Having a self-developed game engine is extremely rare in the entire gaming industry.
Even many major companies currently use non-self-developed engines, which requires a large sum in licensing fees and means they have to cater to others.
Without their own game engine,
it's like having their lifeline controlled by others, losing many possibilities for independent innovation.
The appearance of this self-developed engine brought a shock to the employees no less than an eight-magnitude earthquake, and they all stood at their workstations, shouting excitedly.
"It's really a self-developed engine! And it even has our studio's logo!"
"This, this, this... do we also have our own engine?"
"Such incredible underlying code! Is this even something a human could write?!"
"And it even includes 3D precision rendering and pipeline processes!"
"A masterpiece! It's simply a masterpiece!"
For a game programmer, an excellent engine is equivalent to the status of a Gundam model in the eyes of a model enthusiast, or the significance of a Rem figure to an anime fan.
Owning their own game engine...
was something they never even dared to dream of before.
But now, it suddenly became a reality.
Moreover, its functions were so powerful that even they found it hard to believe, even more impressive than those well-known engines on the market!
After just a simple operation,
Old Li completed work that previously would have taken at least half an hour, making him even more excited and gesticulating wildly.
Just then,
Chen Lin walked in from outside.
Immediately, everyone's gaze focused on him.
"Mr. Chen, the Honghuang Engine on our computers..."
Old Li quickly stood up and asked.
The others also looked nervous, swallowing nervously.
"Oh, you mean that. I asked Old Song to install it last night. It's our Honghuang Studio's self-developed engine. We'll use it to make games from now on."
After speaking, Chen Lin picked up his phone, answered a call, and walked into the office, disappearing from everyone's sight in a moment.
It really is a self-developed engine!
The employees looked at each other, their eyes wide.
They could no longer suppress the wild joy in their hearts and sat back down to start trying to make games with the new engine.
Soon after,
exclamations of surprise came from the office area again.
Various words like 'awesome' floated in the air, lingering for a long time.
On the other side,
in the comments section of slay the spire.
After several days of effort, more and more players were reaching Difficulty 20.
People were constantly posting screenshots to show off.
Various professional build guides were emerging endlessly.
And just at noon today,
a screenshot of completing the Difficulty 20 spire finally broke the calm.
"Holy cow! Someone cleared Difficulty 20 so quickly?!"
Seeing that screenshot, the entire comments section erupted, and in a flash, a large number of players came to observe.
"It's really a Difficulty 20 clear, and it even includes an achievement screenshot!"
"This is too fast! I just cleared Difficulty 8!"
"Ahhh!!! I was just a little bit away from reaching Difficulty 20!"
"Which expert is so amazing? I want to apprentice under him!"
"It seems to be that achievement-collecting maniac, 'Stewed Chicken with Big Sculpture'."
"Oh, it's Brother Big Sculpture, then never mind."
"Brother Big Sculpture's move is indeed extraordinary."
'Stewed Chicken with Big Sculpture' was also a celebrity in the gaming circle; he appeared in almost every speedrun of completionist games.
He was known as the man with the fastest hands in the gaming circle.
slay the spire players who rushed over upon hearing the news left comments below the image, asking about the subsequent plot of the Difficulty 20 clear.
However, their response was only a simple sentence:
"[I won't spoil the subsequent plot, I can only say the Designer is awesome! Looking forward to seeing you in the next game!]"
As a high-level player, Brother Big Sculpture's gaming etiquette was very high; he did not spoil the subsequent plot to avoid affecting other players' experience.
But as he left gracefully, the players became even more impatient.
It was like Old Man Wang peeking at the neighbor's widow bathing but not telling them the details, as if thousands of ants were crawling on them.
Some players who had already unlocked Difficulty 20 became even more red-eyed, continuing to assault the spire.
Finally, that afternoon,
the number of people who cleared the game increased, and the subsequent plot was gradually revealed.
However,
when they learned the ending, they all couldn't hold back.
In the game,
the protagonist endured countless hardships to reach the top of the spire and met the final boss who controlled the entire high tower, the corrupted heart.
But when he finally succeeded in destroying the heart after a fierce battle, the entire high tower began to collapse rapidly, and the world it supported also collapsed with it.
If not stopped in time,
the humans living inside and outside the high tower would suffer a catastrophic disaster!
Ultimately,
the protagonist, having no other choice, could only sacrifice himself to become the new heart of the high tower, continuing to suffer the erosion of corrupting power.
Then the scene shifted.
Many years later, a young man stood at the entrance of the first floor of the high tower, holding an initial card, heading towards the top of the tower.
"The dragon slayer becomes a dragon. I didn't expect it to be like this."
"If you don't climb the tower, you die; if you climb the tower, you also die. This is an unsolvable cycle!"
"Everyone's souls are imprisoned within the tower, never to escape."
"Damn it, I finally made it up and then got stabbed again!"
"Don't stop me, I'm going to fight the Designer!"
Whether they were game players or anime watchers, their emotions became a mixed bag the moment they learned the final plot.
Wasn't their generation also living in an unbreakable cycle?
Even if they managed to reach the "top of the tower" and stand at the highest point of this world, would the youth still be the same youth as before?
It must be said,
this was truly a game with profound meaning.
It made players admire the Designer's meticulous design.
Until an announcement suddenly popped up on Chen Lin's official account.
"[As the true top of the tower emerges, the final battle finally arrives, and the truth hidden behind the high tower will be completely revealed.]"
"[slay the spire will update with Endless Mode tomorrow morning at 8 AM, and add a fourth class: The Watcher.]"
"[The Watcher: A blind cultivator who mistakenly entered the high tower, mastering sacred power, seems to bring different changes to the high tower.]"
"[Synchronously update the CG animation to episode 12, the final chapter.]"
???
What about the promised profound meaning?
So, this final plot was for the sake of the game!?
Endless Mode.
Are they not satisfied with torturing them once and opening another mode to torture them repeatedly?
The players who realized this were truly amused by Chen Lin's audacious move.
They never expected that the infinite loop in the animated plot was actually a prelude to the game's Endless Mode.
While annoyed, they couldn't help but marvel at this design.
The entire CG animation's plot was perfectly integrated with the game's update progress.
This was the first time they had seen a game company do something like this.
And they unknowingly enjoyed two forms of happiness.
Although they grumbled, they still eagerly went to update the game, preparing to experience the new mode and new class.
And observant people also noticed.
Chen Lin's account name had changed from the original "Xian Yu" to the prominent words "Honghuang Studio," and it had passed official certification.
"Good heavens, I haven't seen him for so many days, turns out he went to set up a studio."
In the live broadcast room, Old E, who had just received the news, smiled and clicked on the account homepage to check.
Seeing that there was no game update, he then looked up at the camera.
"Brothers, there aren't many games to play recently. How about we go to the Huanhai Exhibition for a live broadcast sometime soon?"