nucmednet Chapter 126: Redeeming "A Trip for Two"
Chapter 126: Redeeming "A Trip for Two"
Hangzhou, Xingka.
After the international version of Escape from Chickenkov was launched, Chen Dong did not show much attention to the game's international success. Apart from showing up at the fourth product development department to praise the employees for their hard work and contributions, he locked himself in his office.
It's not for any other reason than to be able to focus on writing and try to finish the story of "Two People on a Journey" in the next two days.
In this way, most of the employees in Product Development Department 4 can directly engage in the production and development of "Double Team" after returning from their vacation.
As for matters related to participating in the GJA (Golden Joystick Awards), Chen Dong entrusted Yin Qingying with full responsibility.
This includes developing operational and promotional activities for "Escape from Chickenkov," increasing the game's visibility, and boosting the number of positive player reviews.
Compared to the TGA awards, which are judged by a panel of judges, the GJA awards are decided by a global vote of players, who select the winning game.
In other words, the judging criteria for the GJA Awards are almost entirely based on which game is more popular with players worldwide.
Therefore, the GJA awards can also be called the Player Popularity Awards.
Aside from selecting the nominated games, the GJA Awards judging panel will not interfere with the final winners.
Compared to the TGA awards, the GJA awards are significantly more objective and fair, at least reflecting the opinions of the majority of players worldwide.
Of course, China is the world's largest gaming market, with about 30% of the world's gamers.
Generally speaking, games made in China only need to be nominated for the GJA Awards to have a high chance of winning.
Unless this game experiences a disastrous operational incident in China and loses the support of domestic players.
Therefore, it is significantly easier for Escape from Chickenkov to win a GJA award compared to the difficulty for Terraria to win a TGA award.
After all, the hundreds of millions of players in China are the strongest support for Star Card.
"Mr. Chen, the GJA Awards selection process will be in a little over a month. That means the GJA Awards judging panel will have less than two weeks to choose this year's nominated games."
Yin Qingying pushed open the door and walked slowly to Chen Dong's desk.
As she spoke, her long, black hair still danced behind her.
Chen Dong didn't look up, his eyes still glued to the computer screen in front of him, his brows furrowed, as if he was troubled by writer's block.
"Escape from Chickenkov has already garnered considerable support in China, so the focus of future promotion should shift to overseas markets."
You can discuss with Xiao Jiang how to shoot a promotional video, or you can find some foreign live streamers to collaborate with, or design some kind of event.
However, one thing to note is that any activities involving benefits must not be limited to foreign players; the gaming experience for domestic players must be prioritized!
As a Chinese game developer, Starcard naturally cannot forget the domestic market when it comes to any welfare-related activities.
Otherwise, if domestic players perceive it as a traitor who blindly worships foreign things, then Starcard will not only be instantly destroyed, but its accumulated reputation will also collapse in an instant.
Yin Qingying nodded upon hearing this, her neat bangs covering her forehead and swaying slightly with her movements.
"I will report to you as soon as possible on the subsequent operation and promotion of the game Escape from Chickenkov."
Chen Dong didn't look up, but a smile appeared on his lips as he casually said, "You're the manager of Star Card. You can make your own decisions on minor matters. You don't need to report everything."
Chen Dong placed considerable trust in Yin Qingying, the general manager of Xingka.
Seeing this, Yin Qingying said nothing more and quietly left Chen Dong's office.
Although it wasn't too cold in Hangzhou in October, Yin Qingying took off her red high heels and put on socks and flat shoes.
Before Yin Qingying came in, Chen Dong was focused on writing. After Yin Qingying left, Chen Dong continued to focus on writing until evening before he stopped.
Looking at the day's output on the computer screen—ten chapters and 20,000 words in total—Chen Dong cracked his wrists hard, reminiscing about the familiar soreness in his wrists, back, shoulders, and neck.
Chen Dong did not treat the 20,000 words he had painstakingly written today as a draft, but planned to publish them all at once tomorrow.
However, before that, Chen Dong posted a writer's note at the end of the latest chapter.
"Dear readers, in order to get your monthly votes, the author plans to release ten chapters in one go tomorrow. I hope that after you've had your fill, you can give me a monthly vote."
The author pressed the Enter key forcefully and published the message immediately.
Next, Chen Dong opened the backend data interface and began to check the data of the novel in his hand.
More than a month after its release, the average subscriptions have reached 4000+ and are still climbing, soon approaching the 5000 mark. There are also around 2000 follow-up subscriptions and more than 3000 readers following the story. The data looks very healthy, like a scene of vibrant life and thriving development.
This novel can be considered Chen Dong's best work to date.
In this life, however, Chen Dong no longer needs to rely on the hard-earned money from writing novels to make a living.
After setting the timer for publishing the chapter he had written that day, Chen Dong picked up his jacket from the back of his chair, got up, and left the office.
……
Early the next morning.
As soon as Chen Dong opened his eyes in bed, he immediately opened the system panel.
[Game Novel Master System]
[Host: Chen Dong]
[Linked to novel: "We Promised to Develop a Match-3 Game, But What's with Titanfall?"]
[Games featured in the novel: Devil Roulette, Vampire Survivor, Terraria, Escape from Chickenkov, Black Myth: Wukong, and Two-Person Journey]
[Redemption Requirements: Achieve 5000 average daily subscriptions for the novel within one week!]
[Redeemable Game: Two People Traveling Together]
[Games redeemed: Devil Roulette, Vampire Survivor, Terraria, Escape from Chickenkov, Black Myth: Wukong]
Before Chen Dong could react to the redemption conditions for "Two People Traveling Together", he saw that "Two People Traveling Together" appeared in the list of redeemable games.
"What the hell? This mission from the system is way too easy!"
Chen Dong scratched his messy hair, still a little dazed.
Chen Dong didn't fully wake up until he chose to redeem the game and the familiar black USB drive appeared on his bedside table.
Chen Dong reached out and picked up the black USB drive that had appeared on the bedside table.
The familiar texture convinced him that this was the USB drive provided by the system, and that it contained information about the game "Two People Go Together".
"Does this mean that the redemption tasks provided by the system are not only affected by special key nodes, but also that their difficulty does not increase steadily in a fixed manner?"
Chen Dong looked at the USB drive in his hand and gave it a strange look.