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In about ten minutes, the game's production timeline was broken down, including when to build the scenes, how many scenes were needed, and when to build the gameplay.

Players outside the industry enjoyed the spectacle, but those inside were utterly stunned.

"Huh!? This is something I can see too!?"

Lin Li's actions were akin to revealing a top-tier internal energy cultivation technique in a martial arts novel, and not only revealing it but also personally explaining it.

Goodness, Zhang Sanfeng personally taught me Tai Chi!

Almost as soon as Lin Ligang started live streaming, the gaming community in China became lively.

After a two-hour live broadcast, the program moved into the formal game production phase, with everyone returning to their "offices" to begin game development.

Those on-site were engrossed in the intense game development, while those online were having a lively time.

The two-hour live stream surrounding Lin Li turned the Chinese gaming industry, and even some overseas developer forums, into what seemed like a study tour.

The entire video was sliced ​​up and analyzed.

Not only did people within the industry pay close attention, but outside the industry, as the live stream aired, the video's influence grew, even boosting the overall popularity of the game development competition.

The number of online participants has also skyrocketed, from more than 1000 groups at the beginning to more than 3700 groups.

It's important to understand that this isn't a player registration for a trial run, but rather a registration for a game development competition.

Of course, while many people have signed up, it remains a big question mark how many will actually submit their answers within the allotted time.

As the popularity of Lin Li's videos continues to rise, related questions and answers have also appeared on many social media platforms. For example, a popular question suddenly appeared on Zhihu.

"I think Mr. Lin explained it very simply. Making games doesn't seem that difficult, right? I feel like I could do it too."

Below this question, there were also many replies, all of whom were big names in the domestic gaming industry.

One of the replies was classic.

"Your finding it simple doesn't mean you're amazing; it's because the person explaining the concepts to you is the best producer in the country..."

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Time flew by, and two days passed quickly, and the recording came to an end.

Although the recording has completely ended, it will still take some time for the show to air. On the one hand, all the games have been put online for preliminary judging.

411 entries were successfully submitted online before the deadline. These games will then undergo initial screening to remove those with obvious bugs, poor quality, plagiarism, or that are unplayable.

Finally, 100 games were selected, integrated, and pushed to players. Then, players who were bored started playing these games, and finally, the players voted to select the rankings.

Even at the fastest pace, this process will take at least one or two weeks.

If nothing unexpected happens, the program should be edited first and then released online first.

The biggest reason why many game competitions fail is that after they are completed, there are no players to vote on them.

After all, players' time is so precious.

Few people would specifically play games from these game-making competitions, since the probability of finding a good game there is actually quite low.

However, this Spark Game Development Competition is clearly an exception.

Even while the production team was still organizing the materials, a large number of players expressed their anticipation. The reason for this anticipation was the impressive lineup of the Spark Game Creation Competition.

Even setting aside Linli, there are games made by well-known producers such as The Scroll of Taiwu and Hades. Although they are lightweight games with only 48 hours of gameplay, they are still new games.

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However, as time came to October 1st.

All these expectations and excitement were almost instantly drowned out by the flood of internet activity surrounding National Day.

Not to mention others, Xinghuo platform has also launched its own National Day special sale.

Outside, it was bustling with activity, and Lin Li finally welcomed his rare holiday.

The arrival of the long holiday allowed Lin Li to take a break from the continuous stream of major events. The only National Day promotional content from Xinghuo was their National Day tribute work, "A New Era."

However, this work is purely a tribute and promotional piece, with no revenue pressure whatsoever, and it doesn't even contain any paid elements, so there's no pressure at all.

In addition, the State Administration of Press and Publication reviewed the game at least seven or eight times before its release. Although this caused a lot of trouble for the game development team, it also mitigated all the risks.

In the end, even the publicity and distribution were taken back by the State Administration of Press and Publication, which said that CCTV News should be used instead.

Despite Xinghuo's tireless efforts, they managed to preserve the crucial element of the game's download process: it absolutely required to be downloaded through the Xinghuo platform.

As for the rest, Lin Li is naturally willing to have another free publicity channel.

Chapter 419 A New Era

Lanzhou, train station.

At a hotel just outside the train station, Yu Junhao was checking his luggage. Due to the remote location, Yu Junhao would buy everything he wanted before going back to work each time.

Otherwise, once you pass Lanzhou and reach Mushi, many merchants will no longer offer free shipping.

Yu Junhao is a chef, or more precisely, a young chef.

Last year, he went to work at a large restaurant in the border region with his maternal grandfather. He endured a lot of hardship and only recently returned to his hometown to rest for a few days. He originally planned to return to the border region after the National Day holiday.

But not long after they returned, something happened at the shop: two of the cooks got into a fight with some people outside and ended up in the hospital.

This is really bad. The store is already busy during the National Day holiday, and we can't manage without two more people.

The boss then called Yu Junhao's maternal grandfather that very night, urging them to return to the border region immediately. Yu Junhao's maternal grandfather boarded the train the day before yesterday.

He himself couldn't buy a ticket; after a long struggle, he finally managed to snag one for the morning of National Day.

Besides buying a lot of physical items, Yu Junhao also installed many games on his phone. The train journey from Lanzhou to the border region took more than ten hours.

With intermittent signal strength, gaming has become an essential way to pass the time.

After preparing all these things, Yu Junhao picked up his suitcase and headed to the station.

As soon as he entered the station, he saw a door-shaped display stand placed at the entrance. In the past, this spot was always occupied by an advertisement for a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, which Yu Junhao would see every time he took the train.

