Otherworldly Architect

As the final winners of each award were announced one after another, the ceremony slowly came to its climax.

There are a total of twelve nominated games for the Best Game of the Year Award.

The titles of each game flashed across the screen, accompanied by exciting music, and the lights dimmed instantly.

The host briefly introduces each game in a passionate fairy tale.

Then, invite the award presenter - an old man in the industry to come on stage.

“…During this year, I’m very happy to see a hundred flowers blooming in various star provinces, creating a lot of imaginative and beautifully crafted game works. It is very difficult to decide a No.1 every year. easy thing.

“This year, we have some timeless old series ushering in a new spring, and there are also reset versions of old projects that have been reborn from the ashes.

"But what makes me the happiest is seeing a rising star in the gaming world.

"He was born in the Sixth Star Province, and he broke into our field of vision like a dark horse. From the original original debut to the impeccable mature boutique, we feel refreshed and proud of it."

After the old man finished speaking, he reached out and opened the envelope in front of him.

He took out the card with the honor on it, and after looking at it, a knowing smile appeared on his face.

"I announce that the 1142nd Annual Best Game Award of League One belongs to "Blue Star Doomsday"! Blue Star Studio from the Sixth Star Province, congratulations on winning this year's laurels!"

The grand music sounded again, and all the lights were turned off, leaving only a beam of light covering the seat of Blue Star.

In the warm light, everyone in Blue Star looked at the camera at a loss, facing the warm applause from the scene.

Many people are still in a dream, and dare not imagine that this is a real thing.

Ling Xiaoman pinched the arm of the person beside him, and whispered, "Why haven't I woken up yet?"

However, the golden ribbons had already fallen towards them, and everyone's eyes were focused on them.

There were people who were envious, longing, and disappointed.

Blue Star is just a small studio that has just been established for less than four years, and it comes from the remote and backward sixth star province, but it won the first place this year, which has severely corrected the name of their star province.

Even if many companies have been established for hundreds of years, they can only attend this ceremony a few times!

Xia Cheng pushed the words clearly, waking the latter up from his trance.

Mingyan went up to the stage again.

The award presenter handed the trophy to Mingyan's hand, his old eyes revealed joy and awards.

He couldn't help but gently hugged Mingyan, and said, "Young people nowadays are really amazing."

Say plainly, "Thank you."

Then Mingyan had to deliver another speech.

His eyes wandered around the audience, he saw all the production team looking up at him, he also saw the smiling faces of Ning and Feng.

Then his eyes fixed on Xia Cheng's encouraging eyes.

Xia Cheng mouthed: "Come on!" According to tradition, you have to speak for at least half a minute, right?

Mingyan relaxed a little and nodded to him.

Then he said clearly: "Thank you to everyone in Blue Star Studio, and also to all the players who support us. Thank you."

Xia Cheng: "..."

24 characters, not a single character is too much.

Mingyan touched his nose, and added: "This is the brainchild of everyone in the production team and the result of joint efforts. I dedicate this trophy to Blue Star. I believe we can do better next year."

There was applause again at the scene, as well as good-natured smiles.

At this time, the live barrage is very realistic.

【Hahahahahahahahahahaha I'm so cute】

[Is the personality of the year's most powerful and talented designer shy?And speech phobia? 】

Yes, an ordinary person can't speak, that's a phobia that everyone has.

And a powerful person who doesn't know how to give a speech on the spot is a proof that "geniuses have eccentricities".

Netizens also think this is a cute contrast!

In the eyes of many people, otaku who play games are mostly inarticulate, with greasy hair retreating to write codes in the office.

The less socially adept he is, the stronger his mind is.

Mingyan stepped down from the stage soon.

The golden lights and streamers dazzled his eyes, and a dozen drones were all taking close-ups of him at the same time.

There were even two shots of champagne sprayed at him when he stepped off the stage.

The people in the seats on both sides also laughed and blew a whistle.

Finally got to the audience.

Mingyan took a look at the trophy for the Best Game of the Year Award. It was really in the shape of a cup, with the current year and month engraved on it, as well as the imprint from the League One.

At the bottom of the trophy, a line of small characters read: "Blue Star Doom", Blue Star Studio.

Underneath are smaller characters, and a QR code - which can be recognized by all interstellar devices, which contains the entire production and credit list of "Blue Star Doom".

"Boss, boss, give us Kangkang!"

"Boss, can I touch your trophy?"

Mingyan smiled and threw the trophy to the wide-eyed crowd, scaring them to rush to catch it.

