New Century Anime Warrior

Chapter 102: New Work Officially Announced

"Didn't the meeting just end? Why are we having another plenary session?"

After receiving Lin Xiaoxia's notification, Su Wanqiu felt quite resentful.

Since joining the studio, the game team she leads has done almost nothing except for optimizing and upgrading "The Edge Walker". They spend their days idly, only able to help other colleagues who work on animation.

The busiest time was when Si Hua was rambling on about becoming an all-around multi-talented person in the game production field.

She actually brought along two friends from both the front-end and back-end teams to assist in the production of 3D animation, and casually learned some basic art skills.

Before they could learn anything, the project no longer needed them.

"The boss said this meeting is about games."

Lin Xiaoxia's words were like the sweet dew from Guanyin Bodhisattva, even energizing Li Haoming and Zhang Yuan, who were listlessly playing CRPG on the side.

"Really?!" x2

"At least that's what he told us," Lin Xiaxia said, not daring to make a definitive statement.

"Boss, we're saved!" x2

"Alright, alright, everyone get ready."

After saying that, Su Wanqiu took her work tablet and headed to the conference room.

Si Hua was already sitting in the conference room, being stared at by her colleagues with strange looks.

After all, holding two all-staff meetings in one day really makes it seem like a makeshift operation, like they're just playing around.

"Ahem, Sister Wanqiu is here. Please have a seat."

Seemingly sensing everyone's unease, Si Hua cleared his throat and got straight to the point.

"The reason I suddenly called everyone over is that I just had a chat with Director Saegusa of Higurashi-sha, and we feel that it's time to start some projects."

The expressions on everyone's faces became even more subtle. The notice had already said it was a meeting about games, so why bring up Higurashi, the animation studio, now?

What does it matter?

Could it be that you suddenly remembered that our studio also has a game business?

"Previously, the animation team was under a lot of pressure, especially in terms of technology, and needed the support of the game team, so we temporarily slowed down the work on the game section."

Oh, is that so? We almost believed it.

"I just reassessed everyone's workload, and I feel that the time is ripe for us to launch the game project."

Wow, you even know that our work schedules are unbalanced.

"Here are three game designers. Wanqiu, please take a look first."

"Although it looks simple, with its retro pixel art style, the content and mechanics are not simple at all, so it should be quite challenging."

"And don't think I don't know you were all internally criticizing me just now—every time I said something, you rolled your eyes or pouted. How can you have so many internal monologues?!"

The whole room rolled their eyes at each other.

After a bit of playful fighting, everyone quieted down again.

"Given the capabilities of the game development team, there shouldn't be any technical issues. The main goal is to gain experience through these three games."

"For example, numerical balance, map design, and the feel of the controls—these are things that you can only truly learn through practice."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaxia had already distributed the three newly printed game design proposals to everyone.

Regardless of the reactions of Su Wanqiu and the others in the game team, Si Hua turned to the others and said.

"While ensuring the quality of 'Perfect Blue,' the animation and music teams should also allocate some manpower to assist the game development team when necessary."

"Xia-jie, you can coordinate the specific arrangements."

"Sister Liu, please also work hard to ensure everyone's logistical support. Once these game projects are launched, the entire studio will be very busy."

"Especially Jiaming, you should be the most free right now besides the game team. The game sound effects and background music are your responsibility. I will prepare a core melody for each game according to the needs, and you can handle the rest."

Li Jiaming never expected that Si Hua would suddenly call out his name at the end.

"Okay, I understand."

Su Wanqiu read very quickly and soon grasped the general content.

It seems, maybe, perhaps, or perhaps I haven't really forgotten about the game development team?

Because she found that these three proposals were quite mature, at least not something that Si Hua could have produced during the recent period when he could not be found for ten days or half a month.

"Young man, each of these games is very mature on its own, and their game structures are very well-developed, but I don't understand why we're releasing all three at the same time?"

"It doesn't mean I have to play all three games at the same time." As soon as Si Hua heard this, he knew that Su Wanqiu had misunderstood.

"Instead, we'll determine the development order based on your assessment, Sister Wanqiu, but ultimately all three models must be completed."

"Because in my conception, these three games are not three separate projects."

