I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!-Chapter 56 - 31 Urban Skyline Project Approval The Divine

This is a truth.

Rather than blindly digging through trash cans hoping to find God Grass,

it’s far more efficient to go through the past projects of top companies.

And as for the method of judging a company’s rank, that’s quite straightforward as well.

Directly assess from the game’s sales, quality, art, music, and several other dimensions.

Then categorize them into ten levels of game quality, “Trash, Mediocre, Decent, Good, Great, Classic, Masterpiece, Hall of Fame, Epic, Godlike!”

Generally speaking, a gaming company that can produce at least two Decent games can easily advance to a C-rank company, and their new games will receive C-level traffic from major platforms.

Upon hearing this, Ke Jin glanced at the overall ratings of his previous few games on NAA.

“Origin of Species” was labeled as Mediocre.

It couldn’t be helped; as a newbie’s first small game, and with downloads just over fifty thousand, the revenue stream was a total mess.

You see, sales were also a part of the evaluation criteria.

So even though the gameplay of “Origin” was much higher than many other games on the market, in the end, it still only earned the title of Mediocre.

“Iwanna” and “Goose Duck Kill” were both rated as Decent, influenced somewhat by their pricing.

“Gotham,” on the other hand, made a clean sweep and snagged the title of Good.

To Ke Jin, this ranking list seemed a bit unreasonable.

If it were rated according to past Earth standards, with Iwanna’s popularity, it should at least be a Classic.

But there was no help for it, as the current rules were established by the locals, and he, a foreigner from Earth, had little say and could only think about it.

“Mr. Ke, our company’s rating has already met the C-level standard, and we have a Good work like ‘Gotham.’ If our next game can continue to win the title of Good, we can apply to the Game Supervisory Bureau to upgrade our company to B-level. Then we’ll have access to more resources and traffic,” Gou Chehua said after Ke Jin became the boss, changing his address from Designer Ke to Mr. Ke.

In the beginning, Ke Jin wasn’t used to it, but after a second thought,

A boss should look the part.

It’s fine now with few people in the company, but when there are more employees, and each one calls him Designer Ke, or Ke,

It just won’t command respect.

So, he didn’t stop Gou Chehua from addressing him that way.

“Hmm, I’ve pretty much prepared the plan for the next game. I haven’t managed to hire a secretary yet, so I’ll leave the arrangements to you,” Ke Jin said as he handed the thick blue folder containing “Urban Skyline” to Gou Chehua.

Upon receiving it, Gou Chehua was stunned.

This proposal…

How different it was from the proposals he had seen at Tianying Company.

During his three years working at Tianying, he had been responsible for several games.

But at the initial stage of research and development for each game, the proposal was just one page long…

At most, two pages.

It was a broad direction set by the higher-ups based on market trends and directions.

The details were to be fleshed out by the various departments over time.

The final combination of viable solutions might be as thick as the small blue book he now held in his hands.

But Mr. Ke went all out and handed him a big project right from the start?

“Mr. Ke, are you sure this is… for a game?”

“Yeah, try to get it done within a month. If you’re understaffed, let me know, and I’ll hire some more… interns,” Ke Jin said.

Ke Jin had once been a student himself, and after graduating from university, he had also worked hard for others.

He had hoped that if he ever got the chance to start his own company, he would treat these new generation students well.

But as it turned out…

Well, believe it or not.

Interns are indeed useful.

They’re not like those seasoned veterans who have been scrapping in the job market for over a decade, only looking to slack off and coast along.

They are young, full of energy, and curious about the whole world.

And of course, the main point is.

They’re cheap.

A monthly salary of 3000 yuan is something even a dog would turn down, saying it’s too little.

But offer it to a college student, and the student would say, ‘Holy crap! That much? Thanks, boss!’

See, he even thanks you.

Of course, Ke Jin wasn’t just some heartless capitalist.

The main thing was that the company was just starting, and there were no extra reserves.

His pocket was even cleaner than Ke Yu’s face.

If they truly did well, he would consider promoting them to full-time employees.

Raise wages where they need to be raised, and distribute benefits where they should be given.

“Alright, I got it.” Gou Chehua left the CEO’s office, holding the game plan in his hands.

He then gathered twenty or thirty employees who had just started work a few days ago.

“Brothers, follow me to the meeting room, we’ve got work to do.”

Once everyone was seated in the meeting room, Gou Chehua, currently acting as the game director and lead planner, walked to the central position with a small blue notebook in hand.