The trophy was received by Schrödinger. After touching it up and down, he handed it to the next person.

Varian, Kevin, Steven, Ling Xiaoman... everyone stroked it with their hands, and many of them pursed their lips and kissed.

One of the highest honors in the gaming industry!

The media in the Sixth Star Province have already exploded, vying to report this small trophy as soon as possible.

The cooperation department of platform A has even prepared a long article in advance, and it will be published as soon as Blue Star officially wins the award.

[We have known for a long time that Blue Star Studio will dominate the world! 】

[You don’t need to bring anything else across provinces this year, just bring the game produced by Bluestar, people all over the world will love it]

[Blue Star has proved itself for the sixth star province, we can also have a popular IP, a name resounding all over the world! 】

[A figure who has risen like a legend, has now reached his peak? 】

Under the fame, Blue Star's family history has been unearthed once again.

Mingyan's alma mater's popularity and ratings increased sharply in an instant, and because of the acquisition of an honorary award, it suddenly jumped up three places.

Banners of congratulations and celebrations were put up in the college early, and even the CG of Blue Star's end was played for free in the cafeteria.

In the dormitory building of the Game Academy, there has already been a collective shouting phenomenon, and even two dormitories have tied the sheets together, turning them into an ugly banner——

[Blue Star is awesome! ! ! 】

The blank space below is filled with exclamation points.

At this time, Ming Yan, who was far away in the Central Star Province, had just finished the award ceremony of the First League.

At 18:00, they ate at the famous "Horse Banner" restaurant next to the lobby.

To be honest, the food there doesn't taste very good.

But it is said that many of the luxurious decorations are antiques from ancient empires; there is also soothing music, and a well-known symphony orchestra was directly invited.

Outside the hall is a clear artificial lake, and opposite is the sacred Platinum Palace of the First League.

Just this atmosphere, this compelling style, is beyond what money can buy.

More than 1000 people will be present for the ceremony, followed by one of the most famous dances in the gaming industry.

At this time, Mingyan was very confused and said, "I seem to have forgotten to invite a female dance partner..."

Xia Cheng smiled and said: "What age is it, what kind of female companion do you want?"

After he finished speaking, it was a standard invitation etiquette to come to Mingyan.

Mingyan was overjoyed, and said, "Do you dance women's steps? I can't."

Xia Cheng: "..."

The person who is teased by himself will be teased to the end even on his knees.

Fortunately, in the international standard dance steps, the dance steps of the man and the woman are actually not much different, and there is no difference between whether they are soft or not.

The only difference is that women's steps are mostly forward, while men's steps are mostly backward - this may be a manifestation of gentlemanly demeanor.

Anyway, Mingyan thinks Xia Cheng's dance is pretty good.

The hand on his waist is also very strong, and his forward steps seem firm and domineering...

This domineering made Mingyan instantly understand why the gentlemen chose to step back during the dance.

If it was really a girl dancing with Xia Cheng, she might have been dazed by his hormones.

After dancing a song, you can say clearly and sincerely: "Don't dance with girls in the future..." You will scare people.

Unexpectedly, Xia Cheng was overjoyed when he heard it, and said, "I promise not!"

He pursed his lips happily, like a fresh graduate who was overwhelmed after receiving a compliment.

Then he realized that he was still holding Mingyan's hand, and quickly let go, saying, "There's chocolate mousse over there, I'll bring you two plates."

Hi.

It's clear that I don't really like chocolate.

But seeing Xia Cheng so happy, he had no choice but to acquiesce.

The moment Xia Cheng turned to leave, another person came beside him.

—— Ning Yufeng was dressed in formal attire, with a gentle smile on his usual serious face: "Can I ask you to dance?"

It is normal to change partners at this kind of dance.

So he said clearly: "I don't know how to walk. Are you going to dance?"

Ning and Feng: "..."

The person who is teased by himself will be teased to the end even on his knees.

Finally, the seasoned and prudent Chairman Ning Da of the First League was also forced to kneel and gave Mingyan a female step.

When the two of them turned into the dance floor, the acquaintances next to him couldn't help sneaking glances.

——Stupid, this talented designer from the sixth province, does he have some supernatural powers?

——Why did the bosses rush forward one by two to give him a female step?

Ning Yufeng pretended not to see those gazes, put one hand lightly on Mingyan's waist, and said with a smile, "You are dazzling today."

Ming Yan was overjoyed, and said, "That's right, the spotlight hit me directly in the face, and I'm about to go blind."

