Otherworldly Architect

Mingyan sat at one end of the long table, waiting for the judgment of the teachers present.

The discussion went on without haste.

"I can only give 40 points for this design work, and one point is for the degree of completion, which is a heavy workload for an undergraduate student."

"Mr. Zhou, isn't this evaluation too harsh?"

"Why is it so harsh? Strictly follow the scoring table. Authenticity, 0 points, I can't see that this kind of world made up of pixel squares can provide players with any real-world experience; interactivity, I give About 60 points, it is enough for a student majoring in alien architecture to achieve human-computer interaction; for entertainment, I will give 50 points, I don’t see any fun in this game for the time being, only there Endless dismantling and placing of blocks, building a small house like a coffin according to your own imagination - I may describe this as a bit harsh, but can you have any fun out of it?"

Among the five teachers present, one shook his head, put down his VR glasses, and quit the game.

However, at the end of the long table, the youngest teacher was still in the game, and he did not participate in the discussion.

Mingyan, as a student, watched quietly before it was time to be asked.

The teachers are still discussing.

"Sociality, although I can't see it at the moment, but this kind of player-created game should be fun to share..."

"Isn't it, your 'coffin-like house' has more than 100 likes now..."

"Cough, don't interrupt! I can give him 60 points for this item. I won't talk about the remaining minor items. In short, this final work has a big problem, and the 'bias' is quite serious. The classmate has skills, determination, and perseverance, but it is a pity that he is too focused on taking a wrong path. The essence of the game should be to provide players with a realistic experience!"

After this sentence was finished, the room was quiet for a while, and the teacher had a distressed expression on his face.

Mingyan finally spoke.

He said: "Mr. Zhou, I think the essence of the game is a series of meaningful choices."

("A game is a series of meaningful choices." --- "Civilization" series game designer Sid Meier.)

The brows of several teachers frowned, they didn't have a good angle to criticize this deviant student for a while.

At this moment, the young teacher in the corner suddenly stood up, dancing and saying, "I'm done, hahahahaha! Look, look!"

Everyone was startled and turned their heads to look.

The young teacher took off the VR glasses and projected his own picture in the center of the long table, showing a 3D real-time projection of a villa.

The villa is all composed of "pixel" blocks, which look like Lego blocks.It is three storeys high. Although there are no details or interiors, the overall appearance is modern and minimalist. From a distance, it looks like a fairy tale house standing by the river.

In any case, it was far from Mr. Zhou's "coffin hut", which made the latter blush.

"It's so interesting!" The young teacher's face was flushed with excitement. He didn't participate in the discussion just now, it seemed that he was completely immersed in it.

He danced and introduced to others: "Although my house is relatively simple now, it is enough for me to dig my mine tunnel safely. I plan to build a fish farm here, and then I can put a submarine cabin underneath. Use glass to build.

"I'm going to put a super huge windmill on the mountain next to it! Cultivate a flower field. I have seen many kinds of flowers in this game.

"Ah yes, I will dig sand and burn glass when I go back, and save some beautiful quartz decorations. My God, I can't wait to go home and continue playing!"

There was a slight smile on Mingyan's face, and he said: "Thank you for your praise, this game is not my idea, I just realized the framework and made a VR design based on the original idea, so it is a category B specific game. Realistic complete design. There are only ten colors of dyes in the game for the time being, and it is relatively slow for me to draw textures by myself, and it is expected to be supplemented with 32 colors in the future.”

"That is to say, my hut can be dyed colorful?" The young teacher clasped his hands together and laughed, "bravo! This is a genius idea. The pixel-style picture perfectly creates a fairy tale feeling, and it greatly reduces the damage to the body. Demand. I can imagine that if we enter the online age, it is possible to build a castle or even a city through the cooperation of a multi-person team, and that is truly infinite possibility!"

"Hey, Mr. Hurst," a teacher couldn't help reminding, "this is for the student's graduation thesis defense. I hope you can put forward a more realistic opinion. Anyway, a student's work can cause large-scale teamwork The phenomenon of settlement is still very unlikely.”

Hearst sat down intently, observing his house lovingly, and seemed to want to implement his house renovation plan immediately.

Then he smacked his lips and said, "Yes, my evaluation just now was too emotional. I'm really sorry."

