Otherworldly Architect

From May 5st to 21nd, the third anniversary of the establishment of Blue Star Studio.

It is also the time for the first Blue Star Carnival!

The offline venue has been paved early, and the invited performance team is also in place on time.

——The opening ceremony invited the local symphony orchestra, which was very popular at one time, to play the theme song of the second season of "League of Legends".

After the performance, with the enthusiastic opening of the host, the whole venue fell into a sea of ​​joy.

The first day of the carnival is mainly about performances, exhibitions and player experience.

The entire venue covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, which is enough for the entire working team to display their strengths and allow more than [-] invited players to play freely.

In addition to fixed positions such as entrances and rest areas, there is a large central stage, an indoor exhibition hall on the west side, and scattered small experience areas and surrounding booths.

During the carnival, every 10:00 and 15:00 on time, there will be a performance on the central stage.

At other times, promotional trailers for several games scroll across the big screen.

And at [-] o'clock in the evening, it is the time for the official cosplay team to perform. The whole cosplay team will go around the venue for a tour performance.

According to Bluestar's major game divisions, each experience hall will provide the latest game version.

For example, the second season of League of Legends has just ended, and the version has been updated to 3.2, but the studio is actually testing version 3.3.

The experience hall allows players to play version 3.3 on the spot, even including some content that has not yet been confirmed to be online.

It is commonly known as the "test suit".

Many players participated in the carnival. They originally wanted to play offline activities and interact with designers.

--What?Can play games on site?

——But can’t you play at home?How can I spend my time playing games after I finally got the invitation letter to the carnival!

……

However, when they learned that the experience hall can play the new profession in the next version.

Immediately, "the essence of human beings is really fragrant".

On the day of the carnival, the official Bluestar forums were basically flooded with news from the experience hall.

[Visit the Blue Star Carnival live! ! !There is no video, but you can vote for beautiful young ladies. 】

[The new profession of the alliance is super interesting!You can steal other people's skills!By the way, new equipment has been added, do you know how to double the critical strike rate? 】

[Is anyone in line for the latest game's concept release hall?I received more than 400 numbers, and it is said that it will be queued until three o'clock in the afternoon]

Blue Star's latest project is code-named "Soul", which is already known to many people.

The earliest source of news is the official forum, a player claimed: "My uncle works in Blue Star, he explained the new game blabla designed by the chief engineer..."

Because it was too gossip, it even became a meme in the forum.

Afterwards, anyone who leaked gossip would be dubbed the "Uncle's Party".

As for the official news about the new game, of course, it will be at the Bluestar official player meeting.

——It is said that it is a meeting, but in fact the earliest part is the press conference. After the official speech is over, it is the turn of the players to have a question-and-answer session with the designers at close range.

At the press conference, the person in charge of each game first introduced the next version of the game.

Then came the main event: Mr. Ming came up to talk about Blue Star's next project in person.

In fact, as soon as Ming Yan stepped onto the stage, there were screams from below.

Because it was an online press conference, it was clearly stated that an avatar was used—a puppet with a halo on its head.

And the audience in the audience is full of strange things, such as zombies, demons, elves...

Human-shaped things are already common, and there is even a tank spirit sitting in the auditorium—the kind where the barrel on the head will automatically rotate 360 ​​degrees when cheering.

When Mingyan appeared on the stage, the host introduced: "I invite the chief designer of our Blue Star Studio—"

In the middle of speaking, it was covered by the cheers of all the audience.

This is the stereo speaker installation on the central stage!

Everyone in the field stood up spontaneously, raising their hands high and cheering.

The whole sound wave can be called a mountain roar and a tsunami, which is deafening.

In a certain seat off the stage, the anchor Juliet, like many others, also held a camera.

They excitedly filmed the scene of Mingyan's appearance.

The Blue Star Carnival has an official live broadcast, and viewers are not allowed to rebroadcast it privately, but they are allowed to show live video a week later.

Many players have already thought about it: what is the most worth photographing in the Blue Star Carnival?What is the most valuable news?

——Of course it was the moment when Master Ming (the leader) came out to talk about the new game in person!

Speaking of Zhou Liye, he actually didn't get an invitation.

After all, Blue Star has billions of players, and only 5000 players are drawn from it. It's like fishing for a glass of water in the ocean.

