In this way, Bluestar Studio's new project "Assassin" also quietly started work in secret.

In the early development stage of a game, designers always have to have a complete design case first.

At present, Mingyan has provided the basic concept of the game and the general main storyline. The next thing to do is to cooperate with the heads of each part to discuss each detailed module.

In these modules, there are main quests, plots, game maps, models of protagonists and important NPCs, CG animations, dubbing and soundtracks, combat systems, screen performance, performance optimization... There are so many things to consider.

Therefore, to do a good job in a game is really not something that a planning team can handle, it must have a qualified team.

It's like whether a film is good or not, not the director alone can decide.

In the initial design time, we can see that the designers of Bluestar have officially entered the "Walking Dead" stage.

On the contrary, programmers and artists have come to the stage of "high spirits". They only need to tap the keyboard every day, fix small bugs, and watch the designers work hard into the small dark room.

Varian often held a cup of coffee, stood beside the busy designers, and sighed slowly: "Ah, life and death, reincarnation is endless..."

...

Busy time always goes by quickly.

When Mingyan raised his head from the endless design cases, the secretary reminded him that he had news to report——

A League has finally released the evaluation report of "Xia Ke Xing"!

Ming Yan was still a little horrified when he heard the news, and said, "Could it be that a month has passed since I didn't pay attention?"

According to the experience of previous years, the reflex arc of the League A is always so long. It takes at least two months after a new game comes out. Let their evaluators slowly experience it, and then release the evaluation report carefully.

For some games with a large volume, they have to assign several evaluators to experience them together;

Some games with very high ratings will enter the second round of experience in the League A, or simply convene multiple reviewers to vote.

And Bluestar's games are often the latter...

This time, the volume of "Xia Ke Xing" is quite large. Until now, no player has reached the full level of 60 in the public beta. The game content has just been consumed by these hundreds of millions of players.

Therefore, when Mingyan heard that the League A has issued a report, he subconsciously thought that the public beta had been started for about three months.

But in fact, this is the time when the fifth season of "League of Legends" starts, that is to say, the situation at the end of November, just over two months have passed.

The secretary said: "It seems that there are many evaluators in the League A Association who started the game experience in advance..."

Well, Ming Yan didn't know. In fact, this time the League A Association has not yet assigned experience tasks. Many reviewers have already reported in advance, hoping to evaluate Bluestar's new game——

The reason is very simple, because they went in and played on the first day of the open beta.

Anyway, the experience has been experienced, and I don't judge it for nothing.

How many jobs are there in the world that can be both happy and fulfilling, while earning fame and money? Reviewing Bluestar's game is definitely one of them!

Even some of the evaluators kept their names incognito and selected Blue Star's qualifications for the first round of internal testing that year, but unfortunately they were not so lucky.

This time, the League A's score for "Knight's Xing" is very interesting, with a score of 9.5.

A score of 9.5 is definitely in the platinum hall of the game, and it has the potential to compete for the best of the year...

However, looking at Blue Star's various games, except for "Minecraft" and "League of Legends", which are also rated at 9.5, "Blue Star Doom" and "Soul of Mortal" are all well-known "outstanding masterpieces" what.

If you say it, many people may have their jaw dropped.

The 9.5-point score that is so sought after by other manufacturers has made many excellent game designers spend half their lives seeking top-notch evaluations. In Bluestar Studio, it has become a score that needs to be reviewed at a meeting.

Blue Star's designers are heartbroken. Sitting in the office, the atmosphere has never been so solemn.

"Why did we get the lowest score for "Xia Ke Xing", which took us the longest to develop? What is the problem?"

Hmm... that's right.

9.5 points is really one of the lowest ratings ever for Blue Star Studios... !

At this time, Mingyan also read the evaluation report of the League A, and their title is as follows:

[Bluestar's new theme online game "Xia Ke Xing" evaluation report: 9.5 points, the future can be expected. 】

[Screen performance: 10 points, impeccable]

[Music sound effects: 10 points, amazing]

[Plot experience: 8.5 points, looking forward to progress]

[Game fun: 9.5 points, innovating and bringing forth new ones]

[Content depth: 10 points, exotic style]

Bluestar Studio, which has always been good at plot performance, was deducted by as much as 1.5 points in the "plot experience" section, which significantly lowered the overall score.

This made the planners in charge of the plot design bow their heads in shame.

