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Almost overnight.

Most of Omi's game media jumped overnight! and deleted the article that previously charged Wei Wangdi benefits to discredit the number one player overnight.

Start scrambling to trumpet Ready Player One!

It's not that the information really spreads so quickly, especially in the Omega market, where the number one player is not familiar with life, it is still very simple to suppress.

But after these three games were unboxed by the live broadcast, any one of them was enough to shock the audience present!

In particular, the subversiveness brought about by "The Marriage of Isaac" can be said to have made the entire live broadcast room continue to climax in the course of a few hours of live broadcast last night! All kinds of 'oh no oh thank you oh buy karma'

The density of the barrage has even reached the highest value of the Twitch gaming sector in a whole year!

Omega players all have eyes.

Previously, there was only a news blockade, which led to a lot of news about the East Asian game circle not coming in.

And then coupled with the fact that the number one player is suspected of provoking the Omi factory Weiwangdi, people can't help but have a kind of 'ah? Who are you? 's sense of absurdity.

can be done after the game has been thoroughly revealed.

Who are you? It became a sharp sword pointed by the Omi player at Viwangdi.

That night, Viwangdi's official Twitter was blasted by many players.

And in this, it is natural that the majority of Chinese players who love to join in the fun.

I didn't know the truth before.

And because of the influence of the number one player in China.

Even if the number one player in this incident was silent throughout the whole process and did not make any statement, many domestic media chose not to report it.

Now once the word-of-mouth reverses, the domestic media will rush out to rub the heat, for fear that the traffic will be snatched up later.

Many Chinese players are also beginning to understand the truth.

"It's not buddy, do you really dare to touch porcelain? Awesome! ”

"Are you really not afraid that my family will carve a treasure to give you two punches!"

"I smoked half a pack of Huazi and didn't figure it out, how dare Wei Wangdi, this old Deng? Before they advertised, they really didn't search for what works the number one player had released before, right? ”

"All eyes on me! I'm announcing something! The number one player has officially become Wei Wangdi's Wei Yi Daddy! ”

"Wei Yi Dad? Carved one! Look at where is the voice of Wei Wangdi now, you are too young and I am too young! ”

In addition to the crazy output of some brave players who are not afraid to go over the wall, there are also a small number of supporters of Weiwangdi.

"No, don't get too carried away, Weiwangdi still has influence in Omi, so let's say it's also the No. 1 game platform in Omi, why is it so spicy in your mouth?"

"The number one player, what stinky fish and rotten shrimp have also come to fight against Wei Wangdi? Didn't you just come out with a few good works this time? ”

But soon, it was drowned out by more sounds.

"Dude, I think you really haven't seen the hey society in the game industry!"

"Didn't you Wei Wangdi also come to participate in the competition this time, why didn't you make the cut? Don't want to? ”

"If you play more games played by Ready Player One, you won't be able to say that!"

"Let's find out the price of Ready Player One's game, and then let's bark! If Kebao could learn Tengjing to play krypton gold clearly, it would have become the world's largest game company by now! ”

"As soon as I talk about this, I get angry! Kebao is good at anything, but I can't even make fucking money! ”

"I can't agree more, this is the first time I've wanted to put money directly into the hands of a game company, and then kneel down and beg him to take my money!"

"I'm really afraid that this company will make games and go out of business for itself......"

"It is recommended that the number one player vigorously introduce krypton to talents! Let's get more cheat Krypton gift packs! ”

"Tengjing: Someone is thinking about me?"

"Wait a minute, I remember the current general manager of Oasis, that Bao Jingbi, seems to be one of Tengjing's previous dog planners, right? Guild wars were invented by this force.,I used to scold him under his Weibo every day.,How did the number one player instantly change his conscience after that? ”

"Kebao is a charismatic person, he not only seduces the dog to plan well, but also deeply appeals to the hearts of our players/shyness/shyness"

"The electronic succubus belongs to yes."

Compared with the public opinion campaign done by Viwangdi in the Omi region before, the trivial work that was rectified.

It really depends on the Huaguo player community!

