The next day, GaSpace published an exclusive interview with Lucas.
"Spreading the Love: Every Ga Filled with My Passion for Players"
That was the title of the entire article.
If you clicked into the article, most of the content was from Lucas's earlier chat with William.
Of course, so parts and topics were trimd.
Other parts were slightly polished.
They leaned into the more positive side—like how the developnt team faced lots of challenges, even thought about giving up at tis, but in the end pushed through and delivered a passionate, high-quality ga to players.
Honestly, if Lucas didn't know it was all fluff, even he might've been moved reading it.
GaSpace, as one of the top gaming dia outlets in the country, still had a lot of influence among players.
At least in terms of traffic, that was true.
Once the article went live, tons of player comnts started pouring in.
"So that's where Lucas's 'warrior of love' title ca from!"
"Why does it still feel like a load of sweet talk?"
"Sa here. I feel like that editor totally got played by Lucas."
"If we're talking about Undertale and To the Moon, then sure, he's totally earned the title. But Outlast though… LOL!"
"I still think Lucas's explanation of Outlast was just him ssing with us!"
"The thing is, it actually sounded pretty convincing!"
"Forget whether Lucas is just trolling or not—aren't you curious about the new ga he ntioned?"
"Yeah, he said it's called Overcooked. Is it so kind of cooking ga?"
"Who knows? You can't guess what a ga's about just from the na. I an, look at Mirror—did the na make you expect sothing that crazy?"
"Say no more. I still think Mirror is the ultimate gentlen's ga. Nothing has topped it yet. I've seen too much—it's starting to ss with ."
"Well, what can you do? Lucas just keeps doing better and better in ga developnt."
After the article ca out, it did let more players know about Lucas, but it didn't cause much of a stir.
Even though it ntioned Overcooked, there wasn't much info besides the title.
And Lucas wasn't exactly a big na yet—he wasn't at the point where players would go nuts over every new thing he did.
Plus, with the New Year approaching, all kinds of gas—big and small—were being promoted by different studios.
In this kind of situation, outside of Lucas's hardcore fans, most casual players didn't really care about Overcooked.
Lucas didn't mind that at all.
Overcooked hadn't even been officially announced yet.
In terms of cost, it was only about one-third the cost of Outlast.
Of course, that's not counting server-related expenses—which weren't just for Overcooked, but also for the Nebula Gas platform overall.
So for Lucas, two months was enough ti.
With a clear and experienced view of Overcooked, Lucas already knew what its core strengths and weaknesses were.
So developnt was moving really fast.
Compared to the early version that only had one or two simple thes and was filled with free engine assets, the current version of Overcooked was much more complete.
And unlike Outlast, this ti Lucas even made a proper ga trailer for Overcooked.
He wasn't just relying on his own blog for promotion like before.
After all, Overcooked was ant to be Nebula Gas' first real push into the player market.
It had a very different aning for the company.
...
As ti passed and New Year's Eve approached, the country entered its yearly travel frenzy: Chunyun.
At Nebula Gas, the team started their holiday break too.
But so employees chose to stay.
That's because Overcooked was set to launch on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and it was tied to the Nebula Gas platform and community features.
So they needed people to stay behind in case sothing unexpected happened.
Of course, Lucas wasn't stingy at all when it ca to overti pay.
anwhile, on ga forums and communities all over the internet...
Players were talking about what gas they'd play over the holiday.
"Feels like there aren't any good new gas coming out this New Year."
"Yeah, nothing really exciting when I checked."
"Era of Gods by Tenghua Gas looks kind of decent."
"True, and NetDragon's big title Demon God sounds promising too!"
"I an, yeah, they sound good—but both are VR gas. And the VR arcade in my small hotown is closed during the holidays."
"Aren't entertainnt places usually open during the New Year?"
"Well, mine isn't. What am I supposed to do?"
"This kind of VR ga is only fun when you have ti to really play it. There's not much ti during the holidays. I'd better check if there are any good PC gas."
"Looks like there are quite a few PC gas being released too."
"Check out Lucas's official page! He released a new ga, and it looks like a couples' ga."
"I saw it! It feels so heartwarming! Perfect for playing with your girlfriend. Did Lucas actually beco a warrior of love this ti?"
"Overcooked, right? So it really is a cooking ga! Cooking with your girlfriend?"
"A couples' ga? Bro, I'm single—why are you even telling this?"
"Co on, man. Even single guys need dreams. And you don't have to play with your girlfriend—you can play with your bros too!"
"Exactly. Plus, Nebula Gas is doing a New Year's deal: buy one, get one free!"
During the Spring Festival, ga companies pulled out all the stops with their titles.
The ones that grabbed the most attention were, of course, the two big gas from Tenghua and NetDragon.
These two are giants in the local ga industry and longti rivals—competing in both platforms and gas.
Their big releases dropping during the holidays definitely drew a ton of eyes.
But both companies went with major VR titles this year, and didn't do much on the PC side.
And in the PC ga space, the trailer for Overcooked started spreading across major ga dia outlets and on Lucas's official page,
catching the attention of a lot of players.
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