Chapter 116

Xiao Yu, should we increase the budget?

Or we could add a promotional section in Legend.

In short... we need to invest more!

Although Chen Qiao was nervous when facing Mr. Qin, he still had the confidence to compete on the same stage as Mr. Qin now.

After all, Legend still won against Sword and Distance.

Chen Qiao believed that this time was no exception; Lu Yu's new game could also defeat Mr. Qin's new game.

But of course, because this is a small game, unlike Legend, which is a large game that can slowly ferment and is worth digging into.

So, this type of game either becomes a hit overnight, or... it will never have a chance to rise.

As for this, Chen Qiao, the founder of Grand, still knows about it.

Lu Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Hero Kill indeed needs some promotion, but using Legend to promote it is not appropriate."

Legend has a large user base and high stickiness; it is our word-of-mouth game.

So, I hope it can be more pure; at least at the beginning of its development, it should be like this.

As for other promotional methods...

Then, Lu Yu and Chen Qiao discussed for a while, after which Chen Qiao left.

Lu Yu also stood up from his seat.

About half an hour later, Lu Yu arrived at Xie Lin's studio.

By the way, Lu Yu had set up a studio for Xie Lin earlier.

Such a studio is actually nothing to Xie Lin, after all, his family is wealthy.

But... there is a group of people in this studio.

This group includes students and some members of society.

Their common point is that they are somewhat famous in the art world, counting as excellent painters!

And now these people are all Xie Lin's subordinates!

Xie Lin had thought about establishing a studio in the future and leading a team, but he never imagined all this would come so soon!

One could say that this studio is of first-rate standard domestically.

Moreover, there is still great room for development; it definitely has the potential to become the best in the country!

And all of this is because of Lu Yu!

So, Xie Lin now truly... admires Lu Yu immensely!

Xiao Yu, you've come?

You have completed part of the task I assigned earlier; come over here to see the finished product.

Upon seeing Lu Yu, Xie Lin immediately went over to greet him enthusiastically.

As for how to address Lu Yu, Xie Lin had actually hesitated for a long time.

Calling Lu Yu Teacher Lu is absolutely fine.

But Lu Yu doesn't like it.

Calling him Mr. Lu feels a bit unfamiliar.

In the end, Xie Lin could only call Lu Yu Xiao Yu like Chen Qiao does.

Lu Yu nodded at Xie Lin, then followed him to another room.

When deciding to make Hero Kill, Lu Yu had already told Xie Lin his ideas.

For this card game, the most important thing is actually card design, that is, character images.

If the character images of Hero Kill were not remodeled, full of imagination, and with high aesthetics, how could it possibly be so popular?

And producing the game's basic code is actually... just that.

This time, Lu Yu didn't even need the Computer Lab students to help; he just had the people from Grand's Technical Department Two handle it.

At this point, Lu Yu came here naturally to look at the character designs.

It must be said, Xie Lin and his team are truly strong in ability, and their work efficiency is also high.

At this point, they already had six finished products, meaning they had designed six characters.

These six characters are all warriors from the Three Kingdoms.

For example, Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, etc.

These works are full of Chinese style; the six character images are all tall and mighty, with a vigor like a rainbow.

Take Lu Bu, for instance: he holds a Fangtian Huaji, has long hair flowing wildly, and his gaze looks down on the world, as if gods and demons have descended!

As for these paintings, Lu Yu could only nod in praise.

However...

"Your drawing skills and imagination are wonderful; the spirit of these characters comes alive vividly under your brush," Lu Yu praised.

Xie Lin smiled, accepting Lu Yu's praise.

The others also had smiles on their faces, obviously feeling confident and satisfied with themselves.

Given the quality of these paintings, not to mention using them for the game, even if submitted to an exhibition, they would have a chance to win an award!

But...

However, I need more imagination.

Remodeling.

You can understand remodeling as subversion.

We are a card game, so when people first see our game, we should leave them with the deepest impression.

"We want everyone, from the first glance at our game, to be unable to leave our game."

Lu Yu looked at the crowd and said.

Everyone fell silent.

Or Xie Lin spoke up first with a question: "Xiao Yu, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Lu Yu, however, didn't think Xie Lin was stupid.

This era is not yet the information explosion era of ten or twenty years later.

Their thinking cannot be called outdated; it can only be said to be a limitation of the times.

"For example, Zhuge Liang could be a girl, or even a warrior." Lu Yu said thus.

The crowd:??

When did Zhuge Liang become a girl?

Isn't Zhuge Liang the top strategist of the Three Kingdoms? Why would he be a warrior?

Lu Yu continued: "This is what is called a 'magic alteration'."

"Do you find it surprising after hearing what I said?"

"So when players see such an image, wouldn't they also be surprised?"

"In this situation, they would naturally want to learn more about our game."

The crowd fell silent again; although they didn't agree, they felt Lu Yu's words made sense and had no rebuttal.

Or Xie Lin spoke first, saying: "Such a subversion can indeed attract attention, but... can people accept it?"

"The image of Zhuge Liang, or rather the images of these historical figures, have long left a deep impression in everyone's mind."

"Our subversion might provoke backlash, and could even be a fatal blow to the game."

What Xie Lin said actually made sense.

This is quite likely to happen.

It's like some TV dramas adapted from novels, which, because they deviate too much from the source, are scolded so badly that even the mothers who supported them don't recognize them.

Lu Yu obviously had already considered this point, saying: "If your magic alteration is done well enough, then wouldn't everything be fine?"

Silence; the crowd fell silent once again.

The reasoning, everyone understands.

Just like some TV dramas, whose plots are actually completely different from the original, but because of the excellence of the screenwriters, directors, and actors, people even find the drama better than the source.

In other words, the magic alteration by Xie Lin and others might even surpass the original images of those historical figures?

How could that possibly be done!