Ch. 14 - Let Players Experience the Feeling of Being Blitzkrieged
We Agreed to Create Casual Games, What the Hell is this World War Nonsense?This chapter is broken. Please report this on discord.
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Mo Xiaomo excitedly slammed the table, then turned toward the camera with a smug expression.
"This is an invitation to the new game from the mysterious Polar Star Games Company that's currently trending! I'm asking everyone—who else can pull this off?!"
The bullet comments rolled frantically.
[Holy shit?! Is this for real?!]
[Nice! You actually flexed on us!]
[Streamer, hurry up and launch it!]
[This damn Polar Star Games Company has been trending all week, finally we can see what they made]
[True, I felt bad for them at first but their marketing tactics are honestly gross]
[Quick download it! Let's see what's inside!]
Mo Xiaomo waved her hand smugly.
"Don't rush, everyone—I'm opening it right now."
Under her viewers' eager gazes, Mo Xiaomo moved her mouse and clicked the invitation link.
The screen immediately jumped to a new page displaying a 3-day countdown timer against a black background, with an early access channel download link below it.
She clicked several times, but nothing happened.
Mo Xiaomo looked confused.
"That's it? Did the programmer mess up and forget to activate the link? Why won't it click?"
The bullet comments in the livestream immediately turned mocking.
[LMAO Polar Star Games can't even code a webpage properly and they think they can make games?]
[What a letdown, so many people watching and the webpage doesn't even work]
[It's not just you, other streams have the same problem, none of these links work]
[After all this hype they're just trolling us?]
Hiss—
Sweat beaded on Mo Xiaomo's forehead. What kind of situation was this? Why release an unfinished webpage with so many people watching? This could completely ruin her reputation...
Clearing her throat, Mo Xiaomo tried to salvage the situation.
"Cough cough, this might... it might..."
Suddenly, a bullet comment with brilliant golden special effects floated through the livestream.
[Polar Star Games Zhao Ming: Clients with the early access channel download will have priority opening privileges after entering the game. The game can only be downloaded when [Anti-War Competition] begins. Please look forward to it.]
Several super starship gifts immediately streaked across the livestream, and Zhao Ming's explanation, accompanied by special effects, flashed across Sky Shark Streaming's homepage.
Mo Xiaomo breathed a sigh of relief and smiled brightly.
"So that's how it works—everyone can look forward to it! Also, huge thanks to Polar Star Games boss Zhao Ming for the super starships! When the game launches, make sure to come to my stream for real-time battles!"
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Polar Star Games Company.
In his office, Zhao Ming watched Mo Xiaomo's livestream briefly, then swiped to the next stream and sent out several more super starships.
This attention-grabbing strategy had continued relentlessly for over a week. Super starships, being top-tier gifts, weren't available just anytime—they usually only appeared during special events when wealthy patrons supported their favorite streamers. Big spenders like Zhao Ming who randomly gifted streams daily were incredibly rare.
This phenomenon extended beyond just the gaming section of Sky Shark Streaming. Even in the appearance and dance streamers’ sections, many female streamers had changed their titles to express anticipation for "World War II: Rise of Empire" and incorporated related themes into their dance performances, following enthusiastic viewer suggestions.
Don't even mention it—when Zhao Ming discovered this unexpected development, he was deeply moved by these streamers' passionate dedication to their craft and responded by showering them with super starships non-stop, driving the entire female streaming community into a frenzy.
After gifting for a while, he heard movement from the sofa area. Zhao Ming put down his phone and glanced over to see Shen Qinghan removing her virtual helmet with a shake of her head, revealing an expression of complete despair.
After Zhao Ming had optimized "Normandy Landing" by refining various mechanics and perfecting the early immersive story experience, bringing it to launch-ready standards, he'd notified Shen Qinghan. Unable to contain her excitement, she'd come directly to the company and dove straight into the game.
Indeed, Shen Qinghan hadn't been idle during this period—rather than simply waiting for Zhao Ming to perfect the game, she'd thoroughly studied the terrain and defensive fire patterns of "Normandy Landing," even using the photon supercomputing cluster to calculate optimal strategy guides for the Omaha Beach landing.
The result? Even armed with comprehensive strategy guides, Shen Qinghan had still drastically underestimated this game.
The landing coordinates calculated by the photon supercomputing cluster and the subsequent breakthrough routes were theoretically sound. But the moment she charged to the front of the assault and prepared to reach the beach, every defensive position instantly targeted her.
"This is absolutely ridiculous. Why is there still artillery coverage?"
Shen Qinghan's imagination had been vivid, but the game’s reality proved brutally harsh. Her envisioned scenario of charging onto the beach and systematically eliminating enemy positions with superior marksmanship never materialized. Before she could even disembark, a concentrated fire of bullets rained down on her position. A single artillery shell landed, and both she and the landing craft were obliterated.
Zhao Ming spread his hands innocently.
"Isn't this perfectly normal defensive fire configuration?"
Shen Qinghan took a deep breath.
"What about the landmines? It's not just the artillery bombardment—I also tried jumping off the boat only to have explosives detonate directly beneath my feet..."
Zhao Ming gestured casually.
"That's also perfectly normal configuration. If you stepped on one... well, I can only say your luck wasn't great. The landmines aren't densely distributed."
Although sparse, they were strategically positioned in areas that appeared to be defensive weak points. Zhao Ming suspected this would inevitably lure intelligent players to brave enemy fire and attempt passage through these seemingly vulnerable zones, only to trigger the mines.
Judging from Shen Qinghan's experience, it seemed his theory was working perfectly...
But this definitely couldn't be revealed to Shen Qinghan—after all, she was the company's primary investor, and he needed to preserve some dignity.
Shen Qinghan, still oblivious to the intentional design, assumed it was standard difficulty balancing.
"The game seems mechanically sound now, but... why is the only available faction the Polish Federation? Isn't the game's core narrative supposed to focus on Empire versus Anglo-French Soviet Federation conflicts? Why have players experience everything from only the Polish Federation's perspective?"