So Zhou Liye spent a lot of money to buy the invitation letter.

Unlike other anchors, Zhou Liye didn't come here for the purpose of recording and broadcasting traffic, although Blue Star's father is indeed unmatched in terms of traffic.

But today, Zhou Liye just wants to be an ordinary player and enjoy the excitement and joy of meeting the designer he admires.

After all, Minecraft is so much fun!

There is also the newly released "Blue Star Doomsday". He has just finished the level and is willing to crawl under the leader's suit pants.

Amidst the screams, all the players saw Mingyan's avatar sit on the middle seat.

In the front row of Zhou Liye, two people chatted: "Wow, why does the leader have a halo on his head?"

"It's obviously a devil, even with an angel halo, it can't change his evil heart!"

"No, I think he is a god, the god of games!"

Zhou Liye thought to himself: Yes, that's right!

In fact, this image is clearly random.

Hmm... He usually doesn't have much interest and time, so he can use his avatar to surf the Internet.

Unexpectedly, this temporary random image sparked discussion among the players.

At this time, Mingyan had already taken his seat and greeted the players in the audience.

The next ones to appear are the current leaders of "My World" and "League of Legends", and they are also well-known Blue Star designers.

When they stood on the stage, they almost suspected that all this was fake.

No one has ever seen so many players stand up at the same time and give praise to them.

All the players are cheering excitedly for the game they made.

That feeling is blood-pulling.

Then, the designers sat facing the players, had a little chat with the host, and then officially started the press conference.

The host first switched to the big screen, and briefly introduced the development process of Blue Star Studio to the players.

Every game, every milestone event, including the setbacks encountered, and the final achievements...

When the screen was full of awards that "Minecraft" had won, the fans in the audience screamed again.

When the current data of "League of Legends" appeared on the screen, including the fact that the number of registered players had reached No. 3 in the history of the publishing industry in the sixth-star province, the screams almost toppled the entire roof.

Next is the latest sales of "Blue Star Doom".

At this time, the audience was already shouting: "Russell! Russell! Russell!"

The image of the iceberg goddess is already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But soon, the cry became: "Master! Master! Master!"

One after another, the sound waves were high-pitched and full of rhythm.

After a brief unanimous voice, the bottom shouted separately again.

"Blue Star! Blue Star is awesome!"

"New game! New game!"

……

After a long time, the audience in the audience calmed down a little.

The host asked Mingyan: "When you first established Blue Star Studio, did you imagine the scene today?"

Ming Yan smiled and said, "To be honest, no. At that time, I went to register the studio by myself, and I even drew the LOGO by myself. The staff despised it for being ugly..."

There was a good laugh from the audience.

In fact, the Blue Star LOGO painted by Mingyan himself is also the first LOGO of Blue Star Studio, and it will also be exhibited in the carnival.

As a unique keepsake.

Already thousands of players have chosen to take a group photo under that rough and simple LOGO.

Afterwards, the Blue Star LOGO will appear behind the main title of the game every time, and will change a little according to the theme of the game.

For example, the LOGO next to Minecraft is a pixel style, a very cute square blue star.

All these LOGOs seem to have witnessed the development history of Blue Star.

In the first promotional video of Carnival, they were mixed and cut together, and then matched with the most amazing pictures in each game——

In the cube world, the first city in the sky built by players;

In the first season of League of Legends, the scene where the champion team holds up the trophy;

The CG of Blue Star Doomsday, the scene where the sacred white dragon comes out of the water;

……

Halfway through, the players' blood surged up, and goosebumps all over their bodies.

Especially those who have played every game, many of them have already been moved to tears.

Until the end, a LOGO style that no one has ever seen appeared——

The entire LOGO body is black and white, and the holy white icon stands out against the dark background.

This is the end of the promo, but the players are extremely excited.

Because this is obviously first-hand news about the latest game "Souls"!

Sure enough, the very knowledgeable host has already asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Ming, what project plan does Blue Star Studio have next?"

"Next, we will further modify and improve the game version of the third season of "League of Legends", and at the same time prepare for its alienation." Mingyan said this, and was about to talk about "soul".

But unexpectedly, the players of League of Legends in the audience were already screaming.

The host also asked excitedly: "Is the League of Legends going to have another world soon?! May I ask the expected launch date?"

