A moment later.

The group exploded!

“Isn’t Tenda the company behind ‘The Lonely Desert Highway’?!”

“!!! They stopped making trap games and switched to mobile games?”

“This kind of company is being called conscientious? Is this for real?!”

These people all searched for information and then naturally discovered that this game was made by the same company that released the recently popular trap game “The Lonely Desert Highway”!

To say this company was conscientious seemed impossible!

Ruan Guangjian hurriedly explained: “It’s true! If you don’t believe me, download the game and see for yourself. This game is exceptionally fair—10 yuan for the full game, and the only additional payment is a 30-yuan lifetime card. Buying it just gives you one more ten-card draw opportunity per day, with no other payment options at all!”

“Is that true?”

Chen Qi was skeptical.

A card mobile game with almost no in-app purchases?

What exactly were they counting on to make money?

Were they hoping to recover costs from each player’s 10 yuan?

Wouldn’t this be a game project destined to lose money?!

Everyone was somewhat doubtful and proceeded to purchase the game to check.

After entering, they discovered that the game was indeed that conscientious!

There was indeed a mall system, but it only had one product: the lifetime card priced at 30 yuan.

All those payment options found in other card games, such as energy potions, level challenge attempts, card draws, and so on, were completely absent in “Ghost General”!

This meant that all players experienced virtually the same gameplay, with no distinction between high and low class, and no difference between wealthy players and free players!

Even the only in-app purchase, the lifetime card, costs only 30 yuan!

This was merely equivalent to a point card for “Fantasy World,” and it was for lifetime use!

Chen Qi was shocked.

He couldn’t comprehend it!

As a well-known game concept artist in China, he worked for a top domestic game company and was a legitimate industry insider.

Although he was responsible for the art aspect, he also had some understanding of game design.

In-app purchases in card games were the main source of profit. Many wealthy players would spend hundreds or thousands without hesitation, with one such player equivalent to hundreds of ordinary players.

This profit model in the mobile game field started with “Cute Three Kingdoms,” and the in-app purchase revenue from this game indeed made many game companies envious.

Of course, many players would complain that the game was too exploitative.

But why would game companies go against making money?

Chen Qi never expected that there would actually be a company so rigid that they not only used all their development funds to improve game quality without saving a penny for promotion but also actively cut off their own revenue sources just to provide an equal gaming experience for all players!

What kind of spirit was this?

It was naive, but also noble!

Chen Qi’s eyes moistened as he thought of himself when he first entered the industry. At that time, domestic single-player games were flourishing, and game developers like him never forgot their original intentions, always striving to create single-player games known as “conscientious”…

And now, such conscientious companies were truly rare!

“No problem, I’ll post on Weibo right away to help you promote. Such a good game shouldn’t be buried!” Chen Qi was the first to speak up.

Naturally, others also responded en masse!

“Indeed, a conscientious game, I’ll also promote it!”

“I don’t have many followers on Weibo, so I’ll spread the word in other groups.”

“Those posting on Weibo, don’t forget to include these concept art pieces. They’re the essence of the game!”

Of course, some people were slightly suspicious.

Could they be trying to get free promotion from the industry bigshots?

But thinking again, it didn’t seem likely.

The key was that Ruan Guangjian’s concept art was genuinely impressive and had won everyone over. Otherwise, these prominent industry figures wouldn’t help promote it for free.

Moreover, the game was indeed conscientious, even cutting out all the payment points within the game.

This conscientious company hadn’t bought fake reviews or inflated ratings. They were upright and righteous, so what was there to doubt?

Looking at the current situation, this game would most likely lose a lot of money. Helping to promote it a bit would at least let it die with some recognition.

Soon, several big shots in the group simultaneously reposted Ruan Guangjian’s Weibo and concept art.

Chen Qi also reposted it and wrote his comment.

“Work with a friend in our group. I particularly like this concept art style, a reinterpretation of traditional Three Kingdoms characters with rich imagination. The style could be said to have established its school.”

“P.S. This seems to be work for a game company. The game is called ‘Ghost General.'”

Chen Qi didn’t introduce too much. On one hand, it was due to his personality; he wasn’t particularly good at piling up flowery words. On the other hand, he didn’t want others to think it was a commercial order or advertisement.

Too much praise would be counterproductive.

The original Weibo post gave the impression of a casual mention, sharing a friend’s work with everyone.

Of course, although these artists were all industry leaders, strictly speaking, they didn’t have that many followers.

Like Chen Qi, despite holding the position of chief artist and concept designer in major domestic game projects and having many well-received concept artworks, he only had around a hundred thousand Weibo followers.

A similar Weibo post would get at most a few hundred comments, no more.

But Chen Qi’s Weibo friends weren’t just artists like himself who focused solely on game concept art.

Among his mutual followers were master manga artists, well-known producers from game companies, and even some second and third-tier celebrities, novelists, etc., with whom he had some connections.

This batch of people from Chen Qi’s group promoting together did have an influence.

Soon, the number of Weibo comments grew rapidly.

“Are these all modified Three Kingdoms characters? So cool!”

“Is this the work of a foreign artist?”

“It’s the work of a Chinese artist!”

“Can a Chinese artist create concept art with such a unique style?”

“I’m shocked. Just looking at the concept art feels so impressive!”

“This game is called ‘Ghost General’? How come I’ve never heard of it?”

“All mobile games have Q versions, and I’m almost sick of seeing them. This style feels refreshingly new!”

“Let’s check it out!”

The response was unexpectedly enthusiastic!

This was quite normal because “Cute Three Kingdoms” had been popular for a year!

During this year, “Cute Three Kingdoms” had been continuously expanding the number of card mobile game players, allowing most mobile game players to get into card mobile games without barriers.

But on the other hand, players gradually became tired of the “Cute Three Kingdoms” model.

Especially the Q-style art. After seeing a large number of copycat games, many players had developed severe aesthetic fatigue and felt like vomiting when they saw Q-style art!

“Ghost General” was completely different. Just this set of concept art was enough to make players feel that this was a game completely different from “Cute Three Kingdoms,” so naturally, they would be more interested!