Chapter 142 - New Customer in the Experience Store (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Many companies were busy developing a Chinese themed game with the aim for a good placement.

There were many mobile games, less PC games, and no VR games.

The main reason being three months was too short of a time frame to develop a VR game. Even companies like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment with inside knowledge only had a bit over a month of extra time.

It was too difficult to develop a large VR game in this time span, one might even say impossible.

Moreover, the main reason for the games was to please the judges, and there was no reason to spend a lot of money to develop a game just to do that. If neither the judges or players liked it, it would be doubly bad.

Therefore, the larger companies decided to make a PC game whereas smaller companies planned to make mobile games.

Many communities of gamers were discussing the matter after catching wind of the news.

“Have you heard that the bunch from the Game Committee is planning a Chinese Themed Games Event? They are encouraging designers to make Chinese themed games.”

“Again? The pile of hot garbage from the Resistance War Games event last time is still steaming.”

“Yeah, the games from last season were utter garbage, it could even be worse than some of the drama series.”

“Sigh, it’s a political move after all. These games aren’t meant for us, but for the judges.”

“But the judges have decent taste other than being a bit pretentious.”

“Yeah, the first three places do seem to be like that. But you can tell what they were going for, staying close to the theme, high quality game, unique artstyle, innovative gameplay, and good story. As long as you adhered to these points you stood a chance at winning.”

“It can’t be helped, they are treating these games as artworks.”

“Luckily it’s not some weird theme like last time.”

“Chinese theme…feels a bit out there too. What can you do with that? I think there’s going to be a bunch of Xianxia themed games this time.”

“Geez, Xianxia games are so overdone.”

“Maybe it’s already decided that Zen Entertainment would get first place.”

“Predetermined or not, Zen Entertainment is basically guaranteed to get first place. They have deep knowledge in Xianxia games and good story writing after all.”

“But I feel like their games are lacking something.”

“By the way, do you think Chen Mo is going to join? If he enters with a game like Warcraft, it could get really interesting!”

“Chen Mo? I don’t think so. Chen Mo is better at Western Fantasy stuff. I Am MT, Lifeline, and Warcraft are all Western themes. Plants vs Zombies are western based too, he’s never touched Chinese style games!”

“That’s true, this isn’t his strong point. He’s probably going to fail if he forces himself to join.”

“But there aren’t other Chinese video game designers that can wow me. Maybe Chen Mo manages to do the theme justice?”

“I doubt it, there are different specialisations in the artistic world afterall.”

“To be fair, who thought CHen Mo could make RTS? And didn’t he do exactly that?”

“Fair point. If he was doing this, there’s probably a demo in his experience store right? I’m heading towards the Imperial Capital anyways.”

“Wow, you’re really going for this.”

“It can’t be helped. I’m really interested in this Chinese themed game event. It ends in two weeks, so Chen Mo is probably close to done, I’ll go check it out.”

“Onwards, the people of your village will await your return!”

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There was a girl talking to her phone in the close vicinity of the experience store.