Chapter 48

Chapter 48

In the blink of an eye, mid November came around, Outlast was currently 70% complete.

The remaining 30% consisted mainly of voice acting, cutscene production and polishing up the finer details.

For Chen Xu, the most significant gain from this entire experience was actually a deeper understanding of the game engine editor.

At the same time, with his current designer qualifications, the resource quota provided by the government platform was completely sufficient for a game like Outlast. Since there was no need for complex systems such as combat and character customization to be involved.

Besides game development, Nebula Games also silently launched their own gaming platform, with Chen Xu giving it a quick shoutout on his socials.

But this didnt cause too much of a stir.

No industry giants paid heed to it, and the media wasnt as interested in it as they were about the upcoming horror game. This piece of info was simply tucked away in the sub-columns and smaller segments of a few smaller gaming news outlets. VIsit n0(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

In fact, most players wouldnt even notice it if they werent specifically looking for it.

On the Nebula Games platform, there were only 2 entries, To the Moon and Undertale. And the two had a combined sales of 172 copies, with the cumulative playtime of all purchases being only around 50 hours.

Obviously, the people who bothered to make a purchase on this platform were fans who wanted to show their support for Chen Xu by buying an extra copy. The two games had already been out for a while on numerous other, larger gaming platforms.

So Chen Xu was not discouraged, after all, the user base of a gaming platform is not built overnight. It is something to be earned with good service and attractive features, all of which he had plans for.

Time passed swiftly and soon it was early December.

The development of Outlast had come to an end. And the marketing for the game had begun.

An update was soon posted on Chen Xus socials and official developer blog. Just a simple paragraph and a poster for the game.

[ Only by outlasting, can one save themselves from Hell ]

[ December 15th, Outlast begins ]

The poster depicted a hospital room in disrepair. Rusty, stained medical equipment was scattered all over, and dark stains covered the walls and hospital bed.

On the wall was the title of the game written in a dark, viscous fluid: Outlast.

The scene was viewed through what seemed to be the night-vision mode of a video camera, making everything reminiscent of bloodstains and amplifying the dreadful imagery.

After having some technical difficulties with the official gaming platform, Sun Yixie ignored the chat spamming [ Big brother cant even open the game by himself ] he finally hit the play button in peace.

A brief fry of static flashed, then the game interface appeared.

The entire screen was tinged in a gloomy shade of greenish blue, the color tone reminiscent of those used in horror and thriller movies from the late 90s and early 00s.

There seemed to be a hospital room in the background, but it was sparsely lit. Thick, ominous clouds swirled and obscured the visibility of the background, while eerie music played.

Ok that made me feel stuff, but only a lil bit, a lil tiny bit. But still, as Ive said before, playing horror games is like breathing to me, lets go. Sun Yixie exclaimed as he read the chat, still feeling quite confident.

Difficulty selection. Lets go with normal for now, I think its best for the first run through.

The screen faded into darkness, and a male voice began to narrate as white text filled the screen in accordance with the narration, giving the player a brief introduction of the setting.

My name is Miles Upshur, an investigative journalist.

I received a tip from an anonymous source, containing disturbing implications regarding a long-abandoned medical institute deep in the heart of Colorado Mt. Massive Asylum.

So far, Sun Yixie had zero psychological fluctuations about this. He appeared as calm as he had before.

Most horror games and movies were like this, it was going as expected.

After the narration ended, the screen began to clear up, showing a first-person POV of the protagonist driving a car.

However There was something about the presentation that was unsettling. The atmosphere was oozing with an unpleasant feeling that prickled the skin, the darkness beyond the car lights was suffocating, and the howling winds that could be mistaken for wolves did not help lighten the mood.

Sun Yixie felt his heartbeat speed up just a tad.

I return from crabby hell. I make zero promises. I apologize. I am shame.

Crab man

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