Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 72: Skyrocketing
Almost all the main creators of Starry Night Games, whether it was lead artist Song Yueying, copywriting team leader Su Qing, or programming team member Xiong Rui, unanimously agreed that Chu Chen had three highs.

They are good-looking, have very high decision-making efficiency, and have an exceptionally high desire for expansion.

Aside from the first item about flattery, the other two items actually hit the nail on the head.

Throughout the entire planning and production phase of "Final Battlefront".

There are countless decisions to be made: primarily copywriting, outsourcing animation, establishing a voice-over system, and offering high incentives to encourage user sharing. The focus is on user scale rather than high individual profits.
Every decision Chu Chen makes almost instantly would take half a month to make in another company, because each decision affects profits, costs, and direction.
Nobody knows what the consequences of doing this will be.

However, Chu Chen didn't even blink, as if he could see the future. He did what he said without hesitation.

Secondly, there is the desire to expand.

Chu Chen seemed to have a grudge against money. He would spend any money he had in the company's accounts, whether it was for animation, voice acting, or game promotion. He spent money like water.

This is not
The revenue sharing from the server launch in May had just arrived, and I heard that CEO Chen is going to buy another company.
Of course, overall, the employees of Starry Sky Games are very pleased with their boss's hard work, after all, a train runs fast because of its locomotive.

As a passenger on a train, you can often clearly feel the changes in the scenery outside the window.

This is why every dynasty, when conquering the world, always had a strong sense of unity, because everyone knew that the opportunity to change their destiny was right in front of them.

So, at the same time that Chu Chen was heading to TaTap headquarters.

Starry Night Live Wallpaper Studio has begun its operations.

At 9 a.m., Starry Games suddenly posted a poster on its official account, congratulating Starry Games on topping the best-selling charts in China and entering the top five in Japan.

Below the poster, there are also fun statistics such as, "To date, XXX commanders have entered the game and killed XXX omnics, which, if laid end to end, could circle the Earth many times over."

While releasing the celebratory data, Xingchen also offered some perks.

In addition to the regular celebratory recruitment tickets, you can also get free game character skins by downloading Starry Sky Wallpaper.

Free! Character skins!!
Just like diamonds, skin has become a paid feature that almost everyone accepts, thanks to the "marketing" of countless manufacturers.

Moreover, it's a "not-so-cheap" paid option.

So when Xingchen initially said he would give away skins, everyone thought...

Ah, I guess it'll just be another ordinary skin. Maybe they'll just change the color of a character's cape and call it a new skin.

However... when players who thought this way clicked on the skin's illustration preview...

Everyone was shocked!
Because the free skin this time isn't just any ordinary skin, but the first PPSh maid skin in "Final Frontline" with Live2D.

This skin is exceptionally well-made. The girl's outfit is a modified version of the classic Russian maid outfit, with delicate lace trim adorning the edges of the short skirt.

PPSh sat on the soft bed dressed like this.

The flawless white stockings, encasing slender and shapely calves, evoked a sense of longing.

The girl tilted her head slightly, her pink tongue gently licking a crystal-clear popsicle, her expression languid and content.

Her little feet, draped in white silk, swayed gently with her subtle movements.

This innocent yet slightly erotic feeling is a direct hit!

The high-quality skin given away is already very attractive, but that's not all. What's even more amazing is that the skin's dynamic effects can actually be linked with the wallpaper software that Starry Night Games just launched.

The event interface clearly displays the "interactive wallpaper" content that is "gifted" with this skin.

It's still PPSh, and she's still wearing that captivating maid outfit.

This time, the scene shifted to a classic standing mirror. The girl leaned slightly forward, her fair fingers gently reaching down to hook the edge of her stockings at her right ankle, as if she were preparing to remove the restraint.

Her slightly flushed cheeks were reflected in the mirror, her eyes were somewhat unfocused, and there was a hint of shyness that was hard to detect.

According to the official demonstration, this is not a simple live wallpaper. Players can use their fingers on the phone or the mouse to slide on the screen to "help" the girl in front of the mirror to gradually remove her white stockings.

Wow, so this is the interactive wallpaper that Xingchen was talking about!
ah!!?
Who could resist being tempted by this?

No matter how you put it, people will always have the urge to possess beautiful things; it's something ingrained in them and can't be changed.

Moreover, the slight roughness of the skin is just right.

It avoids being too direct or pandering, thus diminishing the character's charm, while showcasing the character's appeal in just the right way.

It's so irresistible.

With attractive skins and a free giveaway strategy, the popularity of "Final Front" took off again almost instantly after its release, following a slight dip in its initial buzz.

The posts below the official announcement were flooded like a waterfall.

Holy crap! They're giving this away for free?!

"Has Starry Sky gone mad? Giving away skins of this quality for free?"

"Live2D!!! And it's a maid outfit! I'm absolutely blown away!"

"The key is that wallpaper! That wallpaper, guys!"

"Can you take off stockings? Really? I'll download it right now!"

"Starry Night Games, my god!"

"My goodness, why don't you charge some money? You're so honest, what if you go out of business?!"

Major gaming forums, social media platforms, and player groups were almost instantly flooded with news about the PPSh maid skin and collaboration wallpapers.

Under the impact of this wave of benefits, countless players flocked to the event like sharks smelling blood.

The wallpaper app, which had just been launched and had no prior publicity, suddenly became the center of attention, with its downloads skyrocketing at a visible rate.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, 500,000, 800,000
Within just a few hours of the announcement, the numbers skyrocketed, reaching one million, then two million, and then three million.

The massive user base of "Final Battlefront" began to take effect.

This kind of "cyber egg giveaway" that comes with no conditions and is given away upon download is something that no player could resist, not even ten years from now.

It's important to know that this is a skin with Live2D capabilities, and at this point in time, Live2D truly represents a high level of technological sophistication.

In the original plan, this was also the first attempt by Starry Sky Games to create a 129 skin.

But now..
In order to align with Starry Sky Games' strategy, the game was changed to be given away for free.

In the instant this decision was made, Starry Night Games suffered "losses" in the tens of millions in the short term.
But Chu Chen made this decision in just one minute, or perhaps in a fleeting instant. He was determined to use this "tens of millions" level skin to exchange for even more traffic from the Starry Sky Wallpaper.

As expected, the number of installations of Star Wallpaper skyrocketed as soon as the download-for-skin event started.

But that's not all, Chu Chen also has a second-stage rocket.

(End of this chapter)