She is my childhood sweetheart, how could I not understand her?

Chapter 380 of "Slay the Spire" is now available.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Lao Ju's games sometimes raise viewers' blood pressure; there's no denying that his live streams are incredibly entertaining.

The new game, Slay the Spire, not only tests players' strategic skills but also their luck.
Unlike Vampire, where you can eventually combine items into a super weapon with patience, in Slay the Spire you simply can't find the key items and cards.

At this point, the most interesting part of the game is to try to survive the monster's attacks by using the cards in your hand.

"Let's discard Pain Shot since we're playing Control Warrior anyway. What we need to do now is streamline our deck so that we can draw our key cards as soon as possible."

"Wait, why isn't the block multiplier card here yet?"

"They're not even coming to build barriers, all I get are confrontations!"

"How about switching to a melee fighter first?"

"It's been rescheduled!"

"Holy crap, the block is coming!!"

After watching the live stream for a while, Chen Shen suddenly realized something.

He finally understood why so many game development teams liked to have Wang Laoju promote their games.

Watching this person play games can really raise your blood pressure.

After his blood pressure spiked, many viewers, including Chen Shen himself, wished they could jump into the screen and take Wang Laoju's place in the game.

That is
Players who get angry will be unable to resist buying the game and giving it a try!
Holy crap, that's top-notch sales strategy!
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Throughout September, amidst discussions among Wang Laoju and numerous netizens, the game's testing phase came to an end.

What awaited Chen Shen and his team was endless optimization work.

The release date is set for October 4th. It was originally planned for late October, but considering that it is already the National Day holiday, releasing it earlier will allow players to enjoy it during the holiday.

Of course, while players can have a great time, it also means that Chen Shen and his friends will not be able to enjoy this leisurely National Day holiday at all.

From the first day of the National Day holiday, the group worked overtime until the day the game was released.

Seeing the message "1 hour until the game unlocks" on the Steam store page, Chen Shen smiled as he looked at Zheng Feiyang and Qin Yu, who were pretending to be nonchalant but were actually sweating with nervousness.

"Look at those two." He patted Liu Yujie's shoulder mischievously.

Liu Yujie looked over and chuckled as well.

"It's okay, don't be nervous. The reputation is pretty good, isn't it?"

"Phew, don't try to persuade me. I understand the logic, but I just can't control myself," Zheng Feiyang calmly complained.

Having said all that, Chen Shen simply shrugged and said no more.

All their preparations are complete; they're even prepared to work through the night fixing bugs.

Before the official release, the previous 2000-person test was just a small-scale operation.

Now that the game is about to be released to hundreds of millions of players worldwide, all we can say is that they hope there will be fewer bugs.

Then let them get a good night's sleep.

The hour before the ban was lifted felt incredibly long. Chen Shen lurked in several fan groups, occasionally switching to a secondary account to post messages, trying to infiltrate the fan community.

However, players are all eagerly awaiting the game's release and have no time for idle chatter.

After all, we've been watching live streams every day for a while now, and we've really gotten hooked.

After chatting with a group of players in the group for a while, finally, at 10 a.m., the early access version of Slay the Spire was officially released.

Because of the existing fan base from the previous work, the new game sold over 10,000 units instantly after its release, and sales are still growing at an extremely rapid pace.

But everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

The next 24 hours were their real battleground. With joint recommendations from Bilibili and Steam, the game officially surpassed 50,000 sales in just 3 hours.

This new game is priced higher than "Vampire," at 48, which is considered one of the more expensive domestic games.

Chen Shen looked at Zheng Feiyang, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Are the congratulatory illustrations all ready?"

As a newly established studio with a large following, it is essential for them to promptly inform their fans of their achievements.

And a celebratory illustration for sales figures is a great way to do that.

Major game companies usually release a congratulatory image when a game's sales reach 10,000, 100,000, or even 1 million. Although they are not a major company, Chen Shen thought this practice was quite good.

Of course, they wouldn't set too high a goal for themselves. Chen Shen isn't an overly ambitious person. He's not so naive as to assume that his new work will also be a hit just because his previous work was a success.

Unlike entertainment, games can be easily manipulated, but in the gaming world, the quality of a game is often the only thing that matters.

Even though Vampire has garnered them a large fanbase, it doesn't mean that Kill the Spire's sales will skyrocket.

Therefore, Chen Shen wisely set the quantity of congratulatory paintings at 50,000 per batch.

Up to 50 copies—that's the sales ceiling Chen Shen set for his new work.

In other words, ten congratulatory illustrations.

"It's all set up, shall we send it now?"

"Send it out, send out the 5 first."

Zheng Feiyang nodded. This was part of her job as a graphic designer; after all, a congratulatory illustration needed to be presented.

As the studio's only graphic artist, Zheng Feiyang was naturally tasked with creating the congratulatory illustration.

"I feel like this game's sales won't be bad either."

Looking at the exaggerated increase in the data on the backend, Liu Yujie, who was monitoring the data in real time, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Chen Shen waved his hand, calmly helping everyone lower their expectations: "Don't overthink it. The high sales right now are mainly due to the fan advantage of the previous work. Let's check the reviews tonight, and we'll have a better idea of ​​what to expect."

Everyone nodded in agreement and stopped the discussion, going about their work or diving as usual.

Time flew by and evening arrived.

As the sunlight outside the window was gradually replaced by the night, Chen Shen, sitting in front of the computer, stared blankly at the Steam backend, his face full of astonishment.

Behind him were three other people with equally blank expressions.

"It's six o'clock! How were the results?"

Just as they were in a daze, Xu Suiyou's voice woke them from their shock.

Chen Shen slammed his hand on the table.

"Fuck!"

"What happened?"

"25 sales in one afternoon, holy crap!!!"

Chen Shen looked at the six-figure number above and couldn't help but shout.

In his estimation, even if sales were high tonight, they would only be around 70,000 to 80,000.

When the number of players reached 50,000 in three hours, he already had a vague feeling that something was wrong. However, he underestimated how sticky the players were.

And the level of recognition their new game has received in terms of gameplay.

(End of this chapter)