Otherworldly Architect

Time flies so fast, another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

This is the fourth anniversary of the establishment of Blue Star Studio.

There have been four masterpieces, "Minecraft", "League of Legends", "Blue Star Doom" and "Soul of Mortals", and Blue Star has become an uncompromising golden sign in Sixth Star Province.

There are countless fans of the Chaoyang Alliance, and some people even came all the way from the Central Star Province, just to be able to see the blue star building on the spot.

As early as mid-May, the entrance of the Blue Star Building began to be crowded with people.

The Blue Star Carnival is just around the corner, and many people who got tickets came with their families. Even if they couldn't enter the carnival venue, they could still go to the Blue Star Experience Center and surrounding stores.

No matter how bad it is, at least take a group photo at the entrance of the Blue Star Building!

The entire block where the Blue Star Building is located was also full of people, and many employees had to go through the underground garage to enter the company.

A company logo on the outermost part of the Blue Star Building has just been replaced with a fountain sculpture this year.

A fountain, and above the water column is a spinning blue star.

There are no pillars in it. Bluestar's LOGO relies on the accurately calculated buoyancy to rise and fall on the water, which is not very interesting.

This place is also one of the local tourist attractions.

Anyone who knows the game and travels nearby will definitely come to take a look at this LOGO and leave precious photos.

The venue for this year's carnival was arranged at a resort in the city next door.

The venues for each game have been arranged in advance, including the corresponding exhibition areas such as game peripherals, new version experience areas, designer manuscripts and original paintings.

Outside the venue, corresponding life-size sculptures have been placed.

For example, outside of "Minecraft" is the image of the protagonist Steve, and outside the venue of "Blue Star Doom" is naturally a statue of Goddess Russell holding Louis.

These sculptures are placed to allow players to take group photos. After all, offline tours are a very luxurious thing in this era.

On the first day of the carnival, it was still a performance on the big stage.

This time, a musical was invited to perform here. The content of the script was adapted from the main storyline of "The Last Days of the Blue Star". The goddess Russell invited a famous person from the Sixth Star Province.

The original Russell actress, as well as the actors of other important roles, were also present.

However, they did not come for official business this time, but as former collaborators, they automatically obtained a carnival invitation.

Like them there are many voice actors (voice actors) from other games.

There is not much difference in dubbing in the past.

Although the artificially synthesized voice is very realistic in this era, it still feels a little blunt emotionally and requires professional actors to perform.

When these actors came to the scene, they were recognized by many players.

You must know that the voice actors work behind the scenes, and players can only see them in videos such as "behind the scenes" released by Bluestar.

That's the case, Blue Star's games have also brought a lot of traffic to these people, and it has reached the point where many players can recognize their faces.

So the first live video of the Blue Star Carnival was a group photo of many voice actors and players at the door.

At the request of many enthusiastic fans, the voice actors also winked at the camera and said their own lines.

Excited players exclaimed "Wow" and said, "It really seems like it!"

Amused the voice actors.

It's your own voice, can it be different?

The sky was bright, and it was already very lively at the entrance of the Carnival Plaza.

In addition to the voice actors, several action actors were also recognized.

In addition, there are many fans who spontaneously COSPLAY this year - even though there is already an official COS parade team in the carnival, many people are still happy to make their own COS.

They contributed a lot of cos pictures that made netizens overjoyed!

A parent made a set of cardboard boxes by hand and put it on his body and transformed himself into a zombie in "Minecraft".

The funniest thing is that he made a miniature version for his son too - so he became a little zombie.

There is also a goddess-level beauty who cosplayed Russell in "Blue Star Doomsday". The moment the boots stepped into the venue, everyone in the audience closed their mouths and looked at her in a trance, and countless cameras were aimed at her.

Then she met another big guy with cos Russell...

Yes, big man.

The 1.8-meter tall man, holding his little daughter, was dressed up as a classic image of Russell, with a ponytail on his head very perfunctory-no, the hair was too short, it did not become a ponytail, it was just a sky-high Little tug.

The two Russell coser met face to face, then smiled at each other.

He picked up the little girl and took a group photo together.

There are quite a few characters in games like cos, but they are not the most showy.

The most annoying thing is that someone cos became the avatar that was clearly used in the first carnival! !