Since the content of the three 'textbooks' of Ready Player One, it has gradually spread.

The favorite thing for Chinese players to do is to go over the wall to the Internet to complain and make emojis.

to ridicule Wei Wangdi's previous behavior.

One of the most widely circulated images is a set of four-panel comics.

In the first picture, in an ancient battlefield filled with gunpowder, the two sides faced off against each other, and one of the generals stepped forward, with the three big characters of 'Weiwang Di' on their heads, shouting: Let me see whose generals are so brave! Dare to fight me?

In the second picture, the number one player holds a halberd and wears a red tassel on his head, with the logo of "Time and Space Fantasy" pasted on his left arm, "Dead Cells" on his right arm, and "The Combination of Isaac" on his head, and behind the number one player, a chariot is filled with logos of major games such as "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", "Mario", "Hollow Knight", and "Genting Game".

The third picture: Viwangdi in silence.

The fourth picture: The words on the head of the Wei Wangdi have become engraved, his face is swollen, and he is kneeling on one knee to serve tea to his father.

Because the emoji maker also thoughtfully translated it into a down-to-earth English version, once it was released, it went viral in the game section of major media such as Twitter and TikTok.

And most of the Omi players are not angry, but feel that this emoji is made vividly, and take it as a fun to tell their game friends.

Over and over again, the term 'carved a child' has even become popular around the world.

Although the meaning of ridicule accounts for more of it, it belongs to the counter-devouring force of Weiwangdi's various public opinion campaigns before.

But as the center of the vortex, this time was not very easy.

Although this kind of ridicule did not have any impact on its own industry, it was a real loss of face.

What size manufacturer is I, and what is the size of your number one player?

Now it is considered by the outside world that your number one player beating me is as simple as a father beating his son?

It's nonsense!

For this reason, the board of directors of Weiwangdi also scolded Connor, the current head of the DF platform.

He also said that if this matter cannot be handled well in the follow-up and the face lost by Weiwangdi will be recovered, the person in charge of the DF platform will be replaced.

……

And far away at the other end of the blue star, Huaguo.

Jiang Lin, the number one Player One headquarters.

After more than three years of development, the number one player is no longer what it used to be.

The three-story building is a little lacking in terms of momentum, but if ordinary people passing by know about the miraculous development speed of this company, they will probably stop without exception and look up at this company.

The signature figure at the door was a life-size steel sculpture of Ellie Silly White and Amiya at the beginning of last year.

This year, he has already been replaced by a bearded plumber uncle, and Ezio, who is hiding in the shadows in a white robe.

"I heard that the room by the window on the left side of the third floor is the office of Ke Jin, the president and chief designer of Player One." A campus autumn tour group from the next city, the teacher led a group of children about seven or eight years old, holding a small flag to lead the way in front, and stopped at the headquarters of the number one player company to give the children a little explanation.

"Now many of our famous games in China, inspiration bursts out from that small office~" The young female teacher seems to be a fan of the game of the number one player, and when she introduces her works, her beautiful face is a little red because of excitement.

"I'd love to go in and have a look." The female teacher was popularizing science, and she looked at the three-story building a little distractedly.

"Teacher, when I grow up, I want to be a game designer who can bring a lot of joy and emotion to players, just like an engraving designer." A little boy stood behind her, raising his little face and looking at her wistfully.

From his vantage point, the roof of the Player One building is linked to the blue sky, which looks so tall.

After a short station, the female teacher waved the small flag in her hand and said: "Okay, okay, everyone is ready to go, the next stop for us is the Jianglin Game Hall, it is said that this venue was built last year, it was built by the Jianglin government specifically to promote the development of e-sports culture, after a year of construction, it has become a large open-air place that can accommodate 30,000 people, and it is about to become a local landmark building in Jianglin City." Many competitions and activities in the game industry have gradually shifted from the magic capital to Jianglin within a year, and I heard that the upcoming game design conference will also be held here, so let's take a look at the magnificent building! ”

"Click." As the teacher led the primary school students to gradually walk away, Ke Jin, who was standing by the window on the third floor, also slowly withdrew his gaze from the street, with a little smile on the corner of his mouth, and closed the window casually.

