novelraw Chapter 999 - 985: Inviting Lun Liang to Try the Game! (Part 1)
Chapter 999 - 985: Inviting Lun Liang to Try the Game! (Part 1)
Chapter 999: Chapter 985: Inviting Lun Liang to Try the Game! (Part 1)
After Pu Sangzhi agreed to help Huo Feng with the NPC character sketches for his game, the two of them were basically inseparable every night.
In order to draw good NPC illustrations, for the next few days, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng set their evenings in the library.
In the library, Pu Sangzhi could look through books on-site, view materials, and learn skills.
Of course, she also brought her laptop to use in the library.
The library, a great self-study haven, has no drawbacks other than being hard to book.
Moreover, starting this semester, many freshmen have abandoned their playful habits from last semester and picked up the motivation to study. Therefore, generally speaking, the library in the second semester is definitely more popular than the library in the first semester.
Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng spent several consecutive nights self-studying in the library.
Both were learning the knowledge they needed, maintaining their image of striving together.
Pu Sangzhi already had some drawing skills, so drawing wasn’t difficult for her.
When it comes to drawing game NPCs, it’s mostly about drawing comics.
Currently, Pu Sangzhi’s biggest challenge is learning the digital drawing software.
So, she not only has to learn a new drawing style but also learn digital drawing software, either Photoshop or Sai, both of which are commonly used software for digital illustrations.
For this reason, Pu Sangzhi even bought a graphic tablet online to use for drawing.
As Pu Sangzhi learned to draw, Huo Feng started writing code according to his framework.
Writing such a large amount of code for the first time was quite stressful for Huo Feng.
However, since he was writing in the library, he occasionally ran into problems he couldn’t solve and could ask Lun Liang face-to-face. It was a way of learning while coding.
This semester had just started, so Lun Liang didn’t have high academic expectations for Huo Feng.
Upon hearing that Huo Feng wanted to get into game development, Lun Liang was quite impressed.
After all, Huo Feng was only a freshman, whereas other classmates during their freshman year were mostly busy with clubs, organizations, student associations, and pursuing relationships.
But looking at Huo Feng...
Though he played around for a semester, his exam results were not ideal. However, he was quite keen on mastering computer programming.
Last semester, Lun Liang still remembered how he got bullied by Huo Feng multiple times. Software attacks against his computer and learning programming to compete with him...
Luckily, Lun Liang was patient enough to put up with it.
He thought Huo Feng had been scared off by losing to him multiple times last semester and wouldn’t play anymore. Little did he expect that Huo Feng’s real goal was to learn programming...
Once he learned it, he started his game development.
Setting academic performance aside, his intellect and ideas were quite impressive.
Tsinghua isn’t solely focused on nurturing bookworms; students with creative minds are generally favored by teachers.
So, even if Huo Feng ended last semester at the bottom of the class, Lun Liang still liked him as this semester began.
One night during self-study, Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi arrived early.
They happened to find open seats behind Lun Liang and quickly sat there.
Finally, during the library seat-grabbing activity at the start of this semester, they got seats they were quite satisfied with.
Being right behind Lun Liang meant Huo Feng could code comfortably that night.
Whenever an issue arose in the coding process, Huo Feng would immediately ask Lun Liang.
Lun Liang was busy with his paper, often without a clear direction.
Chatting with Huo Feng didn’t really disrupt him.
Later, when Lun Liang became completely stuck on his paper’s content, he took off his glasses, rubbed his dry eyes, and sighed.
"Old Liang, tired, huh."
Huo Feng heard Lun Liang’s sigh, stopped his work, and turned to him, "If you’re tired, take a break and come help me out over here."
Lun Liang didn’t refuse and turned towards him, glancing at Huo Feng’s laptop, "What’s the problem?"
Huo Feng chuckled, "It’s not a big problem. I’ve finished writing the first level task. Try it and see."
Lun Liang squinted his eyes, "You want me to play a game?"
Huo Feng nodded, then shook his head, "It’s not playing a game; it’s helping me test the program. If there are bugs or you feel nothing while playing, let me know."
Lun Liang sighed, "Whatever. I can’t get any writing done anyway."
Huo Feng immediately got up, vacating his spot, "Come on, Old Liang, try out your student’s game."
