Bai Lan actually didn't know what day of the week it was.
But once she got to the library, she knew it was definitely a work day.
Because there are not many people in the library.
Most of the people reading in the library have their heads buried in the piles of books. Judging from the way they are writing furiously, many young people must be taking the postgraduate entrance examination.
Bai Lan gently followed the guidance in the library to find the information area she needed.
In the planning project of "Dead Cells", the guidance on the text part is very limited.
Although there is just enough space for Bai Lan's localization ideas to flourish.
But it also requires Bai Lan to make sufficient preparations and constantly construct and improve the story she wants to tell.
Bai Lan already knew something about the general story and core of "Dead Cells".
She chose to find localized answers in the Chinese mythology of this world.
Bai Lan discovered that the Chinese mythology system in this world was even richer and more complete than that in her social and animal world.
This gives her more room for imagination.
Bai Lan was immersed in the sea of books until the library was about to close and the librarian came over to remind her that she left the library with a lot of notes.
For several days in a row, Bai Lan spent the day in the library.
After returning home, Mi Yahan happened to wake up in the evening, and the two of them leaned together to watch TV, drink coke and wine, and eat the snacks Bai Lan bought home along the way.
This kind of life is unexpectedly comfortable and relaxing.
It seems that apart from having no particularly clear goal to strive for, life should be like this.
However, an unexpected phone call interrupted Bai Lan's rhythm of life.
"What? Dabai, are you unemployed?"
Bai Lan said to the phone with a surprised look on his face.
The woman on the other end of the phone is her sister Bai Miao, a thirty-year-old woman who is lazier than herself.
It's just that Bai Lan is afraid of society, and Bai Miao is also afraid of society.
But Bai Lan's social phobia is social phobia.
Bai Miao's social fear is that of a social terrorist.
"Oops! I told you, it's a naked resignation! It's a naked resignation! It's not unemployment!"
The other end of the phone was still quibbling.
"I resigned on my own initiative, not because I was fired! It's me who doesn't want them! It's not them who don't want me!"
Bai Lan held the phone further away from her ear.
To prevent sister Bai Miao from damaging her eardrums with her yelling.
"Then what are your plans?"
Bai Lan waited for Bai Miao to finish his explanation before asking again.
"I don't know yet, Ang, but aren't you also unemployed?"
Bai Miao looked like someone who had been there before, comforting her younger sister like an eldest sister.
"Last time I saw that the company before you had declared bankruptcy. Alas, our Lao Bai family has the blood of unemployment flowing through them!"
"No?"
Bai Lan blinked his eyes and spoke to Bai Miao in a very unscrupulous tone.
"My previous company did go bankrupt, but I didn't lose my job? I'm an independent game producer now, making my own games."
"You? Independent game producer?"
Bai Miao knew exactly how much his sister weighed.
When my sister chose to enter the gaming industry, it was influenced by her study of animation design.
Along the way, she also gave her younger sister guidance.
"What? You, an unemployed thirty-year-old woman, still look down on me in my prime!"
The relationship between the Bai sisters is more unscrupulous than ordinary people.
Ridiculing each other is a daily routine between the sisters.
It's just that since Bai Lan got a job, she was busy and autistic, so she rarely called Bai Miao.
I just used Bai Miao's card to eat hot pot last time and sent Bai Miao a birthday greeting.
"What's wrong with being thirty? A woman is thirty-something! The game producer you're talking about isn't the kind of producer who's been practicing for two and a half years and then asks you about the creation of the work, right?"
Bai Miao was doubtful.
"Can't you find out by searching for 'Lin Beibei Lan Jiang' on the Chaos Game Platform?"
Bai Lan is ready to show his holiness in front of others.
Her expression was indifferent, and even the words she just said had a faint aura of forcing the king.
Bai Miao hung up the phone without saying anything and went to search by himself.
Ten minutes later, Bai Miao called again.
"I knock! I knock, I knock, I knock! Then you are a little rich woman now?"
Bai Miao's focus is Bai Lan's income.
For unemployed people, this is what they subconsciously care about most.
"No talent, I achieved Coca-Cola freedom at a young age."
Bai Lan said lightly.