Ning Yufeng: "...I mean, you make people look forward to it."

Mingyan nodded: "Looking forward, I understand. Do you also want to hold a trophy like this? Or invest in a game and try it? I promise this is very fun. For example, I recently watched an idle game..."

Ning and Feng: "..."

At this moment, he suddenly felt the despair that Master Xia Cheng had experienced.

After dancing to the song, when Mingyan went back to the resting place, he saw Xia Cheng was already staring at him.

Ning and Feng: "Good evening, hehe."

Xia Cheng: "Hehe."

Mingyan: "?"

Why are these two people obviously smiling, but they can still clearly reveal an aura of "I see you are very upset"?

Mingyan looked left and right, and finally realized a fact.

That's right, that's——

Xia Cheng took away all the chocolate mousse!

——It was so careless that Ning and Feng who came over had nothing to eat.

Feeling that he had found the crux, Ming Yan's expression suddenly became very kind.

He took a large plate of dim sum, divided it into two parts, and distributed one to each person, and then said: "The atmosphere of the dinner party is really good, haha."

The tense atmosphere soon disappeared, and both of them looked at Mingyan helplessly.

Then they also realized the crux of the matter.

——It's useless to solve another person!The problem is that you have to get the word out first!

……

The night of the award ceremony was over quickly.

Mingyan bid farewell to Xia Cheng, Ning and Feng respectively, and then decisively spent a carnival night with other people in Blue Star Studio.

They had so much fun that they said they couldn't get up the next day.

There are at most two days left in the holiday in Central Star Province, and Mingyan can't wait to go back to work overtime.

He had never been away from work for so long before, and his head was full of recent inspirations.

That's right, a dedicated person like him is always thinking about design when he is bored!

For example.

Others squatting in the pit may have pulled out their mobile phones and swiped two short videos of sand sculptures.

And it is clearly stated that squatting is taking out the mobile phone, opening the notepad, and recording all the scattered thoughts and occasional inspirations.

Ming · leader · never bored · Yan, always has a special posture to let oneself work overtime.

And the result of this race against time is that every day he takes a holiday, he will accumulate a lot of new inspiration.

It has been five days since he left the computer, and his brain is about to be overwhelmed with inspiration...

On the penultimate day before going back to work overtime, Mingyan was dragged out by Xia Cheng to go skiing and skating.

The entire ice and snow city purchased and built by the Xia family has many people using sleds to parkour.

The live broadcast of the awards ceremony in the Central Star Province has just ended, and it is still spreading outward at the speed of light.

Mingyan is now a big celebrity, and after playing for a day, he sent out dozens of autographs.

It happened to be very tired after playing, so the two finally came to the virtual entertainment hall outside the skating rink and played games.

Well, the standard ending.

In the evening, Mingyan kept his promise and went to see a movie with Ning and Feng.

This movie is about love, and it is a couple who have been lingering for three lives. It is simply moving.

At the climax, the male protagonist is deeply trapped in the enemy's line, and bravely rushes to the tens of thousands of troops to break the back for the female protagonist.

Everyone in the movie theater secretly wiped their tears.

In fact, Ning and Feng had already watched it once as a checkpoint, and confirmed that the movie was really touching—so he turned his head to observe Mingyan's expression.

Mingyan is writing with his head down.

—He had another brilliant idea!It feels like it can be done in a new game!

—As for love?what is that?Is it in this video?

Well, still the standard ending.

On the daytime of the last day before going back to work overtime, Xia Cheng took Mingyan to a famous commercial street in Central Star Province.

A street full of beautiful things in eyes, Ming Yan stared straight at a VR game experience store.

Then he took a fancy to the new third-generation VR equipment and the latest universal sports blanket, and asked the supplier's channel from the owner of the experience store.

Standard ending again.

However, Xia Cheng was quite happy, because Mingyan also bought him a set of third-generation VR equipment!

Although the Xia family has many sets of black technology equipment that have not yet started mass production, it is not important, Xia Cheng can completely treat it as nothing.

What matters is what you say!

"The next time you want to play any game, you don't have to wait until it's released. I can secretly open a back door for you." Ming Yan said in a low voice, "You can also sneak in during the studio's internal testing, just don't say it out."

The stern and selfless boss actually opened the back door!

Young master Xia Cheng, who has obtained privileges from him, feels that he is the most beautiful player in the universe today.

And when it finally came to the day when I went back to work overtime, Mingyan also came back with a rewarding experience.

The "Game of the Year" award brought him a cash prize of 300 million, but that wasn't the most important thing.