"Time flies so fast, it's been more than three years."

"When it was first established, the whole company was still very empty, and the only members of the company at that time were me, Zhu Mei, and Director Gou. And now......" Ke Jin sat back in the boss's chair with a little sigh.

The secretary Qiao Yuan carried the teapot and filled Ke Jin's teacup, and said with a smile on his face.

"Now you are almost burdened with idols, and even many children take you as a role model for the future."

Hearing this, Ke Jin wanted to refute it out loud.

I want to say something like, 'You can't be a role model for making games.'"

But on second thought.

The environment of Blue Star is different from that of the previous life, and the game industry is no longer like the era of everyone shouting and beating and electronic opium around the millennium in his previous life.

Even if you are a game maker, if you subconsciously think that game designers are not worthy of being role models for children.

Then Huaguo's game industry really can't develop.

"Alas, the poison of the previous life is too far-reaching, and the idea of game = plaything is lost, and there are still some remnants of the first life." Ke Jin sighed in his heart and shook off some unconfident thoughts.

Then I began to flip through the opinion selection report brought by Qiao Yuan.

This report is a solicitation of opinions from the number one player and all the staff of Oasis.

The first Ready Player One Game Design Conference has come to an end, and will be held in three days at the Jianglin Open-Air Game Hall, where the final winners will be announced.

The number one player also urgently worked an internal shift to screen those games that have already been selected and rate them.

In the end, it is up to Kejin to decide.

Scanning the report at a glance, Ke Jin also had the answer in his heart.

The comprehensive opinions of the employees are almost consistent with their own.

The Best Creative Award was won by Emilie, a game designer from a small Nordic country, who designed a platformer-themed game called "Imagination"

Perhaps inspired by the brain-opening of "Time and Space Fantasy".

In the work "Imagination", there is also a good expression of imagination.

In the game, the player controls a rudimentary villain who continuously completes platforming jumps until they complete the level.

And the way it jumps is very new.

Frame!

Emilie cleverly blends the borders of the game interface into the scene.

Players need to use the mouse to stretch the outermost border of the game interface to constantly modify and adjust the height or width of the platform in the game to finally allow the character to pass the level.

Sometimes, with the help of various icons on the computer desktop, you can drag it and throw it to the characters in the game so that they can be used.

Although the overall malleability of the game is not so strong, it is destined to be impossible to make a playable game around this idea.

But the win is creative and innovative, defining that platforming is not limited to things in the game, but also things outside the game.

This award can also bring more inspiration to more young designers for the association of 'interesting' and 'divergent thinking'.

Empower them to think outside the box.

Many times, the birth of new things is the need to break the routine.

As a result, the support rate of this work is as high as 93% within the entire number one player.

Ke Jin also nodded in agreement.

And the best game, the one in the engraved Jin phase is a young Chinese designer Wang Tianrui, the "Trapped Underground Diggers"

2D pixel art style, meat pigeon theme.

The main gameplay features the player controlling a miner trapped underground.

Dig a way out of the sand covered in a screen of gravel to make a way to the ground.

Kejin got a hands-on experience.

This game, for all, has the thrill of digging sand.

Each excavation feels like painting on a white PS cloth with an impasto pen, allowing players to unleash their 'paintings'

The sound of 'salsa' from the couch is also very pleasant.

Of course, if this kind of experience is biased towards personal preference, "The Diggers" will certainly not be able to beat the crowd for the best design.

The game has absorbed the essence of Isaac's arbitrary mix of any item pool.

At first, the player controls the miner to swing a small shovel in his hand and slowly move upwards like a slow lawn mower.

But in the process, as more and more gravel is removed, many props hidden in the gravel will also be revealed.

After picking up these items, you can change the miner's original sand digging efficiency.

Some are able to dig three lines in one go, while others are able to automatically pick up nearby items or coins.

