Otherworldly Architect

Time rolled around to May.

The weather gradually became hotter, and the breath of summer began to spread in the mainland.

The Royal Academy is approaching its annual graduation day again.

Many students have just finished their graduation projects. After the defense, they hold their transcripts, joy or regret, and start to wait for the final graduation ceremony.

The graduation ceremony of the Game Academy this year seems to take a long time to arrange.

The auditorium used was still the largest gymnasium, and banners and large stereoscopic projection screens were installed early in the morning.

The entire venue can accommodate thousands of people, and a podium is also prepared on the central stage.

The officers of the student union, leading a few students, are busy confirming various matters.

"Have you confirmed the position of the leader?"

"Showed it to the counselor, everything is OK."

"The sponsor's brand is also in place, and the tea has been distributed."

"The second rehearsal was also done. Except for the two speakers, we took pictures of all the processes."

"The ceremony started at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it's less than one o'clock now. The guests should be having dinner with the vice principal."

"Don't worry, we have sent a small team to pick up people..."

Holding a sign, this student team was waiting at the school gate.

Under the scorching sun, the banner of "Warmly celebrate the successful graduation of the xx students of the Game Academy" was swaying in the breeze.

A suspended car stopped at the gate of the school without a sound, and a man stepped down from it.

He was wearing a silver-gray suit, with a tall and straight figure, and his eyes were bright.

It is clearly stated.

The students suddenly became excited, stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, are you the Chief Designer of Blue Star Studio?"

Ming Yan just thanked the driver in the car, and when he turned around and saw the student picking up the green onion, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's me. Are you here to pick me up? Thank you."

Several students were very active. On the way to the auditorium with Mingyan, they did not forget to chat with him.

When I made it clear that I went back to school, I was always called a "senior".

Three years have passed in a flash.

When he came back this time, everyone called him "Chief Designer Ming".

The students seemed to be less intimate and more awed than before.

There is a saying that "the name of a person is the shadow of a tree".

Probably because the status of Blue Star Studio has suddenly become higher, which has added a lot of unreachable legendary color to Mingyan.

It was two o'clock soon, and the graduation ceremony started smoothly.

The previous process is also clearly very familiar.

After the host announced the start of the ceremony, the audience stood up and played the national anthem.

Then the school leaders read out the relevant documents and delivered a speech, which was also the speech of the first guest.

Then there was a degree conferring ceremony.

A team of outstanding student representatives came to the stage to salute.

The leadership team distributed degree certificates to everyone, then pulled the braid on their bachelor's caps and said a word of encouragement.

It was clearly stated before that they could also go on this stage and perform the same ceremony.

But he happened to be very busy at the time, so he declined... In the end, even the degree certificate was obtained later, and he went directly to the dean to get it.

Then it was the turn of the second guest, who made it clear to give a speech.

He stood on the podium, put down the manuscript, and tidied up the microphone.

There were more than 2000 people in the audience, including students, tutors, leaders, etc., all looking at him with piercing eyes.

Unlike the stereotyped leadership speeches before, Mingyan is a real senior from the Game Academy.

His qualifications and achievements are seen by everyone.

Many students who have not yet graduated or are studying in graduate school have come here specially this time, wanting to listen to his speech live.

Clearly and formally finished the opening remarks.

He smiled, with a sense of nostalgia, and said: "Three years ago, I just graduated from my alma mater, and like you, I was still standing on the tail of youth. I was a little confused and a little lucky."

He made a gesture on the stage, drew it on the tip of his eyebrows, and said, "I was so tall at the time."

Then he gestured again, pointed to the chandelier above, and said, "My luggage was so high at the time."

There was a sudden burst of laughter from the audience.

Ming Yan said slowly: "I can't move my luggage, so I decided to push them with a suspension car, find a moving company, and put them back to my hometown for me. In the end, I pushed the car and ran to the consignment office, and after a long speech Afterwards, the worker looked around and said, 'Where is the person? Where is the person?' - I was so piled up that he couldn't see me at all."

A louder laugh broke out from below.

Mingyan smiled and said: "The luggage cost me thousands of yuan to check in, because they were too heavy, and they were all made of paper. These things were drafts written in my four years of undergraduate studies, including "I For all the design books of The World of , I have always been more accustomed to writing down physical notes myself.

"However, 80% of the manuscripts in it were later discarded by me personally, because I thought of some better ideas."

