Chapter 48
In the blink of an eye, mid November ca around, Outlast was currently 70% complete.
The remaining 30% consisted mainly of voice acting, cutscene production and polishing up the finer details.
For Chen Xu, the most significant gain from this entire experience was actually a deeper understanding of the ga engine editor.
At the sa ti, with his current designer qualifications, the resource quota provided by the governnt platform was completely sufficient for a ga like Outlast. Since there was no need for complex systems such as combat and character customization to be involved.
Besides ga developnt, Nebula Gas also silently launched their own gaming platform, with Chen Xu giving it a quick shoutout on his socials.
But this didnt cause too much of a stir.
No industry giants paid heed to it, and the dia wasnt as interested in it as they were about the upcoming horror ga. This piece of info was simply tucked away in the sub-columns and smaller segnts of a few smaller gaming news outlets.
In fact, most players wouldnt even notice it if they werent specifically looking for it.
On the Nebula Gas platform, there were only 2 entries, To the Moon and Undertale. And the two had a combined sales of 172 copies, with the cumulative playti of all purchases being only around 50 hours.
Obviously, the people who bothered to make a purchase on this platform were fans who wanted to show their support for Chen Xu by buying an extra copy. The two gas had already been out for a while on nurous other, larger gaming platforms.
So Chen Xu was not discouraged, after all, the user base of a gaming platform is not built overnight. It is sothing to be earned with good service and attractive features, all of which he had plans for.
Ti passed swiftly and soon it was early December.
The developnt of Outlast had co to an end. And the marketing for the ga had begun.
An update was soon posted on Chen Xus socials and official developer blog. Just a simple paragraph and a poster for the ga.
[ Only by outlasting, can one save themselves from Hell ]
[ December 15th, Outlast begins ]
The poster depicted a hospital room in disrepair. Rusty, stained dical equipnt was scattered all over, and dark stains covered the walls and hospital bed.
On the wall was the title of the ga written in a dark, viscous fluid: Outlast.
The scene was viewed through what seed to be the night-vision mode of a video cara, making everything reminiscent of bloodstains and amplifying the dreadful imagery.
Under the hospital bed, was a person with a gaunt and frightened face, hiding there with his index finger placed on his lips, as if signaling the viewer to stay quiet.
Following this upload, nurous major dia outlets began their report on the news, contacting Nebula Gas in hopes of arranging an interview before the launch.
Outlast also appeared on the large official platform in pre-order mode.
The price was 65 yuan, an extrely good price when compared to many other gas. After all, it wasnt a large ga with a huge amount of content.
At the sa ti, the lulling discussions about Outlast were stirred up once more in various forums and gaming communities.
So of which was paid marketing, as Chen Xus current renown was still insufficient to cause too much of a buzz, with only two famous titles to his na.
December 15th ca and went, Outlast was finally launched.
In the gaming section of Shark TV, there was a channel nad Old Boy Comntary
Brother Lemon had to make a trip to the hospital today, he hasnt had a physical examination in a while. Hell probably be back later, but Im not sure when exactly, you know how slow hospital trips can be.
Thank you for the subscription, and stop hyping up horror gas man. Let
tell you, Ive played so many of these garbage gas man, Im numb. Horror gas are completely stress free for
now, playing them is like breathing, theyre really nothing special.
Yall just want
to play a horror ga cause you think Ill freak out and then you get to farm clips of . But theres sothing in the way of that plan. I am a wall, physically and emotionally. Im not gonna crack.
Alright lets do this, I did this before and Ill do it again. Everyone knows I eat these shitty horror gas for breakfast dude. And if it gets boring, well just play sothing else until brother lemon cos back.
Ok ok ok, turning on the cara now. Dont be disappointed when I get all stone faced, kay?
I am a very calm and reasonable person, Im cool. Mods please tiout anyone that keeps spamming that emote, you know the one. Im a chill person, unshakable ntal fortitude. Horror gas? Easy work, easy as breathing.
Sun Yixie, who was the strear in question, stared into the cara with an exaggerated deadpan look. The chatroom responded by spamming walls of cheeky emotes.
He repeatedly assured the chat that he was above being scared of shitty little horror gas, and he wasnt completely wrong in this aspect.
After all, making fun of bad horror gas with his partner was how they built their channel, it was their main content so they were undoubtedly experienced with the overused tropes in the genre.
So much so that they even had compilation videos of them predicting when jump-scares would occur accurately.
After having so technical difficulties with the official gaming platform, Sun Yixie ignored the chat spamming [ Big brother cant even open the ga by himself ] he finally hit the play button in peace.
A brief fry of static flashed, then the ga interface appeared.
The entire screen was tinged in a gloomy shade of greenish blue, the color tone reminiscent of those used in horror and thriller movies from the late 90s and early 00s.
There seed to be a hospital room in the background, but it was sparsely lit. Thick, ominous clouds swirled and obscured the visibility of the background, while eerie music played.
Ok that made
feel stuff, but only a lil bit, a lil tiny bit. But still, as Ive said before, playing horror gas is like breathing to , lets go. Sun Yixie exclaid as he read the chat, still feeling quite confident.
Difficulty selection. Lets go with normal for now, I think its best for the first run through.
The screen faded into darkness, and a male voice began to narrate as white text filled the screen in accordance with the narration, giving the player a brief introduction of the setting.
My na is Miles Upshur, an investigative journalist.
I received a tip from an anonymous source, containing disturbing implications regarding a long-abandoned dical institute deep in the heart of Colorado
Mt. Massive Asylum.
So far, Sun Yixie had zero psychological fluctuations about this. He appeared as calm as he had before.
Most horror gas and movies were like this, it was going as expected.
After the narration ended, the screen began to clear up, showing a first-person POV of the protagonist driving a car.
However There was sothing about the presentation that was unsettling. The atmosphere was oozing with an unpleasant feeling that prickled the skin, the darkness beyond the car lights was suffocating, and the howling winds that could be mistaken for wolves did not help lighten the mood.
Sun Yixie felt his heartbeat speed up just a tad.
I return from crabby hell. I make zero promises. I apologize. I am sha.
Crab man
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