Some can also fire a shockwave that clears the gravel from a long distance in front of them, allowing the player to move at lightning speed.

Of course, throughout the game progression, the core elements of fighting monsters are naturally indispensable.

Along the way, the player will encounter many bugs that live underground, and defeating them will give you a small amount of basic stat bonuses.

However, no matter how small the basic attributes are, the effect exerted by the superposition of various props can also add up to a lot.

In addition, what shocked Kejin the most was a visual impact.

As the player keeps digging up, the layers of the miner itself will slowly scale step by step.

The scene graph that players can see has also been further expanded.

Until you are about to reach the ground.

The entire cross-section of the underground gravel world will be visible to the player.

At this point, the miner has become a small black dot made up of a few pixels.

However, after combining various props, the shovel can dig a width of a palm.

The smallest and the greatest are better represented at this moment.

And the final ending of the game left a deep impression on Ke Jin.

After the miner was killed in the ground, he did not die, and began to dig upwards, and constantly popped up words on the way to express his state of mind at this time, and his thoughts about his family, and even on the way he would dig up a lot of products from the city, such as mobile phones, televisions, motorcycles and other collections, when he dug up a dirty Hello Kitty, he would put it in his pocket, thinking about giving it to his daughter after he came out.

Until the miners go all the way up and finally break out of the underworld.

only to find that the whole world has long been swept away by a mysterious wind, desertifying everything, and all the products of human civilization have long been buried deep underground.

But fortunately, the radios he collected along the way told him that human civilization is not extinct, and that there are still many human survivors in the underworld, including his family.

So, in order to find relatives who are buried deep in the yellow sand, or who may still be alive. The miners began a new round of sand digging expeditions.

It is equivalent to saying that it is the endless gameplay theme of the meat pigeon, with an idea that requires players to 'start over again and again'.

Overall, it's a pretty good playable mini-game, with all the elements, and it's barely balanced, and it has a certain appeal.

But the core key to attracting players is the item pool.

It is still relatively shallow, with only more than 20 species.

According to Wang Tianrui, the designer, said in the attachment of the game installation package,This game was originally his idea was to dig sand and then fight monsters to become stronger.,The meat pigeon element is a randomly changed terrain.,And randomly appeared props。

But after getting the Isaac game installer from the number one player and playing it for two days, I was shocked.

The direction of the props was immediately changed, so that the various props in the game can blend with each other, bursting out with more novelty and playability.

For an indie mini-game that took just over half a month to complete, "Diggers" still leaves much to be desired.

But compared to other meat pigeon themes that Kejin has tried, this work is undoubtedly better.

"Add 'Diggers' as well, Best Game Award." Ke Jin said a word, and Qiao Yuan immediately recorded it.

As for the three awards for Best Visual, Best Story, and Best Design.

The three award-winning games are decent in terms of gameplay and do not have much innovation, but they have achieved the best level within the time limit in their respective fields.

It also stood out in the repeated selection of Kejin.

Once the five best titles have been finalized, the next step is the 25 Best Game nominations across five tracks.

After the trial, Kejin synthesized the scores of the employees, and then selected them one by one.

Time flies.

Three days later.

Jianglin open-air game hall.

This is where Ready Player One's first Game Design Conference takes place.

Unexpectedly.

I thought that this kind of game design conference that not many players would come to attend.

Today's venue of 30,000 people is filled with tens of thousands of people.

In addition to the media and peer game manufacturers, many gamers and cosers also appeared.

The award ceremony has not yet started, but the whole venue is already lively, and there are many merchants who do snack and milk tea business, pushing a small cart, wandering around the venue.

The overall atmosphere is as good as visiting the exhibition.

"It's good that I didn't sell tickets." Ke Jin couldn't help but praise his wit.

There are more than 10,000 people, but if a ticket is sold for 100 tickets, this is all millions of dollars.

The money he raised from the SW escort work was a total of 52.5 million.

It's all just right to send out as a bonus, and then count some additional on-site odd expenses.

Only lose but not earn, and get a batch.

But if the millions of ticket revenue are included, it may be difficult to say......

