao, appeared on the LED screen!

For this live demo, Gu Sheng chose the motion-sensing pod mode.

However, the audience saw a split-screen display, exactly like the original Escape from Hell.

As the screen lit up, a simple opening scene imdiately drew gasps from the crowd!

At this mont!

The two seed to be standing inside an attic.

Because of their reduced size, books that could be held in hand now appeared huge.

Even a pencil case lying sideways was taller than the two.

But precisely because of this!

The toy castle their daughter built in the attic beca a truly massive fairy tale castle!

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao looked like tiny people in a giant’s land.

Especially Shen Miaomiao, who was full of wonder and amazent at everything here!

It was incredible.

Gu Sheng’s wild imagination gave her the dreamlike feeling of childhood fantasies coming true.

“Wow—”

In awe, Shen Miaomiao pointed toward the huge castle in the distance:

“Can we go over there too? Or is it just a texture?”

Hearing this, Gu Sheng shrugged deafly:

“Hey, Chairwoman, we’re doing a live demo here; is it really good to ask about the ga’s flaws right at the start?”

“Hahahaha—”

The chat barrage exploded with laughter:

“CEO Ou is so honest.”

“If there’s still a good person in Golden Wind who’s not a psycho, it’s definitely CEO Ou.”

“Thinking like the players, asking what the players ask, CEO Ou, forever the legend!”

“First thing she does is hit Old Thief with a blow, exposing all his secrets?”

“So... can we go to that big castle or is it just a texture?”

...

“Of course not a texture,”

Gu Sheng laughed:

“That’s our daughter’s castle, but if we want to go there, we need to first take on the trials she prepared for us.”

At these words!

The audience suddenly burst into cheers of “Ohhh—”

Shen Miaomiao’s face flushed bright red, but luckily she was inside the motion-sensing pod, otherwise she’d have covered her face:

“Ahem... okay!”

With a slightly shy and delighted voice she said:

“Then let’s go, ex-husband!”

“Hey, that’s not quite accurate,”

Gu Sheng scrambled over the book mountain, correcting as he went:

“We’re not divorced yet, you should call ...”

“Soon-to-be ex-husband!”

Shen Miaomiao nodded firmly.

Gu Sheng groaned as if dead, then pointed to a nearby toy car:

“Please get in, soon-to-be ex-wife.”

Shen Miaomiao didn’t suspect a thing and climbed into the toy car.

The toy car was wind-up powered—the kind many played with as kids that zoom forward after pulling back the key.

Seeing Shen Miaomiao get in, Gu Sheng smiled faintly and wound the key as hard as he could, pulling it back.

Click-click—

Only when the spring was fully wound did Gu Sheng stop, then leaned slightly forward, moving close behind Shen Miaomiao and softly asked:

“What did you just call ?”

“Ah?”

Shen Miaomiao blinked:

“Soon-to-be ex-husband? What’s wrong?”

“Oh—”

Gu Sheng nodded slowly, then chuckled softly:

“Hold on tight, here we go, my soon-to-be ex-wife!”

Saying that!

Gu Sheng released his hand!

Screech!!!

The fully wound toy car shot off like a racecar catapulting forward!

Accompanied by Shen Miaomiao’s terrified scream, the car sped up the slope and then flew off like a lone wolf chasing the moon!

“Gu Sheng! You bastard!!!”

!!!

Sparks flew!

The toy car crashed into the abyss below the desk with a violent explosion, instantly reducing Shen Miaomiao to a cloud of ashes.

Boom!!!

The entire venue burst into laughter!

“Bastard! He really is a bastard!”

“Hahaha, Old Thief just has a widower status, not divorced!”

“Really abusing the chief designer’s power to do whatever he wants!”

“Hahaha, CEO Ou’s scream was both furious and desperate!”

“Ding ding ding! Bad guy detected, level 5!”

“‘Shocking! Why did the once Supernova Designer kill his wife? Was it emotional discord or sothing else? Tune in at eight tonight—The Temptation of the Insurance Money.’”

