After the proposal, the Valkyrie came to the door

The girl thought to herself, but maintained a cold, expressionless face.

"Alright, Anliang, you must have just started here recently, right? Go check if your workstation meets your requirements first?"

"Okay, let me see. This should be my workstation, right..."

Anliang looked at the desks one by one, and finally his gaze fell on the only one with a graphics tablet installed.

His position is lead artist for the game, and he's the only one in the entire studio who uses a graphics tablet to draw, so this workstation was undoubtedly prepared for him.

Anliang stepped forward, sat down, turned on the computer, connected the graphics tablet, skillfully drew a few strokes, and then nodded.

"The equipment runs smoothly, and all the configurations meet the requirements. There shouldn't be any problems."

"That's good. It seems our hard work on Saturday wasn't in vain."

Bronya chuckled and sat down at the desk next to Anliang's, placing some of her belongings and her laptop on it.

An Liang looked in the direction of the sound and was stunned by what he saw.

"Um... Bronya, are you planning to work in this position?!"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

The girl tilted her head, her light gray eyes extremely calm, looking serious.

What else could happen...?

Anliang couldn't help but gasp, while Qingque cast a pitying glance at him.

With the boss sitting right next to you, it's like sitting in the front row of a class; the difficulty and risk of slacking off increases several times over.

This is undoubtedly terrible news for working people!

Anliang may not necessarily slack off...

But if possible, he certainly wouldn't want his boss watching him from the sidelines, even if that boss was the familiar Bronya.

Of course, he couldn't voice this thought, much less use it as a reason.

Anliang's mind raced like lightning, and in just a few seconds, he came up with a clever excuse.

“Bronya, as the boss, you should at least have a separate office, right? I think miHoYo had a dedicated BOSS office before it was acquired, and the lighting there was even better than this, so it should be more comfortable…”

PS: After reading the Honkai Impact 3rd event storyline, Theresa is working overtime every day and wants to retire. I guess she's planning to let Kiana take over. Kiana's new model is a bit hard to pull off. But the most important thing to pay attention to is that Theresa seems to have a bit more body size. This has given the author some new inspiration. Hehehe, they can give the protagonist some new tricks!

Chapter 36. It's easiest to make money off otaku!

"Oh, that room you mentioned, I plan to use it as a meeting room."

"Besides, there are so few people in the studio now, it makes no sense to set up a separate president's office for me. It would be better for everyone to work together in the work area, which would make it easier to communicate."

Bronya smiled slightly at Anliang, just like a kind and approachable boss.

However, what the girl was really thinking was...

The president's office is possible, but that's an R18 scene that's only unlocked after successfully having an affair with the captain.

She's currently in the strategy phase, so of course she needs to get as close to the captain as possible and constantly look for opportunities to make him change his mind.

"Haha, that's really great..."

An Liang forced a smile, but his heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cave.

Oh no, the only room in the studio where Bronya could work alone has been turned into a meeting room, which means Bronya's workstation will have to be next to his.

An Liang had no idea that the Ural Silver Wolf had its eyes on his fair and tender body.

But the thought of his boss sitting so close, effectively eliminating any chance of him slacking off by looking at his phone or watching videos, made Anliang feel that his future career at Palu was bleak.

To Anliang's slight relief, Qingque's expression also turned as if she had lost her parents.

Although Qingque's workstation was far from Bronya's, it was still in the same area, so Qingque's wish to secretly play a game of mahjong during work hours was thus shattered.

"Okay, the workstation arrangements are settled then."

Bronya seemed oblivious to the strange looks on the two Palu's faces and clapped her hands in a good mood.

"Next, let's begin the first meeting of the Principles Studio. The topic is our future development direction."

Upon hearing this, Anliang and Qingque's expressions gradually turned serious.

Neither of them were complete novices in the gaming industry, so they could both guess what Bronya wanted to say.

"The most important thing in making a game is to first determine the gameplay type!"

Under their gazes, Bronya cleared her throat and said earnestly, "Although I am a game producer, I still want to hear your opinions on what the first game from Principle Studio should look like."

So that's really the problem...

Anliang sat at his workstation, arms crossed, and began to think unconsciously.

Don't underestimate this seemingly small gameplay type. A game's sales depend heavily on its gameplay, with quality being secondary. This is why many game developers like to follow the trends of currently popular game gameplay.

Although some people see this behavior as plagiarism, the law does not protect gameplay, and if one can create something new while following the trend, many players will choose to support it.

In An Liang's view, it's understandable for game developers to follow trends, as long as they don't make those knock-off games that are just reskins and copy everything else.

anyway……

He directly copied a game from another world, which, in some ways, is even worse than a pirated game!

An Liang chuckled inwardly, then turned his attention back to Bronya's problem.

Sometimes having too many choices can be a problem. Regardless of the gameplay, Anliang is confident in creating a best-selling game of the year that will become a trendsetter.

Sigh, this is what time travelers are like...

Ordinary game companies can simply follow the trend blindly, unlike Anliang, a transmigrator, who has to consider many things.

"Well, I think the studio's first game shouldn't be too big."

While Anliang was pondering which game to copy, Qingque raised her hand first, saying somewhat timidly, "If the game is large in scale, the cost will increase, and the development period will be prolonged, which will increase the risk of the studio losing money."

"From a business perspective? Hmm, that makes a lot of sense."

Bronya nodded thoughtfully.

As the heir to Anti-Entropy, the young woman is not afraid of the studio losing money, but the studio is currently severely lacking in manpower, making it unsuitable for producing large-scale games.

"Let's narrow it down. We'll tentatively decide to make an indie game for now. But there are many types of indie games. Which one do you think would be better?"

The question had barely been raised when Anliang immediately offered his advice.

"I think we can add anime girl elements. After all, it's easy to make money off otaku, and I used to be an artist at an anime mobile game company, so I'm quite good at this."

If there's one type of gamer in the world whose money is easiest to earn, it's definitely otaku.

Even if it's a terrible anime game, otaku will still spend the money they could use to buy many AAA games just to get a virtual wife... oh, and sometimes it's not even a wife.

Old Master An is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the otaku so miserable.

If possible, he wouldn't mind having a high-quality game with both gameplay and anime waifus, so that the otaku in this world could have a good meal.

Yes, 2B from NieR: Automata and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII are both great; they'll definitely make otaku's wallets pound.

The problem is that both of these games are considered AAA titles, which the original studio definitely cannot currently produce.

If we think about it from the perspective of mini-games...

Or he could bring out "Nekopara," the first-person shooter game, or create a matching game like "Mirror."

These two indie games have sold quite well, but their content is rather adult, falling into the erotica category.

Teacher Lei Huojian certainly wouldn't mind going to sea to work.

But if Bronya were to lead the Principles Studio to make butter, Anliang always felt that the girl would be so angry that she would strangle him with her stockings.

Even if Bronya agrees...

Once Lao Yang gets the news, he'll probably come all the way from Anti-Entropy headquarters to fight this guy who led Anti-Entropy astray to the death!

Thinking of this, An Liang, who was about to speak, shut his mouth and began to re-select some all-ages bishoujo games suitable for all ages.

It was at this time...

Qingque seemed to be inspired by Anliang's previous words, and said with some excitement.

"Anime-style cute girls, and a small-scale production, reminds me of a scrapped game design I proposed during my time at miHoYo."

"Actually, before making that puzzle-solving flight shooting game that flopped in sales, the people in the company thought about making a Chinese-style Galgame that took a different approach. I thought the idea was pretty good, but unfortunately it was abandoned!"

PS: The first game from the Principle Studio is a Chinese-style visual novel, and it has some connection to Bronya, and it was released this year... With such an obvious hint, I think some readers can guess which game it is, right?

It's okay if you can't guess it, the answer will be revealed in the next chapter, so please look forward to it!

Chapter 37 Starving Corpses: A Thousand-Mile Journey in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chinese-style visual novel?

An Liang's heart stirred upon hearing Qing Que's words.

In the world before he transmigrated, the Galgame industry had long since declined. Even in the Far East, its birthplace, only a few Galgame companies remained that made cute and eroge (adult games), while most others switched to making mobile games.

As for China, it goes without saying that the gaming industry was already more than a decade behind the rest of the world due to the ban.

By the time Chinese manufacturers wanted to make Galgames, the genre had almost died out, so Galgames in China never really took off until Anliang's time travel.

But in this world...

The game industry is developing slowly and the types of gameplay are not diverse enough. The Galgame industry has not declined yet, and there are no restrictions on the development of the game industry in China. The audience market for Galgames in China is not much worse than that in the Far East.

"That's interesting. Among smaller game genres, Galgames are indeed a good choice..."

Bronya nodded slightly, a hint of agreement flashing in her light gray eyes.

As a skilled gamer with a wide range of interests, Bronya has naturally played visual novels and even used the knowledge within them to win over captains.

Therefore, she also knows that many small game companies with insufficient technology choose to make Galgames when they first start out. After all, the focus of this kind of thing is on the plot and art. If the conditions are slightly better, they can also pursue voice acting, which can easily make otaku open their wallets.

Thinking about this, Bronya became puzzled.

"Qingque, since you originally wanted to make a Galgame, why did you give up?"

"Well, the boss thinks that making cute flight shooting games on mobile platforms would be more profitable."

Qingque scratched his head and said, "Also, the storylines that everyone wants to make for visual novels might not be easy to get approved..."

Hmm? It's not going to pass censorship?!

An Liang keenly grasped the key point, a hint of suspicion flashing across his expression.

He was secretly a doujinshi artist, so his first thought was about eroge (adult games), and a large part of Galgames are eroge.

In addition, Qingque previously mentioned wanting to create a visual novel that takes an unconventional approach...

Hmm, are they planning something really hardcore, like "Saya no Uta" or "The Mansion of Death"? Or are they going to go even further, like a fantasy version of "Okinawa Lolita Island"?!

Bronya didn't think as far off as Anliang did, but she couldn't help but ask.

"What specific aspects are you referring to when you say it's difficult to pass censorship?"

"Of course, the plot is quite dark and cruel, because we originally planned to use the Great Famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty as the background to depict that era of cannibalism."

Qingque sighed and said with a hint of regret.

"I think the gimmick is pretty good, but it's related to history and involves the moral issue of cannibalism. Even if we just gloss over these issues, it might not pass censorship."

"That's true. Using the history of the late Ming Dynasty as a subject is really too sensitive. That cruel hell on earth is something that even history textbooks dare not talk about much."

An Liang shook his head slightly and gave Bronya, who was not very familiar with the history of China, a simple explanation.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world entered the Little Ice Age, and extreme weather began to occur frequently, with floods and droughts occurring one after another, causing countless people to be displaced.

The final straw that broke the camel's back was the terrible locust plague that swept across the entire northern region after the severe drought, which caused farmers to truly have no harvest and could only rely on the disaster relief grain from the imperial court.

But the Ming Dynasty court at the end of its reign knew exactly what was going on...

Even though the emperors at the end of the Ming Dynasty were honest and frugal, the officials in various places were corrupt and tyrannical. They not only stopped distributing disaster relief grain, but also increased taxes, forcing the people to eat tree bark and grass roots.