Pei Qian had already considered it. Since he was going to clash with Qute Three Kingdoms, he could only choose the Three Kingdoms theme.
However, the Three Kingdoms theme was a passable IP. While it wasn't too good, it wasn't too bad either.
The best way to make gamers hate the characters of the Three Kingdoms would be to revamp their traditional image entirely!
That way, gamers who loved the Three Kingdoms would naturally curse and quit the game in anger at the sight of such a messy revamp, dragging down the reputation of the game.
As for the revamp, Ma Yang would be the one to complete it.
Pei Qian had absolute trust in Ma Yang's capabilities. As long as Ma Yang was serious in his work, he would definitely fail!
Looking at the names of the characters, Ma Yang looked troubled.
He stretched his head down from the top bunk and whispered, "Brother Qian, I … I've only watched dramas of the Three Kingdoms. There are many people here that I can't match up with …"
Pei Qian could not help but feel delighted. Wasn't that perfect?
If you knew the characters of the Three Kingdoms like the back of your hand, I wouldn't have been able to hand this task to you!
"It's alright, I trust you. We're going to topple tradition to begin with. Feel free to use your imagination, the more the better! "
"Furthermore, you don't have to worry. As for the exact image, that would depend on the artist's design. All you're going to do is provide a direction."
"Just open up the design. After all, it's going to topple everything and no one will pick on common sense mistakes."
Pei Qian consoled him once more.
He did not wish for Ma Yang to give up and push the job back.
Finally, Ma Yang nodded his head. "Alright, I'll try my best."
Still worried, Pei Qian reminded, "Remember, you must topple it! The more ridiculous, the better! "
Ma Yang sat on the top bunk and scratched his head.
Even after 10 minutes, there was no progress.
Unable to hold it in any longer, he stuck his head out once more. "Brother Qian, should I go buy a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms first …?"
Pei Qian stopped him immediately. "No, definitely not! I've taken a liking to your creative spirit, understand? Right now, you're not affected by the traditional image of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and that's why you're able to topple it! "
"Don't think about his original image! Just use your imagination and revamp it as much as you can!"
Ma Yang sighed helplessly and retracted his head, continuing to scratch his ears and cheeks.
After a moment, he stretched his head out and asked, "Brother Qian, can I set Guan Yu as a dragon?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Alright!
After a while.
"Qian 'er, can I set Ma Chao as a centaur?"
"Alright!"
Another moment passed.
"Qian 'er, I'll set Zhou Cang as a dragon girl, Zhuge Liang as a great inventor, Huang Yueying as a mechanical puppet, Xu Chu as a tiger, Cao Pi as a tentacle monster, and Lu Meng as a dragon-slaying loli … Is that okay?"
Pei Qian slapped his thigh. "Alright! That's great! Old Ma, you're simply a genius, you know? Just continue on this path! "
At first, Ma Yang was filled with doubts about his own design. However, upon seeing Pei Qian's approval, his confidence was ignited.
Pei Qian was elated to see Ma Yang working so seriously.
I didn't find the wrong person!
Design Zhou Cang as a dragon girl, and Lu Meng as a dragon-slaying loli?
Look at this, what a genius of bullsh * t!
If Pei Qian were to think about it, he would definitely not be able to come up with something like this!
It sounded like a completely unreliable plan. If he were to find a cheaper artist to mess around with, would the original art of the game still be usable?
Imagine the players drawing Cao Pi and realizing that it was a tentacle monster.
If they drew Ma Chao as a centaur …
If they drew Lu Meng as the Governor as a dragon-slaying loli …
Wouldn't they be scolded to death by fans who loved the Three Kingdoms?
A certain famous international movie star had once said that dramas weren't nonsense and changes weren't made up.
Right now, this was just nonsense and making up. If this game were to be made up, it would definitely be despised by millions of people and would cause players who loved the Three Kingdoms to tear up!
Pei Qian's haze for the past few days was swept away as he felt his life brightening up once more!
Losing 300,000 and earning 300,000!
Pei Qian could feel that a beautiful life was waving at him!
While Ma Yang was filling up the form, Pei Qian went to the resource website to check on the artists.
ESRO's resource website had gathered a large amount of resources from the domestic games industry, including human resources.
Be it designers, artists or coders, all of them could offer their services to buyers on the resource website with a price tag.
Buyers could view the resume and works of these people on the resource website and if they were satisfied with them, they could discuss a collaboration.
For example, how many original arts of an artist to buy?
Pei Qian searched for artists who were skilled in original arts and eliminated them one by one.
All the famous tentacles were eliminated.
Elite artists with good reputations – All of them.
Pei Qian purposely searched for those newbie artists who were selling their original arts for 700 to 800 yuan each!
After searching for a while, Pei Qian realized that they weren't too far off from each other.
There was a threshold for the resource website and not just any art student could get certified.
ESRO's staff would conduct an audit and any newbie artist who could get certified would basically have a decent foundation in art as well.
After searching for a while, Pei Qian finally locked onto a newbie artist with few representative works.
This artist's representative works were all in the 2D cute style. There was no realistic style in his works.
That meant that he wasn't skilled in realistic styles!
As for the game that Pei Qian wanted to create, he wanted to create realistic original arts.
"He's the one!"
Pei Qian decided instantly.
Of course, Pei Qian couldn't possibly just find a single artist – he wanted way too many original arts.
Some card games would make their original arts as detailed as a poster. Even an experienced artist would have to toil for an entire week to complete it.
For example, the original arts that Pei Qian wanted was a card on his phone screen. While the level of detail could be lowered, if the artist was skilled enough and had to work hard, it would take around two days.
In other words, even if an artist worked his ass off for a month and disregarded quality, he could only produce around 15 original arts.
Of course, even if Pei Qian said that he wanted 200 original arts, it wasn't a completely different 200.
There were only 50 characters and 4 original arts for each of them with different star ratings.
For example, Zhuge Liang had changed from 1-star to 4-star only in terms of details and special effects – he didn't have to design everything from scratch.
Therefore, the 4 original arts for each character could be produced as a set.
Even so, Pei Qian estimated that he would have to find around 6 to 7 artists to ensure that everything was completed on time.
Pei Qian intended to discuss the price with an artist first before looking for others.
"Hi, our company is currently preparing a mobile card game and requires a batch of custom original arts. I would like to discuss the pricing and timeline with you. Please reply if you're interested."
Pei Qian left a message for the artist named Ruan Guangjian. After waiting for a few minutes, there was no reply – he should be offline.
Pei Qian wasn't in a hurry. After all, Ma Yang's request form would only be out tomorrow at the earliest.
Looking at the time, it was already night time. Pei Qian could feel his stomach growling.
"Old Ma, shall we go for dinner?"
Pei Qian got down from his bed and looked at Ma Yang who was on the upper bunk.
Ma Yang was still racking his brains while tapping on his keyboard. There were already huge paragraphs of text on the request form.
"… you don't have to be so serious. Come, let's go for dinner first," Pei Qian said.
Ma Yang was still immersed in his work. However, he was truly hungry as he got off his bed.
"Cafeteria?" Ma Yang asked.
Pei Qian shook his head and patted his chest. "No! Let's eat out today! My treat!"
10 minutes later.
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