Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 129

There are many kinds of wildflowers, and you have to pay an entrance fee to pick them.

This tycoon has set a hefty price tag: 2,000 silver coins for entry, with resource gathering costs separate.

You can only stay for three hours at a time, which is just enough to complete a full run around the instance.

There are also players who work in the mining area, which is quite common. Although the minerals are rare and precious, the demand is high, so the drop rate is set very high.

Many of these areas are mineral resource zones.

After all, it is a common understanding among the people of the interstellar world that mining is profitable, and 90% of their current social welfare benefits come from robots mining ore planets.

Especially the Energy Stone Planet, it's incredibly profitable.

Why do those first-magnitude stars have such good resources?

There are several mineral-rich planets behind it. Mineral-rich planets generate revenue, which in turn allows money to attract talent to settle there. This talent then improves the planet's technological level, which in turn boosts the mining planet's production efficiency...

A perfect closed loop is so important, and optimization is even more crucial.

There's also the original zone. This rich guy bought a zone himself, didn't ask anyone for help, and just left it there.

If the server is inaccessible during the event, people will go and participate in other people's server development, and later use the original server as a gimmick to charge admission fees.

How great! No need to work hard, just invest.

Believe it or not, a lot of people went to see it, and they made quite a bit of money, pocketing it all.

Some people specialize in collecting wild grasses, taking away all kinds of wild grasses from the resource area, making it a half-resource, half-scenic area.

The resources include various grasses, mosses, ferns, and potted plants, especially ground-growing ferns, which are selling like hotcakes.

Some players bought it and covered their entire homes with it, at least ten centimeters thick, and it felt amazing to walk on it!

Moss is fantastic for creating artificial hills and lawns.

Those moss-covered roots, like hairbands, are durable, soft, and slightly damp.

If you step on it barefoot, you can fly.

Players in this area have also developed new products, targeting casual, laid-back gamers.

That's a moss bed!

Moss is skillfully planted on metal, vines, cloth strips, and bamboo mats, and buyers can take it with them in one roll. The bed can be laid down anywhere, and the buyer can lie down anywhere.

It is very popular among casual gamers, and many players who have been playing casually in the game's player community but haven't even gotten to the top of the list couldn't resist placing several orders.

This falls under the category of open source expansion.

There's another group of people who bought the restoration area and unlocked all four seasons. But instead of acquiring resources, they rented land and played a holographic version of a real estate developer game.

They specifically rent out their land to pet lovers, farmers, and gardeners who have too many pets to keep.

Renting a piece of land costs about 500 gold coins a month, which isn't expensive.

However, renting a lot is expensive, but compared to the income from the land, this rent is a drop in the ocean.

Especially for large-scale farmers and livestock breeders, sheep and grass are very popular now, and prices have risen several times.

There are also vegetables.

In particular, many players secretly hoarded food supplies after seeing the Eight Fairies' mounts, fearing that the price would rise again and they wouldn't be able to afford them.

Those vehicles looked enormous; they must have a huge appetite.

A black tiger can eat a whole sheep in a day, and a white tiger or a mythical creature like a Pixiu can eat at least that much.

I don't know whether to eat meat or grass, but it's definitely a good idea to be prepared.

Most players will provide food for their guests, and to get food, you need to buy vegetables.

Not all players know how to grow vegetables, so there is a demand for purchasing vegetables.

One link leads to another, forming a perfect market economic cycle that remains very active.

The diverse resource instances made the four seasons quite different from what Lin Shuying had imagined.

Only a few scenic instances have distinct seasons, just like the ones she wanted.

What she wanted was a copy with distinct seasons and solar terms, otherwise she wouldn't have labeled the seasons and solar terms everywhere.

In this respect, this event is disappointing.

Soon, player-created instances stabilized, and players had time to enjoy the real changing seasons.

There are also some scenery enthusiasts who don't want to participate in the dungeon building quests, and instead spend their time with their pets and companions taking videos and photos in places like Love Valley, the Temple of the Matchmaker, and Zhilan Mountain.

In this event, the four seasons are updated across the entire game, meaning the four seasons will change everywhere.

Especially Love Valley and the Chinese martial arts world.

Love Valley originally had a large forest of sycamore, maple, and tallow trees, which remained green even without the changing seasons.

But now, in autumn, it turns completely red.

These tree species are scattered throughout the mountain, creating a breathtaking sight at first glance.

Of course, you won't see such a change in scenery right away.

The official display of Huaxia Jianghu shows that the lakeside is planted with maple trees, sycamore trees and tallow trees, with new buds in spring and lush green leaves in summer.

In summer, people walk along the covered bridge and lakeside, where sunlight dapples the water, a gentle breeze whispers, and the fragrance of lotus blossoms is intoxicating.

