Creating a zombie in a mountain village terrifies players worldwide.

Chapter 11 Launches Crowdfunding

Various ideas flashed through Lin Shu's mind at lightning speed.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he came up with an idea.

"Wait a minute, the plot of Ju-on: The White Woman is pretty good."

Lin Shu's lips curled up slightly as she quickly constructed the framework of the game in her mind.

"The plot of the old woman can be used directly, and the core framework remains unchanged."

“Replacing the Isobe family with the Kayako family would perfectly fit the theme of ‘Ju-on’.”

"Also, that high school girl with no chin from the videotape version should be included."

"Setting her up as Kayako's eldest daughter adds to the game's horror elements and plot appeal."

Lin Shu's thoughts became increasingly clear.
"The player's identity is the same as in the original White Old Woman storyline, set as a food delivery person."

"Because of food delivery, players enter Kayako's haunted house and then experience all sorts of terrifying tortures, making them feel like they're floating on air."

"Let them experience Kayako's love properly."

Lin Shu nodded in satisfaction.

He decided to make some changes to the plot of the movie "The White Woman".

While keeping the original work unchanged, I added some of my own elements.

By incorporating some of the horror characters from "Ju-on: Videotape," a "Ju-on" game with multiple horror elements spanning different versions can be created.

Once players enter the house, they will feel the eeriness and terror in every corner, and finally confront the ghosts.

That would be so awesome!

As for the cause of Kayako's death, Lin Shu already had a rough idea in mind.

Upon closer examination, the plot of "Ju-on: The White Woman" bears a striking resemblance to the "Amityville Incident".

In all of them, the male head of the household was controlled by some evil force and then cruelly murdered his entire family.

The difference is that in "Ju-on," the protagonist is bewitched by resentment, while in the "Amityville Incident," the protagonist is bewitched by a demon.

Since they're both forms of bewitching anyway, why not combine them into one and change it to Saeki Takeo being corrupted by the curse, influenced by hallucinations, ultimately suffering a mental breakdown and brutally murdering his entire family.

This is far more normal than the melodramatic plot of Kayako's emotional infidelity.

"However, in order to enhance the sense of immersion, NPCs can't have words above their heads like in The Haunted Village."

"It would be best to add some voice-over dialogue."

"But I can't afford the current price of voice actors. I only have two thousand yuan in my account. I need to find a way to get some money first before I can hire a voice actor."

Thinking of this, Lin Shu frowned.

Finally, he considered a solution that was hardly a solution at all.

Perhaps we could take advantage of this wave of popularity and try launching a crowdfunding campaign?
After thinking for a while, he decided to post a thank-you message under the game's description to see if anyone would support him.

Just as Lin Shu decided to try crowdfunding, in another city, Chi Shi, who also woke up very early, looked at the live stream data from last night and grinned from ear to ear.

[Dear Akashi streamer, your live stream data and earnings yesterday are as follows.]

[Livestream duration: 9 hours. (One hour longer than last time)]

[Number of attendees: 140014 (39597 more than last time)]

[New followers: +24410 (24166 more than last time)]

Number of people who sent gifts: 2761 (1966 more than last time)

[Number of bullet comments: 74121. (54801 more than last time)]

[Regional Ranking: 1st. (Previously 9th)]

[Livestream earnings: 67006 yuan. (58266 yuan more than last time)]

Upon seeing this data, Akashi couldn't stop smiling, and his eyes even narrowed into slits.

Keep in mind that this was just an ordinary live stream, not a platform event or a special occasion; it was just a regular live stream.

As a result, he earned 67,000 yuan, which averaged out to more than 7,000 yuan per hour!
Although the Tianwang platform takes 50%, and the guild takes half of the remaining 50%, the guild only gets 25%, which is 1.6 in actual income.

But that didn't stop him from grinning from ear to ear.

"What a pity, what a pity!"

He suddenly slapped his thigh, a look of frustration on his face. "140,000 viewers! If that happened during a platform promotion, I'd be set for life!"

"Those guild managers didn't even know to come and send me gifts to build up my momentum and boost my popularity. They wasted so many people from last night."

"Otherwise, my revenue last night would have been at least 100,000!"

"Damn it, this guild pills."

The more Chishi thought about it, the more regretful he felt, as if he had missed out on a fortune.

But then he became excited again.

After all, earning over 60,000 yuan in one night allowed him to discover a new secret to generating traffic!
A horror game actually propelled him, a streamer from Chishi, to the top of the game category charts!

This is simply a godsend!
"No, I can't slack off!"

"At my age, this is the time to strive, how can I not work hard?"

"My fellow villagers are waiting for me to return home in glory, my parents are waiting for me to bring honor to our ancestors, and the country is waiting for me to contribute my strength!"

He muttered to himself as he quickly washed up.

"There must be a lot of streamers playing this game right now."

"I have to seize this opportunity and continue broadcasting while the buzz is still there,"

Thinking of this, Brother Akashi didn't even bother to eat breakfast and rushed straight to the virtual pod.

He skillfully lay down in the virtual pod, entered the Skynet, and arrived at his personal space.

Without hesitation, he opened the game list, ready to stream "The Weird Videotape" and complete it in one go.

But then he saw a small red dot appear after the game name.

This means the game developers have released a 'content update'.

Many games have this feature, either as an update log or a testimonial, etc.

In short, you'll know once you see it.

Chishi randomly clicked on the game's store page and quickly saw the developer's updates.

The title is simple, just one sentence: "I woke up to find over 50,000 people online! I was stunned! Thank you so much for your support!"

The content is briefly summarized as follows:
Dear players, hello.

I am the game developer, O5.

At this moment, my heart is filled with incredible excitement.

When I saw that the number of online users reached 5.6, I repeatedly checked the backend data to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

I am an independent game developer, without a team, and not an all-rounder.

As you can see in the game, almost all the art assets are purchased from the asset store.

Only the female ghost in blue is my own original work.

To save costs, the game didn't even have voice acting; instead, it used the most rudimentary text-based display method.

I thought this game might be like a pebble thrown into the ocean, causing no ripples and eventually fading into obscurity.

But everyone's discerning eye has brought my game unprecedented attention and popularity!

Here, I have something I must say from the bottom of my heart!

thank you all!

Thank you for playing my game!
Currently, "The Weird Videotape" is still in early access.

To repay everyone's enthusiastic support, I have decided to do my utmost to comprehensively improve the quality of subsequent game content.

However, due to a lack of funds, I am unable to raise the money I need. Therefore, I have applied for a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of 10 yuan, and I hope everyone can support me!
Hereby, I solemnly promise to all the players who participated in the crowdfunding:

First, the subsequent game content of "The Weird Videotape" will far surpass the existing "Village Corpse" chapter in terms of its excitement, playability, and horror atmosphere!
Second, all crowdfunding funds are transparent and open, allowing players to monitor the whereabouts of every penny!

Third, if there are surplus funds, they will be used to develop peripheral gifts to reward players, such as figurines of the blue-clad female ghost, videotapes of the old corpse in the mountain village, etc.

We hope you will continue to support us at that time.

Thanks again everyone!

—O5, an independent developer.

——2055.3.2.
(End of this chapter)