This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 248 - 170: Magic Animation
This year, the winter in Jiangning was uncharacteristically heavy with large snowflakes, with the deepest snow reaching half a meter thick in some areas.
On snowy days, one should stay cozy at home.
Considering some employees’ commuting issues, Chen Ba didn’t force everyone to come to the studio to work; working from home was also fine.
Anyway, after "Don’t Leave After School: Marble Storm" launched, aside from the routine server maintenance, Tianba Studio didn’t have any serious business.
If anything needs mentioning, the partnership between Golden Arches and "Speeding Frenzy" should be considered a big deal.
[Eat spicy chicken legs, play Speeding Frenzy, enjoy a warm and cozy winter!]
Golden Arches really pulled out all the stops, their overwhelming online and offline advertising ensured that everyone knew about their partnership with "Speeding Frenzy".
As for the results though...
It’s quite embarrassing to say!
The players of Tianba Game didn’t quite compare to those of some anime games; at least in such partnership activities, player enthusiasm was visibly lacking.
This directly led to Golden Arches working hard on promotion but the "Speeding Frenzy" special menu not selling much, which made Chen Ba feel quite embarrassed.
Come on!
What are you guys doing? Why aren’t you showing some support? If this collaboration performs too poorly, who will come looking for Tianba Studio for partnership deals in the future?
Chen Ba was anxiously worried.
It’s rare for a big brand to want to partner with their game for promotions. If the results are really poor, it might be very difficult to have similar collaborations in the future.
To enhance the prestige of this collaboration, Chen Ba specially launched a live stream on Thunderbolt and the Tianba Official Website, showing off the "Speeding Frenzy" exciting meals in front of the audience!
His sacrifice, doing a food live stream personally, did draw quite some attention. At least gamers watched intently, indicating they’d order some delivery to try.
Of course!
The audience’s interest in Ba clearly overshadowed the appeal of the fried chicken burgers themselves.
In other words, people were watching Chen Ba as a person, regardless of what he was eating. Golden Arches? Speeding Frenzy special meal?
Sorry, not familiar at all!
Many viewers watching Chen Ba’s live stream were longtime players of Tianba Game, and their discussions in the live chat revolved around the game.
"Folks, this is a Golden Arches special live stream, how about talking a bit about fried chicken burgers instead of the game?"
Chen Ba tried to shift the topic, picking up a burger with a determined look: "Everyone, watch closely, I’m going to perform eating a burger in three bites..."
Crunch crunch!
What kind of lettuce is this? Why does biting into it feel like salted vegetable? Almost choked on the burger, Chen Ba quickly took a sip of water and looked at the live stream chat.
"Oh yeah, this is what we’re promoting through our partnership with Golden Arches, the ’Speeding Frenzy exciting meal’..."
"Available at major locations nationwide!"
"Has Magic Animation been released?"
Accidentally seeing a comment in the chat, Chen Ba immediately lost interest in selling burgers, picking up his phone to search for related information.
Indeed!
The comment didn’t deceive him; Tencent had just released the beta sign-up link for its professional-grade AI animation creation software, "Magic Animation", mimicking "Divine Grace Continent".
Chen Ba clicked in.
To gain testing access, a reservation is needed, with phone number and identity information filled in for qualification.
Chen Ba closed the live stream and signed up for testing using Lu’s phone and details.
Downloaded the software, installed and ran it!
Since it’s a beta test and not officially launched, "Magic Animation" is currently in a "temporary free" state.
"Meaning it will charge later?"
Chen Ba smiled, unsure of the pricing standard for this software, though seeing it’s targeting "Divine Grace Continent" professional version, it likely won’t be cheap.
So here’s the question!
Can this software live up to its charging standard? Can it reach the level of "Divine Grace Continent" professional version?
Full of curiosity, Chen Ba entered the software.
"Magic Animation", though called software, is essentially a game with a lot of backend setting windows and adjustment tools.
Perhaps to avoid conflict or head-on competition with "Divine Grace Continent", the available genre in this software is, surprisingly, urban romance.
"Click to generate, and the software will automatically create a story background and character for you; move the camera to switch and lock perspectives..."
Following the software’s instructions, Chen Ba quickly learned how to use it.
The process was akin to "Divine Grace Continent", one-click operation, foolproof animation generation.
Preset scripts and dialogues can be input, but after some trials, Chen Ba found it not very useful, as the preset scripts didn’t match the generated scenes.
Then give up on preset scripts, choose random generation and let AI freely create!
Chen Ba set up a rather decent protagonist template: both parents deceased, excellent academic performance, handsome appearance...
Then clicked to generate animation!
The AI started working, and suddenly the formerly empty main page presented new scenes and characters, and these characters began interacting.
Most importantly...
This protagonist Chen Ba designed, started freely moving around without any inputs or commands.
"Wow, not bad at all!"
Seeing this, Chen Ba couldn’t help but admire Tencent; criticisms aside, their foundation is solid, it’s produced rather professionally.
However, speaking of which.
Merely letting the character move freely isn’t enough; the critical point is the reasonableness of their actions. If any abnormal or illogical behaviors appear, it wouldn’t be very good.