He wears a mask on his head, with an angel aperture supported by wire, and an extra cloak on the back, with a smiley emoji drawn on the cloak.

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Wherever you go, you will be watched.

The feeling of being so much attention is like feeling like a god.

Well, the leader of Mingjiao is the God of the Blue Star Carnival, no problem!

The performance of the opening ceremony passed quickly.

Thousands of fans participating in the carnival swarmed away and poured into the venues like a torrent released from a dam.

Because the number of people is strictly limited, it does not appear crowded.

But if you want to get the qualification to experience the new version of the game in each experience hall, you still need to queue up, and everyone only has ten minutes, which is almost enough to go in and see the scenery and new occupations and skills.

Although the carnival lasted for two full days, with the addition of queuing, it was still not enough for players to experience all the venues.

After learning from last year's lessons, many players have tried their best this year.

Some people have been here since the evening of the 19th, and set up a tent to sleep outside at night, just to be in the front row when they enter the stadium in the morning, and then grab a good position and continue to grab the front row of the stadium queue... …

Some local tyrants simply bought three tickets and hired people to line up for themselves. Two days were almost enough to line up the four main experience halls.

In addition to the game experience, there are also fixed-time performances on the big stage, and the parade ceremony of the official cos team cannot be missed.

Of course, the most important thing is of course the player meeting of Bluestar Studios!

This year's meeting is still online, and at the request of the players, a full 10,000 places were given.

In addition to players with carnival invitations, an additional 5,000 online places have been added, allowing players to enter the virtual venue together and communicate face-to-face with Blue Star's designers.

The remaining players who are not eligible for the quota can only watch the live broadcast unfortunately and cannot participate in the interaction.

There are thousands of people, and there are already a lot of people, not to mention the 10,000 people.

The entire virtual venue is directly divided into four floors, which surround the central stage in multiple directions, angles and heights.

These players have all kinds of shapes, occupying the field of vision as if they are overwhelming, and they are still making sounds like a tsunami, and it is almost impossible to tell what everyone is saying.

In this battle, let alone the Blue Star employees, even Ming Yan was a little terrified.

Taking a closer look, there are still many players wearing "uniforms".

That's right, it's the Mingjiao uniform with a smile on the back!

Just like last year, the first thing to do at the Blue Star player meeting is to get a head start.

I saw that this year's Blue Star Mixed Cut appeared on the virtual big screen in the center.

The latest version of Minecraft, the addition of new crops and monsters, new enchantments and building blocks;

An overview of the "Hell Fortress" built by a team of well-known players in the nether, the magnificent scene made all players exclaim;

In the third season of League of Legends, the moment the champion team lifted the trophy, how many people had their eyes wet;

In this year's League A National Championship, the "League of Legends" logo and theme song appeared, and the players stood up and cheered together;

In the offline release of "Soul of Mortal", the street shot by the drone was bustling, and a long queue snaked several blocks away;

In the end, the BOSS "The Body of the Outer God Emmanuel" appeared in the CG, which slashed the entire chaotic picture with one knife, showing the cool black and white title of the game -

As a result, just seeing this BOSS, many players who have suffered for a long time have already started screaming.

When Ming Yan appeared in a classic image, the scene was out of control.

The host's sentence was interrupted several times, and after finally waiting for the player's voice, he couldn't help laughing: "It seems that everyone has a lot to say to our leader."

As soon as the voice fell, it was finished again, and there was another loud noise from below.

Ming Yan took it as a compliment to himself, smiled and said, "Thank you everyone."

At this moment, there was a male player with an unusually loud voice, screaming in a high-pitched C8: "Devil, you are here!!!"

The tone is tactful and charming, with a vibrato.

The audience burst into laughter, the host and the designers laughed together, and the roof was about to be torn off.

After Mingyan finished laughing, he said to the host: "Am I really a devil? No, I heard many players say that I am very sympathetic."

The host said: "Master, how difficult is the game you made yourself, do you have no idea in your heart? Would you like to listen to the voices of the players?"

The players in the audience have long wanted to make a desperate cry to the leader!

Ming Yan said: "Actually, the difficulty of "Soul of Mortal", I think it is just right."

As soon as he finished speaking, the players once again made a sound of "Aah ah ah ah", expressing a solemn protest! !

The host has also played this game and said, "Master, have you tried this difficulty yourself?"