Occasionally, they lower their heads, playing among the lotus leaves, their tails swaying as they swim, startling the waves.

In autumn, everything is red, falling down with a soft, rustling sound.

Red flowers carpet the ground, their crispness like the sound of music underfoot.

A gentle breeze blows, just like a beautiful matchmaker.

The land is like a coiled snake or a dragon, withered lotus flowers bloom on the pond.

The verses carry a cool feeling, but a glance back at the red pagoda brings joy.

This event will run for two months, with a four-day cycle covering a quarter, and different solar terms in the morning, noon, afternoon, and evening.

A solar term game lasts for one day and one night, which adds up to three hours for one period of time, making a solar term quite long.

A master of scenic exploration: A ghost who has seen all the beautiful scenery in the game.

A popular streamer who rose to fame by filming game scenery used to be engrossed in other games, with most of his videos and photos featuring starry skies, planets, and Star Wars game backgrounds.

He has a unique aesthetic perspective, and the photos and videos he takes are stunning. His starry sky videos, in particular, are dreamlike, vibrant, magnificent, and mysterious.

It captivated the audience.

However, using holographic games as the main filming location will result in monotonous scenery, a lack of creativity and novelty.

These landscapes were all created by the game designer, and he made secondary creations, but when he photographed them, he always felt that they lacked originality and could not break through the hazy layer in his mind.

Later, I tried to find new ideas in games like Colorful Dress Up, Enlightenment of Things, and Free Drama Creation, but unfortunately, it didn't work. It was better to continue with the previous style.

At least it's really good-looking.

Seven-Color Dress Up is an advertising game with very simple content and backgrounds that are just stickers with no scenery to speak of.

Wuyuan Enlightenment is a learning game and a historical database, which only contains library scenery and experimental design areas.

He can't design beautiful scenery himself, so he rarely allows others to enter, and even if he does, it's not a beautiful place.

Just when he was stuck at work, Barbie Fashion came into view, stunning him for the entire day.

His planet was still unaware of Qingfengyi at that time, and he was trapped in an information cocoon without knowing it.

It wasn't until a fan recommended him, coupled with the recent betting battle between Qingfengyi and Xingji.com, that Qingfengyi instantly came into his view.

The scenery inside made him question his existence; could there really be such a beautiful place in the world?

Green hills and clear waters, drifting clouds and mist, flowers swaying in the trees, full of vitality.

The interstellar man had never seen such a magnificent natural sight before, and he was instantly captivated, unable to look away.

He immediately bought a spaceship ticket to Aimore and arranged his personal immigration work without even informing his family.

I got completely absorbed in the game and couldn't stop, just in time for the update of the Breeze Season event.

Of course, the first thing to do is to build a home, because a home is also incredibly beautiful.

He liked the style of garden residences with small bridges, flowing water, and winding paths, so he hired a designer at a high price to design them.

When the designer was designing, he went to Zhilan Mountain to enjoy the scenery.

He was incredibly patient, sometimes spending an entire day squatting there. When he discovered different changes at the same scenic spot, he was so surprised that he was almost incoherent.

When I came to stay, I missed spring and summer because I was building houses and doing basic familiarization work. The third day I came was the beginning of autumn.

The leaves at the treetops gradually turn yellow and then red, and the changes in wind and temperature are also very subtle.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the leaves fall with a rustling sound, the wind blows the leaves and they dance, like colorful butterflies filling the sky.

He had never seen such a beautiful sight before and was completely dumbfounded.

There were also various wild fruits in the forest. The fragrance of the ripe fruits in autumn was carried by the wind and rushed into his nose. He couldn't help but follow the fragrance.

He was sitting on the red embroidered ball magic artifact that he had bought with his broadcast points.

Many streamers had previously promised that a certain percentage of the broadcast points would be given to the broadcasters, and he had accumulated quite a few, finally getting all the points and items.

Arriving at the tree, I saw a loquat tree. The loquats were an old variety of small loquats, reddish-yellow in color, with a sweet and sour aroma that made my mouth water.

It's also very beautiful, with the whole tree covered in golden fruit, creating a festive atmosphere.

No wonder ancient books say that a bountiful harvest brings joy; who wouldn't be happy to see such abundant fruit?

The leaves are red, green, and yellow, mixed together like flowers.

He suppressed his appetite, took photos first, and then searched for information about the item in the encyclopedia according to the guide.

It turns out it's a loquat, which comes in many varieties and is grown in a wide area. The taste varies depending on the variety, ripeness, and growing region.

The same applies to Qingfengyi.

Upon seeing this last comment, the ghost, who had seen all the beautiful scenery in the game, became very curious: were there other varieties?

In addition, while both are landscapes with a gentle breeze, there are also regional differences.

