It feels like the top of my head is flying...
[They put their heart into advertising, but... pshaw! They put their heart into the game too! Just watching "White Horse" has already made me a die-hard fan of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!]
The line "Ten steps, one kill; a thousand miles, no trace left" is so vivid; I declare it the most beautiful line of poetry in the entire universe!
[I immediately knelt down. This promotional video is simply a work of art, a gem!!]
What kind of gods live on Earth? If they could just make movies there, they'd probably be the best in the world!
In fact, everyone at Blue Star Studio agrees that the promotional video for "White Horse" should be their masterpiece.
Artistic creation depends on inspiration and passion.
When they were interpreting the ancient poem "The Knight-Errant's Journey", all of them seemed to have been enlightened, overwhelmed by the pure and vast artistic beauty and at a loss for words.
Only when creative inspiration and creative passion are both at their peak can each produce the most perfect work, ultimately completing this work of art.
Even the person in charge of the music posted a blog two days later saying:
[I didn't write this song; I feel it was always there, born to belong to this ancient poem. I simply received a sudden flash of inspiration and brought it to life.]
Of course, it's not just about making promotional videos.
To create a game as large as "Xia Ke Xing" (侠客行), and to include all the local customs and traditions, closely reflecting the corresponding era of the Blue Star civilization... the main creators all need to have a good understanding of it.
At the very least, one must be able to understand the "spirit of chivalry".
To this end, the entire team has actually engaged in closer communication and cooperation with the Blue Star Research Institute.
In particular, most of the planners responsible for copywriting and scriptwriting have already begun to adopt "lifestyle habits of Earth".
Recently, many people have been entering and exiting the Blue Star Building dressed in ancient costumes, and others have become accustomed to it.
The so-called "ancient costume" is actually a pattern from the Blue Star Research Institute. After cooperation and negotiation with clothing manufacturers, a set of everyday clothes more suitable for the people of the star system was made.
In the beginning, everyone was very curious about it, just like they were about meditation, meals, and tea.
However, people gradually got used to it.
One of the story planners became so engrossed in exploring the Earth civilization that he couldn't tear himself away.
He not only developed a passionate love for tea and began studying the "Classic of Tea," but also started staying up all night learning the ancient script of Earth...
Moreover, he's somewhat obsessed with reading history books about Earth's civilizations, and even has a bit of a desire to roll up his sleeves and participate in archaeological excavations!
Fortunately, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is currently in a critical development phase, preventing him from putting his crazy idea into practice—Blue Star is not a safe place right now.
As a result, a trend of learning the ancient script of Earth has emerged in the office.
Blue Star Studio is full of talented people; everyone there is incredibly smart and interesting.
Intelligent people always play intelligent games with each other.
For example, this month they started a competition to see who can learn Chinese characters faster!
Schrödinger first came up with this outrageous idea. As a programming guru, he was very confident in his skills and efficiency in learning "languages".
It turns out that he is indeed quite intelligent; he learned more than 800 Chinese characters in just one month!
Yes, he is currently recognized as the best in Blue Star Studio.
—Of course, this does not include the fact that he explicitly stated he did not participate in this "competition".
The second highest-ranked is naturally the story planner, who now has boundless enthusiasm.
Whether programmers truly have an advantage in this area or not, the third-ranked programmer is Horace, a backend programming guru... He didn't focus on learning how to write Chinese characters, but instead mastered everyday language first.
He is now able to communicate to some extent with several PhDs at the Blue Star Research Institute!
Like this—
Horace: "Good morning. How are you?"
Doctor: "Good morning. I'm fine, thank you. And you?"
Horace: "Me too!"
Whenever they heard them communicating like that, everyone else would show expressions of admiration, thinking Horace was incredibly awesome.
At this moment, Mingyan said: "..."
He was really struggling to hold back his laughter.
In recent statements, it has been made clear that the second phase of development for "Xia Ke Xing" has been handed over to the main creative team.
He then looked around at what he had accomplished over the past two months.
Yes, his notebook now contains more than ten game design ideas and more than twenty thematic ideas...
Those who know the truth will understand that his spaceship crashed; those who don't might think he went out to gather inspiration!
The fact that I gained so much after being "lost" for two months is something other designers in the industry might envy and want to get lost themselves.
Mingyan has even brought one of his ideas to life as an actual game.
He named it "Wormhole Waves," which not only explains the background of the entire game but also serves as a memento of his two months of being lost.
The game content is very small, with not many art assets. It just looks like a spaceship model flying around outside many automatically generated galaxy models.