“Accepted!”

“Co to Law and Order tomorrow for work!”

“Hahaha, opening thunder strike...”

...

“...Alright, alright, enough, you already launched three tis, this is a demo, let’s focus on the demo...”

Being launched out three tis, Gu Sheng finally sheepishly admitted defeat and promised that after the ga’s release, Little Nezha would have her revenge, before continuing.

But the audience seed reluctant to stop, murmuring if the two could start a livestream since their ‘marital harmony’ was just too entertaining to miss.

However, for the sake of the demo flow, the two chose to continue on.

In the following levels, Gu Sheng guided Little Nezha to showcase the ga’s tighter cooperation compared to Escape from Hell.

Yes.

Whether in past life or present, Gu Sheng has always thought that so forced cooperative segnts in Escape from Hell were repetitive and dull—

Like forced cooperation to open doors, or to lift heavy objects, etc.

And this was greatly improved in It Takes Two.

For example, in this level, the two players need precise coordination to proceed smoothly.

Because the path to the castle is filled with ocean balls underneath, they must jump forward on floating dice.

Gu Sheng wants to move forward, so Shen Miaomiao needs to step on switches to pave the way for him.

Similarly, Shen Miaomiao needs Gu Sheng to press color-coded buttons to pave her path.

The cooperation between them is no longer dull or optional.

It truly becos an indispensable help to each other.

Honestly.

It’s really fun.

Shen Miaomiao was amazed by the live demo quality.

Although in theory, It Takes Two and Escape from Hell aren’t the sa genre, just similar in form,

Through this short play, Shen Miaomiao fully sensed this ga’s evolution.

In terms of fun and scene design, It Takes Two can be called the ultimate evolution of Escape from Hell.

If the whole ga maintains this quality,

Shen Miaomiao wasn’t sure if it could surpass Overwatch’s success and break records to beco Golden Wind’s new sales champion.

And this!

Was not only felt by Shen Miaomiao.

dia and players alike were deeply impressed—

“This ga’s cooperative feel is so strong!”

“And almost every step involves puzzles; they’re not too hard, but this sense of communication is amazing.”

“This ga doesn’t have any other feeling—just pure fun.”

Indeed, it seed no other words could describe it.

Every single second is filled with gaplay enjoynt; this ga... damn... is terrifyingly good...

The desire to play has reached its peak, itching to snatch the demo device right now.

This ga is seriously fun; if only there was a stronger gaming partner, I can’t imagine how happy my gaming life would be.

If every ga was this good, no joke, this ga would be legendary.

...

Amid the audience’s cheers and discussions!

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao cooperated seamlessly and cleared the dice challenge.

“What’s this?”

After landing, Shen Miaomiao looked at the scene in front of them and asked curiously.

In front of them was a brightly colored tunnel shaped like a cylindrical slide.

At the tunnel’s start were two smooth iron wires stretching all the way to the deepest part of the pea pod tunnel.

In front of the wires was a group of buttons, each with icons of a pig, bear, mouse, and horse.

Shen Miaomiao tried stepping on the pig icon.

—

With a light sound, the pig barrier blocking the iron wire’s start automatically opened.

“Oh—”

Shen Miaomiao suddenly understood:

“So here, one person rushes forward while the other helps open barriers, right?”

Pfft.

Gu Sheng secretly gave a thumbs-up.

Don’t let Little Nezha’s usually limited ga choices fool you; her brain is definitely first-class.

After a bit of trial, she imdiately understood the chanism’s principle.

“Smart,”

Gu Sheng snapped his fingers:

“You go first or I go first?”

“Uh...”

Shen Miaomiao hesitated, peeking down the seemingly endless tunnel, then shrugged:

“Maybe you go first?”

“Then you’d better react fast.”

Saying that, Gu Sheng stood beside the iron wire, ready to step onto the speedy path.

“Hey! Don’t worry!”

