Video Game Tycoon in Tokyo-Chapter 942: Mastering Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry

There were all-star exhibition matches and entertaining chaotic battles designed to attract a wider audience.

Today, Counter-Strike tournaments were no longer limited to gamers alone.

Some people didn't even play games themselves, but loved watching Counter-Strike esports events and followed them religiously.

Over time, Counter-Strike tournament prize pools had skyrocketed, fueled by a shared loot box revenue pool and the sales of real-world esports player trading cards.

These trading cards had become similar to traditional baseball, football, or basketball star cards—so much so that they were beginning to circulate as real commodities. Some cards for top-tier esports players in this world had even been sold for over $100,000 each.

Though they hadn't yet reached the same value as traditional sports cards, the potential was there.

Viewers and players enjoyed spectacular Counter-Strike events. Sponsors got their exposure, and Gamestar Electronic Entertainment, along with all the associated teams and the Counter-Strike Esports Federation, shared the profits.

As of now, the Counter-Strike Federation's commercial value had reached $5 billion, becoming a highly sought-after organization.

So, Gamestar Electronic Entertainment never had to worry about funding. Even after spending $5 billion to build Gamestar Land, the money kept pouring back into their pockets.

Others could only watch with envy—there was nothing they could do about it.

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"Learn math, physics, and chemistry, and you can go anywhere without fear."

At a new project meeting for GTA: Chapter of Liberty City, Takayuki wrote this sentence on the blackboard behind him.

Peter King and the others were a bit confused—they had no idea what he was trying to get at.

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After writing it down, Takayuki explained: "This is a phrase I picked up from the East. It means that if you've mastered basic math, physics, and chemistry, you can handle anything in life."

Peter King said, "Uh... Boss, what does that have to do with the game we're developing? The only thing I can think of is that math might be related to our coding."

Takayuki shook his head. "No, I'm not telling you to learn these things. I've already demonstrated this concept in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild—you just weren't aware of it."

Takayuki picked up a poster of Breath of the Wild and held it in front of the camera. "By the way, have you guys ever played this game?"

"Uh..."

Everyone in the room looked a little awkward.

The truth was, they hadn't played it.

That game was a shining star the year it launched.

But there were just too many other top-tier titles released at the same time—Uncharted, Super Mario Odyssey, and so on.

When so many top titles came out together, each one's influence was inevitably diluted a bit.

To players, Breath of the Wild became a top-tier game—but for developers not working in that genre, there wasn't much incentive to check it out.

"Looks like quite a few of you haven't played it, so let me briefly explain."

"In the game, if the player sets fire to a patch of grass, it creates an updraft that lifts the character into the air. Or when walking in a thunderstorm while holding metal weapons, lightning will strike you. And if you chop a tree from different angles, it will fall in the corresponding direction. This is what I mean by math, physics, and chemistry—it's how they exist within a video game. I want to incorporate similar elements into GTA: Chapter of Liberty City, and also further enhance GTA's own unique gameplay."

"Boss, what do you mean by 'further enhance'?"

"Make the game feel more realistic while also making it fun and exciting."

Takayuki walked back to the blackboard and started sketching a building.

"This time, I want you to make many of the major buildings in Liberty City fully explorable."

"In the past, with GTA: San Andreas, the core gameplay was letting players do whatever they wanted in the city. But even so, their freedom was still limited."

"Most buildings in that massive city couldn't be entered. The range of character behaviors was also limited. Of course, that was partly due to the hardware limitations at the time. But now, I want the new GTA to launch on a new generation of consoles, so I expect more NPCs in the world—and I want them to behave more realistically."

"Some will panic when attacked, others will bravely fight back against the protagonist."

This time, Takayuki planned to showcase his company's key technologies all at once.

He was even considering introducing their secret weapon: a city destruction system.

However, that part was still undecided and couldn't be confirmed immediately.

The city destruction system was resource-intensive, and current-generation consoles might not be able to handle it.

But the rest of the tech could definitely be fully displayed.