Otherworldly Architect

Ming Yan sat at one end of the long table, waiting for the judgement of the teachers present.

Discussions proceeded slowly.

"For this design work, I can only give 40 points, one of which is considered to be acceptable in terms of degree of completion. For an undergraduate student, the workload is relatively large."

"Mr. Zhou, is this evaluation too harsh?"

"Why is it so harsh? Strictly follow the score table. Authenticity, 0 points, I can't see that this world completely composed of pixel squares can provide players with any real-world experience; interactivity, I give About 60 points, a student majoring in otherworld architecture can achieve this level of human-computer interaction, which is enough; for entertainment, I give 50 points, I can't see any fun in this game for the time being, only there Endless dismantling, placing blocks, and building a small coffin-like house according to your own imagination - I may be a bit harsh to describe this, but can you all have any fun out of it?"

Among the five teachers present, one shook his head, put down his VR glasses, and quit the game.

However, at the end of the long table, the youngest teacher was still in the game, and he did not participate in the discussion.

Ming Yan, as a student, watched quietly before being asked questions.

The teachers are still discussing.

"Sociality, although I can't see it at the moment, but this kind of player-created game should be fun to share..."

"That's right, your 'little house like a coffin' has more than 100 likes now..."

"Cough, don't interrupt! I can give him 60 points on this one. I won't talk about the other small items. In short, the problem with this final work is very big, and the 'partial subject' is quite serious. Ming Yan The students have skills, determination, and perseverance, but unfortunately they are too focused on taking a wrong path. The essence of the game should be to provide players with a realistic experience!"

After saying this, the room was quiet for a while, and the teacher had a distressed expression on his face.

Ming Yan finally spoke up.

He said: "Mr. Zhou, I think the essence of the game is a series of meaningful choices."

(“A game is a series of meaningful choices.” — Sid Meier, game designer for the Civilization series.)

The brows of several teachers frowned, and they didn't have a good angle to criticize this deviant student for a while.

At this moment, the young teacher in the corner suddenly stood up and danced, "I'm done, hahahaha! Look, look!"

Everyone was startled and turned to look.

The young teacher took off the VR glasses and projected his own image onto the center of the long table, showing a 3D real-time projection of a villa.

The villa is made entirely of "pixel" blocks that look like Lego blocks. It is three-storey high. Although there are no details and interiors, the overall shape is similar, with a modern and simple style. From a distance, it is also a fairy tale cottage standing by the river.

In any case, it was far from Teacher Zhou's "coffin hut", which made the latter's old face blushed.

"It's so interesting!" The young teacher's face was flushed with excitement. He didn't participate in the discussion just now, it seemed that he was completely immersed in it.

He danced and introduced to the others: "Although my house is relatively simple now, it is enough for me to dig my mine tunnel safely. I plan to build a fish farm here, and then put a submarine hut under it, Build with glass.

"I'm going to put a super huge windmill on the mountain next to me! I'll reclaim a flower field. I've seen many kinds of flowers in this game.

"Ah yes, when I go back, I have to dig sand and burn glass to save up some more beautiful quartz decorations. God, I can't wait to go home and continue playing!"

A smile appeared on Mingyan's face, and he said, "Thank you for your compliment, this game is not my idea, I just realized the framework and made a VR design based on the original idea, so it is a category B specific game. A completed design. There are only ten colors of dyes in the game for the time being, and it is relatively slow for me to draw textures by myself, and it is expected that 32 colors will be added in the future.”

"In other words, my hut can be dyed colorful?" The young teacher clapped his hands together and laughed, "bravo! This is a genius idea, the pixel-style picture perfectly creates a fairy tale feeling, and greatly reduces the impact on the body. Demand. I can imagine that if we enter the online era, the cooperation of multi-person teams may build a castle or even a city, and that is a truly infinite possibility!"

"Cough, Mr. Hurst," one teacher couldn't help reminding, "this is in the defense of the student's graduation thesis, I hope you can provide more realistic insights. Anyway, a student's work can attract a large-scale team. It is still unlikely that a settlement will occur.”

Hirst sat down still, looking at his house lovingly, looking a little bit wanting to implement his own house renovation plan right away.

Then he smacked his lips and said, "Yes, my comment just now was too emotional, and I'm really sorry."

