“Qian’er, it’s done!”
“I ran through it twice and didn’t find any bugs.”
“Can we release it now?”
Ma Yang was much more excited than Pei Qian; after all, this was the first game he had participated in making.
Even though he had only filled out a requirements document.
The so-called “bug checking” only took three or four hours, but Pei Qian truly didn’t want to waste any more time.
Mainly because this game used a template, and the template itself was already a version that had been repeatedly checked and was almost bug-free.
Pei Qian had only slightly modified some skill settings and changed many text descriptions. He hadn’t touched anything else, so naturally, he wouldn’t have created any major bugs.
Of course, even if there were bugs now, Pei Qian had no way to fix them. He would have to spend money to find someone online.
“Let’s release it.”
Pei Qian followed the original process and submitted the game for review.
Before that, he needed to determine the game’s name and description.
Pei Qian decided to continue with his previous approach—keep the name and description as simple as possible, preferably leaving players completely confused and unable to guess the game’s content when they saw it.
He would also try to avoid any connection with trending search terms.
For example, “Three Kingdoms” must never appear in the game’s name!
Otherwise, players who liked Three Kingdoms games might find this game when searching for the keyword “Three Kingdoms” and download it to play.
Pei Qian thought for a moment, had a flash of inspiration, and typed in the name and description.
Name: “Ghost General”
Description: This is an ordinary card game.
Price: 10 yuan + in-app purchases.
This would guarantee that players seeing this name and description would have absolutely no idea what kind of game it was!
At the same time, the 10 yuan threshold was enough to discourage a large number of players who might accidentally stumble upon this game.
Compared to the previous “Lonely Desert Highway,” this game’s file size was much larger, as it was a mobile game with relatively rich content.
Therefore, the review time would likely be a bit longer, and it wouldn’t be approved until tomorrow at the earliest.
After arranging all this, Pei Qian’s previous worries suddenly vanished without a trace.
Even if the quality of the game’s original artwork was quite good, so what?
Players would have no way of knowing about this game, so how could they see the artwork in it?
Pei Qian happily closed the backend, feeling satisfied and full of expectation for the settlement a week later.
He could already envision the 300,000 yuan arriving in his account, allowing him to enjoy food, drink, play, and be carefree in a wonderful future…
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In the afternoon, Ruan Guangjian was awakened by hunger.
The others had already gotten up.
Old Huang was cleaning the room, using a large garbage bag to collect all the instant noodle boxes and various trash from the past few days, preparing to pack it up and throw it away.
“Guangjian, you’re awake? How’s it going? Did you deliver that batch of artwork? Did the client ask for any revisions?” Old Huang asked while cleaning up.
Ruan Guangjian got out of bed: “No, Mr. Pei said he was very satisfied and didn’t need any revisions.”
“Very satisfied?” Old Huang was somewhat surprised. “What kind of miraculous client did you encounter, who didn’t demand any revisions at all?”
Ruan Guangjian nodded: “Yeah, I’m also puzzled. Though the quality of our artwork truly doesn’t need any revisions, given the typical client’s nature… Hey, are there any instant noodles left?”
“None left, we ate them all. Let’s go out to eat tonight to celebrate,” Old Huang suggested.
Ruan Guangjian nodded in agreement: “Alright, I was thinking the same thing. Let’s go out for a big meal, then split the money. Everyone has worked hard these past few days.”
“Hey, you worked especially hard.” Old Huang headed out carrying a large bag of garbage.
Ruan Guangjian hadn’t expected that Pei Qian would accept this batch of artwork without a second thought.
Because normally, even if a client was very satisfied with a proposal, they would still nitpick and find some minor flaws the first time.
It wasn’t that clients were all strange; it was mainly a workflow issue.
Most clients weren’t individuals but units or companies.
The person interacting with the contractor was often just one staff member from the client side.
If the contractor submitted a proposal and the client’s staff member in charge just accepted it, then that staff member would have a hard time explaining this to their superiors.
If you couldn’t find any flaws at all, wouldn’t it seem like you were useless and hadn’t done your job properly?
So, most client representatives would nitpick to find some flaws to prove their value.
There could even be a desperate situation where they would say, “Let’s just use the first version.”
Ruan Guangjian sighed, thinking that he had truly encountered an angel client this time.
They paid promptly without hesitation, didn’t haggle over the price, and even voluntarily added money!
They gave a casual requirements document, telling them to design however they wanted!
They didn’t require revisions after the design was completed, and accepted it with great satisfaction!
This made Ruan Guangjian feel almost embarrassed.
But thinking about the high-quality set of artwork he had provided, which was indeed the result of working tirelessly, Ruan Guangjian felt it was justified.
One could only say that working with straightforward people was simply refreshing!
The several brothers from the same dormitory had worked hard for three weeks. Now that the job was done and the money had arrived, it was time for a big feast.
Ruan Guangjian took everyone to a small restaurant next to the school, reserved a private room, and bought two cases of beer from the nearby supermarket.
They were planning to eat and drink to their heart’s content, not leaving until they were drunk.
“By the way, Guangjian, which game is this batch of artwork for? When will the game be released?” Old Huang, eating cold dishes, suddenly remembered this crucial question.
These people naturally hoped to see the game they had participated in making released soon.
If it could become a hit, that would be even better.
“I don’t know when it will be released, I didn’t ask. But similar games should all undergo repeated testing before release, so I guess it won’t happen anytime soon.”
“Oh, I can check.”
Ruan Guangjian had an ESRO resource site account, which allowed him to find Pei Qian’s company through his account, and further find all the games released by this company.
“Holy crap, ‘Lonely Desert Highway’ was made by this company?!”
Ruan Guangjian was shocked.
He had heard about this terrible game early on. Although he hadn’t played it himself, he knew some of the various news from the previous period.
Looking at the second game.
“It’s called ‘Ghost General,’ a card mobile game, currently under review! It should be the game using our artwork.”
“Doesn’t that mean we can play it very soon?”
“No way, this efficiency is too fast… I just handed over this batch of artwork this morning, they submitted it for review in the afternoon, and we can play it tomorrow?!”
Ruan Guangjian was shocked by this wind-like speed.
Wouldn’t other companies’ games need at least three to five days or a week of testing? Otherwise, what if there were bugs in the game?
But here, they sent it out the same day!
Old Huang chewed on peanuts: “It’s normal, perhaps the program was already completed, just waiting for the art resources to be added. Nothing strange about it.”
Ruan Guangjian nodded: “Yeah, that’s true. Then we can download it tomorrow and take a look.”
“Come on, we’ll talk about the game tomorrow, let’s drink first!” Old Huang raised his glass, and the brothers cheerfully clinked glasses, planning to drink until they were drunk!
