Chapter 283: Numerical Ability at Second Stage Max
Inside the studio, Chen Mo was frantically drawing lottery prizes.
The last time he had drawn was before working on *Minecraft*. Back then, he had obtained some numerical balance skill books, architecture skill books, texture beautification skill books, and some Poison Milk Capsules.
It was thanks to those skill books that Chen Mo had been able to beautify *Minecraft* to the level required for VR gaming, and to build so many classic structures in the game, creating countless topics and buzz for *Minecraft*.
As for the Poison Milk Capsules, they had successfully screwed over Old Yan, cooling down the hype for *Thousand Prisons* a bit, allowing *Minecraft* to seize the opportunity and break through.
In truth, Chen Mo had used the Poison Milk Capsules with a "let's see what happens" attitude, because no one really knew if the thing would actually work.
Everyone felt that the popularity of *Thousand Prisons* seemed to have fizzled out for some metaphysical reason. As for whether it was actually the effect of the Poison Milk Capsules, Chen Mo himself couldn't be sure.
This time, Chen Mo was drawing specifically to get more numerical balance skill books.
In his view, the *League of Legends* from his previous life hadn't done a great job with numerical balance. So, he hoped to use his black technology to forge this game into a very balanced one, giving most champions room to shine.
This time, Chen Mo was flush with cash. He directly topped up 50 million, which converted to 50,000 diamonds, allowing him to draw 500 times.
As for where all that money actually went, Chen Mo himself had no idea.
Considering that this system could even produce things like Memory Replay Potions and Poison Milk Capsules, covering up the flow of Chen Mo's assets probably wasn't a big deal, right? At least so far, no one from any relevant department had come knocking on his door for a chat.
Pull the lever, pull the lever, pull the lever...
Each pull of the lever automatically cost 990 diamonds to multiply the drawn items by ten. Even so, Chen Mo had to pull the lever 50 times.
After all, that was 50 million. In cash, it could fill 16 suitcases.
The final haul was as follows:
Design - Numerical Balance Skill Book (Second Stage): 100 copies
Design - Storyline Skill Book (Second Stage): 30 copies
Design - Professional Knowledge (*League of Legends* Classic Tactics): 100 copies
Design - Professional Knowledge (Psychology Textbook - Game Specialized): 100 copies
Presentation - Art (3D Modeling): 40 copies
Presentation - Art (Action Effects): 50 copies
Presentation - Music & Sound Effects Skill Book: 30 copies
Item - Rate Regulator: 20 units
Item - Memory Replay Potion (Upgraded Version): 10 units
Item - Super Focuser (Upgraded Version): 20 units
"Hmm, not bad. The numerical skill books are maxed out."
Chen Mo was very satisfied with this lottery. The numerical skill books were fully drawn, and his numerical ability was now at the second stage max. He could finally handle the numerical balance issues of *League of Legends* with ease.
The storyline skill books were useless for now, but improving his storytelling ability couldn't hurt.
As for those 200 professional knowledge skill books, they were a bit of a pain.
What had *League of Legends* classic tactics done to deserve costing 10 million to buy?
But thinking about it, in his previous life, the big clubs spent way more than 10 million over a few years just to hire a good coaching team. Looking at it that way, 10 million was quite a bargain.
As for the 100 psychology textbooks, and game-specialized ones at that, Chen Mo could only mutter a silent "WTF" in his heart. He could only say that the system would stop at nothing to make money!
Chen Mo also badly needed abilities related to art and music. Although *League of Legends* itself didn't require extremely high model precision or animation quality, the higher the better, since PC configurations in this parallel world were generally high. There was no need to deliberately lower the specs to promote the game.
Moreover, the various actions of champions would affect certain settings, like turn speed, movement speed, attack interval, and cast animation. These were all subtle issues closely tied to artistic presentation and game balance. The more perfect they were, the better.
As for music, that went without saying. In his previous life, Riot Games spared no expense for *League of Legends* music, even holding dedicated concerts. Chen Mo didn't aim to make his *League of Legends* music better than the previous life's, but he at least wanted to match that standard.
As for special items, he got Memory Replay Potions and Super Focusers again. Their functions were similar to before, but the effects were many times better. After all, the current lottery price was also quite touching.
With his second-stage numerical ability maxed out, Chen Mo finally had the confidence. He was going to make *League of Legends* even more successful than in his previous life.
...
Just as Chen Mo was brimming with ambition, he received a message on his phone.
An invitation to join a chat group.
"Qiu Hengyang invites you to join the chat group: Home of Struggling Designers."
Chen Mo took one look and immediately felt displeased.
What the hell? "Home of Struggling Designers"?
If you guys want to struggle, go ahead. I'm not struggling. The games I make are hot.
Not joining.
He directly rejected it.
Within two minutes, the invitation came again. This time, Qiu Hengyang even sent him a private message: "Come on in, it's important!"
Chen Mo replied: "Change the group name first. Call it 'Home of Top-Tier Designers,' then I'll join."
Qiu Hengyang: "...Hold on, let me ask the group owner."
A moment later, the invitation came again.
"Qiu Hengyang invites you to join Top-Tier Designers' Home."
This time, Chen Mo was satisfied and clicked [Accept].
The group was quite lively, with people chatting away.
Star Spirit Wings - Li Feng: "Yeah, I really feel like these channel providers are about to tear into each other. Kinda nervous. It's definitely good for us indie game designers right now, but who knows what'll happen later?"
Earth Fiend Walk - Zhu Fanglin: "I heard that Di Dynasty is busy preparing a new game. Obviously, they want to use a high-quality game to build their brand and prove the value of the new channel."
Star Spirit Wings - Li Feng: "I'm so nervous!"
Dream Journey - Zhou Haibin: "Take it easy. Even if you're nervous, you can't do anything about it."
Lost Dream - Lin Hailing: "Hey? Why did the group name change? Wasn't it 'Home of Struggling Designers'? How did it become 'Top-Tier Designers' Home'? Does that mean I should leave the group?"
Star Spirit Wings - Li Feng: "Oh? There's a new member. Silent... why does that name sound familiar? Holy crap, is that Chen Mo? You guys actually pulled Chen Mo in?"
Chen Mo looked over the members in the group. The group name tags were neatly uniform, all in the format of Game Name - Designer Name. A quick scan revealed that pretty much all the famous indie game designers in the country were in this group.
And there were quite a few people in the group, over four hundred. Among them were relatively successful indie game designers like Li Feng, Zhu Fanglin, and Zhou Haibin, as well as some designers he had never heard of.
But overall, there seemed to be a certain threshold for joining this group. It looked like the minimum requirement was at least a C-grade designer, and they had to be designers with no ties to big companies.