Otherworldly Architect

Just as the players continued to experience the game, Ming Yan was eating with Ning and Feng.

The chairman from the League A is very unpretentious, and maintains email contact with Mingyan.

The previous vehicle problem was also his inspiration for Ming Yan.

So Ming Yan invited him out for a meal as a thank you.

They had lunch at a seafood restaurant.

Ning Yufeng said with a smile: "Blue Star Doom has sold more than 100 million yuan. Congratulations, the new game has been successful again."

Ming Yan touched his nose: "Where, I'm still a long way off."

"Although I don't have time to experience it in person, I have also cleared it through video." Ning Yufeng said.

The so-called "video clearance" actually means that you have a certain degree of understanding of the game plot by watching the video clearance process of other players without playing the game.

Ming Yan nodded understandingly.

Ning Yufeng rested his chin in one hand, and there was a smile in his dark brown eyes.

He looked at Ming Yan and said, "I heard that each of the creator's works and each protagonist is actually a reflection of his own character... These two days, I've been thinking.

"I think, Russell is your strong, responsible, tenacious, and solitary bravery of 'even though thousands of people are gone'.

"Louis is your stubbornness, self-confidence, and the fighting spirit of 'my life is up to me'."

Ming Yan blushed and said, "I didn't think about it so much. These two characters are images that I have dreamed of."

"Then I'm very interested in your dreams." Ning Yufeng said, "If possible, I'd like to invite you over the weekend."

This statement seems to be rare, but Ming Yan didn't think too much.

He thought about it for a while and said sincerely, "I've been busy with work this week. I'll have a chance next time."

Ning Yufeng: "..."

He looked at Ming Yan carefully for a while.

It was finally confirmed: Ming Yan was really wholehearted, and he refused because of work problems!

The man had no other idea at all.

"I understand the young master of the Xia family a little bit now. No wonder you have been good friends for three years." Ning Yufeng said.

Ming Yan said cheerfully: "Yes, we are very good friends."

Ning Yufeng smiled: "Well, it's an enviable friendship."

After the two finished their meal, Ming Yan felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was warm and comfortable.

Well, Chairman Ning is really a good person!

Ming Yan said goodbye to him happily, and then hurried back to the Blue Star studio.

- Time to get on with the work!

This month's Blue Star Studio, because a big project finally ended, and the follow-up results were also very gratifying, so it was clearly put on a seven-day holiday.

All staff are allowed paid leave.

Even the designers who are resident in the League of Legends and the person in charge of the old games only need to be on call at home.

Unless something goes wrong, it's their carnival this week, the kind that don't have to work to get a bonus!

Blue Star's bonus system has always been very attractive.

30% of the net profit will be fairly distributed to everyone in the production team according to performance.

Rain and dew are all wet, even the interns have a share.

A super successful game like Blue Star Doom can be said to bring more than ten to two hundred thousand bonus income to the main creators every month.

At this time, they just wanted to pay homage to Ming Yan after they got the first money.

- Long live the leader!

And Mingyan himself, when he returned to the studio at this time, mainly contacted the outsourcing company.

It's almost time for Bluestar Studios to move...

Now on the seventh or eighth floor of this building, it is not a problem to accommodate a team of more than 100 people, but it is not enough to put down large servers and workstations.

Today's Blue Star, the number of players in each game is tens of billions.

In the main control room of the heap server, the total cost of zero and zero has already added up to hundreds of millions, and this is not counting the electricity bills and other bills for monthly maintenance.

With the release of the card game and Blue Star Doomsday, another amount of hot money will soon be on Blue Star's account.

Ming Yan made a calculation and planned to use the existing funds to buy a "Blue Star Building" in a slightly better commercial area.

He has already contacted a number of intermediary companies, and has taken a fancy to three schemes.

They are all about ten-story buildings. The highest third floor continues to be used as office space, the middle part is used for servers and workstations, and the third floor is used as a cafeteria.

The first floor is Blue Star's service desk and store, and the second floor is dedicated to players to visit and experience.

—Hey, after all that, the whole building is full.

The experience hall may be a little later, and the customized vr luxury game cabin is still in the interstellar transit station.

Today's game production companies generally have game experience stores all over the place.

When the new game has not been officially released, or the expansion of the old game has not yet been installed, you can try it first in their experience store.

This is very helpful for consolidating the player base, and it is also one of the early offline promotion channels for new games.

Of course, the construction of the Blue Star Building was not done overnight.

