Otherworldly Architect

Speaking of the "Blue Star Doomsday" movie, we have to start with last year's Game of the Year Awards.

At that time, after the award ceremony of the League One, there was also a famous dinner and dance.

After that, Ning Yufeng introduced Ming Yan to a big man in the film industry, and the three had a pleasant conversation.

This boss is from Golden Ring Pictures, and he showed great interest in the plot of "Blue Star Doomsday", and after the awards ceremony, he even played the game in person.

Not long after Mingyan returned to Sixth Star Province, he received an invitation for business cooperation from Golden Ring Pictures.

The other party spent a lot of money to buy the film and television copyright of "Blue Star Doomsday", and it was stated in the contract that the filming must start within one and a half years, otherwise it would pay sky-high liquidated damages.

It is a sign of sincerity that they will sign such a contract. What is even more rare is that they are willing to discuss the content of the movie with Blue Star Studio.

When the final "Blue Star Doomsday" crew was confirmed, there were two expats from Blue Star Studios.

One is the plot planner responsible for the content of the script, and the other is the historical background consultant - in cooperation with another consultant from the Blue Star Institute.

After reviewing and rewriting by a professional screenwriting team, the main storyline of the final film was determined at the beginning of this year.

It's not easy to make a movie adaptation of a game IP, it's two completely different art forms.

Looking at the past game adaptation movies, most of them can only do nothing, circle the feelings of game players, and earn a gimmick from outside audiences.

To keep the original plot in the game at the same time, it must be fresh, and it must conform to objective logic. In fact, it is more difficult than re-creating a classic plot - it requires a high degree of understanding of the plot of the game itself. .

Fortunately, more than half of the screenwriter team had cleared the original "Blue Star Doomsday".

Even if it is not customs clearance, it is at least "video customs clearance".

According to their boss, it is as follows:

"Being a screenwriter is not about doing things behind closed doors. You also need to know about current events and the trend of popular topics. Blue Star Doom won the Game of the Year and Best Story Awards, and it must be the object of our study."

"When a screenwriter learns, it's not just about watching or playing. We call this 'pulling the film', and there will be a very strict correspondence table, recording the plots in the original work by time, and then analyzing each time in detail. The logic of a paragraph, the contradictions, and the presentation of the characters’ personalities, etc., so as to understand every advantage and disadvantage of this plot.”

With such a gold medal screenwriter team, the script for the big movie "Blue Star Doomsday" was quickly completed at the beginning of the year.

In February, the film had officially started publicity, and filming could begin immediately.

Now that it's almost July, after the film is officially completed, the advertising and posters are already overwhelming, and relevant news can be seen everywhere.

Naturally, Blue Star's official website did not forget to recommend it, and it also aroused a very enthusiastic response on the player forum.

Now Ming Yan has a considerable understanding of these interstellar players, he does not need to look at the forum to know who will be——

There must be applause and applause, coming to the water post;

There will be discussions about the actors and plots of the movie, many of which are prophecy emperors;

There will be screenshots of your ten-week program archives or full achievements;

There will be updates to the game...

[When will "Xia" come out! ! ! It's been almost half a year! Give some news! ! ! 】

Clearly: "..."

What "half year"!

It's only been two months since the last Blue Star Carnival, how can it be rounded up to "half a year"?

Has the urging party really unscrupulous?

In any case, anyway, the premiere of the big movie "Blue Star Doomsday" clearly stated that he didn't want to miss it.

The premiere is expected to be on September 9, avoiding large-scale events such as the fourth season of “League of Legends”, which can completely avoid the situation where players are incapacitated.

Of course, before that, Ming Yan had actually seen the samples.

By the way, the heroine of Blue Star Doomsday, the actor of Russell, once came to visit Mingyan.

When she auditioned for Russell, she was still a little-known 18th-tier star. On the day of the interview, she came by herself by bus.

Unexpectedly, after "Blue Star Doom" won the best game of the year, she became an instant hit, and her net worth skyrocketed!

More importantly, she has left the impression of a "goddess" in the hearts of a large number of players, and this kind of positive popularity is simply the unattainable dream of every star.

Now, in order to ensure that she can participate in the Blue Star Doomsday movie, Jinhuan has also offered a sky-high salary that people cannot refuse.

The actress is also very grateful, and came to the Blue Star Studio to thank Ming Yan for her "kindness".

"I still remember that I had a cold that day. My skin condition and voice were not very good. I was afraid that the interview teacher would just leave without giving me a chance." She said, "You gave me the most precious opportunity."

