10: It must be a technological element, let’s copy it

Antarctic Studio, backed by Penguin Games, has hundreds of employees.

Moreover, not a single one of these hundreds of people is a recent graduate; they are all elites with several, even ten or more, years of experience in the industry.

Xue Sancha gathered the most critical individuals to watch the CG together.

"Everyone, any thoughts?"

Xue Sancha sat at the head, feeling somewhat vexed.

Antarctic Studio had a bit of path dependence.

They started out by plagiarizing.

If someone else had the creativity, he could then pour all his resources into polishing the game.

The resulting quality would definitely be stronger than the original.

The plagiarized party could only suffer in silence, unable to voice their bitterness.

For this competition, they also plagiarized as usual.

They thought the idea from Illusion Dream Game Studio was good, and the game framework was excellent.

They directly poached people and copied it over.

Everything was going well.

Until Jiang Feng rose against the odds, actually announcing he would make a new game and even releasing a new CG.

Xue Sancha couldn't stop cursing Jiang Feng.

After being copied, couldn't he just quietly change professions?

At worst, if he came to our Antarctic Studio, he would still have a meal ticket.

Why couldn't he understand and insist on challenging us?

Isn't this just causing us trouble?

How could there be such an insensitive person as him?

After cursing, Xue Sancha also started to take it seriously.

If Jiang Feng's new game could truly make a comeback, then Antarctic Studio would be in big trouble.

Therefore, he gathered his staff to analyze the CG, intending to continue copying.

One of the designers watched the CG three times repeatedly and concluded:

"Without a doubt, it's a tech-style approach.

"The previous champion relied on the gimmick of Wuxia against firearms, but this time, Jiang Feng has clearly gone a step further; he has chosen modern technology, possibly even future technology.

"These Flying Swords should be drones, merely shaped like Flying Swords to fit the ancient style."

Another person nodded in agreement:

"That's right, it must be tech-style.

"Look here, this small town, it should be the town at the beginning of heroes in troubled times, with tens of thousands of residents, not small in scale, yet it was directly annihilated in one breath.

"Such power, even artillery cannot achieve; only large-yield missiles are possible."

Another designer said:

"I guess it's not a missile, it might be a laser cannon from science fiction.

"Look at this bright light, it's dazzling and gorgeous, it shouldn't just be a CG representation technique, it's very likely the specific mode of attack, most likely a laser."

Everyone discussed animatedly, and their views were consistent.

They all felt that this was not traditional ancient style Wuxia, but Wuxia that incorporated technological elements, or even sci-fi elements.

This type of game played a bit of a gray area, barely meeting the requirements of the Ancient Style Game Development Competition.

And because the theme was novel and full of gimmicks, it often attracted more players.

Xue Sancha thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, our 'turbulent times warrior' must also be modified in this direction; add some drones, some missiles, laser cannons can also be added. There are still a few days left, everyone work overtime, don't be afraid of being tired."

Everyone nodded, having grown accustomed to it.

They had copied almost every year's competition like this.

They would look at others' CGs everywhere, analyze the selling points from them, and then stitch them together to copy.

It was precisely because of these plagiarizers that many studios did not release their CGs until the last day.

"Hmph, hmph, Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng, you're still too naive; you only thought about promotion, but you didn't think we could continue to modify the game.

"Adding sci-fi elements to an ancient style game? This idea is indeed very good, but unfortunately, it's ours now."

Xue Sancha hummed a tune, and his mood improved considerably.

On the other side.

Illusion Dream Game Studio.

With the release of the CG, discussions about Illusion Dream Game Studio on the internet grew increasingly active.

Jiang Feng logged into the Ancient Style Game backend and was surprised to receive an official letter.

It reminded him that the next CG must be longer than 3 minutes and must be released on the last day.

Otherwise, it would be considered a violation.

"I almost forgot, there's also the three-minute official promotional CG..."

This CG definitely had to be made.

After the organizing committee received the CG, it would be broadcast in rotation on the official website of the competition.

The traffic was enormous, and it was even the sole reason many independent game developers participated in the competition.

But making CG costs money!

Jiang Feng looked at the empty funds on the account, his brows furrowed.

"Boss, how about we talk to the landlord, get the rent back, and move out?"

Liu Meiqin offered a suggestion.

Illusion Dream Game Studio had paid two years' rent in advance, which was not a small sum.

"Do you think the landlord is running a charity?"

Jiang Feng said helplessly.

Even if they could get some back, it would be discounted, and with all that hassle, it would be a huge loss.

Jiang Feng looked at Liu Meiqin:

"If we really don't have money, you can put on ancient clothing and perform a dance; we'll use that as our game's CG."

"Ah?"

Liu Meiqin was completely stunned.

Jiang Feng teased her for a moment, then told her to continue contacting streamers, and internally contacted the System.

"Hey, System, aren't you giving me a Newbie Gift Pack (Newbie Gift Pack)?

"You only gave me 100 emotion points, I can't even finish the first level, and I still have to heavily modify the game, isn't that too shabby?

"Also, didn't Liu Meiqin play the game? Why aren't you giving emotion points? Is she not enough by herself?

"Well, if you're like this, I can't keep playing, I might as well just quit."

Jiang Feng was slacking off with the System.

Actually, this slacking off was just a joke.

He had already planned the 3-minute promotional CG, using real-time rendering from the game.

The quality of the game resource packs generated by the System was truly top-notch, completely on par with top-tier AI resources.

It could even be used directly to make a movie.

But what Jiang Feng didn't expect was this.

The System actually responded to him!

"[Detecting host's dire situation, a Newbie Gift Pack is needed]"

"[One Newbie Gift Pack has been issued to the host!]"

"[Newbie Gift Pack: 3-minute promotional CG * 1]"

"No, Brother System, are you really that powerful?"

Jiang Feng was completely stunned.

This System, it seemed a bit too powerful, didn't it?

He quickly opened his computer to check the CG.

Three minutes later.

Jiang Feng exhaled and pumped his fist.

It's settled.

System-produced, must be a masterpiece.

The quality of this CG was completely on a different level from the one he had previously generated with ordinary AI.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Feng called Liu Meiqin again, asking her to come over and watch the CG.

"Boss, where did you get this CG? Do you still have money?"

Liu Meiqin walked over, her face full of disbelief.

Illusion Dream Game Studio was now completely broke, where did Jiang Feng get the money?

Jiang Feng grinned, "You're allowed to have a 'husband's stash,' but I'm not allowed to have a 'wife's stash'?"

Liu Meiqin gasped.

Now, both of them had poured all their money into it.

If the game was a hit, great, but if not, their future days would be tough.

With mixed feelings.

Liu Meiqin sat next to Jiang Feng and began to watch the new CG.