"If you are unemployed and desperate, Dabai, you can come to me at any time. The position of my personal maid will always be reserved for you."
"Naked words! Naked words! Naked words! I have already said that I am not unemployed, but naked!"
"But it's okay to defect to you, but you can do whatever you want about the maid!"
The two bickered for a few more times, and then Bai Miao mentioned that he had just learned about Bai Lan's game.
"Why are your game graphics either made by AI or simple pixel art? I feel like you need to strengthen this aspect."
"But I can appreciate aesthetics, but I can't draw it myself..."
Bai Lan said helplessly, but she reacted immediately.
"That's not right. Since you are unemployed, why not come and play games with me!"
"I told you I'm not unemployed!"
"Okay, are you coming?"
Bai Lan dug his ears and asked again.
"Come."
Cut it, sister.
"Then let me prepare things for you first. I still have a roommate here. I'll tell her and talk to me when you come over."
Bai Miao had forgotten the pain of being unemployed, but shouted excitedly.
"Okay, I, Bai Miao, can finally be a little sister! I'm going to find my best friends to share my feelings about being adopted!"
Dabai is really disdainful...
Bai Lan was too lazy to complain about her sister on the phone. Good sisters would always say bad things in person.
She had to go and tell Mi Yahan about her sister's arrival first.
Although the contract did not stipulate how many people could live in his room, Bai Lan felt that since he and Mi Yahan lived under the same roof and had such a good relationship, they should explain it in advance.
When Bai Lan told Mi Yahan that his unemployed, lonely sister was coming to join him.
The first question Mi Yahan asked was...
"Eh?! Does that sister know how to drink?"
"Hmm...it seems quite drinkable."
Bai Lan thought for a while, if he could drink half a bottle of liquor, he should be considered drinkable, right?
"That's really great!"
"When will sister arrive? How about letting her sleep with me? Then we can drink whenever we want!"
This Jiu Mengzi.
All she cared about was her wine.
She didn't care about the inconvenience caused by Bai Miao's arrival.
All she knows is that she will have a brand new version of her drinking partner!
"She'd better sleep with me."
Bai Lan shook her head and glanced at Mi Yahan with some pity.
Young people, don’t be too happy too soon!
"Hey, when you go to pick up your sister, Sister Lan, remember to ask me to come with you!"
Mi Yahan hummed a little tune and ran to the kitchen to make herself a glass of wine to try. Bai Lan leisurely shook his head and returned to his room.
Now this suite is 45 square meters without the balcony.
It's spacious for one person, but a bit cramped for two people.
But only a little bit.
The bed in the room is so big that even if one person sleeps half of it and each is wrapped in a quilt, they can easily turn over.
For the work hall, the height-adjustable desk Bai Lan bought is also large enough.
But before, she used half to put the computer and half to put snacks.
She used to eat takeout here without folding the lid of the takeout box!
Now I probably need to make some plans to buy two trolleys to put snacks in, and use the space freed up for my sister Bai Miao to install a computer.
This ensures her productivity.
After all, the computers, or workstations, required for animation design and animation production have very high configuration requirements.
Animation production requires frequent processing of complex calculations and the final processing to present high-definition images, so a top-notch multi-core processor is indispensable, right?
Animation production also requires a lot of memory resources. The size of RAM is very important, otherwise it will get stuck and reset halfway, so a large and stable memory is indispensable, right?
Animation production requires a high-end graphics card to support complex image calculations, rendering, and presentation. Either a top-level game graphics card or a professional graphics card. It’s indispensable, right?
Storage, then it goes without saying, right? The files, materials, and finished films used to make animations are all very large, so they are indispensable, right? Bai Lan even had to consider setting up a NAS.
Not to mention the monitor, the color, resolution, and refresh rate are all in place, right?
Coupled with the heat generated by the above hardware, silent heat dissipation is also indispensable, and the price is even more expensive.
Graphics workstations, monitors...
Bai Lan calculated it like this.
Bai Miao hasn't arrived yet, so this equipment will cost her tens of thousands.
do not know why.
Suddenly I wanted to call my sister and ask her to go home.
Those who learn animation production are really prodigal women!
Say so.
Bai Lan still chose a high-end customized graphics workstation for Bai Miao on Goudong.
