Otherworldly Architect

This game, which was born out of an internal running group, has now entered the testing stage, but it has not yet had an official name.

On this day, several designers entered the conference room again and held a small meeting.

"I suggest a more aggressive name, such as "Iron Horse"?"

"Is it too similar to the new game of Dragon Slayer next door?"

"No no no, "Iron Horse" sounds like there is only fighting and killing in the game, but don't we still have a system for automatically generating dog blood stories?"

"Or it's called "National War Running Group"."

"This is too casual! And it's not like running a group at all now..."

"Emmmmmm, how about "The Kingdom", or "Authority"? After all, the player is directly playing a country."

"It's not bad that it's called "Xinghe", or "The Sea of ​​Stars" or something like that."

"This is good, this is good, it sounds domineering."

I still remember the earliest days when Blue Star named the game and held a referendum very carefully.

Later, there were more games, and the designers had a certain amount of experience, so they could solve all problems by holding small meetings.

After all, they also found that the name of the game has become less and less important.

Even if Bluestar made a game and directly named it ": and drew a hundred smiling faces in the game introduction, I believe that many players would click on the word "Bluestar" to purchase and download it.

Maybe there will be some players who haven't played, and start blowing with their eyes closed at the word "Blue Star".

Finally, the designers hurriedly notified the various departments of the new name.

The art team quickly started to work overtime again to make a mighty and domineering LOGO and cover for the new name.

By the way, the marketing team also made a special appointment for two posters.

These two posters also look very hardcore.

The first one is a screenshot of the current game. You can see rows and rows of white text on the dark interface.

These prompt texts are events that occurred in other countries in a round, and it is up to the player to imagine and analyze it with his own mind.

In the later stage of the game, the number of prompts is too large, and it seems that the screen is swiping with garbled characters.

Right above the garbled code, there are two words "Xinghe". The lead-gray font is majestic and full of metal texture, which is reminiscent of steel creations at a glance.

The second poster is a real photo of the starry sky, with special treatment on it.

There are two starry sky circled, the border of the country is drawn, and they are dyed red and blue respectively. At a glance, it is known that they belong to two forces.

On the border line that intersects in the middle is an array of two densely packed space battleships.

The vastness of the battlefield and the large number of soldiers can make one's scalp tingle, and it feels like witnessing a war of the century.

Then this poster did not have the word "Xinghe", but quietly put a button in the lower right corner:

[Next round].

The two posters were quietly posted on Bluestar's official blog, and they were crowded with enthusiastic players not long after.

Comments flooded:

【Mist grass caught off guard! ! I was planning to urge updates today, but as soon as I opened the software, I saw the popular push! 】

【new game! new game! Urge more! Urge more! 】

[This should be supervised by the leader, right? Right? ! I knew that the leader didn't like to make a second game under the same theme! 】

[Blind guess is the sixth, who still remembers the sixth? 】

[It looks very exciting, is it a national war? 】

[Don't be the one who cheats money like Tulong Baodao next door. I was really scared of being cheated. I lost a few thousand in one day after playing. For those who don't have a home in the mine, don't think about it...]

[This should be called Star Wars directly! 】

After chatting about the topic, someone always mentioned the money-cheating ghost studio.

Although the final revenue of "Iron Horse Glacier" was donated to Morningstar Science and Technology Park, many excellent products have been incubated through this.

But for players, this is still a game that cannot be played without mines...

Recently, I heard that the major "dynasties" in "Iron Horse Glacier" have basically swallowed up the scattered players.

There are 100 sub-maps in the whole region, 88 of which are directly occupied by local tyrants, commanding tens of thousands of players, and managing tens of thousands of cities on their own territory.

It can be said that they are the princes of the game world.

The remaining areas are all alliances formed by loose players who can't bear the tyranny of tyranny. Although the structure is slightly looser than the dynasties of the local tyrants, the advantage is that there are fewer rules, attracting a large number of middle-level players. .

There are more middle-level players than the local tyrants, and there is no need to work for the local tyrants.

They just come to enjoy the game and are willing to invest a small amount of money in their alliance.

The so-called people are more powerful.

In this way, the Loose People Alliance can be regarded as a neutral force that cannot be underestimated.

Recently, the scope of the national war of "Iron Horse Glacier" has become larger and larger, and it has long been unimaginable for 10,000 people to be on the same screen.

When several big dynasties clashed, tens of thousands of people were called up at two in the middle of the night, and it was not difficult to gather hundreds of millions of troops in the game.

Even, many of the actions of the dynasties are affecting reality.

