Otherworldly Architect

The harvest this time out was pretty good.

Varian still doesn't know if he is willing to join, but the engine recommended by Teacher Zhou clearly downloaded the free non-commercial version and tried it out after he went home.

The engine is like the heart of a game and the propulsion system of a rocket.

It doesn't completely determine how good the end result is, but it is responsible for delivering power to the various components and ensuring stable operation everywhere.

The "Xingyue" engine is not large, just suitable for VR games of about 20TB.

Ming Yan estimates that the new game should be between 10TB and 20TB.

It is dozens of times larger than "Minecraft", and of course the profitability must also increase exponentially.

On this point, Ming Yan is very confident in it.

That night, Ming Yan spent a lot of money online.

From the first month's profit of the last game, he now has five million on hand.

Ming Yan first rented a server for tens of thousands of yuan a month, and planned to use it to operate the official website of Bluestar Studio.

This website has to be handed over to an outsourcing company for production. The design requirements clearly state that the documents have been written in advance. The negotiated price is about 200,000 yuan, and half of it is paid as a deposit.

Then there is the money spent by recruiting headhunters before, and only tens of thousands of dollars are left.

The headhunter found two fairly good young people, but they were unwilling to follow Mingyan to start a business.

One is a senior gamer who can do a game test first. He has a full-time job, only signed a part-time contract, and is paid per test time.

The other is a technical artist who has not graduated yet and is looking for an internship. He is mainly here to mix his qualifications, but his academic performance is not bad. This person has only been here for six months, but his monthly salary is 2,000, which is quite cheap.

Then, Mingyan purchased a medium-config one-stop VR workbench online, which can basically be understood as a high-end work computer.

Developing games is not something that low-end machines can do.

In order to ensure the production speed of the game screen and special effects, Mingyan also bought a second one, which is specially used for rendering.

For this one item alone, nearly one million was spent.

Finally, there are the materials that need to be used in the new game.

Some sound effects, pictures, special effects and other materials with strong versatility can be bought in the game material market, but the aesthetics cannot be guaranteed.

In order to prevent Varian from joining, the work in this area will be stagnant, Ming Yan first bought a batch of art materials and put them in the material library.

As for music, he is still actively contacting suitable outsourced studios.

This item has used up more than 100,000 yuan one after another, and it will definitely increase exponentially when the game is officially started in the future.

In this way, Mingyan's nearly two million funds on the book have become a lot of fixed assets of Bluestar Studio.

In the next few days, Mingyan has been reading the manual and learning to use the new engine "Xingyue".

The research and development capabilities of the alma mater are still quite strong. This engine, which is still in the BETA test, has quite good performance capabilities, which is completely sufficient for Ming Yan.

He tried to make a small game to get familiar with the engine.

This game is super small, only about 20GB, less than one-tenth of "Minecraft", basically smaller than 99% of the current VR games.

The game is mainly about a familiar..."The story of the loyal dog Hachiko".

Hachiko is an Akita dog that is well known in Bluestar.

The player will play the boss of a newsstand. At first, he sold newspapers to Hachiko's master every day, and watched Hachiko send his master to work;

Later, the owner of Hachiko passed away unfortunately, and only Hachiko came to the train station not far away every day to wait, and the protagonist would occasionally give food to Hachiko.

The content of the game spans the 12 years from the beginning to Hachiko's death.

Because the viewing angle is very fixed, the scene is just like this. The protagonist doesn't even have a model. He can only reach out to feed the dog, deliver newspapers to the dog owner, or touch the dog's head - so only 20G can be installed.

If each player fully clears the level, it will only take about 40-50 minutes to end.

This extra-trumpet game, Ming said that it was only developed for a few days, and it was completed quickly.

He couldn't find the Akita dog on Earth for the time being, so he used a similar-looking interstellar breed "Bito Inu" instead.

After the game is finished, it is clear that he does not intend to use this exercise for profit.

After thinking about it, he simply opened a cloud network disk with 100 yuan per month, uploaded the game directly, and then linked the download link to his media account for free.

[Tiny work: I made a new mini game called "The Story of Hachiko", which can be cleared in one hour. The plot is based on a real story, I hope you like it. :) (attached: download link)]

Since "Minecraft" is still on the list, the IPP platform has given a very good recommendation position, so a large amount of traffic is still pouring in.

As a result, Mingyan's account has been brought to more than 8 million fans, and he is regarded as an out-and-out little celebrity in the country.

Within ten minutes of sending the message, there were tens of thousands of views and triple-digit comments.

Players are still joking about it.

【Is my world updated! When will the small map come out? How can you be free from business! 】

[Seeking to weaken the mosaic monster, the new killer is well-deserved...]

[This game is only 20 G, is it also a pixel mosaic style? 】

[Big guy is awesome, I'm here to watch the legendary genius new architect. 】

However, Ming Yan looked at the data on the cloud disk.

