What could be more exhilarating than seeing your beloved niche hidden-gem masterpiece of a game, already declared practically dead, suddenly come back to life?
Sure, others might not see it as a hidden gem. They might even think it was a one-versus-four carry job. But quite a few people in the Anime Club loved playing it.
Before long, the game development team's statement was reposted in the Anime Club group chat.
One stone stirred a thousand waves.
"Holy crap, they actually got funding! Which legendary godfather invested in this game? I want to know!"
"According to the article, it was a young entrepreneur passionate about the gaming industry... Well, figures it had to be some rich guy. Those old fossils at financial institutions would never invest in a low-return project like this."
"Ugh, capital!"
The topic quickly went off on a tangent.
The Anime Club had always had a bit of a cringey chuuni streak. When everyone started getting absurd, they honestly gave off about the same visual impression as Director Du from Bangbang Technology Game Studio.
The difference was that Director Du was older and not particularly good-looking, while Jiang University Anime Club's cosplayer troupe... well, troupe might have been an exaggeration. A little cluster of pretty girls, at least, was rather cute.
The Anime Club's main group chat, normally quiet because everyone was busy queuing together and gaming, suddenly came alive over this breaking news.
To be fair, nobody liked seeing a game they enjoyed suddenly die while they were still playing it.
Yet most of the time, that was not something ordinary people could interfere with. Everyone might criticize this and that on forums, but deep down, they all knew that making a polished game was expensive. Even an indie game required the dedication of its core