Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 105

"Qingfengyi has so many players? I can't understand it. A game that doesn't allow in-game purchases is a disgrace to the designer's work, and supporting it goes against economic principles. It's a denigration of her own design!"

"Exactly, it's not like those ad-filled dress-up games, why should it be free?"

"Seven Colors Dress Up isn't free; the items inside cost money, so it's not a free game. Most importantly, its leaderboard requires spending money to get new paints and designs in order to be ranked. Qingfengyi's leaderboard doesn't support spending money? I can't understand it."

"Exactly, no matter what, it can't be free. If it's free, what about the designer's hard work?"

"I think Lin Shuying is devaluing her own design skills!"

"She has disgraced the game design industry and should be banned."

.......

Many designers are very dissatisfied with the ranking criteria set by Lin Shuying, feeling that she has infringed on the rights of designers.

This also affected some collaborations, with many partners feeling that Qingfengyi had let a lot of money slip away and was an idealist. Whether doing business, collaborating, or being friends, it's common sense not to associate with idealists or dreamers who push boundaries.

Reality is reality, and ideals are ideals; we must distinguish between them.

In addition, it is essential to firmly uphold one's own interests.

As long as one belongs to this interest group, no matter how fierce the internal struggles are, when an external crisis comes, the external crisis must be dealt with first.

Common sense mistakes must not be made.

Qingfengyi was highly idealistic throughout its operation, attempting to break down the barriers between interest groups and ensure that everyone could benefit.

Is that realistic?

Unrealistic.

Even in interstellar times, not everyone can share the pie equally. Otherwise, why would there be terms like third-magnitude stars, second-magnitude stars, first-magnitude stars, families, and planetary lords?

Human production follows the same pattern as energy changes: two people produce enough resources to comfort one and a half people, while three people produce enough resources to comfort one person.

We must constantly use more resources to build up the enjoyment of a select few, so that those below can see the limits of enjoyment and understand what the pinnacle is like. Only then will people be more motivated to strive.

This carrot-and-stick principle is unavoidable because it creates an upward trend with positive development and a downward trend with equilibrium, and it cannot be avoided as long as development continues.

It is impossible to achieve a balance.

Positive development and equilibrium are fundamentally paradoxes, a paradox inherent in both human nature and objective reality...

At this point, Barbie Fashion frantically devoured the remaining space for dress-up games, taking the opportunity to ride the wave of popularity to the extreme and extending it into the real world.

Whether Qingfengyi likes it or not, Harper's Bazaar is forcing its way in.

Lin Qiaoqiao had previously negotiated with them about the infringement issue, but this time it was even more serious. She directly copied Qingfengyi's Flower Fairy and NPC designs, but Qingfengyi did not receive a cooperation agreement or patent fees.

They copied it skillfully; it wasn't derived from Qingfengyi's patent, but rather they painstakingly recreated it themselves. They then released it as a shared design, which avoids the patent examination system, thus evading patent scrutiny.

In addition, when applying for a patent for a design, they provided descriptive terms and shapes. They changed the descriptive terms uploaded by Qingfengyi to evade the patent comparison process released by the shared design platform.

Lin Qiaoqiao was very impressed with this move!

A small trigger instantly created a considerable crisis for Qingfengyi.

Holding the data report, Lin Qiaoqiao asked Lin Shuying anxiously, "Boss, how about we change the leaderboard rules? We can change them before you finish making them. We can give you some rare items as compensation, just like when we initially lowered the price. Even if we don't change them, players won't complain if we don't explicitly say so. The reason this matter has escalated so much is because we explicitly said things we shouldn't have."

I won't bother the boss with Fashion Barbie's stuff; she'll just sue him this time, hmph!

To be honest, Lin Shuying was a little sad.

She took the report from Lin Qiaoqiao and said, "Let me think about it. Let's hold the sales event first."

"it is good."

The comments section on the second day of the event was filled with negative remarks, but fortunately, it did not affect the sale of the goods.

The main items for sale this time are necklaces, spider lily hairpins, hydrangea hairpins, peach blossom hairpins, and four sets of clothing: two sets of men's clothing and two sets of women's clothing.

There are several designs of the necklace, with pink, blue, light purple, black, and white hydrangeas used as the backing. The hydrangeas are 3-5 centimeters in diameter, molded from various colored gemstones, polished with fine gemstone sand, and then soaked in high-quality skin care oil.

Under the light, it has a delicate and smooth luster, which looks very nice.

