Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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"hey-hey.."

"Never mind, take a look at this document later. Spark Games will be sending people over next week, mainly from the copywriting team. Make the arrangements then. I'm going to Spark for their monthly meeting tomorrow..."

"Oh, um!? Will President Lin be hosting the event this month?"

"correct."

"Can I go?"

Originally, Lin Shuyin wasn't very interested in the changes that occurred after the company joined the Spark Program, since the Spark Program mainly focused on research and development.

This part is mainly handled by fish balls.

The distribution rights have already been signed to Spark Games.

She doesn't need to worry about publicity or promotion.

All you need to do is manage the team internally and handle the administration well.

Don't let her slacking off at work fool you; she's actually quite good at her job.

The studio has virtually no internal conflicts, coordination between departments is smooth, and the office atmosphere is good. These unseen factors are actually very important for game development.

"You want to attend the monthly meeting?"

Lin Shuyin nodded.

After playing "Girls' Frontline: Companions" all morning, she suddenly became curious about the game's developer, Lin Li.

I want to see what kind of people developed this game.

"You really want to go?"

Yuwan glanced at Lin Shuyin, and the corners of her mouth suddenly turned up slightly.

The scene of Lin Li holding a monthly meeting for them suddenly flashed through my mind.

In Lin Shuyin's mind.

This month is like a tea party, where several producers get together to have some snacks and tea, and chat about the month's work and the problems encountered in developing the game.

But in Yuwan's memory, he was really shocked when he attended the monthly report for the first time last month.

The so-called monthly report is indeed a monthly report.

There are currently six main creative teams participating in this meeting.

These are Arknights' Sea Cat, Chen Anyu's Unending Journey, and Fishball's Azur Lane, followed by Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach projects.

Of the six teams, the latter three had just started their projects, and their participation in the monthly meetings was mainly as observers.

Lin Li mainly followed up on the first three projects.

The first thing Yuwan heard when attending the meeting for the first time was...

"Now that there are more and more projects, my time is getting tighter and tighter, so I'll be asking some rather pointed questions. Please get used to it."

I thought this was just a polite remark.

But after the meeting started.

When Chen Anyu, who was indefinitely lost and adrift, began to report, Yuwan became nervous.

He realized that Lin Li's opening remarks were not just empty words.

That guy, Chen Anyu gave a half-hour report, during which he was asked several questions.

The key point is that after Lin Li pointed out these issues, his explanations were indeed reasonable, giving one a sense of clarity and relief.

Those who listened felt they gained a lot.

The person reporting was on tenterhooks.

When Yuwan gave his presentation last time, he felt even more nervous than when he first met someone he met online. And, unsurprisingly, he had a lot of questions after his presentation.

Tomorrow is the day he will report the results again.

At this moment, Lin Shuyin actually wanted to go along.

Fish Ball naturally wore a mysterious smile.

If I could lie... no, I meant persuade Lin Shuyin to report it so I could sit in on it.

Wouldn't it be great to learn from experience without getting criticized?

Thinking of this, Yuwan nodded.

"Okay, then I'll take you with me."

"Great!"

~~~

Just as Lin Shuyin was looking forward to the monthly report the next day.

That afternoon.

Zhou Shenlin was in his dorm room, already playing the final level.

The main story of Battlefront Girls isn't very long. If you don't explore the side quests or try to get a perfect playthrough, the entire main story takes about 7 hours.

Zhou Shenlin had been playing the game ever since he unlocked it in the morning, except for lunch.

The other people in the dormitory were pretty much the same.

At first, only Lao Wang didn't play.

He wasn't particularly interested in strategy games, but he was interested in the storyline, so he sat next to Zhou Shenlin and watched him play.

But Zhou Shenlin played for at least an hour.

He bought a copy for himself and played it on his own computer.

It's not that he thought it was fun or anything.

Zhou Shenlin simply couldn't stand having someone next to him constantly nagging him about which way to go.

I endured it for an hour, but I just couldn't take it anymore.

They simply kicked him out on the grounds that "a true gentleman observes chess in silence."

Strategy games are indeed more suitable for playing alone at a leisurely pace.

"This final battle was so exhilarating!"

This was Zhou Shenlin's first impression as he entered the final battle.

Why does it feel good?

Firstly, from the beginning to this stage, most of the time players can only control the protagonist and the Type 95, although more systems are unlocked along the way.

It has an upgrade system and a growth storyline based on the Type 95.

But playing like this all the time can get a bit boring eventually.

Just when players had been playing for a few hours and were starting to get a little bored...

The final battle is here.

In the storyline, the protagonist rallies a group of people to attack a base vehicle blocking the road.

In actual combat.

The map for the final battle is also very large.

The number of playable characters has also increased from two to more than a dozen.

Some of these characters are very familiar to players.

For example, AR Squad, HK416 of Squad 404.

The appearance of these familiar characters from Girls Frontline naturally makes people feel excited.

Although, apart from the main character and Type 95, all other characters have been weakened to the traditional one-turn-one-action rule.

However, there are many controllable characters, so there are more things you can do in one turn.

After one round, you can take a small piece off the densely packed enemies on the map, plus finding a good position and setting up surveillance.

Watching monsters rush forward to their deaths.

It really feels like playing a tower defense game.

However, after all that fun, the plot took a sharp turn, and Zhou Shenlin's heart sank.

When I watched the RPG fly towards 95.

Zhou Shenlin immediately exclaimed "Holy crap!"

You should know that this is not about looking at a plot outline.

It was a real 7 hours.

For players.

We wanted him to feel a connection with the character.

The best way is to show the growth between the characters, especially the growth that occurs because of each other.

Throughout the entire "Girls' Frontline: Companions".

Just like the game's name suggests.

Peer, peer.

For the vast majority of the game, the player spends time with the maid.

Both the storyline and the battles.

From the very beginning, the Type 95 rifle was given to the maid.

Then, under the starry night sky, the maid called out her name.

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After that, the maid officially became the Type 95 in the game.

From the maid's initial mental system problems to her eventual mental recovery.

Finally, they were able to interact with the main character and even chat and laugh together.

An immersive experience lasting several hours.

Zhou Shenlin had already become completely immersed in the game.

At this point, he no longer cared about the dramatic aspects of the plot.

Just like someone truly in love, they want their love to last forever.

While playing the final battle, Zhou Shenlin even had the ending CG in his mind, and the image of himself and 95 snuggling together appeared in his mind.

The plot has suddenly taken a sharp turn for the worse.

He felt his heart beating at least twice as fast.

Having played the Legend of Sword and Fairy series, he was now filled with the psychological trauma inflicted by the three classic Chinese RPG games.

"No, no!!!"

"95!!"

Fortunately.

Spark Games is not Softstar Entertainment.

The protagonist successfully tackled 95.

But soon, Zhou Shenlin realized that although 95 was fine, the main character seemed to be in trouble!

"Huh!? This is... the protagonist who's going to die?"

After the stimulation just now.

Upon seeing the protagonist on the verge of death, his first reaction was to let out a long sigh of relief.

"As long as 95 is alright..."