Otherworldly Architect

After playing wildly for two days and two nights, the Blue Star Carnival officially ended at 5:22 on May 22.

At the closing ceremony, Ling Xiaoman's rock band presented the theme song of the end of the Blue Star, an adapted version of "The Earth TOPOLOGIUM".

In the fiery trees and silver flowers, players crowded the square, dancing their bodies to the rhythm of the music.

Banners of "Long Live the Blue Star" were stretched everywhere, and several beautiful female players wore cosplay costumes and stood dancing on high.

This night, the enthusiasm of the players continued all night long, and many people fell asleep directly in the square.

By the next day, they will be back in the rhythm of work and study.

But this carnival of Blue Star is destined to leave a deep impression on many people.

For example, the person in charge of "Blue Star Doom 2" was forced to come out.

For example, the real rank is only Silver II and the chief designer of Ming was discovered by the players...

"Hmm! Before the third season, do you want to modify the mechanism of this placement match?" Mingyan quietly discussed with the person in charge, "Don't let high-end players stay in the low-scoring division too much, give them a quick promotion The mechanism. This is also to improve the game experience of low-segment players, so we can’t let them get bombed.”

The person in charge looked at Mingyan sympathetically with a comprehending expression.

"..."

Mingyan has given up on self-justification.

But it's really because he doesn't have time for qualifying!

Recently, he made it clear that while he was busy writing a new game project code-named "Soul", he had to pay attention to the matter of Blue Star's relocation.

The two floors rented by the current studio have been put up for auction, and the new Blue Star building has been purchased, even the Blue Star logo has been hung up.

It is located in a secondary business district in this city. This building is nine stories high and has a helipad on the top—a standard configuration in the interstellar era, which is used to park hovercraft.

The exterior of the entire building is made of special glass, one of which can be used as a large outdoor screen, and a wave of advertisements can be displayed during the Chinese New Year.

Mingyan went with Xia Cheng to see the progress of the building over there.

At present, the interior decoration of the entire building is almost done, and the construction team is cultivating greenery and decorations outside.

There is a large fountain and street garden outside the Blue Star Building, and the small bungalows on the side can be transformed into staff cafes in the future.

In addition, the interior of the building is fully usable, and it is clearly planned to be moved in succession during the summer.

It is also because the moving of the server is more troublesome and may take a month.

But now that the interior decoration is in place, the personnel and workstations can be moved to the place first.

Before, the people from Blue Star were still "showing off" their office environment to the players.

Ling Xiaoman originally thought that a dedicated lounge and entertainment room would be too much, but he didn't expect that in the new Blue Star building, half of the floor is dedicated to entertainment and rest!

Pantry, lounge, entertainment room, gym and washroom, and even a home theater.

The other half of this floor is for an outsourced canteen—because the company has subsidies, although this canteen requires employees to pay for it themselves, it is at least one-third cheaper than the outside world.

Ling Xiaoman took a look at the place. Although the canteen was not open yet, she just wanted to pay respects to Mingyan.

——Fairy Boss!This is also no one!

It is worth mentioning that the entertainment room of Blue Star has always been very distinctive.

There are two rows of computers dedicated to games in the room, the kind that can be used by two teams to play League of Legends together.

And there is also a slide outside, you can sit directly on it and slide to the free canteen on the first floor.

As the first step of moving to a new house, everyone in Blue Star ran over to sit happily after having dinner together.

——Everyone must sit again!

God knows how many years it has been since Mingyan played such a childish game, but when he took a look in the photo, he was still smiling so happily.

It's really happy, the kind of silly fun with everyone.

As a result, as soon as the house was moved, he declared that he was so happy that he almost forgot that the planning book he was writing required the feeling of bitterness and hatred.

He had to lock himself up for a long time, watched a few horror movies, and regained his state.

And it is very used to Blue Star Studio to say that it is closed to write a planning case.

When several designers passed by his door, they unconsciously lightened their footsteps.

They looked at the door, and began to think in their hearts: What kind of fairy design is the boss writing this time?Is it a spring of creativity and a quick success?

This kind of "retreat" was quite rare before it was made clear, and several people even felt that there was a very mysterious and profound charm in it.

And actually...

Everyone is in the same state when creating.

Scratching ears and cheeks, biting the tip of a pen, staring blankly, gnawing fingers and thinking about my life...

And when I can't sit down, I stand up and wander around the room.

Mingyan's Office is well understood, and it's all about gaming.

