Otherworldly Architect

With the release of the first concept trailer, the homepage of the new project finally appeared on the Blue Star website.

Blue Star Doom: The Last of Us!

There is only one trailer for the entire homepage.

There is a section for official news, and a small forum for players to communicate.

Once the forum is open, players will immediately go to post first.

Because "Blue Star Doom" itself is a new game, and the trailer has just been released, most people are guessing what kind of game this is.

According to the trailer, the background of this game is a story about a planet called "Blue Star", where human beings actively save themselves after encountering a series of disasters.

The protagonist of the game should be the woman in the trailer.

Although the background of the story is confirmed, the content of the game is not yet known.

All that can be done now is the exclusion method. The new game should not be a sandbox like "Minecraft", nor a team competition like "League of Legends".

But the traditional stand-alone game masterpiece.

On this basis, players began to open their minds one after another, guessing what new experience the chief designer Ming will bring to them this time.

According to the name of the game "Blue Star Doom", some people analyzed that this game may be developed for otherworldly games, the developer is Blue Star Studio, and the protagonist will finally fight the big boss of the studio.

Some people specifically analyze the dress and behavior of the protagonists Russell and Louis, thinking that Blue Star is mapping a certain historical segment.

Of course, the vast majority of players at this stage can only wait to be fed.

The literal meaning of "waiting to be fed" is to open your mouth and make a sound on the Internet: [Sect Leader! Please do it quickly...]

[Ah, I want to play after watching the trailer]

[I'm different. When I saw the name of the chief designer of Ming, I already wanted to play! 】

Interestingly, the act of urging Blue Star to finish the game quickly turned into a meme.

It's also since the last time the trumpet of the Public Security Bureau posted a blog "Trouble to remind the chief designer of Ming", everyone has started to play.

The official account of the blog also joked: [We have tracked the account of the chief designer Ming to ensure that he can receive your "reminder" information as soon as he goes online. 】

This is not enough, IPP is also playing.

[The IPP platform intends to develop a "Reminder" function, which allows users to convey to the developers their feelings of wanting to play the game as soon as possible by clicking the "Reminder" button. 】

Then one after another, this stalk got out of hand.

There are even small studios whose own games have not yet come out, and they are also urging the production progress of "Blue Star Doomsday".

It is said that the chief designer himself is also a fan of Ming Yan.

There are also several voice actors who have cooperated with "League of Legends", and they have also posted blogs.

[@Tiny work, the chief designer Ming is happy to cooperate, and you can find me next time. By the way, let me remind you of "Blue Star Doomsday". 】

Then the most exaggerated thing came. It is said that the chairman of a cultural relics protection association from the Third Star Province came to visit the Sixth Star Province.

In fact, this person has nothing to do with the game industry, but is highly respected in the historical field.

But after he finished the visit, he suddenly said something on his trumpet.

[Sixth Star Province has beautiful scenery. PS, please urge the chief designer of Ming to quickly release a new game. 】

Clearly: "???"

He felt like he was being targeted by the world!

As a result, many players have reposted in large quantities.

The group of passers-by who don't know the truth almost really thought that in addition to "Like" and "Favorites" in this world, there will soon be a magical button called "Dump".

Then there was a news media that misreported the incident, causing a lot of trouble.

In the end, Blue Star had to issue an announcement in order to calm the players' excessively restless emotions.

Officially, "Blue Star Doomsday" is expected to be set at the end of the year, and will not exceed the next New Year's Day at the latest.

That is to say, there will be at most half a year before players can play the official version!

—Ming Yan set this date with tears, as if he saw his miserable appearance in the little dark room without the light of day...

After the ALPHA version of "Blue Star Doomsday" has been tested, it has obtained very good test data.

There are many problems that have just been exposed, and some inspirations obtained from them, all of which are eagerly waiting for Blue Star to improve.

The development of the next BETA version will enter a high-speed track.

When it first developed League of Legends, Bluestar was still a small studio that had just been established.

It took them nearly two years to finally complete this work, which is a kind of running-in period.

But now that the studio is about to celebrate its third anniversary, the workflow inside the studio has become very stable and efficient.

Basically, the designer's responsibility system ensures that the game design concept can be well conveyed to all personnel, and the expected goals can be achieved under reasonable project management.

…

July and August are the hottest months in the area.

