[{"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-81":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},2271142,4435,"Chapter 81","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>On the Xia Country server side, everything is normal. The server will be paused at midnight for version updates, which are expected to take about seven hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Qin Xiaoyu’s question, Cai Qiu thought for a few seconds before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since returning from overseas, Qin Xiaoyu had temporarily entrusted him with overseeing the domestic server operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had only taken over for a short time, he had already gained a general grasp of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Cai Qiu’s response, Qin Xiaoyu nodded and turned his gaze toward Chen Wei: \"Awei, lay out the details—Old Cai can listen in too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Xia Country server, Qin Xiaoyu himself was quite familiar with it—this was just a routine version update, unlikely to cause major issues, so he wasn’t worried at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the overseas market, Qin Xiaoyu had paid some attention, but his energy was limited; he couldn’t possibly know the details as thoroughly as Chen Wei did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it, Fish Ge !\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Wei spoke, he pulled out his laptop and plugged in the projector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a PowerPoint presentation appeared before Qin Xiaoyu and Cai Qiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Currently, we’ve set up four server groups for the overseas market, corresponding to Sakura Country, Gao Li Country, North America, and Europe. The official websites have been built and the game pre-registration channels opened three days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wei scrolled his wireless mouse and continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, let’s look at the data from Sakura Country: as of two hours ago, our game pre-registrations have surpassed seven million, and conservatively, we expect over three million players after launch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this number, Qin Xiaoyu and Cai Qiu were not particularly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the region where promotion began first and where advertising spending was highest. Combined with the region’s intense anime culture—the strongest globally—such pre-registration numbers, while encouraging, were not unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Gao Li server, pre-registration numbers are relatively lower, but have still surpassed two million.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this number may sound modest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it doesn’t mean the game is unpopular there or that player anticipation is low. The main reason is simply that the local population base is the smallest among all regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pre-registration numbers for Europe and North America are four million and five million respectively.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Chen Wei looked toward Qin Xiaoyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only that many? We spent over forty million on advertising...\" Cai Qiu seemed dissatisfied with the numbers for the latter two servers and muttered a complaint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had personally handled all the promotional campaigns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Cai Qiu had guessed that pre-registration numbers for these two regions, if not breaking ten million, should at least exceed those of Sakura Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he heard four million and five million, he felt a certain letdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you not satisfied with this many pre-registrations?\" Qin Xiaoyu shook his head slightly and asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in Qin Xiaoyu’s view, nearly twenty million pre-registrations were already absurdly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, in his past life on Earth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Genshin Impact, despite its foundation from the Honkai series and massive promotional spending, had only surpassed ten million global pre-registrations before launch.\u003C\u002Fp>",518,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0ddaa77b3297e5af9978e8e47c75588786b6de612f2ac38c70daf9994b576411","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-82","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-80",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]