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Alpha Studio chat group.

Kasumigaoka: "The copywriting has been completed, and the final draft has been sent to your email."

Kato: "I've already completed the program here, and the unit tests are done. The only thing left is the integration test."

Eriri Sawamura looked at the messages from the two people, hesitated for a while, and decided to join the group and post her progress again.

Sawamura: "I've also finished my art part."

Muto: "Okay, I'll start putting it together now."

Muto: "As this is the first game we've all made together, I think everyone should play it together for the first time."

Kato: "I do feel a bit concerned."

Sawamura: "Everyone should definitely come together for the first tryout."

After all, this is a very memorable moment, and since everyone agrees on this, there is a question that needs further discussion.

That is the location for the game trial. Alpha Studio does not have a fixed office location, and everyone usually works at home.

Sawamura: "How about... another training camp? Just like last time, the money from the training camp can be added directly to the game development costs after the game is released."

Muto: "That's an idea. If no one else has any better suggestions, then let's follow Sawamura-kun's advice."

Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kato Megumi, who were in front of their phones, looked at Sawamura Eriri's proposal, were silent for a moment, and finally did not raise any objections.

In fact, they had their own ideas. Kasumigaoka Utaha's original idea was to go to the activity room allocated to them by the school to try it out together, while Kato Megumi asked everyone to go to Muto Yu's house to try it out.

However, after Sawamura Eriri made this suggestion, Kasumigaoka Utaha thought about it and felt that going out for training would be a good idea, just as a celebration of completing the game. Kato Megumi suddenly didn't want Muto Yu's home address to be exposed to the other two, so she chose to agree.

Kasumigaoka: "That's it then."

Kato: "Agreed."

Muto: "Okay, does everyone have time tomorrow?"

Chapter 96: Hot Spring Stay

Sawamura: "I have time tomorrow."

Kasumigaoka: "Yes."

Kato: "That's fine with me."

Muto: "So now all we have to do is choose a location."

The girls had different opinions on the choice of location. To be precise, it was Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka who were in conflict.

Although Kato Megumi also expressed a different opinion from the two of them, after seeing the situation of the two people, she also chose to abstain.

Sawamura: "Why do you always have to disagree with me on any topic? @Kasumigaoka"

Kasumigaoka: "Shouldn't I be the one asking you this? I'm your senior, but you're always arguing with me. You have no respect for your seniors."

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How can I put it? This kind of scene has been played out countless times in the group. If you say they have a bad relationship, it won't take long for them to return to normal after a quarrel. If you say they have a good relationship, they can quarrel over trivial matters.

After watching the two people quarreling for a while, Kasumigaoka suddenly tagged Muto Yu.

Kasumigaoka: "@Muto, President, who should we listen to?"

Sawamura: "Yes, President, who do you want to listen to?"

I originally wanted to watch the women quarreling for a while longer, but since I was tagged, I can’t just pretend nothing happened and continue watching the show.

Muto: "If I say so, let's go find a hot spring hotel and soak in the hot springs."

Finally, with the president's privilege, the location of the training camp was decided, which was a famous hot spring hotel in Yamanashi City.

Yamanashi City is not far from Tokyo City, only a two-hour drive away. The next day, everyone gathered at the school gate as usual and then went to the tram station near the school together.

Before leaving this time, Eriri didn't stay up all night to finish her manuscript, so she was in good spirits. Speaking of which, going out to stay with friends like this is actually a very novel experience for Eriri, who seems to have a lot of friends.

Of course, there were all kinds of bickering during the chat, but Muto Yu and Kato Megumi watched the scene calmly, and in a place where the other party didn't notice, they secretly held hands with their fingers interlocked.

When the tram arrived at the station, everyone went straight to the hot spring hotel. This time they booked two rooms, both with private hot springs, but one was a large triple suite and the other was a single room.

The hot spring hotel also provides lunch. After having lunch in the hotel restaurant, the four people returned to the room. Because the triple suite has more space, they gathered here this time.

Under the expectant gaze of the three girls, Muto Yu turned on his computer and started the packaged "To the Moon" game.

The main storyline of "To the Moon" lasts about four hours, and one afternoon is just enough to complete it. After that, everyone can have dinner and soak in the hot springs.

