Otherworldly Architect

After two days and two nights of crazy fun, the Blue Star Carnival officially ended at 22:00 on May 22nd.

At the closing ceremony, Ling Xiaoman's rock band presented the theme song of Blue Star Doomsday, an adaptation of "TheEarthTOPOLOGIUM".

In the fire tree silver flower, players crowded in the square, dancing to the rhythm of the music.

Banners of "Long Live the Blue Star" were pulled everywhere, and several beautiful female players were dancing on the high ground in cosplay costumes.

That night, the enthusiasm of the players continued all night, and many people slept directly in the square.

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

But Blue Star's carnival is destined to leave a deep impression in the hearts of many people.

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

For another example, the real rank is only Baiyin II, the chief designer Ming, who was discovered by the players...

"Mmmm! Before the third season, do you want to slightly modify the mechanism of this placement match?" Ming Yan quietly discussed with the person in charge, "Don't let high-end players stay in the low-scoring segment too much, and give them a quick promotion. The mechanism. This is also to improve the game experience of low-segment players, so they can't be bombarded all the time."

The person in charge looked at Ming Yan sympathetically with an understanding expression on his face.

"..."

Ming Yan has given up self-justification.

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

Recently, Ming Yan was busy writing a new game plan codenamed "Soul", while paying attention to the Blue Star's move.

The two-story building rented by the current studio has been put up for auction, and the new Bluestar building has been purchased, and even the Bluestar LOGO has been hung.

Just in a secondary commercial area in the city, this building is nine stories high, and there is a apron on top of it - the standard of the interstellar era, used to park hovercraft.

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

Ming Yan and Xia Cheng went to see the progress of the building over there.

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

The outside of the Blue Star Building has a large fountain and a street garden, and the small house on the side can be transformed into a staff cafe in the future.

In addition, the interior of the building is completely ready for use, and Mingyan plans to move it out one after another in the summer.

It is also because it is more troublesome to move the server, which may take a month.

But now that the interior decoration is in place, the personnel can move to the place with the workstation first.

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

Ling Xiaoman thought that a dedicated lounge and entertainment room was too much, but he didn't expect that in the new Blue Star Building, half of the floors are used for entertainment and rest!

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

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

Ling Xiaoman took a look at the place. Although the cafeteria had not yet opened, she just wanted to pay homage to Ming Yan.

- Fairy boss! This is no one anymore!

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, which can be used by two teams to play the League of Legends game together.

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

As the first step in moving to a new home, after everyone at Blue Star had a dinner together, they ran over and sat happily together.

- is that everyone has to sit again!

God knows how many years Mingyan hasn't played this kind of childish game, but after taking a look at it in the photo, he is 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 clearly stated that he was so happy that he almost forgot that the planning book he was writing required bitterness and hatred.

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

The matter of Ming Yan retreating and writing a plan is already very accustomed to Blue Star Studio.

When a few designers passed by his door, they didn't even consciously lighten their footsteps.

They looked at the door and began to wonder in their hearts: What kind of fairy design is the boss writing this time? Is it a rush of talent and a sudden success?

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

And actually...

Everyone is in the same state when they are creating.

scratching his ears and cheeks, biting his pen, staring blankly, thinking about his own life...

And when I can't sit down, I stand up and walk around the house.

Ming Yan's office is very understandable, it's all about gaming stuff.

Including game figures, peripherals, posters, etc.

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

There are strange and irrelevant rankings written on the top, what "Ke Zong", what "deep learning", what "elimination of horsetail"...

They are all the key clues Mingyan wrote down when he was using divergent thinking, and he knew them all.

However, every time someone else came in, they would look at this whiteboard with an expression like reading a book from heaven, thinking that Ming Yan's brain hole was filled with stars and seas.

The more straightforward student Ling Xiaoman also secretly bragged to his classmates: "I'll tell you, the brain of the chief designer Ming is 1,200 times faster than ordinary people... The same two straight lines are seen, When I was still thinking about the parallel line theorem, he might have seen two string worlds colliding with each other in his mind!"

At this moment, Ming Yan has quietly opened the newly opened official forum.

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

The loyal fans of Blue Star have entered the new forum one after another, and they first started to speculate on the new game, which injected considerable vitality into the new forum.

- Don't think that designers don't read forums!

First of all, the most popular post I saw in the forum was the review of "Blue Star Doom" just released by the League A Association.

