Xu Chen had been working tirelessly in his room, developing games. It wasn't in vain!
Though his intense game development efforts over the past two weeks hadn't yielded any tangible results,
he had accumulated enough game development proficiency to activate the system!
Minutes later, the fervor in Xu Chen's eyes gradually cooled.
His brow furrowed slightly.
This system... had a bit of a bug.
According to the system's instructions, Xu Chen needed energy points to develop games.
And to obtain energy points, players needed to experience emotional fluctuations while playing his games.
Xu Chen understood these fluctuations as things like shock, joy, and fear.
But the problem was, it was a closed loop.
Like how college graduates looking for jobs often require work experience.
How do you gain work experience without a job?
And how do you get a job without work experience?
Just then, a voice echoed in Xu Chen's mind.
"Newbie gift package being distributed."
"Newbie gift package contains 100,000 emotion points."
"Please use wisely, host."
Upon hearing the system's prompt, Xu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With these initial 100,000 emotion points, he had finally broken the deadlock.
However, Xu Chen was still conflicted about what game to develop.
He had numerous 3A masterpieces stored in his memory.
From "Assassin's Creed" and the "Witcher" series to Elden Ring,
they were all meticulously crafted games with exceptional playability.
But Xu Chen didn't want to develop any of these games.
Not because they weren't good enough.
But because Xu Chen desired to create a masterpiece set in the background of his own country, Longguo.
If he wanted to make a global impact, he would let Longguo's culture make that impact.
Almost instantly, Xu Chen made his decision, a hint of determination shining in his eyes.
Immediately, Xu Chen spoke in his mind.
"System, develop 'Black Wukong'!"
Moments later, the system's voice responded.
"Developing 'Black Myth: Wukong' game requires 800,000 energy points."
"System detects insufficient energy points for the host. Please re-select."
Xu Chen's jaw dropped upon hearing the system's prompt.
800,000 energy points.
It was indeed a masterpiece that soared to the top from the moment it debuted in another world.
800,000 energy points were absolutely worth it.
The problem was, Xu Chen's newbie gift package only had 100,000 energy points.
Should he start with a weaker game first?
Then accumulate enough energy points to develop Black Monkey later?
Xu Chen furrowed his brow and shook his head slightly.
If he was going to do it, he was going to do it right.
His first game had to be explosive!
Xu Chen already had a plan in mind.
The system's prompt had specifically mentioned the promotional CG.
This was crucial for the game itself.
Back then, Black Monkey's explosive trailer had left countless players eagerly anticipating its release for years.
Their fervent hopes and expectations led to the game's explosive launch upon its arrival.
Since his system didn't have enough energy points to develop a complete Black Monkey game,
Xu Chen could use a little trick: he could develop the opening CG first.
He could even create the first chapter's scenes.
He would first ignite players' anticipation and awe.
Once he had harvested a wave of energy points, he could then develop the complete Black Monkey game.
However, it seemed his initial game wouldn't be able to be released and sold.
After all, it was just a semi-finished product.
But if it couldn't be released and sold, it wouldn't be able to generate players' awe...
It seemed like a dead end again.
Just then, Xu Chen looked towards his sister Xu Tiantian's room.
His eyes lit up.
The solution to this deadlock lay in Xu Tiantian.
"System, develop the opening CG and first episode of 'Black Wukong'!"
Then, a system prompt echoed in Xu Chen's mind.
"Developing the opening CG and first episode of 'Black Wukong' requires 100,000 energy points. Please confirm. Once confirmed, it cannot be changed."
After hearing the prompt, Xu Chen did not hesitate to confirm.
The moment he confirmed, a progress bar appeared in his mind.
It was slowly moving forward.
It seemed the system didn't instantly create the game.
But Xu Chen wasn't worried.
Judging from the speed at which the progress bar was moving, it would only take an hour or two.
Xu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, settling into his gaming chair and picking up the noodles his sister had cooked.
He inhaled deeply.
"They're so fragrant. My sister's cooking skills are getting better and better."
"Damn it, my downstairs neighbor better not be a hoodlum!"
Xu Chen devoured the noodles.
As soon as he finished, while the game development progress was still underway, he started brainstorming his plan in his mind.
There was a crucial point after he finished developing the game.
Pre-release promotion.
This world had independent gaming platforms.
As long as it passed the review process, you could upload your developed games, set a price, and allow players to download them.
It seemed extremely convenient and had almost no threshold.
But the real threshold was quite high.
Most games developed by individuals or studios, without any marketing, would be dead upon release.
They would practically drown in the sea of other games.
Not even a ripple would be seen.
To achieve good results, there were two paths.
One was to get featured on the gaming platform's own recommendation list.
But this was not something a newcomer could hope for.
It was another battlefield filled with spending and capital competition.
The other path was promoting on other platforms.
However, this path wasn't easy either.
Xu Chen didn't have the money to buy traffic.
Of course, the game developed by the system would definitely be of high quality.
As long as people played it, it would slowly gain some popularity through player word of mouth.
It might even explode.
But word of mouth takes time to ferment.
At the very least, in the initial stages of game release, there needed to be a certain number of players to ensure that the word of mouth spread quickly and led to an explosion.
Otherwise, after a few months, this game would inevitably attract the attention of Tencent and the like.
Plagiarism was just the basic tactic.
If they couldn't copy it, Tencent would have countless other tricks up their sleeve, including smear campaigns, online trolls, media criticisms, and so on.
In short, Xu Chen's plan would face many variables.
Therefore, the faster the word of mouth fermented, the better.
This first wave of promotion, this first wave of emotion points, would rely on Xu Tiantian's livestream.
The world Xu Chen had transmigrated into also had highly developed short video platforms and livestream platforms.
Due to the advancement of virtual reality technology, many livestream platforms even allowed viewers to have an immersive experience while watching streams.
The traffic, naturally, was unimaginable.
It felt even more popular than the world Xu Chen had transmigrated from.
Some of the big streamers' influence was ridiculous.
Xu Chen didn't know any of the big streamers in this world, but he had Xu Tiantian!
Xu Tiantian, a new streamer, had just over 10,000 followers, and she had no gray income.
She could support herself and Xu Chen solely through donations and the like.
This showed how powerful livestream traffic was.
Having Xu Tiantian livestream playing "Black Wukong" was definitely a path forward.
And Xu Chen believed that players who were accustomed to playing garbage games would go wild upon seeing "Black Wukong."
Xu Tiantian's livestream would definitely explode.
Just as Xu Chen's eyes gleamed with excitement, a "ding" echoed in his mind.
"Congratulations, host, 'Black Myth: Wukong - First Episode: Fire Illuminates Dark Clouds' has been developed and imported to your personal computer."