The laughter died away.

The audience was silent.

Mingyan paused for a moment, and said: "A good game design is composed of 1% inspiration and 99% hard thinking. That 99% determines the lower limit of the design, but that 1% determines the game Just like everyone here, I don’t know how many of you will continue on the road of game production, and how many of you will give up halfway. But in the end, 99% of the practitioners will become the backbone of the industry Power; and only 1% left can create a new brilliance.

"It's a fact, a brutal fact.

"I can see ambition in all of your eyes because everyone thinks they're going to be the 1%. Yeah, if the world needs a hero, why can't I be a hero? If the industry needs a genius, why should I Isn't that genius?

"You are still teenagers, so you should have the blood and ambition of teenagers. To be able to graduate from the Royal Academy, you are already the favored ones among your peers, and you are the top 10% geniuses. But that is not enough, you still need to go further. "

Mingyan took a step back, gestured again, and said, "When I was a freshman, I would do my own laundry once a week, and then I was excluded.

"Because the locals use smart robotic butlers, they have never seen how clothes are washed and dried. I'm sure there are many of you who don't know the inner workings of a washing machine.

"Of course, that doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm excluded."

After he finished speaking, he wanted to laugh again.

Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "God, I was very grateful to them at the time. Because I am a person who can't socialize, I think socializing takes up a lot of my time, and I don't have time to continue writing my design manuscript."

The audience was quiet again.

"I would like to thank each of my classmates for saving me the time of partying, chatting, playing cards, and dating." Mingyan said, "I don't know if you understand, when people listen to gossip and watch certain TV programs, The activity level of the brain is even lower than that of sleep. That is to say, at that time, you were not thinking, and you were no different from a reed. Of course, the behaviors of the previous generation, such as playing mahjong, gambling, walking birds, eating melon seeds, etc., and The essence of browsing blogs, watching videos, and visiting forums in this generation is exactly the same, but the form of expression has been changed according to the times.”

"In other words, when people are doing these things, they are equivalent to sleeping."

"And sleep, to me, is the same concept as death."

"So if someone invited me out to drink tea and chat at that time, if they saw my frightened eyes, please don't get me wrong-yes, I am afraid of death."

Mingyan at that time had just woken up from a frozen slumber spanning 4000 years.

He said: "I'm like a prisoner waiting to die every day. Every night, I have to make sure that my last words are well pressed under the pillow. You may think this is funny- anyway, my entire legacy is those. Manuscripts, I think I have to leave something to this beautiful era, no matter how small or humble it is.

"The feeling of being alive is like being pressed into the cold snow water. Every day when I am awake and doing things, I can put my head out of the water for a few seconds to breathe.

"I was desperately longing to make something, just like a drowning person longing for breath, full of hopelessness on the verge of death.

"If you really long for success, long for your own dreams. Don't hesitate to ask yourself, has your desire reached such an awareness? Every minute and every second, if you are not working hard towards your goal, it will be painful. Like drowning.

"If not, it's at best something you want, like a toy model in a window when you were a child - but it's not a dream."

In his senior year, he made it clear that in the few months after finishing his graduation project, he also followed the crowd to find opportunities for internships or jobs.

But later, when the research institute was drawing blood for his routine examination, he learned about this matter.

The nurse was very shocked and said: "You have only woken up for a few years! You learn the language every day, learn the history of the league, and study undergraduate courses, and then you can spare time to write game design manuscripts - where did you come from so much? Time?!"

It's very simple.

Clearly no socializing, no sleep, no entertainment.

He was afraid that his life was not much left, and he was so afraid that he felt guilty even sitting in a daze for a minute.

It was also at that time that Mingyan suddenly realized that he could not integrate into other corporate cultures.

He is destined not to be a screw in other people's careers.

"Some people ask me why I work so hard? One game is enough for me to live a good life without worrying about food and clothing." Ming Yan said, "I told him because if I wasn't struggling myself, I would feel like I was sleeping. It looks like he's dead again."

"Someone asked me how to warn the students of this class to work hard?

"I want to say that there is no way. All the geniuses in the world must first have the desire to surpass ordinary people. Desire will drive them to stay up all night to study, make them suffer day and night, make them miserable, let them walk on the tip of the knife, and breathe in the flames —a moment of peace and happiness can be found only in the pursuit of the one great cause.”

……

The graduation ceremony is not over yet, but the speeches made clear are over.

