Chapter 172 - Make a New Game? (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
This year’s YouPlay convention was held in New World Expo in Magic City. It was split into three major areas of N, W and E, which was split into fourteen different exhibition halls. The larger companies congregated in N1 to N3.
This included Chinese video game companies and operations, as well as video game companies from overseas. There were themed areas related to video game entrepreneurship. Anyone who could join would try and join this convention.
The Game Committee gave Chen Mo a spot in hall N2, which was more or less the best area, in the same grounds as Emperor Dynasty Entertainment.
As Thunderbolt Entertainment was a smaller company and had fewer games, the booth they got was also smaller. However, it was still positioned quite well, all thanks to Mr Qiao.
A member of staff sent a picture of the location of the booth and a floor plan to Chen Mo.
“It’s right over here, think about how you’ll decorate this.”
Chen Mo looked at the floorplan and replied, “Alright, I have some things in mind. I’ll send you an overview later and you can handle the rest.”
“Alright, but I can only help you with the more essential stuff. I can get you in contact with showgirls if that’s what you want. But things like sculptures and the costumes of the showgirls you’d have to settle that yourself if you want them to suit your games.”
“Yep, of course,” replied Chen Mo.
He then pointed out a large booth in the same hall, “Is this Emperor Dynasty Entertainment’s booth?”
“Yes, Emperor Dynasty Emperor is the largest company in this hall and is the one who has the most games, which is why their booth is so big. Zen Entertainment also took up the majority of another hall.”
Chen Mo nodded. These companies took up a lot of area because of how many games they had. They even split their own booth into smaller sections, one for mobile games, one for PC games, and one for VR games.
Moreover, from the picture there were many working on setting up the booth and putting up posters.
Chen Mo replied, “Alright, I understand what I’m dealing with now. I’ll send you the idea I have in mind later.”
“Alright. B the way, do you have a new game you’re going to showcase?”
Chen Mo was shocked, “New game?”
“Yeah, most of the developers have a new game for the fans to try out in order to attract their attention. Players probably wouldn’t care much if it was an old game.
“Although you could release a rare character or card or what have you. But a new game would be best.”
“Oh. Alright, I’ll think about it.”
The staff replied with a sweating emote. Think? You haven’t planned on a new game yet? The convention is just a month out, you probably don’t have the time to develop one. It’s probably difficult just to come up with a demo!
Chen Mo laughed, “Don’t worry.”
“Alright, I’ll leave you with your preparations. And if you have the time, you should come to Magic City and have a look yourself, there are some things that just aren’t clear over the phone.”
“Alright, I’ll visit when I have the time.”
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After wrapping his head around the booth, Chen Mo did some planning around the decoration of the booth, and ordered some sculptures and cosplays.
Conventions had always been about the same thing. Although Chen Mo didn’t have many games, all of them were extremely high quality.