Cosmic Editor

Chapter 8: Renovatio

[However, the gaming industry is for all and honestly can never be saturated because it tries to satisfy people's desires; hence, I would suggest you pick this industry. With good marketing and a good game, you could create a company as big as the current big names in just four months.

"Now It's just what type of game to create... Do you have any ideas?"

[I do; however, my nature doesn't allow me to do this part of the process for you, sir]

"I understand. Do I need to go into much detail or just vague explanations? Do I need to come up with a story by myself?"

[Those are not required. You simply have to pick the settings for the game. Should it be an open-ended game or a first-person shooter (FPS), what background do the characters have?

"I get it now, so then you will create the story and everything."

[Yes sir]

"Okay, then, how about you mix all the genres? Well, maybe remove all the fantasy-type things just enough to make it rooted in real life but still incredibly entertaining to play. It should have a multiplayer option if the player wants; it's basically an open-world game with elements from all the other genres," David said, pushing his luck.

He didn't know if such a game was even possible; if it was, then many companies would have surely produced it by now. He trusted the AI to create something incredibly entertaining; however, he was afraid of how the game would turn out.

[Generating video game now] A screen appeared as soon as he finished talking.

It even had a cute animation of a chibi version of Nous dragging the loading bar across the screen, and since it was fast, the chibi Nous could be seen acting proud as it dragged it until the loading was completed.

[Game creation is complete; however, due to its high requirements and size, some optimization is required. [Should I proceed?]

"Go ahead," David replied without even a single thought.

The animation appeared again as David chuckled at the chibi's slight strain in dragging the bar this time. This showed that whatever optimization Nous was performing on the game was important and powerful enough to strain Nous even a little bit.

[Optimizations done. Should I send the application to your computer?] Nous asked

"Um? Sure," David replied as he turned on his computer, confused as to how Nous planned to transfer a file without having any USB ports or even being connected to any Wi-Fi.

As soon as the system was turned on, David saw the standard transfer loading screen appear on it. At this point, he couldn't say he knew anything that was going on with Nous; its operating system was just way beyond him.

[Transfer is complete] Nous announced it as soon as the transfer was done.

David could see a new file named 'Renovatio' on the desktop, and something told him that this was the new game; however, he had never seen any games, even small ones like Plants vs. Zombies, transfer from one place to another this fast.

"Eh? Are you sure this is the game? What's the game size exactly?"

[Original size: 84.8 terabytes; optimized size: 4.3 gigabytes]

"What?" David said in shock,

This would mean that Nous had somehow managed to compress tens of terabytes of data into nothing but four gigabytes. That was a lot; normal compressing methods would only reduce it to a few thousand gigabytes. For it to be this low, Nous had to have removed a lot of components from the game.

David opened the folder and installed the game, then checked the size of the game, and just as Nous had said, it was exactly 4.3 gigabytes. To confirm if the so-called 'optimization', Nous had done, affected the game, David immediately launched the game.

"Nous Studios? That makes sense," David said, then he saw the opening title.

As the game began, like GTA, which he had been thinking of when he suggested the game, Renovatio featured a similar opening scene with pictures of models, in-game cities, and all showing up before it started.

A few seconds later, the opening screen disappeared as David sat up properly and immediately began paying attention.

The people could be seen walking around peacefully and talking about their day when a car pulled up in front of a bank. Four people walked out of the car and straight to their car's boot or the trunk of the car, where they could be seen removing some guns, a ski mask, and several other pieces of equipment they needed.

After ensuring that all weapons were hidden, they walked into the bank just like any normal person. As soon as they met the security guard. They fired their weapons as the guards at the front door dropped dead on the floor, and screams filled the air as panic reigned through the street and the bank.

"Hey, Bones, you're on the lookout... Get the hostages to the front desk and by the door!!" One of the robbers shouted,

"On it!!" The Bones replied as he did as the other party said.

"You all, come over here. I want you all to transfer 2,000 dollars each from everyone here into these accounts!!" The leader ordered the employees of the bank

"But sir?"

"Shut it and do as I say!" The leader ordered

David watched as the scene continued to progress with incredible details and graphics, as though he were actually watching a movie. The scene continued until some citizens called the police, and a SWAT team was sent to rescue the hostages.

Various complications later, shots were fired and exchanged between the robbers and the SWAT team. After a while, the camera switched from the third-person view to a first-person view, landing on the robber named 'Bones'.

Without any hesitation, David began to follow the commands given to learn the controls. As for his mission, it was fairly obvious that he was to escape from the bank and the police, who would probably chase after him. David, who had played several games with this sort of beginning, proudly took charge, believing it was the same as the others.