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Chapter 476 Demo
Zhou Yang also went through a lot of ideological struggle: "How about calling it "The Star of Ice and Fire"?
"After all, our game needs to highlight the two extreme environments of severe cold and extreme heat."

Lilith's mouth twitched slightly: "Next."

She was obviously not happy with the name.

Su Tong thought for a moment: "Ms. Li, I am also bad at naming...

“I think, how about calling it “Star Project”? Although it doesn’t directly reflect the characteristics and gameplay of the game, our game itself is all-encompassing.

“The stars symbolize the sea of ​​stars, and the plan refers to the grand plan of escaping from the comet and entering the universe.

"After all, the ultimate goal of this game is to leave this planet and find a new home in the sea of ​​stars."

Lilith nodded slightly: “Hmm…it sounds good.

"What do you think, Mr. Gu?"

Gu Fan thought about it carefully and said, "I think these three names are all good.

“But I would prefer Project Star.

"Because...it would be more confusing."

Lilith thought for a moment and said, "Hmm? That makes sense!"

Obviously, "Project Star" is not close to the actual situation of this game.

Because at first glance, the Star Project is a very bright and grand word, and players' first impression must be development and construction, creating automated production lines, and ultimately conquering the universe.

Are these things included in the game? Of course.

But it only accounts for half of the content.

The other half of the content is about the extreme natural environment, the infighting political system, and the catastrophic disaster that could come at any time.

These contents may cause players to have a lot of negative emotions, which cannot be seen from the name.

Lilith does not plan to make a big fanfare during the promotion, but instead wants to give players a surprise.

For example, from the beginning, players are only told that this is a two-player cooperative game, and the head of state and the consul are responsible for different tasks respectively.

But players will not be told that these two positions will actually hinder each other, and even engage in intrigue and mutual betrayal.

Severe cold, scorching heat and being captured by a planet are scary, but even scarier are the stupid teammates.

Therefore, "Star Project" is actually a rather confusing name. If combined with publicity methods, it may be able to collect more negative emotions.

The name of this game doesn’t necessarily have to be particularly appropriate!

Thinking of this, Lilith immediately decided: "Okay, let's decide on this name!
“Everyone should get busy, do your job, and hurry up to produce a playable demo.

"The development speed this time will definitely be faster than Blood of Lies!"

Similar strategy-based business simulation games are not actually very large in size, and the difficulty of development is not very high.

Many similar games are made by small independent teams.

Now Against the Heaven has a strong team with sufficient personnel, and the outsourced team has gone through sufficient running-in in the process of developing "Blood of Lies", so developing this kind of game is naturally easy.

It’s better to release a trial demo and a promotional video first to stir up the hype.

When it is officially released, we will give players a big surprise.

……

……

One month later, in Shanghai, Chuangda Technology.

"Has the demo for the new game been completed? Pretty fast."

After receiving the demo file, Wei Chengjie couldn't help but look forward to the new game even more.

He was not idle during this month.

After the successful collaboration on "Blood of Lies", Chuangda Technology has clearly tasted the sweetness.

Therefore, we signed a formal agreement with Nitiantang and became Nitiantang's exclusive outsourcing studio.

This can be said to be a win-win situation for both parties.

Chuangda Technology can not only obtain higher prices than outsourcing other projects, but also carry out work more stably without worrying about having no food to eat or having too many projects to take on.

The Against the Heaven game can expand its scale and further increase the speed of game development.

Of course, this cooperation model has a prerequisite, that is, the game of Against the Heaven's Glory must continue to make profits, or at least not incur huge losses.

However, after the success of "Blood of Lies", both parties are full of confidence in this cooperation model.

Wei Chengjie took a quick look at the game demo.

The game "Star Project" itself is not very large, and almost all the game content takes place on a comet.

Although in the later stages of the game, players can send interstellar fleets to nearby planets to mine resources and even colonize them, that is already a very late stage after all.

In the face of various natural disasters, it remains to be seen whether the players can hold on until then.

Therefore, most of the game content is set on the surface of this comet.

Currently, this demo only builds the overall framework of the game, and only the bottom layer of both the technology tree and the political system has been built.

For example, the technology tree only has basic energy, basic ore, basic conveyor belts, basic warehouses, the lowest level technology research and development center, etc.

The political system only has the most basic dictatorship. The relationship between the head of state and the consul can be roughly understood as the relationship between the emperor and the prime minister in the feudal dynasty. In the original design, two players can adjust the political system through mutual gaming, but the demo version has not yet produced these contents.