Before Ming Yan could reply, Kevin next to him showed a mysterious smile and revealed: "The boss has indeed played "Soul of Mortal". We are releasing a game of this difficulty, of course we have it in mind. First of all, the bottom line is to let the boss This kind of player who is not good at playing action games can also pass the level."

The host was shocked and repeated: "Wait, the leader is not good at playing action games? The leader also cleared the "Soul of Mortal"?"

His worldview was about to collapse.

What the **** is going on, a player who is not good at it, can still clear the **** training simulator? EXCUSEME? ? ?

The players under the stage were also stunned.

There are also people with "I don't believe it!" written on the left face and "You lied!" written on the right face - for fear that others won't see it, he really shows the words on his face.

The host and Kevin stared for a while, and finally said firmly, "I don't believe it!"

Kevin said cheerfully: "I know you don't believe it. In fact, we recorded the whole process. If the boss agrees, I will escape."

Ming Yan said helplessly: "Let's put it. I knew you had an intention to record it."

"Seeing is believing, I'll show you the evidence." Kevin said proudly.

At the beginning of the video, it seems to prove that the tester is Mingyan himself, and specially filmed the scene where Mingyan lies in the VR experience warehouse.

Then the rest are all online shots, and Ming Yan used an unremarkable avatar.

It seems that Ming Yan was infiltrated into a test team at that time.

At this moment, a player wearing a Mingjiao uniform suddenly stiffened and his hairs burst.

He hugged his head: "Fuck!!! He is the leader!!! He turns out to be the leader!!!"

The people around him startled him and said, "Of course he is the leader, what are you thinking?"

The player grabbed the shoulders of the people around him in horror, and shook it back and forth: "Do you remember that I participated in the final closed beta! It was that closed beta! I had a good time chatting with one of my buddies— That buddy, that buddy is the leader!"

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!"

The neighbors heard it accidentally, and looked over in shock.

"Brother, come and sit with us! Tell me what you talked to the leader? How does it feel to see the leader up close?"

"God's feeling, I didn't know it was the leader at the time. If I knew, I wouldn't have asked him for a thousand eight hundred signed physical games?"

"Brother, he is a ruthless man."

The small disturbance in the audience did not affect the continued playback of the video.

This is a shortened version. The player sees the leader carrying a giant sword and rushing into the boss room with a red light on his body (which means that the entire HP is less than 10%).

"Strong man!!"

"The sect leader is too reckless. I saw that he only had a second-level suit on him, and it seemed that he only took an artifact..."

"Shit, how can this game be played like this?"

With the start of the BOSS battle, all players opened their mouths one after another.

This one opened, as if it could never be closed again.

——With this second to millimeter dodge, the boss's blade wind seems to be past Ming Yan's scalp!

——This battle between you and me seems to be practiced by some martial arts director, and the BOSS abruptly abides by the rule of "never touch a single hair of Ming Yan".

——And Ming Yan is bold and careful, calm and calm, even if he only has two points of blood left, he still dares to go up and fight with the boss!

Even many high-end players who claimed to have played "Extreme Mode" in the audience felt their scalps go numb.

Ming Yan's greed for knives is a professional level, and if you can cut one more knife, you must cut it down.

Even if the BOSS's attack has already reached his back, he can still use a roll to cancel the back of the knife, dodging the attack with a gap of 0.1 seconds.

This video is more than 6 minutes in total, and a lot of content has been cut. In the end, it ends with Mingyan defeating the final big BOSS.

A long time after the black screen passed, the players in the audience were still discussing in an uproar.

"God TM is 'not good at playing games'!"

"Hey, the man is a big pig's trotter. Say good 'is only a little more difficult than my world, then saying that good' is not good at playing action game ', all fake ... fake! !"

"Don't look at the leader's appearance, but it's actually a fake. If the soul of mortal nature opens the arena and asks me to go up and fight the leader, it won't take long for him to kneel down and pinch my people. I beg me not to die."

The most terrible thing is that the leader sincerely believes that it is not difficult.

It's not difficult to beat the final boss without injury or drug use!

Ming Yan: "Actually, everyone is just not familiar with the mechanism of the final boss. As long as you practice twice, it is really not difficult to clear the soul of mortal nature."

Players: "…………"

What's worse, everyone in the Blue Star Studio felt that it was nothing to do with Ming Yan.

