When I scrolled to the comments page, I was surprised to find that no players were criticizing the editor for exaggerating.
In the gaming world of the Sixth Star Province, praising Blue Star's new game is a politically correct thing to do, and no player would think it's excessive... In fact, now more than half of the players can even accept the title of "God of Games" that is openly mentioned.
The most upvoted comment was:
[(Voice cracks) Urging for more updates!!!]
It's clearly a text comment, but why does this person sound like they're sending a voice message? The way they're shouting so loudly that the remaining players can practically empathize with them, and they can't help but give them a thumbs up.
Upon seeing this, Mingyan decisively closed the webpage.
Then, he logged into his blog and saw that the comments section was indeed in terrible condition.
These players are quite genuine; the most popular comments on his blog are those urging him to update.
However, when it came to sending private messages, they all became shy and hesitant, first expressing their boundless love and admiration for Lanxing and Mingyan, and they were very cautious in urging for updates.
In addition, some manufacturers and platforms, without obtaining Mingyan's official contact information, sent formal letters in private messages, wanting to discuss the matter. Mingyan ignored all of these and simply had his secretary handle them once a week.
There are also job seekers who are either preparing for an interview or have already been eliminated, and they may plead with Mingyan here, but these should not be paid any attention to.
Finally, there were some other random requests, like those to advertise, those asking about blog follower counts, and those inviting Mingyan to participate in various events or take on various positions...
Ming said that he basically will not respond to any formal matters on his blog.
Anyway, everyone knows that Chief Designer Ming is extremely busy, so he rarely sees these private messages on time.
After Mingyan logged in this time, he posted a total of eight text images, all of which were about the new game!
[A small task: Thank you all for your concern about my design work. I'm currently struggling with which game to work on first. These ideas came to me during my time stranded on an alien planet, and I'm releasing some concept art for you to preview.]
There are eight text images, and the game hasn't been named yet on any of them.
However, the concept in the sentence above is already very clear, and the main interface of the game has also been roughly sketched in pencil.
These eight game concepts are described as follows:
First, pet collection and battle (augmented reality);
Second, a dark-style 2D survival adventure (Sanity system);
Third, an open-world FPS adventure set in a wasteland;
Fourth, quest-based monster hunting;
Fifth, medieval action RPG (assassination?);
Sixth, turn-based strategy management battle flag;
Seventh, multiplayer competitive battle royale FPS;
Eighth, a turn-based team-based fantasy RPG.
When this blog post was published, players could hardly believe their eyes.
Thanks to the number of followers on Mingyan's personal account, the message has been pushed to billions of blog readers in a short period of time.
Upon seeing these eight pictures, many people pinched themselves hard to make sure they weren't dreaming.
Then I started to freeze...
[Holy crap! Mom, is this person a fairy?!!!!]
Other designers spend their days searching for inspiration; creating a fun game is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This guy... was he commissioned by God to do wholesale?!
[Sorry, devil, I can't call you devil anymore. You should be Satan Lucifer, who has already unified the entire universe...]
[My mouth is watering just looking at these games! Which one should I play first?]
This clearly demonstrates the high level of anticipation players have for the designers.
For other designers, when they release a concept, players will look at it with discerning eyes. If they are interested, that's fine, but if they are not, then there will be very few viewers.
However, for Mingyan, every inspiration he releases is viewed through a different lens by players!
For example, the phrase "pet collection and battle" conjures up images of epic battles with stunning special effects, followed by images of spending countless hours collecting adorable pets, and then images of players worldwide fawning over a particular top-tier pet...
Ah, it must smell delicious!
Chapter 114 Give Fifth Brother a Vote
Harmony is ultimately an illusion.
The constant rivalry and infighting between players is the main theme!
No need to say anything more, I choose 222222222222222222
[No!!! I absolutely must see Lao Liu next year!!! When have you ever seen Chief Designer Ming make a turn-based game? It would definitely be another groundbreaking masterpiece!]
[Gentlemen, draw your swords!!! I will die for Fifth Brother!]
[Get out of my way! Can't you all see that the third installment in the wasteland genre is *Blue Planet Apocalypse 2*? It's time to break the cycle of Blue Planet not knowing how to count to two! I'll take the lead in Blue Planet Apocalypse!]
Releasing eight thematic concepts that are currently being conceived was originally just out of Mingyan's personal motives.
There's absolutely no need to worry about plagiarism or imitation regarding the subject matter; it's something anyone can do—as I said before, game development is never about a momentary inspiration, but about every single factor in every aspect.
Mingyan's original intention in posting this blog was this: