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The news that Starcard Games had open-sourced part of the code for Escape from Chickenkov quickly spread throughout the gaming community.

As the saying goes, there are many hidden talents among ordinary people. Among the players of Escape from Chicken, there are quite a few IT guys who know programming. According to the statement released by Starcard, they logged into CSDN (Chinese IT Community) during their spare time at work and started to look at Starcard's open source code.

Of course, besides players of Escape from Chickenkov, many game companies in the industry also quickly copied the open-source code from Starcard, as if they were afraid that Starcard would delete the post.

Thanks to the efforts of all parties, this post on CSDN garnered over 100,000 clicks, views, and downloads.

The player community and industry insiders have mixed opinions on Starcard's inexplicable decision to open-source part of its code.

From the players' perspective, Star Cards are purely for their benefit, making it easier for them to create more fun mods and adding to the game's enjoyment—a win-win situation.

However, industry insiders believe that Starcard is a foolish sucker, having given away the hard work of its employees for nothing. They predict that before long, a large number of similar games will flood the market.

Inside the CEO's office in the company building of Steam Platforms.

Ren Kang, the CEO of the Steam Platform, was hunched over his desk, handling company affairs.

However, Ren Kang's eyes looked sunken, his eye bags were puffy, and his dark circles were obvious, as if he hadn't slept for several days, and he looked like he was about to die suddenly at any moment.

The secretary stood in front of the desk, handed the tablet computer to Ren Kang, hesitated for a moment, then clenched her fist and mustered up the courage to offer a reminder.

"Mr. Ren, you look like you're not getting enough rest. Perhaps you could take a break from creating this award and not overwork yourself."

Ren Kang simply waved his hand at his secretary's well-intentioned concern, not taking it to heart.

Then, he took the tablet computer from his secretary and began to examine it carefully.

On the computer screen was the open-source code post published by Xingka on CSDN.

Seeing that the post contained some core code, Ren Kang's thick eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

"How did Chen Dong suddenly open-source the game's code?"

Ren Kang has a technical background, so he understands very well the importance of game code to a game company. Moreover, the open-source code of Starcard contains some valuable code.

It can be said that Starcard's open-source code is enough to help game developers who want to make similar games save a lot of costs.

Hearing Ren Kang's mutterings, the secretary standing to the side blurted out a sentence.

"Perhaps Mr. Chen simply wants to make things easier for players and improve their gaming experience?"

When Ren Kang looked up and met her gaze, the secretary suddenly realized what had happened. Without thinking about why she had said those words, she quickly lowered her head and apologized.

Before he could even say "I'm sorry," Ren Kang stopped his secretary from doing anything.

"What did you just say? Say it again!"

The secretary was stunned for a moment, her mind not yet processing what she had just said, before she repeated what she had just said.

After listening, Ren Kang's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Immediately afterwards, the doubt that had been lingering on his face vanished, replaced by a hearty laugh.

"That's right, Chen Dong is much more pure than me. Perhaps he really just wants to give players a better gaming experience."

No wonder that kid can create such high-quality games. Only game developers who truly care about the players can create games that genuinely satisfy them!

……

"Achoo! Who's talking about me behind my back?"

Chen Dong sniffed and muttered something under his breath.

This little incident abruptly cut off Chen Dong's train of thought about the novel's subsequent plot.

Moreover, no matter how hard he tried to recall, he still couldn't remember the idea that had suddenly come to him.

"Oh well, never mind if I can't remember. What's done is done. Let's take a break."

Chen Dong closed the writer's assistant app and immediately opened Bilibili.

After the screen refreshed, the video in the center of the screen instantly caught Chen Dong's attention.

"A pure version of the viral moment of 'Escape from Chickenkov'?"

The video was posted six hours ago, and the cover image was none other than Su Tao, an official contracted streamer of Xingka.

The bottom left corner of the video's cover displays the video's view count and the number of bullet comments in real time.

One is over two million, and the other is over twenty thousand.

Looking down, you can also see a list of 100,000 favorites marked in orange font and background next to the video publisher.

"The game has only been out for less than a day, and a viral video has already appeared?"

Chen Dong was initially puzzled, but after seeing the familiar name of the poster below the video, he understood.

"So it was that guy, Slice-kun."

Driven by curiosity about the video's content, Chen Dong clicked on it, contributing one view and a meager amount of revenue to the video platform.

To Chen Dong's surprise, the video started with Su Tao, and it seemed that they had just entered the map, with the chicken still near the entrance to the base below.

"Logically speaking, there are no safes, cabinets, or clothing containers near the base entrances and exits that could easily yield high-value items. Could it be that Slice-kun has been recording videos since the beginning of time?"

And was the video muted? Why is there no sound at all?

Suppressing his doubts, Chen Dong patiently continued watching.

After fiddling around for a while, Su Tao in the lower right corner started controlling the chick, leading it to the fork in the road, which was also where the food and ammunition boxes were located.

First, the food box contained bottled water and yogurt.

Hearing Su Tao suddenly complain, Chen Dong was certain that the video had sound, and a smile appeared on his face as he chuckled to himself.

"You guys were indifferent to yogurt at first, but now you're begging for it in the middle."

In his previous life, Chen Dong had also played the game "Escape from Yakov" and had been tormented by yogurt for quite some time.

Now that he's gotten caught in the rain, players of Escape from Chickenkov can't escape either!

The video continues, and the main content of the video soon appears.

While echoing the complaints in the live stream chat, Su Tao opened 20 red bullets from the ammunition box.

The background music suddenly started playing the moment the red bullets spawned.

"La la la la la... Lonely people sing sad songs... La la la la la... Lonely people sing sad songs!"

Upon hearing the tune that the mouse played, Chen Dong froze in his seat, recalling the fear of being dominated by a mouse when playing games in his previous life.

Fortunately, in this life there is only one search and hide game, "Escape from Chickenkov," and it is a single-player game, so there is no need to worry about being ambushed by rats who sneak up on you and then instantly possess you.

But... the mouse culture has already emerged only a day after Escape from Chickenkov was released?!

The video didn't mislead viewers; it included clips of several popular streamers, and the video editor even added a little tune to them.