The development of the main body of the BETA version of "Blue Star Doomsday" has not been completed, and Ming Yan has to run out of the small dark room to take charge of the overall situation.

The first is because the game has been developed to the level of performance, but Mingyan has not found a suitable action actor for the protagonist Russell, so he had to come out and choose it himself.

The second is because the group of freshmen recruited by the school has arrived to report, and it is clear that they will be arranged.

Regarding the first thing, Bluestar Studio already has a good partner.

On the one hand, Ming Yan actively communicates with the local Actors Guild, who will continue to recommend suitable actors to "audit".

On the other hand, after the cooperation of "League of Legends", Bluestar Studio has also maintained contact with a number of CG production manufacturers, and there will also be some recommendations from time to time.

After all, "League of Legends" is not that kind of plot-oriented game, so all the actors are basically prepared for the skin.

Most jobs only need 1-2 days for motion capture.

But "Blue Star Doom" is different, it involves a lot of plot and screen performance.

Just the main character Russell has many sets of actions.

To put it further, Russell's action of using his abilities to open his ultimate move, Russell's thrilling scenes in CG, and Russell's performance in the finale... are all very important.

To put it mildly, Russell must have at least two sets of walking postures and two sets of running postures in the game.

Even her breathing, the little movement of her hair, the subtle changes in her demeanor when she speaks...

These details all determine how real the final "Russell" is and whether the plot can immerse players in it.

- Of course, this also represents a lot of work from the production team.

Using CG, it is possible to completely virtualize these things, but after all, there is no real actor.

The actor must also have a considerable degree of acting skills.

You know, motion capture almost requires actors to perform without physical objects at all.

At most, she was allowed to put on VR glasses and take a look at the game scenes that Blue Star hadn't fully prepared.

Therefore, this heroine can be described as a thousand choices, and there is no final result until now.

Of course, after layers of selection, they still picked out three actresses who were on a par with each other and waited for Blue Star Studio to make the final decision.

You must know that there were more than a thousand actors who signed up for the audition at first, which is a very exaggerated number.

The game "Blue Star Doom" is now very much expected among players.

Coupled with the reputation of Bluestar Studio and Mingyan himself, basically as long as the game can reach the passing line, it can be expected that its popularity will not be low.

This is a golden signboard, an iron rice bowl seducing people.

It can be seen from the trailer alone that "Russell" is the absolute protagonist, and is the kind of goddess character who can easily blow up the player's favorability.

If you play Russell, maybe you can become an instant hit, just like the Juliet anchor back then.

Many actresses have sharpened their heads and finally got the qualifications for the final round of auditions.

Although three people have been appointed to compete for the final candidate, many people are still unwilling.

These days, some people have harassed Ming Yan's personal email account through channels that don't know where it came from.

Not to mention blogging, Ming Yan blocked private messages from strangers early in the morning.

In the currently crowded headquarters of Blue Star Studio, handsome men and beautiful women began to wander inexplicably at the entrance.

- Forget about women, there are still men trying to cheat? !

And these handsome guys and beauties, some of them are dazzlingly dressed, and they can attract everyone's attention when they walk on the street.

As soon as they saw someone with a Blue Star work card coming down to eat, they all showed their most attractive demeanor—this was to attract people with their appearance.

But more beauties are dressed in retro style.

I learned ten percent from the Blue Star people in CG, and even the temperament somewhat imitates Russell's iceberg goddess style.

Once he made it clear that it was a meeting, and when he went out, he was so shocked that his jaw dropped.

He almost doubted that he had relived back to the time before the end of the apocalypse of Blue Star!

Clearly, these speculators know the clear words.

The moment he saw Ming Yan, countless eyes were fixed on him.

Goosebumps appeared on Mingyan's back for no reason, and before stepping out of the door, he immediately shrank back.

In the next few days, all his lunch boxes and couriers were collected by the secretary.

Well, Mingyan lost the only chance to walk and exercise every day...

Their efforts were not in vain.

Although Ming Yan is very afraid of those beauties who are holding hot water and are ready to bump into him at any time...

But he did notice that there was a suitable candidate among them.

It's just that he himself is not suitable to come forward.

Once he made it clear that he broke the rules of the audition, he would never have peace in the future.

Everyone wants to go through the back door by ingratiating him... that's not worth the loss.

Therefore, Ming Yan secretly instructed Kevin, the designer in charge of this matter, to let the actor get an audition opportunity in an unmarked way.