Several teachers with older qualifications nodded one after another.

Then Hurst picked up the pen, picked up the form in front of him, and said excitedly: "Authenticity, 90 points! I have seen the whole world in my eyes! Interactivity, 70 points, this is really not the strength of the architecture profession. Entertainment, 1000 points!! [-] billion points!! This form can no longer contain my compliments!..."

Everyone: "..."

"Oh, by the way, did you name your game?" Hurst suddenly raised his head and looked at Mingyan, "It will be a great game, I have a hunch."

Mingyan said: "It's called 'My World', Minecraft."

A knowing smile played on Hirst's mouth: "'Minecraft' ah...we all know it's going to be a popular world."

……

The graduation defense passed quickly, and everyone could only have three 10 minutes to show the total time of the game and the defense.

After Mingyan left the lecture hall, the students waiting outside all came up to greet him politely.

The rich second-generation male classmate Kerry came up and asked hypocritically: "Oh, how is your defense? Did the weird cube game scare the teacher?"

"Kerry, you'd better be respectful when you speak." The student who had a better relationship with Mingyan said.

Creely ignored him, but said to Mingyan: "No matter how good the theory is, you have to practice it after all. The game alien architecture major is in the final analysis the knowledge of the rich. A commoner student like you, no matter how good your grades are usually , and it is impossible to afford any other world. So your best way out is to work for me, no matter how good your grades are, what is the use of leaving school?"

"Cerry!" Someone got a little angry.

But he made it clear that he was not angry. He patted Creely on the chest calmly and said, "You are right, money is the last word. However, I will have money soon."

Kerry covered his stomach and laughed, and said, "Just you? And your crappy game theory? A game without authenticity is just a pile of mud. Your crooked ways have no future! If you give up early, say Maybe I can ask my dad to send you an offer to be one of my four secretaries."

Mingyan didn't answer, but packed up the materials he brought, and then walked outside.

After eating dinner in the cafeteria, Mingyan came to the library to find a seat.

He silently turned on his computer and began to update the v1.32 version of "Minecraft".

In addition to the first concept of the whole game, all the system framework and art style are clearly designed by myself.

He didn't have any cheats that he couldn't forget, so he simply did it all by himself.

The production of VR games is very different from that of computer games.

Although the game is still called "Minecraft", if a blue star person plays it, it may take a while to realize its relationship with the computer version.

And all these systems will probably take two or three days to develop and complete.

After it was completely dark, Mingyan went straight home.

His adoptive parents were already getting ready for bed.

Mingyan didn't have a deep relationship with them. After all, he had already matured before he was adopted, and he also understood that the couple's adoption of him was mostly out of interest considerations.

——It is clearly stated that it was dug out by the research institute.Dig out from the frozen remains of the blue star, it seems to be a fossil.

The Blue Star Institute of History and Species not only arranged for him to be fostered by the couple, but also allowed him to be admitted to the Royal Academy.

Mingyan is very grateful to them, but still doesn't like the life of being called back to take samples sometimes.

It is clearly stated that the Chaoyang Alliance, where it is now, spans six large star clusters, and these six large provinces are under the jurisdiction of the alliance government. It is one of the best advanced civilizations in the Milky Way, and has already developed the technology to travel across planes.

And here, the sixth star province - a big province that has just joined the big league and has not yet been fully integrated.

The Chaoyang government forcibly promoted some alien games in the early years.

In those different worlds called "games", players said they were playing, but they were actually fighting and killing in different worlds, bringing more world resources to the alliance.

It is conceivable that a huge demand equals a huge market, and a huge market has spawned a large number of producers.

Leaving aside the major companies that develop otherworldly games, even schools in the Chaoyang Alliance basically offer game-related majors.

Mingyan's current major is called "Alien Architecture", which corresponds to Blue Star's game industry, which is almost equivalent to "Game Planner".

Recently, this year's undergraduates are about to graduate, and they have finished all of them and are set to defend.

An entrance to another world is very expensive, and professional students born as commoners basically have no chance to transform a real other world, so their completion is just a theory on paper.

——That is, make a VR game on the virtual terminal to show his design blueprint for the other world.

Apparently played those games.They are more like real battlefield simulators, not fun at all, not really "games".

Interstellar people may understand the development of different worlds.

But clearly understand the game.