[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game":3,"chapter-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Game Development: Starting from a 2D Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271076,4435,"Chapter 15: Chapter Fifteen: A Background Check of Only a Few Pages of Paper","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>At around ten at night, after parting ways with Cai Qiu and Chen Wei, Qin Xiaoyu wandered back to his rented apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered that tomorrow’s voice matching session was coming up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried the voice actor students might have had too much fun during the holiday and forgotten about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up his phone and sent a group message to those students, reminding them not to forget tomorrow’s task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving clear replies from them, Qin Xiaoyu smiled faintly and put down his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went to bed after showering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qin Xiaoyu had already gone to play chess with Zhou Gong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the topic of his new game, Honkai, did not fade that night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the video by gaming influencer Tonghao Mama introduced this game to countless gamers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then the cosplay by top female streamer Dai Zong Xiao Bawang brought Honkai into the public eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a top female streamer with millions of followers wielded influence not much less than that of second- or third-tier celebrities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her cosplay of the Honkai character Eula successfully trended on hot search news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu’s game also rode the wave, gaining increased attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had never intended to use hunger marketing tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he accidentally achieved exactly that effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many gamers, upon seeing this news, couldn’t help but wonder what kind of game this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>besides ordinary game enthusiasts, many game companies—even major studios—also took notice of this news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these companies’ executives paid no real attention to Honkai, treating it merely as a passing fad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 2D anime-style game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply didn’t care, okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knew, 2D anime culture had a very weak foundation in Xia Country, with no independent, large-scale IP to work with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were many famous IPs overseas, forget about turning them into games!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, those foreigners demanded exorbitant licensing fees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, even if you paid a huge price to acquire the rights, how would you make money from the resulting game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, when the three major shonen manga entered Xia Country, many game developers had paid high prices for the rights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They invested substantial funds to develop them into games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the results were dismal—they lost so badly they fled overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main issue was that 2D anime players were generally young and had limited spending power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were too greedy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those 2D anime players wouldn’t buy a thing—they’d just free-ride instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you took things slowly, the payback period was simply too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without quick returns in the short term, who would pour money endlessly into development and operation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to make those “one-hit 999, if you’re a brother, come chop me” clone games—low investment, fast profits, far more favored by game companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or else, go for big PC games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they required more upfront investment, you could still make a fortune selling items, skins, gems, equipment, mounts, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capital’s goal in making games is to make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever genre makes money fast and big—that’s where you pour your resources; it’s always safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>among those who noticed Honkai, there were a few exceptionally sharp and ruthless individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Gaohe, the head of Hongshan Investment in Yuncheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how Gaohe started out; he was a mythic figure across Xia Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many in the industry even called him the Warren Buffett of Xia Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since emerging onto the scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had invested in or taken controlling stakes in over twenty companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, none were favored by the industry—but the results shocked everyone: these companies either soared in stock price or posted annual profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the hot search news, Gaohe felt a strong, intuitive sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This game called Honkai, though a free 2D anime game, might very well become a hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaohe picked up the phone and dialed his secretary’s number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About five minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a tall, elegant woman with refined features, dressed in a professional suit, entered Gaohe’s office and spoke respectfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Gao, what are your orders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaohe nodded. “Qinya, investigate who developed Honkai. I want to speak with the core team—arrange it immediately!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secretary paused in surprise, then quickly recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, when Director Gao took personal interest, it meant he wasn’t just interested—he was planning to acquire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another group of lucky people was about to be born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she was puzzled: over the years, Director Gao had never invested in the gaming industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll arrange it right away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though puzzled, she knew better than to ask—Qinya understood this well: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go handle it, Director Gao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she harbored doubts, she knew this was none of her business—Qin Xiaoyu understood this perfectly: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go handle it, Director Gao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaohe nodded, watching his secretary leave the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than an hour later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinya returned to Gaohe’s office, placing a stack of documents gently on his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Gao, I’ve had our team verify everything. All the information you requested is in these documents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As usual, Qinya would leave after submitting the documents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, she unusually stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quietly stepped aside, as if certain Director Gao would ask her something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she quietly stepped aside, as if certain Director Gao would surely have something to ask her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinya’s intuition was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaohe put down the book he was reading, his gaze falling on the documents on the desk—and his expression turned strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao He put down the book he was reading, his gaze falling on the documents laid out on the desk; the next moment, his expression turned peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for this question was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when Gaohe ordered background checks on companies, the reports he received weren’t exaggeratedly huge, but they always ran to hundreds of pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the “documents” before him now consisted of only a few pages…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Gao, I’ve double-checked—these are truly all the documents. If you feel they’re insufficient, I’ll have them dig deeper?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qinya took a deep breath and ventured cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need. Leave them here. Go home early and rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaohe showed no irritation—Qinya had served him for years; her competence was reliable, and he trusted her completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unlikely she’d hand him a shoddy report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was highly unlikely he’d be fooled by just any random document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3abd0a94d8862d8467de2603c42c0206eb16c54773be4488f2004c2b4d1f5a2c","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-16","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-14",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]