That evening, Xu Meng shook a round of hands and collected a stack of business cards.
They were all colleagues in the gaming industry.
Even those not directly making games were involved in producing peripherals, merchandise, and other related products.
They all expressed their interest in collaborating with Xu Meng.
Except for those that were too outrageous, which Xu Meng rejected on the spot, he briefly communicated with the others and kept their cards.
There wasn't enough time for detailed discussions.
Dream Maker employees needed to mobilize collectively tonight and seek assistance from the exhibition organizers to complete the setup of the new exhibition hall.
Time was of the essence!
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The night passed, and at 9:00 AM on August 24th.
The exhibition hall began admitting visitors again.
However, when they arrived, they found nothing.
What appeared before them was no longer Dream Maker Games, but…
"Sunset Game?" Phantom Moon was surprised. "Isn't this Dream Maker's booth? How did it become Sunset Game? And who the heck is Sunset Game?"
"Look over there!" Old Bro Bone Orthopedics reminded him, panting.
Phantom Moon turned around and saw a Dream Maker employee standing under a large sign that read:
[Dream Maker Games Booth has been moved to Hall 4]
[King of War Demo is now officially open!]
[Welcome players to come and experience it!]
The sign was written in both Chinese and English and featured large red arrows to guide players.
New arrow markers also appeared on the ground.
Phantom Moon didn't have time to ask the staff for the reason, and quickly followed the arrow prompts on the ground and the six signposts along the way to Hall 4.
The moment he saw Hall 4, he understood why Dream Maker had changed halls—
At this moment, Hall 4 was filled with large gaming devices!
To prevent interception by customs and to guard against equipment failures, all the extra spare equipment that Dream Maker had sent over had been brought out!
Previously, only one-third of Hall 6 was used, barely accommodating 20 players at the same time.
But now, the entire hall had become Dream Maker's territory!
Phantom Moon and the others were a step late, but they still managed to get a spot in line.
Because at this moment, Dream Maker could accommodate more than 50 players simultaneously!
In addition to rows of omnidirectional treadmills and dense cameras, there were also 5 large simulators resembling vehicles and 10 motorcycles without tires.
—Even then, Dream Maker's equipment was still not enough. Otherwise, with a little squeezing, the hall could accommodate 80 people playing at the same time!
Just as Phantom Moon was in shock, a loud "boom" suddenly rang in his ears!
The huge cannon barrel of the tank simulator trembled violently with a roaring sound, rising white mist.
"Oh! Yes!!"
A blond foreigner wearing VR glasses and a haptic suit shouted excitedly.
It was clear that Dream Maker's change of exhibition hall was sudden—
They had very few "King of War" themed decorations prepared, only monitors displaying the actual gameplay, some posters, soldier figurines, and simulated firearms.
Placed in the much larger Hall 4, it looked somewhat empty.
But that no longer mattered!
Amidst the roar of cannons, everyone was eager to register and get their clothes to experience the new game.
Phantom Moon was no exception.
Although he only lasted 10 minutes in the immersive "Frost Snow Project" BOSS battle on the first day, a scholar who has been away three days must be looked at with new eyes!
Now it was the third day!
He had already started exercising before even returning home.
Now that it was the third day, he was confident he could last until the end!
However, after receiving the queue registration card, he was surprised to find that the "King of War" experience time was longer than "Frost Snow Project", increased to 45 minutes.
This made him a little apprehensive, so he asked, "Can I queue for the vehicle?"
A Dream Maker employee nodded: "Yes, you can."
"Vehicles can only be used in the first level, and the experience time is usually within 20 minutes. Please wait a moment."
"Then them…" Phantom Moon pointed to the people on the omnidirectional treadmills and asked, "Have they all passed the first level? That fast?"
"No," the employee shook his head.
"They couldn't wait, so they skipped the first level and went straight to the second level."
"Oh, okay."
Phantom Moon didn't delay others' work and patiently sat down to wait.
—
On the tank simulator, the blond foreigner shouting "oh yes" was also no ordinary player.
This guy's ID is [Niiiko], a game streamer on the Tribe live streaming platform.
His fan base is not very large, about 300,000 or so.
But the comedic effect of his show is not from performing many brilliant operations—in fact, his skills are average.
The comedic effect of his show mainly comes from "slapping himself in the face."
He often designs tactics for the team in the game, but random players don't listen at all, so the tactics basically never succeed.
Of course, even when playing with his fans, and everyone listens to his commands, the success rate is only one or two out of ten.
So, the biggest fun for the fans in his live stream is listening to him talk nonsense about various tactics, make various predictions, then get slapped in the face like crazy, and finally, he tries to find ways to make up for it.
When he only had 50,000 followers, a cheerful viewer gave him a one-time reward of 1,000 euros, hoping that he would install a real-time face-slapping toy on his computer desk.
This viewer said: Doing so was to help him correct his bad habit of spouting nonsense.
Niiiko installed it without saying a word.