However, this time, when Yu Junhao entered the station, he found that the billboard, which hadn't been changed in ages and was practically worn out, had actually been updated with new content.

"A new era?"

"What the heck? Another campaign to create a civilized city?"

"Ah! A game!! Holy crap, I have to take a picture, I actually saw a game ad at the train station..."

"Is it another new game from Spark?"

When Yu Junhao first saw the advertisement, he thought it was some kind of political slogan, but upon closer inspection, he realized that it was actually a promotional poster for a game.

At first, Yu Junhao didn't pay much attention to it.

He usually plays PC single-player games, such as The Sims, SimCity, and Skylines.

On my phone, I mainly play Honor of Kings, and occasionally some other games from Tencent. When I'm on the train, I download some single-player games, mainly puzzle games.

He could see some of Xinghuo's games on Douyin, but everyone he knew played Honor of Kings.

Therefore, although two Spark games were downloaded on the phone.

But after playing the prologue, I haven't touched it much.

Although he saw the advertisement, Yu Junhao was initially only surprised that he would see a game advertisement at the train station.

Yu Junhao soon discovered that there were many advertisements not only at the station entrance but also inside the station. Even more outrageous, after he boarded the train to the border region, he found that there was a card in front of every seat.

And it's that game card from the "New Heaven" game.

He was surprised.

"Holy crap? Is this how they advertise it? Is this another game trying to scam government subsidies...?"

Yu Junhao rarely saw such semi-official promotional material, especially for a game, so after sitting down, he picked it up and took a look.

That one glance, that very first sentence, startled him.

"A New World" is a completely free game developed by the well-known domestic game development company Spark Games, showcasing the magnificent frontier...

The continuous stream of advertisements piqued Yu Junhao's interest. After reading the description and confirming that it was a single-player game that did not require an internet connection, he scanned the QR code and started downloading.

The train was still inside the station at that time, and the signal was still fairly good.

While downloading, Yu Junhao casually searched on the web, and what he found was quite surprising.

In the past, when I searched for games, the results were mostly related advertisements and guides.

But when I searched for this, all that popped up were CCTV news, blessings from the border troops, and official press releases from the border regions. It wasn't until the second page that player feedback started appearing.

Searching on Bilibili is relatively easier, but perhaps because it was just released, there aren't many bloggers making videos about this game. Most of them are tearful and say things like "you absolutely have to play it."

There are also some pre-analyzed videos.

The most popular one, and the one with the most views, is a video called "Take you to get free access to Spark, Tencent, and NetEase".

This video is from September and has over a million views.

It tells the story of a completely free game developed by Spark, Tencent, and NetEase.

"The good news is that it's really free, completely free. Even if you want to watch ads or pay, you can't."

"The bad news is that, according to my information, these games are all small-scale games. You can download and play them, but don't have too high expectations."

After watching the video, Yu Junhao finally understood what this "New Sky" game was. In short, it was a gift from Xinghuo to celebrate the birthday of the motherland.

It's a work presented as a tribute.

Even with just a spark, it's probably difficult to come up with anything truly innovative.

Soon, the game finished downloading, and the train gradually pulled away from the station.

With a hint of curiosity, Yu Junhao opened the game "Changing the Sky" on his tablet. About half an hour later, he completed the first level and built the railway from Lanzhou to the frontier.

Meanwhile, the train continued forward, and the trees and scenery on both sides of the road kept receding into the distance.

For some reason, Yu Junhao suddenly felt a shiver run through his body.

He suddenly remembered that the train he was riding was on the same track that appeared to be the railway being built in the game's prologue.

This fusion of reality and gaming gave him goosebumps all over.

"Holy crap... is the prologue of this game really this exciting?"

"This is a mini-game!?"

Yu Junhao himself is also a fan of simulation management games, which are actually quite rare on mobile phones because most simulation management games are quite complicated to operate.

It's quite cumbersome to operate using a mobile phone.

However, the gameplay of "Changing the World" has clearly been adjusted in a targeted manner, and the overall screen doesn't have that many flashy elements.

Even on a noisy train, you can easily immerse yourself in the game world on your tablet by wearing headphones.

If the prologue was a surprise for Yu Junhao, then once he officially entered the game, the surprises not only didn't diminish, but actually increased.

The official version of "Changing the World" still followed the two-chapter system that was originally planned.

However, it still used some game-related presentation techniques at the beginning, such as using a crisis rendering method to directly take the player to a camp that had been washed away by a flood.

Players are required to clean up the ruins and rebuild their homes.

Chapter 420 Familiar Feelings

The game's overall style and various data are relatively clear, and the graphics are very clean. The image quality isn't particularly good, but it gives people a sense of simplicity from the early days of the People's Republic of China.

Moreover, the game's storyline, or rather, the side quests, are particularly interesting. For example, one part involves the Production and Construction Corps planning to hold a mass wedding.

Some supplies need to be prepared for players to collect. These supplies are not difficult to prepare, but because the flood has just passed, many things need to be built, so these things are not so easy to collect.

The main storyline also conflicts with this side storyline. If it were a normal patriotic game, they might have to force emotional scenes at this point, making it seem like they were sacrificing their personal interests for the greater good.

However, in the game "New World," the storyline focuses on the player's construction of a large community, and this "side quest" can also be completed incidentally through some clever techniques.

Finally, once the players' first base is fully constructed, preparations for the mass wedding are complete, and the game enters a small celebration.

To be honest, when I saw a group of young people in green military uniforms lining up, chatting and laughing as they took photos in the "photo studio," it was quite a sight.

The two people sat down in front of the camera.

That sense of the era, and the unique appeal of that time, immediately comes through.