Chapter 113: Regarding Game Settings

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Title: Cultivation Clan
Summary: ...
Yin Jian frowned as he pondered the selling points for his new game.
A summary is where the game's hooks are presented to the players—much like a product description. A good description can drive sales, while a confusing one leaves players baffled, drastically reducing their desire to purchase. In this era of information explosion, a game summary must get straight to the point, allowing players to instantly understand what the game is about. Because in the information age, everyone is bombarded with too much data every day. Few people will spend much time trying to decipher a vague, aimless summary. If they don't like what they see, they swipe away; if they do, they click to play. Therefore, the summary must be eye-catching and pique the player's curiosity.

After deep contemplation, Yin Jian began to write:
[On the surface, this is a cultivation clan management game where you focus on building your family and allocating resources. But in reality... just as you are struggling to figure out how to support this big family, every single one of your descendants thinks they are the protagonist. They are constantly conspiring to seize power, falling into vengeful obsessions, engaging in illicit romances, and every now and then, some elder will drag a beautiful junior into a dark room and stage a disappearance...]

Having finished the summary, Yin Jian nodded with satisfaction. From a player’s perspective, he was certain this would be a hit.

"Summary done. Next is the main storyline..." Yin Jian tapped his finger on the desk, thinking. The main plot would naturally revolve around developing the clan, but he felt that alone would be too monotonous.
"I need to add some dark, twisted elements..."
"Frequent, unexpected events..."
As interesting ideas occurred to him, he jotted them down in his notebook, quickly filling a page with potential random events. Feeling satisfied, he stopped writing and began to think about the major milestones for the game’s background. These events would be fixed, serving as hurdles for the players. If they pass, the clan continues to thrive; if not, everyone gets a plot of dirt for a grave.

"Major events must progress gradually from small to large. If an event appears that doesn't fit the current progression, it could cause the game's pacing to collapse," Yin Jian muttered. He wrote down "Resource Struggle" in his notebook and circled it. After some thought, he added "Demonic Cultivator Invasion," "Birth of a Divine Treasure," and several other fixed major events.

"As for the demo version... I'll use a fixed time limit to cut it off, rather than breaking the plot."

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After the previous incident, he understood clearly that being a game designer was a high-risk profession. He had to prioritize his safety at all times, lest he be beaten to death by angry fans when he stepped outside.

With the general framework of the game set, Yin Jian started thinking about character design. He planned to rent an advanced AI to generate fully randomized personalities, increasing the game’s diversity. He also intended to incorporate all sorts of "dog-blood" melodramatic tropes to keep players engaged. For example, a genius talent painstakingly raised by the family—the hope of the entire village—might suddenly be lured away by another clan, leaving the player losing both their investment and the talent. Just imagining the confused, frustrated look on the players' faces made Yin Jian chuckle.

After finalizing the character design approach, Yin Jian turned his attention to the game's details, such as resources, weapon names, and spiritual roots. This was proving difficult. After a while, he projected his consciousness into the virtual space and headed to the Huaxin Bookstore. He intended to buy a comprehensive encyclopedia on cultivation for reference. Upon entering the bookstore, with the help of the staff, he quickly purchased the books he needed.

Exiting the virtual space, Yin Jian flipped through the books briefly before setting them aside, planning to consult them whenever he needed content during development. With the materials ready, he began to think about the monetization strategy.

"In that case, it’s necessary for everyone in the clan to start with the worst possible aptitudes. The probability of a genius appearing will be low, so if they want to improve the overall quality of their disciples, they’ll have to spend money. Also, there will be hidden resources, legacies, and special bloodlines. Oh, and rare races. For microtransactions, I’ll stick to a lottery system; that way, resources can be reasonably distributed. But wait, the lottery system in *Profound Practitioner* has already caused quite a bit of backlash among players... I'll change it so that spending money to upgrade a disciple's aptitude grants a free lottery chance instead."

Having settled everything, Yin Jian looked contentedly at his notebook. This method was truly effective. Had he just opened the game assistant and started, he never would have thought of such a comprehensive setup. After reviewing his notes once more and adjusting a few illogical points, he didn't hesitate to open the game assistant and begin the production of *Cultivation Clan*. He looked at the premium assets he once couldn't afford and, without a second glance, bought only the most expensive ones.

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Being rich is just that bold.

After buying all the necessary assets, Yin Jian looked at the 220 million expense displayed on his account and felt like slapping himself.
*Let yourself get carried away, will you?* The goal of 500 billion had just drifted 200 million further away.
"Buying is just too addictive... maybe I should add a skin system?" Yin Jian’s eyes lit up; he had discovered another business opportunity.

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Qiyou Building

"Alright, that concludes our online class from last month. Next, there is an important matter I need to inform you about."

After summarizing the results of the previous month's online class, Wang Fafu brought up the main reason for the meeting.

"Following discussions between our headquarters and Goose-Farm, they have agreed to let us send personnel for training. I mentioned this before and encouraged everyone to apply, but the enthusiasm hasn't been high. So far, only three people have submitted applications: Ye Yuan, Yu Jia, and Tian Yi. Headquarters has arranged your travel tickets, and you will depart the day after tomorrow. Once this meeting ends, hand over your current tasks to your teammates, and you can head home. I’m giving you tomorrow off as well to prepare."

"Understood, Director." The staff responded immediately. As Wang Fafu finished, many of the operations specialists began to whisper among themselves.

"When did the Director mention this? How come I didn't know?"
"Why would we common employees know? This is clearly about selecting new management."
"It doesn't have much to do with us. But I went out for drinks with the team leader last time, and he said headquarters wants to establish a new department. These chosen ones are likely the core members of that department."
"I'm so envious."

PS: It’s my Lunar birthday today, so I’m going out for a nice meal tonight. I’ll just be a lazy fish today with 4,000 words.