Including game figures, peripherals, posters, etc.

There is also a huge whiteboard, which is full of Mingyan's own manuscripts. If outsiders come to take a look, they will probably feel confused and incredible.

There are all weird and irrelevant rankings written on it, such as "restraining the general manager", "deep learning", and "eliminating ponytail"...

They are all the key clues that Mingyan wrote down casually when using divergent thinking, and he knows them well.

However, every time other people came in, they would look at the whiteboard with an expression as if they were reading a book from heaven, thinking that Mingyan's mind was full of stars and seas.

Ling Xiaoman, who was more straightforward, even bragged to his classmates in secret: "Let me tell you, the brain of the chief designer of Ming is [-] times faster than ordinary people... It is also seeing two straight lines. He might have seen two string worlds colliding in his mind while I was still thinking about the parallel line theorem!"

And Mingyan at this moment has quietly opened the official new forum.

The "Soul" forum was officially opened after the carnival, but it didn't have an official name yet.

Blue Star's loyal fans entered the new forum one after another, and first initiated speculation about the new game, injecting considerable vitality into the new forum.

——Don’t think designers don’t know how to read forums!

First of all, the most popular post I saw on the forum was the evaluation of "Blue Star Doom" just released by the League One Association.

Yes, that's right, the Blue Star has been on sale for more than two months, and the father of the League One is long overdue.

Since the release of the game, several major patches have been applied, and almost all the bugs and minor problems have been cleaned up. Therefore, the reviewers of League One played almost the most perfect version.

Well, their reflection arc is so long, but at the same time, the scoring criteria are very objective and will not be easily changed due to external influences.

For "Blue Star Doom", League A directly gave 10 points!

That's right, they scored a 10 out of 10.

This means that this game has completely conquered the professional and stingy reviewers of the League One, and they can hardly find anything that can deduct points on any small point.

You should know that a score like a full score needs to be reviewed several times in succession, and it is by no means easy to give.

In the entire history of the A League Association, more than 10 games have been included in the evaluation, but there are only more than 200 games that can finally score [-] points.

The works that can get full marks have all achieved the final achievement of breaking through the 100 billion sales mark!

No matter how niche or unpopular the work is, as long as the two words "full marks" are deducted from A League's father, it can drive huge sales in a short period of time.

In history, there have even been games that directly broke the 24-hour sales record in game history after the review was released.

The record of that day was that the turnover in a single day exceeded [-] million!This is a number that many games can't reach in a month!

The league's rating of "Blue Star Doom" is so exaggerated.

[A League Evaluation Report: Blue Star's new work "Blue Star Doom", with a total score of 10 points, comprehensive evaluation: a tear-jerking masterpiece not to be missed! 】

[Picture performance: 10 points, real and delicate]

[Music and sound effects: 9.5 points, meticulously crafted]

[Plot experience: 10 points, shocking]

[Game fun: 9.5 points, unique]

[Depth of content: 10 points, not a foreign world, better than a foreign world]

Because of the perfect score, besides one main evaluator, the evaluator this time also followed the names of many people.

The former recorded a short video for the game.

In the video, he said: "In the first half of this year, it can be said that "Blue Star Doom" is the work that surprised me the most. The chief designer of Blue Star Studio once again proved his genius in plot-to-game It is the same as the original "The Story of Hachiko", which makes the player's emotions fluctuate with the development of the plot, and they can't stop."

Then, the video turned to the actual game screen.

The reviewers made simple comments on all aspects of the game one by one, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the game.

"...Of course, the only one or two shortcomings are still flawless. This is a true masterpiece of plot, and it has been perfected in every aspect. In many details, it is full of sincerity—the most What shocked me was the full and vivid details in the game. I almost doubted that the chief designer Ming had really survived in such a doomsday world.

"All in all, this is a work not to be missed. 10 points out of [-], this is the best and most reasonable score we can give."

As soon as the score of League One's father came out, it was devastating again, directly ruling all public opinion.

So far this year, only two full-score games have come out.

The more than 1000 billion players in the Chaoyang League are already hungry and thirsty, and they are eagerly waiting for the ranking of this year's League One!

As soon as this evaluation came out, it broke into everyone's field of vision like a dark horse.

Blue Star Studio's reputation in the local area is indeed at the top of the sky, but it has not yet been able to radiate the scope of the sixth star province.

The last time "Minecraft" was excellent, but unfortunately it was only a niche masterpiece, not a 3A masterpiece.

