The next afternoon, Ruan Guangjian crawled out of his bed, still feeling a little giddy.
Thankfully, beer was the only thing he could drink – he would definitely sober up after a good night's sleep.
"Oh, right! The game!"
Ruan Guangjian recalled that the game should have gone through the vetting process by now!
Whipping out his phone, he searched for Ghost General on the official platform eagerly.
This batch of original arts was something that he and his dorm mates had worked on day and night, cherishing them as though they were his own children. Naturally, he hoped that the game would become popular.
By then, he would be able to claim the title of a concept designer.
Be it for jobs or investments in the future, the effects would definitely be great if he were to throw this batch of original arts out.
That was why even though he was outsourced as an artist, he was even more hardworking than Pei Qian!
"Sigh, our game has passed the vetting process! Hurry and download it! Search for Ghost General!"
Ruan Guangjian hollered as his buddies who had woken up whipped out their phones to download it.
Taking a closer look at the details of the game, Ruan Guangjian frowned.
Why was it so simple?!
It was especially so for the description to be saying that it didn't hurt or itch at all – it wasn't even thinking about it at all!
"This is just an ordinary card game?"
Could the creator of the game have a grudge against it?
Besides, other games would usually put some promotional images and posters on this page to make up for the cover.
In any case, the best art resources in the game were all placed on the details page just to lure gamers in.
As for whether the actual images in the game were different from the promotional images … that was fine as well. After all, a portion of the gamers who entered the game would be retained.
But for Ghost General, there wasn't a single image at all!
That was the reason why Ruan Guangjian found out that the game's cumulative downloads were still 0 – even Pei Qian hadn't downloaded it yet.
"Perhaps it's because the game has just passed the vetting process and hasn't had the time to promote it on a large scale … yes, that must be the case."
Ruan Guangjian consoled himself as he downloaded and entered the game.
The game cost 10 yuan and naturally, Ruan Guangjian forked it out without hesitation.
It was a rather primitive card game and the gameplay reminded Ruan Guangjian of the version of Qute Three Kingdoms half a year ago.
However, that wasn't too much of a bad thing.
Mobile games didn't require complicated systems and gameplay. In this era, more casual mobile games were popular.
Most players could accept two to three hours of entertainment a day, which would be spread throughout the day.
Therefore, most of the mobile card games in this period of time relied on challenging levels, wiping them out, using stamina and the number of challenges to control the player's gaming time.
Playing too many fancy games was really an action with very low returns.
However, for a game like Qute Three Kingdoms that had been running for close to a year, there was another paradox.
Updating the gameplay was strenuous and unrewarding. The game seemed bloated, and the players thought that the game was too tiring.
However, if they didn't update the playstyle, the players would get bored of playing the same game all the time.
That was the reason why Qute Three Kingdoms would undergo an update every two to three months, adding new functions and cards. As a result, the entire game was getting more and more bloated – that was something that could not be helped.
However, as a new game, Ghost General did not have such a problem.
Even though it was using the old gameplay of Qute Three Kingdoms, it was still a classic gameplay that had been proven in the market and the players were more accepting of it.
As long as they changed their skin, they wouldn't get bored of it.
Furthermore, the basic gameplay of the game was simple and the players of card games were able to pick it up quickly without feeling tiring or overly tiring.
Before long, Ruan Guangjian drew some cards – they were all beginner-oriented basic cards.
He looked at the overall effect – it was pretty good!
When he was designing the concept art, Ruan Guangjian knew that it was meant for a card game. Therefore, he made some unique designs so that the characters on the cards would look more dynamic.
For example, Guan Yu's card. The dragon was in a state where it was about to slash at someone. Coupled with the swaying effect of the card, it looked especially cool.
The more Ruan Guangjian looked at it, the prouder he got.
There's no wonder it's me! To think that I could create such a perfect concept art!
Initially, Ruan Guangjian was worried that his concept art style would look odd or out of place in the game. But now, it seemed like there was no problem at all.
The integration of the cards wasn't weak and it gave the game a unique feel.
The combination of beautiful cards, decent interface effects and passable music and sound effects gave Ruan Guangjian a pretty decent gaming experience!
Having played other mobile card games before, Ruan Guangjian was able to pick it up quickly.
Perhaps it was because he was the one who drew the concept art for the game and he felt like his biological son, Ruan Guangjian was naturally more fond of the game.
After playing for a couple of minutes, they entered the card drawing segment as usual.
Most card games would have this segment in the early stages so that they could retain the players through a rare card.
Of course, in order to ensure the paywalls of the game, the card would usually be an ordinary purple card. While it might look good to newcomers, it wasn't that useful in reality and would be a common item in the later stages.
Naturally, Ruan Guangjian was well aware of that as well.
However, he was stunned after drawing 10 times.
He had drawn two orange cards?!
Ruan Guangjian was well aware of the value of the cards because it was clearly stated on the art form that a portion of the generals were rare!
The two generals that he had drawn were Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. Both of them were Rare generals. In fact, they were the rarest type in the game!
Ruan Guangjian was stunned.
His first reaction was that the game was probably still in the testing phase and the values were messed up, causing the chances of drawing a rare general to be higher.
But before long, the second ridiculous thing happened.
To Ruan Guangjian's shock, there was only a single item sold in the game's shop – a permanent membership card!
Players who didn't buy a membership card could only draw 10 times a day while players who bought one could draw 10 times a day twice.
Other than that, Ruan Guangjian didn't see any other products nor did he see anything like the Aristocrat System.
In other words, while the game did have in-game purchases, it only allowed players to spend 30 yuan. Not a single cent more could be spent or even recharged into the game!
"This … could it be that it's still in the testing phase and that's why it's not complete?"
"That's not right. This is already the version submitted to ESRO for approval!"
Ruan Guangjian felt that something wasn't right.
After submitting it to ESRO for approval, players would have to submit it again if they wanted to update the game or fix bugs.
Furthermore, there was a limit to the number of times they could submit it every month and it wouldn't be a waste of ESRO's staff's time.
Usually, the version submitted for approval would be the official version and there shouldn't be any bugs in the basic functions!
After all, after the approval, the game would be placed on the official store and displayed to the players. Some players would even pay for it.
In order to be responsible for the players, the developers shouldn't be changing the game's content too frequently and irresponsibly.
Ruan Guangjian was stunned.
Since it wasn't a low-level mistake, it must have been intentional!
He hadn't expected Ghost Sword to be such a conscientious mobile card game!
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