[{"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-88":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},2271149,4435,"Chapter 88: If Not for Money, Then What","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-88",88,"\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, whatever you decide is fine—we just handle execution!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu knew himself well—he could get things done, but making decisions wasn’t his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So since the day Genshin Impact launched, he’d already decided: just follow Qin Xiaoyu. After all, with Fish Brother’s character, he’d never let anyone down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, Lao Cai’s attitude is my attitude.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Chen Wei didn’t know what Qin Xiaoyu wanted to discuss, but he still voiced his support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their reactions, Qin Xiaoyu’s expression remained calm, though inwardly he felt deeply satisfied. He glanced at the two and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our studio currently has about five hundred people, but compared to other game companies in the industry, we’re still tiny—not even mid-sized.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wei and Cai Qiu instinctively nodded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Top-tier rivals like Shengda, Mengyi, and Tengmei already had tens of thousands of employees. Even mid-tier companies typically had four to five thousand, with the larger ones nearing ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only five hundred, we’re truly insignificant in the gaming industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With our current staffing, development and operations for Genshin Impact should be barely sufficient. So both Cai Qiu and Chen Wei were puzzled—why had Qin Xiaoyu brought this up suddenly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, are you saying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu suddenly had a thought, though he wasn’t sure, so he looked up at Qin Xiaoyu’s eyes and ventured cautiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the coming period, I need you both to recruit a team of professional anime creators—preferably experienced, high-skill individuals from the industry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu didn’t hide it—he directly told them why he’d called them into the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professional anime creators?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing those words, Cai Qiu and Chen Wei exchanged glances, then both wore expressions of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, you can’t take those player complaints seriously! Making anime doesn’t make money as fast as games!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu couldn’t help but chuckle wryly as he reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though many online players often joked that their studio wasn’t a real game company—that they should just switch to anime,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>actually switching to anime would be downright unprofessional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undeniably, a great anime IP can bring in massive profits, but most still can’t compare to games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re not making anime to make money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu shook his head—he truly planned to establish an anime division, but from the very start, profit wasn’t his goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not for money? Then what are we even aiming for?” Chen Wei stared at Qin Xiaoyu, utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anime production costs are indeed much lower than game development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only relatively speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the cost of producing an anime is still enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving other factors aside, just maintaining a team of staff is a huge expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To serve our next game!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu spoke slowly, his face expressionless, his voice as calm as still water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those simple words caused Cai Qiu and Chen Wei, seated across from him, to leap straight out of their chairs—they were clearly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, they’d assumed Qin Xiaoyu wanted to create a separate anime division to enter the anime industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who could have guessed he was already thinking about the next game…\u003C\u002Fp>",521,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f69d3b0e05ddbe813054508bd0d48d99c83b3f89328351f1f7c2364a1697d54b","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-89","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-87",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]