Chapter 48: Game Show
The development of Starry Sky was more difficult than the previous two games, and it was not until mid-May that it was initially completed.
During this period, Chen Ba and his friends in the studio didn't know how many brain cells were burned before they could complete the various visual effects in the game and make a semi-finished product.
Yes, semi-finished!
There are still many parts of the game that have not been polished, and the current development progress can only be said to be barely playable.
"It's enough to exhibit!"
Although it is only a semi-finished product, Chen Ba is already very satisfied.
At the upcoming video game exhibition in Zhonghai, Tianba Studio also signed up, and with the gimmick of "Dream Building 5 Engine", it won a good booth for "Star Emperor".
In terms of scale and level, this China Overseas Game Exhibition may not be the highest level, or even the top game exhibition in China.
However, this is a game exhibition with the highest player participation, no developer communication nature, and more popular.
To put it bluntly: the professionalism is not high, but the flow of people is very large!
Participating in this exhibition will definitely have a good exposure and publicity effect for "Star Emperor", and it can also attract the attention of more players and media.
For this reason, Chen Ba also specially contacted the two Cosers and customized the costumes of the Starry Sky Emperor and the Feather Supreme, and when the time comes, the offline platform will definitely have a good effect.
"Brother Dong, Xiao Lu and Zhong Shengwei will go with me, and the others will stay in the studio."
After making personnel arrangements, Chen Ba asked again: "Are the customized game posters and T-shirts ready?" ”
"It's done!"
When Zhang Xiaojuan heard this, she bent down and took out a white short-sleeved T-shirt printed with a special pattern from the box at the bottom of the table.
The front of the T-shirt is printed with "Starry Sky Emperor", and the back is the logo of "Tianba Game Studio".
This is the battle suit!
Chen Ba took it and looked at it, nodded and said, "How many pieces have been ordered?" ”
"Five hundred!"
So much? That's enough!
Chen Ba thought about it, except for a few pieces that they wore themselves, the rest could be given to players as gifts.
There is also a threshold for sending T-shirts, and it is impossible to send one to a player at the booth, so these hundreds are definitely not enough.
What he thinks is that players who can clear the first three levels of the story within 10 minutes in the trial experience stage can receive a commemorative T-shirt of "Star Emperor".
The demo version only has the first three levels of the story mode.
Although the studio jokes that the plot mode is a man-machine bureau, the difficulty is not high, but it is not easy to clear three levels in 10 minutes.
Especially for players who are getting started for the first time, are not familiar with the habits of key operation, and rarely play fighting games, they can pass a level in 10 minutes to be considered successful.
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Zhonghai, Donghua Station.
Jiang Bin carried his bag, walked out of the subway car along the crowded flow of people, picked up his mobile phone and looked at the navigation information, and walked towards the convention and exhibition center not far away.
As the editor of [Game Starfield], he also has occasional business trips.
For example, at today's China Overseas Video Game Exhibition, he had to come to the scene to take some photos and understand the situation on the spot before he could write an exhibition report.
This is not the first time Jiang Bin has come to participate in the China Overseas Game Exhibition.
As a veteran editor of a game portal, he also came here two years ago and wrote an introduction column for some of the most popular games at the show.
Merely......
Because he has been here a few times, Jiang Bin basically has no expectations for the new games exposed at the exhibition.
The grade of this exhibition is too low!
There are not many big factories that come to the exhibition, most of them are small factories or studios, and most of the games on display are mobile games, not PC stand-alone machines that he prefers.
"It's almost a mobile game exhibition......
After sighing, Jiang Bin opened a list of exhibitors and works sent to the media by the organizers of the exhibition.
Sure enough, most of the games on the list are mobile games, and there are no particularly eye-catching or worthy of his expectations in the rest of the games.
"Huh...... Tianba Studio? ”
Just when Jiang Bin was in a lack of interest and was about to go back after a casual stroll, he suddenly saw an extremely familiar name.
Tianba Studio, Starry Sky Emperor!
Eh, this is good!
Jiang Bin has an impression of Tianba Studio, after all, he just interviewed and played their first two games.
I didn't expect them to come to the exhibition too, and this time they also brought a mysterious new work, which was built with the Dream Building 5 engine, which is known as "The Star Emperor", which is comparable to 3A-level picture quality performance.
"Starry Sky Emperor ......"
As the editor of game information, Jiang Bin has a wider range of sources than ordinary players and knows more insiders.
As far as he knew, Starry Sky seemed to be a 3D game in the fighting genre, and the graphics were very good.
How good is it, exactly?
He also asked many people about this issue.
But it's a pity that everyone is guessing blindly based on the Dream 5 engine, and no one can say the specific performance.
Today we can finally reveal the mystery!
With strong curiosity, Jiang Bin took out a signature pen and circled "The Emperor of the Starry Sky", planning to go to the booth of Tianba Studio first.
He's looking forward to it.
On the one hand, he was deeply impressed by the first two games of Tianba Studio, and he felt that the new work should not be bad.
On the other hand, this is one of the few Dream 5 games in the world!
It's been half a year since the release of the Dream 5 engine, and everyone says it's amazing, but no one can say how powerful it is and what kind of game it makes.
After all, the engine has been released for too short a time.
So far, except for a few inconspicuous mini-games, no major game has been developed using the Dream 5 engine.
Can "Star King" reflect the power of this new engine?
With countless doubts, Jiang Bin hung his media card around his neck and walked into the exhibition center area with a camera in hand.
No. 07, Zone B.
The booth of Tianba Studio is easy to find, next to a mobile game in the pig factory, which can be seen at a glance after entering the hall of the exhibition hall.
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"
"Take a picture and shoot to the side, don't affect the normal trial queue ......"
As soon as Jiang Bin arrived at the booth, he saw that Brother Ba was taking Xiao Lu to maintain order.
There are too many people!
The Starry Sky Emperor and Winged Supreme's Cos are very professional, especially Winged Supreme, as a female character who resembles an angel, Coser is crowded with colorists in front of him.
Glancing at Brother Ba, who was busy and sweating, Jiang Bin gave up the idea of greeting and lined up slowly.
After about half an hour, it was finally his turn.
There are a total of ten machines to try the game, Zhong Shengwei pointed to the No. 6 machine and said: "You can only play for 10 minutes, the keyboard handle is available, and you can get a commemorative T-shirt if you clear all the customs in the trial, thank you for your cooperation and support!" ”
"Okay."
Time was limited, Jiang Bin was not polite to the staff, walked to the No. 6 machine, put down the backpack and camera, picked up the handle and experienced.
Why choose a handle?
That's not nonsense! If you don't choose a controller to play a fighting game, do you choose a keyboard and mouse?
As a dual-cultivation player, Jiang Bin subconsciously felt that the controller would be better than the keyboard and mouse, but he soon noticed that something was wrong.