"You can think of them as a trilogy within the same science fiction universe."

"Terraria is about planetary survival, Isaac is about the darkness of civilization's ruins, and FTL is about interstellar escape."

In terms of gameplay, these three games share a core framework of survival, randomness, and resource management.

There are no influential Roguelike games in the world yet, so if we rashly propose the concept of roguelike games, people will not understand it.

It can only be described as randomness, but that's not accurate enough.

If The Binding of Isaac succeeds, then Si Hua can naturally define and promote the concept of meat pigeons.

Perhaps it will be called Isaaclike, a game similar to The Binding of Isaac?

"Furthermore, I personally believe that they will share more than 60% of the underlying system."

"Most importantly, it can form an IP universe in the future, enabling player communities of different games to communicate and achieve word-of-mouth linkage."

Marvel's Iron Man is still in production, Marvel hasn't even been acquired by Disney yet, and the concept of an IP universe hasn't been fully developed by the industry.

However, the concept itself is still very easy to understand and does not hinder everyone's comprehension.

"They appear to be three separate games, but they are actually part of an infinitely expandable 'sci-fi survival game universe'."

Everyone suddenly realized.

It seems pretty impressive.

"Then why weren't these crucial details included in the project proposal?"

Su Wanqiu had already agreed with Si Hua's statement, but she still raised her doubts.

"Because the world-building concepts for these three games are ones I just came up with."

Honest young man Si Hua makes a limited-time appearance.

—"

Is this the kind of capriciousness that comes with being a boss?

At this moment, Zhao Yue, encouraged by Wang Lei, raised her hand high.

"Tell me, what are your thoughts, Teacher Zhao?"

"Boss, all three of your games are pixel-style and look like they have a lot of content. Won't that take up a lot of manpower in our animation team?"

"After all, including you, the boss, there are only four people in the entire animation team who have the ability to produce art assets."

"We've basically squeezed all the outsourced and part-time illustrators dry, so they don't have any energy left."

Upon hearing someone raise the issue of insufficient manpower, Si Hua took the opportunity to share his own thoughts.

"That hits the nail on the head, so I plan to hire more people for the studio, increasing the size to about twenty people."

"Wow, does this mean I can become a small leader too?" Zhao Yue's eyes lit up.

Si Hua was speechless. Apart from Su Wanqiu, she was the most lawless person in the entire studio, and she actually wanted to be the leader?

"Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. You guys discuss it yourselves later and tell Sister Xia about the manpower shortages in each group, and then submit a written report for my approval."

"That's it, meeting adjourned."

In mid-April, after spending more than a week dealing with the studio's affairs, Si Hua flew to Burbank, the headquarters of Disney.

The remake of Frozen has begun.

At the same time, Silky Studio's official website suddenly released an announcement.

"Dear players, we are pleased to announce that SilkSmooth Studios will officially launch the large-scale sci-fi survival game project, 'Cosmic Survival Trilogy'."

"This project will include three independent titles that share a common universe: The Binding of Isaac, FTL: Faster Than Light, and Terraria."

"The three games will share a common worldview, underlying system, art style, and music system, forming a complete [Planet—Abyss—]"

The survival experience of StarCraft.

"The first 'The Binding of Isaac' game has begun development. Please look forward to it."

The announcement was accompanied by three exquisitely crafted, retro pixel-style posters, each corresponding to one of the three games mentioned above.

The poster for *The Binding of Isaac* is in full color, while the other two posters have a faded, brownish-gray tone.

In an instant, players in various communities and forums were abuzz with noise and debate.

Of course, Si Hua on the plane couldn't see or hear these sounds at all, because his attention was completely drawn to the uniform and stockings.

"Hello Mr. Si Hua, would you like a drink?"

"You can call me anytime if you need anything."

"This is our first-class experience questionnaire. If you have any complaints, please write them down and we will make improvements accordingly."

"Of course, you can also give me feedback directly. This is our contact information and my personal business card."

Some of the flight attendants became particularly enthusiastic after confirming that Si Hua did not have a female companion.

They left him their private contact information in various ways that were uncertain whether they violated regulations.

Boys really need to take good care of themselves when they're out and about.

After making a few remarks, he quietly put away the business card and the strange little note.