Chapter 278 - 185: Live Gameplay Demonstration

"Global Evolution" is a game with a large amount of text and dialogue.

As such, professional game voice acting is necessary to breathe life into these lines and create a good interactive feedback with the game visuals.

"Chinese, English, Japanese..."

Chen Ba listed several mainstream and widely covered language systems, indicating that all of these need voice recording.

For less common languages, professional voice dubbing is not required; just subtitles in the translated language are sufficient.

Besides voice, there’s music!

AAA games are crowned as the king of the gaming industry because they’ve excelled in all areas, becoming the "hexagonal warriors" of gaming.

Music cannot be a shortcoming.

Considering the folks at Tianba Studio, who are all tone-deaf, Chen Ba spent a significant amount of money to hire a top-notch domestic game and anime music studio to compose for "Global Evolution".

After much back and forth, the time came to summer.

"Global Evolution" was about to have its first public media appearance, releasing its first real-time gameplay demonstration video.

Chen Ba took this very seriously.

Unlike CG game videos, a real-time gameplay demo can truly reveal a game’s quality. You only know if it’s good or bad when you experience it firsthand.

When "Black Myth: Wukong" was first unveiled, it caused such a stir on the internet mainly because Game Science didn’t opt for CG, but released a real-time gameplay video instead.

Just imagine.

If the first video Game Science released wasn’t a real-time demo but a CG video, would it have generated such buzz?

Most likely not...

No matter how exquisite and beautiful CG is, it’s still fake, while no matter how clumsy a real-time demo might be, it’s real.

Before, "Global Evolution" released a teaser trailer, but it was the CG version, so the buzz was fairly regular and didn’t make a big splash.

Chen Ba thought that to get more exposure and attention, a real-time gameplay video should definitely be released—not just a real-time demo, but an offline test session should also be arranged.

Of course!

An offline test is still a bit early; the game isn’t ready to face players directly yet.

But a real-time demo can indeed be released.

To make this video appear more authentic and believable, Chen Ba specially arranged for a split-screen display.

The left side shows the real-time game footage, while the right shows a real recording of him as a "player" holding a controller and playing.

Combining these two screens makes it clear that Tianba Studio isn’t deceiving anyone; this truly is a real-time demo without any false advertising.

The video is 3 minutes and 38 seconds long.

It’s not that they didn’t want to record more, but any more might reveal some significant content or unfinished parts ahead of time.

"Alright, publish it!"

After glancing at the sample, Chen Ba nodded in satisfaction and instructed Lu to release the video on platforms like Weibo, WeChat Public Account, Tianba Community, and Thunderbolt.

...

Guo Mo, a game streamer.

Just to reiterate, he doesn’t have a friend named Martin!

He’s been endlessly bothered by this question ever since he was a kid; everyone asks if he knows Martin and Lorna? Even his live-stream viewers ask: What has Martin transformed into today?

"Please! I really don’t know Martin or Lorna, so stop asking. If you keep asking, I’ll get mad on stream..."

New viewers might not understand this stream-specific joke until someone in the chat explains it, reminding them of the classic childhood animation "Transforming Martin".

"Hahaha, Mo got flushed again!"

"Warning, warning!"

"Don’t get mad yet, streamer, go check out the new video just released by Tianba Studio and give your opinion on Ba’s new game..."

"That’s right, streamer, go check it out. Pan Yang just did!"

A new video?

After glancing at the streaming chat, Guo Mo opened the Thunderbolt homepage and quickly found a hot video with 5.8 million views.

"’Global Evolution’ 3-minute and 38-second real-time gameplay video, with Ba’s appearance as a bonus!"

"Oh, Global Evolution?"

Guo Mo had heard of this game; after all, rumors had circulated earlier that Tianba Studio was developing a AAA game.

He just didn’t expect Tianba Studio to release a real-time gameplay video so soon.

Wait a minute!

Considering the standard development cycle for a AAA game, a real-time demo should only be available next year or even the year after, right?

"No wonder Ba is called the fast shooter!"

After marveling at Ba’s speed, Guo Mo immediately clicked the video play button, selecting fullscreen to watch.

"This is an era of chaos, an era of evolution for all things..."

At the start of the video, a narrator with a deep, hoarse voice describes the upheaval of the world, the origin, and the process of Spiritual Qi Revival.

On the other side of the video, Ba sits on the sofa, picks up the controller, nods at the camera, and then immerses himself entirely in the game.

After a brief intro CG, the game officially enters real-time footage. Worried people might doubt its authenticity, Ba specifically brings up the settings UI to show everyone that it’s not CG.

"Oh, the graphics are impressive!"

Having been through the experience with "Star Emperor," Guo Mo thought no game graphics could surprise him anymore.

But he was completely caught off guard; the graphics of this game were not inferior to "Star Emperor," and the post-apocalyptic ambiance was even more visually striking than "Star Emperor."

"How should I put this..."