Started as a comics editor

Chapter 63 Trouble
Tang Yao and Kang Ming have confirmed more and more things.

Later, Tang Yao simply took out her notebook and began to record what had been confirmed.

Of course, this is just an arrangement during the preparatory stage.

"...Actually, given the scale of this game, it's a bit of a stretch for the two of us. We can do it, but it's too slow."

Kang Ming looked at Tang Yao typing away at the keyboard. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly whispered, "If you believe me, I have two friends who can actually help. They're both my college roommates... Do you remember my gaming platform? They've actually helped me quite a bit."

Probably because I was just stimulated.

Kang Ming suddenly felt that he was not serious enough...

He planned to bring his friends along.

Tang Yao paused after hearing this, then asked in surprise, "Your roommate? What's his ability like?"

"I've worked with them before. Although they're not big names, they're all above average."

"Then you can try inviting them."

Tang Yao didn't object after hearing this. After thinking for a moment, she said softly, "But as for the salary..."

She actually knew that it would be too much of a stretch to rely solely on Kang Ming, a mere slave.

But if there are too many people... I feel like the money won't be enough.

"It's okay, they're both still unemployed... just pay them a basic salary."

"what?"

"I'll tell them, 'I have a feeling you're a good fit for me,' and that working here might actually become a truly impressive resume."

Kang Ming looked at Tang Yao and seemed to have made up his mind. "As for me, if funds are really tight, you don't have to pay me. At least I don't want any money until the game is officially profitable."

This is what he really thinks.

After he learned that "Fate/Zero" was drawn by Tang Yao and talked about it for so long... his filter for Tang Yao has become too thick.

"That's not the case. We can't let your normal life be affected."

Tang Yao shook her head slightly: "Let's first follow... the salary standards of ordinary small game companies. I can't afford the average salary."

The gaming industry here is so profitable that the average salary is ridiculously high... She really can't afford it.

Kang Ming opened his mouth and wanted to say something.

Tang Yao stopped him and said softly, "Don't overestimate yourself and your friends. And let me make it clear, if your friends are not good enough... I will quit."

Kang Ming thought about it... and finally did not object, just nodded.

"Then it's settled. You can invite me and make sure to explain clearly. Then, please see if there's anything missing from the list of urgent matters that need to be addressed, including your part."

After Tang Yao finished speaking, she turned over the notebook in her hand and pointed the screen at Kang Ming.

Kang Ming took a look and saw that they were all things the two of them had just talked about. The first item was registering a company, and it was written at the back that it was in progress.

And in between there is a wide variety of everything.

Some of them are not related to the game, for example, it says that the second episode of "Fate/Zero" will be released today...

Tang Yao specifically marked down the things he needed to do, the first of which was to purchase a computer.

"Nothing is missing."

Kang Ming looked carefully for a while, then shook his head: "But I see Mingyu Technology seems to have quite a few idle PCs outside..."

"It's not a good idea to just grab one and pull it out hard, right?"

Tang Yao thought about it after hearing this...it's true.

But she hesitated.

Why does it feel like... I'm making games on Mingyu Technology?
Kang Ming whispered, "If they're really going bankrupt, I believe they'd be happy to sell us some of their equipment... Look at their computers, aren't they just sitting there collecting dust?"

Tang Yao pondered for a moment: "...Then I'll talk to you later."

Forget it, I can just make games by stepping on them.

After all, if they agree, it will save me a lot of trouble.

"Hmm... By the way, where is the second episode of Fate/Zero being released today?"

Kang Ming responded, then glanced at Tang Yao's list again and asked hesitantly, "Social media?"

"Yes, there is no other suitable choice, right?"

Tang Yao gave a definitive answer: "If you want to see it, you can follow it when the time comes. The account name is Third-Rate Painter..."

"I'll keep an eye on it, but wouldn't it be better to create a private website? Comics are so popular right now, it's sure to attract a lot of people."

Kang Ming suggested: "And by the time the game is finished, it can be transformed into the official game website, seamlessly..."

"..."

Tang Yao's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this suggestion. She had never thought of this before. "Indeed...but wouldn't this be too distracting? Would it distract you? After all, there are a lot of things to do next."

"Cough cough."

Kang Ming coughed awkwardly, then looked away and whispered, "Actually... it's like this. Three friends and I not only created a battle platform, but also a... well, a photo collection and browsing website, specifically for uploading and browsing pictures of beautiful girls we found...

If you need to, this existing website can be used for comic reading by slightly modifying the UI and code. There's only one comic anyway... Posting it on social media isn't conducive to attracting attention. "Hmm, so-called beautiful girl pictures."

It’s actually a color picture.

That website belongs to Kang Ming...

"..."

Tang Yao looked at Kang Ming and showed shock for the first time in front of her.

Kang Ming's face flushed, and he stumbled over his explanation: "It's mainly because I'm bored, and my phone has limited storage..."

As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller.

Because it's kind of silly.

"You guys are really geniuses."

Tang Yao finally realized what was going on and said admiringly, "I'm not being disparaging... You guys are truly bold and daring. If it's really as you say, then I'll pay you to buy it. I'll do as you say and turn the image collection and browsing website you mentioned into a comics reading website. Let me know if you need any art resources."

This is truly genius!
Tang Yao was still worried about the issue of releasing comics on social media yesterday... Kang Ming solved the problem for her in just a few words.

"However, this episode of 'Fate/Zero' still needs to be released on social media to maintain the buzz. If there's no new content for too long, the buzz will fade."

Tang Yao looked thoughtful and continued, "...As for how to attract traffic later, perhaps we could make a simple dynamic ad? Although it's a bit early, do you understand skeletal animation technology? Have you come across similar tools?"

Hearing this, Kang Ming no longer cared about the embarrassment and asked curiously, "Skeleton animation technology...?"

“In short, it’s a tool that can make images move.”

Tang Yao explained briefly that the so-called skeletal animation technology is actually a more efficient way of animation production. In traditional animation production, if you want to make the character move, you need to press cards to draw, but skeletal animation only needs to draw a static image of the character once, and then make the character move by changing the bone structure.

Although manual K-motion and deformation are troublesome to do well, it is at least easier than traditional animation production... It's not that Tang Yao can't draw the animation, but according to her current workload, she will probably die suddenly.

In fact, most of the dynamic CGs in Galgames use similar technologies.

The simplest one should be the E-mote used in "Chocolate and Vanilla". Although it has nothing to do with skeletal animation technology, it can indeed make static characters look animated by translating, rotating and deforming the images of various parts of 2D characters. However, the effect is very general.

Then AE can also obtain small dynamic breathing effects through the distortion and deformation of the puppet system... Rumor has it that the dynamic CG of the beautiful girl Kaleidoscope was made by AE, but it is not known whether it is true or not.

For games, live2d and Spine are mainly used.

Many game advertisements are made using these two methods, such as the first few CMs of Azur Lane.

Tang Yao is most familiar with these two things. She is very familiar with the process of binding bones and brushing weights of K animation... As long as she has the right tools, she is still very confident that she can make a good enough promotional animation.

“…You can do this too!?”

After hearing what Tang Yao said, Kang Ming's eyes widened.

Although he had never understood this technology, he had heard of it.

"..."

Tang Yao had a look on her face that said, "What are you talking about?" "I'm the main artist for this game. I was planning to try adding dynamic CG to the main page of the game client to wow the players a little bit...but I don't know how to do it."

Kang Ming: “…”

“So you understand the technology?”

“I’ve only heard of it… I don’t know much about it.”

"Well... then I'll check it out a bit."

Tang Yao thought carefully and stood up. "Let's put this aside for now. We haven't even started yet. Let's deal with the most urgent matter first... I'm going to go find Si Jinliang from Mingyu Technology and ask about the server. We have to release "Fate/Zero" later. It's really troublesome..."

She grumbled softly as she hurried away.

Only Kang Ming was left sitting there alone.

Kang Ming watched Tang Yao leave, then turned back to look at the information on the desk. He suddenly felt that following a boss like this... was very stressful.

……

at the same time.

The other side of the city.

As usual, Su Deqiang opened the official social account of Wenxin Online Reading to see if there was any news about "Fate/Zero".

Although it had been a few days since the comics award, the feeling of "Fuck, where did the comics end? This is inhumane" had faded a bit, and he was not as excited as before.

But... he still wants to read the sequel to "Fate/Zero". Thinking about it every day is like a cat scratching.

What’s next? What’s next?

Please serialize it quickly!

Today, as usual, he opened his social media account just to see if there was any accurate news.

After all, the official social account of Wenxin Online Reading had posted something like "Please wait patiently, we won't let readers down", and it was pinned to the top of the post.

but……

When Su Deqiang opened the official social account of Wenxin Online Reading, he found that... the pinned post had been deleted.

Su Deqiang: “????”

What do you mean?
(End of this chapter)