There is no need for renovation, so you can start working by moving office equipment such as a computer inside. Three days before the celebration of the White Spring Society, the company began its official operation. The main project is the development of the indie game "Oriental Gensokyo Story".

Today, November 1, the alpha beta version of "Oriental Gensokyo Story" has finally been released, so Qin Han, the boss and project creator, came to the company to prepare to test the fruits of his labor during this time.

Come to the office and press the doorbell.

After a while, a short-haired girl wearing glasses opened the door and welcomed Qin Han in: "President, you are here." ”

Her name is Kyoko Saito, and like Kensuke Tanaka, she is one of the two vice presidents of the company today.

In her previous life, Kyoko Saito was the second-in-command of the C2 agency, and she brought a lot of food and people-oriented business to the club. After the transformation of the club into a commercial company, he was mainly responsible for the business of advertising, activities, and peripheral promotion of the "Fleet Collection".

In the operation of "Fleet Collection" for several years, players entered a period of fatigue, and the popularity of the game gradually declined, in the three-dimensional world, the various linkage cooperation of "Fleet Collection" is still impressive, and even many players who have long retired from the pit can't help but participate in these activities and relive the glory of being a commander back then.

In terms of business management, Kyoko Saito can be regarded as a talent, and of course Qin Han must make the best use of it.

However, there are no commercial activities to be carried out in "Oriental Gensokyo Monogatari" right now, so Kyoko Saito's job is to prepare for the Winter CM Fan Fair, and is responsible for contacting steam to prepare for the steam_direct.

Yes, there is steam in this world as well.

This game platform designed by Bram Cohen, the inventor of ****, has a greater influence in this world than the world before the Qin and Han dynasties, Ubisoft's Uplay and EA's rotten orange have not appeared, and steam has become a platform for PC game digital services that dominates the world.

And the owner of Steam, the CEO of Villefort - commonly known as G's fat Gabe Dig Your Wallet and Don't Negotiate Chop Terminator Newell, is also one position ahead of a certain real estate tycoon who became president in another world on the list of the richest people in the United States.

Steam still exists, which is certainly a good thing for an indie game producer like Qin Han.

steam_direct is a paid application review system that replaces the previous favored light.

Any producer of an indie game only needs to pay $300 and prepare sufficient information to apply for game distribution to Steam.

If it passes, your game will be available for sale on Steam.

If there is no such low-cost and convenient sales channel, then after Qin Han makes the game, he can either go to a big company like Nintendo Sony to see if he can get a third-party qualification, or he can only go through the complete sales channel, honestly carve the plate, set up a stall at the same exhibition, or sell it in a physical store.

In the previous way, even if you kneel and lick successfully, those large companies as sellers will inevitably take a hard cut. Maybe in the future, if the game is successful, it is possible to directly use money to acquire the company, so that Qin Han will completely lose his autonomy. The latter way is too inefficient. In this era when digital downloads have become the main means of game sales, how many people will buy CDs?

In comparison, Steam, which has a 30% share, is like a charitable organization.

Qin Han's plan is that if the development of the game goes well, then it will be officially released on steam after a wave of publicity at the Winter CM Homo Show.

So the degree of completion of today's alpha version is the key.

After entering the room, Qin Han found that in the lounge on the first floor, a group of people were gathering in front of a notebook to watch animations.

"Oh, oh! Oupai, who loves sauce, is so good!"

"This shaking, this elasticity, this sense of dynamism that is unwilling to be bound by gravity, the supervision is truly remarkable. They can't have set up the position of painting supervisor of the European pie, otherwise why would the effect be so good?"

"I really envy the male protagonist, this damn social animal, you can feel the taste of Ai Sauce Oupai with your face in the first episode......"

It turned out that a group of people were watching "Monday's Fullness", which was broadcast yesterday.

Kyoko Saito looked at this group of unproductive guys who were addicted to the European faction and couldn't extricate themselves, coughed dryly, and said angrily: "The president is here!"

The fat man Tanaka, whose hair was dyed yellow in the middle, raised his head, saw Qin Han, and said with a smile: "Teacher Qin Han, no, president, the animation adaptation of your work is really interesting." ”

Others also stood up to greet Qin Han.

Although these guys are suspected of fishing during working hours, there really isn't much to do right now. Only after Qin Han has played the alpha version and proposed revisions can he start the next stage of work.

Qin Han waved his hand and said, "I know that you guys have been working hard these days, so let's take a rest today." Tanaka-kun, play a game with me first. ”

Kensuke Tanaka put the notebook in front of Qin Han and then connected the handle for him.

In addition to Qin Han, the main creator, Fat Tanaka also invested a lot of effort in "Oriental Gensokyo Story". He was involved in setting the values, writing side quests, and scripting the dialogue of a large number of secondary NPCs. Qin Han is not only the president, but also the first player of the alpha version in addition to a group of developers, and his opinion is crucial.

Qin Han picked up the controller and started running the game.

On the screen, the first thing that appeared was the logo of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Company - a cartoon terracotta warrior and horse, and danced a few times with Changge. Although it is pixel style, it is also delicate and sharp, which is impressive.

Then, accompanied by the sound of birds in the forest and the murmuring of the stream, melodious music full of pastoral fun sounds, and the game begins to appear.

"Hmm. Qin Han nodded with satisfaction.

As an indie game, "Oriental Gensokyo Story" gives a good first impression, with a score of 8 out of 10.

The game begins with an opening act, in which the protagonist travels through time and space and strays into the isolated Gensokyo. The shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, Hakurei Reimu rescues the protagonist and entrusts the protagonist with a long-abandoned farm.

Looking at the story script written by himself, it can be turned into a real game plot, and the character drawings created by himself can appear on the screen, Qin Han is still very happy.

He took the controller and continued the game with great interest.

For more than an hour, Qin Han put down the handle in frustration.

In the game, after he got the fishing rod, he caught fish for three days without any catch. This made Qin Han, who thought he was not handicapped, quite depressed.

"Tanaka-kun, isn't the difficulty of this fishing game too high?"

"Really? I don't think so. Tanaka said.