Otherworldly Architect

In the end, he made it clear that he was invited in by Varian's wife.

She felt that in any case, it was very sincere to visit in person, and she should not turn away guests.

Mingyan and Varian sat down in the living room and talked face to face for half an hour.

Mingyan is a straight-to-the-point person. He came up and said, "I hope to hire you as the art designer of Bluestar Studio, responsible for the art work of our next game project."

Varian twitched his beard and said, "I'm not the only artist in your studio, right?"

Ming Yan said: "Actually, I am the only one in Bluestar Studio so far."

Varian: "…"

Ming Yan added: "I have only ever launched one successful independent game."

Varian looked up at the ceiling, took a deep breath, and was about to freak out.

Suddenly, his wife came out of the kitchen, holding two cups of hot water, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, there is only hot water at home now."

Varian sat upright for a second, raised his hand and said, "Please continue."

After a while, his wife didn't want to interrupt their conversation, so she left the living room again.

Varian slumped down in a second, and fell on the chair as soft as a slug, and said weakly: "You are the only one who dares to come to my door to persuade me to do good things with such a poor capital..."

Mingyan smiled slightly and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Before making a decision, I hope you have a comprehensive understanding of Bluestar Studio."

Before he could finish speaking, Varian said desperately: "Please don't talk to me about ideals - my ideal is to eat without work! Don't talk to me about the future of the game industry in Sixth Star Province - and I have nothing to do with half a dime! Don't talk to me about future profits and shares - in seven or eight years, it is estimated that a small studio like yours will have already closed down!"

Triple despair.

Ming Yan's mouth twitched: "It sounds like your experience in the past few years is very sympathetic."

"Hehehe..." Varian let out a miserable laugh, covering his face with his hands.

Mingyan took out two contracts from his bag, put them on the table, and handed them to Varian.

"I'm not here to talk about ideals," Ming Yan said.

Well, his ideal is a rainbow fart, but that can't be said...

Ming Yan said: "Let's talk about money first. I have prepared two contracts here, one is a labor contract and the other is a labor contract. For the former, I will add 20% of the market price to you to order mine. Demand list; in the latter case, you will become a part of Bluestar Studio, and the annual salary will be increased by 10% compared to your previous salary - this can be discussed again. In addition, after the project is launched, 10% of the profit will be directly used for development Bonuses for personnel, distributed according to performance.”

It's neat and tidy, not procrastinating at all.

Varian's waist suddenly straightened, and his eyes suddenly widened.

He picked up two documents on the table and fell into deep thought.

Then he said clearly: "Then let's talk about this project."

He explained his next game to Varian, who kept nodding.

Varian worked for a well-known outsourcing company in the past few years, and a large part of his work was for game companies, so he also knew this aspect.

Ming Yan talked about the job requirements for the position of art designer in Bluestar Studio.

The two of them are the only candidates for the next project.

Ming Yan, architect + programmer + sound engineer + tester + technical artist.

Varian, art design + UI interface + tester.

Varian slumped back in his chair after hearing that.

After a long while, he said: "With all due respect, I don't see the future of this project, nor the future of Bluestar Studio... I can't agree to this job just because the annual salary looks good! Halfway through, you guys... ah no, your capital chain is broken, leaving me there, what should I do?"

He speaks very honestly, and Ming Yan thinks it's no wonder that he would have a conflict with the previous company executives... The kind of leader who will deduct employee options, most of them are not bigger than the tip of a needle.

Mingyan thought for a while and said, "My World produced by Blue Star, please be sure to know about it."

When Varian heard it, he said, "A new game? I don't play games much."

Mingyan smiled and said, "You can learn more and experience it. Then it's not too late to make a decision."

Varian was suspicious and did not speak.

Everything that should be said is finished, and Ming Yan is not a procrastinator, so he left on the spot.

After he left, Varian's wife walked back into the living room.

Varian discussed it with her.

As soon as I heard the words "Minecraft", my wife exploded: "Oh my god! He is the genius producer of "Minecraft"! You don't even know the game I play every night. name!"

Varian: "…"

The next day was miserable for him.

Watching a piece of news, my wife swiped from the media next to her: "Ahhhhhh! My world has rushed to the top 100 on the IPP list! Little Blue Star rushed to the duck!"

When I went to the toilet, my wife was brainwashing outside: "Husband, that architect is so talented, and he is so optimistic about you, I think there is a chance to give it a try. If you can make a game as good as "Minecraft" together , isn't that just success?"

Varian was overwhelmed and hid in the kitchen to cook.