Shen Miaomiao waved her hand:

“I got this!”

She jumped on the spot and stamped on the pig icon: “Please!”

“I still feel... a bit uneasy...”

Gu Sheng mumbled, then stepped onto the iron wire.

—!!!

His feet, equipped with magnets, instantly stuck to the smooth iron wire and shot forward at incredible speed!

One turn!

Two barriers appeared in front of him!

“Mouse! Mouse!”

anwhile, Shen Miaomiao clearly didn’t expect Gu Sheng to be this fast!

“Ah—ah—mouse is—here!”

At the critical mont, the barrier opened and Gu Sheng bent down narrowly dodging.

But before he could relax!

Two more barriers appeared!

“Lion! Lion! Lion!”

“Oh oh oh! Lion! Lion!”

Shen Miaomiao frantically searched but couldn’t find any; just as she thought she was hallucinating, Gu Sheng’s voice ca again:

“Horse works too! Horse! Horse!”

“Ahhh?”

In panic, Shen Miaomiao searched again; just as she found the horse, a crash sounded.

Gu Sheng, now respawned behind her, said:

“Soon-to-be ex-wife, your reaction is...?”

“Is this... my fault?!”

Shen Miaomiao pointed down:

“You didn’t design the lions, okay?”

Tsk—forgot—

At this, Gu Sheng slapped his forehead.

Right.

To increase unpredictability and difficulty, he had added many animals on the path that weren’t on the buttons.

aning, in most cases, the player sliding on the iron wire only has one correct path.

This tests the two players’ communication and reaction speed.

“My bad, my bad,”

Gu Sheng stood again by the iron wire:

“Next, I’ll call out all the animals; you step on the ones you see, and I’ll jump myself, okay?”

“OK!” Shen Miaomiao rallied: “Bring it on!”

“Again... so unlucky...”

Gu Sheng clicked his tongue and stepped onto the wire again.

Whoosh—

Sliding sounds rang out.

Soon, Gu Sheng’s voice ca over the voice chat:

“Mouse! Frog!”

Shen Miaomiao quickly responded:

“Frog... no frog! Mouse!”

Zoom!

“Lion! Horse!”

“Mm-hmm—Horse! Got it!”

Zoom!

“Bear! Goat!”

“Goat goat goat... bear!”

Zoom!

“Lion! Dog! Pig!”

“Huh?”

“Lion! Dog! Pig!”

!!!

“Excuse ! What’s with the ‘huh?’”

Gu Sheng reappeared, hands on hips, questioning Shen Miaomiao.

Shen Miaomiao grinned, suddenly surprised by the three unexpected animals:

“But I totally get it now! Don’t worry, soon-to-be ex-husband!”

Did Shen Miaomiao really understand?

She understood the principle, yes.

But sotis, under ergency situations, eyes, brain, and movent don’t sync as smoothly as imagined.

So—

“Bear! Dog! Rabbit!”

“Why are they all young animals?!”

“Chicken! Dog! Horse! Soon-to-be ex-wife, focus!”

“I am focused! But why is there a chicken? I’ve never seen one!”

“Lion! Tiger! Pig! Shen Miaomiao, you still haven’t morized them?!”

“Lion—oops, wrong! That’s a bear! Can a person really rember all this?!”

Puff!

“Pig! Dog! Goat! Can you even do it?”

“Ah? None of those? Your ga’s bugged!”

“Pfft! Isn’t that a pig? Why not step on it?”

“That’s a piglet! Every ti you say piglet, how am I supposed to react when you suddenly change the na!”

“Hey! Isn’t that the sa thing?!”

“Then fix your naming format! Hurry up, ga ti’s almost over!”

“No wonder we’re divorcing, I really can’t work with you!”

“Like anyone could work with you! If I could change back, I’d have divorced you long ago!”

“Pig!”

“Who are you calling pig?!”

“I’m telling you to step on the pig! Aaaah! This ga! Why is it! So difficult!!!”