A group of employees sat below, looking at him with great anticipation.

“Hua Zi, what type of new game is this?”

“I played one of Mr. Ke’s games last month, and I have to say it was freakin’ amazing! I can’t believe I’m going to help Mr. Ke make games next month, it feels like a dream!”

“Me too, and Mr. Ke offers such a high salary, a whole 3200 a month! My old man Deng just gives me a mere 1500 Gold Coins, 500 to spend on games, and 1000 on my girlfriend, which is never enough.”

“Bro, detail the part about spending on your girlfriend.”

“Okay, everyone quiet down. We are about to start the meeting.” Watching the room gradually grow noisy, Gou Chehua gently tapped on the table and then placed the small blue book on it.

He opened the first page.

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“Hmm… the new game’s project name is ‘Urban Skyline’. From the brief introduction Mr. Ke provided, it’s a city-building type of game. Players will need to play the role of a mayor, helping the city advance step by step toward prosperity…”

“That’s quite a fresh concept; I haven’t seen other games do that before.” Gou Chehua praised the idea and continued, “Next, I’d like you all to share your thoughts on how we can develop and extend this game further… Wait a second.” Gou Chehua casually flipped through a few pages, then his expression suddenly froze.

Generally speaking,

when company executives hand out a game plan, they only provide a core outline, then let the employees have intense discussions and brainstorming, to finally expand the game’s rich gameplay.

Gou Chehua initially intended to do just that.

However…

The detailed gameplay for this game was written down in the first dozen pages of the game plan.

Even going so far as to specify ‘what a passerby NPC should do’, which Mr. Ke had specially marked in the game plan.

Gou Chehua’s face showed disbelief.

Was this… all done by Mr. Ke alone?

He wrote out such detailed game content?

However, considering the bunch of employees staring eagerly at him, Gou Chehua realized he couldn’t show any lack of composure.

So he cleared his throat and said,

“Let’s skip the discussion of the game content and dive deeper into the game. First off, regarding the map modeling, does anyone have any good ideas… Wait a second.” Gou Chehua paused halfway through as he was talking.

Because, as he was speaking and flipping through the pages,

he discovered another issue…

In the 20-40 page section of the game plan.

Mr. Ke had already completed the modeling for the game as well…

All sorts of building drafts, the general appearance of various character NPCs, UI design, game interface, and so on—all the things that would require the art team to work overtime and might only yield a preliminary version.

But here in the game plan, everything was there!

Good lord!

Mr. Ke, are you a god?

How come your game plan has everything in it?

“Forget it, let’s also skip the discussion on game modeling for now. Next, let’s talk about the game’s soundtrack. The soundtrack is also an important part of the game, everyone’s views are welcome. Let’s discuss what type of music might best fit the theme of the game, feel free to share your ideas… Wait a second.”

Gou Chehua continued flipping a few pages,

and beads of sweat had formed on his forehead.

In the middle part of the game plan, he even wrote down every single piece of sheet music, including some details of sound effects, denoted with symbols…

What you’ve written here isn’t sheet music… it’s outlandish!

No way, Mr. Ke, you understand music too?

My goodness!

But on second thought,

although the background music wasn’t particularly notable in the previous few games, it was still there.

Gou Chehua hadn’t paid much attention while playing, but as long as it didn’t disrupt the gaming experience, it meant that the background music was up to par.

Therefore, Mr. Ke must understand music; he’s just been very modest about it until now.

“Well…” Gou Chehua initially wanted to mention the copywriting part.

But upon inspecting the game plan,

the copywriting was also included.

“Well…” Gou Chehua then thought about the visual effects.

Another flip through the game plan,

and lo and behold, the standards for how visual effects should be created were already written down as well.

The further he flipped, the more sweat gathered on Gou Chehua’s forehead. By the time he reached the last page of the plan, his head was swimming in sweat, and his pupils were constantly trembling.

He finally understood why this game plan was so thick…

Because damn it, it had everything in it!

Mr. Ke had almost painstakingly written out all the details, and the employees just needed to follow the game plan to proceed…

What in heaven’s name is this otherworldly game plan!

“So…” Gou Chehua looked blankly at the employees below, who in turn were staring back at him, equally perplexed.

Everyone sat staring at each other in a daze.

After a long pause, Gou Chehua finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and said,

“Well then, let’s call it a day, everyone can start work directly.”

Employees: “????”

What the heck, just like that we’re done? We haven’t even understood anything…