"Blue Star Doom" is different. It is a high-cost, high-quality, high-volume big game, and it is already eligible to enter the ranking of the Platinum Palace.

The Platinum Palace is not a real building, but a virtual finger of honor in the game world.

The game entered the palace, just like a great man entered the Confucius Temple.

All the games that can be selected into the Platinum Hall are almost all masterpieces with full marks in the evaluation of the League of A. The word-of-mouth among the players is also beyond reproach, and they almost enjoy the status of universal support.

And as time goes by, other games may gradually lose popularity and make ends meet; but the works in the Platinum Hall have already ascended to the throne and will only become "classics".

At that time, whether it is a reset version or a sequel, it will enjoy great popularity.

And the immediate benefits are obvious.

The afternoon of the League One's evaluation was exactly one week after the end of the Blue Star Carnival.

The persons in charge of several game publishing platforms rushed to send Blue Star a communication.

——They raised the rating of "Blue Star Doom" to the highest level one after another, and contacted Blue Star Studio to renew the contract with a higher level, wanting to provide recommendation slots within the entire Chaoyang Alliance network.

You must know that the Rising Sun Alliance straddles two cantilevers and sits on tens of thousands of star systems. It is already costly to spread information across the entire network.

And the cost of recommending the entire network is staggeringly high.

Any mature platform, as long as it is the first to put forward the four words "recommended by the whole network", without bargaining... that means it is almost obvious: "Dad, you will definitely be popular! I also want to take a ride , QUQ let me also drink some broth, okay?"

What is even more humiliating and humiliating is that many platforms have also taken the initiative to reduce the contract share by one point.

- It's down!

In this era when channels are king, there are still active profit-sharing behaviors, which can only show that Blue Star Studio has taken the absolute initiative.

Sorry, the game is fun, that is, you can do whatever you want.

At the beginning of June, the evaluation of League One was officially posted on the official website of League One for a week.

On the homepages of various platforms such as IPP and Atlas, corresponding recommended spots have also been launched at the same time. The advertisements are similar, and basically only one sentence, "A League of Legends' full marks" is enough.

No player can refuse a perfect masterpiece!

As they say: resolutely follow the guidance of Daddy Jia blindly! More than 8 points can experience! 9 points or more must play! 9.5 points to play even if you die!As long as you can't die in a perfect masterpiece, play to death!

Originally in the relatively remote geographical location of the Sixth Star Province, the influence of Blue Star Studio was only slowly radiating outward.

But with the high-cost network-wide recommendation, coupled with the golden signboard of the League One, it is completely different.

The most intuitive data: the total sales volume of "Blue Star Doom" in the first week of its release in the Sixth Star Province was 207 billion.

In the first week after the omni-channel recommendation was released, the weekly sales directly exceeded 900 billion.

Simply not an order of magnitude!

For the first time, Bluestar Studios achieved the "interstellar explosion" in a real sense overnight!

After a rough tax deduction, almost 500 billion funds began to flow back to Blue Star.

Even the local banks that cooperated with Bluestar Studio rarely saw such a large amount of cash flow. The head office immediately ordered emergency overtime work, and a large group of gold medal accountants established an independent file for Bluestar Studio overnight.

Overnight, Blue Star's credit ratings in multiple banks were directly promoted to the highest level, that is, the level at which loans of tens of billions of dollars can be given green light.

Because its cash flow indicator is too scary, directly reaching the full score, which means its profitability is outrageous!

The entire game of "Blue Star Doom" has been developed for more than a year. It uses the Frostfire Engine 4 that was just released last year in Interstellar, and the licensing fee has exceeded [-] million.

Plus the operation and maintenance costs of Blue Star Studio, the salaries and bonuses of developers, the purchase funds of servers and workstations, etc...

Adding all these together, the cost is less than one billion.

But its profit margin has reached an astonishing 200%.

This is the windfall profit at the top of the VR game industry, and this is the charm of the perfect masterpiece and the Platinum Palace.

This is also the best answer to the sincerity of conscientious gamers in the entire market.

——Even the most popular alien games cannot achieve such a high profit margin, because the cost of the latter is too high, and it is a standard high-risk high-yield investment.

After the return of the first batch of funds, the book funds of Blue Star Studio were directly supported to the level of tens of billions.

Blue Star has never been so rich!

It’s just a game release, and it has directly supported it to the top 100 level of local companies—even comparable to some local mining companies.

Even in the eyes of the entire StarCraft, this is not a small company, not to mention that it has a greater influence on the Internet.

