At first glance, it was clear that the newcor wasn't fond of talking.
The young man had a rather delicate appearance but was quite skinny, his clothes hanging loose as if he were a kite. If he jumped from the fifth floor, he surely wouldn't die and might even pull off a cobra turn in mid-air.
Having taken the notebook from the other person, Fang Cheng read for a while and then felt sothing was off.
There was nothing wrong with what the newcor said, but it was different from what he had in mind.
For example, regarding Towards Death and Life, Fang Cheng hoped to see how the newcor might uncover why the elent of "horror" in the ga was lacking, but the newcor was instead asking for improved route fluidity.
It was the sa for The Forest's Second Son. The newcor didn't explain why it failed, only discussing various shortcomings, which differed from the effect Fang Cheng was looking for.
However, Fang Cheng still saw sothing in the newcor's notes regardless: passion.
The newcor was obviously a gar with a fervent love for gas, and having such a person by his side would be sowhat helpful for his own ga research.
So, he nodded at the newcor and then asked, "How may I address you?"
"Xiao Du, but you can call Xiao Douzi," Xiao Du said.
Then, gathering his courage, he softly said, "Although I provided so many suggestions, Towards Death and Life is my favorite ga. I really like all the details in it, especially the obsession with leaving sothing behind in the universe after a civilization's demise. I particularly love that. So, I wanted to ask, how did you co up with those concepts?"
"I don't know, it just grew on its own."
Fang Cheng was simply honest, but it made Xiao Du even more excited.
Looking at Fang Cheng with shining eyes and excitent, Xiao Du said, "I understand now! You an that a ga needs to listen to the voice inside, not just rigidly stick to certain anings?"
"I think you're reading too much into it. Nevermind that, have you signed the contract? Have the wages been discussed?"
Although Xiao Du kept insisting he didn't need it, because he still had savings from previous part-ti jobs, and his recent video earnings were quite good, enough for a while.
But Fang Cheng had already etched the concept of "no owing wages" deep into his heart, even believing that a good horse should be well fed. So, he decisively offered him a salary of 12,000 a month.
Having given Xiao Du the entry gifts, Fang Cheng took out a USB drive and said to Xiao Du, "This is the ga I've been developing recently, I'm planning to call it Dungeon. Could you help test it?"
Xiao Du quickly stood up, excused himself with a "sorry" before dashing to the bathroom. When he returned, both his hands were wet.
"I've washed my hands three tis, I can start now."
"..."
Fang Cheng didn't say a word, as Xu Qingling patted his shoulder, proudly saying, "A talent, right? This Xiao Douzi is quite fun. You should praise quickly."
"...Why?"
"For bringing you such an amusing employee."
"Oh, thanks."
This ti, Fang Cheng spent a lot of ti building the world, modifying items, fully displaying all he had learned, which made the ga size reach an unprecedented level.
10MB.
In an era where gas typically asure in several GBs, this size was truly refreshing, but the calculation thod of Immortal Spell was just so crude and unreasonable. In order not to make this seem too odd, Fang Cheng even added quite a few extras, but it was still a bit small.
Xiao Douzi contemplated for a mont, then had a revelation, "Boss, are you planning to develop for mobile? Data interchange between PC and mobile is a good direction for developnt. Your optimization is really good."
"I hadn't thought that far ahead."
"You should consider it. Sole ownership is a path to death; many gas claim exclusivity but are just putting up a facade. Okay, I'm going in now."
After entering the ga and picking up the controller, Xiao Douzi's facial expression vanished instantly, only the reflection of the screen flickering in his glasses.
Since starting the ga, he hadn't spoken a word, but continually maneuvered the character on the screen, beginning his exploration of the dungeon.
In this ga, the main gaplay involved constantly eliminating monsters on the route, gaining stat boosts and better equipnt, strengthening oneself to explore the dungeon's deeper levels.
Since the ga's the was romance, Fang Cheng didn't want to spend too much ti on stat increases, so a simple mathematical model suffice.
This ti, he adopted a top-down perspective to allow players to see their surroundings more easily.
From the mont he gripped the controller, it seed to fuse with Xiao Douzi's hands, never once being set down.
And unlike his speedy playthroughs showcased in his videos, Xiao Douzi was now playing cautiously.
Xiao Douzi spent nearly eight hours on the first dungeon, remaining focused throughout, not even going to the restroom once.
He ignored the takeout food brought by Xu Qingling, just staring fixedly at the screen.
Only after finishing the first dungeon, having searched every detail and rescued the first ghost form princess, did he set down the controller, remove his glasses, tears escaping his eyes in that mont.
"This ga is beautiful, it really moved ."
"Really?" asked Fang Cheng eagerly, "What was fun about it?"
"The monster models and chanics, all kinds of realistic feedback to reality, a highly random equipnt system, and the unequalled feeling of mowing down enemies after the equipnt set is complete. I dare say, this is the best pigeon-cutting ga I've played this year."
Fang Cheng was happy with the first part, but the second part felt off.
Pointing to the character on the screen who was embracing the ghost princess, Fang Cheng couldn't help asking, "Why do you think I included this princess?"
With bright eyes, Xiao Douzi began talking nonstop, "The princess's existence is a positive feedback after clearing the ga, and her characteristics could even change many chanics of the ga. The only downside so far is that it doesn't bring the crucial feeling of resource scarcity found in pigeon-type gas. No worries, though, I'll make adjustnts."
Interrupting, Fang Cheng asked, "What position did you co to apply for again?"
"Gaplay balancing! I'm a graduate student from Peking University Mathematics Departnt. Mathematics is as natural to as breathing, and I will definitely adjust the numbers in this ga to the best they can be. Believe in ."
"But, I wanted to make a romance ga."
Xiao Douzi looked at Fang Cheng, sighing subtly.
anwhile, Xu Qingling took the opportunity to pull Fang Cheng aside and pointed at a certain Q&A on the screen, saying, "Boss, look at this question."
When Fang Cheng looked, he saw it was "How would you evaluate Fang Cheng's poor ga genre classification?"
Answers were few, but everyone agreed that Fang Cheng's way of classifying gas could only be described as tragic.
Suppressing the impulse to curse everyone with a voodoo doll, Fang Cheng had to sit aside and ponder why he had failed this ti.
Love gas, they're so hard to make.
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