He had some unscripted speeches, but the timing was perfect and he ended up right on schedule.

The theme of this speech is "The So-called Genius", and the whole video will be uploaded to the school's official website soon.

Taking advantage of the fact that the students were obediently sitting in their seats, Ming Yan quickly slipped away from the backstage.

However, there are still some students squatting outside to guard him.

These are the students who don't have to attend the ceremony, and there are also the student union officials who also took the opportunity to sneak out.

Mingyan had no choice but to sign them one by one.

A girl with red eyes said, "Mr. Ming, what you said is good. I don't know why I am so moved, but also very burning..."

Mingyan quickly took out the toilet paper to let her wipe her tears, and gave her a few words of encouragement.

At this time, a cadre of the student union was still a little timid, and he took out a whole stack of papers from his pocket.

Some are notes, some are postcards, some are small handkerchiefs.

Obviously, this classmate is going to help a lot of people with express signatures.

Clearly stated: "..."

Everyone: "..."

It's okay, okay, the other party is very sensible, and he doesn't dare to delay the time to speak clearly.

Mingyan signed two papers for him, so he had to leave.

The cadre of the student union blushed, and finally choked out a sentence: "Mr. Ming! I...I must ask you on behalf of the 257 students in my department, when will the new game be launched?"

It's killing me.

The ALPHA version has not been developed yet!

Why does everyone not open which pot and carry which pot?

Ming Yan said helplessly: "Next year, I can only guarantee that the closed beta can be started before the New Year's Eve next year."

The students all looked at each other excitedly after hearing this sentence, their eyes sparkling.

These players!

I only think about when I can play the new game, have you considered the feelings of the production team...

Mingyan finally took the time to get out of the small dark room, is it easy for him?

If the smart housekeeper hadn't reminded him that he had agreed to come to the school to speak this time, he probably wouldn't be going out today.

This speech is actually considering Blue Star Studio.

After all, it's the season of graduation. It's the first time for Blue Star to enter a college for school recruitment this year.

The three major projects of "My World", "League of Legends" and "Blue Star Doom" are all underway. The manpower is getting tighter and the stalls are getting bigger and bigger.

Apart from the core development projects, Bluestar has already allocated all the work to outsourcing as much as possible, but it still feels a little bit of a slog.

In addition to further networking talents in the market, Bluestar is also eligible to participate in school recruitment.

Whether it's fame or treatment, Blue Star is basically the only one!

Mingyan is very willing to lead graduate interns, and he deeply understands how important that 1% of inspiration is to game design.

Every project cannot lack energetic young people.

But at present, considering that there are not many senior staff who can bring newcomers to the studio, so this year we can only recruit 5 more interns, and they will be assigned to each group.

After the graduation ceremony in May, Ling Xiaoman from the School of Music finally reported to Blue Star.

Both of her songs have been sold to Blue Star, and one of them has been used in the latest promotional video of "League of Legends".

They have a new set of retro rock style skins, and a new class!

The promotional video can basically be said to be a MV, and the picture perfectly fits the rhythm of the music.

Everyone who listened to it couldn't help shaking their heads and brains, feeling very excited.

The new job is launched, although the response in the studio is particularly good, and the balance is also designed very well.

But the player's understanding is not as good as the designer's.

They are still in the groping stage, resulting in a measly 39% win rate for the new class within a week, which makes those who hear it sad and those who see it cry.

Some players teased the designer amusedly and said: [Make the MV with your heart and balance with your feet. 】

Once this stalk is picked up, it can't be stopped. The bullet screen of the MV is full of this sentence.

Do you really think that designers don't go to video sites?

In fact, every designer likes to secretly watch bullet screens and comments!

This barrage was posted, and it was clearly a joke.

But the designer who designed the new class is very angry.

——I'm a bad player, and I can't understand the essence of the new profession. Do you blame the designer?

——If it’s a job done by the chief designer of Ming Dynasty himself, it’s no wonder you dare to call it that!

Mingyan thought for a while, and then showed a reassuring and kind smile: "Then change a skill, and then strengthen it a little bit. It's the same to weaken it again after the winning rate reaches the expected level."

Seeing his smile, all the designers couldn't help but smile knowingly.

A week later.

Mingyan personally designed a powerful skill for the new class: it can confiscate all frontal damage within a certain period of time.

Then, with the strengthening of the epic level of the new profession, coupled with the fact that high-end players have developed its real gameplay and quite a few routines...

