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Chapter 72 Demonstration
"...No, there are only two of you in the entire company?"

Kang Ming and the other two returned to the computer. Sun Gong turned around and looked at Tang Yao with an incredible look on his face.

"if not?"

Kang Ming glanced at him and asked, "How many do you think there are?"

Shi Wanglin chimed in, "We should at least hire an artist, right? After all, you know nothing at all... She has to be in charge of planning, art, and a bunch of daily chores... Can one person do it? Even if she could, it would be so slow! And now we have three programmers..."

"You'll know whether it works or not later."

Kang Ming smiled when he heard this, without explaining at all: "Let's get to work first."

Say it.

He woke up the screen.

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin saw Kang Ming looking confident and looked at Tang Yao again... Could she really do it alone?
Unlikely?
The two men didn't quite believe it, but after thinking about it, they didn't say much and decided to finish the work first.

After all, it’s only my first day here, and many things feel awkward to talk about. I’ll remind you again in a couple of days.

soon.

The studio fell silent.

Only the sound of keyboard tapping remained.

Tang Yao sat in front of the computer, thought for a moment, then picked up the pressure-sensitive pen and started drawing.

Since it is for demonstration, just pick a scene at random.

Well, let's just draw the scene where Toosaka Rin summons Archer in the basement.

Confirmed the scene.

Tang Yao started drawing quickly.

The basement filled with debris was slowly outlined.

This belongs to the background, so there is no need to divide it into so many layers. After all, it does not need to be animated, so you only need to add some animation effects.

Of course, although the background does not need to be moved, you can't draw it randomly. If you want the notes to have exquisite visual effects, the overall art style, whether it is the background, characters, or even the UI, must be highly unified.

So although the background is not difficult to draw, Tang Yao also drew it very seriously.

Then, Lin was more troublesome. Tang Yao was thinking about how she should move while constantly drawing layers...

Time passes slowly.

noon.

The four people in the studio went out to have a meal separately without chatting.

Because the four of them seemed to be the kind of people who were extremely serious about their work.

in the afternoon.

Several people continued to work.

During this period, Kang Ming came to see Tang Yao several times to confirm the presentation of each interaction on the main interface.

Tang Yao explained a few things to him briefly and also went over to take a look.

The two brothers Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin kept typing code, seemingly modifying something.

Tang Yao didn't disturb them and quickly returned to her seat.

On the screen, the beautiful girl with twin ponytails, a black headband, a school uniform and over-the-knee socks, and a dignified appearance has been drawn.

Tang Yao sat down again, opened the 2D animation software, and began to adjust its movements.

This step is very troublesome.

But...it's not a big problem.

Tang Yao immersed herself in it, her beautiful eyes reflecting the dimly glowing screen, and her hands moved faster and faster.

No one spoke in the studio.

Soon, it was six o'clock in the afternoon.

One day passed.

"Finally done!"

Sun Gong suddenly shouted while holding the phone.

Shi Wanglin rubbed his waist and said, "It's quite troublesome to modify this thing for a mobile phone, but the effect is quite good."

"Ah."

Sun Gong looked at the screen, which showed the main body of the picture and the text box. The framework of the visual novel had been set up.

But there are no art resources, only a framework.

He tapped the screen, then glanced at Tang Yao not far away. After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Shi Wanglin and asked, "But what if we don't have any art resources now? How about stealing a few illustrations and putting them in there and seeing...?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Wanglin glanced at Tang Yao and replied, "Normal portraits are useless, right? Aren't we going to try dynamic portraits?"

"What should we do then? It definitely won't be that quick."

"how could I know……"

"Are you done?"

The two of them haven't finished talking yet.

Tang Yao raised her head, pulled out her chair, stood up, and came behind the two of them: "Is it done?"

"It's done, of course... no art assets have been added yet."

Sun Gong was stunned for a moment, exchanged a glance with Shi Wanglin, and then said, "The two of us are faster, don't worry, art really can't be accelerated."

As he spoke, he showed Tang Yao the screen of his phone.

The phone screen was displaying a... well, an old-fashioned GalGame page.

"This won't work. The entire page needs to be changed."

Tang Yao took a closer look, then thought for a moment: "Open the shared folder, DEMO1.0, P1, 1-0.

It contains the necessary art resources and is ready.”

"……what?"

Sun Gong was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously opened the folder as Tang Yao requested.

then.

As soon as he opened it, he saw a pile... a large pile of art resources that were well categorized.

"..."

Sun Gong randomly clicked on one, and then stared at the vivid image of the beautiful girl with twin ponytails on the screen, stunned.

what?
the other side.

Shi Wanglin wasn't much better off.

?
Did you just say that this morning? Is that all right now?
"I remember I wrote a design plan. Please wait a moment..."

Tang Yao didn't notice their expressions. She returned to her seat and rummaged around, then came back and handed a document to Sun Gong.

Sun Gong took it in a daze, then flipped through it... It was a design plan, with very clear requirements and rigorous logic.

The key points involved are also underlined with wavy lines in red pen.

what?
Tang Yao asked, "Is there a problem?"

"……without."

"Then make the changes according to the design plan first, and tell me if you have any questions."

Tang Yao left a word, then returned to her workstation and continued painting.

