Otherworldly Architect

Speaking of the "Blue Star Doom" movie, we have to start with last year's Game of the Year Awards.

At that time, there was a famous dinner and dance after the awards ceremony of the League One.

After that, Ning and Feng introduced Mingyan to a bigwig in the film industry, and the three of them had a pleasant conversation.

This boss is from Golden Circle Films, and he showed great interest in the plot of "Blue Star Doom", and even played the game himself after the awards ceremony.

Not long after Mingyan returned to the Sixth Star Province, he received an invitation for business cooperation from Golden Ring Films.

The other party spent a huge amount of money to buy the film and television copyright of "Blue Star Doom", and stated in the contract that the filming must start within one and a half years, otherwise they would have to pay sky-high liquidated damages.

Signing such a contract already shows their sincerity, and what's even more rare is that they are willing to discuss the content of the movie with Blue Star Studio.

When the final "Blue Star Doom" crew was confirmed, there were actually two expatriates from Blue Star Studio.

One is a plot planner responsible for the content of the script, and the other is a historical background consultant-cooperating with another consultant from the Blue Star Research Institute.

After review and rewriting by a professional screenwriter team, the main plot of the final film was probably determined at the beginning of this year.

It is not an easy task to make a film adaptation of a game IP. These are two completely different art forms.

Looking at the game-adapted movies in the past, most of them can only do nothing but make a circle of the feelings of game players and earn a gimmick from the outside audience.

It is actually more difficult than recreating a classic plot to retain the original plot in the game, but also to have a sense of freshness and to conform to objective logic - it requires a high degree of understanding of the plot of the game itself .

But fortunately, more than half of the screenwriting team has passed the original work of "Blue Star Doom".

Even if it is not a customs clearance, at least it is a "video clearance".

According to their boss, it is as follows:

"Being a screenwriter is not a game behind closed doors. You also have to understand current events and the trend of popular themes. Blue Star Doom won the game of the year and the best plot award, and it must be our learning object."

"When a screenwriter learns, it's not just about watching or playing. We call this 'pull movies', and there will be a very strict correspondence table, recording all the plots in the original work by time, and then analyzing each part in detail. The logic of a paragraph, the contradictions and conflicts, and the display of the characters' personalities and other factors, in order to understand every advantage and disadvantage of this plot."

With such a gold-medal screenwriting team, the script of the big movie "Blue Star Doom" was quickly completed at the beginning of the year.

In February, the film had officially started promotion and could start filming immediately.

Now it's almost July, and after the film is officially finished, the advertisements and posters are already overwhelming, and relevant news can be seen everywhere.

Naturally, the Blue Star official website did not forget to recommend it, and it also aroused a very enthusiastic response on the player forum.

Now Mingyan already has a considerable understanding of these interstellar players, and he doesn't need to read the forum to know who there will be——

There must be applause, come to the post;

There will be discussions about the actors and plot of the movie, some of whom will be prophets;

There will be more than a dozen weekly game archives or screenshots of all achievements;

There will be reminders to update the game...

[When will "Xia" come out! ! !It has been almost half a year!Give me some news! ! ! 】

Clearly stated: "..."

What "half a year"!

It's only been two months since the last Blue Star Carnival, how could it be rounded up to "half a year"?

Is it true that the urging party has already resorted to unscrupulous means?

No matter what, anyway, the premiere of the big movie "The Last Days of the Blue Star" clearly stated that he didn't want to miss it.

The premiere is expected to be on September 9th, avoiding large-scale events such as the fourth season of "League of Legends", which can completely avoid the situation where players are at a loss.

Of course, before that, Mingyan had already seen the sample.

By the way, the heroine of Blue Star Doomsday, the actor of Russell, once visited Mingyan.

When she auditioned for Russell, she was still a little-known [-]th-line star, and she came by bus alone on the day of the interview.

Unexpectedly, after "Blue Star Doom" won the best game of the year, she became an instant hit and her net worth skyrocketed!

More importantly, she has left the impression of a "goddess" in the hearts of a large number of players. This kind of positive popularity is simply the dream of every star.

Now, in order to ensure that she can participate in the Blue Star doomsday movie, Jin Huan also offered a sky-high salary that no one could refuse.

This actress also knows how to be grateful, and she came to Blue Star Studio to thank Mingyan for her "kindness of knowledge and encounter".

"I still remember that I caught a cold that day, and my skin condition and voice were not very good. I was afraid that the interviewer would leave without giving me a chance." She said, "It was you who gave me the most precious opportunity."

