However, considering that there are not many senior staff members in the studio who can mentor newcomers, we can only recruit 5 more interns this year, who will be assigned to various teams.
After the graduation ceremony in May, Ling Xiaoman from the music academy finally reported to Blue Star.
Both of her songs have been sold in their entirety to Blue Star, and one of them has already been used in the latest promotional video for League of Legends.
They've released a new retro rock-style skin and a new class!
The promotional video is essentially a music video, with the visuals perfectly matching the rhythm of the music.
Everyone who listened couldn't help but nod and sway their heads along to the beat, their emotions running high.
The new class was launched and received a very positive response within the studio, with the balance being designed very well.
However, players' understanding is ultimately no match for that of designers.
They are still in the exploratory stage, resulting in a pitiful win rate of only 39% for the new profession within a week, which is truly heartbreaking.
Some players jokingly mocked the designer, saying: "They put their heart into making the music video, but used their feet to maintain the balance."
Once you start using this meme, you can't stop; the comments section of the music video is full of this phrase.
Do you really think designers don't use video websites?
Actually, every designer likes to secretly read the comments and bullet screen messages!
The barrage of comments clearly shows someone secretly enjoying themselves.
But the designer who created the new profession was very angry.
—If you play poorly and can't grasp the essence of the new profession, why blame the designer?
—If this job was personally designed by Chief Designer Ming, you wouldn't dare call it that!
After thinking for a moment, Mingyan gave a reassuring smile: "Then let's change one skill and buff it slightly. Once the win rate reaches the expected level, we can nerf it again, it's the same thing."
Seeing his smile, all the designers present couldn't help but smile knowingly.
One week later.
Mingyan personally designed a very powerful skill for the new profession: it can absorb all damage from the front for a certain period of time.
Then, with the new class receiving an epic buff, and high-level players already discovering its true gameplay and numerous strategies...
This week, my win rate has risen to 61%!
It has completely become a major bug that disrupts the game's balance!
In matchmaking games where bans are not allowed, this class is completely dominating, leaving low-level players who don't know how to counter it crying out in despair.
What's most egregious is that they have absolutely no ability to resist, and their skills are easily blocked.
And then it began—
[Waaaaah, 10,000 people are petitioning for the removal of this new class!]
[Gan Linliang's nonsense! One 20-second skill can block five of our 200-second ultimate abilities!]
Who the hell said this thing was weak back then! Are you happy now?!
[Are you kidding me, Chief Designer Ming, that you can't do balance?]
In the new weekly meeting, we saw the player feedback.
Mingyan dismissed the matter with satisfaction, saying casually, "The problem is solved. Let's start weakening it."
The designer asked in a low voice, "Should we revert the skill mechanics back?"
Mingyan smiled and said, "Of course I won't change it. You get what you ask for. They'll soon find happiness in their new profession. After all, I'm not some kind of devil."
Everyone: "..." Boss, you know your own nickname!
After the weekly meeting, everyone at Blue Star Studio had to go back to their own small meetings.
Due to the gradual increase in the number of employees, flat management is no longer suitable.
Blue Star is now divided into several groups: planning group, programming group, art group, sound effects group, testing group, and marketing group.
The daily morning meetings and weekly meetings are conducted by Mingyan, the group leaders, and all the designers.
After that, the team leader will go back and hold a small meeting within each team to convey the instructions from above and manage the daily work.
This also means that Mingyan no longer needs to run around and personally supervise every aspect of the development process.
Then Mingyan happily returned to his little dark room.
Yes, closed-loop development is a good thing.
Before long, the ALPHA version of "Blue Star Apocalypse" will be available for internal testing.
When I talked to Xia Cheng about the idea for this game before, he seemed very excited.
When he thought of Xia Cheng, Mingyan subconsciously glanced at his phone.
Unexpectedly, this glance revealed 12 missed calls on the silent phone, all from Xia Cheng.
Clearly stated: "?"
He picked up his phone and quickly walked out of the small dark room.