Fortunately, I didn't covet this little cheapness.

Soon, the award ceremony began.

And the process went exceptionally well.

Basically, it is to invite a beautiful host sister to come on stage to say a few words, introduce the highlights and advantages of the game, project them on the big screen, and then start awarding awards.

After finishing the event, Jin Jin came to the stage in a formal suit to present trophies to the young people who looked only eighteen or nineteen years old.

They then held trophies in their hands, held large prize checks, and said a few words of thanks.

There was a round of applause from the audience, and the media clicked the flash.

And it passed.

As a result, it was time for the best game award.

There were some minor surprises......

As the winner of the Best Game Award, "The Digger Trapped in the Underground", its designer Wang Tianrui is a 20-year-old computer science student at Jianglin University.

Kejin also took the stage as always holding a large check board with a face value of 3 million, expressing his recognition of the game "Diggers".

And I hope that Wang Tianrui can design more and more novel good games in the future, and create a better and better game soil for players.

And just when Kejin handed over the 3 million check board.

The unexpected happened!

He! No! Collar! Prize!

Ke Jin's expression twitched slightly.

The little took two steps back when he handed over the check, then shook his head and raised the microphone.

"Designer Carve, let's be honest, I've been playing your games since you designed iwanna, and I love each of your games."

"The "Diggers" designed now is deeply inspired by your "The Binding of Isaac", which is why it is today, and with the help of the platform of the number one player, more than 200,000 copies have been sold in just one week at a price of 49 yuan."

"If it weren't for your textbook work that you deliberately made public, The Digger would never have won today's Best Game award."

"So this award, I want to give it to you, to the entire staff of Ready Player One, and to The Binding of Isaac, it's the best game in my heart this time!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Tianrui also bowed deeply to Ke Jin to show respect.

The audience suddenly burst into thunderous applause and full applause.

"Good !!"

"! This young man!! Awesome!! ”

"That's a big pattern! I'm dripping turtle turtle! Three million say don't want it? ”

"This person is from our school, the rich second generation, the family is not short of money, and he is the number one player fan, which is not unusual. But one thing to say, his pattern is really big. ”

"Ahhhh Grave! Claim your prize! ”

"Well deserved!! After watching the recording and broadcast slice of the Internet, I also think that "The Binding of Isaac" is a well-deserved best game award!! ”

"Why can't you win an award for a work that is presented at a game design conference?"

"Carved treasure rush!! Let's Claim the Prize!! ”

Compared with the boiling chatter in the audience, and the constantly flashing shutter.

The expression on Ke Jin's face was extraordinarily exciting.

The corners of his eyes twitched......

No, you little!

I'm here to present the awards! How did I still claim the prize!

Co-author, you stinky boy, give me an award with my money, right?

It's the opposite, it's not!

And, most critically.

That's a gap of 3 million!

If you don't receive it, I won't spend the money.

The money is not spent, and the task is not completed.

Thinking of this, the people of Kejin were numb.

What the hell is this?

I've never experienced anything like this!

Not to mention experiencing it, I haven't even seen it......

I don't know what to do if a winner refuses to accept the prize......

No way! I'm going to save the day!

After some high-speed work in my head.

Ke Jinli ignored the deafening cheers of the audience, such as 'everyone is looking forward to it' and 'Accept the award, Ke Bao', gritted his teeth, and said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you very much for this ...... A guy who is younger than me can recognize the games of our number one gamer so much. ”

"But the number one player can't participate in his own game, this is a rule set before the competition starts, we set up our own game conference, and then win our own awards, obviously it doesn't work."

"I feel your enthusiasm, but this award belongs to you."

Hum! Brother uses rules to suppress you!

No rules, no circle!

Presumably, my brother's words are impeccable!

Stinky boy, take the money and get off the stage!

Brother please......

Saying that, Ke Jin had to stuff the check board into Wang Tianrui's hand.

Wang Tianrui also pushed the board into Ke Jin's hand, but he refused to accept it.

Then, he opened his mouth and said directly a sentence that killed the game.