The official registered account of Blue Star Studio, with the sale of Blue Star Doomsday, also officially broke through the 80 billion mark.

This is because Blue Star's official website currently does not support instant connections for people from other star provinces - they have not yet established a server for faster-than-light communication, so they cannot do this.

In other words, Blue Starlight has already reached 80 billion fans in the sixth star province.

The official forum has had to carry out the fifth level of diversion, but the huge traffic still makes every sub-forum frantically swiping the screen.

[(Concentrated Blessing Building) Congratulations to "Blue Star Doom" for winning a 10.0 full score from the League One Association! 】

[Production by Blue Star, it must be a high-quality product.This is a professional licking building - come on little stars!Lick it all to the end! 】

[Let’s talk about the Blue Star games I’ve played over the years. When the poster first paid attention, the leader only had [-] fans]

[I am at the same school as the leader! !Today, the dormitory building of the Game Academy is like an earthquake! 】

Because the players were too enthusiastic, Blue Star's marketing department was a little caught off guard, but they quickly prepared countermeasures.

Bluestar already has a very mature operation and maintenance system, and will not worry about the official website being blown up by traffic as it was back then...

This wave of traffic has also been effectively utilized.

Well, the official mall is new! !

"Blue Star Doom" released an exclusive celebration T-shirt, which is divided into two styles.

One is the front of the goddess Russell and the back of Louis; the other is the front of Louis and the profile of Russell.

On the back of the T-shirt, the autographs of the main production staff are printed——

In the middle is the name in a cursive style that clearly states that it is flying and dancing, and by the way, a smiling expression is drawn on the back.

:)

……

For this small expression egg, players joked on the forum: "Feel the devil's smile!"

These T-shirts are relatively cheap, and Blue Star didn't expect to make a profit from them.

Having said that, the surrounding profits are still icing on the cake, after all, the game body has already reached such a terrifying sales volume.

Fully recovered blood for the wallet of Lan Xing who just bought a mansion and a small different world.

At least for a long time, it is clear that he will not worry about money.

And the A-League score of "Blue Star Doomsday" is also the third score that Blue Star has received so far.

The first is 9.5 points of "Minecraft"; the second is 9.5 points of "League of Legends".

Counting carefully, Blue Star's three main games are all masterpieces!

It's no wonder that fans are enthusiastically shouting the slogan "Made by Blue Star, must be a boutique".

The popularity of the old game has also led to the fact that the new game "Soul" doesn't even have an official name yet, and there is already considerable anticipation among players.

[I just found out today that the single word "soul" has rushed to gamingstudio's new game expectation list, my Mingjiao is about to dominate the world! ! ! 】

【I'm very conflicted right now, I want to see Blue Star disclose more details about the new game, but I'm really afraid that it will be revealed.I can’t bear the bouncing tickets like Blue Star Doomsday, I can’t stand it for one more day, I can’t play it if I see it]

[I'm really looking forward to the plot of the new game!bring it on!Let me burst into tears!I have cleared Hachiko ten times and I have nothing to fear! 】

Mingyan read the strange speeches of the players, and gradually showed a kind smile on his face.

At this moment, he snapped his fingers and saw a post with the title: [I'm also a Blue Star fan, but let's discuss rationally, can Mr. Ming really make a "very difficult" game? 】

If you click into the post to see, this is a question raised by an ordinary player with the ID "TTTX" after watching the live broadcast of the carnival.

He pointed out: [Looking at the games produced by Blue Star, they are all works that are quite novel in terms of gameplay, or shocking in terms of plot.From this, we can sum up many design styles of Master Ming. For example, the plot must be magnificent, and a popular supporting role (or dog) must be killed to earn tears. 】

[But apart from League of Legends, Chief Master Ming hasn't made any competitive games, has he?Moreover, the game Bluestar Doom focuses on the plot, and is quite approachable in terms of combat difficulty. Even the highest difficulty is just to strengthen the monster's value, and there is no fundamental change. 】

[It's inevitable that people will start to doubt - can Chief Master Ming make that kind of real and difficult combat adventure game? 】

If Varian and the others saw this post, they might just say, "Oh, naive."

——Naive players, do you really think that it is not easy to make the battle more difficult?

nonexistent!

When the human-machine mode of League of Legends was developed, if the designers hadn't insisted on it, the latter would have launched a "nightmare human-machine" difficulty.

——You can easily and happily play the man-machine, but thanks to the kindness of the designer!