Chapter 52
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Chapter 52: My World
Hearing this, Ye Youran abruptly sat up from the sofa.
“A new game?”
With a serious expression, Ye Youran approached Ye Xiao, reaching out to feel her forehead.
Hmm, the temperature’s normal, no fever.
So, where’s the problem? Could it be that receiving 5 million in support has made her so excited she’s hallucinating?
Is making a game really that easy?
Yesterday, everyone was still stressing over the funding for “Phantom Beast Palu”, and today, Ye Xiao, you’re telling me your game is ready?
This has to be a joke, right?
After Ye Youran and Shen Yunchu repeatedly confirmed that Ye Xiao was perfectly normal and not experiencing hallucinations, they finally agreed to join her.
When Ye Xiao opened the game interface for Shen Yunchu and Ye Youran, they exchanged puzzled glances.
Where’s the tutorial? The gameplay instructions? A pixelated little character, ragged and empty-handed, stood on a vast expanse of pixelated land filled with trees and forests.
“Xiao Xiao, maybe we should take you to the hospital…”
Ye Youran’s face didn’t look good, and she spoke with deep concern.
This thing? Calling it a game almost felt like an overstatement to Ye Youran.
What even is this blank slate supposed to be? How are we supposed to play it? This is way too much.
“No, no, you’re really not getting it, sister. This game is groundbreaking! It’s a survival-crafting, open-world game where you can do anything you want!”
“Alright… So how do you actually play it?”
“Want to get rich? Start by punching trees!”
Supposedly, it was Shen Yunchu and Ye Youran testing the game, but in the end, Ye Xiao had to demonstrate it to them.
“Does this game have any storyline?”
Ye Xiao shook her head.
“Then does it have a goal?”
Ye Xiao shook her head again.
“If it has nothing, then what’s supposed to attract players?”
“Freedom, of course! This game’s unique feature is that there are no constraints or limitations, players can do whatever they want in the game.”
The two girls raised their eyebrows. They felt somehow out of sync with Ye Xiao.
This thing gave them one impression: boring…
Of course, it wasn’t really Ye Youran and Shen Yunchu’s fault.
Even Cryptkeeper, a member of the Hypixel team, initially said of Minecraft: “I watched my brother play this game and thought it was so dumb. Just a pixel character wandering around — I’d never play a game like that.”
“Sigh…”
Ye Xiao sighed. For people who can’t grasp the charm of “Minecraft”, no amount of words will convince them to try it.
Just like Shen Yunchu and Ye Youran, to them, this was simply too boring.
“Alright, for you small fry sisters with poor game appreciation, this game is indeed too advanced. Small Fry will be small fry, you just don’t get the beauty of pixel blocks! Small Fry~ small fry~”
[Ding, Host’s anger level has reached 20%, earning 2 strategy points!]
Ye Xiao was speechless. How did she gain strategy points just by getting mad at herself?
Neither Shen Yunchu nor Ye Youran got angry, though, as they felt Ye Xiao had a point, they just couldn’t see the appeal of this game.
“So, this game you made in less than half a day — how much did it cost to develop?”
Ye Xiao thought for a moment and replied, “not counting the server rental, it’s less than $200,000. In short, altogether, it cost $300,000!”
$300,000 for this? Ye Youran was momentarily speechless, unsure how to react.
“Hmph, you short-sighted small fry, just wait and see!”
In a fit of anger, Ye Xiao clicked the release button.
This version of Minecraft, assembled by Ye Xiao through random online resources, was uploaded for review.
She set the game’s price at 88 yuan, 1 yuan less than the 89 yuan of the Java version of Minecraft in her past life.
Once it passed review, her alternate world version of Minecraft, named My World, would be officially listed on the Game China official platform.
The process generally takes anywhere from a few hours to 1 or 3 days.
The platform uses an automatic recommendation algorithm, new games are recommended based on data trends, and unless there’s evidence of deliberate ranking manipulation, the management doesn’t interfere.
The game’s tagline was simple, directly lifted from the old Minecraft: “Create freely, starting from one block.”
Ye Xiao was brimming with confidence.
“Sigh…”
Watching the game release, Ye Youran couldn’t help but sigh. But now that it was done, what else could Ye Xiao do if not release it?
“Should we arrange some promotional efforts?”
Shen Yunchu tentatively suggested.
Though she didn’t know much about games, she understood that a product usually has promotional efforts surrounding its release.
For example, she had bought her phone after seeing its launch event.
“Of course, we need promotion! Otherwise, are we just relying on word of mouth?”
Without that, Yun Xiao’s Network would probably be forgotten, and only a few people would even know about My World, the game Ye Xiao crafted.
“Silly sister, of course I’ve thought of that already!”
Fight fire with fire!
If she wanted to beat Gu Tingyuan at his own game, she’d have to leverage his influence.
She’d subtly reveal this plan to Gu Tingyuan.
If he didn’t respond, then she’d approach a popular video platform influencer to promote it on her own.
But if Gu Tingyuan really had some thoughts or secrets, maybe she could save on promo costs — perhaps Gu Tingyuan, the chosen one, would promote the game for her.
Knowing him, all of Binhai City’s ad spaces could be covered in My World’s posters by tomorrow.
Ye Xiao was a woman of action. Once she decided, she called Su Ruoxue, briefly sharing her idea.
Su Ruoxue, who had been quietly investigating some things recently, readily agreed to help Ye Xiao.
That evening, Su Ruoxue subtly hinted to Gu Tingyuan that Ye Youran had returned and opened a network tech company called Yun-Xiao, with Ye Xiao as the registered owner.
After dinner, Gu Tingyuan left.
It had always been this way over the years, they were a married couple in name only, and Gu Tingyuan hadn’t even touched her once.
On their wedding night, he’d even pricked his own finger to fake the red stain.
At first, Su Ruoxue thought he was just busy with work. Other than not sharing a bed or showing physical affection, he seemed normal in every other way, as if they were genuinely a loving couple.
Su Ruoxue never knew what the issue was — whether he didn’t like her, or perhaps he couldn’t forget an old lover.
Ye Xiao’s arrival brought a spark into her monotonous life, giving her something to look forward to again.
In Su Ruoxue’s eyes, the one she pitied most was undoubtedly Gu’s mother, who had spent years yearning for a grandchild.
Little did she know that Gu Tingyuan had never shared a bed with her.