All auditions are completed within ten days.

Considering that Mingyan's work schedule is too busy, the auditions for the female lead and male lead are concentrated on the first day.

This is also the only day that requires a full attendance.

During the audition process that day, there were a total of five people sitting in the interviewer's seat.

One is a professional teacher from the Actors Association who can provide professional advice.

One is the head of the studio who worked with Blue Star to produce CG.

Another was the lawyer negotiating the contract, and he had little to say about the audition itself.

The two people present at the Blue Star Studio, apart from making it clear, are senior technical artists in charge of motion capture.

Ming Yan is sitting in the middle, implying his decisive position.

The actor of the male lead, "Saint Son" Louis, has actually been decided in everyone's mind.

Choose a famous child star.

Not only does it have its own traffic, but the acting skills cultivated since childhood are also very solid.

After the audition, Ming Yan nodded.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the choice of the male lead was decided.

And the three female lead candidates are in trouble.

They each came in and performed two short performances, showing Russell's grief of losing his beloved son in the early stage, and the handsomeness and determination of his big move in the later stage.

The three have their own characteristics, and they are really indistinguishable.

After several interviewers gave their scores, let the three candidates go down to rest.

It can be seen that the candidates are very nervous before the final result, and they frequently and secretly look at Ming Yan sitting in the middle.

They would love to see feedback on Mingyan's expressions, and want to know if Mingyan is satisfied with their performance.

And Mingyan was immersed in thought, and said, "I want to ask them a few questions individually, is that okay?"

"of course can."

In fact, there is only one question Mingyan really wants to ask:

"Why do you think Russell doesn't like Louis?"

All the candidates had a general understanding of the outline of the script, and after pondering, they opened their mouths to answer.

When the first candidate performed, he tended to show a neutral and cold demeanor.

She said: "In a brutal apocalyptic environment, I think Ms Russell has developed a rather independent, 'it's better to ask for yourself' habit. And Louis is a boy who needs to be looked after all the time, and can even cause a lot of trouble. Trouble, so Lady Russell doesn't like him."

Ming Yan nodded, noncommittal.

The second candidate said: "I think Ms. Russell actually likes Louis and has a good impression of him from the beginning. It's just that in the end times, people have become accustomed to the drama of mutual suspicion, mutual suspicion and frame-up... They are like hedgehogs. If you get too close to each other, you will be hurt instead. So I think this mode of getting along may be the norm in the end times."

She understands the script very well.

The pen in Ming Yan's hand unconsciously drew a circle and circled her name.

The candidate noticed this, and he almost lost control of his expression, and went out the door with joy at the corners of his eyes and brows.

The third candidate has a bit of a cold today.

Originally, Blue Star had arranged for her to audition again in a few days.

But she heard that the chief designer of Ming would come for an interview in person today, but she still insisted on coming, and was very unwilling to miss this important opportunity.

Perhaps because of her illness, her role as Russell is not as cold as the first two.

When Aiko died, she was also the one who cried the most, and she had no image.

With the same question, the third candidate thought about it and replied, "I think...Ms. Russell is scared."

Mingyan turned the pen and asked calmly, "She is our 'God of War', do you think she would be afraid of a little boy?"

"Goddess of War" is the nickname given to Russell by Bluestar Studios.

The staff who have been making this game all year round have very deep feelings for the heroine.

The employees in charge of the game's storyline are basically "deeply in love" with Russell.

The candidate sucked his red nose and said, "Because Russell's son died when he was about the same age as Louis, I believe you will not set up a useless plot. Russell must have thought of himself when he saw Louis. Son, but the goal of her mission is to send Louis away...

"And under the cruel background of the last days, Russell has lived alone for a long time, and is used to seeing joys and sorrows. She is full of pessimism, and she knows that she will say goodbye to Louis sooner or later. If the situation is not good, it may be life and death, heaven and man forever.

"Russell is precisely because she is afraid that she will develop deep feelings for Louis because of her empathy, so she is deliberately controlling herself away from Louis. In this way, when parting, she will no longer bear the heart-wrenching pain she once did. Painful."

clap clap.

Mingyan applauded and said, "It's a wonderful interpretation."

The candidate's face was suddenly flushed, and he said with great excitement, "Thank you!"

"But," Ming Yan turned around, "I'm not very satisfied with your previous performance."