It just so happened that there was a TV in the suite that supported screen projection. It was much larger than the computer screen, so it was more convenient for everyone to watch.

To create a better atmosphere, Eriri Sawamura also drew the curtains on all the windows in the room, making the entire room pitch dark, with only the light from the computer screen and the TV screen.

You know what, it really feels like watching a movie.

"Okay, let the game begin."

As Yuu Muto said this, the game officially began. Utaha Kasumigaoka, Eriri Sawamura, and Megumi Kato all stared at the TV screen intently, with a series of expressions on their faces, including anticipation, excitement, excitement, and worry.

This is everyone's first game, and it's the result of a lot of hard work, so everyone is naturally looking forward to the final performance of this game.

As the gentle piano sounds, the touching plot gradually unfolds under the control of the player.

Even though everyone present was the creator of the game and already knew where the story was going, when the words "What if you forget or get lost?" and "Silly boy, we'll meet on the moon someday" appeared in the dialog box, tears began to well up in the girls' eyes.

Even Yuu Muto felt a little bit of a lump in his throat, but this also proved the quality of the game.

Everyone can't wait to see players playing this game and crying their eyes out.

After adjusting his mood, Muto Yu held a meeting and summarized the game from the perspective of a game developer.

“As everyone’s first game, I think everyone has done their best, and some minor issues are not a big deal.”

Muto Yu's words made the three girls smile involuntarily. The recognition from Kayaba Akihiko also made them full of confidence in this game.

"The rest of the game's testing will be completed in about a day, so do you want to start promoting the game now?"

"How are we promoting the game? Are we using Kayaba Akihiko's account?"

Eriri Sawamura immediately became excited, and Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes lit up slightly. If they used Kayaba Akihiko's account to promote the game, then there would be no need to worry about the sales of the game.

However, under the girl's expectant and excited gaze, Muto Yu nodded slightly. Although he did not participate in the production of this game, he was basically in charge of the progress and quality.

However, this game was purchased from the system's game library after all. On the other hand, he also strictly controlled the quality of the game, so using Kayaba Akihiko's account to promote this game was in line with the principles he had set at the beginning.

The most important thing is that it can also bring a certain degree of fame to Alpha Studio.

So, less than two days after the release of the promotional PV of "Stardew Valley", the promotional PV of "To the Moon" and the introduction of Alpha Studio were released again through Kayaba Akihiko's account.

Then a large number of netizens flocked to the Alpha Studio account, and the number of followers increased rapidly. Although everyone was a newcomer, netizens still had high expectations for the studio established by Kayaba Akihiko.

A large number of encouraging comments appeared under the Alpha Studio account, but the girls were completely unaware of this because they were enjoying the hot springs.

Naturally, Muto Yu could only stay in the independent hot spring in his own single room. At least for now, it was impossible for him to take a mixed bath in the hot spring with girls.

After soaking in the hot spring, Muto Yu came to the girls' room. The girls had already changed into yukata. Such a scene could barely be considered a benefit for him, at least it was pleasing to the eyes.

“Wow, the number of followers has increased a lot!”

"It's already 300,000 followers in just a short while."

Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka spoke one after another, their tone filled with uncontrollable shock and disbelief.

Chapter 97: Confident Eriri

"Is this the appeal of a celebrity with nearly 20 million fans?!"

Kato Megumi couldn't help but sigh, and Muto Yu corrected her with pretended humility.

"I only have a little over 18 million YouTube followers right now, which is a long way from 20 million."

This somewhat ostentatious behavior also attracted the girls' disdain, but they still thoughtfully played the role of the supporting actor.

Then everyone fell silent. After logging into their work accounts, the girls looked through the various comments under the studio account. If there were any interesting comments, they would like them or reply to them.

Seeing this, Yuu Muto searched online for the games he had released. After all, he usually starts working on the next game right after it is released.

As for the subsequent reactions caused by the games, they basically don't pay much attention. After all, these games have proven themselves in previous lives, and Yuya Muto has guaranteed the quality of the games.

There will be no problems with the gameplay and quality, and the points have been calculated and obtained, so there is really no need to pay attention to it later.

Now, after searching, Muto Yu discovered that the games he made had been reviewed by most of the game review agencies on the market, and one of them, called AGN, had given very high ratings to all his games.

