As the days passed, Nebula Games also began to warm up "Minecraft".
While players and industry designers are discussing this wave of sandbox trends.
Chen Xu’s official blog instantly attracted the attention of countless players and industry designers.
Chen Xu’s official blog is very simple, with only three words: new game.
Then a video link was released.
But after clicking in, the players who were expecting and curious were instantly stunned.
Because it really surprised them.
With a burst of melodious BGM, the game screen appeared.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the ocean, trees and beaches, under the setting sun in the distance, a little man ran over on a pink pig.
'Let's go to a world made of blocks. '
Following the voice of the narration, countless blocks formed a slide, allowing the block man and the pink piglet to move along the slide.
'The only thing that limits you is your imagination. '
The next moment the slide collapsed in the middle and the blocks were scattered, but the block man spread his red cloak-like wings behind him and walked through the forest and over the mountains.
'Let us go wherever you want, climb the highest mountains and dig the deepest burrows. '
On the beach, the Cube Man is placing a cube in his hand.
'Build whatever you want, day or night, rain or shine. '
Looking into the distance in the desert.
'This will be the most rewarding sandbox game you'll ever play. '
The next moment the scene came to a huge castle.
'Build a magnificent castle. '
Inside the mine filled with torches, there is a winding railway track.
'Research the most advanced machines and ride a roller coaster. '
In the forest, there were several cube people holding axes and beating the trees.
'You can play with your friends, build your own community, and build the strongest armor to protect yourself. '
Facing the monsters that appeared in the forest in the dark night, people put on armors and rushed over with swords.
'Fight monsters at night and no one can limit your movements. '
Burrows are constantly being dug, and magma pours in from the ground.
Create a dark and mysterious portal, and behind the door is a strange world.
'There are no rules to follow, this adventure is up to you. '
Along with the narration, the camera slowly panned out onto the blue sea, when a whale made of squares suddenly emerged from the sea.
Countless blocks form the game's logo and title: "Minecraft" (mi).
[Testing will start on January 3, and the entire network will be online on February 1]
[Game price: 68 yuan]
With the release of this promotional trailer video, many players, including designers in the game industry, looked confused.
Because no one thought that Chen Xu could make a pixel game before.
"No way, it's actually a pixel game, and it looks a bit like building blocks?"
"What are Chen Xu thinking? How could he suddenly make a pixel game, and it also involves building blocks?"
"I'm a little stupid too. Is this for children?"
"I'm so stupid. Not only "Dark Souls" and "For Two", but at least "Don't Starve"! If it doesn't work, you can just give me away "Silent Hill", but the result is A game of building blocks?”
"Don't rush to complain. I think it's quite interesting, and it seems very free? Especially since there are no rules for the game at the end, don't you think it's very exciting?"
"One thing to say, although it is a pixel game, it is not shoddy. Didn't you find that the pixels inside are very beautiful? The materials are very delicate, and various textures change when destroyed, and although it is a pixel game , but it actually has excellent light and shadow effects!”
"But just because of this, I can't figure it out even more! The cost of these things will definitely not be low, which means Chen Xu is not trying to save money, so why is he making pixels!?"
Not only players, but also the gaming industry, have also raised some questions about Chen Xu and this game called "Minecraft".
After all, it’s just too puzzling.
Judging from this promotional trailer, we can only summarize three features.
The first feature is the pixel style game.
The second feature is that the game has a gameplay similar to fighting monsters, and at the same time, like collecting materials in "Don't Starve", the gameplay mode in this game becomes stacking blocks.
The third feature is that like "Don't Starve", this game called "Minecraft" also supports multiplayer mode.
As for the more detailed content, it is unknown.
But the question is, what is the selling point of this game
Survive
There is famine.
Fight monsters, collect resources and build buildings, and there is famine.
How many people? There was also famine.
In addition, this picture is still in pixel mode. Apart from the change of operating perspective, there seems to be no big change!
Suddenly, many game designers were full of doubts.
Based on these characteristics, they wanted to directly deny "Minecraft", but the person who made this game was not a little-known designer, but Chen Xu.
Chen Xu, who had just developed "Don't Starve" and sparked a wave of sandbox game craze, could he not know
NetDragon, in the game studio of "Wasteland", Meng Zuo also looked puzzled.
After last year's "Star God" was in the Waterloo of the annual game, he also participated in many projects this year.
However, they are not the main creators, including participating in the VR test project of the game department, and they have summarized a lot.
Previously, I was inspired by Chen Xu's "Don't Starve" and decided to make a sandbox game.
So the "Wasteland" project was approved.
But he never expected that at this juncture, Chen Xu would actually start another project, and it was a sandbox game that made him a little confused.
Like most designers in the industry, he also felt that "Minecraft" seemed completely boring, but the other party was Chen Xu.
Considering Chen Xu's experience in the past two years and his private understanding of Chen Xu, he felt that there must be something wrong with this game called "Minecraft".
At this time, the assistant knocked on the door and came in: "Teacher Meng, the promotion plan for "Wasteland" has been finalized, and the launch time has been determined."
Meng Zuo took the document from his assistant and glanced at it, but he hesitated a little when he saw the time.
"Time..." Meng Zuo frowned.
Because the time between the promotion and launch of "Wasteland" seems to have coincided with that of "Minecraft", and the difference is only a few days.
"The publicity aspect is temporarily suspended." Meng Zuo thought for a while and told his assistant.
Hearing Meng Zuo's words, the assistant next to him was stunned for a moment, and said quickly: "Teacher Meng, if we postpone it now, we will not have as many publicity resources as we do now."
This time the "Wasteland" project has so many resources, mainly because it happened to hit Tenghua.
But if you avoid it this time, it won't matter, because this time the "Wasteland" project itself is not specifically aimed at Tenghua. The outside world says it is so mysterious, but in fact, as a designer under NetDragon, Meng Zuo I know it's a coincidence.
And it is very important for the company to ensure the sales of the game.
But now, Meng Zuo is not sure, not because he is worried about Tenghua's new game, but because he is not sure about Chen Xu's "Minecraft".
"There's no rush... I still have time. I'm going to explore and help me find a place this week." Meng Zuo told his assistant a store name, then opened his phone and found Chen Xu in the address book.
He was going to go py, or rather to have a conversation with game designers, to see if he could explore the reality of the game "Minecraft".