So he went into the research and found that the temperature, humidity and heat conditions were set differently in each instance of Qingfengyi.

Zhilan Mountain is a mountainous area, and its warm, humid, and hot conditions fall under the temperate monsoon climate.

The decorated area is located in the temperate subcontinent, the Jianghu region is located in the temperate coastal region, and the bamboo forest instance is in the subtropical zone...

The climate settings were incredibly detailed, which impressed the player greatly.

After unlocking items in the encyclopedia, he was very curious about the species' characteristics, such as their place of origin and temperature. So he unlocked the encyclopedia while taking pictures of the changing scenery.

This was a very large project; it took a month to complete.

However, fruits from different regions really do taste different!

That's really amazing.

After the video was released, viewers and fans were amazed, and some wealthy fans even traveled to Aimore to experience the scenery depicted in his work.

His videos started in the fall:

The most distinctive feature of autumn is that the leaves begin to turn yellow and fall, the fruits ripen, and the grains are fragrant.

In the first scene, the leaves are slightly yellowed at the edges, slowly spreading towards the center. Then they turn a deep orange-red, and when the wind blows, they flutter to the ground.

It makes a 'crunching' sound when you step on it, and when you step on it, it sinks in half a finger deep; it looks incredibly soft.

After admiring all the beautiful scenery in the game, the ghost couldn't resist lying down on the spot and rolling around several times!

After I got up, my body was covered in leaves. A small tornado blew by, sending the leaves flying into the sky. My gaze followed the leaves as they drifted away.

The leaves drift and float to vast fields of farmland, where the crops are golden and the wind ripples through the sea of ​​gold.

Having seen all the beautiful scenery in the game, the ghost flew towards the golden sea on his red embroidered ball, reaching out to grab several ears of rice.

The harvest time for crops in the gardens of players in different regions is also different. It wasn't until the video was released that everyone discovered that there were regional tags under their home base.

Lin Shuying has set the regional tags here quite simply, with only three tags: Cold, Warm, and Hot. Currently, the Cold tag has not been added; it only appears in Love Valley and Huaxia Jianghu, where there are snow-capped mountains, hence the presence of regions with the Cold tag.

Lin Shuying hasn't even added complicated settings like "one harvest a year" or "two harvests a year" yet.

There are two scenarios: summer-ripening and autumn-ripening.

Enrich the settings.

The beauty of nature is awe-inspiring to everyone.

Lin Shuying deeply understands this point. Regardless of education level or age, everyone is awestruck when they see the wonders of nature and the masterpieces of plant life.

It's truly astonishing that some even doubt its authenticity.

However, her knowledge in this area comes from basic educational common sense, so she cannot delve into its production.

In fact, the game platform was starting to have complaints about her game design. Too many elements were being added, causing their maintenance costs to skyrocket. Unfortunately, Lin Qiaoqiao had signed a three-year contract early on, taking advantage of the preferential policies offered by the planet owner, making it impossible for them to make changes...

When the programmers reviewed the game, they found that Qingfengyi's game settings were all minor, with ample room for redundant and runtime budgets, and Qingfengyi didn't even take up a fraction of that.

Who knew that after players entered, they could occupy 90% of the computing space within two days of the event, even though it was only 10% available during peak periods, requiring additional buffer servers during those times...

The latest event is so new, I don't know what the designers at Qingfengyi came up with. After checking, they are all small things, so why does it take up four or five times more computing space than before?

Just outrageous!

They never expected that Lin Shuying would let players create their own dungeons, and even create thousands of them, hahaha.

I'm busy adding buffers right now, and I don't have time to dwell on it.

All the non-technical staff in the office were transferred to the front line, which shows the workload; it's truly touching...

The second segment of the video, filmed by "A Ghost Who Has Seen All the Beautiful Scenery in the Game," is set in winter, where heavy snow suddenly falls from bare branches, startling the people sitting there in a daze.

It then gradually grew larger, and the branches were covered with leaves, just like frost-covered leaves were being added to bare branches, except this time the leaves were as white as jade, and the tree was covered in silver.

So beautiful!

During this time, a serendipitous encounter was also triggered:

On the snow-capped mountain of Love Valley, a beautiful woman, dressed in a white fox fur vest, a silver-threaded white phoenix-patterned cloak, holding a red plum blossom and landscape pink umbrella, and wearing a flowing white dress with tiny gemstones shimmering on it, walked gracefully towards them.

Her snow-white clothes blended seamlessly into the snowy landscape, but a brightly colored umbrella and her shimmering clothes made her stand out.

He was completely dumbfounded.

The beauty glanced at him indifferently, then stood beside him, looking in the direction the player was looking, as if trying to figure out what he had been watching for days while he had been lurking there.

The ghost who had seen all the beautiful scenery in the game had no idea what she was up to.