Chapter 531 - 281: The Soda Is Ready! Time to Log Off
Chen Jincheng’s live stream viewer count reached over 650,000, and as the Zheng Ziyuan storyline in "Oops! I’m Surrounded by Beauties!" progressed, the number of viewers grew faster and faster.
As various choices appeared, the viewers in the stream felt more and more involved, all of them actively telling Chen Jincheng which option to pick.
He even saved his progress at times to show the audience the different outcomes that would result from choosing different options.
This made the viewers even more interested.
In truth, although interactive movie games had seen some development, they were mostly used for historical martial arts-themed games.
Moreover, the current offerings were rather crude. They didn’t use actual video, but rather a transition of film-quality images.
Compared to video, images offered a much lower level of interactivity.
Therefore, creating "Oops! I’m Surrounded by Beauties!" was actually very innovative and had cross-generational significance.
This type of storyline, with its ambiguous interactions with beautiful women, had a huge impact on the male audience.
Especially for all the perverts out there.
One had to know, in another world, this game launched in October ’23 and managed to earn 100 million in profit. And that didn’t even include the money earned from the DLC and bundles that were rushed into production later.
Keep in mind, by that time, quite a few of these ambiguous, interactive video-based games had already been released.
If it could get so popular under those circumstances, releasing it now in November ’18 into this barren market would be absolutely explosive.
As Zheng Ziyuan’s storyline progressed, everyone quickly realized why Chen Jincheng had titled his stream "Ancestral Master Simulator."
Did it mean that through this game, you could interact with beautiful women and pick up girls, just like Chen Jincheng?
’This is so damn interesting.’
Soon, the game reached a mini-game Chen Jincheng had added to Zheng Ziyuan’s storyline: a dress-up game.
You had to open Zheng Ziyuan’s wardrobe and help her pick out an outfit.
Zheng Ziyuan was going to an event and wanted to dress in a more distinctive way, asking the game’s protagonist for suggestions.
Seeing this, Chen Jincheng deliberately said to the stream, "Dress more distinctively? Look at that cold, widow-like look on her face. It’s obvious, isn’t it? It has to be this mature, purple outfit. We’ll dress her up as an ’innate widow.’"
The die-hard fans immediately recognized it. ’Isn’t that the same outfit from the video that made Xiaoju go viral?’
It was after that purple outfit appeared that her cold temperament was hyped up, earning her the title of "Innate Widow Sacred Body."
Now, it was practically a crossover.
The die-hard fans started getting a kick out of it.
But the crucial part was at the end, when all the viewers were stunned to discover more options appearing on Zheng Ziyuan herself. Choices like "Take this off first" appeared on both her top and her skirt.
"Holy shit..."
"666"
"Badass!"
"..."
Everyone in the stream was buzzing with anticipation.
But just then, everyone discovered that the game had frozen, and a line of text appeared on the screen: Please purchase the full version of the game to experience other storylines!
This time, the chat really exploded.
"???"
"???"
"???"
"..."
The screen filled with question marks, displaying the dissatisfaction of the entire audience.
Chen Jincheng knew this was about the right time to stop. He smiled and said, "As you can see, there’s nothing more I can do. This is the end of the demo. You’ll have to wait for the game to be released to play the full version. As far as I know, there are different storylines for over ten female leads in this game, and there are even plots where many of them interact with each other."
Hearing his words, the viewers in the stream really wanted to roast him.
’As far as he knows?’
’He built the game himself, how could he not know?’
’Is he just putting on an act for us?’
But they had to admit, their curiosity was well and truly piqued.
’I really want to play it.’
The bullet comments appeared in a dense flood:
"When is the game coming out?"
"Hurry up and tell us the release date."
"Chen Jincheng, if you know what’s good for you, put the game on sale right now!"
"..."
But at that very moment, everyone discovered that Chen Jincheng’s stream had suddenly gone dark. He had actually ended the broadcast.
What the...
That’s going too far!
To get everyone’s appetite whetted to this degree, then just up and leave without a care.
Isn’t that just irresponsible?
Of course, Chen Jincheng had done it on purpose.
The more he stoked their curiosity like this, the more explosive the hype would be when the game finally launched.
「Shanghai.」
After calling Chen Jincheng, Xue Qian had been watching his stream the whole time.
After Chen Jincheng ended the stream, his face was filled with emotion. ’As expected of Chen Jincheng.’
’How did he even think of making this kind of game?’
He loved playing games himself and often teamed up with Chen Chichi, Zhu Zhen, and the others. Therefore, he could tell that this game was absolutely novel and would entice people to try it.
Coupled with a plot and gameplay that would definitely attract the male demographic, this game was sure to be a hit.
This made him unable to resist pulling out his phone and calling Chen Jincheng again.
Chen Jincheng had already left the streaming room and returned to his office, where he immediately arranged for Yijin and the clip-editing team to start hyping up the game.
When he received Xue Qian’s call, he answered right away, "Hello, Old Xue!"
Xue Qian’s voice came through the phone, "Lao Cheng, you’re a genius for thinking up this kind of game! With all the promotion and hype you’ve generated, this game is probably going to hit the trending topics list tomorrow."
「The next day arrived quickly.」
Just as Xue Qian had guessed, "Oops! I’m Surrounded by Beauties!" made it onto the trending topics list.
However, the title that was trending was "Ancestral Master Simulator."