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

Chapter 384 July

With good grades, everyone is more enthusiastic about going to work.

Although it is still the National Day holiday, everyone has no objection to the overtime arrangement and is even very enthusiastic.

Qin Yu even brought the same energy she usually has when she's in class, getting up at around 8 a.m. and arriving at the studio around 9 a.m.

This forced the other three lazybones in the studio to start reading as well.

Seeing Zheng Feiyang and Liu Yujie yawning repeatedly, Chen Shen pulled up a chair and went to Qin Yu, who was looking intently at him, and said earnestly, "Qin Yu..."

"Ok?"

Don't you want to sleep in a little longer during your holiday?

"It's okay, I slept very well last night."

Zheng Feiyang raised his hand, agreeing with Qin Yu's answer: "I can testify that she went to sleep right after taking a shower last night."

"It's getting late, isn't it? We finished around 10 or almost 11 o'clock."

"She fell asleep at 11:30."

Chen Shen thought about it and realized that it was 11:30 last night when he was excitedly hugging and kissing his girlfriend non-stop.

"Don't come this early tomorrow, or I'll dock your pay!"

"what?"

A bewildered Qin Yu looked at Chen Shen, and after noticing that Chen Shen looked sleepy, she smiled awkwardly and muttered, "You guys go to sleep, I just can't rest easy, I want to do more work."

"We can't afford to be involutionary."

"Okay." Qin Yu shrugged and continued to focus on her work. Her serious demeanor made Chen Shen and Liu Yujie feel ashamed.

If they could work as hard as Qin Yu, I feel that the quality of Killing Spire could be even higher.

Unfortunately, it can't be replaced.

Three days after its release, discussions about the gameplay began to flourish among players.

Undeniably, Chen Shen and his [Chuxin STUDIO] have once again pioneered a new type of roguelike gameplay: card roguelike.

However, compared to the more traditional and skill-intensive roguelike games, card-based roguelike games are still quite selective in terms of their target audience.

This means that Kill the Spire has a natural barrier to entry.

If you try to play like in Vampire Survivor, relying solely on skill and not using your brain, you'll absolutely never be able to beat Kill the Spire.

The increased depth of gameplay has also sparked unprecedented discussion about the game.

After all, the discussions in the previous game were nothing more than choosing which weapons were the strongest, but in this game, everything from card decks and strategies to optimal gameplay routes, card and item combinations, and boss fights has become a topic of discussion among players.

In addition, due to his experience with the previous work, Chen Shen increased the difficulty of advancement by a lot from the very beginning.

The initial difficulty level and the advanced difficulty levels unlocked after completing the game are vastly different in terms of difficulty.

For a time, discussions about the gameplay were everywhere, both on Steam review pages and in various fan groups.

All of this reached its peak after a player developed the "Glamorous Rogue" build.

The "flashy" in "flashy thief" refers to a card in the thief class called "flashy finish".

If a rogue player encounters this card at the start of the game, they can completely build a playstyle around this single card.

The card's effect is simple and easy to understand: you can play this card when you have no cards left in your draw pile.

The damage is terrifying, dealing 50 damage to the entire field.

In comparison, a regular attack card can only deal 6 damage, while this one deals 50.
However, the conditions for triggering this card are not so easy to meet.

Players start with a basic deck. To play this card perfectly, they must rely on skill and strategy, streamlining their deck while strictly controlling every move in the game.

In other words, "Glamour Rogue" is arguably the most skill-intensive deck in Slay the Spire right now. This deck was designed by Chen Shen, who envisioned creating decks that demanded high levels of skill during game development, and "Glamour Finish" was born from that vision.

[A flashy thief can provide a month's worth of fun!!]

But it's so hard to assemble a team; I haven't succeeded even once in ten games.

[+1, every time I team up with a flashy rogue, it turns into a knife rogue after a while.]

[It's so gorgeous!]

Looking at the players' comments on the card "Glorious Ending", Chen Shen couldn't help but smile.

To be honest, he, the developer, has hardly ever successfully played a fancy rogue game, because it's really difficult.

"Wow, someone's figured out the fancy thief technique already?"

"It's not that hard to figure out; the effects are all clearly stated."

"That's what they say, but basically none of us can actually pull it off."

Liu Yujie leaned over to look at the comment and couldn't help but complain to Chen Shen.

Chen Shen shrugged and continued scrolling down the comments.

Although there are only two characters, the diverse playstyles provide players with a rich gaming experience.

Chen Shen quickly read through the comments and relaxed.

The most criticized aspect of the previous game, Vampire Survivor, was its short lifespan.

Fortunately, this version is unlikely to have this shortcoming.

And let's not forget, Chen Shen and Liu Yujie are also planning to add mods to the game!
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After the busiest first week of release, with the end of the National Day holiday, the studio's work atmosphere has returned to a more stable state before the release.

Because the polishing was so thorough, there weren't so many bugs this time that it was overwhelming.

After spending two days fixing some bugs that everyone had mentioned many times, Chen Shen handed over the game maintenance to Zheng Feiyang and Qin Yu, while he and Liu Yujie continued to develop the third character.

After the game was released, they could no longer work at their leisurely pace as before.

Timely updates to game content are also key to maintaining the game's lifespan.

Moreover, the popularity of this work far exceeded expectations.

Fortunately, the school gave them the green light.

Yes, after the new work became a hit once again, Jingyou once again reaped the benefits of [Chuxin STUDIO].

Furthermore, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is a university specializing in science and engineering, and Chen Shen and Liu Yujie, whose majors are directly related to the university, have become the school's star students.

Although their focus is on games.

But that doesn't stop me from advertising!
Such a great advertisement also gave Chen Shen and Liu Yujie more special privileges.

If before Chen Shen and Liu Yujie could skip any classes except for their major courses and some other important ones, now they can attend only their major courses.

This news almost made Xu Suiyou, who used to get up early every day with resentment, grind her teeth to pieces.

October passed by in a flurry of activity, and as November arrived, the temperature in Beijing began to drop.

Looking at the sleepy-eyed girl in front of him, Chen Shen gently helped her put on her coat and carefully fastened each button.

Finally, he helped the girl tighten her collar.

"Wake up, it's time to go to school."

Xu Suiyou's eyes were lifeless as she lazily slumped forward and fell directly into Chen Shen's arms.

(End of this chapter)