Inside the Nebula Games office.
Most of the previously planned buildings have been completed, with only a few minor ones still in the process of finishing.
"Mr. Chen, look, Tenghua's "Voyage" has also announced its release date, which is on January 21st!" Qin Yi said a little nervously.
"It's okay, don't forget our plan. You don't have to worry about the subsequent promotion of "Minecraft". I have already arranged it for the operations department." Chen Xu said with a smile.
"As for the game "Navigation", it is completely different from "Minecraft", and at this launch time, I think they will feel more embarrassed by then." Chen Xu said confidently with a smile.
There is only one "Don't Starve" as a reference, and "Don't Starve" itself is a special game among sandbox games with strong goals.
So this also leads many game designers to only see the characteristics of survival.
As a result, all elements focus on survival, thereby neglecting the creation of the most unique feature of the sandbox.
For example, Meng Zuo's "Wasteland".
Including Tenghua's latest "Voyage", just from the promotional video and promotional materials, Chen Xu can also see that the other party is obviously going astray.
Creation is completely ignored and goes against the nature of a sandbox game.
If you really want to say it, Chen Xu feels that in terms of the content released by the other party so far, he prefers a small game like Shenmue to create an exquisite game world and then let players explore it.
But despite this, Chen Xu feels that these games will basically sell well.
On the one hand, the quality is here. On the other hand, although it is a wrong path, it does have some attractions due to the combination of some sandbox elements and the gameplay of the game itself.
But if you want to become popular, the probability is not very high.
As for the current launch time of "Voyage", if it is stuck after "Minecraft" is officially launched, or if it is synchronized with the "Minecraft" trial, then Chen Xu feels that the impact will not be too big.
Because once again, the game industry is not a zero-sum industry, and although "Voyage" claims to be a sandbox to the outside world, the gameplay is completely different from "Minecraft". As for now
Then Chen Xu could only say good luck.
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On January 3, "Minecraft" officially opened for trial download.
A total of five days.
Players who have been paying attention to this game began to download it one after another and couldn't wait to experience it.
Wang Han, who was sitting in front of the computer, looked at the unlocked game screen and took out his mobile phone to take a photo with a happy face.
What? Use the screenshot button that comes with the system and game
It doesn't exist. I just want to take pictures with my mobile phone, and I still take pictures upside down, so the focus is not right.
After taking the photo, Wang Han sent it to Zhang Yi: "When will you get off work!? I'm already having fun here!"
In almost a second, Zhang Yi on the other end of the phone sent a message: "It's almost half an hour. It should take more than an hour to get home. Do you want to bring you something to eat?"
What he was waiting for was this sentence. When he saw the news from Zhang Yi, Wang Han entered the message happily: "When I come back, I will have a piece of the roast duck rice downstairs. The duck rack requires cumin and not chili powder."
After a brief chat with Zhang Yi, Wang Han clicked on the "Minecraft" icon without any hesitation.
I have to say that the previous "Don't Starve" was really amazing for her.
The games I was so obsessed with playing before were "Jelly Bean Man" and "Two People".
In the meantime, she had also seen some sandbox games from other game manufacturers, but they were basically not interesting.
It can be said that she has been looking forward to "Minecraft" for a long time.
Although it was a pixel style and the previous promotional trailers didn't seem to show anything, she was still looking forward to it.
After all, the previous "Don't Starve" didn't even have a promotional trailer, just Chen Xu's written official blog promotion.
After entering the game, the Nebula Games logo is skipped.
What came into view next was a grassland-like scene, but it was just a picture of pixels.
White clouds drifted across the sky in the distance, and the sun penetrated the white clouds and shone on the earth.
The clouds in the sky form the name and logo of the game: "Minecraft".
At the same time, the shadows cast by the sun are also reflected on the ground.
And the loading interface at the beginning is also quite interesting, because it is not an ordinary flat UI interface, but an interactive game UI interface.
In this interface, the player controls Steve, who is located on an isolated island.
It's not big. It's surrounded by air walls.
In the distance is the endless sea and the rising sun.
There are several houses on this island.
It says 'Exit game', 'Option settings', 'Mod module', 'Play game' and so on.
Everything is made up of squares.
Before, Wang Han thought that the pixel style would make her uncomfortable to watch.
But now that she entered the game, she discovered that it was the same as the previous promotional video on Chen Xu’s official blog.
Although the game is in a pixel style, the high-definition textures and the combination of light and shadow give this pixel block a unique flavor.
"It seems a little different from what I imagined. The pictures in the trailer should also be real."
Looking at this unique UI interface, Wang Han couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After knowing that "Minecraft" was a pixel game, she was most worried about the content on the screen.
Although she is not a graphics-savvy gamer herself, she still hopes to play games with better graphics.
Although the entire "Minecraft" is made of pixels, Chen Xu has also carefully processed it for artistic expression.
In addition to various high-definition materials and light and shadow effects, some details have also been adjusted.
In "Minecraft", players can clearly see a change in light and shadow, especially since "Minecraft" also has a weather system.
On a sunny day after rain, the effect of rainbow and water mist combined with light and shadow can be said to be very outstanding.
Especially this loading interface allows players to intuitively feel the game screen.
Without thinking too much, Wang Han first took a look at the mod module. It had no content like the previous "Don't Starve".
Then come to the room where the game starts.
There are a total of four modes to choose from.
The first is a 'single player game', the second is a 'multiplayer game', and the third 'LAN game' allows players to connect together on the same network.
The fourth one is 'community game', where players use their own console as a server for game archive creation.
However, it is currently in early access mode, so only single-player games and LAN games are open.
Of course, although it is a single-player game, players can also invite friends to join their own server through the Nebula gaming platform.
It sounds like LAN mode is useless.
But this mode is mainly prepared for subsequent mobile players, and although it is basically not used by PC players, in the words of players, that is, I can use it, but you can't live without it. There will be no trouble here again, so it was together before developed.
"I can only play the single-player mode." Wang Han muttered to himself, then selected the mode to enter the game.