Everyone was taken aback. The deputy chief engineer asked, "Boss, what do you mean?"
“The script is good and very engaging, but it just doesn’t fit the current needs of ‘Cloud Dreams’,” Ming said. “But if there’s no demand, we can create one. ‘Cloud Dreams’ is a light to medium-intensity dress-up and adventure game, so it doesn’t need a lot of plot to fill out the character designs; but if it were a female-oriented game with a strong storyline, then this would be the best script to meet the needs.”
After Ming finished speaking, everyone present was astonished.
They looked at each other, conveying their feelings with their eyes.
Good heavens! Could it be that this genius designer has come up with another brilliant idea in just a few minutes?!
—They just finished making dress-up games for women, and now they can start making story-based experiences for women... This is really going to monopolize the market!
"But if we focus on the storyline experience... then where is our selling point?"
The deputy chief engineer posed a profound question.
This has always been the biggest problem for the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio when it first started the project—
The core of this game is how to extract money from players' pockets.
Mingyan pondered for a while, then opened the script outline and reviewed it again.
"What do you all think, besides nice clothes, is most likely to attract the attention of female players?" Mingyan asked.
Of those present, only the head of the drama team blurted out: "Of course, it's a handsome man!"
"!!!"
Everyone felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.
In the original script, there were several men with very well-developed personalities.
Originally, top-notch screenwriting teams are very good at creating characters like this—they have different relationships with the female lead, experience various plots with her for various reasons, and ultimately reach different endings because of the female lead's choices.
The head of the scriptwriting team slammed his hand on the table in excitement:
"We can sell handsome men to female players!"
The crowd gasped in disbelief.
"Ahem, of course it's not about human trafficking," the story planner quickly added. "I mean, it'll still be a gacha system, but each card can represent a sweet memory. Opening a card will allow our players to experience a story, and the card features that incredibly handsome man..."
As everyone listened, they all wore thoughtful expressions.
This idea... it does seem like it could work...
If some games can attract male players with beautiful women, why can't they attract female players with beautiful men?
The meeting lasted for a full two hours.
Finally, Mingyan placed the script given to him by screenwriter Jin Huan on his side and said with a smile, "Very good, then we can start preparing for the new project now... As for the project code name, let's tentatively call it 'Romance'."
Chapter 138 The Way of the Assassin
After the successful release of "Cloud Dreams of Clothes", Mingyan left the Dragon Slayer Studio again.
Compared to Blue Star, most of the employees on Dragon Slayer's side are still unaware of Mingyan's true identity.
Aside from important matters, Mingyan rarely comes to the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio on his own initiative.
In comparison, it really feels like being raised by a stepmother, but fortunately, the employees don't really care whether the boss is approachable or not.
A high salary and normal benefits are enough!
—Even without benefits, a super high salary would be fine!
Blue Star Studio is quite different.
Many companies place great importance on the word "dream" when interviewing employees.
Most young people who choose to dedicate themselves to the gaming industry still have dreams—because this generation is the backbone of gamers back then.
They enjoy playing and watching, and then they enjoy dedicating themselves to it, turning it into a career they deeply love.
Their career goals are often not about salary, but about a higher sense of self and social recognition.
In other words, I want to make a game that I enjoy playing, a truly good game!
Therefore, when some editors in the media deliberately stirred up conflict, neither of the two studios paid much attention.
The Dragon-Slaying Saber doesn't care about reputation; money is all that matters.
Blue Star Studio never bothers to compare themselves with others, because what they pursue is not fame, but the work itself.
Those most concerned about this debate are probably Mingyan's personal fans.
Even Mingyan himself just laughed it off.
There are still many problems for him to solve with the new project "Assassin," and now is not the time for leisure and entertainment.
After the Lunar New Year holiday, the alpha test version has officially become a thing of the past, and now "Assassin" has almost covered the entire map.
By the way, the official name of the game has been almost finalized.
People seem more willing to call it "The Way of the Assassin".
—This was a sentence that the copywriting team leader wrote on the spur of the moment, and it was eventually used as his declaration of joining the assassin organization.
Hear my vow, be my witness: