Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 277

Players aren't interested in the sales, but there's a sales every event, and suddenly missing one feels like something's missing. Everyone's sighing and complaining in the world chat.

"Family members, it's only been a month since the event, are you all so free?"

You actually have time to sigh and complain here?

She's still searching for serendipitous encounters and waiting for a chance to enter the underworld. The map of Qingfengyi is just too vast, and there are too many NPCs. You might not even be able to explore it all in one trip, and yet the walnut carvings for this event require searching the entire world.

It's not that I dislike this model; after all, the process of searching for something you like is joyful and enjoyable. It's just that not being able to find the entire map leaves me a little disappointed, as if I've missed out on some walnut carving or peach pit that promises a serendipitous adventure.

She asked the question, and the players responded enthusiastically.

"How could I bear to be idle? I've been constantly searching for materials for walnut carving."

"I'm doing nut carving, this kind of thing is so easy to become a mystery. Look at what I've carved, hehe, Chang'e! Pictures, pictures."

"I'm having a great time in the Underworld. It's so amazing and huge! Family, I think the Underworld is the biggest map Qingfengyi has ever made. I rode the Black Tiger and ran as fast as I could before the time limit was up."

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The world chat was scrolling by incredibly fast. Many people had to scroll down slowly to see what everyone was discussing. Some players didn't care what others were saying and just said whatever they wanted. Others were in teams—the largest team had twelve people—and even if one person only read a few sentences, they could still know all the gossip in the world chat.

Everyone was very disappointed that there were no sales that interested them. At first, they were discussing what they would gain from the event, but later they were all talking about the sales.

"It feels like Qingfengyi has changed. Their previous sales events featured Qingfengyi's own titles, but now they're selling games from other studios. Will they become like other game companies, starting with serious game development, then focusing on marketing, and finally just trying to squeeze money out of players?"

"I agree with what Shangshangshanglou said. Qingfengyi has been developing for seven years and has always focused on this game. Given the speed of game updates and replacements, it's time to start thinking about the next game. Every game ends like this, which makes players very unhappy."

"Isn't the end of the game supposed to be when the players are buried? I think Qingfengyi is really starting to go into business."

"Qingfeng is too aggressive in its commercial endeavors. On the contrary, although game development still involves an event every four months, it is clearly not as heavily invested as its peripheral businesses."

Players are incredibly imaginative; this is simply the development path of StarCraft games. No designer ever designs and manages only one game from start to finish; they design multiple games. When the previous game's revenue peaks and begins to decline, they immediately launch peripheral products and business chains, frantically reaping profits from players. This is because players are easiest to exploit at this time. When a game is at its peak and slightly weakening, players are at their economic and emotional peak, retaining the most loyal players, making them the easiest to monetize.

Qingfengyi's current state is very similar.

Some rational players disagreed with such a negative discussion.

"Everyone doesn't need to be so negative. Qingfengyi has been developing all along, and it's not at its peak yet."

"I agree with what you said. Qingfengyi is backed by the first star of Chinese heritage, and the planet master will not let it become a short-lived new star. As the foundation for the planet's development, it will have a development period of at least a hundred years."

"Qingfengyi is fundamentally different from other games. Other games develop peripherals to harvest players, but Qingfengyi's peripheral development is to continuously expand the warship and bring more capital on board. Capital is different from players. Capital will never allow itself to fail as soon as it invests."

"Family members, please don't overthink things just because one aspect is different from previous events. Although Qingfengyi has been vigorously developing its peripheral industries, those industries are all handled by Qingfengyi's branch departments. Only Qingfengyi Games and the main headquarters' hairpin and costume technology are personally overseen by Designer Lin. Doesn't Designer Lin's personal involvement reassure everyone?"

These words were like a wake-up call. After the player spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the anxiety caused by those speculations vanished instantly.

Deng Yijun had been keeping a close eye on the World Channel. To be honest, as a capitalist, Qingfengyi's auction this time was truly awful. In his opinion, simply having their partners' works auctioned at Qingfengyi's museums, while simultaneously providing them with substantial financial and technical support, was already quite generous. Now, they actually allowed them to participate in Qingfengyi's very important game event's closing auction?

He felt it wasn't worth it and that it broke the hearts of many players.

Deng Yijun failed to consider things from Lin Shuying's perspective and was completely unaware that Lin Shuying didn't have much time left. Almost all the works sold at the previous auctions were made by Deng Yijun, and then there were the pieces created by Liang Ranran and the others under her guidance.

But what will happen after she leaves?

Can Liang Ranran and the others manage to keep it going?

Even if they could, it would have been their own work that was sold. Without her guidance and pressure, and without competition, would their work still be so good?

Will I continue to decline and become worse with each passing year?

Lin Shuying's hasty agreement with Lin Qiaoqiao and her group's decision was not without reason; there were many considerations behind it. Lin Qiaoqiao and her group were worried that she would work too hard and affect her health, while she needed this opportunity to create a competitor for Liang Ranran and her group, spurring them to strive for excellence.

However, Deng Yijun was unaware of Lin Shuying's careful consideration, but that didn't stop him from reaping the benefits of this event. After thinking carefully for a moment, he smiled and said in the world chat: "Since most players aren't interested in this Qingfengyi sale and feel it's a pity there's no sale, why don't we organize our own sale? We'll hold the most high-quality sale, where everyone can bring out their surplus rare items to sell!"

He'll be able to collect lots of rare items then, hehe.

At his level, money is no longer an issue. The joy of collecting is simply the joy of collecting, but he doesn't own many rare items, especially those acquired under the name of the entire "Golden Jade Hall" organization.

Although there are very few people selling rare items now, there are still sales events!

Everyone wants to show off their treasures; flaunting wealth is the simplest and most straightforward joy that no one can resist.

The only thing you can resist is not being rich enough.

As the most hated character in Qingfengyi's game, after he spoke, the player's screen remained blank for three seconds out of politeness. Then, after a few angry rants, they finally realized that what he said made sense.