The other accessories, including the gemstone beads, undergo the same processing techniques—a recent development by the Danone Group that is very popular. While others can purchase them even with money, only the rope braiding and design are unique to Qingfengyi.

But the design is what's valuable.

The peach blossom hairpins are mostly small in size, while the earrings are Lin Shuying's favorite design. The earrings are shaped like a pink jade peach blossom, adorned with light blue cat's eye stones.

Cat's eye stones are truly irresistible, especially the light-colored ones; Lin Shuying is absolutely enamored with them.

I wanted to incorporate cat's eye stones into many of my designs, and I even made a cat's eye stone bracelet myself, made of amber and topaz. Below that is a small taotie carved from red gemstones. The taotie is very detailed, with its ferocious mouth being the most eye-catching feature.

The spider lily hairpins come in red, gold, pink, and white, with three designs in each color family. Each set includes a hairpin, a hair comb, and a hairpin comb. The comb is carved from jade, using carefully selected jade slabs, with the carved details in a different color from the main body of the comb.

The white comb handle is adorned with three lifelike carvings of red spider lilies.

These shallow carvings can be carved automatically once the design is in the quantum computer, without human supervision. Therefore, there are quite a few of these products, sold as supplementary items, and the price is not very high.

Qingfengyi mainly sells Lin Shuying's culinary skills; without that, the price wouldn't be high.

Lin Shuying had initially planned to sell the bracelets, but later decided against it and would keep them as prizes for the leaderboard.

Qingfengyi's ranking list is highly valuable; it's a collection of real money!

Thinking about this, Lin Shuying became even more determined not to spend money to climb the leaderboard. Other games are other games, what does it have to do with her?

The world is so big, and there are so many ideas, but she just likes this one.

As long as it's not illegal, she's free to do whatever she wants.

Besides, we're in the interstellar age now. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to use capitalist rhetoric like industry rules and interest groups to coerce the idealists in this group?

Moreover, she never considered herself to belong to any interest group; she always belonged to herself, and what she created belonged only to herself!

Some people just love money, so they focus on making money and use every means to do so.

Some people are like saints who want to save the world, so let them go and save the world.

Some people just want to be idealists, so let them be idealists.

If you find it an eyesore, then come at me with real weapons; Lin Shuying is not afraid!

After the sales event ended, she decided to tell Lin Qiaoqiao. Lin Qiaoqiao sighed and said, "Boss, I will support you."

Lin Shuying was touched, her eyes slightly red, and said, "Thank you."

When the opportunity arises, why not be an idealist!

“Qiaoqiao, there are many paths in the world, but I just don’t want to follow the same track as everyone else. I want to be a pioneer! This title is more important than millions of interstellar coins, both now and in the future.”

But of all paths, the path of pioneering is the most difficult; success brings fame and fortune, failure makes one a sinner for all time...

"Yes! Qingfengyi is unique and irreplaceable. I believe those players will only complain briefly and won't abandon it."

Even if the game business ultimately fails, there are still the products the boss makes himself. Although those products don't generate as much revenue as the games, the profit margins are still quite high.

The two pillars of the studio reached a consensus: they would ignore Qingfengyi's negative review. After all, the rating hadn't broken 0 yet, so let's see if the game platform can create a negative score system.

Lin Shuying needs to hurry up and prepare for the next event, the most important part of which is the various leaderboards. These leaderboards are a new addition to the previous "Stylish Outfits and Makeup, Show Off Your Style" dress-up leaderboard.

All the prizes for the top 1,000 on the leaderboard are physical items, which shows that a lot of money was spent on their production!

After finishing the leaderboard, Lin Shuying started brainstorming the event details. She thought for a moment, but there were too many things she wanted to do, and she couldn't make a decision for a while.

Finally, we decided to do a bamboo-themed event. Bamboo is a great treasure of Chinese culture, not to mention its spiritual significance, with countless ancient poems and lyrics passed down through the ages.

Bamboo products are incredibly diverse, covering everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation. Food options include bamboo shoots, bamboo worms, and bamboo leaf dumplings; clothing includes bamboo armor and bamboo fiber garments; housing options include bamboo mats, bamboo houses, bamboo buildings, and bamboo furniture; and even transportation options include bamboo sedan chairs and bamboo carts.

Car mats count too, right?