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

Since the game was released, several major patches have been applied, and almost all the loopholes and small problems have been cleaned up, so the reviewers of the Jialian League are playing almost the most perfect version.

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

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

That's right, out of 10, they hit 10.

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

You must 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 League One Association, more than 100,000 games have been included in the evaluation, but there are only more than 200 games that can finally get 10 points.

The works that can get full marks will not break the 10 billion sales mark in the final achievement!

No matter how niche or unpopular works, as long as the word "full score" from Jialian's father is deducted, it can drive a huge sales volume in a short period of time.

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

The record that day was that the daily turnover exceeded 400 million! That's a number that many games don't reach in a month!

League A's rating of "Blue Star Doomsday" is so exaggerated.

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

[Screen performance: 10 points, real and delicate]

[Music sound effects: 9.5 points, finely crafted]

[Story experience: 10 points, shocking]

[Game fun: 9.5 points, unique]

[Content depth: 10 points, not another world, better than another world]

Because of the full score, this time the reviewers included a number of people's names in addition to one main reviewer.

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 Doomsday" was the work that surprised me the most. The chief designer Ming of Blue Star Studio once again proved his genius in the plot to the game. It is just like the original "The Story of Hachiko", which makes players' emotions fluctuate with the development of the plot, and they can't stop."

Then, the video turned to the actual game screen.

The reviewers gave a brief review of every aspect of the game, explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the game.

"...Of course, there are only one or two shortcomings, which are still the flaws. This is a true plot masterpiece, and every aspect has been perfected. In many details, it is full of sincerity - the most What shocked me was the rich 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 out of 10, that's the best and most reasonable score we can give."

As soon as the rating of Jialian'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 100 billion players in the Chaoyang League have long been hungry, and they are eagerly waiting for the ranking of the League A this year!

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

The Blue Star Studio's reputation in the mainland is indeed booming, 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 AAA masterpiece.

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

The Platinum Palace is not a real building, but a virtual reference to the honor of the game industry.

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

All the games that can be selected into the Platinum Hall are almost all the masterpieces of the A League evaluation, and their reputation among players is also irreproachable, and they almost enjoy the status of the support of the people.

And with the passage of time, 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 "classic".

At that time, whether it is a remake or a sequel to Fried Cold Rice, it will enjoy great popularity.

And just for the moment, the benefits are obvious.

In the afternoon of the day when League A released the evaluation, it was exactly one week after the end of the Blue Star Carnival.

The heads of several game distribution platforms all rushed to send communications to Blue Star.

——They have raised the rating of "Blue Star Doomsday" to the highest level, and contacted Blue Star Studio to renew a higher contract, wanting to provide recommendation positions within the entire Chaoyang Alliance's network.

You know, the Chaoyang Alliance spans two cantilevers and sits on tens of thousands of star systems. Just wanting to spread information throughout the network is already a lot of money.

And the cost of recommending the whole network is even more staggering.

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

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

- Descending!

In this era when channels are king, there is still an act of voluntarily giving up profits, which can only mean that Bluestar Studio has the absolute initiative.

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

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

On the homepages of various platforms such as IPP and Atlas, the corresponding recommendation positions are also launched. The advertisements are similar with minor differences. Basically, it is enough to just say "the first-class official title is a masterpiece".

No player can refuse a masterpiece!

As they say: resolutely blindly follow Daddy Jia's guidance! 8 points or more can experience! 9 points and above must play! 9.5 points even if you die! As long as you can't die, you can play to death!

Originally based on 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 recommendation of the whole network, coupled with the golden signboard of the Jialian, it is completely different.

The most intuitive data: The total sales volume of "Blue Star Doom" in the sixth star province in the first week of release was 20.7 billion.

In the first week after the omni-channel recommendation was released, the weekly sales directly exceeded 90 billion.

It is simply not an order of magnitude!

For the first time in the true sense, Blue Star Studio has achieved an "interstellar explosion" overnight!

After a rough tax deduction, almost 50 billion of funds began to flow back to Blue Star.

Even the local bank that cooperates with Bluestar Studio rarely sees such a large amount of cash flow. The head office immediately ordered emergency overtime work, and a large group of golden accountants established an independent file for Bluestar Studio overnight.

Overnight, Blue Star's credit rating in multiple banks was directly promoted to the highest level, that is, a level where loans of tens of billions of dollars can be green-lighted.

