Chapter 2: Chapter 2: I Don’t Want to Herd Cows, I Want to Read!
Jiangning, Tidal Sea Spirit Restaurant.
While waiting for the waiter to serve the dishes, Qian Xin took out his phone from his pocket to see what his fans were saying in the comnts section.
He was an influencer in the gaming section of Thunderbolt Video Network, with the online na "Qian Duoduo," and had 173,000 followers, which was quite a bit of fa.
This is not bragging.
Qian Xin gained 170,000 followers just from his first video to now, all within a few months, which is enough to prove his excellence.
In fact, except for the first month of "nonsense" ramblings, his recent videos have had over 500,000 views, with a rapid growth in followers.
Unless sothing unexpected happens, as long as he continues to maintain the quality of his videos, combined with the site’s promotion, he believes his follower count will soon catch up with those long-established gaming influencers.
However... creating high-quality videos isn’t that simple. Just for each video’s script, Qian Xin has to deliberate for a long ti before finalizing it.
Not to ntion, he recently took on two advertisent deals, putting ads in the videos, which greatly affected the viewing experience, causing fans to complain incessantly.
The comnts section was a chaotic ss...
Fortunately, most viewers understand the "influencer doing ads" thing and didn’t criticize too much but were quite interested in the ga ntioned in the video.
"No ads in the next video!"
Qian Xin knows well that doing ads too frequently isn’t good; he’s in a critical period for growing his followers, and he can’t let the little gains outweigh the big losses and cause even his few followers to leave.
To let things slide is a strategy for when he has more followers, even after being "purified" a bit, not sothing to do at the start, right?
So, having just finished his advertisent deals, Qian Xin is contemplating what to do for his next video.
For a gaming influencer, there’s nothing much to do except talk about gas, but deciding which ga to talk about is a headache for Qian Xin.
Popular gas, like the recent hot 2D open-world ga, ensure traffic when made into videos, but that doesn’t align with "high-quality video" standards.
To make high-quality videos, he needs to create sothing that others haven’t done or rarely do in the gaming community to achieve "differential" growth in followers.
"Then let’s do new gas..."
After much consideration, Qian Xin ultimately decided to start with newly released gas and delve deeply into the ga’s content and playability.
But he doesn’t have any specific new ga in mind yet, planning to check out the new ga charts on major gaming platforms after having his al.
"Hey! Who’s this?"
Just as Qian Xin was thinking about the next video, a chat ssage suddenly popped up, leaving him in a daze.
Kun Kun doesn’t play basketball?
Who is this? When did he add a guy with such a weird profile picture?
Oh... I rember!
Just by the profile picture and nickna, Qian Xin couldn’t rember adding such a friend, but after looking at the chat history, he imdiately recognized it.
Turns out, this was a very supportive fan from when he started making videos, a diehard fan who accompanied him all the way.
"Recomnding
a ga?"
Qian Xin thought this diehard fan had sothing to discuss, but unexpectedly, it was a recomndation for a new ga, leaving him a bit puzzled.
Cold Window Study Simulator?
Just the na itself made him want to laugh. In recent years, many simulation gas have been launched on the market, but he hasn’t seen many that were quality; most are patched together and poorly made.
"Is it really that fun?"
The suggestion from the diehard fan was hard for Qian Xin to ignore, especially since he was fretting over the material for the next video, so he was quite willing to believe in his fan’s words.
"If I’m lying, I’m a dog!"
Receiving Qian Xin’s reply, Kun Kun doesn’t play basketball swore an oath: "I guarantee, this is a ga that will refresh your understanding of gas..."
Isn’t he exaggerating a bit?
Qian Xin, who was quite interested, grew suspicious seeing his diehard fan in such a brainwashed state.
"Okay, I’ll try it when I get back ho."
Although he felt that the fan’s recomndation might be sowhat subjective and the ga might not be as fun as claid, Qian Xin still decided to give it a try.
He was intending to find a new ga anyway, even without this fan’s recomndation.
Let’s trust him this once!
...
After eating and drinking enough, Qian Xin left the Tidal Sea Spirit Restaurant.
When he got a ride back to his rented apartnt, the bright moonlight was already streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto his desk.
He turned on the lights, started up the computer.
After making himself a cup of coffee, Qian Xin sat in the chair, logged into his Steam account, opened the search box, and typed "Cold Window Study Simulator."
"Only 18 bucks?"
Used to popular gas being priced at dozens or even hundreds, seeing this price made Qian Xin frown.
What kind of ga can you buy for 18 bucks?
Even a slightly decent risqué ga couldn’t be bought for that, right? If this ga were really as fun as the diehard fan claid, how could it only cost 18 bucks?
"Never mind, I’ll just try it, if not, I can still refund..."
Since he already clicked on it, it wouldn’t make sense not to play it, plus with his diehard fan’s strong recomndation, Qian Xin finally decided to pay and download it.
The ga’s install package was small, only 1.25G.
In fact, for a pixel art ga, a 1.25G package was sowhat surprising to Qian Xin.
But the size didn’t matter, especially since Qian Xin’s internet speed was quick, downloading it in less than a minute.
Enter the ga.
There was no opening animation; the ga imdiately launched into the "naming" process upon opening.
Skilfully entering the nickna "Qian Duoduo" and selecting male, pressing enter, Qian Xin finally saw what the ga was all about.
Rough, abstract!
This was the first impression the ga’s graphics gave him, not because of the pixel art but because of the peculiar aesthetic of the ga developer.
Luckily, having played several similar gas, Qian Xin quickly adapted to this abstract art style and began exploring the gaplay.
"In the ga, you will play as a poor student, experiencing the journey of hard study leading to successful academic pursuits..."
The ga’s description quickly helped Qian Xin understand the ga’s chanism.
"Simple, ti managent!"
"Let
see, reading will consu energy and increase subject experience, herding cattle will consu energy to boost learning motivation..."
After understanding the ga’s chanics, Qian Xin quickly manipulated the ga character to cut pig grass and herd cattle, only starting to read and do exercises when the energy was reduced to half.
"Seems quite simple?"
Qian Xin stroked his chin, feeling things were likely not that straightforward.
This should be the tutorial, guiding players to familiarize themselves with the ga’s operations and chanics, hence the feeling of it being "easy going."
He guessed right!
As ti progressed, Qian Duoduo finally made it through the sumr vacation and beca a middle school student, officially beginning his academic journey.
"Schooling consus energy?"
Realizing that the character consus energy during school without gaining much subject experience, Qian Xin suddenly got the gist.
Turns out, the real challenge is here!
Besides weekends and holidays, the character spends most of the ti attending classes at school, which also consus energy, leaving not much else to do.
Tasks like herding cattle, cutting pig grass, and picking corn can only be done before and after school, making ti managent for learning the primary challenge for players.
"I’m not herding cattle. I want to get into high school and eventually university!"
"What’s wrong with college? College students don’t need to herd cattle? Be good, rember to cut so pig grass after herding cattle..."
Watching the storyline where the father stops the protagonist from studying at ho and insists on him herding cattle, Qian Xin got really frustrated.
Li Zaigan the demon?
I just want to study, please don’t stop , if I don’t get into my dream high school in the future, can you take that responsibility?
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