(I’m going to give a shit about IGN here, after all, IGN is a clown now)

Out of curiosity, Yu Muto clicked in to take a look. There were games he made, and each had a separate column. Of course, he only started reviewing Terraria after its release, and the reviews of games released before that were also added later.

According to the order in which the games were released, I first clicked on the review of "IWanna", which briefly introduced the gameplay and some of the memes that became popular because of this game.

Finally, there is a summary:

"The simplicity of the controls makes it easy to learn, but difficult to master. With jump height controlled by shift force (time), successfully jumping over the spikes becomes even more difficult.

The author will even set up some pitfalls along the way to make you fail (happy home). In this case, repeated attempts are inevitable, and it is common to die hundreds of times between two save points.

So, don’t be careless, masochists! (*^▽^*).”

Many of the reviews below are quite abstract. I took a look on Steam and found that "IWanna", which is a surprise game that became famous, still has a surprisingly good number of daily active online users.

This review organization also gave high ratings to other games. Yu Muto simply took a look at them all and felt much happier.

"After a new game is released, it will be a good pastime to read these reviews and comments."

When they were almost done playing, Muto Yu put down his phone and spoke to Kato Megumi and the other two standing beside him.

"Okay, time to talk about some serious business."

When the girls heard his words, they immediately came over and sat down around a small low table in the room, and their eyes were focused on Muto Yu.

"I'm going to post 'To the Moon' to the Game Research Association group and ask Sister Liangfeng and the others to help with game testing.

You will also need to conduct various tests on this game according to the software testing documentation I provide. I will teach you how to read the documentation and write test reports."

"No problem, President, please follow the strictest standards. We don't want any serious problems to occur with our first work."

Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately answered with a serious expression, and Sawamura Eriri, who had always been at odds with her, also nodded seriously at Muto Yu.

"That's good. Then, let's move on to your next work, a galgame for all ages called 'Clannad'. The requirements for the artists this time are much higher, and the pressure on you, Sawamura-kun, will increase significantly."

“Progress comes only with pressure and challenges, so leave it to me!”

Eriri Sawamura said with a smile that once "To the Moon" is released, she will be officially on the map, and if she releases "Clannad", she will be able to completely say goodbye to the past.

But the happier Eriri smiles now, the more painful she will be in the future.

The style requirements of "To the Moon" itself are not very high, so Yu Muto did not set too high standards for Eriri, but "Clannad" is different.

However, seeing Eriri so confident, Muto Yu hesitated for a moment but didn't say anything. At least everyone came out to the hot spring for training together, so there was no need to make the other person unhappy.

"Then President, when will you send me the plot summary of the new game?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha said impatiently that when she was in charge of the copywriting of "To the Moon", the process of Machida Sonoko asking her to revise the manuscript repeatedly was quite torturous.

But looking back now, she can feel her visible progress compared to before. This feeling of growth and improvement is the main reason why Kasumigaoka Utaha is so positive.

"Wait until you complete the testing mission for To the Moon. You can't do two things at once. The most important thing right now is to polish To the Moon."

After that, Muto Yu left the girls' room and returned to his own single room.

On the other hand, Eriri Sawamura and Utaha Kasumigaoka once again focused their attention on social platforms, especially the latter. Because of the fame of Alpha Studio, or Akihiko Kayaba, her pen name Utaha Kasumigaoka also became a little popular.

This also led to an increase in the sales of "Love Metronome", and some animation companies also turned their attention to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

They are all waiting and watching. If "To the Moon" receives rave reviews, Kasumi Shiko, as the copywriter, will naturally gain a lot of popularity. At this time, "Love Metronome" will become a work that brings its own traffic.

When the time comes to animate the work, we won’t have to worry too much about the ratings.

Before the results of "To the Moon" came out, going directly to Kasumigaoka Utaha or Fuzuigawa Bunko to discuss the animation of the work would have been a gamble.

After all, whether it is Yu Muto's previous life or this world, there have always been more people who add icing on the cake than those who provide timely assistance.

Most people still tend to prefer businesses that are sure to make a profit. Even when Hazuki Shizuku decided to take a gamble and sell Eagle Leap to Muto Yu, it was because she saw the extraordinary talent he showed.

In essence, it can only be regarded as icing on the cake, not timely assistance.