But Ming Yan didn't blame them, but looked at the details in the evaluation report and fell into deep thought.

This is because several planners are obviously also interstellar people, and their understanding of the ancient culture of Blue Star is only two months longer than the players. Of course, they can't have high expectations for their achievements.

In fact, in the main storyline of "Xia Ke Xing", there are still many elements that clearly stated that he would personally help.

However, he is not a professional screenwriter, and he does not have much working time to participate, so this part is indeed the weak link of "Xing Xing".

But when it comes to weakness, in fact, the plot of the Xia Ke Xing is extremely full.

And the reason why the evaluator gave 8.5 points is that the current version of "Xia Ke Xing" does not give players any space to participate!

The current setting of the entire game is: level 10 is a fledgling novice, level 20 is a gangster, level 30 is barely a third-rate master...

And level 60, the full-level player of the public beta version, can be regarded as a first-class master in the arena.

But this is not the case with the NPCs of "Xia Ke Xing". First of all, the heads of each sect are master-level masters ranging from 70 to 80. There are also masters of the sky ranking above 80 in seclusion all over the map.

This leads to: Players can participate in many plots, but they cannot greatly change the situation of the whole arena. After all, their strength is there! No one has reached the full level yet!

This feeling of "inability to participate in the main line" is the biggest reason why the evaluators finally gave 8.5 points after negotiation.

At the planning meeting, after analyzing the deep-seated reasons, Ming Yan quickly led everyone to discuss the next round of updates.

Blue Star Studio has always been rewarding and punishing, but never spends too much time criticizing the mistakes of employees.

Ming Yan is a forward-looking person. When he encounters any problem, he is not blaming or blaming first. First, he must find a solution——

"Let's launch the expansion film "The Rise of Mojiao" in the next version, and open the upper limit of the player's level to 70."

"Well, the new expansion opens up a lot of random adventure events, allowing players below level 60 to level up faster. At level 70, they should be able to participate in the main storyline."

As mentioned earlier, in fact, Blue Star has been preparing for the research and development of the new expansion.

This time it's just a little bit earlier than expected.

Correspondingly, the new project "Assassin" will be transferred to a group of people, which makes the project manager move back its estimated launch time by two months.

It seems that the next new game can only be released at the end of next year.

Amitabha, everyone is very grateful to Master Ming for not rushing to release the concept of a new game!

Otherwise, those crazy players might want to eat them...

The next day, on the official website of Blue Star, the A League's evaluation report on "Xing Xing" was published as usual.

But the most annoying thing is that at the bottom of the announcement, a collective picture of all the designers bowing their heads to apologize——

In a literal sense, all the designers stood in two rows facing the camera, each wearing their own avatar mask, and the one headed by Ming Yan bowed his head to the camera in a gesture of repentance.

With text: [Sorry players! We only have 9.5 points! 】

There is also a review below, written by the boss of the plot planning team.

He sincerely regretted his inadequacies in his work, and almost cried bitterly and begged the players for forgiveness.

Even in the photo, there is a white sign hanging on his body with the words "I'm sorry".

And the players: "..."

Seeing the players here, many people are directly Spartan!

Crackling in the comments below:

【? ? ? ? ? 】

[We came to congratulate you for getting 9.5 points, but you apologized for us here? ! 】

[This must be a joke, or I haven't woken up yet! 】

[I seem to have seen the top student when the exam came out, shook my head and said, "Ah, I failed the exam again", I really want to punch him in the face to help him repent...]

【Aren't you satisfied with 9.5 points! Aren't you all nominated for Game of the Year! ! Are you keeping other designers alive? 】

[I, the forum I came to celebrate, turned out to be stunned. My special meow... Who told me whether to open this celebratory post now? Or should we replace it with the condemnation building? ? ? 】

God knows that the designers are really remorseful, and the plot planners also apologized in the circle of friends.

Maybe this is the experience of being in the honors class.

Just like an exam, he was indeed the worst one in the class. Everyone else scored 100 points. Only he scored 85 points. Of course, he would feel guilty and feel sorry for the teachers' cultivation.

Most importantly, it also lowered the class average!

But when this sentence spread to other classes, people couldn't understand his psychology at all.

[I am the planner of Tingxi next door, and I have already called the police. You guys, Lan Xing, are going too far. I am so angry that my hands are shaking as I type, and I am crying! ! 】