Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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After a few brief introductions, the girl, holding a water gun, winked at the camera and spoke in a sweet voice.

"Commander, leave today's mission to me! I will definitely protect everyone!"

"Huh? You mean tonight's task is for me to get a good night's sleep?"

"Yes, will I be sleeping with you, Commander?"

Zhang Hao stared in disbelief, unable to resist swallowing hard.

To be honest, there's nothing wrong with the lines themselves, but the girl in the video is just too beautiful, and not only beautiful, but also has an indescribable allure.

"This is incredible! Who can handle this?!"

"Right? And this is just a preview. Rabbit Girl said that the video that comes with the real SSR card is even more exciting, but it hasn't been released yet. She said that you can also interact with it."

"Holy crap, is this...really?"

"Not smoking?"

"This is something you have to get..."

The entire "Summer Beauty" collection is closely tied to the Summer Spark event. The collection cards cannot be purchased directly; instead, they are obtained by participating in the event and through points earned through top-ups and purchases.

This card-drawing model is a "lowering the barrier to entry" promotional method that Spark has become very familiar with.

Starting a few years ago, Spark has been using the method of giving away card packs with the purchase of merchandise as a promotion, and to this day, the entire Spark Collection pricing system has not collapsed.

This is actually very rare.

Ultimately, however, it's because Xinghuo didn't treat it as a means of making money, but rather as a form of promotion and an added bonus of emotional value.

In addition to the items purchased, players also receive extra rewards when they make purchases, which is why the entire system can operate in the long term.

Players received an additional "purchase experience".

Spark also achieved a "price reduction" in this way. Moreover, the biggest advantage of collectible cards is that if players actually draw a rare card online, they can resell it and get the money they spent on top-ups for free.

of course.

The gacha system for this Summer Spark event has undergone some minor changes compared to the Spark Shop.

For example, the card-drawing mode of this "Summer Beauty" set is that you can draw cards when you accumulate enough online points, and the drawn cards can be exchanged online.

Physical cards will be sent out by Spark until the end of the event.

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"Summer, swimsuits, beautiful girls..."

"so good..."

After the four-hour program ended, the three of them felt that it was truly wonderful.

To be honest, most people initially went there for the visual appeal of the pretty girls. Xinghuo did prepare a lot of visual appeal at first, but then various variety show formats started to emerge.

The youthful energy of the girls, combined with the various variety show formats, makes people laugh out loud.

The program was initially planned to be broadcast live, but it was ultimately decided to combine the two formats: the fashion show would be broadcast live, while the subsequent variety show segments would be pre-recorded.

The reason it was pre-recorded was because during rehearsals, the director noticed that the girls were having a lot of fun, but when it came time to record the program preview, they all became incredibly nervous.

If the show is broadcast live to tens of millions of viewers worldwide, the director is worried that the girls might struggle to deliver a good performance under such psychological pressure.

So, taking advantage of the rehearsal opportunity, without informing the girls of the change in plans, they filmed for two days and then edited together the footage from those two days to create this four-hour-long program.

In fact, this method is a really good thing for most cosplayers.

After all, they are called cosplayers, but in reality, most of them are just ordinary people. Even some smarter girls have already felt that this "rehearsal" is a bit too serious.

The staff kept emphasizing that this was a program produced by Spark, and that tens of millions of people around the world would be watching it live, so the rehearsals had to be taken seriously.

However, they were still relatively relaxed.

This relaxed mindset is one of the reasons why the final program presentation was so good.

Summer Spark's program is more than just addictive; its viewership and discussion volume broke historical records in just a few hours.

On social media, the topic of "Summer Spark" quickly became a trending topic.

The hashtag "Water Girl" has also become popular on Douyin. In addition, after the show aired, the popularity of several girls who performed exceptionally well in the show skyrocketed.

However, none of this mattered to Feng Ming and his group. Many people had already gotten used to seeing Summer Spark's videos everywhere.

Although they didn't actually know how terrifying this "habit" was.

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"Damn, after seeing this, I really want a Yunniang SSR card..."

"Ah, I think the bunny girl is better."

"Let's go play some games and earn points..."

"Okay...but first, I need to use the restroom..."

"..."

