Otherworldly Architect (The Strongest Game Architect)

v3 Chapter 207: Launcher test

Naturally, the Bluestar platform will not be available so soon, and it will take some time for research and development and operation.

Before the research and development is completed, the first task is to let players understand the role of the Blue Star account first.

The current Bluestar account is basically only used to log in to Bluestar's games, official website and forums.

Every account at Bluestar will record every operation from the beginning, including confidential information, online status, game purchase and download records, violation records, forum speeches, and more.

This is also the traditional practice of every game company, making it very convenient for players.

As a platform, a Bluestar account must at least have functions such as storing currency, purchasing other games, downloading and updating management, and connecting to payment channels.

Of course, there needs to be a massive number of games on the platform, as well as some of the first games.

It is also necessary to regularly give fair and reasonable recommendations and traffic to these games, which requires its own outstanding traffic diversion ability.

There are so many game platforms in the world, but Atlas and IPP are so big that they dare to ask for more than 50% of the platform fee, there is a reason.

The designers of Blue Star have made a lot of games, but they have never made a platform, and they feel very fresh for a while.

What does a design platform need?

The game planners gathered around laughing and laughing:

"We may have to introduce a batch of games, and we also have to have professional evaluations. By the way, we can also put the evaluations of the League A, as well as the player ratings-three sets of evaluations came at once, which are very professional."

"Finally it's our turn to recommend it. I'm going to hug and hold my favorite game high, hehe."

"Isn't the most important function of the platform a discount!!"

"Ah, yes! We also have to consider discounts!"

"All the previous games can be put in, and the discount will be determined according to the chronological order. I guess there is no problem with a Blue Star launcher."

The designers are still discussing the "starter", over there, Ming Yan's plan for the starter has already come out.

This thing is easy, and Blue Star's big-shot programmers even need a few days to complete it.

That is, when each player logs into the Blue Star account, they will automatically enter a custom virtual space.

Coincidentally, a new game, codenamed "Hunting" recently, is still in development.

The studio invited a group of well-connected players and fans to test some initial content, and now they have come to help test the "Blue Star Launcher".

At first, players heard that this thing was going to be tested, and they all felt very relaxed and fun.

"The launcher should also be tested? Is it to see if it looks good or not?"

"Dad Blue Star is so serious. I didn't know that every game requires at least seven or eight rounds of testing, tsk tsk."

"So, the launcher is about to be updated. I was actually quite reluctant to let the blue sky and white clouds interface before..."

The previous Bluestar Launcher was just a simple page with no functionality, just guiding players into any game.

But the current Bluestar launcher can still log in with a VR device.

After the player chose to start, he came to a virtual space in an instant——

The AI ​​butler prompted in a soft female voice: "Welcome home, player 'Test No. 021'."

Then what appeared in front of him was a three-dimensional, dynamic blue sky and white clouds, just like a brand new virtual game.

And in the middle of the blue sky and white clouds, there is a simple wooden house.

The AI ​​butler reminds the player that he can switch the appearance of his cabin and the entire dynamic background at any time. There are currently three initial images, which are:

The current prairie cabins, cloud top houses, and sea view villas.

The prairie wooden house is the simplest, full of the style of nature. At first glance, it feels like the sky and the land are vast, which makes people feel more expansive.

The Genting House is a "house" flying on the clouds. In fact, the appearance is more similar to a classical ship flying in the sea of ​​clouds. The oars are like stirring the clouds.

The sea view villa is a house built on the seabed at a depth of 100 meters. You can go up and down the seabed through a sightseeing elevator. One wall of the house is completely transparent alloy glass, so you can have a panoramic view of the seabed.

In the initial scene, each house has already placed the corresponding game.

The AI ​​butler guides players step by step, allowing them to learn to use various props to log in to different games.

By the way, they were taught to buy a new game called "hunting", watching the new game become a compound bow hanging on the wall, and they could touch the bow at any time to open that new game.

Hmm... Of course, it can't be opened at the moment, and the purchase process is just an appearance.

Of course, if the player prefers a simpler and more rude way, there is also a main control panel where you can directly select the game you want to play without having to perform such a "realistic" operation.

On the main control panel, you can also choose to open the "build" and "arrangement" modes, which can respectively modify the house terrain and built-in furniture of this starter.

