232: Chapter 232 Game and Clothing Collaboration?

"Mr. Chen, then this game... what is it called?" Zhang Tao continued to ask.

"Let's call it 'Fanti Nuannuan'." Chen Fan said.

Zhang Tao paused for a moment, his brows slightly furrowed, as he silently recited the name twice: "Fanti Nuannuan... Fanti?" He looked up at Chen Fan with clear confusion on his face, "Mr. Chen, what does Fanti mean?"

Chen Fan waved his hand, not offering much explanation: "You don't need to worry about that, you'll know when the time comes."

That's right, Fanti was the name of the clothing brand founded by Chen Fan.

His idea was very simple: to bind Fanti and Nuannuan together.

Most of the clothes players dress Nuannuan in within the game would be designed based on prototypes of clothing produced by Fanti;

The clothing brand in the game would also be called Fanti, and there could even be a clothing company called "Fanti" in the plot background.

After the game and the clothing line were both launched, they could hold crossover events like giveaways of physical Fanti clothing or exclusive items for reaching certain top-up amounts.

However, these were just rough ideas for now; Chen Fan hadn't thought through the specific operations yet. The top priority now was to get the game made; the rest could be dealt with later.

Thinking of this, he looked at Zhang Tao: "First, come up with a plan, including core gameplay, main storyline, and art style—all of these need to be included."

Zhang Tao hesitated for a moment, then said: "Mr. Chen, could you roughly describe the effect you want to achieve? So I have an idea of what to do."

Chen Fan heard this, touched his chin, and began to ponder the gameplay of "Miracle Nikki" from his past life.

That's right, the "Fanti Nuannuan" he wanted to make drew its inspiration from that very successful dress-up game from his past life, "Miracle Nikki".

However, he only knew the general gameplay of "Miracle Nikki", and the system store hadn't refreshed the data package for this game either.

He knew about this game because he had occasionally scrolled past clips of it on Douyin in his past life, knowing that the game was very profitable, had extremely high retention among female players, and strong monetization capabilities.

As for how it was specifically played, he could only rely on the general framework in his memory to reconstruct it.

The game made this way would definitely not be exactly the same as the one from his past life, but the gameplay of a dress-up game was inherently much simpler than other games.

The core was "dressing up, scoring, passing levels, and collecting"; the underlying logic wasn't complicated.

Chen Fan was confident he could make it; at least the direction was right, and the details could be slowly polished during the development process.

He tapped his fingers on the armrest twice, then spoke.

"The core gameplay is competing by coordinating outfits. It's not just about dressing well yourself, but choosing clothes based on the level's theme, and the system gives a score. Each piece of clothing must have attributes: gorgeous, simple, elegant, cute, sexy, etc. Different themes have different requirements for attributes, and players have to figure out how to match them to get the highest score."

Zhang Tao was writing quickly in his notebook, the pen tip scratching away.

"There also need to be skills." Chen Fan continued, "When scoring, players can use skills, such as adding points, interfering with opponents, etc., to increase strategic depth. It's not just comparing the number of clothes. Comparing pure stats is boring; adding a sense of operation makes players feel that they 'played' to win, rather than winning just because they have more clothes."

Zhang Tao looked up with a hint of surprise: "There are skills too?" He thought for a moment and added a few words to his notebook.

"Yes." Chen Fan nodded.

"The main storyline must have a worldview." Chen Fan leaned back on the sofa, "You can decide the worldview yourself, but it needs to be immersive and the logic must be sound. Don't have that kind of 'dressing up for the sake of dressing up' setting. Make players feel—in this world, outfits are everything, and competitions determine fate; it makes perfect sense."

Zhang Tao nodded and kept writing.

"The character art style can be summed up in four words—handsome men and beautiful women. The protagonist, Nuannuan, should be cute but not childish, the supporting characters should be recognizable, and the villains should be handsome with presence. In short, the looks must be on point so players find it pleasant to look at."

Zhang Tao looked up: "What about the clothing?"

"Clothing—" Chen Fan paused, tapped his finger on the armrest once, "Put the clothing last. I'll give you some materials when the time comes."

Zhang Tao paused for a moment, a hint of confusion in his eyes, but didn't ask further.

Since Mr. Chen said so, there must be a reason for it.

"Okay." Zhang Tao closed his notebook and stood up.

"Alright, that's all. Go get busy."

"Alright, Mr. Chen." After saying that, Zhang Tao turned and walked towards his workstation, his pace much faster than when he arrived.

After Zhang Tao left, Chen Fan took out his phone and found Li Nan's number to call her.

The phone rang twice, and Li Nan's capable voice came from the other end: "Hello, Mr. Chen."

"Li Nan, regarding the tasks arranged today, keep an eye on Zhao Xiaoran and Qian Fei, and have them finish the clothing designs as soon as possible."

"Alright, Mr. Chen, I will keep an eye on it."

"Good."

After saying this, Chen Fan hung up the phone directly.

The reason he asked Zhao Xiaoran and Qian Fei to finish the clothing designs first was clear: these designed clothes would be put into the game later.

Therefore, the design drafts could not be delayed.

...

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

On Thursday morning, just past nine o'clock, Chen Fan had just sat down at his desk when his phone vibrated. It was Wang Jing calling.

"Mr. Chen, Nick Cheung, Naza, and Reba have all arrived. They just got out of the car."

"Alright, I'm coming down now."

Chen Fan hung up the phone, walked quickly out of the office, and took the elevator downstairs.

Two cars were parked at the company entrance. One was the black Mercedes Viano commercial vehicle, with the door open, and Wang Jing was standing by the car talking to someone.

The other was a silver Alphard with dark tinted windows, making it impossible to see inside.

Nick Cheung was just getting out of that Alphard.

He was dressed very casually today, a dark jacket with a simple white T-shirt underneath, and he looked much more relaxed than the last time they met.

"Mr. Chen!" Seeing Chen Fan walk out, Nick Cheung took the initiative to reach out his hand and said in Mandarin with a thick Hong Kong accent, "Good morning."

"Brother Hui, good morning." Chen Fan went up to meet him, shook his hand, "Thank you for the hard work on the trip."

"No hard work, no hard work, just sitting in a car." Nick Cheung smiled and waved his hand, then turned to look at Naza and Reba, who had just stepped out of the commercial vehicle, his tone relaxed, "Are these two beauties the ones shooting the commercial with me today?"

Naza and Reba had just gotten out of the car, and hearing Nick Cheung say this, both of them smiled a bit shyly.