Under the night sky, Jiangning City’s sky was completely dark, with no stars in sight.
Actually, you could see them before.
About four or five years ago, when Chen Ba just got into Jiangning University, the night sky was very beautiful, with many stars and a gorgeous galaxy...
In these few years, who knows if it’s due to city light pollution or so other reason, but anyway, there are fewer and fewer stars at night.
Strolling along the way ho, Chen Ba took out his phone to check his WeChat ssages.
Good news, Kun Kun made it ho!
Bad news, Kun Kun reeked of alcohol and his mom scolded him again, she even arranged a blind date with a nurse working at the city hospital for him tomorrow.
"Mont of silence!"
After expressing sympathy for his good friend’s predicant, Chen Ba shook his head, then looked at the ga’s real-ti sales data.
Very good, it broke 50,000 copies!
However, the sales curve of "Cold Window Study Simulator" has shown signs of weakness since breaking 50,000 copies.
"Not bad, it should sell about 150,000 copies in its entire lifecycle..."
As Chen Ba’s first ga creation, he was already quite satisfied with this sales performance.
After all, the input-output ratio was disproportionate. Compared to what he invested, the return from this ga was enormous, it’s not an exaggeration to say he beca an overnight millionaire.
"God of Gods, despite the abstract and rough ga graphics, the story is quite touching, highly recomnded!"
"Qian Duoduo fan checking in here..."
"Saw it in a video, and ’Cow Herding Simulator’ lives up to its na! Check out my ga ti, I’ve beco completely obsessed with that damn old cow of mine!"
"Bought for my kid, they love it, even sensitive skin can use it, the seller’s service is very attentive, will buy again next ti..."
"After a day of 996, I co ho to play the ga, herding cows, cutting pigweed, and harvesting corn... such a fulfilling and beautiful day!"
"I’m such a fool, I actually spent money just to spend a cyber day with cows! ’1047 people found this review hilarious’"
The ga’s popularity continues to rise, with many new player reviews in the comnt section, turning the previously quiet ga community lively.
Of course, all of this was within Chen Ba’s expectations.
What really surprised him was, that soone in the community was asking if there were any fanworks about the "Protagonist X Old Cow"? Novels or comics, they needed it urgently!
Huh?
Chen Ba exclaid, "good lord."
He knew that humans’ preferences are free, but this was a bit too free, right? Even the old cow can be stimulated, what kind of people are these?
Shaking his head, Chen Ba put away his phone and walked into the Shuxiang iyuan District where he rented an apartnt.
After taking a shower, he turned on his computer to address and adjust so issues players reported.
First was the abnormal Physical Strength issue.
So players discovered their Physical Strength didn’t recover after a night’s sleep, instead, they fell into a "weakened" state, which they considered a bug and reported to the developer.
After investigating, Chen Ba found out that this player had probably encountered the "random illness" event for the first ti, so he patiently explained.
In the ga, due to the player’s "weak and sickly" Special Physique, they would randomly trigger various illness events. If unlucky, they might even randomly contract an incurable disease and be taken away in one fell swoop.
The players who reported this bug were mostly encountering this for the first ti, so they seed a bit at a loss.
After answering various questions from the players, he began editing the content for the ga’s second update.
There weren’t many random events built into "Cold Window Study Simulator", and many players reported frequently encountering repetitive events in the ga.
This needed to be changed.
Primarily, add so new random events, minimizing event repetition as much as possible to prevent players from feeling bored.
Receiving love letters, paying protection fees to bullies, being mocked by classmates, ho visits, misunderstandings...
More than ten new random events were quickly written within the frawork set by the system.
"Whew! Finally done."
Stretching with a yawn and rubbing his sore neck from sitting too long, Chen Ba pushed the update package to the platform server.
If there’s no surprise, this should be the last major content update for "Cold Window Study Simulator".
After this, Chen Ba would no longer make any content patches for this ga, instead focusing all his energy on developing his next ga.
But before that...
Staring at the "Revenue Sharing Settlent" page displayed on the backend, Chen Ba decided he should first register a ga studio.
Previously, he was an independent ga developer because he had no money, couldn’t hire staff, and had to do everything himself.
With the success of "Cold Window Study Simulator", his share of the inco should at least be in the millions.
Though it might not seem like much money, not enough to buy a decent house, being frugal, it’s definitely enough to hire staff and set up a small studio.
What na should he give the studio?
Furrowing his brow in deep thought, Chen Ba finally decided to na it "Tianba Ga".
Tianba is from an ultimate move of a character in a MOBA ga he often played, which he found exceedingly cool the first ti he saw it.
What? Too cheesy?
What’s wrong with a man being a little cheesy?
And all those famous ga studios, which of their nas aren’t cheesy or absurd? Things like Zulong, Maniac, Thunder, Linglong Sky... you just got used to hearing them, so they don’t sound strange anymore.
Besides, naming a studio after the founder is quite common in the industry!
After settling on the studio’s na, Chen Ba found a decently-sized, well-renovated apartnt online and planned to rent it first.
Computers and such could wait.
Renting the apartnt has drained all of Chen Ba’s savings, buying equipnt would have to wait until the revenue share hit his account.
As for registration and handling related paperwork, he’d leave it to an agent later. They’re pros in that area, and although Chen Ba could save a lot of money by doing it himself, who knows how long it would take?
The most important thing at the mont was recruitnt.
At the initial stage of Tianba Ga Studio, constrained by funds and office space, Chen Ba didn’t plan to hire too many people, aiming to keep it within five persons if possible.
Even though that was a bit few, with the help of the system, it’s definitely enough.
"Then let’s hire four people!"
Recalling a senior that Wang Kun recomnded to him before, since he’s a programr, counting Chen Ba himself, they still need a competent artist, a planner, and a versatile backup candidate.
After determining staffing needs and basic salary offers, Chen Ba sent the job posting to a local WeChat public account.
With such a recruitnt ad, posted on professional forums probably wouldn’t get much response. After all, who would join a newly established small studio unsure of its survivability if they had other options?
Therefore, when recruiting initially, Chen Ba didn’t expect to find any big nas, just soone competent who could help take on so of the work would suffice.
Having too much expertise, or if a top-notch person indeed applied, with Chen Ba’s current funds, he couldn’t afford them...
To be honest, it’s a bit embarrassing.
Chen Ba’s approximate million-dollar savings was probably not as much as their half-year salary and bonuses. Given what he had at ho, he really didn’t have a better option.
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