Taking the sea view villa as an example, players can buy a lighting package, which currently seems to be only 6.66 yuan, or just use 66 mall points.

Some test players directly turned the "Blue Star Launcher" into a "building simulator", and buried thousands of lights in the seascape outside the house.

As long as you turn on the main switch, you can see the continuous lights on the bottom of the sea, like the sparks on the mountains at night, shining through a blue water, as beautiful as a dream.

When it comes to shopping mall points, Blue Star is really conscientious.

Whenever a player uses a Bluestar account for any form of reversal, they can get mall points at a ratio of 1:10, and mall points can be directly exchanged for most of the goods.

Players: What's the difference between this and buy one get one free! ! !

How could a Blue Star player never buy a Blue Star game in their pocket, but as long as they have, they can directly see thousands or even tens of thousands of points lying there quietly when they open the page.

The points can even be directly used to book the next game of Bluestar, 340 points can be directly used as a deposit of 34 yuan!

And as long as the new game is pre-ordered, a huge shopping mall gift package will be sent immediately.

When I opened the gift bag, I saw the background and furniture of the new game linkage——

Directly unlocks the fourth set of background appearances of the Blue Star Launcher: the tree house in the rainforest, and animals such as squirrels from other worlds will randomly appear in this background.

Unlocks a set of jungle wood furniture, mosquito nets, and a pug and pet that can be placed at home.

The avatar of the player account is unlocked.

Give away an ornament from "League of Legends" and "Xia Xing Xing" - the Hunter's Longbow.

And the hunter's longbow, which is the "ontology" of the game, is already hanging in the house.

That's about all the content that the Blue Star Launcher has produced so far.

At this time, Blue Star's art team is still working overtime because they have a wonderful inspiration!

They also want to make a space station-themed background cabin directly, and they are also urging programmers to give players greater construction rights.

In the future, players may be able to build houses and backgrounds directly, instead of choosing from a fixed theme.

Just like in Minecraft, arbitrarily determine the structure, material, appearance, color, etc. of the house, and even change the terrain outside the house.

Designers, artists, and programmers are all eagerly waiting for the test feedback from the first batch of players.

Unexpectedly, in their feedback report, in addition to sincere rainbow farts and suggestions, most of the players are still howling:

【You don't want to have a meal again! ! ! 】

[Daily task: Worrying about Blue Star's father starving himself to death (1/1)]

[Buy one, get one free, and give me a big gift bag for nothing, I'm really convinced—no wonder, I'm so **** off! ! 】

[I'm always worried that Blue Star can't make money, what should I do? quq]

【? ? ? ? ? How exactly do you make money? ? ? 】

Designers are also full of question marks: "???"

Our players seem to have little faith in our profitability.

And Bluestar Launcher doesn't make money, isn't it normal?

Whose launcher can make a lot of money? !

Our point and mall system is actually just to pave the way for the launcher to transform into a Bluestar platform...

In the Blue Star starter, outside the hut, there is also a "farming system" that is being developed.

After hearing about the dilemma of the starter test, the designers of the farming system couldn't help but hold a small meeting with coffee.

Designers are cruel:

"How about... let's price fertilizer more expensive?"

"Then... 6 cents a bag!"

"My God, can players accept such an outrageous price? After all, a bag can only be used on one field, and it's only a 10% increase in the product."

in a low voice) Well, then, that's still 30 cents a bag."

Then, the players who came to test the next day heard that there was another farming system, and they all geared up.

"What??? Free watering? A ploughing machine and a harvesting machine for the prologue?"

Screaming) Fertilizer is only 3 cents a bag!!! Don't want to live!!!"

They looked at the 8868 yuan luxury gift package (only one resource) from the Tulong Baodao studio next door, and looked at the mall on Blue Star's side.

Well, the most expensive item is the 68 yuan annual membership, which is free to use all startup scenarios.

Also, points can be redeemed.

On the second day of the test, players were heartbroken:

【hurry up! ! ! Give me a lesson on Tulong Baodao next door! ! ! The study of digging the wall and stealing light! ! ! Your mall is absolutely not good, I protest! ! ! 】

[You can also think of fertilizer for 3 cents? Give me his meow for 30 yuan a bag! Right now! 】

[Buying the mall is only more than 400 yuan? ? I bought the Blue Star Game Collector's Edition and now, he has enough points. 】

【……Ugh. (Hate iron is not steel.jpg)]