[{"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-4":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},2271065,4435,"Chapter 4: Chapter Four: When Rich, Bombard with Ads; When Poor, Target Precisely!","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu gritted his teeth and made up his mind: after discharge, he would rent a cloud server for internal testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he temporarily set the matter aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly troubled him was the promotion issue before the game’s launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu and Chen Wei sold off several small games from their studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only managed to get 220,000 yuan altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This money was originally meant for his surgery; now, since his health had improved significantly, the surgical expenses were no longer needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after paying the hospital bills, he estimated he’d have only 200,000 yuan left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could accomplish very little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like other game companies, they would launch a new game with a grand press event, followed by blanket advertising across all channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu naturally wanted to do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was only something he could dream about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His impoverished finances could not possibly support such extravagance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he spent all 200,000 yuan on ads, it wouldn’t make a ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So forget it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience for “Genshin Impact” itself had certain limitations, allowing for precise targeting in promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With limited resources,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu had few options to consider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could find popular game streamers to play “Genshin Impact” live, attracting their fans to join in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could pay well-known gaming bloggers to create short videos for promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of these two options, Qin Xiaoyu leaned more toward the first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days, far more people watched live streams, and streamers had slightly greater influence than gaming bloggers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once decided, Qin Xiaoyu planned to visit live streaming platforms to scout the scene before Cai Qiu and the others returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up his phone and registered an account on Douya Live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This live streaming platform was one of the largest comprehensive platforms in Xia, reportedly with over a hundred million active users and a wide variety of categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu’s target was clear: the gaming category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief search, a female game streamer named Dai Zong caught his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the honor of heaven and earth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absolutely not because she was a female streamer with long legs clad in black stockings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason was that this female streamer had extremely high popularity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a weekday noon, her viewership reached a staggering thirty million, and her subscribed fans numbered over ten million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was among the top-tier game streamers on Douya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could get her to help promote the game, the results would surely be decent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after ten minutes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu reluctantly gave up the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he tried contacting her assistant to propose a business collaboration, the response came with a price he couldn’t accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Live gameplay streaming started at one million RMB.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more absurd: placing a game download QR code in an inconspicuous corner of the live stream screen costs ten thousand yuan per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minimum of five days required.\u003C\u002Fp>",498,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","500cce1f6e5dccd8427dd726c87c97b0884e40cad59c393300ee7be70241b2e4","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-5","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-3",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]