The players were all dressed up in festive decorations, and there was a lot of activity everywhere – especially under the logo of the Blue Star Building, where groups of Ming Cult followers were taking photos and making pilgrimages.
This is especially true online.
[Waaaaah, the leader is finally back! I'm going to keep my promise and start dieting...]
[It's good to be back! Even if there aren't any new games, it's okay. Get some rest.]
[My heart aches, the leader looks thinner.]
Let's rest for a couple more days. There's no rush to get back to work; we can wait.
God knows, Mingyan has never seen such a kind player!
Not only did they stop urging for updates, but they also showed concern and care, and didn't even care that the new game might be delayed!
Is this a player Mingyan knows?
The people at Blue Star Studio were also very shocked.
Ling Xiaoman was incredibly moved and posted on her blog: "You guys are so kind. Actually, we didn't delay the development schedule much, because it was just so boring on the spaceship, so we actually finished some systems beforehand."
Therefore, Ling Xiaoman, the youngest, is a very honest person; she has spoken the truth.
But the comments under this blog post took a sudden turn!
What?! Some systems are already complete? When will you actually conduct the first closed beta test, and when will you draw lucky players?
[We need more updates! We were promised twenty games a year, and the first one this year hasn't even been released yet!]
When will we be able to play the Hero mode?
"..." Ling Xiaoman was in tears.
She shouldn't have touched that sensitive nerve of the players.
As it turns out, players who urge for more updates are more ruthless than the devil...
On the other hand, after getting used to the players' urging for updates, everything is actually fine.
Varian happily interacted with the players.
A player asked: [Which systems are completed? Please give me spoilers!]
Varian replied, "There are a lot of things I can't spoil. But the starting area is finished, the skill system framework is mostly complete, and a few life skills are all that's left."
Varian is now the most active member of Blue Star Studio in terms of social media activity.
Not only do players enjoy coming to him to "act cute," but many colleagues also occasionally go over to join in the fun.
For example, a player asked: "Which system do you think is the best? The most complete? The most fun?"
Under this question, all colleagues spoke in unison.
Varian: [Cooking!]
Ling Xiaoman: [Delicious!]
Kevin: [Food!!! (A drooling emoji)]
Players: "???"
Therefore, the first system completed in *Xia Ke Xing*, a MMORPG game with an exotic setting, was...
eat?
Players who learned of this spoiler were a bit confused.
Everyone was so happy during the Lunar New Year holiday.
But after the holiday, it's time to get back to work.
Mingyan, showing consideration for the employees who had been stranded abroad, extended their holidays by three days, while he himself tested the functional modules they had completed in a small dark room.
The development of "Xia Ke Xing" has quietly reached 30%, and the first promotional video should have been released long ago.
Because Mingyan had previously stated that he had disappeared for two months, the promotional video is only now being released.
—It's called "The White Horse".
The entire first promotional video is produced with top-notch CG and rendered in the style of traditional Chinese ink painting.
The ink painting style is quite rare in the interstellar era, but Earth has long been accustomed to using this unique art style—for example, the stop-motion animation trailer for "The End of the Blue Star" and the black-and-white silent film style of "The Soul of Mortals" are both very impressive.
The same applies to the first promotional video for "The Wandering Swordsman".
The first thing that appears on the screen is a series of still life paintings that switch back and forth, allowing the viewer to gradually adapt to the visual style and enter the rhythm at a leisurely pace.
[Zhao guest wears a silk tassel, Wu hook shines like frost and snow.]
A silver saddle shines on a white horse, swift as a shooting star.
In the painting, the white trail of the tassel trails in the line of sight, the long sword shines brightly in its sheath, and a white horse leans quietly against a tree.
The music is soft and mysterious, the sound of an ancient, melodious, and soothing bamboo flute.
As the music played, someone suddenly drew a sword from its sheath.
A long sword, like a rainbow, flashed across the screen, revealing the figure of a man in white.