Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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But no matter what, it's at least a demo.

However, judging from the quality of this demo, it's purely amateurish. If you want to use this demo to deceive... no, I mean to persuade investors to invest money, then that's a bit too disrespectful to people's intelligence.

It was only then that they realized they had underestimated game development.

Then, the two of them began to truly panic.

The problem is that developing such a demo is already their limit.

The two had considered recruiting some skilled players, but they were located in Qiongzhou, and the game they were developing was a niche subject. Not only was the subject matter rare, but the gameplay was also strange and unique.

After searching for a long time, either the other party thought the company was too small and had no future, or when they arrived at the company, they were completely unable to start working on their demo, which they had no idea how it could even run.

In the end, it was the director of the industrial park who came up with a solution for them.

"In a few days, Spark will be conducting an evaluation for Project Candlelight. I've registered your demo. Although it's unlikely you'll be selected, you can ask the teachers at Spark to take a look at your project and see if they can introduce you to any connections..."

Both of them were moved by the principal's words and then asked a question.

"Specifically, specifically, how should I say it?"

"What if the bigwigs at Spark don't listen to us?"

The headmaster looked at them calmly.

"What do you mean? Didn't you already demonstrate that to me last year? Back then, you were all talking about bonds, dreams, passions, weren't you? You were really good at it."

"Just say it like that."

Although I received guidance from the director, now it's time to actually meet the Candlelight Project's inspection team.

Yue Lingfei still felt that this matter was a bit unreliable. In the eyes of someone like Yue Lingfei who had just entered the game cultivation circle, anyone who came out of Xinghuo was almost the same as a Nascent Soul master.

Will my own demo really work? Will I have the opportunity to demonstrate it?

Chapter 516 Such an NPC

宋志

A proud member of the Spark Candlelight Studio.

Of course, using the word "glorious" seems a bit of an exaggeration, but Song Zhi really loves his job.

This is not only because he likes games, but also because Candlelight Studio, as a subsidiary studio of the Spark platform's operations department, has a very special job.

The work locations of other Spark Studios are basically fixed in one place.

The only exception is that the employees of Candlelight Studio travel all over the country. In the words of the head of Candlelight Studio, "We don't make games, we are the sparks that ignite good games."

Candlelight Studios does not develop games or handle specific investment matters. Their main job is to review, verify, and certify games that want to join the Spark Candlelight Project.

The review, also known as the initial review, usually involves the game company sending over the demo. If the company thinks the demo is good, then the people from Candlelight Studio will come to conduct an on-site inspection.

This step usually lasts a week, during which the staff of Project Candlelight will work a week-long shift with the game team.

The main reason for doing this is that many game developers have great demos, but their management skills are not necessarily reliable. In the past few years, there have often been cases where the game was developed quite well before Spark invested money, but it turned out to be unsuccessful after the investment.

After completing the first two steps, the project can then join the Candlelight Program, receive a grant, and enjoy the corresponding Spark Support policies.

Of course, in addition to these routine tasks, the people at Candlelight Studio also have some less conventional work.

For example, we proactively promoted the Candlelight Project to various game industry parks across the country.

This proactive promotion does not mean that Spark's Candlelight Project lacks recognition. In fact, after two years of rapid development, Spark's Candlelight Project has gained recognition not only in China.

It is a highly renowned new game development program worldwide.

However, some game companies actually have pretty good works, but they don't have the courage to submit them, or they think they definitely won't be selected, so they're too lazy to submit them.

In such cases, Candlelight Studio will also organize people to go to some industrially concentrated cities to conduct offline selections. It's right at your doorstep, so why not give it a try?

Song Zhi's job today is to do this at the Qiongzhou Game Industry Park.

Interestingly, when he flew to Qiongzhou, he hitched a ride on his boss's private jet, and both of them ended up at the same industrial park.

However, he didn't know what the boss was discussing in Qiongzhou.

The two talked a lot on the plane, and Song Zhi was a little nervous while they talked. After they separated, he realized what he had just experienced.

But he immediately perked up.

"Mr. Lin and I just chatted for over an hour on the plane..."

At first, the others in the Candlelight Studio didn't believe it, until he posted his amazing experience and a photo with President Lin in the group, which attracted a flood of replies.

This made him incredibly proud; he's still a bit giddy with arrogance.

Fortunately, he still knows when to show off and when to work.

After arriving at the office prepared for him in the game industry zone, he began his work. Because he was in a good mood that day, he was also very enthusiastic towards the people who came to participate in the Candlelight Project.

Although several projects were unremarkable and did not meet the selection criteria, he did his best to offer suggestions and provide courses and books for the other party to read.

About an hour later.

Song Zhi encountered Yue Lingfei and Wu Yunfan...

One person was carrying a projector, and the other was carrying a bunch of things.

At first, Song Zhi was a little confused, thinking that the staff had gone to the wrong place. But when he asked, he found out that they were also there to demonstrate the demo!?

"No, what kind of game is this? Why, why do you need these things?"

Yue Lingfei scratched his head.

"Well, our demo is rather basic, so we need some assistance."

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out of curiosity.

Song Zhi eventually agreed to play the demo.

After obtaining Song Zhi's consent, the two began to set up the venue, connected the projector, and then the demo started running.

As the projector bulb lit up, the game's demo screen appeared.

This is a first-person perspective view of the island superstructure of an aircraft carrier. The only problem is that the modeling of this aircraft carrier's command center is very, very rough.

