Chapter 912: Chapter 499: The 9th Art_2 Chapter 912: Chapter 499: The 9th Art_2 “Those with perfect childhoods, please be quiet; it’s ti for us to discuss our scarred childhoods.” Xiao Douzi, wiping tears from her eyes, added, “It made think of my childhood too, getting beaten for stealing money from ho to play gas. I was really miserable back then.”
“I think you deserved it, and looking at your attitude now, they definitely went too easy on you back then.”
“What’s wrong with kids liking to play gas! Besides, it was clearly my parents’ fault for not giving money to buy gas.”
“I really do think they went too easy on you!” Huang Ping said, nodding seriously.
After an excited discussion about various aspects of the ga, everyone agreed that the ga was truly artistic.
It was like a diary that the player had written to themselves; opening it brought a rush of past mories, uncontrollably transporting them back to the era of their youth.
Each person’s experience in the ga was different, but those differences were the unique aspects of their childhood that they were willing to share as treasures.
“Back then, the auntie who lived downstairs would borrow 200 yuan at the end of every month and pay it back at the beginning of the next. She did this every month, always short those two hundred.”
“There was a coal yard near my house; we burned briquettes at that ti. When we ran out of coal, we’d just sweep so off the street, and quickly we’d have a pile.”
“The first ti I left the city was when I went to college. Back then, I thought the whole country spoke Mandarin.”
“I…”
Watching his colleagues passionately chatting, Fang Cheng felt quite satisfied.
Gazing at the now cohesive Dustfire, Fang Cheng knew that the ga had awakened everyone’s sentints; his original purpose for making gas had been achieved.
Although he hadn’t seen the final results, Fang Cheng already felt joyful; the fun of making gas began to erge in his heart, giving him a feeling of happiness.
Leaning back in his chair, propping his chin in his hand, he found his mood filled with a subtle joy.
“So it turns out, ti really flies,” Fang Cheng muttered to himself.
“Boss, what’s up?” Hearing Fang Cheng’s voice, Xu Qingling asked with curiosity.
“Nothing much, just thinking this is all quite interesting. How about you? What do you think?”
“Pretty good,” Xu Qingling nodded and said, “Even though I can’t cry like them, this ga is the best I’ve played at bringing back childhood.”
“Glad you like it. Let’s get started then, let’s fine-tune the ga and then promote it.”
After pondering for a mont, Wang Xiaoying then said to Fang Cheng, “Boss, how about we do a bundle sale? If they buy the third-generation virtual headset, we could offer the ga for free. How does that sound?”
“Sure, and the ga was ant to be played with a virtual headset to begin with; otherwise, what I wanted wouldn’t co through.”
Hearing Fang Cheng’s strong insistence on using virtual headsets, Huang Ping was sowhat surprised.
In previous ga productions, Fang Cheng hardly ever imposed any restrictions; he left it to others to freely create.
But this ti, he clearly had higher expectations for the ga experience and had bigger ideas for certain details.
This was a good thing; after all, ingenious ga masters have their convictions. So ga developers insist on making players suffer, while others always add a secret ingredient to the ga, only revealing what it is after the player has taken the bait.
After so thought, Huang Ping said, “Bundling sales is a good idea, but it may impact sales volus. We’ll need to factor this in advance.”
“That shouldn’t be a problem. After all, we’re not a profit-driven studio.”
Huang Ping paused, then nodded in agreent.
Indeed, their studio was flush with cash, their industrial synergy was strong, and they were one of the major shareholders in Kirin Industry; they had nothing to worry about.
Plus, with the backing of Kirin Industry’s military connections, even if they failed, the other party would provide a safety net, essentially making them invincible.
Taking a careful inventory of the studio’s current assets, Huang Ping was amazed to find they had grown so much without even realizing it.
The boss, truly a god among n!
Proudly exhaling, Huang Ping said, “Indeed, I was overthinking it. No problems from then, let’s begin.”
A week later, when the first promotional materials for “Childhood” were released, most players expressed their dissatisfaction upon seeing that the ga had to be played in virtual reality at Fang Cheng Studio’s decision.
“Fang Cheng, I can understand you wanting us to play a good ga, but this price really is hard to accept.”
“A virtual reality ga for 9999, and you can still play other virtual reality gas after buying it, isn’t that reasonable?”
“I feel it’s pretty expensive. There aren’t many virtual reality gas on the market, and the quality ones are still from Fang Cheng Studio; feels a bit monopolistic.”
“Be content, man. Fang Cheng Studio’s gas can be played on different platforms without extra cost, unlike that f*cking company, where you have to buy the ga again for a different platform.”
“Can you please not insult the word ‘f*ck’?”
“Can you please not ntion that company? Just thinking about it makes my blood boil—my ‘Silent Hill,’ ugh.”
Although most players said it was quite expensive, the initial online grumbling quickly subsided when they discovered that Fang Cheng Studio had ported all their previous gas to the VR platform and offered them for free download.
“Conscientious company, can’t help but support them this ti.”
“First ti I’ve seen a full ga port not charging fees, just for that, I feel I need to buy one.”
“Buy a console and get gas for free; I’ve never seen a more generous company than Fang Cheng Studio.”
Orders for virtual helts poured in like snowflakes, and Gao Tianyun felt his head tingle when he saw the orders.
However, thinking that he bore the hopes of virtual gaming, he felt filled with strength and said to the equally energized staff, “Folks, let’s open a few more production lines. Let’s not sleep for a while!”
“Yes!”
“I’ve already bought insurance, although not many were willing to insure us, but there are still a few who aren’t afraid of death!”
“Boss is aweso!”
“Stop.” Fang Cheng sighed, feeling the precarious lives of Gao Tianyun and the others, knowing that he, too, would need to work overti now.
However, as long as it wasn’t the employees working overti, he felt it was still justifiable.
So, amid the players’ anticipation, “Childhood” finally launched.
Players who had already purchased virtual helts eagerly chose to download, while those without helts opted to beco cloud players. Many live strears had written their scripts ahead of ti according to the ga’s title and content, just waiting for the ga to go live.
When the ga officially launched, so strears imdiately started live streaming and went offline after being emotionally overwheld in less than an hour.
“I can’t do it, I can’t play this ga. I saw my old dog, its tail-wagging just like it did when it was alive.”
“I saw my grandmother, she loved the most when I was a kid.”
“Grandpa!”
The audience in the live streaming rooms watched the strears’ reactions, feeling sowhat baffled.
Everyone’s childhood is different, everyone’s feelings are different, a notebook full of stickers might be a treasure to one person but just an ordinary notebook to another.
Finding their tears coming unexpectedly, the criticism towards the ga “Childhood” started to arise slowly.
“Seeing the strear cry did touch a bit, but it wasn’t that strong. Is there sothing wrong with ?”
“Although it doesn’t seem like they’re acting, those tears ca way too fast.”
In response to these criticisms, so people’s rebuttals followed.
“It’s really not the strears’ fault; it’s just that ‘Childhood’ has too much personal variation. If you don’t play it yourself, you really won’t understand.”
“Now I understand why gaming is called The Ninth Art. You can only appreciate the subtleties of this ga after playing it, after experiencing it. Fang Cheng is truly amazing.”
Various discussions were endless, ultimately leading to one conclusion:
To understand this ga, one had to have played it.
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