"You'd better really just be going to the toilet."

~~~A note from the author, Xianyu~~~

During this period, I had some family matters to attend to, and I also didn't have any drafts saved up. I was writing 6 words straight out of the book every day without making any revisions, and I felt that both the plot and the quality of the reading experience had declined significantly.

After thinking about it, I decided not to force it. For the sake of the reading experience, I will adjust the update schedule slightly and update in 4K for now. Once I have a backlog of chapters, I will switch back to 6K.

Finally, thank you again to all the readers for continuing to follow our work.

Thanks.

If you still feel like you haven't had enough, you can also check out the new book, "Animation Production: Dominating the Industry Even Surrounded by Beautiful Girls," which already has 30 words.

Chapter 631 The "Disc" Plan

The three of them joked and played around, and as usual, they went to the bedroom and started playing games.

"playing what?"

"I heard that the team behind Starfire, the developers of The Song of the Saintess, released some kind of strategy version these past few days. How about we play that?"

"Isn't that still a demo?"

"It's all about playing the demo."

In this world, novelty is sometimes more important to players than the game itself. The gaming industry is also a rare "oddball industry" where products can make money even before they are finished.

In the first half of the year, apart from the three consecutive releases of Spark, the most popular new games were...

There's also Ghost of Tsushima, 2 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (which recently launched on the Spark platform), and The Last of Us Part II, which sparked a massive public relations crisis upon release.

However, these games were not within the scope of the three's "hunting".

It's not because they're expensive, but because these games offer almost no online multiplayer experience.

This is a plus for individual players, but for Feng Ming and his two companions, it's definitely a minus.

So they quickly chose the new game they wanted to play.

Heroic Anthem is an SLG strategy online game developed by the team behind "Song of the Saintess".

Speaking of "Heroic Anthem", the origin of this game is also quite magical. Last month, in July, "Heroic Anthem" was launched.

However, compared to Spark's previous titles this year, such as "Gundam Battlefield" and "Girls' Siege," the performance of "The Song of the Holy Maiden" after its release has been mixed.

The good news is that, like the other two games, this game has been quite popular since its launch.

This fully demonstrates that the Spark platform has successfully established its core user base. Spark is currently in its most complete form, meaning that any content produced by Spark will attract significant attention, regardless of the subject matter.

In a previous life, miHoYo had also briefly enjoyed this state.

However, in terms of scale, Xinghuo at this time is more like an enlarged version of Xiaomi, attracting attention for everything it does.

Having discussed the joys, there are naturally also the sorrows.

The concern is that the retention and activity rates of "Song of the Holy Maiden" are much lower than the other two games, "Gundam Battlegrounds" and "Girls Siege," which both started slowly but grew stronger.

The curve went from low to high, and even though it was already August, the number of concurrent online users for both games was still in the top ten on the entire Spark platform.

However, the number of online players for "Song of the Holy Maiden" is a typical case of starting high and then declining.

However, this was actually within Lin Li's expectations.

Because the gameplay of "Song of the Holy Maiden" is the most classic "Spark" gameplay, which is to immerse players in the story through narrative and gameplay.

However, in "Girls' Frontline", players take on the role of commanders.

In "Song of the Holy Maiden", players take on the role of a magic teacher instructing their students.

Just like the story synopsis of "The Song of the Saintess" in the official version.

In a world shrouded in war and poverty, there exists such a paradise.

A group of girls who originally lived in poverty were rescued by a powerful magician, and in this peaceful village, the girls began a new life.

The magician used magic to cleanse their bodies and clothes, and armed their minds and hands with knowledge and skills.

They learned swordsmanship, archery, magic, and even cultural knowledge.

As time went by, the girls gradually grew from thin, pale little monkeys into healthy, confident young women.

The village has been transformed from an empty plot of land into a fully equipped paradise, complete with dormitories, classrooms, warehouses, restaurants, and even a magic tower.

However, the peaceful life did not last long. One day, a female knight riding a white horse burst into the village, knelt before the white-robed man, and begged him to leave.

She called him "teacher" and warned, "A natural disaster is coming." The girls were shocked to discover that this man, whom they considered their only mentor, had other students.

The game "Song of the Saintess" features a variety of gameplay elements, but all of them are primarily story-driven.

Even though the game's storyline is indeed quite good, players quickly absorb the storyline and explore all the character development mechanics in the early stages.

They will naturally leave temporarily.

This is actually the reason why "traditional" anime-style games gradually declined in the past.

However, to be fair, when the "Song of the Saintess" project was initiated, we already knew it would turn out this way, and this type of game has actually become the norm.

At this point, players of "Girls' Frontline" can't even get into the online player rankings on the Spark platform on weekdays, but every time there's a major update, they still manage to take off and climb to the top of the best-selling list.

Therefore, as long as you keep a calm mindset, the results of "The Song of the Saintess" are definitely quite excellent.

The revenue generated from the launch has even surpassed that of the major version update for "Girls' Frontline".

but..

The staff of the "Song of the Holy Maiden" development team obviously didn't think so. Several months ago, the team was developing "Song of the Holy Maiden" and "Heroes of Might and Magic III" simultaneously.

After the release of Heroes of Might and Magic III Remastered, they did not merge the Heroes of Might and Magic III Remastered development team into the Song of the Maiden project.

Instead, they immediately launched a new project.

Right around the middle of the year, Spark internally put forward a project proposal, namely the "Disc" project.

The so-called "Disc Project"

In short, Lin Li suggested that in the newly launched product projects, priority should be given to game types that Spark had not previously explored.

This consideration is based on the premise of further promoting the Spark platform.

For Spark at present, it has reached a bottleneck period. If it wants to develop further, it must pay more attention to bringing users outside the market into the market.

Among these, the expansion of game-related themes is of paramount importance.

Spark has indeed benefited from the expansion of themes in games like "Gundam Battlegrounds" and "Girls Siege," with these two games bringing significant new user growth to Spark.

Especially the growth in the European and American markets.

This is why Lin Li launched the "Disc" project, which includes not only games that Spark had not yet worked on before the project was initiated internally, but also further cooperation with other game companies.

For example, Capcom has confirmed that the next generation of Monster Hunter PC version will be exclusive to Starfire, along with Sony's God of War remake, including Black Myth: Wukong which has not yet been released.

These works, to some extent, make up for the fact that Spark has not produced any action games to date, making the Spark platform more attractive to action game players.

However, in addition to relying on external forces, Lin Li also hoped that each studio would consider the overall company strategy when initiating projects, so the "Disc" project was launched.

Chapter 632 Heroic Song