To ascend, I had no choice but to create games

Chapter 219: Chapter 151 – A Big Business Opportunity Arrives (Second Update)_1

The goal of this game is to have players help find instruments and rescue the squirrels, so as not to let the squirrels accrue too much karma.

Sir Big Tail hopes to find the instruments within five years and rescue the people within them, so Fang Cheng did his best to make the process more attractive and easier for players to get involved.

To make the game more interesting, he and the squirrels requested various schematics of ships and then created different types of ships, thus giving players a stronger motivation to search the folds, rescue squirrels, and earn rewards to purchase ships.

To combat the Shadows, he equipped the crafted ships with a variety of weapon systems and provided numerous upgrade paths.

To prevent players from being unclear about their objectives and also to lower difficulty, he deliberately introduced Alpha auxiliary robots, making the game not too tough.

Despite having done a lot, he still felt it was too boring.

The whole process simply involved flying forward, setting the direction to automatically proceed as indicated by Alpha, locking on and firing at enemies upon sight, maneuvering the ship to avoid Shadows and various obstacles, and then finding other squirrels and returning.

Actually, it would be enough to just see the squirrels; Immortal Spells cast by Fang Cheng on the ships would automatically protect the other squirrels, but having them at the player’s side created a greater sense of immersion.

Along the way, one might encounter various monsters extended from the Shadows, and due to the devouring nature of the Shadows, the more you eliminate, the higher the probability of being targeted by a large Shadow, inevitably leading to failure in the end.

There’s hardly any plot; the only goals are to save people and search for instruments. The sole gameplay is steering ships to evade attacks by the Shadows, which is utterly dull.

Allowing Number One to try it out, Fang Cheng saw it blow up and perish after a few minutes.

Itself protected by Fang Cheng’s Immortal Spells, it could survive the explosion and return to the ship. When it comes to players, it doesn’t matter; just discard them and resurrect at the Spirit Gathering Array.

And almost instantly, the ship would appear outside, regenerated by the Spirit Gathering Array as well.

Besides a negligible amount of Mana, there was no loss, but Number One, the snow squirrel, still clasped its shoulders, trembling as it said, “That was terrifying! As soon as I got on, I immediately remembered being chased by the Shadows. Is this thing even a game?”

Number Two and Number Three looked at the ship with lingering fear, “Do humans really like this thing? I feel it’s like an instrument of torture.”

“Agree,” nodded Sir Big Tail vigorously, “every time I have to pilot the ship, I’m filled with fear and have to listen to music to ease it.”

“Me too.”

“Same here, I have to have the standard music or I won’t dare to pilot the ship. The quality of the speakers is directly proportional to the piloting skills.”

Out of curiosity, Fang Cheng had Number One play the music and discovered that it was specifically composed by the squirrels to alleviate the tension and fear of the pilots.

The music was magnificent but carried a hint of sorrow; the various instruments blended softly together, creating marvelous chords that made the whole piece heart-stirring and uplifting.

After listening for a while, Fang Cheng realized that the piece actually resonated with the Heavenly Tao and couldn’t help but curiously ask, “Who composed this piece?”

“A legendary musician among us squirrels, who is also a genius ship pilot. It spent three years continuously researching and finally found this piece that can alleviate the pilot’s fear to the greatest extent.”

“Is that so… Then, can I use it as the background music for the game?”

“Of course, it’s royalty-free, and if it’s you, boss, you can use it however you want.”

Incorporating the music into the game, Fang Cheng felt it became slightly more interesting.

But still boring.

With the game in hand, he returned to the studio and realized he had somehow spent another weekend on it.

Fortunately, he hadn’t forgotten about work this time, and he continued to contemplate his game from his own spot, becoming more and more entangled.

The alias “Living Immortal” was no longer usable, as many players had guessed that Fang Cheng was the Living Immortal, and like a group of mindless fans, began speculating on the profound meaning behind Fang Cheng’s actions.

Some said Fang Cheng was just playing around, others thought it was because some games couldn’t pass the review, but the most widespread belief was that he was making a big move for the next step: using free games to draw traffic to his “Game Inn” and ultimately create his own gaming information platform.

According to their understanding of Fang Cheng, this platform wouldn’t need to introduce ads, have no capital involvement, and would be managed by highly dedicated patrollers, with the website impeccably constructed.

Every detail was perfect, and the scalability of the entire site was surprisingly good. To say that Fang Cheng did this unintentionally was an absolute impossibility.

This showed that Fang Cheng not only made good games but also had great ambition; he was not just here to make games better but even to standardize the gaming information market.

Since he couldn’t use the alias “Living Immortal” anymore, and he didn’t want to release such a boring game, he wondered if there was anyone willing to come to him with an opportunity to help him promote the game.

Seeing Fang Cheng frown, Wang Xiaoying’s eyes lit up instead.

The boss is up to something!

Excitedly poking the Monkey sitting opposite her, Wang Xiaoying said softly, “Look at the boss.”