"Engraving designer, so be it."

This money will be automatically deferred to the next game design conference and awarded to the better game designers, "Diggers" has absorbed too much of the essence from "Isaac" and really does not deserve such a reputation. Moreover, I sincerely hope that this kind of design conference, which can promote the development of the game industry, will be held better and better! Popularity is growing! ”

When the words fell, there were explosive cheers directly from the audience!

The Game Design Conference will be postponed to contribute to the development of the game industry in the future!

It's a big idea, and it's in front of everyone.

Ke Jin found that he couldn't take it at all......

If we refuse, it's like saying 'Ready Player One Design Conference will not be held again, and we don't plan to encourage good young designers'

And the money was not returned to the number one player.

It belongs to the next session, and humbly says 'leave it to the better people'

It's like someone taking the prize and then storing it in the hands of the number one player.

It can be described as killing the game in all directions!

And what made Kejin even more desperate was that.

At this time, another person came up directly from the audience.

As soon as this energetic old man appeared, he directly quieted down the entire noisy venue.

At first, the audience was still talking to each other, curious about who this is?

And when someone recognized the old man on stage as Tang Shenghua, the deputy director of the Huaguang Bureau, the audience exploded again!

The deputy director of the Huaguang Bureau, personally participated in this game design conference?

What level of hand is this?

You know, not to mention the game industry that's still developing.

Even the major award ceremonies in the most popular film and television industry in China can't invite this big guy over to support the scene!

Even Ke Jin was stunned at this time.

No......

Tang Bureau?

I'm thinking that my sister is calling you here!

What the wind is blowing you!

Tang Shenghua came over this time, first, he was strongly invited by Mayor Jianglin.

Second, he heard that the game design conference of Ready Player One is famous, and even caused a lot of buzz abroad.

For this kind of culture that can get out of the circle, the senior management of the Huaguang Bureau still attaches great importance to it.

In addition, the idea of the Game Design Conference is to encourage more outstanding young people to explore the depth of the industry.

As a superior of the older generation, Tang Shenghua still admires the number one player, a game company that dares to be the first.

He walked up to the stage in two steps, and the host on the side hurriedly trotted up all the way to deliver him with the microphone.

I saw that Tang Shenghua directly unfurled a pennant in front of everyone.

And took the microphone, with a red face and a smile, and expressed his gratitude to Ke Jin.

Thanks to him for his indelible contributions to the entire Chinese game industry in the past three years.

I would also like to thank Kejin for spending so much money to hold the game design conference at its own expense for the future development of the game industry.

As the official of art and entertainment culture, there is nothing to express.

I can only send a pennant superficially, and wish the number one player a prosperous road in the future!

In fact, Tang Shenghua's position, the words that came out of his mouth were already worth a thousand gold.

With the audience not knowing which photographer found a good angle to press the shutter.

The final picture is frozen on the stage.

A young and handsome man, surrounded by an old man and a young man, is in the center of the stage.

Compared with the old and the young, the handsome man seems to be a real winner, holding a pennant in his left hand and a bonus check of 3 million in his right hand, with a smile of joy on his face.

……

"My brother's expression was because he was too happy at the time and cried?" The slender palm of the hand, which is coated with translucent and glossy nail polish, gently picks up a photo of the conference scene.

Luo Xinlin looked at the face on the day of the award in the photo, and moved the photo away, and saw an identical face, sitting face to face with her.

It's just that the face looked a little numb at this time, and his eyes looked blankly at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.

Luo Xinlin pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and put the photo into her small bag.

"This plane meal is so unpalatable, I'm almost fainting." At this time, Ke Yu, who was sitting next to Luo Xinlin, wiped his mouth vaguely and interjected.

Soon, she pursed her mouth again, and she muttered in fragments.

"But when I think of the expensive and unpalatable things in the Magic City Dishny, this unpalatable but free in-flight meal, it doesn't seem so difficult to accept."

Next, enter a chapter of the daily transition plot that you don't like to watch, and talk about it in advance, so that everyone can skip the chapter.

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