Chapter 22: Kiana: It's Settled! We're Making Honkai Impact 3rd!
A beautiful girl game!
*Honkai Impact 3rd*!
The reason for choosing this game had been mentioned before—the most straightforward reason was that, as a mobile game, there was no need to produce all the content at once; he only needed to update it version by version!
It didn't matter if there wasn't enough money at the start; the profit from each version update could be invested into the production of the next one and beyond... that was the advantage of mobile games!
It was also the game that best suited miHoYo's current situation!
Aside from those practical reasons, there was also Su Mu's own mischievous streak.
He wanted to see what kind of fascinating expressions the Valkyries of this world would make after playing this game!
"A beautiful girl game?"
Bronya looked at the confident Su Mu, her expression a bit strange.
Although she had known Su Mu was writing the proposal for *Honkai Impact 3rd*, looking at the script alone, it was indeed an excellent story.
However, she felt a bit awkward about the term "beautiful girl game."
"Yes, a game where beautiful girls and the plot are the main selling points!"
Bronya froze, then her face flushed slightly. "An... adult game?"
Su Mu was stunned. He hadn't expected to hear those words from Bronya's mouth.
He glanced at the "Tuna" sitting nearby, who looked vacant as if her soul had left her body; she didn't seem to be listening.
Come to think of it, Kiana really had been acting a bit absent-minded lately.
It was strange; even though the company was making a lot of money, she hadn't seemed happy ever since that night.
"We're a legitimate game, a completely legitimate game!" Su Mu coughed a few times. "A beautiful girl game is meant to provide players with emotional value, giving them a great experience so they're willing to spend money on it!"
"I can understand that," Bronya nodded. "But can you explain why the characters in this proposal are all people I know?"
Su Mu brought out the proposal, and Bronya examined it carefully.
She had a premonition that this game Su Mu was making was absolutely viable. Not just because of Su Mu's previous success with *Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy*, but because he was showing Bronya a new possibility in this proposal!
The current mobile game market was quite barren. "Beautiful girl games" like the one Su Mu described did exist, but most were just flat 2D illustrations with incredibly boring idle gameplay.
The people of this world also had a strange obsession with yellow-skinned rabbits; otherwise, the first game Bronya made after starting the company wouldn't have been called *HOMU Matching*.
Using 3D would allow beautiful girls to be presented in high definition on a player's phone—a visual experience 2D couldn't hope to match.
From Bronya's perspective, this game was sure to be a hit, but the problem was...
"These characters aren't just similar to people in reality. If you told me you'd known them for years, I'd completely believe you..."
Bronya looked at the dense web of relationships in the proposal and felt a headache coming on.
Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, World Serpent?
Kiana, Raiden Mei, Bronya...
Even Teacher Welt Yang and Schicksal's Otto Apocalypse were in there?
And the roles these people had in the game's plot were somewhat similar to reality?
Bronya looked at Su Mu suspiciously and then pointed to the section regarding her own role.
"Why is my character an emotionless, disabled loli? Do you have something against me?"
But soon, Bronya saw Kiana's character introduction—a clumsy, impulsive, and gung-ho idiot of a girl—and she immediately burst out laughing.
"Especially this one... it's a bit too accurate (suppressed laughter)."
Bronya raised another question.
"Can't you change the names?"
Su Mu shook his head. "I can't."
Bronya: "And the reason?"
The reason? If I change the names, is it still *Honkai Impact 3rd*?
But he obviously couldn't say that. He explained in a mysterious way: "Actually, I had a dream—a dream about *Honkai Impact 3rd*. I dreamed that in that world, there was a periodic disaster called 'Honkai'."
"It's a story about girls chosen to fight against the disaster known as Honkai—they are called Valkyries—and they fight for all that is beautiful in the world..."
"As for the story content, it's exactly as you see; I've written it all into the proposal."
Bronya was surprised. A dream? Would anyone really believe such a ridiculous excuse?
Despite her skepticism, looking at everything described in the proposal, she felt a strange sense of familiarity for some reason.
Did a parallel world really exist where Valkyries fought against the Honkai?
Though it sounded far-fetched, Bronya felt it wasn't entirely impossible. After all, Su Mu was just a recent graduate; he couldn't have had contact with so many high-profile figures. Yet he had written out their names without missing a single one and had unexpectedly linked everything together. Either Su Mu was incredibly lucky, or he really had such an absurd and fantastic dream.
Although Kiana's mind had been wandering, she had heard their conversation and became more interested in this so-called *Honkai Impact 3rd*.
"So, I'm the protagonist in Su Mu's dream?"
Looking at the content in the proposal, Kiana suddenly cried out in surprise.
"Why is Kiana the protagonist..." Bronya's gaze seemed a bit resentful.
"No, no! Bronya is also a protagonist!" Su Mu quickly explained. "Your role is very important! You'll be showing off your great power later on!"
"Really?" Bronya's mood seemed to improve significantly.
But then, she voiced her worries and concerns.
Making this game wouldn't be easy. First, there was the matter of the portrait rights for the characters. Even though Bronya had connections, getting everyone's consent wouldn't be easy. Furthermore, it was unrealistic to produce such a 3D game in a short amount of time. What about the source code and the animation engine? A 3D game didn't just need to move; it needed time for optimization and polishing!
Did they really have enough time, energy, and capital to invest?
She had to consider the practicalities.
Just as Bronya was about to speak carefully, Kiana suddenly slammed the table!
"Let's do it! We're doing this! We absolutely have to!"
Kiana looked at the two of them with great excitement.
"It's settled! Our next game will be *Honkai Impact 3rd*!"
Su Mu and Bronya looked at Kiana, and when they glanced at each other, they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Deciding so suddenly—had Kiana imagined something strange again?
END OF CHAPTER