After Ming Yan finished speaking, the technical artist of Blue Star Studio gave him a sneaking glance.

—Well, he has never seen the boss look so serious! Quite intimidating!

Ming Yan is a very easy-going person in daily life.

Now he is deliberately creating pressure on the candidate, and there is an obvious explanation: he likes her answer very much and wants to test her ability to withstand pressure.

Sure enough, when the candidate heard Ming Yan's question, he suddenly panicked.

But she quickly calmed down and said, "If you're not satisfied with my previous performance, I can improve it on the spot."

Ming Yan nodded and picked up a very thin manuscript at hand.

Then he picked out a small clip of "Russell rebelled after being defeated by the BOSS", and signaled the other party to perform live.

It's every actor's nightmare to draw questions on the spot, prepare on the spot, and have to audition without actual performances on the spot.

The candidate bit his lip, read the script in just a few lines, and after asking politely, tried to play.

She acted like Russell was knocked to the ground by the boss and then weak after being hit in the abdomen.

Then she saw Louis rushing up to protect herself, and then she was beaten and flew out, her life and death unknown.

Then, Russell exploded his own power.

So far, Ming Yan frowned slightly.

Suddenly, he turned on his phone and picked out a short piece of music to play.

[You buried all the recordings in the backyard,

I'll dig them out again when you don't look.

You can also bury my body in the backyard,

I'll dig myself out when you don't care about me anymore! 】

It is the music composed by Ling Xiaoman.

With the sound of the passionate music, everyone present was aroused.

I saw "Russell" in the center of the room slowly getting up from the ground, covering his abdomen with one hand, kneeling on one knee, and took out his short knife.

Get ready to fight!

—Everyone suddenly felt this emotion.

In an instant, "Russell" suddenly raised his head, and his eyes were full of endless anger and hatred, stabbing everyone's eyes if they were real.

Almost everyone was horrified, and then watched "Russell" violently attack and completely release his abilities.

...Well, "Russell" made a move to release his abilities completely, scratched his head, and said, "I'm done performing, thank you teachers."

Everyone: "…"

Mingyan smiled and said, "Okay, your audition is over. Go back and wait for the news, it won't be later than tomorrow night at the latest."

The candidate bowed to him, sniffed again, and left the room.

After she left, several interviewers glanced at each other.

They are all clear in their hearts: the chief designer of Ming is very optimistic about the last candidate! She should be the last female lead, she didn't run away!

Everyone was tacit.

Ming Yan also asked, "What do you think?"

The teacher from the Actors Guild thought for a while and said, "It's very spiritual. I think her profile is from a drama, and the performance is a little too hard."

At this time, Bluestar's technical artist said: "This is no problem. Originally, the motion and facial expression capture technology cannot capture 100%. Generally, 100% of emotions, we have to require actors to achieve 150%, so that The final result is a more appropriate performance.”

"Then there's no problem."

Everyone also confirmed each other, and basically agreed.

Ming Yan smiled and said to the lawyer: "You can prepare the contract. In addition, the candidate just now, you can ask her if she accepts the role of another female role. She is quite suitable."

In this way, the male and female leading roles of "Blue Star Doomsday" have finally been determined.

Mingyan is also freed from this aspect of work, and the remaining tasks will be handed over to the specialists of the art team.

Art team leader Varian Wrynn will take his place and continue casting the remaining supporting cast.

As for the dragon NPCs in the game, it only needs to temporarily hire a few dragon sets.

One of the advantages of the interstellar age is that the motion capture and CG technologies are relatively mature, and the production process is very simple. It is not a problem to make a set for every NPC that shows their faces.

By the way, there is also a very interesting little actor.

In "Blue Star Doomsday", a dog is expected to make a cameo appearance, and he originally stated that he wanted to rent one directly.

However, the atmosphere of the Blue Star studio was very lively, and several employees said that they had dogs in their homes and wanted to recommend themselves for their furry children.

For the next few days, the entire studio will have dogs to rub every day!

Everyone has always agreed to vote for the selection, and the furry boy who gets the most votes will make a cameo appearance in "Blue Star Doomsday".

Ming Yan was not happy, agreed with their activities, and then prepared a work certificate in advance, and asked the canteen to prepare dog meals for free.

Well, even if he is Mao kid, he has to join Bluestar Studio anyway and is exploited by Boss Ming!

The author has something to say:

Prototype "The Last of Us".