"Let’s be clear; I’ve never played games except Minesweeper. If I find it boring, it doesn’t represent the general opinion." Lun Liang sat at Huo Feng’s seat, put his glasses back on, and placed his right hand on the mouse.
The initial game interface and the first challenging task level had been completed by Huo Feng.
But writing them doesn’t mean the game is enjoyable; feedback, feelings, and difficulty still need testing.
That’s why Huo Feng got Lun Liang to try it.
As Lun Liang started the game, Pu Sangzhi also turned her focus there, as did Huo Feng behind him.
Logging into the game interface, choosing "Enter Game," is followed by character creation and gender selection.
Lun Liang promptly chose a male character, then a dialog box popped up asking Lun Liang to name his male character.
Without much thought, Lun Liang entered his name: [Lun Liang]
"Wow, Old Liang, you’re so straightforward. You actually used your real name!"
Huo Feng behind was clearly surprised by this move.
After all, most people playing games don’t use their real names, right?
Old Liang truly shows he’s not someone who plays online games!
Lun Liang nonchalantly said, "It’s just the test version, doesn’t matter."
So, after confirming Lun Liang’s identity, the game officially began.
Then followed by paragraphs of storyline introduction on the computer...
Introducing Lun Liang as a school loser who likes the goddess of the school.
To pursue the school goddess, he needs to simultaneously increase his favorability with her and his intelligence over three years to finally get into a prestigious school.
After that, Lun Liang selects his partner’s personality and the prestigious school for senior-high exams.
Lun Liang directly picked a ’passionate and lively’ type for the partner’s personality, and without question, selected ’Tsinghua University’ for the prestigious school.
Huo Feng behind couldn’t help but speak again: "Old Liang, I didn’t expect you to like passionate and lively girls!"
Lun Liang frowned and casually replied, "What does that have to do with you? Just mind your own business. And besides, why is there only text and no images? I have no idea what the girl looks like."
Huo Feng said, "The character illustrations haven’t been drawn yet; the artwork hasn’t kept up with progress."
Upon hearing this, Pu Sangzhi silently rolled her eyes at Huo Feng...
"Without pictures, it loses a lot of meaning."
Lun Liang sighed, "Otherwise, you could put some celebrity pictures for me to choose from."
Huo Feng said, "Old Liang, you could submit your wife’s picture, and I could sync it immediately."
Lun Liang shuddered, "Forget it, rather than pursuing her again in the game, I’d rather the game fail."
Huo Feng laughed out loud, feeling he heard some serious privacy.
Next, Lun Liang began to play the game—
The school loser represented by Lun Liang next had to pursue the school goddess.
The first scene was the beginning of high school, with phrases narrating the school loser falling for the school goddess, after which the story entered the prologue...
This was Lun Liang’s first time playing this type of story-based game, even though there wasn’t a single image, only text display...
But after getting seriously into the storyline, reading just the text, Lun Liang had quite the motivation for advancing through levels.
So, he continued to play step by step...
Following the plot, gradually reaching the first level’s monthly exam task...
After finishing the gameplay, the program automatically closed, leaving Lun Liang somewhat unsatisfied!
He truly had to admit, this storyline-based game was kind of interesting...
"How was it, Old Liang?" Huo Feng asked.
"Not bad."
Lun Liang nodded, "There weren’t any pictures, so reading just the text wasn’t very meaningful, but playing was quite engaging."
"Hehe~ Old Liang saying it’s good means it’s definitely good."
Seeing that even someone as old-fashioned as Lun Liang found the game good, Huo Feng breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"Not necessarily; I don’t represent the mass audience," Lun Liang retorted.
"It’s fine; once I finish writing it all, I’ll find others to try it and gather more feedback." Huo Feng nodded.
"Your project is interesting, but don’t neglect your studies."
Lun Liang also reminded him not to put the cart before the horse, as the most important thing for students is still learning.
"Don’t worry, Old Liang."
Huo Feng nodded, "I promise to get good grades this semester and show you."
Lun Liang said, "The grades are yours; you don’t need to show me. Even if you get first place, it’s just the same to me."
Hearing this, Huo Feng became nostalgic...
It seemed Pu Sangzhi said something similar to him during high school!
This is a good point...
Huo Feng intends to add it into the game!