Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 338

"Seriously, after I fell into the pool, I hit a fish. That fish was huge. It spat a huge mouthful at me, spraying me into the water so I couldn't get up, and then I died."

"Does anyone remember me? I'm the most unlucky one."

When can we go in?

"Ahhh, one of the players who triggered the hidden content, what reward did you get? I'm so curious."

"Tell me, tell me! I'm curious. If it's easy to get one, I'll go find one too. A server-wide announcement would be so awesome!"

"Isn't the best part that golden profile picture frame? Hahaha, everyone, come and see my new achievement! Pictures, pictures, and videos."

The image features a super-cool, enlarged avatar frame with special effects. A small crane and dragon, resembling those fighting on the fairy island, flank the player. The dragon raises its head high, its massive head hovering just above the player's small figure. It gives the illusion that the player is the dragon in disguise. The crane beside it spreads its wings, seemingly poised to take flight, its eyes filled with a murderous intent as it stares at the dragon. This perfectly corresponds to the earlier storyline, giving the player the illusion of having made a choice.

Who wouldn't like the things they've chosen?

The video is even cooler! A crane and a dragon emerge from the center of the player's nickname amidst sparks and lightning, the crane first roaring followed by the dragon's cry. The two agile creatures circle and ascend before flying back, leaving behind a trail of dazzling light. This effect is simply enviable; a truly unique title!

Many players are also game designers, and they were amazed by Qingfengyi's design. They never imagined that players could create miracles themselves. Previously, titles were pre-set, obtained by triggering corresponding storylines or content. They never expected that titles could be designed and awarded based on player interaction.

This was truly Lin Shuying's original idea; she figured that since she was in an interstellar world with such advanced AI programs, how could she not fantasize about it? Although she wasn't a game design major and hadn't learned much about game-related subjects yet.

But games, after all, have only one purpose—to bring people joy and emotional fulfillment.

So where can we find emotional value?

Just find what people desire.

There seems to be nothing in the world more joyful than getting paid for your hard work, right?

The game designers of StarCraft weren't unaware of this; many smaller games feature similar impressive mechanics. However, StarCraft players primarily prefer mech battles and Zerg mech combat games, which involve high-tech weapons and equipment that players generally cannot build themselves. Some games striving for high realism even created the infrastructure for manufacturing equipment and weapons, with positions mirroring those in reality. However, many researchers have discovered that these are empty shells, containing only outer shells. Now, it's likely no one knows what's inside these devices. That's how technology works; once it becomes powerful, even a small corner requires countless hours of research. Unlike the early days of fire-making, where fire could be easily carried to distant places, technological advancements also become difficult to transmit.

Lin Shuying suddenly began to think about a question: the possibility of a break in the continuity of civilization.

In fact, the further a civilization relies on technological advancement, the greater the likelihood of its destruction, because the more advanced the technology, the easier it is to destroy. Cui's solution is simple: create a technological gap.

Compared to the easy discontinuation of a race's technological lineage, this is far more complex. It's fragmented into countless technological pieces, yet the resulting structures are interconnected, like building blocks of an electrical grid. During construction, a single base station might involve thousands of technological fields, but in operation, it only concerns the equipment. It's that absurd: construction happens one by one, operation involves interconnection, and destruction involves total destruction.

Players didn't have that many feelings, they just felt that the design of Qingfengyi was really touching.

As the search for the roots of civilization accelerates, the phrase "heart-wrenching" has emerged.

Words are truly a magical thing, recording the existence of countless lives. Even with the changes of time and space, they can still be found in the vast world, their origins can be interpreted with beauty, and the unpleasant aspects can be left for the future to explore.

It sounds wonderful.

Players who died and returned waited twenty minutes before being able to freely teleport into the fairy island, where they saw countless birds and beasts. The animals here truly deserved to be called birds and beasts: fish flying in the mountains, birds running in the water, and nine-colored deer walking on the road. It felt like entering a completely new world, so new that it was as fantastical as a dream.

With the players mentally prepared, the death rate dropped to zero. Upon entering, they piloted a small boat to the depths of the immortal island. In the far, far reaches of the island, there were phoenixes, dragons, kun, peng, black tortoises, and many other mythical beasts that had only appeared briefly before.

Upon seeing the phoenix, the player froze, covering their mouth as if about to cry.

"Aaaaaah, my mecha Grand Marshal, Phoenix!"

"Phoenix, phoenix, the phoenix I've been longing for!"

The bustling world channel fell silent for a minute before the first person shouted: "Family members, Phoenix has arrived after so many episodes of waiting!"

"Ahhh, my phoenix! Family, what's most exciting is that all the animals and mythical beasts here can be defeated."

"Who said that? Who said that? Is it true or false? My great mecha marshal, where did this rumor come from that we can conquer it?"

"My teammate got the crane!"

"Ugh, so why can't I have fish? I'm in the same spot, and I caught the same animals I wanted, but I didn't get any fish. Ugh!"

"Haha, my new crane. Pictures, pictures."

The picture shows two cranes, one looking somewhat small and the other somewhat large. Their plumage is smooth and their colors exude a serene beauty.

"Huh? Doesn't this look a lot like the crane in the 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix'?"

"Yes, look at my crane, isn't it exactly the same? Pictures, pictures."

The crane in the picture really looks just like the one we got on the fairy island.

"Really? Look, the pictures I took on site are exactly the same."

"Didn't they say that all the bird pets in the 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix' series are now discontinued? Are they going to make a comeback?"

Many players fell silent upon seeing this, and suddenly, Riot Games seemed poised to take off. It's worth noting that even the most common Pearl Bird from the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" event was fetching 300,000 Star Coins each—a true luxury item. Not to mention rarer birds like the Crane; their prices would undoubtedly plummet now!

Players holding these items as collectibles that are appreciating in value must be terrified.

"That's not right. Let's look at the attributes. The cranes of the Immortal Island are unlimited battle pets, just like the pets in the Beast Fighting category. They belong to the growth-consumption type of pets; they can die and require resources to train. The most important thing is this, everyone, look at the announcement. [Image]"