In Lin Shuying's previous life, bamboo fiber clothing was a new product, bamboo armor had disappeared, and bamboo car mats were incredibly popular. Later, bamboo cutting boards, bamboo knives, and bamboo art pieces were emerging, with bamboo woven fans becoming luxury items in many places.

The cheapest bamboo fiber garment can cost several thousand yuan.

She herself had never experienced such luxurious consumption, but she had come into contact with the related fabrics, which really did have a faint luster like silk, and the fabrics were soft, delicate, and skin-friendly, very comfortable.

The sheen is truly beautiful!

It doesn't shimmer like silk.

If one had to put it in perspective, the luster of silk is as dazzling and magnificent as the sun, while the luster of bamboo fabric is as understated, luxurious, and cool as moonlight.

This coolness isn't a temperature-related coolness; in fact, it offers both warmth and a cool feel, perfect for summer.

The event is called: Bamboo Heart Through the Ages, Myriad Thoughts Unfold.

The first thing to do is to create a 10,000-mu bamboo peak. In the past, there were many bamboo peak fires in various places, and Lin Shuying even personally went to a bamboo forest village and stayed for two days.

That feeling was really awesome.

Whether it was a suggestion from my mind or a real feeling, I felt the air was filled with the fragrance of bamboo leaves when I woke up this morning.

Back then, she lived in a small bamboo house in the woods, with very high walls. After getting up, she would stand on the balcony, and the sound of bamboo leaves dancing in the wind would be heard, rustling softly.

She had always thought that the idea of ​​trees dancing was just a literary hypothesis, but during that trip she experienced firsthand that trees really do dance.

When it rains, walking in the bamboo forest wearing a bamboo hat brings a sense of peace and tranquility.

After the bamboo forest was completed, we started working on the details. This time, the details were different from before. At first glance, it was almost impossible to tell anything; it was just a bamboo forest.

But there's a lot more to it than meets the eye!

To prevent the bamboo forest from being damaged, Lin Shuying designed two bamboo forests. One was a construction area, where there were many low-growing bamboo sections that could be cut down to build houses in the open space. Two thousand bamboo houses could be built in one area, which was relatively concentrated to ensure that the bamboo forest was dense and would not destroy the beautiful forest feeling she wanted, where people could walk in the deep shade of bamboo and not notice the bamboo shoots growing under their feet.

The residential area has rainy days, sunny days, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with each season lasting one day. Each season has its own special products, unique scenery, and different items to find.

This update also expands player homes, allowing players to freely choose whether to add them to the house area or the garden area. A reset charm has also been added; if players are not satisfied with the current size of their home, they can use the reset charm to adjust it.

The reset ability will bring together all player homes from events like "Festivals and Decorations," "Huaxia Jianghu," and "Bamboo Houses," potentially exceeding the size of the existing map and achieving a scaled-down version.

Therefore, reset tokens are very expensive, and players need to bear the maintenance costs of the shrunk map themselves.

Soon, the event update began.

This event update begins with a heavy rain. During the rain, bamboo leaves will flutter down in homes where bamboo has been planted, and they will be everywhere.

The wind was strong, mixed with rain, and the eaves dripped in a continuous stream.

Lightning and thunder mean spring has arrived.

The air smelled fresh after the rain; it was very special.

It feels like the rain is washing away not only the dust in the air, but also the soul.

However, players discovered another problem: how to walk in the rain while wearing various long skirts?

Qingfengyi has very few shorts; most of her clothes are long skirts or long shirts.

Just then, a player noticed that new outfits had appeared in the shop!

In addition, the streets in the "Festival-themed" instance have opened up the possibility for players to set up stalls. As long as you go to the quest location to obtain a business license, you can get a stall on the street, or you can rent a shop.

The rent isn't very expensive either.

This feature was originally unnecessary. Players could simply form a team or add each other as friends and trade items directly at each other's homes, which would be very convenient.

But when it comes to playing games, the important thing is to play!

Lin Shuying has never forgotten her original intention of going shopping and buying things!

Official items have a huge shop, but player items don't.

This time it's a complete success.

The rainy weather appeared an hour earlier than usual, and the update launched along with the special effects. Many players discovered the dungeon and new gameplay before the official announcement, and the thrill of exploration was very appealing.

"Ahhh, family, this will be my clothing store from now on. Welcome to come and shop. [Image]"

The picture shows the shop this player booked. It's quite large, one of many three-story buildings. There's no signboard above the door yet, and the interior is empty but very luxurious.

Wow, that's amazing! How much does a whole building cost?