The Rise Of Otaku - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Chapter 18 Gaming Experience
Translator: Doggotranslation Editor: Doggotranslation

The launching ceremony continued. It was just that the group that followed those kinds became bigger. Those who enjoyed the bustling and hustling scene, followed the kids to see what they were doing. Seeing their kids were holding wooden toy guns marching at the front, some adults even cheered loudly to encourage them. It made those kids march even more energetically.
Soon, the group of people arrived at the small river. Under Zhou Hao’s instruction, kids were spread out, but kept one meter between each other. The row was stretched a dozen meters long like the guard of honour.
The small river was around one meter deep. Although it was not very deep, it was enough to sail the wooden boat. The four kids who were holding the carrier had already gotten into the water. They were ready to let go of the carrier and let it move slowly down the river.
It was at this moment, Zhou Shuyu suddenly stopped Zhou Yu and said, “help me to take some videos, the main focus should be the carrier, but you can also film those kids as well. Use close-up shots to film.”
It was summertime, what she dressed, didn’t allow her to get wet. Instead, Zhou Yu was dressing the beach trunks every day, so he didn’t need to worry about getting wet. After he learned about how to use the camera, he got into the river to take some close-up shots of the carrier.
Children had lined up neatly already. In Zhou Hao’s command, the launching ceremony formally began. The four kids that were holding the carrier immediately let go of the carrier at the same time. Everyone was staring at the carrier, fearing that it might not be able to balance itself on the river.
Luckily, the beaver’s design was very logical, the weight distribution of the carrier was also very even, so after the initial sway, it was able to balance itself well on the river and slowly move down the river.
The group of kids instantly burst into cheers. Everyone was clapping their hands and shouted in excitement. However, the representative Zhou Hao was very unhappy. “Quiet! Quiet! You guys don’t have any orders. If you ruined the ceremony, you all need to run 10 laps around the village!” He jumped up and down and shouted.
With Zhou Hao’s effort, the group of kids finally resumed their order, and whenever the carrier moved past a kid, they would immediately salute the carrier.
The launching ceremony was very successful. The carrier was moved back to the yard after the ceremony and placed in the yard allowing everyone to see it. This made the carrier owner – Zhou Hao feel very proud. But he had to watch out for those careless kids, reminding them from time to time that they couldn’t touch his treasure. He was scared that they might damage it.
At the moment, there were many other weapons on top of the carrier. Regardless of what plane it was, those kids just placed them on top of the carrier, some of them even placed tanks on it as well. It was as if they were hosting a miniature military equipment exhibition.
Having let kids play in his yard for the whole day, those kids were finally satisfied. And the project “Luhua village” was also finally completed.
The mood point was actually only deducted 7 points in the end. But because the property management team’s special effect, currently the soldier development’s mood points was 103 points. So Zhou Yu didn’t need to worry about those people going on strike. The team that finished their work would return to the staff accommodation, although they were taking a break, the mood points would not be restored.
If he wanted to restore the mood point, he needed to have some special buildings, for example, the hot spring hotel, Travel agency, etc… however he didn’t have that kind of money at the moment, so he had to leave it.
What was the most important thing at the moment, was that he needed to check the quality of the game.
The same as the comic studio, the final product came in two forms. The digital data or the game disc. The cover of the disc gave people a strong rustic feeling. It was actually quite a good design. However, from its cover, Zhou Yu still couldn’t tell the quality of the game.
After starting the game, as he had expected, the graphic of the game was not as good as those big title games. If he had to compare the graphics of the game to the games that currently existed on the market, it was very similar to the graphics of the Stardew Valley. However, Zhou Yu still wondered if its content was as good as Stardew Valley.
From the perspective of a game tester, he entered the game.
Although the game’s environment was Luhua village, the main character was not Zhou Yu. Instead, players could set the name and the gender of the main character by themselves. The main storyline was not brilliant, and after the short introduction of why the main character wanted to return to his hometown, the game immediately started.
After activating the full otaku power, Zhou Yu finished the game in just a week.
And his comment was: not bad.
Farming simulation games were not something new. This game’s mechanism was also nothing out of the ordinary. There were many types of plants he could grow and many creatures he could raise. It was the type of games that could easily satisfy players who loved the simulation games.
After completing the game, Zhou Yu learned that there were also Easter eggs hidden inside the game as well. It seemed like the player could also cultivate some legendary plants or keep legendary creatures on the farm. However, Zhou Yu didn’t have the hobby to discover Easter eggs in games, so he didn’t play it twice.
The rich and detailed character settings were the highlight of the game. Every NPCs in Luhua village had their own living styles and their own social circles. They would appear at different locations at different times. It would require the player a large amount of time, if the player wanted to discover them all.
Although it was not a 3D map, the basic landscapes of Luhua Village were successfully recreated in the game. Being able to see the place that he lived in, in the game, it was a type of feeling that not everyone would be able to get.
And what surprised Zhou Yu, even more, was that he became a mysterious man in the game. Seeing the strange dialogues and the ghost-like appearing routine that his character had, Zhou Yu knew that his antisocial lifestyle was exaggerated by the game.
The naughty kid’s king – Zhou Hao, the girl who liked to film horror movies – He Yuanyuan, the girl who always thought about money – Zhou Shuyu… All the characters had distinctive characteristics, plus Zhou Yu knew them in real life, it gave him a strange feeling of excitement as if he had discovered the secrets of other people that lived in the village.
Combining with a week’s playing experience, apart from scoring low points on its graphics, overall it was not a bad game at all. At least, it was much better than the other shitty single player games that were made in China.
But having bad graphics was also a big problem. By simply looking at the graphics of the game, it would immediately attract a lot of criticisms and may even attract many trolls. The people, who would really try out the game, probably would not be many.
So, it would not be easy, if he wanted to use the tier-one games to make money.
Now it was time to try the tier-two games.
The name of the tier-two game was also called Luhua village. This time it was a PC based, online game. It was a horror mystery-solving game set in Luhua village. With its ancient inheritance, Luhua village hid a terrifying secret. A group of troubled college students came to the village to experience rural life. However, what they met with, were the horrible deaths, occurring one after another.
To Zhou Yu, who was basically writing the chapters for his light novel every day, writing the story introduction to the game was as easy as a piece of cake. However, if he needed to expand the story, then he would need some time to think. But this game was just a trial version, so he did not want to spend any time on that.
After the paper was completed, the soldier’s development team once again marched into the main building to begin the development process. The count down timer above the building was still shown 48 hours. It seemed like there was not much of a difference in terms of the developing time between the tier-one games and the tier two games.
With full hope, Zhou Yu patiently waited for the tier-two game to finish. However, he did not expect that his secluded life would be disrupted by an unexpected event. It also caused a quite big stir in the originally quiet Luhua village.
The first “documentary” that was shot by both He Yuanyuan and Zhou Shuyu together went viral online.