Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 308 - 317: Legend of Infinity Fantasy

Chapter 308: Chapter 317: Legend of Infinity Fantasy

Wei Chengjie was well aware inside, but he said nothing out loud.

After all, he knew very well who could save Nitiandang. As a working stiff, there wasn’t much need to hesitate about which side to take.

"Then there’s one last question.

"President Li, President Gu, what are we going to call this game?

"Or maybe we could just think of a temporary code name for now, and come up with a proper name later on."

Lilith clearly didn’t like coming up with placeholders, she waved her hand dismissively, "It’s just a name, I’ll think of one right now!

"Um... Let’s call it ’Legend of Infinity Fantasy’!

"Translated, that would be... ’Endless Fantasy Legend’!

"How about that? The name isn’t bad, right?"

Wei Chengjie nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Not bad?

President Li, isn’t that a bit slapdash?

From this name, Wei Chengjie could see the shadows of many similar themed games. There was no helping it; whether it’s Legend, Infinity, or Fantasy, these three words were just too common in the titles of similar games.

Legends of XX, Fantasy of XX, or Endless XX—they all had a sense of déjà vu.

And yet, President Li had creatively stitched these three popular words together, which was already a bit much just from the English name, and the Chinese version even gave off vibes of a low-quality browser game riding on the coattails of popular trends.

Wei Chengjie was about to persuade President Li to reconsider, but looking over at President Gu, he seemed to have no objections.

So Wei Chengjie swallowed his advice back down and nodded in agreement, "Great name! Then President Li, I’ll get started on the design document."

Lilith nodded with satisfaction, "Alright, go ahead! I want to see a concept draft within three days to show me and President Gu!"

"Pff!" Wei Chengjie almost spat out another mouthful of blood, but as a lowly worker, he could only nod, "Understood, President Li, I’ll do my best!"

...

The new game’s plan was quickly set in stone.

Of course, to create a detailed design document, a lot of content still needed to be fleshed out.

For instance, the main character settings, monster designs, level content, storyline frameworks, etc. There were still many areas to be improved.

But all that worry was left for Wei Chengjie to handle.

Lilith also had her say—Nitiandang didn’t keep any freeloaders; everyone had to be fully utilized! I just don’t believe it, with so many people in the company, is there not a single one who can help me successfully collect negative emotions?

And with the new project confirmed, Nitiandang’s company structure also began to change.

The Nitiandang games were originally managed by the whole company focusing on a single project, so there was no clear division of staff.

Now it had effectively become a situation with two projects running parallel. Zhou Yang’s team continued to be responsible for the subsequent version development of "Shadow World". As the major framework of this game was already in place, the design and development work required were relatively minimal. Therefore, about one-third of the original development team stayed on this project.

Wei Chengjie was in charge of "Endless Fantasy Legend". Being a new game starting from scratch, it took two-thirds of the original development team personnel, mostly the key staff.

Even so, the manpower was still not enough.

Thus, Nitiandang Games would soon conduct a new round of recruitment to fill the personnel gaps for these two projects.

...

...

Two days later.

Wei Chengjie sat at his workstation, somewhat anxiously plucking at his thinning hair.

On his computer screen, the design concept draft for the "Legend of Infinity Fantasy" was more than halfway finished.

The various detailed design elements could be perfected gradually as work progressed.

But a smooth progress in the design concept draft didn’t mean the game would be easy to make.

On the contrary, as the content of the design concept draft became more detailed, Wei Chengjie’s worries grew. The game’s system was visibly complex!

As for the recruitment, although Xiaoming Yu and the human resources colleagues could handle the overall process, as the project leader, Wei Chengjie still needed to be present at the final interviews.

This also scattered his focus.

However, there was also good news: some of the veterans from Shengjing Group privately contacted him, expressing a desire to switch jobs.

Some of these were Wei Chengjie’s former subordinates, having worked with him on the same project at Shengjing Group; others reached out through various indirect connections, and most were employees of "World of Star Spirits."

Clearly, the absurd beginning and the disastrous end of "World of Star Spirits" had shattered the morale of many employees.

They toiled hard to modify the game, but in the end, it fared no better than "Shadow World," which had not made any changes at all—who could withstand that!

And with the urban legends of the extravagant bonuses at Nitiandang, their desire to jump ship was not surprising.

In response to these individuals, Wei Chengjie sought Gu Fan’s opinion, and the answer he received was to welcome all qualified candidates!

Originally, Wei Chengjie was worried that President Gu might feel he was creating a clique by filling Nitiandang with former Shengjing Group employees and replicating a nesting paradox.

But apparently, President Gu had no such concerns and simply encouraged him to hire openly. Anyone confirmed to be competent need not be avoided; just bring them all over.

So Wei Chengjie no longer held back. For those he knew well, he offered direct employment. For those he was less familiar with, he followed the standard procedure of interviews and probation before making them permanent employees.

"Hmm? Quite efficient with your work, I see."

Hearing a voice from behind, Wei Chengjie turned to see Gu Fan, who had seemingly strolled over at some point, looking with interest at the design concept draft on his computer screen.

Wei Chengjie hurriedly said, "President Gu, the concept draft should be completed on schedule.

"It’s just that... there are many features that seem to be troublesome to create with our current game engine.

"For example, the effects of fire burning and spreading, gravity effects on objects, objects sticking together... to implement these features using our present engine, we basically need to rewrite the code.

"The development cycle is hard to pin down exactly how long it will take; it could be quite long."

Gu Fan stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then said, "If the existing engine isn’t up to the task, why not try the latest Myriad Editor? It is clearly more powerful."

Wei Chengjie was shocked, "Ah? President Gu, that might not be so great!"

Gu Fan was unconcerned, "Is there a problem? After all, we’ve already successfully developed a game with the Myriad Editor, ’Ascension,’ right?"

Wei Chengjie was somewhat confused, "But President Gu, ’Ascension’ had its peculiarities, with bugs like model clipping and texture errors becoming part of the gameplay.

"But the protagonist in ’Legend of Infinity Fantasy’ is a normal person, not delusional—there’s no reason for them to see so many illusions, right?"

Gu Fan waved his hand dismissively, "Don’t worry about that. After ’Ascension’ was a big success, the officials were greatly encouraged and even rolled out several updates for the Myriad Editor in a row. Most of those messy bugs have been fixed by now.

"Currently, many of the low-level bugs like model clipping and texture errors have been repaired.

"Moreover, our testing and development teams aren’t just for show; these superficial bugs won’t be too complex to fix.

"The key is to make the best possible use of the Myriad Editor’s powerful features to quickly finalize our unique systems.

"After all, at Nitiandang, we always guarantee time and schedule first and foremost. As for some minor bugs that don’t affect the big picture, there’s no need to fix every single one."

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