After the promotional video, there was also a demo video.
Compared to the promotional video, the demo video was much simpler. Yan Qi controlled the protagonist and used Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, and Soldier techniques to eliminate the demons in a small village by the borders.
Before entering the village, he first used Taoist pills and talismans to buff himself. Then, he set up an array to attract all the demons in the vicinity. With his rich pre-battle preparations, he easily defeated a large number of demons.
However, the state of the array and talismans could not be maintained for too long. More demons continued to appear.
The protagonist took a spear from his back and fought with the monsters using military techniques. From time to time, he would shoot arrows and hit the demons in the distance.
If the previous Taoist techniques were more focused on preparation, then it had become an action game that required reaction and control. The protagonist used all the weapons he could get to fight the demons while killing his way to the core of the village.
Then, the protagonist encountered stronger and stronger demons. Some of the demons were wrapped in layers of resentment and could not be hurt by ordinary swords. Therefore, the Buddhist light on the protagonist's body shone brightly, and his skin turned pale gold. The blazing Buddhist light melted the dark demonic aura like ice under the scorching sun.
Finally, when facing a powerful baleful ghost, the protagonist activated the Confucian School's Object Judgment. He saw that the baleful ghost's weakness was the crimson horns on its head and back. After dodging the baleful ghost's attack, he slashed off the baleful ghost's horn with his sword!
Then, other scenes appeared, such as a battlefield littered with corpses, a temple burning in flames, a border town that vowed to resist to the death, the Yellow Springs Road between the Yin and Yang Realms, and so on.
However, these scenes only flashed by. He did not spend as much time describing them as before. It was just a demonstration of the scenes.
This demo video was a real-life battle in the game. The four fighting styles of Taoist techniques, Buddhist techniques, military techniques, and Confucian techniques, including the use of various weapons, various moves, and movements were displayed vividly.
As a veteran action game player, Yan Qi played it several times before he achieved the most satisfactory result.
However, he did not display all the most exciting content in the game. He only chose some moves that could highlight the characteristics of the four genres. After all, the deeper combat system, more battle scenes and monsters, and more complicated game plots had to wait for the game to be released for the players to experience on their own.
The promotional video and the demo video were enough for the players to understand the game's content. Based on the feedback from the players, they could guess what the game would be like after it was released.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the development was completed successfully and the content that they wanted to do was completed. They couldn't take out a half-finished product to fool the players.
"It's clearly different from action games like Repent and be Saved and Eternal Fallen Samsara. Even if it's unique, I don't know if gamers will like it." Yan Qi was a little uneasy.
He had also opened the promotional video on Aili Island's website. However, the video had just been released, so it was not very popular yet.
Yan Qi did not mind. He prepared to continue playing the game's DEMO and look for bugs. He would come back later.
This time, he and Morning Dew Gaming Platform did not invest too many resources in publicity. They only created a few basic recommendation columns because they wanted to see gamers' real feedback.
If gamers found out about Mili's video and liked it, it would naturally spread quickly and become very popular. That would prove that Mili was on the right track.
If they invested a lot of resources in publicity now, the real popularity and fake popularity might be mixed together. That would make it difficult to determine Mili's real popularity. Naturally, it would not be easy to find its problems.
After another hour or so, Yan Qi submitted two bugs.
He had no choice. It was the weekend. The efficiency of finding bugs was too low.
Yan Qi did not pay much attention to it. He continued reading the comments section of Mili's video.
"Logically speaking, there should be some popularity. After all, I bought some basic recommendation columns. What's more, I used Morning Dew Gaming Platform's official account to post it. There should be some traffic, right?"
"Eh? There is indeed traffic, but something doesn't feel right. "
"Why is there so much popularity?"
Yan Qi was shocked when he saw the popularity of the video and the discussions.
It had only been posted for slightly more than an hour, and Mili's video was already at the top of the gaming channel's ranking list. Based on this trend, it was only a matter of time before it made it to the front page!
Not only that, but Yan Qi realized that the keyword # Mili # was also trending on Aili Island's website and Weibo!
That was ridiculous!
Moreover, he took a closer look and realized that the keyword # Mili # on Weibo's trending list seemed to have been bought …
That was because the keyword was fifth on the trending list. Previously, this spot was occupied by celebrities.
Moreover, Mili's current popularity did not reach the level of trending list. Passersby might not know this, but Yan Qi knew it very well.
"What's going on? Did Morning Dew Gaming Platform buy me trending list?
"That's not possible. They didn't inform me about this. Moreover, they don't even work on weekends! "
Yan Qi could not figure it out.