Ming Yan said with a smile: "This question can be answered by our person in charge, Stephen."

He threw the topic to the designers around him.

The latter shook hands a little nervously and said, "Yes, we do have this plan."

After just two words, he had to wait for the cheers from the players to pass before continuing: "We already have a suitable alien world, and we are about to complete the purchase. The League of Legends is expected to complete the entire alien world by the end of this year. process."

In the StarCraft era, alienating a VR game—making it an alien game is the only way for many successful products.

This matter can be compared to: a platform-exclusive masterpiece, followed by transplantation, and the process of logging into the entire platform.

The increase in platforms means that the channels for games to be played become wider, players have more choices, and there will be many slightly different versions.

And making it into an alien game, there are some special changes.

For example, the game experience is more realistic——

From a virtual VR environment, it has become a real world that can be seen, heard and touched.

The sense of impact of the battle is not the same.

Although the gameplay of the game is essentially the same, the experience can be greatly improved compared to the original one, which can be said to be a "luxury upgraded version".

Compare the situation with Blue Star.

It is probably equivalent to the same game, which was originally played on a low-end machine, and the picture effect was pulled to the minimum.

But after porting it to the top-end machine, the whole picture is completely different, it seems like a game has been changed, giving people the ultimate enjoyment.

——Of course, because of the existence of marginal benefits, the cost has also increased several times.

Of course, the current Blue Star can afford this cost.

After two months of negotiation, Blue Star bought a suitable small different world from the secondary market.

The purchase plan is still in the form of installment payment, and the deposit is about 5 million yuan.

The funds on Blue Star's books are relatively sufficient, at least enough to last until the end of this year.

...Speaking of which, I have to thank Cruise Capital for its proposal.

If it weren't for the fact that this big capital wanted to acquire Blue Star back then, and then used its strong strength and background to directly prepare a plan for Blue Star Studio, the Alienization project of the League of Legends would not have started so quickly.

This plan is worth at least [-] million yuan.

Ming Yan happily planned the next plan.

Then I soon heard the host ask: "Then I have to ask a question that players are most worried about now. If Blue Star plans to alienate the League of Legends, will it affect the development of new games?—— In terms of time and money."

This is a very real problem.

Mingyan thought for a while, and replied: "The time plan for the project has not been fully finalized, but we will try our best. If the development goes well, the new game will be released in the New Year's Eve next year."

wow.

The pan immediately exploded under the stage, as if a nest of ants suddenly fell onto the hot pan.

The whole venue was in chaos.

"Ooooooooooooo-"

In the auditorium, Zhou Liye howled uncontrollably.

— what did he hear!Blue Star's new game will be available for next year's festival? !

——No, wait a minute, no!How can I play it next year! !

Now he really wants to travel to next year and buy it directly.

Zhou Liye's reaction did not attract much attention.

Because of his back and forth, almost all fans are in the same tangled mental journey——

From the moment the leader said there was a new game, he couldn't wait.

After playing it, I look forward to the leader saying that there will be a new game!

Then fell into a bitter and anxious wait.

Fortunately, Mingyan is a very dedicated person, even if he does not work overtime every day, he will feel as if he is missing something.

Otherwise, with the hunger and thirst of this group of players, there is no guarantee that they will really starve to death in the game drought.

The host also joked: "I heard that the frequency of your making games, Chief Master, is probably maintained at the rate of one new work a year."

Mingyan nodded helplessly.

From the efficiency of one game a year, you can hear how dedicated Mingyan is!

You know, it is really normal for a game to be developed for three or four years.

Some 3A-level masterpieces, or some R&D teams with obsessive-compulsive disorder, may even take ten years to produce a finished product.

And advertised that it is "ten years of sharpening a sword"...

In fact, it is possible that a significant amount of time is spent overriding the redo workload.

It can also be said to be a kind of excellence.

And Mingyan's design drafts have a considerable degree of control.

He knew exactly what he wanted from the very beginning, instead of waiting until the internal testing was done before he knew that a certain design of his needed to be modified like some producers.

The failure of many game productions is due to the lack of a sufficiently visionary and sufficiently prestigious leader.

No one can tell them what the goals and directions are, and no one can see with certainty whether a design is necessary.

