After calming down a little, Pei Qian clicked on the promotional CG of "Ink and Smoke".

The whole CG is in the traditional Chinese ink style.

A bit of ink smudged on the pale yellow rice paper, turning into black clouds, gathering and dispersing, a ferocious beast was born, hovering in the sky with fangs and claws, and a cloud of dark clouds shrouded the ancient Chinese city in the distance......

At the same time, an old, muffled voice-over sounded.

"According to legend, in ancient times, there was a vicious beast in China that was transformed by resentment, called Nightmare. It is rumored that the beast can weave dreams, feed on people's negative emotions such as fear, hatred, despair, and resentment, and grow stronger day by day......"

With the narration, the graphics of the game's CG begin to change, with the Nightmare Beast hiding behind the dark clouds in the sky, and countless strange-shaped monsters are derived to bring disaster to the world.

A scholar realizes that he is trapped in a dream, holding a scroll in his left hand and a pen and ink in his right, and begins to use his calligraphy and painting power to defeat the monster in the dream, trying to find out the monster hidden in the dream; And the Nightmare Beast is constantly breeding demons to hinder scholars.

Countless demons rushed towards the scholar, and the scholar splashed ink and drew a boulder on the scroll, and then with a flick of the brush, the boulder immediately appeared in the sky above the monster and smashed down, smashing these monsters into wisps of black smoke.

The monsters also lifted the falling rocks and giant trees between the cliffs and threw them at the scholar, but the scholar waved his brush to erase these foreign objects out of thin air.

The black fog spreads, the scholars and monsters begin to fight fiercely, and the narrator also tells the story background of the whole game......

This promotional CG is actually not complicated, it is not the kind of CG that is so fine that every hair and pore can be seen, and it is not even as good as the promotional video of the GPL Spring Tournament.

But the beauty of this video is that it fits perfectly into the game itself.

"Ink and Smoke" is a side-scrolling 2D game, not a 3A masterpiece with a lot of investment, and it is a Chinese-style game, related to calligraphy and painting elements, so it can be said that it is just right to use this ink style CG to display.

Not only does it highlight the characteristics of the game itself, but it also makes it easier to craft.

In the updated demo, although it is only two small levels in the game, and the game time is only about ten minutes, the core gameplay of the game is shown.

Based on the operation mode of the traditional 2D side-scrolling game, there are actions such as movement, jumping, double jumping, attacking, and defending, as well as calligraphy and painting skills.

After clicking on the painting skill, the game screen enters a state of fascension, time passes at an extremely slow speed, and the player can choose to erase the scene elements in the game, or create props by drawing specific shapes, such as drawing circles to create large stones, and drawing broken lines to create lightning bolts, etc.

However, this also determines that the game cannot be played with a controller, but only with a keyboard and mouse or touch screen.

The official also apparently intends to use the two platforms of computer and mobile phone as the main battlefield, promising that players will first go to the computer version and then the mobile version.

It stands to reason that the mobile version will be more comfortable to operate, but after all, there are more independent gamers and easier development in the computer version, so it is better to use the computer version first.

……

After watching the promotional video and the game content of the trial part, Pei Qian's face was serious, as if he was facing a great enemy.

No wonder so many people are pre-ordering, it does seem to be reliable!

The domestic independent gamer group is one of the most supportive groups for domestic games, "Ink and Smoke" is a Chinese-style game, and it also combines traditional cultural elements such as calligraphy and painting with games, which is obviously more pleasing.

It's just that...... Just the demo of this game can have such a good publicity effect?

Isn't that scientific?

With a little confusion, Pei Qian clicked on the promotional video of the Poor Road Project on the game's details page.

……

At the beginning of the video, it is in a dimly lit room.

A small child in shorts and a white suspender vest is hiding under the covers and flipping through a game magazine in the dim light of a flashlight.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the child hurriedly turned off the flashlight, lay down instantly, hid the magazine under the pillow, and pretended to be asleep.

As soon as the camera turned, the time changed to daytime.

Parents are not at home, children carefully turn on the computer, the screen is a strong mosaic style of domestic stand-alone games.

The child put aside the game magazine and began to play carefully against the strategy on it.

Suddenly, the clock on the wall began to tell the time, and the child hurriedly turned it off, then took a wet towel and put it on the head of the computer monitor, then quickly returned to his room, opened his school bag and took out his homework, and finally put away the wet towel.

After some time, the security door opened, and the child's father came back, touched the computer monitor, then looked at the child who was studying seriously, and turned his head to go about his own business.

