[{"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-62":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},2271123,4435,"Chapter 62: You Were Always a Step Too Late!","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>The phone rang for a long time before someone answered; Cai Qiu yawned wearily, his voice hoarse as he complained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yu-ge, only you’d call this early. If anyone else dialed, I’d already be giving them a piece of my mind—you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early morning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu paused slightly, then asked curiously: “Lao Cai, you’ve already left Sakura Country?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Cai Qiu replied slowly: “Sakura Country’s business is long finished; we’ve even wrapped up operations in Europe too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report’s already been sent to your email—maybe you’ve been too busy to check it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We just arrived in America, resting for half a day. Once we finish up here, we’re heading back. Oh, Yu-ge, we’re almost out of money…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu had been about to ask more questions, but hearing Lao Cai’s voice, he dropped the idea immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Cai had been running back and forth; his voice was hoarse—he needed rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Qin Xiaoyu spoke into the phone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry about the money—I’ll arrange for it to be wired to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll review the report first. Rest well, watch your safety overseas. When you return, I’ll throw you a grand victory banquet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it! I’ll remember that. Gotta go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Cai hung up right after speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, Qin Xiaoyu had been swamped—redesigning the Liyue and Snow Mountain maps, producing multiple PVs, coordinating with Kentucky, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, most of the studio’s internal affairs were handled by Chen Wei; anything he couldn’t resolve, he’d come straight to Qin Xiaoyu for a face-to-face report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu truly hadn’t checked his emails in a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his email, he scanned quickly and found the report Lao Cai mentioned, then clicked it open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report was thorough—clearly, Cai Qiu had poured considerable thought and effort into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all of Sakura Country, they spent roughly seven million RMB.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the results they achieved—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading it, Qin Xiaoyu was deeply satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prominent spots in Tokyo’s subway stations were entirely dominated by Genshin Impact character posters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streets in Akihabara were similarly plastered with Genshin Impact character posters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On AKB48’s advertising screens, massive digital displays ran nonstop Genshin Impact real-time gameplay footage and promotional animations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The investment yielded extraordinarily visible results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to local partner agencies’ estimates, the number of people paying attention to the game could exceed one hundred million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major media outlets, upon learning that Genshin Impact was a Chinese-made 2D game, launched frenzied coverage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these Sakura Country media didn’t report on Genshin Impact to promote it—they used it to berate their own domestic 2D culture giants for being incompetent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accusing them of hoarding their own niche, refusing to innovate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, a foreign 2D game had stormed right to their doorstep—boldly, brazenly, arrogantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an utter disgrace!\u003C\u002Fp>",459,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0120222dab7a1292e95c8bc831f235da9d38d2e9732eae39dc61e9524013c3d9","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-63","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-61",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]