Chen Pai-lin once read a book describing the excavation of the Ming emperor Shen Zong's tomb by a mainland Chinese archaeological team and intuitively felt that it would make a great game. The process of excavation could be made into series of dangerous challenges with archaeological information inserted at appropriate times.
政治大學新聞系副教授陳百齡曾經讀過一本《風雪定陵》的書，講的是中國大陸考古隊挖掘明神宗陵墓的過程，他直覺想到，如果作成遊戲，一定很精彩。