A viscount title in the "Suntian Dynasty" is equivalent to a small white-collar worker with an annual salary of 200,000 in reality.

During the war, if you were appointed as the marshal of a legion, you could put this qualification on your resume and go to a company under the dynasty for direct entry, starting from a management position.

For another example, once the material cities of some dynasties are destroyed, the lost materials may be directly converted into real monetary losses, which will reach tens of millions.

In the end, no one dared to call this kind of game a virtual game.

It's simply a rich war in another dimension...

The civilian players who are too far away from the national war have left the game world now, but they can watch the play with a more leisurely attitude.

Today, the two dynasties began fighting again in the middle of the night, fighting for three days and three nights, destroying more than a dozen cities.

Tomorrow, whoever will fight, will dig up the big dam built last year, halving the resource harvest in the **** area, and then the local snake will declare war again.

Last month, another local tyrant increased the war bonus. Now their **** dynasty tops the list of contributions at the end of each month, and they can directly choose to transfer a house from the boss...

The world of gold and iron horses is really getting farther and farther away from civilian players.

Now they are eating melons and discussing:

[I really don't know if Master Ming will come to experience this kind of game... He should be considered a god! 】

[Could it be that the leader can't stand the robbery method of "Iron Horse Glacier" at all, so he decided to make a more conscientious national war game himself? 】

【Sit and wait for the new Blue Star game. 】

These players are like small animals who have been wronged in other homes, so they ran back and gathered at the gate of Lan Xing's house, waiting eagerly for the leader to have dinner.

The rice was still steaming in the pot.

Mingyan looked at the time schedule and estimated that the beta version of "Xinghe" should be available almost before May.

The beta version is basically able to complete and test all the single-player content.

For the online version, it takes a little extra time - after all, the group running assistance program has not considered this aspect of the structure.

When "Xinghe" is launched, there should be two modes first.

The plot mode is a cosmic sandbox prefabricated by the designers, allowing players to freely choose one of the countries, find a breakthrough in various situations, and lead their own country to victory.

In the sand table mode, the map and situation are customized by the player or randomly generated by the system. Players can freely choose a country to be born in a certain place, and develop their own forces from scratch.

Of course, the so-called starting from scratch means that this country has just entered the era of the big universe, can use the most basic spacecraft and detectors, and have the level of science and technology at the level of second-level cosmic civilization.

At present, there are four scripts in the story mode, and the rest are still being made by the designers.

This alpha version of "Galaxy" has already made many internal testers fascinated and unable to stop.

On the first day Luke was exposed to the game, he went straight through the night, playing for two days and one night.

In the end, Ming Yan went over and picked him up in person in a funny way, and said, "If I go on like this, I'm worried that your master will come to trouble me."

Luke was pitiful: "I'll, I'll just play one more round... It's all because of your artists, it's too tempting to press the [next round] button."

Luke directly slept in the lounge of the Blue Star Building, and when he woke up, he staggered to find Mingyan again.

Luke said regularly: "Master, do you still have a test quota? I want to take it back to the teacher..."

Ming Yan was a little surprised: "Odin also likes to play turn-based strategy games?"

"Actually, my wife likes to play." Luke scratched his nose, "Although it may not be obvious from the outside, he is amazing..."

Ming Yan knew who he was referring to. It should be Odin's legal spouse, Victor Li, the chairman of the Second Star Provincial Cultural Protection Association.

This is not the first time the two sides have cooperated, and it is normal to have one more game test quota.

Ming Yan packaged an extra copy of the game and gave it to Luke to take back.

Little Comrade Luke was so happy that flowers were about to bloom on his head, and he said, "Thank you, sect master, thank you sect master! Happy birthday, sect master! Sect master Xian Fuyong enjoys his long life, and he will rule the rivers and lakes for generations to come!"

Can slip away.

Ming Yan: "?" Was this guy tricked by someone else to join some cult in "Xing Xing Xing"?

When Luke returned, he happily took credit: "Master, Master, Master! Shi Niang Shi Niang Shi Niang! Look what good things I brought back? It's the top local specialty of the Sixth Star Province, a new game from Blue Star!!"

Like a child returning from a spring outing.

And Victor was in front of the computer, like he was busy with some work.

Odin came over in his pajamas, took a look at Luke's suitcase, and took out the alpha version of "Galaxy".

The two master and apprentice were very happy, so they sneaked into the game room with the game in hand.

Luke: "Master, Master, I'll give you a maximum of ten rounds first."

Odin: "I'll give it to you next turn."

Luke: "Master! Ten rounds! It's my turn to play for a while!"

Odin: "The last round."

Luke: "..." Q mouth Q