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin looked at each other, then turned to look at Kang Ming who was sitting opposite them.

Kang Ming didn't notice.

The two could only look away.

After a long silence.

Sun Gong asked uncertainly, "Try?"

Shi Wanglin: "Try it."

The two began to make changes based on the design. Meanwhile, Tang Yao also began to draw pictures for the main interface UI, scenes, etc.

In fact, generally speaking, for large projects, all resource production needs are invoiced by planners.

But now there is only one planner here, Tang Yao... and only one artist.

She wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.

But this requires quite high ability from her.

Because she must understand the entire game's main structure, core gameplay, system design, while also ensuring the art line.

All I can say is it’s okay… She has the game references from her previous life, and the time travel has brought some changes to her.

otherwise.

She really didn't dare to do that.

After all, game production itself is a complex process involving multiple levels.

soon.

It's eight o'clock in the evening.

But the four people in the studio didn't leave, not even to eat.

Tang Yao completed the main interface scene diagram, stood up, and was about to find Kang Ming to confirm some things.

"Wow……"

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin suddenly cried out in surprise.

Tang Yao heard it, paused, turned around and looked at their screen, and found that they had already imported the art resources.

She took a closer look and said, "It's working pretty well...is there anything I'm missing?"

"text……"

Sun Gong heard the voice and turned around suddenly. He said excitedly: "I need a piece of text... so I can see the overall effect."

Tang Yao nodded, returned to her workstation, extracted the text of Toosaka Rin summoning Archer in the basement, and sent it to Sun Gong.

Sun Gong excitedly shouted "Got it".

soon.

He added the text, adjusted the effect, fiddled with it a bit, and transferred the demo to his phone again.

then.

He and Shi Wanglin huddled together, their heads pressed together, and opened the demo on their phones...

"Preparation is complete."

"Time confirmed."

"Good wavelength."

"As long as you summon at 2 a.m. when my magic power reaches its peak, I will summon Saber for you even without a catalyst!"

No sound.

A messy basement background image appeared on the screen. The exquisitely painted and artistic UI was located right above the screen, which was very harmonious.

A text box also appears.

Followed by.

A dynamic beautiful girl with twin ponytails, a black hairband, a school uniform and over-the-knee socks appeared on the screen!
Her ponytail swayed slightly, and she blinked occasionally, making her look vivid and even showing some micro-expressions!

...So beautiful!
Sun Gong tapped the screen again.

"The doors are open and all four are closed..."

Toosaka Rin in the center of the screen moved. She slowly raised her hand and began the summoning ceremony.

And when all the summoning words are recited.

The screen suddenly darkened, and the text box at the bottom disappeared. After a second, the screen lit up again.

A magic circle appeared in the center of the phone screen, with some dust floating above it.

Then, like the hazy effect of a person squinting his eyes, mercury quietly dripped from above the magic circle, landed on the magic circle, and gradually filled in the complex lines on the magic circle.

Followed by.

Red light special effects suddenly appear!

Toosaka Rin's face appeared in the center of the screen, half of it illuminated by the red light. She stared at the magic circle in astonishment, her ponytail gently swaying...

Then the process came to a halt; it was just a demonstration after all.

But just these few short scenes were enough to shock Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin... because they were so exquisite!

“…Awesome!”

Although Sun Gong had just watched it on the computer, he couldn't help but shout when he saw this scene on his mobile phone.

This is a mobile phone!

When have they ever seen such exquisite game graphics on their mobile phones!

This is completely animated!

No, most animations probably don’t perform that well!

Shi Wanglin wasn't much better. He stared blankly at his phone screen and muttered, "Holy shit... If this quality were put on a phone, it would definitely sell like hotcakes, right?!"

"..."

The two of them were a little louder this time.

Kang Ming heard the two people's voices, turned around and asked curiously: "Is it done?"

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin looked at him, and then the former turned the phone screen around and showed him the demonstration he had just made.

“… What the hell!? So handsome!?”

Kang Ming's reaction was also very direct.

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, they thought of something and turned to look in the direction of Tang Yao.

In fact, the two of them didn't do anything.

They just made some changes to the software as required. The reason why the demo looks so good is mainly because the art is so good!

...so strong.

Really strong!

And it seems like she did it in less than a day?

What kind of speed is this! Compared to that, I am basically useless.

The two men had strange expressions on their faces, looking shocked and...devastated.

Kang Ming saw the expressions of the two men...and seemed to have guessed something, and felt relieved.

"All right?"

the other side.

Tang Yao seemed to notice Sun Gong's gaze, raised her head and looked at the three people gathered not far away.

Sun Gong came to his senses and nodded with difficulty.

Tang Yao stood up and walked to their side, bending down to look at the demonstration.

"Hmm... pretty good."

Tang Yao blinked her eyes, watched the demonstration, observed their expressions, then straightened up... and felt completely relieved.

In Tang Yao's previous life, the entire gaming industry, especially the second-generation games, post-production art, music, and dubbing were all booming.

Most of the second-generation tourists who survived have unique artistic works.

Times have long since changed.

But here... that initial era has not yet arrived.

Tang Yao roughly confirmed that her game... would probably bring a little shock to the players here.

(End of this chapter)