Day by day, the deadline drew ever closer.
By now, the vast majority of contestants have uploaded their gas to the official platform. Many major participants and gaming companies even ran huge promotional events centered around their entries.
There were mobile gas and PC gas, with most of them being single-player titles. But so of the more daring ones even submitted online multiplayer gas.
Not everyone was here to win prizes and accolades, so were simply trying it out for the experience or just for the fun of it.
After all, why not get involved? Its not out of the way from their usual work, and who knows? They might happen to win sothing.
Once the ga has been submitted, the next step would be the entry test, otherwise known as the preliminary review.
Problematic and sloppy work will be filtered out here.
Of course, how the filtering is carried out will not be made public, only the results. And the eliminated gas will remain available on the ga platform.
But even with such asures, not too many gas will be removed this way. After all, the only entry requirent is to be a certified ga designer.
Normally, this part would be glossed over.
But not this ti. This ti, the process drew attention from the gaming dia as well as the community.
All because of Chen Xu, who has famously spent only about 10 days to develop his entry. The people were curious, would his ga be eliminated?
Here it cos, here it cos, the list of eliminated gas.
Its not here.
[ Woah! Does this an his ga was acknowledged? Its actually good enough to contend? ][ So I guess its at least a playable ga, right? ][ Found the title! Its called To the Moon ][ Pretty cool na, you think its so kind of space ga? ][ Only 15 yuan? Its so cheap! ][ Eh? There are two different versions. What does this an? Even Undertale didnt get this treatnt ][ Im so excited, Im shaking. I need to know what Chen Xu cooked up ]
With the entry list now fully available, players across the platform began to pick and choose, downloading gas from studios and designers they were interested in.
Among them, To the Moon was naturally one of the most downloaded titles.
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In the gaming section of Shark TV.
A huge number of strears were also broadcasting their live testing of the gas in the list.
This could be seen as an unofficial partnership between Shark TV and the Ga Departnt. After all, this is sowhat of a national event, the combined publicity of the two entities created a massive wave of interest and viewership.
So naturally, the more astute would be ready to ride this wave and take advantage of any benefits they could find.
Dong Zhen, a strear on Shark TV, was one such person.
His stream started early in the morning, titled in bold and all caps: SCI-FI CONTEST LIST. WE OUT HERE. DROPS ENABLED.
[ Good Myorning, Nyan ][ Where am I? What am I? Why is it so early today? ][ I cant feel my face ][ WE RISIN BOIS ]
All sorts of ssages started scrolling down, making him laugh. Its good that they were as excited as he was.
Ahem!!!
Alright, alright, alriiiight. Mornin lads. You guys voted on what gas you wanted to see, so we got a long ass list today. Gotta start early ya?
As Dong Zhen made casual conversation with his viewers, he was also running so tests on the recording equipnt and software in the background. It was a habit every respectable strear should have.
He logged in and showed off the list of gas downloaded in his official platform account.
Ok guys, lets get the big one outta the way first. The one were all dying to know about, the one made by Chen Xu, creator of Undertale.
Ill be honest with you, Ive really been looking forward to this one.
Why? I an, were you here for my Undertale playthrough? Cmon, that was a really good ga. Probably my ga of the year.
This new one, its called To the Moon. Heres so context for anyone who doesnt know. This ga was made in less than half a month, maybe even around 10 days. And it actually passed the entry test! Thats wild, absolutely wild, so Im curious to see what its all about.
He clicked on the gas store page, reading the summary.
Changing mories, an old man wants to go to the moon. Now that is an unconventional setting if Ive ever seen one. Alright lads, were going in!
The icon for the ga was very simplistic, two children seated on a log, staring at a distant moon.
He skipped the Nebula Gas intro logo, too familiar with it after restarting Undertale so many tis.
Soon, a lighthouse appeared beneath a starry sky, fluffy clouds drifted slowly by. The moon was full and bright, illuminating the scenery.
The na of the ga To the Moon is engraved on the moon.
The cara slowly panned downwards, and a soothing piano piece was playing in the background.
The entire scene gave off an ethereal feel.
Down the lighthouse, past the adow, and into a large house by the edge of a cliff.
The cara panned into the house, where an adorable little girl was sitting in front of a piano, playing it smoothly despite her size. Next to her, a little boy was playing with so toys.
At this point, the background music changed, and a more simple, lighthearted piano tune began to play.
[ Can we take a mont to appreciate how good the music is? ][ If you close your eyes, it feels like youre in the forest, and a gentle stream is next to you ][ Chen Xu seems to always have good music ][ These two piano pieces are great. Does the ga description include the sheets? ][ The music was great in Undertale too ][ Do you rember the Mirror soundtrack? Shit slaps ]
Dong Zhen agreed with his chat, the ga hasnt really started yet, but the music is already really good.
The screech of tyres and the sound of a crash broke everyones imrsion in the music. The screen shook and the children were startled.
The cara panned outside the house, to see that a futuristic looking black car had crashed into a tree.
A pair of people clammored out of the car with disheveled looks, one man and one woman. Both wore the signature white lab coats of doctors and scientists.
[ Where were you looking, Neil? ]
[ Well excuse for heroically evading that squirrel coming out of nowhere! ]
[ You ran over it anyways ]
[ Oh ]
[ You ran over it and hit a tree ]
[ Look, dont worry, its a company car ]
[ Are you kidding ? The boss is going to kill us! ]
[ Hm Well just say I was saving a puppy. He likes puppies right? ]
[ Hes more of a cat person ]
[ Why does the world have to be so complicated? Fine, whatever furball he fancies. Crisis averted ]
[ Good, go write that on your report later. Lets grab the equipnt from the car and move already ]
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