After paying the fee painfully, Bai Lan lay back on the bed and began to think about the recent gains.
Be reasonable and tell the truth.
The unexpected addition of sister Bai Miao will actually bring a lot of help to Bai Lan.
Bai Lan was originally thinking that if he wanted to use an AI creative assistant to draw pictures, the amount of work for the game this time would be much greater than before.
And the pixel art style of "Dead Cells" has its own unique style.
If you are painting through AI, it will be difficult to reflect the characteristics of its painting style in details.
And on the other hand.
The "I WANNA" series can't be said to have any artistic style, so I won't talk about it.
But it is different from "The Sky of Fate".
"The Sky of Fate" uses text to construct pictures. In fact, as long as the players are comfortable with it.
However, the narrative of "Dead Cells" actually uses fragmented and piecemeal details to lay out the story.
This requires more fine details.
Basically, you still need professionals to do art production.
And sister Bai Miao is indeed an extremely suitable candidate.
With many years of experience in front-line animation production, she can't be said to be more than adequate for game art and action animation, but she can still be considered handy.
It is a plug-and-play level.
Moreover, since my sister will now be the first member to join her gaming team, it is natural that she must give full play to her strengths first.
At least!
Bai Lan feels that the promotional videos and trailers for each of his future games will be available.
How had she dared to think about these things before?
She can't even draw anymore, so how could she make a promotional trailer?
But now it works!
First of all, she has the funds accumulated from the previous two games as costs, and she also has a professional like her sister Bai Miao.
Bai Lan only needs to describe and communicate her thoughts with her sister.
For sisters who share the same father and mother, the kind of spiritual connection is needless to say.
Bai Lan now feels that he is starting to develop step by step towards an increasingly formal game production process.
Perhaps when she has more people, she will consider setting up a real gaming team directly.
Bai Lan has prepared everything for Bai Miao regarding work and rest.
After leaving his house, he went to see what Mi Yahan was doing.
But when she arrived at the living room, she saw Mi Yahan coming in from the door, holding a box of things in her arms.
"Hanbao, did you go shopping?"
Bai Lan took out a bottle of iced Coke from the refrigerator and opened it slowly to prevent it from suddenly spraying out.
After opening the bottle, she took a sip.
"Ah~burp!"
He let out a happy sigh and finally let out a satisfied burp.
Bai Lan tightened the bottle cap and put it back in the refrigerator.
Sure enough, the first sip of Coke is still the soul!
"Yes!"
Mi Yahan put the box of things into the corner of the kitchen used to store drinks.
Bai Lan glanced at it and knew that this little girl had bought another drink.
"Buying another drink?"
"Yeah! Sister Lan, I specially bought a box of special Maotai-flavor wine! This kind of liquor seems to be liked by many people. I think my sister will like it, right?"
Mi Yahan's pretty eyes blinked.
"You should... like it."
Bai Lan was sweating a little.
She suddenly remembered the glorious past of her sister Bai Miao.
She suddenly felt that she had made a mistake in telling Mi Yahan that Bai Miao knew how to drink.
Mi Yahan is full of expectations, and Bai Lan is harboring evil intentions.
Finally, I had to pick up Bai Miao at the station in the afternoon of the next day.
Bai Miao is indeed Bai Miao.
She is obviously a noble lady who looks dignified and majestic when she is not talking.
But the first moment he saw Bai Lan at the station, his eyes lit up and he yelled like a monkey in a banana forest, trying to knock Bai Lan down.
Bai Miao's appearance and height are not much different from Bai Lan's.
It just seems that the atmosphere and charm are much more mature than Bai Lan.
Of course, the biggest gap is the part on the chest.
They were both born to the same mother, so the gap between them was quite huge.
After Bai Lan was helpless and forced to die, she took Bai Miao and Mi Yahan, dragged Bai Miao's luggage, and simply took a taxi home.
When he arrived at the door of the house, Bai Lan suddenly turned his head and said to Bai Miao.
"Dabai, I know why you haven't found a partner even in your thirties."
"You know what, that's because I don't want to find it and I'm not interested."
"Because funny girls don't have love."
"Don't talk to yourself, okay! I told you I'm not interested!"
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