Chapter 48 Game Show
The development of "Star Emperor" was more difficult than the previous two games and was not completed until mid-May.
During this period, Chen Ba and his colleagues in the studio burned countless brain cells to complete the wide variety of visual effects in the game and made a semi-finished product.
Yes, semi-finished product!
There are still many areas of the game that have not been polished and perfected, and the current development progress can only be said to be barely playable.
“It’s enough for the exhibition!”
Although it was only a semi-finished product, Chen Ba was already very satisfied with it.
Tianba Studio has also signed up for the upcoming electronic game exhibition in Zhonghai, and with the gimmick of the "Dream Building 5 Engine", it has secured a good booth for "Star Emperor".
In terms of scale and level, this China Overseas Game Expo may not be the highest-level one, and it is not even the top game exhibition in the country.
However, this is a relatively popular gaming exhibition with the highest player participation and does not have the nature of developer exchanges.
To put it simply: it’s not very professional, but it has a lot of traffic!
Participating in this exhibition will definitely have a good exposure and publicity effect for "Star Emperor" and will also attract more attention from players and media.
For this purpose, Chen Ba specially contacted two Cosers and customized costumes of Star Emperor and Winged Supreme for them. When they pose on the offline platform, the effect will definitely be good.
"Brother Dong, Xiao Lu and Zhong Shengwei will come with me, and the others will stay in the studio."
After making the personnel arrangements, Chen Ba asked again: "Are the customized game posters and T-shirts ready?"
“It’s done!”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaojuan bent down and took out a white short-sleeved T-shirt with a special pattern printed on it from the box under the table.
The front of the T-shirt has "Star Emperor" printed on it, and the back has the "Tianba Game Studio" logo.
This is the battle robe!
Chen Ba took it and looked at it, then nodded and asked, "How many pieces did you order?"
"Five hundred pieces!"
That's enough!
Chen Ba thought about it and decided that except for the few pieces they wore themselves, the rest could be given as gifts to the players.
There is a threshold for giving away T-shirts. It is impossible to give one to every player who comes to the booth. Then these hundreds of pieces will definitely not be enough.
What he thought was that players who could complete the first three levels of the story within 10 minutes during the trial experience phase would be able to receive a "Star Emperor" commemorative T-shirt.
The trial version only contains the first three levels of the story mode.
Although the studio jokingly calls the story mode a human-computer game and not difficult, it is not easy to complete three levels in 10 minutes.
Especially for players who are new to the game, are unfamiliar with the key operation habits, and rarely play fighting games, it is considered a success if they can pass a level in 10 minutes.
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Zhonghai, Donghua Station.
Jiang Bin, carrying his bag, followed the crowded crowd out of the subway car, picked up his phone, checked the navigation information, and walked towards the nearby convention and exhibition center.
As the editor of [Game Star], he occasionally has to travel on business.
For example, for the China Overseas Electronic Game Exhibition being held today, he has to come to the scene to take some photos and understand the situation on the ground before he can write a report on the exhibition.
This is not the first time Jiang Bin has come to attend the China Overseas Game Expo.
As a veteran editor of a gaming portal, he had been here two years ago and had written introductory columns for some of the popular games at the exhibition.
only……
Because he had been here several times before, Jiang Bin had basically no expectations for the new games revealed at the exhibition.
This exhibition is too low-level! There are not many big companies participating in the exhibition, most of them are small companies or studios, and the games on display are mostly mobile games, not the PC stand-alone games he likes.
“This is almost turning into a mobile game exhibition…”
After sighing, Jiang Bin opened a list of exhibitors and works sent to the media by the exhibition organizer.
Sure enough, most of the games on the list were mobile games, and among the remaining games, there were no particularly outstanding ones or works worth his anticipation.
"Eh...Tianba Studio?"
Just when Jiang Bin was losing interest and was planning to take a quick walk and go back, he suddenly saw a very familiar name.
Tianba Studio, Emperor of the Starry Sky!
Oh, this is good!
Jiang Bin had an impression of Tianba Studio. After all, he had just interviewed them not long ago and played their first two games.
I didn't expect them to come to the exhibition, and this time they brought a mysterious new work, "Star Emperor", built with the Dream Building 5 engine, which is said to have picture quality comparable to 3A level.
"Star Emperor..."
As a game information editor, Jiang Bin has wider sources of information than ordinary players and knows more inside information.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
As far as he knows, "Star Emperor" seems to be a 3D fighting game with good graphics.
How good is it? He has asked many people about this question.
But unfortunately, everyone is just guessing based on the Dream Building 5 engine, and no one can tell the specific performance.
Today, the answer can finally be revealed! With strong curiosity, Jiang Bin took out a pen and circled "Star Emperor", intending to go to the Tianba Studio booth first.
He is so looking forward to it.
On the one hand, he was deeply impressed by the first two games produced by Tianba Studio, and he thought the new game would not be bad either.
On the other hand, this is one of the few Dream Building 5 games in the world!
It has been half a year since the release of the DreamWorks 5 engine. Everyone says it is amazing, but no one can say for sure how amazing it is and what kind of games it will produce.
After all, this engine has been released for too short a time.
So far, except for a few inconspicuous small games, no major works have been developed using the Dream Building 5 engine.
Can "Star Emperor" reflect the power of this new engine?
With countless doubts in mind, Jiang Bin hung his media credentials around his neck and walked into the center of the exhibition with a camera in hand.
No. 07, Area B.
Tianba Studio's booth is easy to find. It is right next to a mobile game from Zhuchang and can be seen at a glance as soon as you enter the exhibition hall.
"Don't push, don't push!"
"Take pictures nearby, don't disturb the normal trial queue..."
As soon as Jiang Bin arrived at the booth, he saw Brother Ba and Xiao Lu maintaining order.
There are too many people!
The Cosplay of Star Emperor and Winged Supreme is very professional, especially Winged Supreme. As a female character that looks like an angel, there were many photographers in front of the Coser.
Looking at Brother Ba who was busy and sweating, Jiang Bin gave up the idea of saying hello and slowly queued up.
About half an hour later, it was finally his turn.
There are a total of ten machines for the trial. Zhong Shengwei pointed to the sixth machine and said, "You can only play for 10 minutes. There are keyboards and controllers. If you complete all the trials, you can get a commemorative T-shirt. Thank you for your cooperation and support!"
"OK."
Time was limited, so Jiang Bin didn't bother to be polite with the staff member. He walked to machine No. 6, put down his backpack and camera, and picked up the handle to experience it.
Why choose a controller? That's nonsense! If you don't choose a controller when playing fighting games, should you choose a keyboard and mouse? As a dual-cultivation player, Jiang Bin subconsciously thought that a controller would be better than a keyboard and mouse, but he soon found something wrong.
(End of this chapter)