Creating a game together this time was a meaningful experience for Wang Yue and Luo Youyou. As she played and looked for problems, Luo Youyou also became the game's first tester.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, but progress was painfully slow.
After all, Wang Yue and Luo Youyou weren't familiar with the finer details of some in-game life skills. The information they found online wasn't enough to achieve the results they wanted, and everything they came up with felt a little too fake.
After round upon round of revisions, Luo Youyou's initial enthusiasm gradually faded.
Playing a game was one kind of experience; designing one was another. It was like how many snack vendors didn't want to eat the food they made. They'd had their fill while cooking and couldn't stomach the sight of it anymore.
That was exactly how Luo Youyou felt. After all this time working on it, she'd long since run out of patience.
So, after another test, she felt a little down and said at once, "How about we use real life as a reference? Once I've saved up enough leave, let's take some time off and travel. We can visit tourist attractions and see how the people there make a living. Especially those intangible cultural heritage crafts—I think we could turn them into professions in the game."
Wang Yue thought it over and found it reasonable. He could tell Luo Youyou was fed up, so he encouraged her, "Why not just take leave? We're not short of your salary."
Luo Youyou shot Wang Yue a look and said with obvious displeasure, "What are you talking about? If I dared to quit, do you think Grandpa wouldn't come after you and lecture you?"
Seeing how serious Luo Youyou looked, Wang Yue asked