Chapter 381 - I Am Timid, Ruan Guangjian (1/2)

January 7th, Friday…

At Shang Yang Games…

“Big Boss, we welcome your guidance!”

Ruan Guangjian saw the staff of Shang Yang Games greeting him with warm applause once he entered the office. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin stood at the very front with ‘thirsty after talents’ written all over their faces.

Ruan Guangjian was flattered and hurriedly replied, “No, no, please don’t need to stand at the ceremony. I’m dropping by since I just finished my work nearby. You don’t have to worry about me; don’t delay your work.” Lin Wan smiled. “No, no, no, Big Boss Ruan, you’re too humble.

“Your art has given Tengda Games its soul as the original artist that Boss Pei relies the most on. A large part of the high sales volume of Tengda Games is your credit!

“Boss Pei and you are the best partners. It would definitely be very beneficial for us even if you were just to give Shang Yang Games some pointers!

“Come, please have a seat. This is a workstation reserved just for you. You’re always welcome at Shang Yang Games!”

The crowd led Ruan Guangjian to a separate workstation which was just vacated right next to Ye Zhizhou and diagonally opposite Wang Xiaobin.

Ruan Guangjian sat at the workstation and took out the drawing tablet he carried around with him. “Your workstation… is the same standard as Tengda?”

Coming to Shang Yang Games felt as though he had returned to Tengda. The office environment was too similar! Whether it was a spacious office space, wide desk, comfortable ergonomic chair, or a high-end computer coupled with dual monitors; the standard was exactly the same as in Tengda.

Lin Wan nodded. “Yes, Shang Yang Games might be a subsidiary of Tengda Games, but we do not distinguish between each other. Boss Pei always treats all employees equally.

“The office was rearranged according to Tengda Games’ standard just a few months after we moved. Such a setting seemed to be able to ignite the staff’s passion for work more easily.”

Ignite the staff’s passion for work?

Um, working in such a comfortable place did indeed feel very different from working in those cramped workstations.

Ruan Guangjian turned on his office computer while listening to Lin Wan introduce Shang Yang Games. It seemed pretty good. There was a seamless transition between Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. The office environment was very familiar so he did not need any extra time to adapt at all.

“This is the game we are developing, ‘Be Quiet’. It has a horror theme. Big Boss, you can play it casually and give us some comments.” Lin Wan pointed to the game icon on the desktop.

The second version of Be Quiet had been developed. Its progress was more than half. There was just a certain distance away from the actual launch.

The development of simple functions was fast, but for a game to be officially released, various gameplay and details had to be repeatedly fine-tuned. A large number of bugs had to be fixed. Such follow-up work on these subtleties could not be ignored.

Ruan Guangjian’s expression changed upon hearing the horror theme. “Horror games? No, no, I’m most afraid of horror! I won’t have come here if I knew that the project you are developing on is a horror game!”

“I was nearly scared to death watching ‘Midnight Call’, ‘Zerg’, ‘Chain Saw Madman’, ‘Ghost Shadow’, ‘Resurrection Night’, ‘Bright Flash’, ‘Ghost Record’… ‘The Curse!!”

Lin Wan was stunned. A question mark floated over her head.

What? You are most afraid of horror, and yet you watched all the classics of horror movies?

Lin Wan did not know how to continue the conversation suddenly. She gave it some thought before replying. “No problem, our game is still in the development stage. It is not scary at all.”

“Not scary at all?” Ruan Guangjian reluctantly clicked opened the Be Quiet icon. “I’ll try to play for a bit then.”

Lin Wan nodded. “Alright, take your time experiencing it. Let me or Ye Zhizhou know if you have any comments.”

Ruan Guangjian out on his headphones and quickly entered the game.

Lin Wan secretly pulled Ye Zhizhou and whispered, “Observe Big Boss. He said he is timid; don’t scare him too much. Pay attention to him, understand?”

Ye Zhizhou nodded. “Don’t worry, leave it to me.”

The two of them heard a not-so-silent ‘Ahh’ before the two of them finished their conversation.

There was a dynamic scene when entering the game.

Night shrouded the lunatic village. A weird blue flame was burning, reflecting a lunatic villager with bloodshot teeth and eyes. He was slashing something with his machete by the blue weird flame.

The light was very dim. One could vaguely see the dark red blood spattering from the thing he was chopping up. The entire scene would suddenly become darker when the loading was complete. The lunatic villager, who had been chopping something by the light blue flame, would suddenly get up and walk out of the screen.

The lunatic villager’s face would suddenly stick out from the right side of the screen before the player could react. He would appear at an ultra-close distance in the player’s field of vision and emit a sickly mad grin. He would then slash at the camera with his machete.

The screen would be covered with blood in no time, accompanied by the screams. The title of the game would then appear before entering the game officially.

Ruan Guangjian was shocked by that scene just now. He almost jumped up from his seat.

Ye Zhizhou asked hurriedly. “Are you alright?”

Ruan Guangjian nodded. “Fine, fine… Ah!”

He was shocked by a small mouse that suddenly rushed past the scene not long after entering the game proper. Ye Zhizhou was speechless.

He suddenly doubted that Big Boss Ruan could successfully experience the entire game and put forward opinions for corresponding art modification.

He thought for a while before suggesting. ‘Big Boss, maybe you can just look at the art resources including the original concept art, models, and the like. The level of horror should not be too bad.”

Ruan Guangjian shook his head. “That definitely will not do!”

“From the concept to the original art, then to modeling and the setting; every step would experience changes. For example, the original artist’s thoughts would be distorted when it went from the original concept art to the model since the model master would add some of his own ideas.