He wanted to see Mili's natural popularity and confirm the gamers' first impression of the game. In the end, his plan was completely ruined!
Yan Qi hurriedly opened the comments section and various forums.
"Another domestically-produced triple-A game is coming out of nowhere?"
"This scene, this action, this combat system, it's not bad! I really want to play it. When will it be released? "
"It's going to be exclusive to Morning Dew Gaming Platform? Awesome! Morning Dew Gaming Platform finally had an exclusive Triple-A game that they could bring out! Congratulations! "
"I knew it. Only a domestically-produced game designer can grasp this kind of cultural heritage. The Chinese-style games made by those overseas games companies are completely unreliable!"
"I heard that this game is still in development, but it lacks development funds. They must be trying to use this video to raise funds."
"That's right. This team used to make mobile games. They definitely don't have enough funds to make a triple-A game of this scale! Where is the entrance to crowdfunding or pre-sales? I'll pre-order a copy first to contribute my meager effort to the development of domestically-produced games! "
"I don't think there's a pre-order. Perhaps the producer doesn't want to take the gamers' money."
"Why isn't there a company investing in such a good project?"
"Heh, it's not like you don't know what those domestic investment companies are like. Standalone games are like a sinkhole to them. Who would invest in them? Who would let their money go to waste? "
"Eh, it seems like a few investment companies are willing to invest in this game?"
"Aren't they from the 'Anti-Tengda Alliance'? F * ck, are they pretending? Are they investing in Mili? They're obviously investing in Mili to disgust Tengda! I don't believe that these people would be so kind! "
"That's right. I hope that the team of Mili won't take this money … if they're really short of money, they can pre-order it from the gamers. If they take money from such companies, they'll never have a day of peace!"
"These companies said that they won't interfere with the normal development of Mili. What's more, I think that this is a matter of actions and not intentions. If Mili can't achieve the best results because of a lack of funds, it would be a loss and regret. If these companies' investments can allow us to produce another outstanding domestically-produced game, why not? "
Yan Qi had to admit that Mili had become popular too quickly. It went from Aili Island's website to trending searches, and then to the various gaming forums. At a speed that Yan Qi had not expected, gamers were discussing the game enthusiastically.
However, Yan Qi felt that these discussions were a little strange. Something seemed wrong.
Why … did everyone seem to be focusing on the 'investment'?
Why did everyone assume that Mili was short of funds?
Logically speaking, after a normal gamer saw the promotional video and demo video, their first reaction would be to discuss the game's art style, combat system, plot, background, and so on. At the same time, they would say that they would buy all the games as soon as they were released.
They usually did not care about whether the game developer had enough funds.
That was normal. Why would gamers care about this? They were not shareholders of the developer. As long as the game was fun and they were happy to fork out money, that was enough.
What's more, Mili was not short of funds!
Yan Qi was very confused. Where did the news of a lack of funds come from? Why were there so many people discussing it?
Could it be …
Yan Qi strung together all the recent events and suddenly realized where the problem was.
The Anti-Tengda Alliance was trying to rope in companies everywhere. As far as Yan Qi knew, some gaming platforms had already been roped in.
Two days ago, Nie Yunsheng personally came to Jingzhou, wanting to invest in Yan Qi. However, Yan Qi rejected him.
After Mili's video was released, it suddenly became very popular on the internet. Two investment companies in the Anti-Tengda Alliance even expressed their willingness to invest in Mili.
All these things happened too coincidentally and too consecutively. Yan Qi was not stupid. Naturally, he connected the dots.
Obviously, the Anti-Tengda Alliance did not think of hiding it at all. After all, their goal was to stir up public opinion and get Yan Qi to accept the investment.
"Good fellow, I begged everyone to invest in the game before, but no one was willing to invest. Now that I don't want it anymore, they came knocking on my door and forced me to give them money?
"That's ridiculous!"
If Pei Qian had relied on these investment companies, the Mili project would not have even been born, much less to this extent.
However, many things were just that contradictory. These investment companies were all people who would not release their eagles until they saw the rabbit. It was impossible for them to send charcoal in snowy weather, but the icing on the cake was more urgent than the other.
Yan Qi did not know whether to laugh or cry. On one hand, the change in attitude of these investment companies was too obvious. Their faces were too ugly. On the other hand, the Mili project really did not lack money!
He had already made it so clear to Nie Yunsheng. Why did they still not believe him?
"Forget it, forget it. I'll make another announcement to clarify things.
"How many times do I have to say it before you believe that I really do not lack money?"
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