Anyone with eyes can see that there are significant disagreements among the judges!
The atmosphere became tense, but the ratings unexpectedly increased.
When the director backstage realized the situation was not right, he quickly started gesturing, ready to take control at any moment.
By this time, Mingyan had almost finished thinking it over.
He carefully considered Zhu Wenshu's "suggestions for revision" and finally said, "I cannot agree with this statement. If it is really revised in this way, the original creativity and characteristics will be completely lost."
He always focuses on the issue, not the person, and his intention was, of course, to make the game better.
However, as soon as he said those words, Zhu Wenshu's expression turned very ugly.
Yu Bing's expression was full of gratitude.
Zhu Wenshu chuckled, probably trying to ease the awkwardness, and then asked, "Chief Designer Ming is indeed very insightful. So, how do you think this game should be modified to both preserve the creativity and make it more playable?"
Mingyan shook his head and said, "It's not lacking in playability to begin with. If I had to say, we could even reduce some of the player's actions further, so that they only need to choose stat points and equipment. Some skills could even be made to be automatically released."
The judges were surprised, and the audience also made a "Huh?" sound.
“This is an attempt at a new type of game.” Mingyan thought for a moment and explained, “I don’t think we can evaluate this kind of game with the same old perspectives. Its value is not in making people work hard to complete the game, but in the joy of getting some unexpected rewards in their spare time. Hmm… maybe it’s appropriate to call it an ‘idle game’.”
Zhu Wenshu smiled and said, "As expected of Chief Designer Ming, you've 'created' a new game genre in the blink of an eye. Amazing!"
He gave a thumbs up, but his expression didn't seem like a genuine compliment.
Mingyan shook his head and said to Yu Bing, "If you're interested, we can talk about it in more detail after the competition."
After saying that, he lit up his scoreboard.
He gave the game a high score of 8.5, mainly due to the "gameplay design" aspect.
At this moment, Zhu Wenshu, who was beside him, also lit up his sign.
— He gave it a score of 3.0.
Chapter 56 Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred
The judges' work actually only takes half a day.
After all the entries for the top eight were evaluated, the final rankings were not surprising to anyone.
Yu Bing's legendary "idle game" still ranks third.
30% of the score was given by the judges, and apart from Mingyan and Zhu Wenshu's scores, the rest of them were also a bit hesitant.
—Mainly because they've never seen such a novel way of playing before.
The remaining 70% was provided by the players in the audience.
They rate things very casually, just according to their own preferences—fun is fun, and not fun is not fun.
Combining the two scores, the game called "Fingertip Hero" actually received a pretty good rating and ultimately won third place.
At this point, the judges all stepped down from the stage, and the final award was presented by a senior industry veteran who had just retired.
Mingyan's recording of the program came to a temporary end, and he quickly returned backstage to wash his face.
Zhu Wenshu followed behind him and used another pool.
Mingyan smiled at him in a friendly manner.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Wenshu stared at his face and said, "I really can't tell that you've been out of school for more than three years. Your skin is so good. At first glance, I would have thought you were a college student."
He was waiting for Mingyan to speak.
Then he said explicitly, "Oh."
Zhu Wenshu: "..."
Heaven help me, this is yet another topic that is beyond Mingyan's knowledge!
After saying "Oh," Mingyan hesitated for a while, unsure of what to comment on, before finally deciding to return to her own topic: "I'm going back to work overtime, what about you?"
Zhu Wenshu: "………………"
He touched a pimple that had just appeared on his chin and silently gritted his teeth.
In the gaming industry, who doesn't work overtime?
But I don't know why, other people who do mental work and work overtime all get terrible breakouts, their faces are oily, they have serious dark circles, and they look listless.
But why does Mingyan say that working overtime is like getting a spa treatment?
It's fine if I don't get pimples...
How could he still be so energetic and cheerful?!
What kind of spirit of working overtime is supporting him?
Zhu Wenshu gritted his teeth and said with a forced smile, "I don't work overtime. Maybe the company values me, because I work from home and don't need to clock in. Oh, it's really embarrassing to say, but the company still gave me a bonus, saying that 'The Grip of Empire' is performing exceptionally well..."
Mingyan nodded.
Oh, a work-from-home project bonus? Isn't that a standard perk at Blue Star Studio?
Mingyan calmly replied, "Okay, then keep up the good work on the new game."