The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 366: The conception of a giant digital world, the wind direction changes! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

Many players don’t realize that:
Dream-building games, even if they all run on computers.

There are also big differences between the traditional keyboard and mouse operated game client and the Fantasy Game Suite client.

In order to support new technologies such as body-sensing synchronization suits, tactile gloves, and holographic displays, the game client used by the Fantasy Game Suite is more than twice as large as the traditional keyboard and mouse operation game client.

The Fantasy Game Suite is compatible with keyboards and mice, but the keyboards and mice cannot be directly switched to the Fantasy Game Suite.

This has caused considerable problems for various plug-in, auxiliary plug-in, and MOD makers.

Those with slightly lower skills may not even know where to start and can only give up when they encounter difficulties.

But this time, the [Civilization Jet] gave them hope again.

Because [Civilization Jet] itself is a ready-made "Dream Building Game Plug-in Production Template"!
——This was also what Xu Meng did on purpose.

This time, [Civilization Jet] is, of course, an April Fool's joke, and its main purpose is to make the players laugh.

But at the same time, it is also an experimental practical course.

In order to complete the [Battle for the Throne], the Dream Building Game Platform must improve its own community ecology.

The definition of [content producer] cannot be limited to secondary creation, and the production of "creative content" should also be cultivated.

Although Xu Meng is not planning to launch something like a "creative workshop" at the moment, content production is still firmly in the hands of a mature development team.

But just because it’s not needed now doesn’t mean it won’t be needed in the future.

After the photon topology server array appeared in front of Xu Meng, the concept of "giant digital world" appeared at the same time.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a complete virtual planet.

Even a single planet is not enough to accommodate Xu Meng's ambition.

The "giant digital world" envisioned by Xu Meng must be a giant digital space that surpasses the entire history of games in depth, breadth, and content volume, and even exceeds the imagination of current developers and players.

However, to realize such a "giant digital project", it is definitely not enough to rely on only a few developers.

——In the face of such a project, even if Xu Meng expanded the development team to tens of thousands of people, it might not be enough.

So Xu Meng’s idea is:
You provide the tools yourself and the team creates the framework.

Then use [AI assistance], [algorithm generation], and [third-party co-creation].

Although this is just an idea at this stage, Xu Meng has always been the type of person who does it immediately after he has an idea.

This time, the [Civilization Injector] plug-in is the first attempt to sow seeds.

Whether these seeds can grow fruit or what kind of fruit they can grow is actually not very important.

What is really important is the process of sowing and growing.

This process can screen out players with creative ability and passion.

Later, Xu Meng will also look for opportunities to provide opportunities to these players and continue to stimulate their creative ability and desire.

Finally, when the time is right, let them join in the construction of the "giant digital space".

As for whether there will be any side effects in this process...

Xu Meng felt that with him and Xiao Meng around, there wouldn't be any big problems.

If there is any small accident, we can handle it.

But he certainly didn't expect that there would be a genius who wanted to use this thing in a competitor's game...
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While the players were engaged in a passionate hardware showdown, the media, which had been hesitant to make any assertions, finally took action.

After the large-scale press conference of Dream Building ended, Xu Meng disappeared from the stage.

Gu Chen, the editor-in-chief of Game Observation, couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Xu Meng is indeed a master of making things happen!"

"It was made to look like the real thing, with the equipment, the volunteers, and the fake live broadcast."

"They also use seasickness as an excuse, and let the players see when they send people to the overgrown area, using 'seeing is believing' to enhance the persuasiveness."

"You really go to great lengths to deceive people!"

“But who would believe it, hahaha!”

"Playing games in a dream? Hahaha, what are you thinking!"

"Hahahaha...you, why aren't you laughing?"

Gu Chen looked at Huo Dao, who had no smile on his face, and then looked at Zhang Yang and Wu Shuang on the other side of Huo Dao.

"Why aren't you smiling?"

Huo Dao, Zhang Yang and Wu Shuang were all thinking about what Xu Meng said about the [brain-computer interface], so of course they couldn't laugh.

Gu Chen finally felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.

An amazing idea slowly emerged in my mind.

After following the team out of the press conference, he immediately grabbed the fire knife, his eyes widened: "Is what Xu Meng said true?"

"You've been testing this for the entire month???"

Huo Dao did not answer the question, but said to the editor-in-chief: "Change the question."

Gu Chen blinked, a little confused: "What do you mean?"

Huo Dao said patiently: "It means exactly what it says. I can't answer this question. I'll ask you to change the question."

Gu Chen then tried to ask: "Then...is the dream machine real?"

"it is true."

Huo Dao gave the answer instantly.

After Xu Meng decided to make the dream machine public, the Guoan staff contacted them to exchange a confidentiality agreement.

The restrictions of [Dream Machine] have been basically lifted.

But everything that happens in Xu Meng's laboratory is still required to be kept strictly confidential.

They couldn't tell anyone what they saw or did in Xu Meng's laboratory.

So Huodao couldn't answer Gu Chen what he had been doing for the past month.

But the authenticity of the dream machine doesn't matter, it can be confirmed. When Gu Chen heard these three words, he froze in the corridor.

Let the flow of people pass by him.

After a while, he came back to his senses.

After that, he didn't express any thoughts, just ran with the fire knife: "Let's go! Go back to the hotel and write the article!!"

Thanks to Huodao, a reliable source.

[Game Observation] When influential peers were still hesitating about the authenticity of [Dream Machine], they sent a congratulatory message to Dream Machine with great confidence——

[Dream Machine, an unparalleled great creation! ]
This article was written by the editor-in-chief Gu Chen himself, and he used almost all the praise he could think of:
“A miracle in the gaming industry, a great product of digital technology and brain science!”

“Humanity has truly entered the realm of dreams, a realm that has never been explored by previous generations!”

“This is not a breakthrough in the gaming industry, but a great creation that is of vital importance to the development of human civilization as a whole!”

"From now on, the length of human life will be doubled!"

“The experiences that an ordinary person can obtain in his lifetime will also be expanded several times, dozens of times!”

“What an incredible miracle!”

"The genius among geniuses!"

"It is a blessing to be in the same era as such a genius!"

"Because this time, the glory of genius will fall on everyone!"
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Gu Chen almost became a fanatic fan even more fanatical than Huo Dao.

He sincerely and frantically gave Xu Meng exaggerated compliments.

If netizens didn’t know Xu Meng so well, just by reading this article, they would think that Xu Meng was a saint who had descended to earth.

But Gu Chen didn't think he was exaggerating at all.

He watched Xu Meng's speech about the "Dream Machine" and wrote while reading, making himself feel excited.

At the end, I quoted Xu Meng's original words without hesitation:

[A great journey is ahead!]
[Game Observation] These living fossils of the industry all have some idealism.

Even though most of them are married and have children now, that immature spirit has only been restrained but has not disappeared.

Gu Chen usually behaves like a vicious editor who has completely compromised with reality because he wants to do his best to ensure that [Game Observation] runs smoothly and everyone can have a meal.

In such an era, it is a great honor to bring together a group of "old antiques" to run a gaming media.

If you are not driven by idealism, you would never do such a thing.

And now, Gu Chen's passion was completely ignited by Xu Meng!

This passionate article undoubtedly caused quite a stir.

But the players' first reaction was not to get excited like Gu Chen, but to:

"Friend, did you not check today's date before writing this article? Today is April 4st, April Fool's Day!"

"@Xu Meng! Look at what you have done!"

"Xu Meng, you deceived people so badly!"

"Is there a possibility that they know that this article is just an April Fool's Day prank by [Game Observation]?"

“Hiss——It’s very possible!!”

"No, let's not talk about whether the dream machine is real or not. Even if it is real, there is no need to be so exaggerated, right? It has risen to the level of civilization?"

"Don't tell me, if this thing is real, it really is that important!"

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When Gu Chen saw the netizens' reactions, he became extremely anxious and angry.

Leave a comment in the comment section immediately:

[This is not an April Fools joke!!!]
Even so, no one believed it.

Because at the same time, there were also a large number of other gaming media and self-media publishing articles.

Although these media have very little authority, they have huge traffic!
Some of these traffic owners told the truth, while others told lies, making the scene quite chaotic.

This resulted in players not being very enthusiastic about participating when DreamCraft really opened registration for the [Ocean Survival Competition].

More than an hour later, 180 million people signed up.

……

Gu Chen couldn't stand it anymore and left another comment:

[I guarantee this with my own personality and the reputation of [Game Observation] for six years! The Dream Machine must be real!]
Huodao also forwarded an article, also using his own character as a guarantee.

Then the heroic sniper said: "Of course it's true! I believe in Xu Meng unconditionally."

"If it's fake, I'll quit the internet immediately!"

Huanyue followed closely behind: "It's true!"

"If it's fake, I'll take out all the money in my bank card and throw it all in front of the Dream Building Company gate!"

Qihuahua soon followed suit: "It's definitely true!"

"If there is no result, I will graduate directly! I will not be a virtual anchor anymore!"

……

Honor players have come forward to express their opinions and put down huge stakes.

This clear-cut and confident statement immediately had a huge impact on the players.

Compared to the media, everyone is more willing to believe in honor players!
Because everyone is willing to believe that [Honorary Players] most likely have information channels within Dream Building.

then--

The wind direction is changing rapidly!
(End of this chapter)