This week's winning rate has risen to 61%!

It has completely turned into a big BUG that destroys the balance of the game!

In matchmaking matches where no one can be banned, it is entirely this class that kills and kills low-end players who don't know how to target them.

The worst part is that they have no ability to resist, and their skills can be easily resisted.

And then it started—

[Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 】

[Gan Linliang, what a fart!A 20-second small skill can block our five 200-second big moves! 】

[Who the hell said this thing was weak!Have fun now! 】

【Ming chief designer can't do balance, are you kidding me...】

In the new weekly meeting, after seeing player feedback.

Mingyan turned over this trivial matter with satisfaction, and said lightly: "The problem is solved, let's start weakening it."

The designer asked in a low voice: "Do you want to change the skill mechanism back?"

Ming Yan smiled and said: "Of course I won't change it, just seek benevolence and benevolence. They will soon find happiness in their new jobs. After all, I'm not a devil."

Everyone: "..." Boss, you also know your title!

After the weekly meeting ended, everyone in Blue Star Studio had to go back to hold their own small meeting.

Because of the gradual increase in the number of people, flat management is no longer applicable.

Now Bluestar is divided into several groups: planning group, program group, art group, sound effect group, testing group, and marketing group.

The daily morning meeting and weekly weekly meeting are conducted by Mingyan, each team leader and all designers.

After the end, the team leader will go back to hold a small meeting in each group, convey the words of the above, and manage the daily work.

This also means that Mingyan finally does not have to run around and supervise every development process in person.

Then Mingyan happily returned to his little black room.

Well, closed development is a good thing.

It won't be long before the ALPHA version of "Blue Star Doom" is ready for internal testing.

When chatting with Xia Cheng about the idea of ​​this game before, he also looked forward to it.

When thinking of Xia Cheng, Ming Yan glanced at his phone subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, I just saw it at this moment. On the muted phone, 12 missed calls were quietly displayed, all of which were from Xia Cheng.

Mingyan: "?"

He picked up his phone and walked out of the small dark room quickly.

Just as he was about to call Xia Cheng back immediately, he bumped into the newly hired front desk girl head-on.

The front desk said: "Boss! I was looking for you, and Master Xia is waiting for you at the front desk!"

When Mingyan walked to the front desk, he saw Xia Cheng looking down at his shoes with a rare embarrassment.

The two looked at each other.

Xia Cheng seemed to have just run up, he was still panting, his messy blond hair looked more like a lion cub returning from hunting.

As soon as he saw Ming Yan, a smile immediately appeared on his handsome face again.

He whispered: "That... I was in a hurry to go out, and I forgot to wear socks."

For the young master of a famous noble family, this is a very rare gaffe.

Mingyan laughed.

The two returned to Mingyan's office, Xia Cheng was still carrying a box in his hand.

He took the initiative to put the box on the table and said, "I had a really good snack tonight. I'll send someone to buy it right away. It's for you."

Mingyan saw that he didn't seem to have anything particularly anxious, and he was a little puzzled.

He opened the box, and saw that inside was a very delicate chocolate ice cream, packed in a constant temperature box and perfectly preserved.

Just when Mingyan found out two sets of tableware and was about to share them with Xia Cheng.

Xia Cheng also said: "It is said that sweets can provide a large amount of sugar in a short period of time, which helps the pituitary gland to secrete dopamine, and dopamine makes people feel happy..."

Mingyan looked back at him.

Xia Cheng thought about it and said, "I saw your speech."

Mingyan's speech at the Game Academy in the afternoon was just uploaded not long ago, it seems that Xia Cheng downloaded and watched it immediately.

"I'm sorry that you didn't have a good time in college," Xia Cheng said, "We met too late. But from now on, I promise you will never experience that feeling again."

Mingyan opened his eyes slightly.

He looked at Xia Cheng and said, "...Many people envy that feeling. At that time, I made "My World", and I made a lot of money——"

"But you're not happy enough. I don't want to see you living so tired again..." Xia Cheng said, "I only care about this."

Mingyan was at a loss, so he lowered his head and scooped a spoonful of chocolate ice cream.

This one is a bit too sweet, Mingyan frowned slightly because he was not used to it.

Then Mingyan suddenly noticed.

When he frowned, there was a slight dimple on Xia Cheng's face.

Dimples that only appear when he's in a bad mood.