After all, the boss never said that he missed something. He said that it was not difficult, which means that the game is really okay.

Since the release, the response from players is so enthusiastic, the ratings are so high, and the game data is so good, which shows that this difficulty is very suitable!

Kevin said cheerfully: "Yes, in fact, we plan to develop a challenge mode. Because after clearing the level once, the difficulty of the boss in the second week is a little lower, so..."

Before he finished speaking, the players under the stage once again sent out a desperate "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa".

After a while, the voice calmed down a little.

Ming Yan took over the conversation and said, "Don't worry everyone, the challenge mode is not difficult, and you don't need to run the map. Just select which boss to challenge in the game menu, the system will automatically send you to the boss room, and every time The challenges are all at full capacity."

The host asked fearfully: "Then I want to ask, why is this mode called 'challenge'?"

Ming Yan showed a kind smile: "Because in this mode, we will slightly increase the boss's attack desire and frequency, and slightly reduce the player's fault tolerance rate."

Everyone: "..."

The player meeting is not half over yet.

Among the tens of millions of netizens watching the live broadcast on the Internet, a hot emoji suddenly spread.

Someone took a screenshot of Mingyan's smile, and added the text: [The leader's mercy].

Mingjiao believers, looking at the smile of their sect master...

Looking at it, I'm about to cry!

Ming Yan is still saying: "The difficulty of Mortal Soul is also a very important attempt for Bluestar Studio. In the future, we will pay more attention to the content of the battle mode... Of course, this is also because we have a strong attitude towards players. Great anticipation and confidence."

As soon as the voice fell, the loud player under the stage screamed again:

"No!!! We don't deserve it!!!"

After he called, the players laughed while responding: "Yes, we don't deserve it!"

"Please don't expect us!!"

The situation was about to get out of control, and the host on the stage quickly changed the subject: "Ah, listening to what the teacher said, is Bluestar's next game already in preparation?"

Ming Yan thought about it and said, "It's my personal initial preparation stage. At present, this game is just an inspiration, a rough concept."

The host was shocked.

——In the past press conferences, no matter what, let’s find a gimmick for the game first, and then arouse the curiosity of players.

Unexpectedly, Blue Star really did not play cards according to the routine.

Master Ming dared to say to the player just based on an inspiration - is it a white wolf with empty gloves?

The most surprising thing is that the players actually bought it.

It was just a mysterious "inspiration"! There is no game title, no genre, no corresponding backstory, and no early conceptual manuscripts and artwork.

It's even more mysterious than the first concept of "Soul of Mortal" last time.

In this way, there are even players who are about to drool.

"We agreed! Twenty games a year!!!"

"Blue Star rush! Cult Master rush!"

"Want more!! More!!"

The host was also quite cooperative, and asked, "Can I ask, about the new game, what can you tell us about the new game, Master?"

Ming Yan smiled and said, "The background story will be related to Blue Star. I mean that ancient planet, not Blue Star Studio."

The host was overjoyed and said, "Is the story of "Blue Star Doomsday" about to continue?"

Ming Yan said: "That's not the case. This game is much earlier than "Blue Star Doomsday", and it depicts a historical stage of an ancient civilization on Blue Star. At that time, we will based on some historical records and myths of Blue Star, Re-engraving a magical power system."

So, I can't see Goddess Russell anymore...

The host was stunned and continued to ask: "What power system?"

Mingyan took out the handwriting board, wrote the word "Martial Arts" on it, and said, "A system called 'Martial Arts' is also the first time Bluestar Studio has tried it, and I hope it can bring you a refreshing experience. "

That square word is displayed on the top, and just looking at it makes people feel quite mysterious.

The host tilted his head and looked at it and said, "It looks like a painting, and it's still from the ancient civilization of Goddess Russell. Then please look forward to our players..."

She looked down the stage and was taken aback.

Those hungry eyes are already glowing green!

However, Mingyan did not reveal more about the new game.

Instead, he entered the player's question-and-answer session, preparing to step down in five minutes, and then the rest of the time would be owned by other designers.

Unexpectedly, the first player to pick up asked: "I want to ask the leader, how is Ling Lingqi's current situation? We are all worried about him."

The players said one after another in the audience: "Yeah!" "Where's Ling Lingqi?"