New Game Development

Precisely for this reason, "Soul Knight" is the better choice.

It can lay a solid user base for the Huangtu Game platform.

Of course, "Soul Knight"'s commercial performance, while not matching other games, is still quite good.

In its previous life, it attracted several million users within a week of launch.

Within a month, its user count reached the tens of millions.

Ahem, of course, it can't compare to games like "Honor of Kings."

But that's no fault of its own.

After all, the backing behind that game is Mr. Ma~~~

The promotional resources are practically endless.

"Soul Knight" was just a low-cost indie game from an ordinary company.

Looking at it that way, its achievements are impressive.

Now, Wang Chuan is bringing this game, which shined in its previous life, to this world.

A world with more advanced technology but lagging game design concepts.

"Soul Knight"'s results here will definitely be no worse than in its previous life~~~

Of course, Wang Chuan won't copy it exactly; he'll make some tweaks to the original content.

Just like with "The Stanley Parable," keep the strengths, fix the flaws.

And he'll adjust the game to be more player-friendly.

"By the way, should I change the art style of 'Soul Knight'?"

Setting down the pen and paper, stretching a bit, Wang Chuan hesitates.

In its previous life, "Soul Knight" used a pixel art style.

Well, they were broke too; it was to save money.

"Maybe I should change it, since I used to complain about that myself~~~"

Wang Chuan wavers, unsure whether to make the change.

Because in its previous life, the pixel style, while intended to reduce resources and cut costs, was still too crude.

Sure, some players liked it, but he wasn't one of them.

Soon, Wang Chuan makes a decision.

Change it! It has to change!

After all, he's the producer~~~

Of course, that's not the main reason.

In its previous life, the pixel style was mainly about lowering resource demands and saving costs.

But he has ample capital, and in this world, with the Pangu Editor as a divine tool, it's not an issue at all.

Still, while he'll change it, it won't be a drastic overhaul.

Just making the existing visuals a bit more polished. At its core, it'll still be pixel art.

Having made up his mind, Wang Chuan turns on his computer, picks up his drawing tablet, and starts sketching.

First, he draws the game's protagonist, recalling the general outline and then filling in details himself.

After all, it's been a while, and his memory isn't too sharp.

Someone might ask, why not use the Memory Searcher?

Well, using the Memory Searcher just to draw a protagonist would be way too wasteful~~~

And if the final drawing doesn't look right? Wang Chuan isn't too bothered.

After all, "Soul Knight" isn't like card games such as "Azur Lane."

It doesn't rely on art assets to sell; having good art is a bonus, but lacking it won't hurt much.

In the end, it all comes back to the Roguelike gameplay.

After sketching for a while, Wang Chuan picks up the pen and paper again to jot down things to keep in mind.

Then he logs into the game forums.

He plans to browse industry news to kill some time.

Yeah, this counts as a break~~~

During work breaks, understanding player preferences and current gaming trends is pretty important.

It's like the direction keys in games—in the previous life, it was WASD, but in this world, it's 4568.

That's because the first game to define directional keys differed between the two worlds.

If he failed to notice this and made a game that went against player habits, he'd be dead for sure.

"Damn, this world really is a paradise for game producers and players~~~"

After browsing for a while, Wang Chuan couldn't help but sigh.

This world had plenty of AAA titles, even VR ones.

But he didn't look into them in detail.

Because he knew one thing—to make a quality VR game, the development budget would be at least three hundred million.

And right now, he had... well, three million, with one million owed to the bank.

Can't afford it, can't afford it~~~

So his focus was still on PC and mobile.

In this world, ARPG, RPG, and FPS games took up most of the market share.

The remaining horror games, casual games, and other genres also held a decent chunk.

Well, that was compared to his previous life.

One thing that surprised him was that while this world's game design philosophy lagged behind his previous life's, its pace of development wasn't slow, and some games were already showing signs of progress.

For example, sandbox games (like Minecraft) and open-world games (like Grand Theft Auto) were starting to emerge.

Snapping back to reality, Wang Chuan had already drafted a rough design document, filled with everything he could remember.

He still had a few Memory Searchers left, but he had to use them sparingly.

What if he couldn't draw any more later?

So anything he could recall or fill in on his own, he'd handle himself.

He'd try to rely on his own abilities as much as possible.

"Next, I need to pick a platform~~~"

Wang Chuan rubbed his temples in mild frustration, thinking hard.

Unlike his previous life, the platforms in this world were simple.

PC, mobile, and VR were all unified, so he had it much easier.

First, he had to rule out the VR platform—the development cost would be a killer.

That left PC and mobile.

Thinking about it, Wang Chuan remembered "The Stanley Parable."

Because time was tight and the workload heavy, "The Stanley Parable" had only been developed for PC.

Now, while working on a new game, he'd also need to develop the mobile version of "The Stanley Parable."

Of course, the mobile version would also be priced at a dirt-cheap five bucks, same as the PC version.

Fair and square!!!

And this job was especially simple, since it was developed using the Pangu Editor.

To make the mobile version, he'd just need to tweak the Art Assets.

Because most of the Art Assets used in "The Stanley Parable" came from the editor's library.

So making the mobile version would cost next to nothing!!

"Oh right, didn't I hire an assistant? I can hand this over to Huang Shanshan~~~"

Suddenly, Wang Chuan thought of Huang Shanshan and brightened up.

Well, it wasn't that he wanted to slack off!!!

It was to let Huang Shanshan get familiar with the whole process, so she could help out later.

Definitely not slacking off!

Definitely not slacking off!

Definitely not slacking off!

Important things need to be said three times~~~