"Is the cara rolling?"
"Yes, Mr. Takayuki, we've started recording. What should we do next?"
"Just quietly record the entire process of developing this ga. Don't miss a single minute. I'll leave the editing work to you as well."
"Please don't be so formal, Mr. Takayuki. This is our job after all — and it's an honor to live alongside a pioneer of the industry like you."
At the headquarters of Gastar Electronic Entertainnt, Takayuki had prepared a private room just for himself.
He wasn't being secretive about it either. He had openly told the company staff exactly what he planned to do.
However, he asked those in the know not to tell anyone else during this period — because he wanted to prove sothing:That even without the na of Takayuki, even without consoles or handhelds — the dominant platforms — people in this world could still discover and fall in love with Stardew Valley.
Right now, Takayuki's na in the ga industry was thunderously well-known.
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If a ga had even the slightest association with him, it would instantly receive massive attention — a terrifying level of influence.
No one else in the world wielded such power.
So if he truly wanted to prove the value of indie gas, he couldn't use his own na. He couldn't even use mainstream platforms to promote it.
Thankfully, the PC platform was not yet mainstream. Takayuki also hoped that his own Battlenet-style PC platform would one day gain wide recognition and beco the largest hub for indie gas. This was a perfect opportunity to start.
That was the general outline of Takayuki's plan.
The staff were shocked by his decision.
Their company president wasn't going to rely on anyone — not for programming, not for art, not for music. He was doing it all himself.
It seed almost impossible. Could sothing like this really succeed?
And yet... there was a strange sense of excitent building in the air.
At the sa ti, Takayuki had asked Tsukino Aya to inform the three girls about his solo project and invite them to observe him working on the ga.
Since their studies weren't too intense at the mont, a developnt period of one to two months wouldn't interfere too much with school.
Only by seeing Takayuki develop a ga entirely on his own would the girls truly understand the aning of ga creation.
Of course, the docuntary would still happen — this would later be shown to others. But Takayuki didn't want to release it imdiately. He planned to unveil it at the right ti — after he'd developed a few more quality indie gas under his anonymous userna.
Revealing too much too early wouldn't be ideal.
Within the company, it wasn't hard to ensure secrecy. Takayuki's employees held imnse admiration for him. If he asked for confidentiality, they would obey without hesitation.
And the three girls certainly wouldn't leak anything either. They were eager to see whether Takayuki could maintain his legendary ga developnt prowess without using his na, any help, or even a mainstream platform.
This was Takayuki's way of personally proving to them that ga developnt didn't have to an big budgets and massive teams.
The filming crew ca from TV Tokyo.
They had been personally assigned by Director Kubo to follow Takayuki for the docuntary. When to release it, how to edit it — all of that was left up to Takayuki. The crew mbers themselves also wouldn't leak anything.
Once everything was in place, Takayuki officially began his solo developnt journey.
Sitting alone in front of his PC, he was silent for a mont. Behind him were countless watchful eyes — his own employees, the film crew, and the three girls.
Takayuki seed completely at ease under their gaze.
In his previous life, he would've been extrely nervous in a situation like this.
But now, his heart was calm. All he could think about were the familiar scenes from Stardew Valley.
Back then, he'd been deeply imrsed in the ga — lost in its small town and farm, willingly living the sa repetitive daily loop, telling himself "just one more day" before bed.
He opened his eyes, turned on his computer, and launched the familiar Unreal Engine interface.
Under his guidance, the Unreal Engine in this world had evolved to include many powerful features — far beyond what it was in his previous life.
Now, it was the go-to engine for countless developers.
Notably, his version of the Unreal Engine also had excellent 2D ga developnt capabilities — sothing the original engine had lacked.
Back then, Stardew Valley was developed entirely through low-level programming — one of the reasons why it took so long.
But Takayuki would be using a fully mature ga engine now, which would significantly reduce the developnt ti.
Behind him, all eyes remained fixed on the screen as Takayuki began to construct the world of his ga.
A simple, flat 2D village gradually took shape.
There were no hills or terrain — just a flat landscape rendered in a minimal 2D style.
So developers blinked, their expressions puzzled.
They knew full well: if Takayuki went all-out, he could create visuals far beyond this. With the power of the Unreal Engine, it wouldn't even be difficult.
So why was he choosing such a simple 2D look?
But there was one clear benefit: the three girls could easily follow along. Takayuki intentionally avoided complex, professional tools, opting instead for intuitive, visual-based interfaces. Even without his explanations, the girls could observe and understand enough to start building their own similar ga worlds.
Still... it looked too basic, didn't it?
Could such a rough-looking 2D ga really beco popular?
Or was this just Takayuki's way of cheering the girls on? A lesson to remind them not to overreach? That it's okay to start small — to build a solid foundation before aiming higher?
The girls understood that lesson already. Everyone has to take it step by step. It wasn't sothing Takayuki needed to teach them again.
But watching him develop a ga alone, right in front of their eyes — that was a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity.
This was a gesture from their idol — and they would cherish it.
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