The wife followed up to cut the vegetables: "Val, I'm serious, our family can't afford to buy vegetables. Do you want to find a job first? Today's job with an annual salary of 500,000 looks very attractive..."

Varian said desperately, "Okay, I'll think about it and play that game first."

His wife, Meizizi, followed him into the game room at home. She put on glasses attentively for him, and rambled: "Great, you are finally willing to play with me. I still lack a set of diamonds at home, you can find two more sheep by the way. Come on, I'm halfway through the sheep farm, go out and explore the map..."

six hours later.

Varian's wife: "Old Wa! Stop playing! Dinner!!"

Varian: "Come now!"

…

Another six hours later.

Varian's wife: "Old Wa! Your waist will break if you sit again! Go to bed soon!"

Varian: "Wait a minute! I'll feed a sheep first!"

Wife: "Is it alright?"

Varian: "Wait, I'm making an automatic sheep feeder so they can breed automatically at night..."

Wife: "Then hurry up!"

…

Another eight hours later.

Wife: "Lao Wa, you are going to die. You won't sleep all night, will you?"

Varian pulled her excitedly: "Look, my wife! I created a redstone circuit, and when I turn on this switch, it starts to feed the sheep automatically; when this switch is turned on, the wool can be sheared automatically, and the wool will fall into the funnel and feed the sheep. to this big box..."

wife:"…"

She silently poked Varian in the waist.

Varian: "Hey, hey, my waist, waist, waist is broken! Wife save me!"

…

at the same time.

Mingyan returned to school to receive his graduation certificate and degree certificate.

He has now become a big celebrity in the school, and he can even be recognized by passers-by on the road.

"Senior! Senior!" A few chattering students stopped him, "You're a big boss, right! Can you sign us?"

Ming Yan reluctantly signed their names, and added a sentence: Let's encourage each other.

A junior said: "Senior, you are my idol! I will always strive for your goal! Who said students can't make good games? You are the best example!"

Another asked: "Senior, I heard that you got full marks in every subject while you were in school, and even the teacher dared not care about you, is that true?"

"No, this is too exaggerated." Ming Yan was dumbfounded.

At that time, in order to learn language and social common sense, he often couldn't take classes on time. Later, he made up for a lot of things in the second year of sophomore year, and his grades gradually caught up.

Moreover, in order to make "Minecraft", he actually skipped a lot of professional courses...

Thinking of this, Ming Yan said seriously: "You should pay more attention to the key knowledge in get out of class, and do more hands-on practice after class. There is no shortcut to learning."

The apprentices nodded in admiration, and then made a clear statement and hurried away.

When I got to the office, there were not many people in it, but there were a few familiar teachers.

They looked at Ming Yan with incomparable satisfaction, and they felt like they could not wait to be pulled home to be their godson.

The dean of education came back to receive the certificate after listening to the explanation, and also came to the office to see him and praised him well.

Ming Yan was naturally modest, and just took the opportunity to ask: "Teachers, I have been considering a new game project recently, but I still lack some resources. Do you have any recommended engines, or an accessory library for game development? "

Several teachers discussed it and said, "Mr. Zhou happens to be doing research in this area, and his laboratory has just produced preliminary results. If you are interested, you can ask him about the industry knowledge."

Ming Yan was a little surprised.

In Teacher Zhou's laboratory, a student sat with his back to the door.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he immediately narrowed the game interface, adjusted the thesis interface, and turned his head nervously.

But Mingyan still saw the small icon of "Minecraft" on the taskbar, and couldn't help laughing: "Classmate, is Teacher Zhou here?"

The student breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Zhou is inside."

Mingyan saw Teacher Zhou again, and the latter seemed much more uncomfortable.

After learning about the situation, Teacher Zhou returned to his familiar serious face and said: "VR game engine and accessories, our school does have a project that has been developed in cooperation with enterprises for many years, called 'Xingyue' engine. It is more suitable for map comparison. Small game with frequent action special effects. Now this engine has just been launched, it is free for non-commercial use, and commercial use can be bought out or divided into works. I suggest you use the free version to understand the operation first.”

"OK." Ming Yan said cheerfully, "Thank you, Teacher Zhou."

After the business was finished, Teacher Zhou's expression was a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, he forced the topic to change and said, "Come to collect your diploma today?"

Clearly said, "Yes."

Mr. Zhou held back for a long time, his face was a little red, and suddenly he said: "I've played your game again, and it's not bad. The score I gave before was a little... a little low."

Ming Yan was happy and smiled, "Thank you."

Teacher Zhou turned his face and muttered again: "Don't get me wrong, it's mainly because my son likes it, I can't play with young people anyway."