Chapter 85: Chen Qiao

Speaking of Legend, most veteran gamers would be unfamiliar with it.

Put it this way, in an era when online games were scarce, Legend could be said to be the only choice.

Many people's first visit to an internet café was because of Legend.

So even ten or twenty years later, Legend still enjoys high fame.

This is a generation's memory.

So…… why is Legend so attractive?

Lu Yu summarized several points.

First is the leveling-up-and-monster-slaying mode.

This mode was popularized by Legend, and it is also the basic setting of all online games today.

But Legend's monster slaying is not just monster slaying.

Different monsters may drop different equipment—this is simply a stroke of genius!

Moreover, mechanisms such as city wars and guilds can greatly attract players and increase player retention.

In actual history, Legend was not a game developed by Grand; Chen Qiao, with his last bit of funds, went all‑in and secured the agency rights.

And now……

Lu Yu had already searched online and earlier asked Chen Qiao—this world has not yet seen Legend!

This is also why Lu Yu is so confident about Legend.

At this moment, inside a certain office of Grand.

Lu Yu sent the game requirements to the classmates in the Computer Lab.

The Computer Lab classmates quickly entered work mode.

But…… they were actually just technicians, their understanding of games was at a very superficial level, so naturally they did not notice the game's greatness, and would not even offer any opinions.

However, Chen Qiao, on the other hand, is an expert in games.

He has already looked over the game settings.

"Little Yu, this game…… just from your design, it's epoch‑making!"

"This world has never seen such a game."

"You are simply a genius among geniuses."

Chen Qiao's excited hands were trembling, his voice could not stay at a normal tone, and he almost jumped up on the spot.

Before…… although Chen Qiao believed in Lu Yu, after reading Mr. Qin's Sword and the Far Away, he was actually full of worries.

But now…… one could say, if Legend were produced and matched Lu Yu's design exactly—no!

Legend merely restoring fifty percent, even thirty percent, of Lu Yu's design would be enough to blow away all current online games, even Sword and the Far Away!

One could say, Lu Yu's understanding of games, his super‑strong creativity, even surpasses his achievements in technology!

At least, Chen Qiao now thinks that way.

So, he was excited for a whole morning.

Throughout the morning, Chen Qiao could not work peacefully, think carefully, and remained in an excited state.

……

But by afternoon, Chen Qiao suddenly looked a bit downcast.

"Little Yu, Legend's design is indeed unprecedented, but……"

Chen Qiao paused, then continued: "I don't doubt that you and your classmates have enough technical support for this game, but……"

"You should know that art is indispensable for a game."

"So-called art refers to the game's background graphics, mission design, and animation!"

"To be frank, as of now, domestic animation technology is truly…… hard to describe."

"Moreover, Legend's background is vast, with many maps, so…… if there is no art matching such excellent design, this game……"

"will be ruined!"

Chen Qiao is the founder of Grand, and his understanding of games is naturally high.

So after being excited for a morning, Chen Qiao thought of many difficult points.

In game production, the difficulties are never limited to just gameplay design.

Take the success of Plants vs. Zombies—one aspect is gameplay, another who could say that the game's background graphics, monster design, and background music aren't highly relevant?

"Game character design, I've actually already finished it—after all, there aren't many professions. The characters' skills aren't many either."

"However…… the game's background awaits art design, which indeed requires getting more people involved."

Lu Yu said so.

Lu Yu has decent skill in art, as seen from Plants vs. Zombies.

Although he basically completed all this from memory, he still needs solid fundamentals.

But Legend's background is too much; Lu Yu simply can't keep up.

"What? You've already finished the mission design?" Chen Qiao was greatly startled.

As of now, Legend indeed has only three professions: mage, warrior, and Taoist.

But the appearance differs with different levels and different equipment!

Moreover, this style of game actually has high art requirements, because after players start the game, they will face the same character for months or even years to come.

If there isn't sufficient durable art design, then…… players might quit out of boredom!

Lu Yu lightly nodded and said, "Come with me, I'll show you the character designs."

Chen Qiao followed with suspicion.

……

Warriors, mages, Taoists, male, female.

Three professions, two genders.

As for character prototypes, they are flawless!

Whether it's body proportions or facial features.

Chen Qiao, upon first seeing the character design sketches, already liked them; he even… already had the desire to play the game because of these characters.

Right, in this era, in games there actually wasn't a "refined" image yet.

"Legend" actually reached the top level of the time in many aspects.

Then…

Chen Qiao couldn't help but look toward Lu Yu, this child who is only seven years old…

Not only does he have the imagination to create games and strong logic, but also skills that match any professional technician, and even… such accomplishment in art?

Chen Qiao suddenly wanted to know when Lu Yu started learning.

Even if Lu Yu started learning from the womb, he'd only have seven years so far, right?

Can seven years truly allow a person to achieve top-level accomplishments in so many fields?

Chen Qiao said, he cannot understand!

Then…

Lu Yu successively displayed character images at different levels and with different equipment.

Chen Qiao discovered…

He himself now has nothing to say!

Just because of this character design, he feels that even if "Legend" were terrible to the extreme, he could probably play it endlessly.

After looking at all the character designs, Chen Qiao couldn't help but glance at Lu Yu again.

He, Chen Qiao, the founder of Grand, to have met Lu Yu is truly… the result of doing good deeds for several lifetimes!

With Lu Yu, what is Mr. Qin?

Chen Qiao even feels he can now break out domestically and project his voice internationally!