—This was a super rich guy who could casually throw out 1,000 euros! Niiiko would be letting down his profession if he hesitated even for a moment.
But although the [Face-Slapping Machine] was installed, he couldn't change his habit of spouting nonsense and being fond of lecturing others.
The people in the live stream were watching, and he couldn't go back on his word.
Niiiko could only press the button whenever he made a wrong prediction or failed in tactics, and a fake hand with an orange glove would slap him!
It hurt.
But the audience would give him tips, so he could handle it.
The most amazing time was when he presented a glorious moment of being slapped 6 times in 15 seconds!
Half of his face was slapped red.
But that day also directly set his single-day tipping record since he started streaming.
It almost changed his life.
— After that, "slap" became the symbol of his live stream.
It was precisely because of this label and live stream effect that his subscription fans successfully climbed to the current 300,000.
Even now, when he's trying out the "King of War" Demo, the fans next to him are still holding a yellow toy slap.
The newest novels are first published on 69shuba!
But at this moment, Niiiko had long forgotten about these things—
"Load, load! Hurry up!!"
In his perspective, the enemy was already close!
"It's fixed!" The voices of the commander and driver sounded.
"Alright! Damn, shouldn't we switch roles? I'm fed up with carrying shells!"
"Okay, fire this shot first!"
Niiiko fired another shot, watching with satisfaction as the enemy forces exploded into a large cloud of bloody smoke in the intense explosion.
The next moment, he heard a faint sound in his ear, followed by the friction of metal twisting overhead.
He looked up, but could only see the rough metal inner wall of the tank.
Soon, however, the machine gun roared fiercely overhead.
Niiiko felt a very subtle tremor.
Unlike the vibration of the entire tank when firing, this tremor seemed to be transmitted from the commander to his feet, then through the fixed frame of the leather chair to his seat, and then through the chair under his buttocks to him.
He found it hard to describe this feeling.
It was as if the leather seat under his buttocks had come to life, wriggling up and down with extremely small amplitude, massaging his back.
The feeling that had been lingering in his mind since the beginning of the game became even stronger—
"What on earth is this company thinking?"
As soon as he entered the game, he saw the indelible dirt on the inner wall of the tank, the rough repairs of the cables, the damage on the leather chair, the paint peeling off the handle, the faint oil stains, and the uncleaned marks under his feet after being trampled day after day…
All of this was conveying a feeling to him—
This is a battle-hardened old tank.
What's even more outrageous is that when he reached out to touch the scratches on the equipment, he could actually feel the subtle dents and unevenness.
The tiny cracks on the dashboard and the extremely small drop at the paint peeling point could be clearly felt even with his eyes closed.
He almost smelled the non-existent oil smell in the air!
When the battle started, the whole tank came to life—
The winch rotated, the connecting rod collided, the hydraulic bearing rubbed… That feeling was even stronger!
It's not just "the whole tank" vibrating.
But you can feel with your body—which direction, what is moving!
It's that detailed!
Then, the driver returned to his position, and the engine began to roar.
Through the sound and vibration, Niiiko instantly locked the position of the engine through layers of steel plates!
This way of obtaining information purely through physical intuition brought a strong sense of immersion!
Before, he also tried the BOSS battle of "Frost Snow Project", which also used somatosensory synchronization suits and VR glasses for the game.
But that scene did not bring him such a strong sense of reality!
— Of course, when he played "Frost Snow Project" yesterday, he still felt that "it was too real!"
But now, compared, he immediately felt the gap.
Niiiko couldn't help but wonder: Why is there such a gap?
Is it because of the different art styles of the two games?
Or is it because of this tank simulator?
Or is it… that the "King of War" development team piled up details at all costs when making the game, and countless details were stacked together, eventually achieving this truly realistic effect?
"Niiiko! Fire!"
His teammate's shout woke Niiiko up, and Niiiko looked up—
The commander was already suppressed by the enemy from all directions and dared not show his head.
In front of him, a short enemy wearing a canvas-covered steel helmet, holding a two-meter-long pole with an inverted cone-shaped anti-tank mine with three sharp thorns connected to the end of the pole, shouted and rushed straight over with a distorted face!
"Fuck!! Anti-tank mine!"
Niiiko frantically pressed the elevation and traverse controls, his right arm almost swinging out afterimages, and finally pulled the handle at the last moment.
The shells roared out!
The miscellaneous soldiers on the opposite side, along with half of the squad behind him, instantly evaporated!
But before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the roar of miscellaneous soldiers came again from behind.
"It's too late!" Niiiko said anxiously.
"There's still time!" The driver roared, and the entire tank suddenly retreated!
Then there was another vibration that was so detailed that Niiiko was amazed, but also a little creepy—
"Fuck!! Did we run over the enemy?"
At this moment, he even felt a little nauseous.
"Does this kind of place need to be so detailed?"
Are you guys piling up details too frantically?!
Can this thing really pass the review and be successfully launched?!
Thanks to 【不想起床z】 for the reward of 500 points.
