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

Chapter 385 385 Original intention! Original intention!
Since starting university, Chen Shen has felt that time has flown by unusually quickly.

It feels like just yesterday that the game was released, and now November is already here.

After a whole month of development, the game's sales have not exceeded Chen Shen's expectations by much.

150 million—that's how well Kill the Spire performed in its first month.

In the past month, players have explored all the playable content of the game. Just as players began to try out new playstyles, Chen Shen brought up the mod maker and the Steam Workshop together.

This immediately caused a stir among players both at home and abroad.

Unlike games like Vampire Survivor, which have a high degree of action and interaction, Slay the Spire's mod creation is extremely simple.

Players only need to upload some pictures they like, and then set the card effects, item effects, and various monster settings to basically create the cards they want.

This highly flexible gameplay greatly extends the game's lifespan and expands the gameplay options.

Yes, of course, in order to ensure a smooth release in China in the future, Chen Shen will definitely need to review the content of the Creative Workshop.

After all, there will always be bad people among gamers. The fact that game licenses cannot be issued in China now does not mean that they will not be issued in the future.

If possible, Chen Shen would definitely still prefer to release the game on a domestic platform.

Steam is great, but the thought of Americans taking so much money from his pocket makes him feel cheated.

However, when it comes to money, the 150 million sales in the first month brought Chen Shen an extremely high amount of revenue.

Chen Shen looked at his personal account and realized that if he kept saving like this for a few more years, his "tens of millions" title would turn into "hundreds of millions".

With so much money, Chen Shen became somewhat numb.

It's not that he's truly without desires, but rather that his busy work and classes leave him no time to enjoy life.

After all, they hardly have any weekends; they spend every day maintaining and developing the game.

Enjoyment? He really indulged in food during this period.

Yeah, I treated everyone to a super expensive buffet again.

After seeing Xu Suiyou off to class, Chen Shen stretched and went into the bathroom. After taking a shower, he went straight upstairs.

As usual, Chen Shen turned on the computer first, then woke up Liu Yujie, who was sleeping in. Chen Shen was opening the window to ventilate the room when Liu Yujie, who had just come out of the bedroom, started complaining of the cold.

"It's almost winter and you're still wearing summer pajamas? If you're not cold, who is?"

Chen Shen cursed irritably, but still cooperated by closing the window.

"It's too hot to sleep in my autumn pajamas at night, so I'm going to take a shower first."

"go Go."

Chen Shen waved his hand, sat down in his seat, and took out his phone to start scrolling through some messages from last night.

They don't have any other plans or arrangements this month, except that Wang Laoju will be coming to Beijing in a couple of days and will visit the studio.

However, things got busy in December, for a simple reason: Chen Shen received an invitation this year that he hadn't received last year.

They received an invitation from The Game Awards (TGA), a video game awards ceremony often referred to as the Oscars of the gaming industry.

After all, 150 million units sold in the first month is considered top-tier in the indie game industry.

If all goes as expected, their nomination this year should be for Best Independent Game.

But to be honest, Chen Shen felt that their chances of winning the award were not high.

Because this year there is a monster-level opponent.

Stardew Valley. This game is almost identical to their experience last year, and even more legendary.

Even if his and Liu Yujie's "Vampire Survivor" was rudimentary, it was still developed by two people.

However, Stardew Valley was developed by a single person, and it took a full four and a half years to develop.

The game was released at the end of February, and within a month, it had sold over a million copies.

Although it sounds a bit inferior to their Kill the Spire, unlike Kill the Spire, their Stardew Valley isn't as picky about players.

The game's main theme is about quitting your job in a big city and returning to the countryside to farm.

Farming is practically an instinct ingrained in the DNA of Chinese people!

A simple and easy gameplay experience, coupled with extremely deep game content.
It's a tough match.

In addition to Stardew Valley, there is another game with equally high quality and excellent sales, Inside.

As I said before, Chen Shen isn't the type to aim too high. Last year they didn't get anything, so this year they should at least get a consolation prize, right?
Chen Shen plans to attend the event, partly to broaden his horizons and partly to exchange ideas with some big names in the gaming industry.

It's important to know that those attending TGA aren't just game developers, but also countless media outlets and major investors from various sectors.

He visits pig farms in China, including those run by Tengzi. He can't keep working in isolation; he needs to broaden his horizons.

In other words.
The success of two consecutive works has made Chen Shen no longer satisfied with the relatively small indie game community.

He wants to create a masterpiece!
Great games like Dark Souls, Uncharted, and GTA!
"What are you thinking about?"

Startled by Liu Yujie's pat on the shoulder, Chen Shen quickly pushed his good friend's hand away.

Damn it, this idiot didn't dry his hands after washing his hair, and then patted his shoulder with his hands still wet.

"Get out of here! You didn't even dry your hands!"

"You've dried yourself off, use your clothes."

"You motherfucker"

"So what were you thinking about just now, so lost in thought?"

Chen Shen crossed his legs and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Old Liu, are you going to TGA this year?"

They didn't attend some of last year's award ceremonies, mainly because the arrogant Western media outlets were truly inhumane.

But now that two works have been successful in a row, these foreign media outlets can no longer nitpick and belittle them.

This is the time to really show your true colors!
Even though it's clear they'll most likely end up with nothing this time, just like last time.
"From what you're saying, you're planning to go over there?"

“Yes.” Chen Shen didn’t hide anything and nodded. “We still need some connections. After all, we can’t just keep developing indie games.”

"Ah~ Isn't it good like this now?"

"Our original aspiration! Our original aspiration! Wasn't our original aspiration to create masterpieces? Don't you want to make Uncharted anymore? Assassin's Creed? GTA?"

Chen Shen frowned, staring at his good friend and couldn't help but shout.

What does this kid mean? Is he not content with the status quo?

Liu Yujie scratched his head and quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I meant that there's still a lot we need to learn, and we don't plan to create any big works in the short term, so let's just cultivate our familiar areas first."

(End of this chapter)