Huang Sibo hadn’t initially thought of it that way, but after hearing Bao Xu’s explanation, he began to feel similarly.

Because so far, everything seemed to fit together perfectly, as if Pei Qian had arranged it all intentionally!

Pei Qian had mandated that this game must have a story mode, and under the current conditions, Bao Xu’s solution was the optimal approach.

And this solution happened to be quite good!

Could this be a coincidence?

No, Boss Pei had successfully created two successful games in succession and had specified these three requirements before development even began—clearly, this was the direction he had planned from the start!

Indeed, Boss Pei was truly unfathomable, having everything under control…

Huang Sibo couldn’t help but feel a chill of realization. Was this the world of a true master designer?

“Wait, there’s still an issue,” Huang Sibo suddenly thought of something. “How do you interpret Boss Pei’s other two requirements, and how do you plan to address them? One is to lower the game’s difficulty to better accommodate beginners; the other is to sell epic weapons with permanent usage rights priced at 888 yuan.”

Bao Xu was confident: “I’ve considered these two points as well.”

“Lowering game difficulty and catering to beginners mainly involves gameplay feel. We just need to increase player hitboxes, adjust projectile trajectories, and modify weapon switching and scoping speeds. These adjustments aren’t urgent; we can fine-tune them gradually.”

“As for why we need to do this, I haven’t fully grasped Boss Pei’s vision yet, but since Boss Pei requested it, it must be correct—we should just follow through.”

“And selling epic weapons demonstrates Boss Pei’s foresight!”

“At first, I didn’t properly understand this point; I thought it was simply about selling an expensive weapon.”

“But then I reconsidered—how could Boss Pei make such a simple request? There must be deeper requirements waiting for us to discover!”

“It took me a long time to figure this out.”

“Epic weapons, permanent usage rights priced at 888 yuan. But what about non-permanent usage rights?”

“If there are epic weapons, shouldn’t there also be common weapons, elite weapons, and heroic weapons?”

“And how should players acquire these different weapons? Also, by purchasing permanent usage rights? No, absolutely not!”

“Boss Pei only mentioned that epic weapons with permanent usage rights cost 888 yuan, which means other weapons aren’t for sale!”

“In other words, Boss Pei is hinting that game weapons must be classified into different tiers: common, elite, heroic, epic, and so on. And all these weapons are divided into two types: permanent usage and limited-time usage.”

“Apart from epic weapons with permanent usage rights priced at 888 yuan, we can let players obtain others through various methods.”

“For example, we give one when players complete a certain level in story mode.”

“We give one when players accumulate a certain number of matches in versus mode.”

“We give another when players log in for a cumulative number of days!”

“I believe this is what Boss Pei implied!”

Huang Sibo had a sudden realization: “So that’s it! I was wondering why Boss Pei would make such a seemingly random request—it turns out there was deeper meaning!”

Bao Xu continued: “Additionally, while conceptualizing the story mode, I discovered that certain story elements could be repurposed as special gameplay modes!”

“For instance, in my original concept, the game has many mutated zombies, so we could create a biochemical mode!”

“Another example: some mercenaries in the game have been modified by the evil multinational corporation into semi-transparent ghost people, so we could create a ghost mode!”

“On top of the free-for-all mode, team deathmatch mode, and bomb defusal mode we already planned to develop, the game’s gameplay becomes incredibly diverse!”

“And these modes won’t require too many art resources—they’re mainly customized by programming, so development progress won’t be delayed much. We’ll have enough time!”

Huang Sibo’s hands flew across the keyboard, quickly recording all these brainstormed ideas.

Perfect, absolutely perfect!

When he first received this game project from Boss Pei, Huang Sibo had been completely lost, with no idea how to proceed.

Especially Boss Pei’s three requirements, which had given Huang Sibo a massive headache.

But after hearing Bao Xu’s analysis, everything suddenly made sense!

It turned out Boss Pei wasn’t deliberately making things difficult; he was providing hints through these requirements!

Huang Sibo suddenly felt very moved.

Boss Pei recognized that Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had limited abilities and would struggle to independently plan a game, likely causing them to veer off course.

Once a game’s direction goes astray, it’s essentially sentenced to death—no matter how much is invested, it only leads further down the wrong path.

So, through these three requirements, Boss Pei had firmly established the game’s direction!

“So that’s how it is… Boss Pei was being considerate of us…”

“He didn’t want to take over everything, as that wouldn’t help us grow.”

“Through this clever approach, Boss Pei gave us hints while also encouraging us to think for ourselves and design an excellent game…”

“Boss Pei… has our best interests at heart…”

Huang Sibo’s eyes grew moist.

He decided he would meticulously write the design document and perfectly develop this game, absolutely not disappointing Boss Pei’s expectations!

…

…

November 14, Wednesday morning.

Pei Qian had classes these past two days and hadn’t gone to the company.

The main work at the company currently involved waiting for the design team to produce design proposals. Before these were ready, there wasn’t much work that could progress.

Pei Qian had nothing to do at the company and might even interrupt everyone’s time-wasting, so he decided not to go.

Today’s class was with that male teacher who said, “I’m not taking attendance; I just want to get to know everyone.” Pei Qian clearly remembered being too trusting of him previously and getting tricked.

So this time, he absolutely couldn’t make the same mistake!

But then again, this class was truly boring…

Pei Qian yawned and took out his phone to check how much time remained before class ended.

He discovered that Huang Sibo was tagging him in the company group chat and had also shared a file.

“Boss Pei, the overall design draft is about 70-80% complete. Could you take a look first to confirm the general direction?”

He had also sent a document.

“Two days. Is that fast or slow? It should be considered fast, right? Well, let me take a look first.”

Pei Qian himself had no concept of how quickly a design draft should be written; he only knew that at this pace, completing all the design work this week shouldn’t be a problem.

After all, they were newly hired employees, still full of enthusiasm for their work, not slacking off much.

Hmm, I hope you’ll soon discover that slacking off is also acceptable…

Pei Qian opened the document.

“…My eyes are swimming.”

Pei Qian had never written or seen a design draft before; this was his first time.

His first impression: dizzying!

There was too much content!

A comprehensive design draft could easily span dozens of pages with tens of thousands of words, and every detail was laid out point by point.

Each small sentence might be extremely important, and not a single word could be missed!

Moreover, Huang Sibo’s document was a first draft, meaning it hadn’t been revised yet.

Some parts were excessively detailed, others too brief—all needing subsequent revisions.

Huang Sibo’s intention was to first show the document to Pei Qian to confirm the general direction was correct before proceeding with modifications and refinements.

Otherwise, if they finished all the revisions only to discover the overall direction was problematic, starting over from scratch would be a waste of effort.

As a result, Pei Qian was in an awkward position.

The content was already extensive and somewhat disorganized, and he was viewing it on the small screen of his phone…

Pei Qian felt like he wanted to die.

He could only quickly flip through the pages, skimming to see if Huang Sibo had seriously addressed his three requirements!

Huang Sibo seemed to understand what Pei Qian wanted to see and had specifically marked these sections, making them easy to find.

First point, story mode. Yes, it was there, and they had planned three to four hours of content, which was already quite substantial.

Second point, lower difficulty. Yes, that was included too.

Third point, epic weapons. Also faithfully priced according to Pei Qian’s requirements: 888 yuan for permanent usage rights.

“Very good! Everything has been completed according to my requirements!”

Pei Qian was very pleased.

He immediately replied: “Good, continue to proceed in this direction.”