The important thing is the honor of the representatives behind it, making "Blue Star Doom" truly a classic work of this era and engraved in the halls of history.

This reward was sent to Mingyan in the form of an electronic check, and Mingyan carefully kept it as a souvenir.

In addition, the selection of "Excellent Young Architects" made the affiliated associations also give Mingyan a bonus of 5 yuan.

This really means encouragement.

This is the first time that Blue Star, as well as Mingyan himself, have won a league-wide national award.

Naturally, there are various voices on the Internet.

Someone is singing praises, saying: [This is the beginning of the leader's journey!Just wait, next year's best of the year, and the year after, the year after... I will teach the Church to conquer the League One! 】

Some people also said: [Winning such a high award at such a young age will definitely expand in the future.There is never a shortage of talent in this industry, and a momentary inspiration means nothing. We have all seen young designers whose work has gone viral and never had a follow-up... I hope Blue Star can keep their original aspirations. 】

……

Sixth Star Province, in Tingxi Studio under the control of Cruise Capital.

Several designers were not in the mood for work, and each of them lowered their heads and took out their mobile phones, staring at the palm-sized screen, peeking at the recording and broadcasting video of the ceremony.

When Zhu Wenshu's secretary passed by, they put away their mobile phones together and quickly pretended to concentrate on their work.

The secretary passed by everyone's workstations, came to the chief designer's office and knocked on the door.

"Boss, today's news is out, the headline is about Blue Star..."

Inside the door, Zhu Wenshu asked irritably: "That person is all the headlines? That means he won the best of the year?"

The secretary said cautiously: "It is said that it is like this..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound from inside.

Something was smashed directly against the door, and then shattered on the ground.

Zhu Wenshu roared through the door: "Don't read it! You don't need to show me the news this week! I'm going to retreat to make a plan for a new game!"

At this time, it is natural that some people are happy and some are sad.

At the headquarters of Blue Star Studio in Sixth Star Province, the rest of the employees are ready to start the linkage activities related to "Blue Star Doomsday"!

First of all, Blue Star Doomsday will launch the "Annual Edition", which means: the best and perfect version of the year that the bosses of the League One are full of praise.

In this version, they have added a series of new side tasks to ensure that they are above the level.

At the same time, each main character is provided with a new set of celebratory clothes-Louis also put on a gentleman's hat, more like a tsundere young master.

The second is related linkages with other games.

"League of Legends" launched two new skins, called "Snow Goddess" and "Wild Elf", which were made based on Russell and Louise.

"Minecraft" launched an official map easter egg, enter the corresponding map seed, and the player can come to a square blue star map.

Finally, what surprises players the most is the first promotional video of "Mortal Soul".

Players who are familiar with Bluestar Studios know that Chief Designer Ming likes to conduct gameplay verification tests, and the first promotional video is always released after the tests are completed.

The same is naturally true of "Mortal Soul", the first trailer is still full of Blue Star's style.

What first appeared in the first scene of the promotional film was the boundless darkness, and there seemed to be thick fog surging in the darkness.

The whole picture is quiet and silent, but also full of a dangerous atmosphere that is about to explode.

Suddenly, a little fire appeared in the darkness.

A knight in armor broke into the camera, and accompanied by his heavy breathing, and the sound of hurried footsteps, as if avoiding the people chasing him behind.

His footsteps stopped suddenly, followed by a dark blade, and a fight seemed to break out in the darkness, but it was over soon.

The light flickered away, and everything fell into darkness again.

The scream of the knight seemed to tear the screen apart.

The camera turned suddenly with a heavy haze, and it looked as if the drone had fallen to the ground.

Then, a deformed hand loomed in the camera.

Those hands were skinny and thin, they were not human at all, and they were dark and rough, as if they had been soaked in salt water for years.

That hand picked up the camera, and the owner of the hand appeared in the screen——

He was wearing a hood and a priest's robe, but the clothes were rotten.

The only line finally appeared in the promotional film:

"Don't think about... using the fire of false gods... to erode our world!"

The first promotional video was indeed in the style of Blue Star, mysterious and mysterious, telling the story without explaining it clearly, let the players guess.

However, the players are really like Shaking M, they have already been trained by them!

Even with such a small amount of information, they can start discussing the background plot of the game enthusiastically.

What's more, the players who participated in the ALPHA test for the first time have all returned one after another.

Although no video can be revealed, and the agreement has been signed, it is impossible to disclose any game-related content.

But they can blow the content that has been released so far!