[{"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-31":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},2271092,4435,"Chapter 31: The Next Plan!","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>“There’s a lot to do, but our top priority is expanding our team!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu didn’t hesitate—he answered without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This issue was currently his biggest headache: game development plus operations—even if all three of them worked twenty-four hours a day, it still wouldn’t be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was short on talent in every major area: product planning, programming, art, marketing and business, operations, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he’d planned to post a few recruitment ads on the official website or job boards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that was the fastest way to hire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after careful thought, he ultimately shelved the idea—the cost of hiring those people was too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Qin Xiaoyu intended to be a stingy capitalist; every penny the game earned in the coming period was already allocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had far more important uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, even if he hired them, they couldn’t start working immediately—there were already few talents in Xia Country specializing in 2D games, and they’d need time to adapt and transition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering all these factors, it was better to hire young people just out of school—they had no experience, but they were younger and more creative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For other game companies, training talent themselves came with a high time cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Qin Xiaoyu, it wasn’t a problem—he only needed them to handle auxiliary tasks for now, just to keep up appearances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had more than enough time to let them grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you go see Senior Sister Yun Shuqian last time?” Cai Qiu nodded after hearing him, then suddenly asked with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going tomorrow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from recruitment, Qin Xiaoyu had no better option—he could only think of Yun Shuqian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After answering Cai Qiu’s question, Qin Xiaoyu prepared to leave for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, hesitated for a few seconds, then turned to the two and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Old Cai, Wei— if you’re free these next few days, contact some overseas gaming platforms and reach out to local voice actors to negotiate their dubbing rates.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu and Chen Wei both froze—then, after just a moment, they reacted, their faces filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother? You’re planning to…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu nodded: “Right. I originally planned a global launch, but due to insufficient funds, I was forced to change plans and release only domestically for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, this needs to be done—and it can’t wait too long, or each update will become a huge problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, I’m not opposing your plan, but shouldn’t you reconsider? After all…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wei frowned, trying to warn him, but feared saying too much and crushing Qin Xiaoyu’s confidence, so he trailed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, Xia Country’s top game companies, seeking new market growth points,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had set their sights on overseas markets years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had even poured massive advertising budgets into overseas platforms, launching seven or eight games abroad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each game was a blockbuster in Xia Country—at the time and even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the results… they couldn’t all be called flops; they were all crushed spectacularly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single exception!\u003C\u002Fp>",514,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","33e726cfe4a25eedfcac7ed23beeec648eb1c79e9ac1075cd77910e186ab274c","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-32","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-30",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]