However, considering that this is just a demo, it seems acceptable.

Following the prompts, Song Zhi controlled the character's movements in all directions, which was fine; it was just the basic movement logic provided by the Spark Engine.

The most common and widely used.

After playing for a while, Song Zhi felt there was nothing particularly special about it.

"So, how do you play this game?"

"Here's the thing, two NPCs will come up to you and report on the situation. Basically, headquarters has informed us that we'll encounter the enemy in about 11 hours..."

As Yue Lingfei spoke, he handed a simplified nautical chart to Song Zhi.

Then he picked up the pen and started marking.

"As the captain of this aircraft carrier, you lead a fleet of 5 ships: 1 aircraft carrier, 2 light aircraft carriers, and 2 destroyers."

"A bombing mission is underway, and it is still dark."

"You should be asleep, but your staff officer, that is, I, woke you up because, according to the battle plan, the three heavy cruisers that departed from Island C should have sent us a message an hour ago to join the formation..."

Seeing the two people already busy at work, and then looking at the nautical chart, pencil, and compass in front of him, Song Zhi was completely dumbfounded.

"Wait...didn't you say NPCs? So you guys are NPCs after all??"

Song Zhi originally thought this demo was rather rudimentary, referring to the kind of gameplay demos he worked on at Xinghuo, which were demos without backgrounds or details, focusing only on demonstrating gameplay.

But I never expected it.

This demo is really rudimentary.

Even the NPCs are played by real people, right?!

The two were somewhat embarrassed by Song Zhi's question.

"Well, our main problem is a lack of funding. But don't worry, we've practiced many times and it matches the game content. As long as we have the money, we can incorporate these elements into the game."

Song Zhi was speechless.

"Now, you two NPCs, before you speak, could you please introduce yourselves? After all, you can't display any information above your heads..."

Chapter 517 Decision

In acting studies, there is a term called conviction, which means that when a performer firmly believes that what they are performing is real, they can inspire those around them.

At this moment, Yue Lingfei and Wu Yunfan were just such people. Of course, their sense of conviction did not come from acting, but from the fact that they had actually been sailors at sea and loved it very much.

So, don't tell.

Yue Lingfei produced a white navy jacket from somewhere and saluted.

"Commander! I am your staff officer, you can call me Staff Officer Yue."

“Commander! I am also your staff officer. You can call me Staff Officer Wu.”

Song Zhi originally said this in a joking manner, but seeing how seriously the two of them were performing, he, a normal person, suddenly seemed a bit out of place.

Song Zhi paused for a moment before forcing himself to accept this situation.

"Okay, I understand. As the fleet commander, my orders are to bomb an enemy island, but the bombing hasn't started yet, and the fleet that was supposed to escort me hasn't arrived... So what can I do now?"

As Song Zhi got into character.

Yue Lingfei really got into character like an advisor.

"Commander, I suggest that we should first rendezvous with friendly ships, change course in the direction where they should appear, confirm their positions, and then proceed with the next steps after rendezvous."

The plan sounded quite safe, probably a beginner's task. However, just as Song Zhigang was about to nod in agreement...

Wu Yunfan stepped forward again.

"I think there's something wrong with Staff Officer Yue's plan, sir. Our objective is to bomb the island. If we change course now, it will affect the timing of the final attack."

Upon hearing this, Song Zhi thought it made sense, so he asked another question.

"So what do you think we should do?"

"I think we can send out reconnaissance aircraft from the destroyer to search in the direction of friendly ships."

As soon as Staff Officer Wu spoke, Staff Officer Yue immediately let out a cold laugh.

"Launch a reconnaissance plane? Staff Officer Wu, do you want to look at the sky outside? What's the point of launching a reconnaissance plane at this time? Moreover, according to the exercises, our last exercise had a 70% success rate of launching a destroyer at night. Your suggestion is simply gambling with the lives of Imperial soldiers."

Staff Officer Wu refuted this.

"On the battlefield, who isn't risking their life?! Besides, although it's not dawn yet, if the reconnaissance plane flies out and flies a little longer, won't it be dawn soon?"

"Alright, let's stop arguing and let the commander make the decision."

As the two continued their back-and-forth banter, their attention eventually turned to themselves.

You know what, just by doing this, plus some white noise from the warships in the game that I don't know where it came from, plus the huge screen on the projector, it was all quite a sight.

Song Zhi really did get a feel for it.

He stroked his chin, looked at the battle plan and timeline drawn on the nautical chart, and thought for a moment.

The final decision was to maintain the original flight path and continue forward while launching reconnaissance aircraft.

"Okay, how many reconnaissance aircraft should we launch? Currently, we have ships capable of launching reconnaissance aircraft, including one destroyer carrying two seaplanes and three light aircraft carriers..."

"It should be noted that once a reconnaissance aircraft takes off, it takes several hours to travel to and from the destination. Therefore, once it takes off, it will not provide any further intelligence beyond what is happening along its route."

After hearing the staff officer's analysis, Song Zhi abandoned his plan to send out more reconnaissance planes.

He chose to put one away.

The decision has been made.

Song Zhi saw Wu Yunfan walk to the computer, tap the keyboard, type a dialog box on the game screen, then type A, F, 1, and then something that looked like coordinates.

Then, Song Zhi discovered that the scene in the game had changed; in fact, it was dawn.

Then a string of gibberish that Song Zhi couldn't understand appeared in the center of the screen.