13: CG announced, damn, it was copied wrong!

For auditors like Qin Dahai, time passed very slowly.

Every day was filled with anxious waiting, like longing for stars and the moon.

Besides the CG, Illusion Dream Game Studio also needed to submit at least five minutes of in-game footage.

After watching the in-game footage, Qin Dahai and the others became even more eager, looking forward to the demo even more.

Time continued to pass.

Soon, it was the day when each studio's CG and in-game footage would be released.

Almost all players in the Huaxia Federation, and even players from other countries, turned their attention to the Ancient Style Game Development Competition.

The annual grand event had begun once again!

“Brothers, today is the day the CGs are released. Whose CG do you think will be featured on the homepage?”

In the live stream, Midnight Gao Sou was chatting with his viewers.

“Isn’t the homepage CG algorithmically recommended, different for everyone?”

“Brother, is this your first time with the competition? The official website’s homepage is indeed a traffic pool, but for the first hour of the first day, highly anticipated game CGs will be played in rotation.”

“Each CG is 3 minutes long, so that one hour will feature 20 studios.”

“Based on past experience, while the final scores of these 20 studios aren’t necessarily high, their quality is guaranteed to be good. You won't regret playing them.”

“Big studios like Antarctic Studio always make it in every year.”

“What about Illusion Dream Game Studio?”

“A small, new studio, what do you think?”

Everyone was discussing, mostly talking about big studios like Antarctic Studio and Pig Farm Studio.

The few times Illusion Dream Game Studio was mentioned, it was always with a lack of optimism.

New designer, small studio, and even plagiarized by a big studio.

The buffs were maxed out; the quality was concerning.

“Brothers, no matter how Huanmeng does this time, I will be the first to stream it!”

“After all, we must oppose plagiarism and absolutely not let Antarctic Studio get away with it!”

Midnight Gao Sou sat in his gaming chair with his arms crossed, a righteous expression on his face.

“Hey, streamer, I think Huanmeng might be a dark horse.”

“Yeah, didn’t their previously released 30-second CG seem pretty novel?”

“So what if it’s novel? It’s just a small studio, what can it really produce?”

“You guys don’t know yet? After Huanmeng released its CG, Antarctic Studio also announced that it would incorporate technological elements.”

“Good heavens, are they just plagiarizing one studio?”

“Then won’t Huan Meng be directly plagiarized to death by Antarctic?”

The barrage of comments in the live stream flashed continuously.

Midnight Gao Sou glanced at the time, a smile playing on his lips: “Brothers, it’s almost time!”

He clicked open the Ancient Style Game Development Competition official website.

A day ago, the homepage of the official website still featured last year's champion, having been promoted for an entire year.

But now, it had changed to a black screen with a countdown in the middle.

“00:00:59”

The final minute!

Midnight Gao Sou was a little excited.

He was different from game auditors like Qin Dahai.

Although game streamers also played games intensely every day.

But as an auditor, even if a game was truly terrible, Qin Dahai would have to play it with a grimace and then provide feedback.

Midnight Gao Sou was different; he could only play games he liked.

So, even now, he still had the original heart of a player, genuinely looking forward to playing good games.

What kind of answer sheet would Illusion Dream Game Studio turn in?

Midnight Gao Sou was truly looking forward to it.

“00:00:29”

The last half-minute.

The barrage of comments in the live stream grew denser.

“Here it comes, here it comes!”

“Has the competition started?”

“It officially starts tomorrow; today is just the CG release.”

“And in-game demos!”

“Anyway, I'll pick my game today and just go for it tomorrow.”

“Coincidentally, I was thinking the same thing.”

The CG and in-game demos directly determined a game's Early Stage sales.

For many small studios, it almost meant determining the sales for the entire game's life cycle.

Of utmost importance!

“00:00:05”

Last 5 seconds!

Midnight Gao Sou kept pressing F5 to refresh the webpage, his expression somewhat excited.

Finally.

The webpage refreshed again.

The countdown disappeared.

The CG footage appeared!

“It’s here!”

Midnight Gao Sou’s eyes lit up.

What greeted his eyes was a thick layer of clouds.

A magnificent celestial palace amidst the clouds, with colorful flowing lights, appeared on the screen, incredibly grand.

Midnight Gao Sou’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

This CG was very novel!

As the CG continued to play, scenes of vast mountain ranges, sword-riding flight, protective Sect arrays, and suspended warships began to appear.

Midnight Gao Sou excitedly slapped the table.

“Awesome! Awesome! Holy cow!”

He was like an ape that had reverted to its primal state, unable to speak.

He immediately jumped out of his chair and bounced up and down on the spot.

The barrage of comments was also boiling!

“Holy cow, so awesome!”

“What a huge warship, what magnificent mountain ranges!”

“A celestial palace in the clouds, such astonishing imagination!”

“Sword-riding flight, braving the wind and waves, so cool!!!”

“Look at the end, even the emperor knelt down, goodness gracious.”

“No way? Isn’t this an ancient style game? Isn’t the emperor the most powerful person?”

“I feel like this CG is extraordinary, no wonder it was chosen for the premiere.”

“Whose general is this, to be so heroic?”

The barrage of comments buzzed with discussions, all of them shocked by the worldview presented in the CG.

An unprecedented celestial palace in the clouds, continuous mountain ranges of Sects stretching for thousands of miles, and the supreme ruler prostrating in worship.

Everything, absolutely everything, was challenging their old worldview.

Shock.

At this moment.

The CG footage disappeared, and the game title appeared:

“mystical world: the rise of the weak”

“Illusion Dream Game Studio”

It was Huanmeng!

Midnight Gao Sou’s eyes lit up, and he slammed the table hard.

“Holy cow! Holy cow! Holy cow!”

“Brothers, did you see that?”

“This is Huanmeng’s CG!”

Midnight Gao Sou was truly startled.

He had originally thought that Illusion Dream Game Studio, as a small workshop.

After being plagiarized and having its people poached by Antarctic Studio, it would be impossible for it to make any waves in a short time.

Simply modifying the original game and releasing it would have been considered a significant effort.

Yet, he never expected Huanmeng to pull off something so grand!

The barrage of comments in the live stream was also boiling:

“It’s actually Huanmeng!”

“Small workshops are indeed fierce!”

“I don’t care, I’m definitely buying this game when Huanmeng releases it!”

“Wait a minute, aren’t you curious what this “Xuanhuan World” means?”

“Game title, right?”

“Don’t you think the two words “Xuanhuan” are strange?”

“It’s just a game title, it’s normal for a small workshop to pick a random one, it’s no big deal.”

“Streamer, streamer, don’t keep watching the CGs, hurry up and go in to see Huanmeng’s in-game footage!”

A barrage of comments began to discuss.

They wanted to quickly check out the in-game demo of “mystical world: the rise of the weak.”

Midnight Gao Sou hesitated for a moment: “Brothers, the first hour is all committee-selected CGs. How about we finish watching them before looking for the in-game footage?”

The people in the live stream were temporarily appeased.

They were also very much looking forward to it; if the first premiere was so awesome, then the ones that followed couldn't be too bad, could they?

While they were watching the subsequent CGs.

On the other side, in Modu, Antarctic Studio.

Xue Sancha trembled all over as he watched the CG footage on the screen.

It's over!

He plagiarized the wrong thing!