Staff: "..." He looks like a baby who's been given a pacifier?!
The players in this test all exhibited this problem of "actively extending game time" to varying degrees.
Even after the game ended, many people were still not satisfied.
Even while answering the survey, they were still emotionally affected by the game experience.
Many people waved their arms and said:
"I'll be able to take down another boss soon!"
"I've just entered the era of mass-producing quantum chips, and I have a fantastic plan to place nuclear power plants!"
"This new magic is so much fun! You have no idea what I did! I combined the properties of 'transformation' and 'touch' to create a 'super transformation spell' that can turn every animal I touch into a teapot! A teapot, you know? Hahahahahahaha..."
I couldn't stop laughing.
The rating system simply couldn't contain the enthusiasm of these players.
They even spontaneously wrote short essays in the final "Suggestions and Feedback" section, where they were free to express their opinions!
[Chief Designer Ming! I'm your biggest fan! A super super fan! A super super super super fan! The games you make are truly amazing. I spent a month playing them every night...]
This is the style of simplicity.
[OMG! What kind of divine game design is this?! Ming must be a god of games! This mod is like poppy seeds, so addictive! You won't find anything like it anywhere else in the world...]
This is just empty flattery.
(Mingyan secretly pressed the shutter button to take a picture.)
[Hurry up and release it! This game is so fun, and you're making us wait another week to play it? Are you deliberately torturing the players? Mr. Ming, I wish you had eight more heads and ten more arms, so you could make twenty games a month! If you can't, then I have a little black room club I can recommend to you...]
This is a case of "pink turning black" (meaning turning sour when one is already in a bad mood)...
Mingyan silently put the evaluation report down.
The evaluation results were somewhat unexpected.
The "Age of Doom" mod is quite difficult, and the later the bosses become increasingly harder to defeat, as do the spells that are harder to acquire and upgrade.
Unexpectedly, after experiencing it, these players felt a great sense of satisfaction because of the higher difficulty in obtaining the item.
They unanimously gave "the Dharma-ending Age" a higher score! Some even directly exposed the rating table!
There was no other way; the evaluation team had to go against their principles.
They added a plus sign after the highest "S" rating, making it an "S+" level module.
Seeing the players' effusive praise, Mingyan was moved.
It seems the interstellar people's capacity to endure hardship is higher than he imagined...
He thought for a moment and then gave a kind smile.
...
At the end of the month, Bluestar's official website was officially updated to version 2.0.
And finally, the option to "Register a Blue Star account" appeared on their homepage!
After nearly three years, this pure and unpretentious studio has finally given fans a way home.
The players were almost moved to tears!
Immediately, it was a series of four consecutive announcements: "It's a joyous occasion," "It's delightful," "It's a cause for celebration," and "It's a cause for renown."
What's even more touching is that Chief Designer Ming, who had once again disappeared for nearly half a year, was gone again.
He made a new move—
Although it wasn't a new game release, it was still a big event.
Minecraft has updated to a new version, making the "mod creation tool" available for free download. It has also opened game-related forums, allowing players to play, discuss, and share new mods on their platforms.
There's no need to rush to ask "What are modules?" The two flagship modules personally created by Bluestar have already been updated below.
That is “Medieval Technology” and “The End of Dharma”.
Moreover, the credits on the side, besides the art team leader Varian, the programming team leader, and a few others that players are already familiar with, also include other names.
And Mingyan's name too!
He is the designer and producer of the module!
So what's the difference between these two 30GB modules and the two expansion packs that Mingyan personally worked on?
There's no way!
The players' enthusiasm was immediately ignited.
Based on recognition of Mingyan's design capabilities, the number of downloads for both modules exceeded expectations on the first day of their release.
— Over the past two years, Minecraft has accumulated a staggering 20 billion downloads.
It has broken historical records such as "indie game downloads", "indie game sales revenue", and "highest ranking of an indie game".
Its players have also contributed historical records such as "longest single game time", "fastest completion", "most popular game commentary video", "most popular game forum", and "longest in-game walking distance".