Said plainly: "No, the main thing is that your understanding is in place. Among the three candidates at that time, you were indeed the best one."

After listening to her, she showed a beautiful smile: "But you still resisted all opinions and chose me. You may not know, but I always feel that scene vividly, and I am very moved every time I think about it."

When Mingyan was about to say something, there was a knock on the office door.

Clearly said: "Please come in."

Then Comrade Xia Cheng walked in from outside.

Mingyan: "?"

Xia Cheng looked at the actress sitting across from Ming Yan, and said, "Go on, I'm just passing by. By the way, let me remind Boss Ming, it's almost time to go downstairs for dinner."

——God TM can knock on the door and enter the office when passing by!

The actress said: "This is?"

Ming Yan said frankly: "My boyfriend, Xia Cheng."

Xia Cheng showed a handsome smile, and openly started flirting with Ming Yan.

Actress: "..."

——Oh, sure enough, a handsome and rich man has another handsome and rich man behind him...

15 minute later.

After finishing all the matters in the morning, he made it clear that he would go downstairs for dinner with Xia Cheng.

After eating and drinking, Xia Cheng asked by the way: "How is the new game going?"

Mingyan sighed and said, "The plan is almost finished."

Xia Cheng said: "It's rare to hear you sigh about the game. Did you encounter any bottleneck or trouble?"

Mingyan said: "Because I was urged to change again..."

Xia Cheng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm not rushing you! I'm just asking you about your work progress in a friendly way."

Mingyan covered his face and said: "It took me two months to write the planning case alone. The content covered two major systems and more than 20 subsystems. There are many things that I can't ask for help..."

After Xia Cheng listened, he silently spread his arms and said, "Come, let me let you sleep for a while."

Mingyan was amused.

Xia Cheng said: "It sounds like the new game is very big?"

Mingyan nodded and said: "It may be the largest game in Bluestar's history. The map area of ​​more than 900 million square kilometers is already quite large. You also need to consider the city buildings, NPCs and monsters, plot animations and Screen performance content such as special effects...may break through 100 TB."

Xia Cheng said enthusiastically: "The map is so big, there must be a lot of content to play, how long is the estimated game time?"

Mentioning this, Mingyan smiled and said: "The time for players to upgrade from level 1 to full level is about two months; after the full level, it takes at least one and a half months to upgrade equipment. That is to say, after the game is launched, We can wait half a year before considering an updated version."

The capacity of MMORPG games is generally quite large, and the replayability is much higher than that of stand-alone games. At least it will not happen that the liver can be cleared in a month.

In other words, this kind of online game can never be cleared.

As long as the production team continues to update the version, players will always have new content to discover and new peaks to climb.

At the beginning of July, the engine of Blue Star Studio was finally activated again.

From the planning team, to art, to programs, to testing and management, all lines were unimpeded, and everyone began to enter the closed-door mode.

The goal is the alpha version gameplay verification test——

The first map, Novice Village Shiyin Village.

That is, the map where players from level 1-10 are located, including the main missions of the first ten levels, battle guides, related subsystem guide content, and the main plot of Chapter 1!

During this period, Blue Star Studio also nominated several official titles of the game, waiting for all members to vote together.

The titles to be selected include: "Story in the Dust", "Famous Sword Records of Mountains and Seas", "Drunken Jianghu", "Xia Ke Xing"... There are more than ten names in total, most of which are provided by consultants, each with its own source .

However, the number of votes is quite anxious, and the official name has not been determined until now.

Even Mingyan is a bit entangled - he is different from others, he thinks that they are all the same.

All in all, it may have to wait until the alpha version is tested before the official name can be determined, and then the initial publicity can start.

So far, the "Xia" project is still just a code name on the official website of Bluestar. There is not much content on the official homepage, but some related speeches on the Bluestar Carnival are listed.

The sub-forum is very lively, and the witty players have already started warming up...just to get the places for the first few batches of tests.

No matter how bad it is, it would be nice to have a place for the internal test!

This leads to a very funny thing:

Before even the most basic alpha version of the game was produced, many staff members of Blue Star were bewildered and asked when the closed beta would be available.

Of course, no one is as happy as Comrade Xia Cheng, because...

Xia Cheng wagged his tail: "Can you reserve one for the internal test?"

Mingyan didn't lift his head: "OK, no problem."

Xia Cheng: 0w0

"Shuang" is just one word, baahahahahahahaha!