The camera turns again, and the elementary school student becomes a high school student, and although the actors are different, they can still recognize the same person through the costumes.

In the smoky Internet café, there are some peers around him who are playing all kinds of online games, only he is still playing domestic stand-alone games, but the game he played in elementary school is still the same, there is no change.

Some people laughed at him why he was still playing such old-fashioned games, and he just smiled and didn't speak.

The camera shifts again, and the high school student becomes an adult. It's late at night, in a shabby, messy rental house, and he's staring at a computer screen, earnestly making a game with a game editor.

The messy room and the clutter all hinted at his poor state, but he was still enthusiastically busy in front of the computer.

However, during the day, he was woken up by a violent knock on the door.

After returning to his room with the bill for rent and utility bills, he was silent for a long time.

Eventually, he glanced at the computer screen with some reluctance, turned off the unfinished game project in the game editor, and opened his resume.

After sending resumes to several companies, he habitually hovered over the game editor, but hesitated and couldn't click on it.

As soon as the camera turned, he opened the closet, flipped to the suit he hadn't worn in a while, and stood in front of the full-length mirror to look at himself.

In front of the camera, he was dressed in a neat suit and had a proper hairstyle, but there was some confusion in his eyes, just looking blankly at the image in the mirror.

In the mirror, he is still wearing a white suspender vest, shorts and flip-flops, his hair is disheveled, but his face is full of smiles and his eyes are full of hope.

The contrast between the two images suggests that he still wants to be an indie game producer.

Finally, he sighed softly, picked up the printed resume on the table, and prepared to go out to apply for a job.

However, at this moment, he found a golden invitation letter in the mailbox at the door, with the words "Poor Plan" written on it.

A hopeful smile finally appeared on his face.

……

This is the end of the promotional video, although it does not introduce the poor plan in detail, but it has already pointed out the meaning of the poor plan.

As for the plot behind the video, most people can also make up for it: the independent game producer got the money and was able to continue to stick to his dream, complete the unfinished game project, and contribute to the development of domestic independent games.

This promotional video for the game was shot and edited in a very short period of time.

There are many old buildings full of the style of the last century in the imperial capital, and many video game stores in small alleys also have game consoles and computers with big heads, coupled with a filter with a sense of age, which directly evokes many people's childhood memories.

And the content of the video can also be full of details.

At the time when home computers were just beginning to be popularized, domestic stand-alone games were also developing rapidly.

There were a lot of game magazines sold at the newsstand next to the school, and at that time, for many students who didn't have much time to play games, they could read a game magazine several times when they bought it. Even if you haven't played it at all, and you can't buy the games inside, you still watch it with relish.

Take advantage of the fact that your parents don't come home from work, secretly turn on the computer to play games, but you must remember to cool down with a wet towel in advance, otherwise your parents will be exposed when they come home, and they will inevitably have to face a gust of wind and rain.

With the rise of Internet cafes, online games have also developed rapidly, but at this time, domestic stand-alone games have gone downhill.

The protagonist in the video likes domestic stand-alone games, but there is a fault in domestic stand-alone games, and when other students play online games, he still stubbornly plays domestic stand-alone games from a few years ago.

Eventually, he became an indie game producer and wanted to fulfill his dream. But because of the constraints of life, I had to make a difficult choice between ideals and reality......

All of these contents have a strong resonance with the people who watch this video!

After a little search on the Internet, Pei Qian instantly understood why the game "Ink and Smoke" had gained so much attention in a short period of time.

The reason why its demo is fun and likable is only one thing, but the more important reason is that the promotional video of "Ink and Smoke" and Project Poor has been uploaded to the Elle website and has aroused enthusiastic response!

On several video platforms such as the Elle Island, the promotional video of the Poor Project has been pushed to the forefront of the game area, and the popularity is still rising.

In the barrage and comment area, many diving indie gamers have all been blown up.

"This video made me teary-eyed! Isn't this kid me? It's just that I've given up on making games......"

"The first time my parents get home from work is to touch the computer, which is too real! It's a national unity? ”

"Hey, the scene at the Internet café is really poignant, and those of us who like single-player games have become outliers. When I was a child, domestic stand-alone games were still blooming, but it didn't take long for only online games to be left on the market. ”

"Actually, it's okay, but now it's a little bit easier, and there are more indie games again."

"Compared with foreign countries, it's still far behind!"

"Is this 'Poor Journey' specifically funding domestic indie games? That's a lot of merit! For the sake of this, I have to support it! ”