Ming Yan said: "No, it's mainly because of your understanding. Among the three candidates at that time, you were indeed the best one."

After hearing this, she showed a beautiful smile: "But you still chose me against all opinions. You may not know that, I have always remembered that scene vividly, and I am very moved every time I think of it."

When Ming Yan was about to say something, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Clearly said: "Please come in."

Then Comrade Xia Cheng walked in.

Clearly: "?"

Xia Cheng looked at the actress sitting opposite Mingyan and said, "You guys continue, I'm just passing by. By the way, I remind Boss Ming that it's almost time to go downstairs for dinner."

——God TM can knock on the door and enter the office when passing by!

The actress said, "Who is this?"

Ming Yan said frankly: "My boyfriend, Xia Cheng."

Xia Cheng showed a handsome smile, and openly began to flirt with Ming Yan.

Actress: "..."

——Sigh, sure enough, a handsome and rich man has another handsome and rich man behind him...

fifteen minutes later.

After finishing all the matters in the morning, Ming Yan followed Xia Cheng downstairs to eat.

After eating and drinking, Xia Cheng also asked by the way, "How is the new game going?"

Ming Yan sighed and said, "The planning case is almost finished."

Xia Cheng said: "It's rare to hear you sigh about the game. Did you encounter any bottleneck or trouble?"

Ming Yan said: "Because I was urged to change again..."

Xia Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I'm not urging you! I'm just kindly asking about your work progress."

Ming Yan covered his face and said, "I just wrote the plan for two months. The content covers two large systems and more than 20 subsystems. I can't ask anyone to help with many things..."

After listening to Xia Cheng, he silently spread his arms and said, "Come on, I'll borrow you to sleep for a while."

Made Mingyan laugh.

Xia Cheng said: "Sounds like the new game is very big?"

Ming Yan nodded and said, "Probably the largest game in the history of Blue Star, the map area of ​​more than nine million square kilometers is quite large, and the city buildings, NPCs and monsters above must also be considered, and the plot animation And the visual performance content such as special effects ... may have to exceed 100 TB."

Xia Cheng said excitedly: "The map is so big, there must be a lot of content that can be played. How long is the estimated game time?"

Mentioning this, Ming Yan smiled and said: "It takes about two months for players to upgrade from level 1 to full level; after full level, it takes at least one and a half months to upgrade equipment. That is to say, after the game is launched, We can wait half a year before considering an updated version."

The capacity of MMORPG games is generally quite large, and the replayability is much higher than that of single-player games, at least there will be no situation where the liver will clear the game within a month.

In other words, this kind of online game can never be cleared.

As long as the production team continues to update the version, players will always have new content to discover and new peaks to climb.

At the beginning of July, the engine of Bluestar Studio was finally started again.

From the planning team, to art, to programming, to testing and management, all lines were unimpeded, and everyone began to enter the closed-door mode.

The goal is the alpha version gameplay verification test -

The first map, Shiyin Village, Novice Village.

That is, the map where players are located at levels 1-10, including the main mission of the top ten levels, battle guidance, relevant subsystem guidance content, and the main storyline of the first chapter!

During this period, Bluestar Studio also nominated several official game names in succession, waiting for all members to vote together.

The names to be selected are: "The Story of the Dust", "The Famous Swords of Mountains and Seas", "Drunk Drinking Rivers and Lakes", "Xia Ke Xing"... a total of more than ten names, most of which are provided by consultants, each with its own source .

However, the number of votes is quite anxious, and no official name has been determined until now.

Even Mingyan was a little entangled - he was different from others, he felt that they were all the same.

All in all, it may have to wait until the alpha version is tested before the official name can be determined, and then the initial publicity can begin.

So far, the "Xia" project is still just a code name on the Blue Star official website. There is not much content on the official homepage, but some related speeches on the Blue Star Carnival are posted.

The sub-forum was very lively, and the witty players had already begun to warm up... just to get the places for the first few batches of tests.

No matter how bad it is, it is also very good to have an internal test quota!

This leads to a very funny thing:

Before even the most basic alpha version of the game was made, many Blue Star staff members were almost dumbfounded and asked when the internal beta would be available.

Of course, no one is as happy as Comrade Xia Cheng, because...

Xia Cheng wagged his tail: "Can you reserve one for me in the internal test?"

Ming Yan didn't lift his head: "OK, no problem."

Xia Cheng: 0w0

"Cool" is just one word, bahahahahahaha!