According to the fastest plan, the family will not be able to move until after the summer vacation.

But once this round of bidding is over, construction can begin immediately.

So Mingyan has already ordered a batch of new servers and VR game cabins.

After this major event was over, Blue Star still had more than a billion dollars on its books.

Compared with other small studios, and even some local companies, Blue Star can be said to be very rich.

Ming Yan pointed and calculated that if he wanted to buy a small different world, it was almost enough to wait until the summer vacation.

——Blue Star Doom is now a cash cow for the daily progress!

...

In the midst of all the busy work, Blue Star's small holiday was soon over.

The employees returned to the studio one after another, and they all felt at ease and became fatter.

As a veteran Varian, he used this time to see more than a dozen houses with his wife.

In the end, he also chatted with Ming Yan, and then decisively identified a house closest to the future Blue Star Building.

With a down payment of 600,000, Varian took it out without blinking, and left with a smile, arm in arm with his wife.

When other people in the sales office saw that they bought it so simply, they had never heard of the envy in their eyes.

When Varian returned to the studio, he was joking with his colleagues.

However, everyone was not envious or jealous, but talked about buying a house peacefully.

Working in Bluestar, everyone is used to it!

What is the income level, what kind of things to buy.

It's just buying a house... Most of my colleagues have already counted on it, and they are silently looking at the real estate near the company.

From time to time, someone will spread the good news of "moving to a new home" and send everyone a snack.

The interns are different, they are more able to chat.

Twitter is not talking about real issues such as buying a house, investing, and life-long events.

——They are talking about whether Blue Star Doomsday can win the "Best Game of the Year" award in this year's League A!

Almost three months have passed this year, and judging from the major rankings, there is not a single game in the Sixth Star Province that is the enemy of Blue Star Doomsday.

However, there are still two phenomenal masterpieces from other provinces, both from well-known manufacturers.

From the word of mouth of players, the most popular game this quarter is likely to compete between the three.

After working at Bluestar for a while, most of the students gained some weight.

Ling Xiaoman's chin is all round!

Not to mention, Blue Star's treatment is very good, and there are tons of drinks and snacks next to the work station.

There is a pile of food within two steps.

Young children can't control their mouths at all. Some people even gained ten pounds in just two months... Now they continue to eat while mourning "I want to lose weight".

And this week, other staff members went home to accompany their wives - including the three-dimensional and two-dimensional ones.

Ling Xiaoman went back to school, bored and took elective courses with his classmates.

Who knows, this week she has been in the limelight.

The classmates gathered around her and asked:

"Have you met the chief designer Ming? Is he really as handsome as the picture?"

"How did the leader make games? Did you pat your head and get a wonderful inspiration, and then stay up all night, and there will be super explosions?"

"Ling Xiaoman, you are so fat! I heard that Blue Star's canteen is super delicious. When will it be open for viewing?"

"Blue Star Doomsday, I just cleared the level! Did you write the final theme song of woo woo woo? I saw your stage name!"

Ling Xiaoman: "..."

She has only been back to school for a week, and even people from other majors have come to see her.

Looking at her expression is like looking at a giraffe in a zoo.

God knows she was the invisible person in the class a year ago, and everyone mentions her retro rock music with a sympathetic face.

Ling Xiaoman was even a little unaccustomed to school life.

In the Blue Star Studio, she actually works for a short period of time, but she is very close to the style here.

The atmosphere inside Blue Star is very relaxed and cheerful, perhaps because the clear words of the boss are very approachable.

It may also be because everyone is full of confidence in the future, naturally they will be at peace, and they will be unusually generous in their dealings with others.

After all, most conflicts and problems in this world can be solved with money.

If it can't be solved, it means that the money is not enough.

Just like now that the holidays are over, every employee is happily returning to work, and no one has any objection to work.

It's not because of the big bonuses...

Ming Yan was so happy to see everyone's state, and it was estimated that he didn't want to work this morning, so he simply asked everyone to come to the conference room for a small meeting.

"It will soon be the third anniversary of the establishment of Bluestar Studio. We have to prepare to share this joy with the players." Ming Yan smiled, "If you have anything you want to do, feel free to speak up, don't take this as a formal meeting."

While he was talking, the secretary moved in a large box of snacks by the way.

So, everyone started to grab snacks and come up with ideas at the same time.

Varian said: "Let's set up a peripheral showroom! We have a lot of peripherals that have just left the factory, as well as original posters, all of which are used in the studio and have not been released yet."

