Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 38

Chapter 38: Come and Experience It!

2024-07-17 Author: Bulufen Warrior

Chapter 38: Come and Experience It!

I’ve really done something terrible.

Shen Miao Miao sat at the head of the conference room, feeling utterly dejected, a bare flower stem clutched in her hand.

Yes.

Before this, she had been so anxious that she had resorted to the ancient and absurd method of divination by plucking petals to predict whether her investment would be recouped.

And the result only made her more anxious –

She plucked a five-petaled plum blossom and said, “It will be recouped.”

Recouped, not recouped, recouped, not recouped, recouped… Damn!

Why does a plum blossom have five petals? Bad luck!

Superstition is not advisable!

Shen Miao Miao comforted herself, completely embracing a pragmatic superstitious mindset of “a twitch in the left eye is good luck, a twitch in the right eye is just visual fatigue.”

Shen Miao Miao was very worried.

After all, she had witnessed the popularity of Vampire Survivor over this period.

Its explosive popularity and reputation among players were even higher than their previous two games combined.

Although!

Thanks to the help of the time compression card, the calculation of profit and loss this time would be determined within just one hour of the game’s official release.

As long as Vampire Survivor’s total sales within this one hour did not exceed 200,000, her investment would be considered a loss, and she would receive a tenfold return.

But!

Looking at the current popularity, it didn’t seem impossible for it to quickly recoup its costs within an hour.

Thinking of this, Shen Miao Miao couldn’t help but pray in her heart –

Oh, heavens, oh, earth, please let the ArtJoy platform’s servers suddenly crash.

If they crash for just one hour, I’ll be able to quietly receive a return of two million!

As for how much the game sells afterwards, it’s none of my business.

Anyway, my share of the profits is only a tiny bit.

Jesus Christ, the Holy Mother Mary, the Great Priest Wang Lama from the Wudang Mountain branch of the Shaolin Temple, grant me, Shen Miao Miao, a little bit of luck…

…

Here, Shen Miao Miao was praying to gods and Buddhas, hoping for the ArtJoy servers to crash.

Little did she know, at the same time!

At the ArtJoy platform, in the program engineering department, people were bustling, keyboard sounds rising and falling, a scene of intense activity!

Ma Shan, the newly appointed chief programmer manager, walked to the front of the office and clapped his hands:

“Come on! Everyone listen up! Don’t stop your work!”

“Right now, it’s the most crucial moment for our development festival!”

“The stability of the server is critical to the successful conclusion of the event!”

“In this regard, Yan Sheng has also given specific instructions,”

“Today, anyone can make mistakes, but our program department cannot!”

“I’m telling you this straight,”

“If, during the final results announcement, when all the games start selling, our server crashes,”

“If the lag lasts for more than ten seconds, everyone’s monthly bonus is gone!”

Immediately!

Ma Shan then changed his tone:

“But if we do a good job! If we can ensure the server runs smoothly under high pressure,”

“Overtime pay, the company will cover,”

“And, I’ll pay out of my own pocket to treat you all to a foot massage!”

“Do you understand?”

No man could resist a foot massage.

As soon as these words came out, the old and young men in the program department were in an uproar!

Everyone was like they were injected with steroids!

“Damn! Shan Ge is awesome!”

“Don’t worry, Shan Ge, even if my heart and blood vessels burst today, this server won’t crash!”

“Hahaha, don’t say that, bro…”

“For the foot massage!”

“If it crashes today, we’ll come with our heads!”

“It’s almost eight o’clock, let’s go, brothers -!”

“Yes -!!!”

…

In a blink of an eye, it was almost eight o’clock.

Shen Miao Miao saw that the time was almost up, she braced herself and cheered herself up. Come on, Shen Miao Miao!

Just one more hour!

After this one hour, she would receive the first bonus from the system!

Although, the current popularity of Vampire Survivor was phenomenal.

But as everyone knows, sales growth takes time.

People might like the game, they might be willing to pay for the game.

But it’s not possible for so many people to be waiting for the game’s release time, specifically squatting in front of their computers, ready to pay at any moment, right?

After all!

Everyone had been playing the game for two weeks, they had already figured out most of the tricks.

The enthusiasm for buying and adding it to their library would definitely not be particularly high.

Thinking of this, Shen Miao Miao felt more at ease.

Ding-dong – !!!

As the clock’s hands pointed precisely at eight o’clock, Shen Miao Miao’s pre-set alarm clock rang on time.

The game is on sale!!!

Shen Miao Miao’s spirit lifted, she hurriedly turned to look.

The others also turned their attention to the projection screen in front of the conference room!

They saw that on the big screen, the real-time refresh curve first jumped.

Then, it began to climb upwards at a steady pace.

Vampire Survivor’s price is 15 yuan per copy.

Based on the total investment of 200,000 yuan this time, it needs to sell at least 13,334 copies in the first hour to break even.

But theoretically, this is basically impossible.

Since ArtJoy was established, small-scale games like Vampire Survivor have only sold a maximum of around 8,900 copies per day.

Note, that’s daily sales.

And Gu Sheng and the others need to achieve an hourly sales target.

Over 10,000 copies in an hour, it’s simply an impossible task.

Looking at the steadily increasing curve, Shen Miao Miao temporarily calmed down and sighed with relief.

Okay, okay.

Although Yan Sheng’s backstabbing indeed had an effect, it was as she had expected.

Repeated gameplay for half a month had indeed caused some fatigue among players, and the game’s sales growth wasn’t particularly explosive yet.

The current sales speed of the game is about 100 copies per minute.

At this rate, it would only sell around 6,000 copies in the first hour.

Although it was already impressive, for Shen Miao Miao, it was still within an acceptable range.

200,000 – 6,000 copies x 15 yuan.

A net loss of 110,000 yuan.

Then multiply it by ten.

There’s still a full 1.1 million yuan that can be deposited into her small treasury!

Completely acceptable!

Shen Miao Miao calculated very quickly, almost in an instant, she estimated the amount of the return this time.

She couldn’t help but smile!

However!

Before the corners of her lips could even turn upwards!

Ding-dong!

Shen Miao Miao heard her phone ring.

She picked it up and saw that it was a Weibo push notification –

[“Gu Sheng Sam,” whom you follow closely, has published new content! Check it out!]

Huh?

Shen Miao Miao looked up at Gu Sheng, a little surprised.

You little rascal! Slacking off in front of me?!

No wonder when she had stolen glances at him several times earlier, Gu Sheng had lowered his head and ignored her.

He was on Weibo!

Good! Very promising!

Shen Miao Miao nodded with satisfaction.

She wished Gu Sheng would slack off more, so that the game’s quality would be worse.

Thinking this, Shen Miao Miao was a little curious and opened Weibo to see what Gu Sheng had posted while slacking off.

She entered Weibo and saw Gu Sheng’s personal page pop up.

The pinned post was the content he had just published –

[Gu Sheng Sam: I’m very happy to announce that Vampire Survivor v1.1 will be updated tonight at eight o’clock. In this update, we have added two new maps (including an easter egg), four unlockable characters, five new weapons, five new items, three super weapons, and the first upgradeable super weapon! Come and experience it!]

(End of Chapter)

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