Mingyan: "..." Okay, whatever makes you happy.
Kerry has not done anything illegal or disorderly; it's just that his words and actions are rather unpleasant.
He didn't get to the core content of League of Legends, he only played with a rough ALPHA model, so there's no need to worry about leaks or anything like that.
Varian Wrynn soon officially joined the company.
After a few days of getting to know each other, Mingyan immediately threw herself into the intense research and development phase.
Yes, closed-loop development.
Varian clocks in and out every day, and receives extra pay for overtime.
Mingyan was in a terrible situation; he held multiple positions and had to work day and night.
For several months, I had very few opportunities to sleep at home.
In the end, he wore two holes in the temporary cot he bought, so he simply hired someone to move his own bed out of the house and slept right next to the computer.
Every day, whether I open my eyes or close them, it's the same thing.
Once, while brushing his teeth, Mingyan was thinking about designing a new skill and unknowingly squeezed face wash onto his toothbrush. He didn't realize the foam was wrong until he finished brushing and spat it out...
After that, Mingyan didn't dare to turn on video when communicating with Xia Cheng.
The dark circles under my eyes were so bad that I was afraid they would scare people.
The main purpose of the communication was to borrow a marketing person.
Xia Cheng: "You've been working on this for months, and you still haven't hired a marketing person?"
Mingyan sighed and said, "Small studios are hard to find."
Small studios don't have many resources or channels, so doing marketing sometimes feels like a miserable door-to-door sales effort. Many marketers are afraid of being blamed or being abandoned after using someone, so they're not willing to join in.
In the end, Xia Cheng borrowed a marketing girl from Mingyan.
It was called a "loan," but in reality, it meant that IPP was dispatched to Blue Star Studio to carry out the promotion and distribution work for "League of Legends."
In order to borrow this girl, Mingyan even signed an initial agreement with Xia Cheng.
League of Legends will definitely premiere on the IPP platform.
Furthermore, Blue Star Studio currently does not have its own platform and account system, so it still needs to borrow IPP's account to bind and log in.
He said clearly, "Thanks, I owe you another favor."
Xia Cheng laughed and said, "No need for favors. We should cooperate on publicity anyway, it's nothing. Just remember to return the favor to me."
He bluntly stated, "Do you think I'm a human trafficker?"
Xia Cheng: "That young girl likes handsome guys like you who look respectable. I'm afraid she'll fall for you and won't want to come back."
Mingyan chuckled and asked, "So, do you like seemingly respectable but actually handsome young men?"
Xia Cheng paused for a moment and said, "...I can't stand it, you shameless old fossil, you win."
...
Nine months later.
Before we knew it, the year was coming to an end.
At this time, the most classic event in the gaming industry should be the "Game of the Year" evaluation conference of the A-League.
However, the most important awards still belong to otherworldly games, with all VR games competing for the "Best VR Game of the Year" award.
This award nominated BlueStar Studio's Minecraft.
Mingyan is currently busy developing a new game and didn't attend the final awards ceremony at all.
He also knew that Minecraft was not the final, complete version and could not compete with a true platinum-level production.
Perhaps only after the mod community is fully established will Minecraft be revitalized, and may even amaze the world with a VR game.
...
Eight months later.
Scene from the third closed beta test of League of Legends.
Outside the sealed room, Mingyan, Varian, and the remaining staff stood nervously behind the glass, recording important data in their notebooks.
Only the two programmers who joined later are still outside making final adjustments.
With 28 minutes into the game, the two teams encountered each other in the jungle and engaged in a team fight, which ended in a fierce battle with a 3-for-5 exchange.
With the Baron buff, the Blue Team pushed forward and eventually destroyed the Red Team's base crystal.
"yeah!!!"
As the final basic attack was unleashed, the screen froze, and the blue team player excitedly stood up and shouted.
The red team slammed their fist on the table in frustration, still reeling from their mistake in the final team fight.
Some people quickly calmed down and walked out of the testing room.
This is the last set of closed beta tests. There were 19 more matches before this one, and the data for each one has been recorded.