Game Maker: Starting by Healing the Players Chapter 42: High Praise (Bonus | 600PS)

Amid all the discussions from players and the dia online—

At 3 PM, the Ga Division's website and all its official channels, including social dia account and their ga account, all released the latest results.

"To the Moon" won first place in the event, while "Galaxy Heroes" ca in second.

Lucas from Nebula Gas also got a call from the Ga Division.

They invited him to attend the upcoming award ceremony.

At the sa ti, the official ga store featured a banner on the hopage announcing the win of "To the Moon."

Also on the hopage was a featured review praising "To the Moon" as the first prize winner.

"Imagine sitting on your deathbed, rembering every happy mont in your life, every regret—especially the regrets."

"You always tell yourself: if you could go back, you'd do that one thing, chase that dream. But sohow, things always got in the way—family, work, ti spent with friends."

"And now, as you near the end, you have no ti left. But what if you could change your mories at the end of your life, and in your mind, make that dream co true?"

"This is just the tip of the iceberg in 'To the Moon.' It's not a big production. It doesn't have flashy visuals or complicated gaplay. But just like the creator Lucas's last ga, 'Undertale,' this one teaches every narrative ga designer a lesson. It raises the bar for storytelling in gas to a whole new level."

"It's hard to review the whole ga without spoilers, but we'll just say this: if you care about storytelling in gas, you have to play this one."

"Maybe this opinion will change with ti, but right now, this ga is absolutely perfect."

"The dialogue is perfect. The banter between Dr. Eva and Dr. Neil is full of clever jokes, bringing humor to an otherwise dark story."

"The story is perfect. The tale of Johnny and his wife River is full of twists—so bittersweet, so truly heartbreaking. But it's more than just a mix of laughs and tears."

"The music is perfect, filled with beautiful piano lodies. Each track stands out, returning at key story points and choices—just like you'd expect from the best movies."

"To the Moon is about a kind of life—the people, places, struggles, and joys that make us human."

"The story starts as a bit of a ss, but as ti moves backward, everything cos together into sothing truly satisfying."

"No doubt about it—this is a perfect ga."

The Ga Division's review gave "To the Moon" extrely high praise, fully recognizing its place in the world of video gas.

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Inside the Nebula Gas office—

Anna and Rachel were the first to see the announcent from the Ga Division, and both of them let out loud cheers.

"Lucas, look! 'To the Moon' just made it to the front page of the official ga platform!" Anna shouted excitedly.

This was the official platform!

And the ga even won first place in the event.

That was sothing Anna had never even dared to dream of before.

For soone who's always wanted to do sothing big in the gaming world, she was so excited that she could barely contain herself.

Her whole face turned red from all the excitent.

Rachel felt the sa—she looked thrilled.

Even the new hires at Nebula Gas, who joined after "To the Moon" was released, were super excited.

Even though the ga had nothing to do with them—

This kind of result proved that Nebula Gas had a bright future. And now they were going to be part of that future, so of course they were happy.

"Oh right, aren't you going to attend the To the Moon award ceremony next?" Anna suddenly rembered and asked Lucas.

"Yeah, the folks from the ga departnt already told ," Lucas nodded.

"An award ceremony? Will it be on TV?" Rachel asked curiously from the side.

"You're overthinking it. It's not so kind of comrcial event. It's more like showing your face, getting a certificate, that kind of thing," Lucas shook his head.

"I see!" Rachel nodded in understanding.

"Alright, let's drop that topic and talk a bit about the company. Just giving everyone a heads-up—after the National Day holiday, we'll be kicking off a new project. And this ti, it's going to be a big one."

"Also, we need to get the platform up and running before the end of October. Anything ti-consuming that's not core work, we'll outsource," Lucas said to everyone.

Mirror, Undertale, and To the Moon—these three gas were all low-cost, small-scale projects.

But in terms of sales, they were definite successes.

The money made from them wasn't enough for Lucas to jump into a full-scale AAA ga yet.

But it was more than enough to start making more polished and mid-sized titles.

Hearing this, everyone's expressions grew more serious—though mostly they looked excited.

After all, anyone in the ga industry dreams of being part of a major project.

Whether it's for personal goals or career growth.

After chatting with the team for a bit, Lucas went back to his office, leaned back in his chair, and stared at the UI that only he could see.

No doubt about it, To the Moon had earned him a big chunk of points.

It gave him enough to do three full ten-rolls. And that's not even counting what Undertale and Mirror brought in.

Right now, his total points had reached 4.5 million.

That's enough for 45 rolls.

But even looking at that number, Lucas didn't rush to use them.

He was planning to save up first.

Even though he hadn't finalized the next project yet, he knew they wouldn't start until after the holiday.

At the current rate of growth, he figured he'd probably have enough for another ten-roll by then.

After all, To the Moon, which just won first prize, was now featured on the official platform's recomndation list. That was bound to bring in a ton of new players.

And more players ant more points.

Saving up for a full ten-roll gave you a better chance at getting sothing good—at least, that's what superstition said.

He just hoped this ti it wouldn't be like last ti—21 pulls and only two mory capsules, not even one rare skill book.

(end of chapter)

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