Ling Xiaoman said: "I can invite the best band in our school to play live. There is a teacher in our department who really likes Hachiko's soundtrack so much that he adapted a symphony version by himself, which sounds good... "

There is a colleague next to me, laughing and recording their thoughts.

Another designer said: "Let's hold an offline entertainment competition, like the League One."

Every year after the provincial competition of League A, there will be an entertainment competition, and some entertainment modes that are not used in regular competitions will be used.

For example, what about players swapping game roles, what about the 1v5 mode of the Great Demon King, and so on.

"That's a good idea!!" Someone immediately raised his hands in agreement, "Why don't we invite some well-known players."

"Yes, yes, I invited the kiss of the goddess, and then invited the last championship team..."

"It would be even better if we could invite Odin the Great Demon Lord. Oh, what a good thing I think!"

"It's not necessarily true. Let's hold the S competition for a few more years, and the popularity has reached the whole star. At that time, if you want to invite a few League A champions, you will invite a few League A champions."

Several members of the marketing team discussed it, and they also came up with an idea: "Let's also hold a player creativity competition, and compare the players' best paintings, music, and cosplay."

Programmers raised their hands: "Don't forget mods and redstone circuits!"

"By the way, I have to add the main creator meeting."

Someone suggested: "The players have a lot to say. Usually, the posts on the forum are handled and relayed by the customer service. We have not had close contact with the players."

"Yes, let the boss also come on stage! See the power of players to urge more!"

Clearly: "..."

"Are we working on a new project?"

"League of Legends is preparing an alien version of the game, and the main body can be completely transplanted at that time."

"But there is no new project plan. Although there are many small ideas, there is no such thing as this year's masterpiece."

Having said that, everyone turned to look at Ming Yan.

Ming Yan thought for a while, then smiled: "I only have two immature ideas at the moment..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone showed the expression "Don't pretend that we know you are carrying two masterpieces".

Ming Yan said: "Recently, the mod of the 'End of Law' has given me a little inspiration. Players' resilience is still stronger than I thought, so we can try some more difficult games."

Then everyone's expressions changed: here we come! The devil is about to start his show! !

Everyone at Bluestar Studio will give a set of "boss's slang" to newcomers.

For example, when it is stated that "I have high expectations for the player", the subtext is actually: "I want the player to suffer".

When it is stated that "the difficulty is relatively high", the subtext is: "you can only pass the level after the torment".

When Mingyan said "adapted from real events", the subtext was: "Cry for me."

When you say "after all, I'm not a devil", the subtext is: "I can be more devil"!

It's called the devil!

At this time, with a kind face and a clear face, he talked to everyone: "I haven't officially thought of a name for the next project, but I'm going to write a darker story, using a slightly obscure narrative method. This new game will It's an action-adventure genre that focuses on combat skills and strategy... um."

He thought about it and said, "Let's use 'soul' as the project code first."

come yet?

The devil who aims to harvest the "soul" of the spirit...

This game is not afraid that players want to die!

Everyone's heart trembled slightly.

The art team leader was the first to react, raising his hand and saying, "We have no problem. But before the third anniversary celebration starts, we need to rush to make a batch of conceptual design drawings."

"This is not mandatory." Ming Yan smiled, "Our players are very reasonable. Even if they take the manuscript up, I believe there is no problem."

Of course, that was based on Blue Star's current reputation.

If you change to another small studio, you take two drafts to the official press conference, and you won't be sprayed to death by players!

That is to say, the chief designer who is favored by the players in the palm of his hand, dares to do such acts "to be arrogant and arrogant"...

The meeting started in the morning.

Everyone spoke enthusiastically and the atmosphere was very lively.

Mingyan happily wrote the five characters "Blue Star Carnival" on the whiteboard and said, "The annual celebration in the future will be called the 'Blue Star Carnival'."

Everyone immediately applauded enthusiastically, almost knocking over the snacks on the table.

Then, no one cares about the cafeteria at noon today, because everyone is full of snacks.

Anyway, the weather has warmed up recently.

Ming Yan simply invited guests to eat ice cream, rented an ice cream truck directly, and parked it downstairs in the studio.

While everyone cheered, they got off the elevator together with Ming Yan.

Mingyan took his share and sat on the balcony of the cafeteria on the second floor to eat slowly.

It's rare to have a leisurely two days, and life is really beautiful.

...if I hadn't seen another Kerri staring at him on the balcony.

Ming Yan beckoned: "Good afternoon."

