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

Chapter 400: What does this game have to do with strategy?!

Trying to gain the upper hand over Xu Suiyou with words is an impossible task.

After being severely scolded by his mother, Chen Shen smiled apologetically and turned to look at Xu Suiyou, who had already gotten up and run to the living room door.

"No"

"boom!"

Fearing retribution later, Xu Suiyou chose not to listen to Chen Shen's explanation and simply closed the door.

Chen Shen looked speechless and exclaimed, "It can't be that bad."

"Wash up and go to bed!"

"Then you have to let me get my pajamas too."

The bedroom door opened a crack, and just as Chen Shen was about to rush in, a small, fair hand reached out.

Immediately afterwards, her little hand loosened, and the pajamas she was clutching fell to the ground with the force of gravity.

Then the bedroom door closed again.

Chen Shen shook his head helplessly, strolled to the door to pick up his pajamas, and without complaining about Xu Suiyou, went straight into the bathroom.

In this freezing weather, he didn't believe that Sui Sui wouldn't let him into the house in a little while.

This girl practically lives on him every night; she'd freeze to death without him by her side!
Sure enough, when Chen Shen finished washing up and came out, he immediately saw the bedroom door, which was already ajar.

He smiled smugly, strolled into the room, and went straight to the girl on the bed whose only feature was a pair of beautiful eyes staring at him.

With a gasp, Xu Suiyou, who was being held tightly in her arms, struggled slightly before finding a comfortable position and closing her eyes contentedly.

"Are you happy?" Chen Shen asked softly.

The girl in his arms nodded, her smile captivating: "You smell so good~"

"Does it smell good?"

"Hmm~"

"Then smell it more."

"Huh, it's like something a pervert would do."

"Isn't being a pervert good?"

"Hee hee~"

The young couple whispered in each other's ears, expressing their love for each other without reservation on this cold night.

Just as Chen Shen told his mother yesterday, since the next day is Saturday, Xu Suiyou doesn't need to go to bed early, and naturally doesn't need to get up early either.

But he was different. Considering that he would be taking his girlfriend to the United States in a few days, as the core of the entire studio, Chen Shen had to hand over all the work before leaving.

After all, the time spent on the plane alone is more than ten hours. And once you get there, you have to deal with a lot of things.

Fortunately, he had already contacted the translators, local guides, and security personnel in advance, but even so, he still had to keep busy.

So even though the two of them fooled around until very late last night, Chen Shen still got up on time at around nine o'clock in the morning, washed up, changed into loose clothes, and went upstairs.

"morning."

"Morning~"

"Hasn't Sui Sui gotten up yet?"

"She estimated it would be noon by then, how's it going?"

"Everything went smoothly, there are no problems, you can leave with peace of mind." Liu Yujie said sarcastically, staring at the computer screen.

"Human language?" Chen Shen retorted irritably.

"Hahaha."

Chen Shen patted Liu Yujie on the back, then pulled out a chair and sat down. "I haven't left yet, why are you in such a hurry for me to leave?"

"It's because I think you're working too hard, and I want you to go on a trip and relax."

"Why travel there? That place is too chaotic, I don't dare to go out."

"Chaos is inevitable, but it won't affect you. Besides, you have security guards with you when you go out. Only a crazy black guy would dare to mess with you."

Liu Yujie had been there, so he knew very well that the so-called chaos abroad was only relative to ordinary people.

If you have some money in your pocket and know a few people, you basically won't encounter any danger when traveling to the United States.

Moreover, Chen Shen and his group went to Los Angeles.

"Did some Black guys really get free items on the spot?"

"You guys are going to Los Angeles, right? There are fewer black guys there, and if they cause trouble, they'll be shot in the next second."

"Damn, we're playing in the real Los Santos!" Chen Shen clicked his tongue and complained.

"Hahaha, it's true."

While chatting idly, the group began their work for the day.

The game has stabilized recently, so they have shifted their focus back to developing future content.

This sudden reduction in workload made them somewhat complacent.

Only Qin Yu, the "King of Scrolls," is still constantly striving to improve himself.

Chen Shen's job is simply to arrange the work for this period. As for game development, he's not in a particular hurry. Instead, he's spending more time experiencing the games that were also nominated by TGA.

After completing Inside, a strong contender for "Best Indie Game," Chen Shen remained silent for a while before resting his chin on the back of his hand and sighing.

"This is fucking fun."

This game is completely different from their Kill the Spire and Stardew Valley, which he considers their biggest rival. The gameplay is a slightly dark puzzle game with a touch of horror.

Chen Shen isn't a big fan of horror movies, but as a game developer, he needs to play excellent indie games on the market.

And once he started playing, he became deeply engrossed.

Indie games are a large category, different from traditional game genres like "action" and "role-playing". The "indie" in "indie game" refers to games that are independently developed without commercial funding or for the purpose of commercial release.

There are absolutely no limitations on how to play.

Therefore, the competitive pressure will be extremely high.

Chen Shen's "Slay the Spire" may have pioneered a new gameplay style in the roguelike genre, but it is only in the roguelike field that he became famous.

Take Inside, which I just finished playing, for example. Their Slay the Spire is clearly inferior in quality.
"Ah~ this, this is really fun."

"Are we really going to come up empty-handed this time?" Zheng Feiyang couldn't help but ask.

Chen Shen shrugged. Online, people were saying that TGA awards were predetermined and that winners would usually be notified in advance. But until now, Chen Shen had not received any information from TGA officials.

I sent an email to their studio inviting them to participate, and I even reimbursed their round-trip travel expenses afterwards.

As for the implied award
They were asked to prepare acceptance speeches, but according to Chen Shen's understanding, almost all game development teams invited to the TGA awards ceremony prepared acceptance speeches.

Anyway, let's prepare first, just in case we win an award.

Kill the Spire is nominated for two game awards this year: Best Indie Game of the Year and Best Strategy Game of the Year.

He understands that indie games are nominated, but this strategy game is one of them.
It's astonishing that a roguelike game, which focuses on random elements, could be nominated for a strategy game. Even Chen Shen, the game's producer, never expected this.

However, now that he's been nominated, Chen Shen has to be prepared to win.

I just feel the possibility is not very high.

"Just be prepared for a complete crop failure."

(End of this chapter)