Wei Chengjie came to the conference room, ready to introduce this new game to Qiu Qinghong and other developers.

Qiu Qinghong was already waiting with his keyboard and mouse.

As an action game, Blood of Lies can be played with a controller to get the best gaming experience.

But "Star Project" is different. This type of game obviously can only be best experienced with a keyboard and mouse.

Although Against the Heaven's Horizon also has plans to develop controller adaptation in the future, it is obvious that using a controller to arrange the production line will inevitably require the intervention of more system-assisted means, and some high-precision operations may not be completed, which will more or less affect the player's gaming experience.

All we can say is that adapting the handle is most likely just a stopgap measure, providing another option for players who really don't want to use a keyboard and mouse.

Qiu Qinghong knew all about these, so he decided to use a keyboard and mouse from the beginning.

However, since he didn't know the specific situation of the game, he missed one thing.

That is, this game is actually played by two players, but only one person is needed to set up the production line.

The operation for another player is very simple, he doesn’t need a keyboard and mouse at all, the handle can do the job perfectly.

"Boss Wei, I've heard that Against the Heaven develops games with unbridled imagination, and the genres of the previous and next games are never the same. Now that I've seen it in person, I'm amazed."

For Qiu Qinghong, a game developer who specializes in game outsourcing services, "changing the genre of every game" is simply like a fantasy.

Although the outsourcing teams take on work from other game companies, which have no connection with each other, the development tasks they give are often homogeneous.

Because the current domestic game market is itself a highly homogenized market.

But Against the Heavens is just a company, and every game it makes is completely different, which to some extent can indeed be regarded as a miracle in the industry.

“Let’s try it out first and experience the demo briefly.

“But this time we need two players, is there anyone who wants to sign up?

"How about Mr. Shen come and experience it too?"

Wei Chengjie looked at everyone in the conference room and naturally handed the other set of keyboard and mouse to Mr. Shen who was sitting in the main seat.

Shen Guang is the real boss of Chuangda Technology, and Qiu Qinghong is only the vice president.

Generally speaking, it is the vice president Qiu Qinghong who is in charge of the company's specific business, and Shen Guang rarely appears in similar occasions.

However, the situation today is special. After all, we have signed a deep cooperation plan with Nitiantang, so Shen Guang is also present.

As a boss, of course he also wants to experience it.

"I'm not very good at this kind of game, Mr. Wei." Shen Guang didn't want to answer it at first.

Wei Chengjie advised: “It’s okay, Mr. Shen, this is just a demo, and the current mechanism is not complicated.

"Besides, this game is easy to play. Mr. Shen, please give it a try and give me some pointers."

Shen Guang nodded: "Okay, then I'll try."

Soon, the two of them each used a laptop and a set of keyboard and mouse to enter the "Star Project" demo and successfully connected online.

There is also a third computer in the conference room, which is used for viewing from a bird's eye view, and the OB image is projected onto the big screen in real time.

“This is my first time playing a two-player strategy game.

"I've only played single-player and multiplayer games before," said Qiu Qinghong.

There is still a big difference between two-player games and multiplayer games, as the two have different underlying game mechanisms.

Shen Guang looked at the options on the initial interface: "There are still two different identities, one is the head of state, and the other is the consul.

“And an identity introduction.

"The head of state is mainly responsible for formulating policies and has the highest authority, while the consul is responsible for the specific implementation, including the specific construction of the production line, and is accountable to the head of state."

Qiu Qinghong suggested: "Mr. Shen, you choose the head of state, and I will choose the governor."

This obviously roughly matches the division of labor between the two in the company.

However, Shen Guang shook his head and said, "That's so boring. We're already playing games, so let's change it.

"I will choose the consul, and you will be the head of state."

Qiu Qinghong was stunned for a moment: "Is this appropriate?"

Shen Guang waved his hand: "What's inappropriate about it? It's just a game. Here, I've already chosen it."

Seeing that Shen Guang had confirmed, Qiu Qinghong had no choice but to move the mouse to the head of state column and press OK.

After both players have selected their identities, they enter the official game screen.

Because it is a demo, there is no opening CG and a series of complicated links, and we will go straight to the point.

As for the background of the game, of course Wei Chengjie was responsible for introducing it.

"Mr. Shen, Mr. Qiu, as you can see, this game takes place on a comet, and the players control the life on the comet.

"They live in an extremely harsh natural environment and could face catastrophic disasters if they are not careful.

“Therefore, players must develop technology within a limited time, fight natural disasters as much as possible, and finally escape from the comet and find a new home.”

(End of this chapter)