Chapter 21 No-Gold Standalone

"If it's not enough, I'll double it for you."

The little girl waved her paw and said something about being rich and powerful. Xu Yichi was stunned when he heard this. It took him a long time to change his mind and said, "That's enough, senior."

"If you just want to make a stand-alone 2D puzzle game, one million is definitely enough...it's even more than enough to make the entire game quite exquisite and perfect."

"Standalone?" Yang Yan'an frowned, seeming dissatisfied with this statement.

"Yes, stand-alone." The little girl lowered her jaw and patiently explained to the ancestor, "Senior, I feel that this kind of intangible cultural heritage-themed game may not be suitable for the online direction."

"That kind of game generally has certain social needs, and needs to have relatively complete social functions, including but not limited to adding friends, instant chat in different channels, and various PVP gameplays that require later maintenance and renovation."

"Once there are more ways to play and more functions in the game, the cost of research and development and maintenance will be difficult to control." Xu Yichi pursed his lips, "Of course, the cost of early research and development and later maintenance is not the main problem."

"The key is that when we introduce online social elements into the game, in order to keep players active online for a long time, we have to constantly update the game season and extend the main storyline. In this way, the probability of the game plot being delayed for too long and eventually collapsing is too high, and our production focus can easily change from 'promoting and protecting intangible cultural heritage' to making money in disguise."

"To be honest, Senior Yang," the girl said sincerely, "everyone in the studio really likes all kinds of traditional Chinese culture, but in the end, we are just a group of ordinary people who have never made a fortune."

"——I can't guarantee that after this game goes online and achieves certain success, everyone in the studio will still be able to maintain their original aspirations as they do now..."

"So, if we want to avoid the potential risk that this game may become a tool for making money in the future, we'd better make it a stand-alone game that does not require an internet connection and has no krypton gold points from the beginning."

"——If we want to make a profit, we can set it as a buyout game at a low price, or we can wait until it has a certain influence, and then do as you said, create an IP, pull linkage, and release some cheap and beautiful peripherals that will make people want to learn more about related legends."

——I won’t go online anyway.

Xu Yichi warned himself in his heart. Yang Yanan couldn't help but look at the little girl with a little surprise after hearing it: "I didn't expect it."

"You think long-term."

——She thought that this guy would be like other game producers, and would come up with some corresponding networking functions to make the game more popular and survive for two more years.

It turned out that she wanted to do a stand-alone game.

Good! Very thoughtful! He is indeed the one she chose at first sight!
The little girl secretly praised herself in her heart, then she coughed and said seriously: "What about that 2D? Isn't this money enough to make another kind of game?"

"Ah... that, there's no problem with Live2D." Xu Yichi scratched his head, "As for 3D... if the modeling accuracy and rendering level are a little lower, and we only make 3D models and shots of key characters and key plots, there shouldn't be any problem."

"But it's probably not feasible to go all 3D, and... and our studio's current technical level doesn't seem to be at that level?"

The little girl's voice became lower and lower - if she forced Xiao Bai to lead the art team to model, and make a 3D model of everything in the game...

Then this girl can be skinned alive on the spot, right?
"I see..." Yang Yan'an propped up his chin in thought, "It's okay, that's easy to say." "Well, let me add a little more and get you 150 million first. When we do it later, if Live2D is suitable, then we can do it. If 2D modeling is really needed, there is no need to deliberately reduce the modeling accuracy and rendering level - everything should be done at the highest level."

"If the money is not enough, I can give you more later. If it doesn't work, I can help you cheat again... No, get two other old guys here."

The little girl was calm and composed: "Xiao Xu, tell me what kind of intangible cultural heritage elements you want to add to your game... As long as there are living creatures that have become spirits, I can basically call them here for you."

"Ah, this... this is not good, senior." Xu Yichi, who was knocked unconscious by the falling pancake, staggered, "Aren't you spending too much... and, and those old seniors who have... become spirits are so easy to please?"

"Would it be a little troublesome?"

"Don't worry, just for the theme of your game and what you said, 'We want to make it a stand-alone game with no pay-to-win elements', I think it's worth the money." Yang Yan'an waved his claws nonchalantly.

"Besides, this amount of money is not that much... As for the one you are curious about, are they that easy to hire?"

"To be honest, most spirits are pretty easy to invite." The little girl puffed up her cheeks. "After all, people are generally impetuous these days. It's not easy to meet a young person who is compatible with you."

"People like you - oh, and your little 'idol' - are actually quite popular with us old guys, so most of the old guys will come when we call them."

"As for the remaining few who are hard to talk to...we can find those who can beat them and directly 'invite' them to come over and talk."

"Okay, Xiao Xu, don't bother talking to me anymore. Just tell me how to give the start-up capital, which account to put it into, and whether to use your contract or not. It's just a formality." The little girl grinned, "Just tell me that I need to prepare something if I need to. If not, I'll find someone to help transfer the money to you right away."

"...Senior, please calm down. Wait for the remaining few people in our family to come back, and then we can discuss and sign a more formal contract together!" Xu Yichi broke out in a cold sweat because of Yang Yan'an's "anxious king" attitude.

"Please don't transfer money randomly and freeze the small card!"

——With such a large transfer of unknown origin suddenly appearing on her card, she will be targeted!

"Oh... your rules are really complicated nowadays." Yang Yan'an shook his head, then withdrew his hand that was about to reach his pocket with regret.

Xu Yichi looked at her and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was filled with questions.

"But... um, Senior Yang."

The little girl twisted her head again and again.

"Where did you get so much money?"

——Since she graduated, the balance on her card has only reached five figures a few times!
　I'm testing the waters, please read on!!!
　　Don't keep it! Thanks!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)

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