I don't have enough understanding of what the real needs of the players are...

What's more, some designers themselves only think that they are making an Internet product, and they don't know anything about the concept of "game".

Things made in this way are stereotyped and lack sincerity.

Whether the market will pay for it or not depends on the players in the end.

It is precisely because of the understanding of the goal that the clearly stated design draft will appear exciting and detailed.

Under his clear-cut leadership, the efficiency of Bluestar Studios in producing new games will be so high.

Otherwise, let's use an analogy: if the alpha version of Blue Star Doomsday comes out, the players don't give face, and only have a C-level score, then there is a high probability that it will be remade.

Then this game has to be skipped until next year, the year after, and the year after...

After going through those detours, like other games, it will be made for three or four years and then released.

It can be seen how critical it is to be led by a mature producer, which directly determines the time for the team to make detours.

Generally, a team will work for three or four years and achieve a good result, which is called success.

Then it is clearly stated that it only takes more than a year to lead the team, so what should it be called?

"The Fairy Guiding Extraordinary was a complete success"?

But even so, the hungry players are still not satisfied.

"We want two games a year!! One VR game and one alien game!" Zhou Liye shouted.

Then, he was stared at by the others around him.

One of the burly men yelled: "We want ten new games a year! If you don't give it, you will cry!!!"

"..."

Zhou Liye was stunned for half a second, then turned around and roared, "I want twenty a year!!!"

—You are devils! ! !

Mingyan was beeping wildly inside, but on the surface he still kept a rational smile, pretending that he couldn't hear the voices coming and going from the audience at all.

However, the host suddenly showed shyness, and also said: "I also want to..."

Mingyan expressionless: "No, you don't want to."

host:"……"

Mingyan made a decisive decision, immediately changed the subject, and said, "I haven't got a complete design document for the new game, but the idea is quite clear."

The host excitedly said: "Can you reveal a little bit? Just a little bit."

He made a "little bit" gesture with his fingers.

Mingyan said: "Well, I can reveal one thing: the new game will adopt a very unique suspense style. In the new work, we will consider adding a san value system."

"San value? What is the abbreviation, sanity?"

Mingyan smiled and said: "Well, the san value is a saying from the ancient blue star culture, which describes a person's mental state. When the san value is high, we think he is mentally healthy; when the san value is low People may experience auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, mental disorders, and even out-of-control madness and other mental phenomena, as well as follow-up physiological reactions such as vomiting and syncope."

The host said: "It sounds like a rather novel concept."

Clearly said: "Yes, sanity value and life value will be the two main 'survival bars' of the new game. Our protagonist will need to go alone, explore an unknown new world, and challenge all kinds of powerful monsters."

The host was almost drooling and said, "So, the new game is also an adventure mode? Is it like in my world, going out at night to fight monsters?"

Ming Yan smiled and said, "It may be a little bit more difficult than that. I have high expectations for our players."

He also made a "a little bit" gesture.

At this moment, the hearts of the players:

Very good!There are new games to play!

And it sounds like an exciting adventure to fight monsters!

Yay, long live the leader!

At this moment, the hearts of the designers around Mingyan:

"Slightly" means "super"!

"A little bit" means "not the same"!

The boss is definitely thinking "suffer" in his heart!

At this moment, Mingyan’s heart:

Urging me to make twenty games a year?

Suffer you guys :)

And the players who knew nothing were still cheering.

The host said happily: "Okay, now it's time for players to ask questions. We have reserved 15 minutes, please raise your hands now if you want to ask questions."

With a clatter, countless hands were immediately raised.

Some players didn't think it was enough to raise their hands, and even put something on their feet, pretending to raise their hands.

Mingyan saw it at a glance, and the corner of his mouth twitched and nodded.

This player is in the shape of a cube man, and at first glance, he is a fan of "Minecraft".

After standing up, he smiled awkwardly and said, "I...I..."

After a second of silence, he said: "See, see the leader! I want to ask you a question on behalf of the single believers of Mingjiao——Please, please, are you single now?"

Mingyan tilted his head, a little surprised by this question, but still smiled calmly: "Yes."

Unexpectedly, the fan immediately raised Xia Fei's cheeks and asked happily: "Master, have you ever considered dating a fan?! Super sweet, super sweet!"

Mingyan: "???"