Several more qualified teachers nodded.

Then Hirst picked up the pen, picked up the table in front of him, and said excitedly: "Reality, 90 points! I have seen the whole world in my eyes! Interactivity, 70 points, this is really not the strength of the architecture professional. Entertainment, 10,000 points! 100,000,000,000 points! This form can no longer write my praise!…”

Everyone: "…"

"Oh, by the way, did you name your game?" Hearst suddenly raised his head and looked at Mingyan, "It will be a great game, I have a hunch."

Clearly said: "It's called 'Minecraft', Minecraft."

A knowing smile appeared on Hirst's mouth: "'Minecraft' ah... We all know it's going to be a popular world."

…

The graduation defense passed quickly, and each person could only have 30 minutes to show the total time of the game and defense.

After Ming Yan left the lecture hall, the classmates who were waiting outside came up to greet him politely.

The rich second-generation male classmate Kerri came up and asked hypocritically, "Oh, are your defense results okay? Did that quirky cube game not frighten the teacher?"

"Kerry, you'd better speak with respect," said a student who had a better relationship with Mingyan.

Kerry ignored him, but said to Ming Yan: "No matter how good the theory is, it must be practiced after all. In the final analysis, the game architecture major is the knowledge of the rich. A civilian student like you, no matter how good your grades are. It's impossible to afford any other world. So your best way out is to work for me, no matter how good your grades are, what's the use of going out of school?"

"Kerry!" Someone was a little angry.

But Ming Yan was not angry. He calmly patted Kerri on the chest and said, "You are right, money is the last word. However, I will have money soon."

Kerry covered his stomach and laughed, and said, "It's just you? And your crooked game theory? A game without authenticity is a piece of mud, and your crooked ways have no future! If you give up early, say Maybe I can ask my dad to send you an offer and let you be one of my four secretaries."

Ming Yan did not answer, but packed up the materials he had brought, and then walked out.

After having dinner in the cafeteria, Ming Yan came to the library to find a place.

He silently turned on his computer and started updating the v1.32 version of Minecraft.

In addition to the first concept of the entire game, all the system framework and art style are clearly designed by himself.

He didn't have any unforgettable hacks, so he just did it all by himself.

The production of VR games is very different from computer games.

Although the game is still called "Minecraft", if a Blue Star person plays it, it will probably take a while to realize its relationship with the computer version.

And all of these systems will probably take two or three days to develop.

After it was completely dark, Ming Yan went straight home.

His adoptive parents are ready to go to bed.

Ming Yan didn't have a deep relationship with them. After all, he was already mentally mature long before he was adopted, and he also understood that the couple's adoption of him was mostly just out of interest.

- Ming Yan was dug up by the research institute. It was dug up from the frozen remains of the Blue Star as if it were a fossil.

The Blue Star Institute of History and Species not only arranged for the couple to foster foster care for him, but also allowed him to be admitted to the Royal Academy.

Ming Yan is very grateful to them, but he still doesn't like the life where he is sometimes called back to take samples.

Mingyan's current Chaoyang Alliance spans six major star clusters, and these six major provinces are under the jurisdiction of the alliance government. It is one of the most advanced civilizations in the galaxy, and has already developed the technology of interplanetary travel.

And here, the sixth-star province—a big province that has just joined the big alliance and has not yet been fully integrated.

The Chaoyang government forcibly promoted some otherworldly games in the early years.

In those different worlds called "games", players say they are playing, but in fact they are fighting and killing in different worlds, bringing more world resources to the alliance.

It is conceivable that huge demand is equal to a huge market, and the huge market has spawned a large number of producers.

Today, not to mention the major companies that develop otherworld games, the schools in the Chaoyang Alliance have basically opened game-related majors.

Ming Yan's current profession is called "Alternate Architecture", which corresponds to Blue Star's game industry, which is almost equivalent to "game planner".

Recently, this class of undergraduates is about to graduate, and all of them have completed their final defense.

An entrance to another world is very expensive, and professional students born in civilians basically have no chance to transform a real other world, so their completed design is only on paper.

- That is, make a VR game on a virtual terminal to show your blueprint for another world.

Clearly played those games. They are more like real battlefield simulators, not fun, and not "games".

Interstellar people may know about exploiting other worlds.

But clearly understand the game.