Creary: "Huh."

Ming Yan pushed a box of ice cream next to him and said, "Anyway, I have been a 'neighbor' for two years, eldest young master, this is what I invited you to."

Cree was stunned for a while, then came over and sat down opposite Ming Yan.

He opened the ice cream, but instead of eating it, he suddenly raised his head and asked him, "What do you mean, are you going to move out? The company has no money and is about to close down?"

Ming Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm going to move out and go to a bigger place."

For some reason, Kerry got angry again and again, and said, "The little temple can't hold the great god, do you think it's wronged you here?"

Ming Yan said, "It has nothing to do with this place."

He finished his ice cream and stood up to leave.

Behind him, Kerri was still sitting and said without turning his head, "Hey! Since you are leaving, I invite you to dinner, will you come?"

Clearly: "?"

He was a little surprised, why everyone wanted to invite him to dinner recently.

but……

"Sorry, there's a lot going on this week." Ming Yan said sincerely, "I'll have a chance next time."

Kerry: "..."

He didn't say anything, just lowered his head, probably eating ice cream.

...

If you say that you are busy, you are really busy, and it is by no means an excuse.

The matter waiting to be dealt with was more serious, and he did not convene a meeting with all the staff of the Blue Star Studio.

Instead, in the afternoon, I held a small meeting with several team leaders and designers.

——Mainly related to the League of Legends.

"Everyone should have learned recently that a number of well-made plug-ins have appeared in the League of Legends, from a well-known plug-in production team called 'Youmo'." Ming Yan said straight to the point, "This is the latest plug-in situation data."

He projected the data into the conference room.

It can be seen from this that in the last three months, the number of effective plug-ins in the League of Legends has almost doubled compared to last year.

The sudden increase in the number of plug-ins is also due to the fact that the heat of the League of Legends itself is still increasing fiercely.

But there is also a very important factor, that is, the game itself is targeted by the large-scale plug-in production team.

Plugins can seriously disrupt the balance of the game.

Some small plug-ins may help players see through, allowing them to gain an important informational advantage in competitive confrontation.

And some serious plug-ins may directly lock blood - that is, the game characters can't be killed at all.

The nature of this kind of plug-in is extremely serious, ranging from dissatisfaction to the player group, or it can directly ruin a game!

This is not an alarmist, but something that has happened in history.

The more promising a popular game is, the easier it is for the balance of the game to collapse due to the proliferation of plug-ins.

Once the technical team can't completely ban the plug-in, things will quickly take a turn for the worse.

The word of mouth declined sharply, and normal players left collectively, which eventually led to the reluctance to terminate the game operation.

——The game producer, the plug-in producer, the player, the three parties will die together!

A game that may have the potential to reach ten billion sales may be completely destroyed because of the proliferation of a plug-in with only one million sales.

The producer of the plug-in earns a smile.

However, there is no team that made a good game with their hearts, and years of hard work were ruined in one fell swoop. Not only did he have to disband, but he was burdened with a lot of debt, and he was also abused by players.

Maybe it's just a slump and quits the game industry completely.

And this team called "You Mo" is a notorious plug-in production team in the Sixth Star Province.

You must know that it is not easy to achieve a well-known plug-in in the player group.

It has a complete technical team behind it, and there will be corresponding publicity personnel.

Even, it also has its own user base.

Some players who like to get something for nothing, like to open plug-ins when playing games, and enjoy the illusory pleasure of "crushing other people without much effort".

This plug-in is fine for stand-alone games, after all, it does not affect normal players.

But for online games, especially online games where players compete, it is highly toxic.

It is like a moth parasitic in the trees, piercing the aorta of the game with its fangs, and greedily absorbs the nutrients in it to grow itself.

It has everything from the mouth to the digestive organs, and it can smash a piece of meat from your palm.

But they just don't want to hunt by themselves!

It is to carry out destructive parasitism. After knocking out a game, sucking the marrow, eating and wiping it, his life will be terminated.

After the League of Legends was targeted by this "Youmo" team.

Every time the game is updated, their plug-ins must be updated to ensure that their users are difficult to detect.

Their plug-ins do not particularly affect the balance of the game, but they are very good at exploiting small loopholes and making auxiliary functions such as "super long-distance vision" and "automatic continuous release skills".

If you put it in another studio, you might not even bother to do this kind of plug-in.

But here in Ming Yan, his core principle is: "It will never be tolerated, even if it is far away, it will be punished!"