Some mathematical knowledge flashed through Chen Mo's mind and became part of his memory. Chen Mo could feel that his coding skills had improved by a tiny bit.
"That's not bad. Wouldn't my coding skills be maxed out after eating a hundred books? Not bad, eating a hundred books would only cost me a million RMB, not expensive at all … What the hell! That's daylight robbery! "
"Ten thousand RMB for a few stats, do you think I'm a fool?"
"Calm down, calm down."
"This amount of money isn't much. If I could make a popular game and make a million RMB a month, it would be enough for me to draw for a while."
Chen Mo comforted himself as he continued to click on the Lucky Draw button.
Click. Green.
Click. Green.
Click. Green.
…
Chen Mo wanted to curse out loud.
Four draws, four hundred thousand points, and four green video game designer skill books.
That's forty thousand RMB in cash!
He only had a hundred and ninety thousand points left, enough for one last draw.
Of course, there was a 'top-up' button next to the wheel. Chen Mo took a look and closed it after five seconds.
Cash for points was 1: 10, no discounts, not even a double first time top-up.
"You're still the worst, even Penguin can't beat you."
In order to make up for the remaining points, Chen Mo had to make up for another three thousand points, which was around three hundred RMB. However, Chen Mo couldn't even afford to eat right now, so he really didn't want to spend three hundred RMB.
"This is the last draw, so be it. I'll just give up on the video game design competition and design my own game next month. I'll still be able to get a D-grade video game designer."
Chen Mo clenched his teeth and chose to draw for the last time.
Although he said no, his body was quite honest. Chen Mo could feel his heart pounding and his hands shaking.
At this point, he more or less understood what the guys at Quit Gambling Bar were thinking. If he got another green book, he'd really have to go to the rooftop.
With a click, the spinning wheel stopped.
Purple zone! Special item!
Chen Mo jumped up. Sigh, there's always a way out!
A treasure chest appeared on the screen. Chen Mo tried tapping it with his finger, and the chest opened with a click, emitting a few rays of golden light.
Chen Mo took a closer look, "Special item: Super Focuser."
There was also a description of the item.
"Super Focuser: One-time use item. Duration: 10 minutes. After activation, it could focus the attention of 500 people in any direction. Once the focus is selected, it takes effect immediately and cannot be changed.]
Chen Mo scratched his head. He didn't really understand it, so he read the item description again.
I roughly understand, but this thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with games?
Chen Mo pinched his chin and thought for a long time. The only use he could think of was to use it in a video game design competition. He could use this time to draw the attention of the audience and judges to his game.
But … what would happen after it was focused?
The duration was only 10 minutes. Moreover, this would only draw attention to his game. It wouldn't change the way others viewed his game.
If the game wasn't fun and he forced others to play, it would have the opposite effect.
"Think again. There must be a way."
Chen Mo wasn't satisfied. It wasn't easy to get a purple item, but if he couldn't use it, wouldn't that be a joke?
Chen Mo needed a game like this.
It couldn't be too complicated.
The resources had to be within 6 meters.
The audience would fall in love with it after playing for around 10 minutes.
Even if they didn't fall in love, he had to at least leave a deep impression.
Only with a certain amount of hype could he hope to win the video game design competition.
"It seems like an impossible task, but it won't stump me. I've seen a lot of games in my previous life, what haven't I seen? "
"Alright, let's get to work!"
With a goal in mind, Chen Mo sat in front of his laptop and opened the game engine.
This was supposed to be an impossible task, but with the Super Focuser, this task had a slight possibility of being completed. Moreover, it was quite a big possibility.
Of course, before designing, Chen Mo ate the green skill books. There were three coding skill books and one level building skill book.
It wasn't much use, but it was better than nothing.
The game engine wasn't hard to use, Chen Mo only needed to familiarize himself with it to get started.
After downloading the remaining 6MB of resources, Chen Mo started writing the design document. Since the game wasn't big, the design document only took a few hundred words.
It was also very frugal in terms of resources, they were all free shared resources from the game engine, and could be used with a few tweaks.
The game itself was completed that night. The next day, Chen Mo made a simple connection to the internet and rankings, and that was it.
After finishing, Chen Mo tried it out, it felt pretty much the same as the original.
After creating the installation package, Chen Mo submitted the game to the officials of the video game design competition. Whether or not the game would be recognized would only be confirmed on the day of the competition.
…
On the day of the competition.
Chen Mo put on his only suit and arrived at the video game design competition on time.
August in the Imperial Capital was really hot, Chen Mo felt like an idiot in his suit. Luckily, the air conditioning was good, and it cooled down after a while.
With the guidance of the staff, the judges, contestants, and audience all took their seats in an orderly fashion. All that was left was to wait for the competition to begin.
There were quite a few people in the audience, at least six to seven hundred.
The video game design competition this time was of a small scale. Not only did they arrange for a live broadcast and recording, they even invited three experienced video game designers to be the judges.
As for the prizes, they were even more generous. The first place would receive three hundred thousand RMB in development funds, a D-grade video game designer license, and a personal experience store.
Not to mention the three hundred thousand RMB in development funds, that was real money. But what attracted the attention of the video game designers was the last prize, a personal experience store!
A video game experience store could be seen as a showcase for a video game designer's work. There were big and small experience stores, and for an SSS grade video game designer, their experience store could be an entire building, or even a place of "pilgrimage" for the players.
In terms of layout, the experience store was similar to an internet cafe, but with different functions.
The experience store wasn't for profit, but as a studio for the video game designer, and as a platform to interact with the players.
When the players came to the experience store, they could talk to the video game designer face to face, give feedback, or try out the latest game from the video game designer. Once the video game designer felt like it was done, they would release it and start operating.
Of course, if it was just for testing, the video game designer could release a closed beta online and invite the players to try it out. However, the video game designers of this world preferred the experience store format, as the players in the experience store were all real people, and interacting with them face-to-face would give them more inspiration.
Therefore, the experience store slowly became a symbol of a video game designer's identity. If a video game designer didn't have their own experience store, they would be looked down upon.
Chen Mo also knew how precious an experience store was. If he were to open one himself, just the rent alone would cost a lot, not to mention the various equipment needed. Chen Mo couldn't afford it at this point.
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