Because its cash flow indicator is so terrifying, it has directly reached the full score, which means that its profitability is simply outrageous!

The entire game of "Blue Star Doomsday" 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 also exceeds 100 million.

Add in the operation and maintenance costs of Bluestar Studio, the salary and bonuses of developers, the purchase funds of servers and workstations, etc...

All of them are added together, that is, the cost is less than one billion.

And its profit rate has reached an astonishing 200%.

This is the top profiteering in the VR game industry, and this is the charm of a full-scale masterpiece and a platinum palace.

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

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

After the first batch of funds returned, the book funds of Bluestar Studio were directly supported to the level of 10 billion.

Blue Star has never been so rich!

It's just a game, and it has directly propelled it to the top 100 level of local enterprises - even comparable to some local mining companies.

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

The official registered account of Blue Star Studio, with the release of Blue Star Doom, officially broke the 8 billion mark.

This is also because Blue Star's official website currently does not support instant connections for people in other star provinces - they haven't established a server for super-light communication, so they can't do it.

In other words, Blue Star Light has already reached 8 billion fans in the sixth star province.

The official forum has had to undergo a fifth-level diversion, but the huge traffic still makes every sub-forum frantically swipe the screen.

[(Concentrated Blessing Building) Congratulations to "Blue Star Doomsday" for scoring 10.0 full points from the League A Association! 】

[Products by Blue Star, must be a fine product. This is a professional lick building - come on, little stars! Lick to the end with everything you need! 】

[Let's talk about the Blue Star games that I have played over the years. When the landlord first paid attention, the leader only had 6,000 fans]

【I and the teacher are in the same school! ! Today, the dormitory buildings of the Game Academy are in an earthquake! 】

Because the players were overly enthusiastic, Blue Star's marketing department was also a bit caught off guard, but they were quickly prepared for countermeasures.

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

This wave of traffic has also been effectively utilized.

Well, the official store is new! !

"Blue Star Doomsday" has released an exclusive celebration full score T-shirt, which is divided into two styles.

One is the front of 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 producers are printed——

In the middle is the name of the flower body that expresses the dragon flying and the phoenix dance, and by the way, he also draws a smiling expression on the back.

:)

...

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

These T-shirts are still relatively inexpensive, and Bluestar does not expect to make a profit from them.

Having said that, the profit of the surrounding area is still the icing on the cake, after all, the game itself has already reached such a terrifying sales volume.

He fully healed the wallet of Blue Star who had just purchased a building and a small different world.

At least for a long time, Ming Yan will not worry about money matters.

The League A score of "Blue Star Doomsday" is also the third score that Blue Star has obtained so far.

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

Counting them down, Blue Star's three main games are actually masterpieces!

No wonder fans are shouting the slogan "Bluestar produced, must be excellent" slogan.

The popularity of the old game has also led to the fact that the new game "Soul" does not even have an official name, and there is already considerable expectation among players.

[I just found out today that the word "soul" has even entered gamingstudio's new tour expectation list. My Mingjiao is about to dominate the rivers and lakes! ! ! 】

[I am very contradictory now, I want to see Blue Star reveal more details of the new game, but I am particularly afraid of revealing it. Like Blue Star Doomsday, I can't stand it for another day, I can't see it and can't play it.]

[I'm looking forward to the plot of the new game! bring it on! Make me cry! Having cleared Hachiko ten times, I have no fear! 】

Ming Yan brushed the strange speeches of the players, and a kind smile gradually appeared on his face.

At this time, he pointed his finger and saw a post with the title: [I am also a Blue Star fan, but discuss it rationally, can Master 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 proposed: [Looking at the games that Bluestar has produced, they are all works that are quite novel in gameplay or shocking in terms of plot. From this, we can summarize many design styles of Chief Master Ming. For example, the plot must be magnificent, and a popular supporting role (or dog) must die to earn tears. 】

[But apart from the League of Legends, Master Ming has never done any competitive games, right? Moreover, Blue Star Doom is a game that focuses on the plot, and it is quite approachable in terms of combat difficulty. Even the highest difficulty is only to strengthen the value of monsters, and there is no fundamental change. 】

[This makes it inevitable to start to doubt - can Chief Master Ming make that kind of real and difficult combat adventure game? 】

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

——Naive players, do you really think that making the battle more difficult is such an easy thing?

nonexistent!

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

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