Soon, it wasn't just Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, many other mobile card game companies caught wind of the news.
After all, Chen Mo never intended to keep it a secret, and there was no way to keep it a secret anyway. His card art was done by a professional art outsourcing company, how could he guarantee that the news wouldn't leak out?
Once the news got out, it would quickly spread throughout the mobile game industry. Chen Mo returning to making mobile games wasn't good news for all mobile card game designers.
In fact, while Chen Mo was away from the mobile game industry, the other mobile card game designers were living quite comfortably.
Strictly speaking, it was very comfortable.
Because at the moment, the mobile card games in this world were in a "everyone wins if there's money" state, unlike other games where you have to fight to the death.
Like RPGs and MOBAs, the competitors were as incompatible as fire and water. One more player meant one less player, one less player.
But mobile card games were different, especially in the early stages of the market. The mobile card game market was too big, so big that no one company could monopolize it. Instead, it was a strange and peaceful scene.
Because the playstyles of these mobile card games were too similar, and the designers didn't have the guts to change the core playstyle, they could only use IP to split the playerbase.
You make a Japanese manga, I make a popular novel, everyone's doing their own thing, not affecting the other.
It didn't matter if there was an occasional clash, as long as they went online at different times.
Wouldn't it be great if they made money together?
It was basically an unspoken rule. It wasn't that the game companies didn't want to monopolize the entire mobile card game market, but they couldn't. There was no such thing as a dominating mobile card game.
If they wanted to achieve this goal, they would have to make sure that the playstyle of the game was far ahead of other games of the same time period, as well as having a huge IP that covered the largest playerbase.
Out of all the mobile card games out there, only Demon Slayers could do the latter. There weren't any games that could do both.
However, Chen Mo's return had muddied the waters.
Many designers were discussing it in private.
"Did you hear? Chen Mo is making a mobile card game!"
"What? He's making a sequel to I Am MT? That's not possible. There isn't much popularity left in the animation industry. How could there be so many die-hard fans buying into it? "
"No, I heard that it's a Japanese theme, but I don't know the specifics."
"What the hell? This thing has an IP?"
"No!"
"Nothing much!"
"How would I know? Who can guess Chen Mo's thoughts? "
"I feel like something bad is going to happen."
"That's right, Chen Mo is doing so well on PC games. Now that he's coming back to mobile games, he's basically saying 'I'm going to f * ck you all up'!"
"Then what should we do?"
"Let's look! What else could he do? Moreover, if the sky falls down, the tallest person will be the one to hold it up. The one that will be affected the most will be Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's Demon Slayers 2. "
"Let's see how Emperor Dynasty Entertainment reacts."
…
Qiu Bin told Lin Chaoxu about Chen Mo making a mobile card game.
After a brief consideration, Lin Chaoxu quickly made a decision.
Promote Demon Slayers 2 immediately! Go online as fast as you can!
Lin Chaoxu wasn't as hesitant as Qiu Bin as he knew what this meant.
This meant that once Chen Mo was ready, the game would be a huge hit when it was released. It wouldn't be good for Emperor Dynasty Entertainment at that time!
As the saying goes, it's better to strike first. Releasing Demon Slayers 2 would gather a group of players and spread the game's influence. That way, they would be able to make enough money before Chen Mo's new game was released.
Even if Chen Mo's new game was a huge hit, the impact it would have on Demon Slayers 2 would be lessened.
After Lin Chaoxu made his decision, Demon Slayers 2's progress was sped up.
Arranging for promotions, testing, feedback, feature changes … Qiu Bin was also busy trying to get Demon Slayers 2 ready for release in the shortest amount of time possible!
It didn't take long before Emperor Dynasty Entertainment started advertising everywhere. It was on various video sites, gaming sites, forums, advertising spots …
Many video game media also started promoting the game.
Demon Slayers sequel, Demon Slayers 2 is about to be released!
A phenomenal mobile game based on a popular web novel!
National Mobile Card Game: Demon Slayers' Path to the King
Will Demon Slayers 2 be able to break the monthly income limit for mobile card games?
The first mobile card game sequel in China is about to be released!
After all, Demon Slayers Apocalypse was doing well, so it wasn't too much of a stretch to brag about it.
There were all sorts of reactions, but most of them were looking forward to it. Demon Slayers was a successful card game after all, and had a strong player base.
Most people in the mobile game industry knew that Emperor Dynasty Entertainment was trying to make money before Chen Mo's new game was released, to prevent Chen Mo's new game from affecting Demon Slayers 2's popularity.
Only Chen Mo had the power to force Emperor Dynasty Entertainment to back off!
…
Onmyoji was also progressing quickly on Chen Mo's end.
The sketches for the Spirit-branded Retainers, the models, and the concept art were constantly being produced. The story was also being worked on. The battle system, numerical structure, and gameplay were also being planned in an orderly manner.
Onmyoji didn't require a lot of work. In Chen Mo's previous life, Onmyoji only had a team of nine people, including the programmers.
It was fine for Zheng Hongxi and Qian Kun as mobile card games were quite mature, and they could always ask Chen Mo if they had any questions.
Su Jinyu was the one who had the most difficulty, as this was a game that relied heavily on art. She was in charge of the art style of the game, which made her incredibly busy.
Chen Mo was also very busy. He had to handle everything himself. He had to come up with the sketches for each Spirit-branded Retainers, the outline of the story, and he also had to oversee the design of the system. If he didn't have the Super Accelerator, he really wouldn't be able to handle everything.
In fact, Chen Mo was already quite tired when he was working on Warcraft. He was busier than he was now, but he was very passionate and motivated back then. Chen Mo didn't feel tired at all in order to make a game that would go down in the history of video games.
But Chen Mo felt tired when he was working on Onmyoji, mainly because the playstyle was similar to I Am MT. Chen Mo wasn't as passionate about it.
"I'm going to hire like crazy after this game, I can't go on like this."
Chen Mo wanted to keep a small team, as communication would be less efficient with more people, and a lot of things would be inconvenient. But it seemed like he had to hire more people, as he couldn't do everything himself in the future.
…
Zheng Hongxi happened to see Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's promotion for Demon Slayers 2 as he was busy.
It was fine if they were promoting Demon Slayers 2, but why did they vaguely step on I Am MT?
Qian Kun said with righteous indignation, "Manager, look at what the gaming media is writing! Demon Slayers is the number one mobile card game in China? We can't take this lying down! "
Zheng Hongxi also said, "Yeah, isn't this a complete remake of I Am MT? Even pigs can fly as long as they have the right channels to promote it! "
"Yeah, it's not good to follow the manager!"
"… What's the attitude of the players on I Am MT's forums?"
Qian Kun replied, "What attitude can they have? Those that are still in I Am MT are all loyal fans, they can't even scold them anymore. There's so many players in Demon Slayers, there's no way they can win against them. "
Chen Mo said, "Don't worry, let them be. Onmyoji is progressing pretty quickly anyways, just focus on what you're doing. Our game will only be released a month and a half later than theirs, let them have their fun for a while."
Qian Kun was a bit hesitant, "But manager, there are so many players on Emperor Dynasty Gaming Platform, are you sure you're not going too far by giving them a thirty-nine meter head start …"
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