Actually, Jenny didn't want it to come to this either. After all, they were both adults now. Even though they were siblings, it still felt a bit awkward.
But she had no choice. That game had given her a serious psychological shadow!
She was genuinely scared to sleep alone now!
Never mind sleeping, even going to the bathroom required her to turn on every single light before she dared to go.
Hearing this, Lucien was left speechless.
"Fine, my bad." Lucien could only say this. He immediately gave in. "Then you can sleep here, Jen."
What else could he say? If she wanted to sleep together, then so be it. After all, they used to sleep together often when they were little, so there wasn't much awkwardness between them.
The next morning at seven o'clock, Jenny was still lying softly in bed, sound asleep.
Lucien, however, had already gotten up. He turned on his computer and entered the Steam platform.
The Steam platform was the largest game platform in this world, encompassing the vast majority of games from around the globe.
For games released on the platform, Steam would take a 20% cut.
The Steam platform was very easy to use. All you had to do was register an account and link a bank account.
Lucien named his account New World Game Studio. The meaning behind the name was simple.
To bring entirely new game worlds to the players of this world.
Next, Lucien began uploading the game files.
It took him about twenty minutes before the game files were finally uploaded.
As for the price, Lucien set it to free release just as he had promised.
After everything was set up, Lucien took a sip of water and clicked "Release" right on time at nine o'clock.
Almost the instant he released it, he saw from the backend that the download count for Silent Hill instantly jumped from 0 to 1,852!
He refreshed the page again, and the download count had already become 4,251!
"Tsk tsk, in just a few seconds, the downloads are already this high!"
Lucien was somewhat surprised. It seemed Jenny's announcement last night about the game releasing had been quite effective!
Quite a few players had been waiting right on time for the release of Silent Hill PT!!
The moment it went live, people started downloading like crazy!
He had thought that for a horror game like Silent Hill, not many people would play it.
He hadn't expected the players' enthusiasm to be this high!
"Lucien, has the game been released yet?"
At this moment, Jenny, who was still lying in bed, woke up and asked.
"Yeah, it was just released," Lucien replied.
"How many downloads so far?" Jenny asked again.
"Let me check." Lucien refreshed the page once more. "It's already over ten thousand."
"What?!" Jenny shot up from the bed in one swift motion. She slipped on her slippers and hurried over to the computer with loud footsteps.
12,430!
Seeing this number, she was stunned!
"No way, it reached this many in less than a few minutes!"
Jenny exclaimed. She then slapped her thigh hard. "Ugh, what a loss! Lucien, this is a huge loss!"
"Just think about it. Even if you sold this game for just one dollar, you probably could have made several million dollar from this month!!"
"Ahhh, such a loss! What a loss!!!"
The regret on Jenny's face was obvious as she grabbed Lucien's shoulders and shook him vigorously.
" Can you please stop?" Lucien said helplessly.
"Don't you understand the cause and effect here? It's precisely because it's free that so many people are downloading it."
"And to be honest, this game has a very short playtime. If you find the right method, you can probably finish it in just over ten minutes. Charging money for a game that only lasts ten or so minutes would be a bit too shady, don't you think?"
In the end, Lucien wasn't some black-hearted capitalist pig. He couldn't bring himself to charge money for an unfinished game.
"Only ten or so minutes?!" Hearing this, Jenny was also stunned. "You're saying it only takes ten or so minutes to clear this game?"
"When I was playing it, how come it felt like several hours had passed?!"
"That's because you were so scared that time felt much longer," Lucien explained.
"That makes sense," Jenny nodded thoughtfully.
"The game you made is really too scary. To get this many downloads in just a few minutes is already shocking to me. Are there really this many masochists these days? Do they enjoy being tortured that much?"
To this, Lucien smiled and said.
"Since it's free anyway, they might as well download it first. Whether they'll actually play it or dare to play it is another matter."
"To be honest, even I feel like my Silent Hill PT has somewhat gone against the original purpose of making games fun."
After all, games should first and foremost be fun.
Even horror games are created for the sake of that thrilling sensation.
But when the thrill goes too far, the overall gaming experience becomes very poor.
In Lucien's opinion, perhaps only true masochists would fall in love with this Silent Hill PT of his.
Even though the game's visuals were realistic to the point of resembling the real world and could crush every other game currently available, its extreme scariness meant it ultimately wouldn't become a massive hit.
At the same time, the moment Lucien officially released Silent Hill PT, the thousands upon thousands of eagerly waiting players instantly boiled over with excitement.
"Silent Hill PT really got released! It's so punctual!"
"Download it, download it now!"
"I want to see if this game is really as realistic as it looked in the gameplay footage!"
"That's right, time to verify it. If it's not the same, I'm leaving a bad review right away!"