There are still nearly 20,000 people who clicked in and chose to download this mini-model game.

For thirty minutes, there was not much voice on the Internet.

Mingyan came across a few by chance:

[Ah, ah, ask why the professor is gone, where is the professor? Don't let Hachiko come out alone. @tiny work]

In fact, there is a small reminder in the game, the newspaper will write that the professor suffered a heart attack and passed away unfortunately.

[Professor and Hachiko, how warm, this is a realistic healing game. Little Eight is so cute, I'm playing on the sixth day now. 】

About half an hour later, the first players have fully experienced the entire game.

Online reviews suddenly started to look a little different.

【My Nima! I need to calm down now! Go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette and talk about "The Story of Hachiko" when I get back. 】

[Ah Xiaoba, my heart hurts to death and I can't breathe. 】

【Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! ! 】

[I cried like an idiot at noon. The sound of the electric drill next door couldn't cover me. My mother knocked on the door and came in and told me that I was broken up, so don't forget about it... #八公story#]

Brushing and brushing, Ming Yan once again showed a kind smile.

And take screenshots to save the tragic state of these players crying, and you can take them out for aftertaste in the future.

…

Zhou Liye has been having a good time recently, and he is sincerely thanking the producers of "Minecraft".

how to say?

Since the live broadcast, although he was in his twenties, he was beaten by his father with a belt.

But since then, the father and son have cooperated awkwardly. After eight o'clock every day, they have an hour to play "Minecraft".

The father and son kept a litter of cows, sheep, pigs and chickens together, and dug a fish pond at home.

There are several groups of diamond mines in the family. The father and son work together when they open the mine. By the way, they eat, chat, and listen to cross talk. They don’t feel bored at all.

They entered the lava world and the enderland together, and killed the big bosses in countless efforts.

There have also been funny incidents of manslaughtering each other.

In the end, life returned to peace. They built a beacon at home out of iron, gold and diamond blocks, and the beam of light soaring into the sky allowed people to see the location of their home at a glance no matter how far they were.

Teacher Zhou has always been very busy after work. When Zhou Liye was a child, he sometimes resented that he was closer to his students than his own son.

But there is no family conflict that cannot be resolved by insisting on communication.

Now they have become "good buddies" and comrades-in-arms who are "born to death" together.

Zhou Liye's live broadcast career was finally no longer opposed, and he can open the camera at home openly.

After dinner that day, he was happily playing a new game.

At this time, Teacher Zhou happened to be returning home, and he gave Zhou Liye a fierce look, and then said, "I'm still playing games! I'm still playing! I'm still in my twenties, look at what they say! They have already started working on the second project!"

Wait, Zhou Liye is a little confused, why did he suddenly mention this?

"Why don't you worry about your child?" Teacher Zhou sighed, "Today, he made it clear that he will go back to school to get his diploma. Do you know what he has achieved now? At a young age, there is no one to help him. Make a masterpiece - look at you again! You can't even sit like a sitting, are you a monkey?"

Zhou Liye: "…"

More than 20 years later, what should come will still come.

Let's congratulate Miss Juliet for offering a "Children of Others" educational experience card.

After Mr. Zhou reprimanded his son, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Liye was very dissatisfied, and angrily searched the Internet for Mingyan's current achievements.

- Hold the grass, already ranked 77th on the IPP platform free monthly list? This is still an achievement made by a powerless young rookie with the quality of his works!

Can't compare.

Zhou Liye closed the ranking with a gloomy face, and then clicked into Ming Yan's personal account.

-Um? Made a new game called "The Story of Hachiko"?

Learning is impossible, impossible in this life, that is, by playing games on live broadcasts, can you barely live like this.

Zhou Liye forgot his father's education in a blink of an eye, and happily downloaded "The Story of Hachiko".

After thinking about it, I turned on the camera.

The live broadcast has not started today.

As soon as the live broadcast started, die-hard fans were notified and rushed over one after another.

"Good evening, today I'm here to experience the new game "The Story of Hachiko". This game was made by architect Ming, the genius who made "Minecraft". Everyone should have heard of that cube masterpiece recently. Well. He said he made a little game and we'll see how it goes."

Zhou Liye said hello and directly clicked on the newly downloaded game.

He found himself in a newsstand as if he were the boss—Interstellars rarely sell paper books on the street, and he was instantly intrigued.

After the game tutorial, it's time to enter the theme.

I saw a gentle and elegant old professor walking in outside the line of sight, and said with a smile, "Good morning."

Zhou Liye said, "Good morning."

"Xiao Ba, say hello." The old professor bowed his head.

Seeing that he was still holding a cute puppy in his hand, he tilted his head to look at Zhou Liye, and was very obedient and did not make a sound.