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Gu Qingshi looked at Bai Jie sitting upright and laughed, "Sister Bai, would you like some hot tea?"

"Okay, okay." Bai Jie spoke in a serious tone, totally different from her usual natural self. She was so reserved that she seemed like a newcomer coming for a job interview.

After some greetings, Bai Jie explained the purpose of her visit.

"Boss Gu, I have submitted my resignation to the director."

Gu Qingshi was shocked. "Ah? Sister Xiaobai, are you here to seek refuge with me?"

Bai Jie was a little embarrassed.

"I'm here to ask for authorization."

Authorization?

Hearing this, Gu Qingshi was slightly stunned.

Bai Jie submitted her resignation and then came to Fanxing to apply for authorization? What the hell?

After she asked carefully, she finally understood the whole cause and effect of the matter.

Xinyin is now managed by Pei E, and the next strategic layout is to buy out stand-alone games. But Bai Jie feels at a loss about the development of stand-alone games.

Bai Jie's previous resume showed no experience in designing stand-alone games.

So she submitted her resignation to Pei E and decided to go out on her own.

Bai Jie's new team, which is the "Polaris Technology" she registered with 5 million yuan in funds, has basically been established with the help of Pei E.

Polaris Technology currently has two main businesses. One is to develop a two-dimensional erotic card game to raise funds, and the other is to develop a continuously operating free-to-play MMORPG.

The former has been officially launched and entered the early development stage, while the latter is still in the project establishment stage.

Bai Jie takes this MMORPG very seriously.

After listening to this, Gu Qingshi asked in confusion, "Sister Xiaobai, are you planning to make a first-person perspective MMO?"

"Correct."

“Then why not do VR?”

As soon as Gu Qingshi asked the question, she was shocked by her own stupidity.

There are VR MMORPGs on the market now, but as for the actual quality... it can be considered as "Half-Life: Alyx" that can be played online.

The quality is pretty good, but compared to the rapidly developing and diverse PC games, the VR side is somewhat pale in comparison.

Not to mention the limitations of device performance, the high price of the device alone directly leads to the fact that the audience of VR is far smaller than that of PC and console.

As for the "second world" in online novels, which has a certain degree of realism and complete freedom, it still belongs to the category of science fiction in this world.

But since Bai Jie wants to make an MMORPG for PC, why does he want to go with the first-person perspective?

Obviously, the third-person over-the-shoulder perspective is the most suitable perspective for MMORPGs, which not only ensures the player's field of vision but also increases the sense of immersion. In addition, the top-down perspective of traditional MMORPGs is also good.

But the first-person perspective...this perspective really tests the player's awareness and operation.

So, Bai Jie wants to make an MMOFPS?

MMOFPS is the so-called massively multiplayer online first-person shooter game. As the name suggests, it is a game type that combines FPS and MMO.

Gu Qingshi felt that she had figured it out. Perhaps Bai Jie wanted to make a multiplayer online game similar to "Battlefield"?

Facing Gu Qingshi's curious eyes, Bai Jie said:

"We want to make an MMORPG for Stellaris."

Chapter 217 [I can also talk, I can also cooperate]

"Wait wait, be a star?"

Gu Qingshi felt her mind was a little confused.

Making Stellaris into an MMORPG is a bit too sci-fi!

How to make this thing, make it into "Star Citizen"? Come on, Star Citizen is not a normal MMO at all, this thing makes money by selling ships...

Gu Qingshi was really confused at this moment. In the limited games she had played, there was indeed no first-person + science fiction + space opera + massively multiplayer online game.

At least not with a single successful case.

Even Destiny 2, which comes closest to this definition, is still far from the game Bai Jie envisioned.

If we have to say it, the "Stellaris Online" mentioned by Bai Jie should be "EVE" in the form of "Star Citizen", or a complete form of "Star Citizen".

“This is good!”

Li Xiaomeng thought this was a great idea and exclaimed in admiration.

But Gu Qingshi rolled up the hanging hair with her fingers and felt that what Bai Jie was going to do was a little too bold.

"There are hundreds of planets in the Stellaris game. Sister Xiaobai, do you think you can really build even one tenth of them with your manpower?"

Gu Qingshi asked worriedly.

Bai Jie's ideas are a bit too advanced. Her grand blueprint for MMO is quite similar to Todd's promotion of "Starry Sky".

Bai Jie shook her head.

"It's impossible, at least not in version 1.0. Our plan is to first create three or four home planets and major cities on them, such as Earth and Europa VII of the United Nations and the United Planet of the Human Federation. Each planet will have four or five major cities as the player's main cities."

“For the construction of city and planet scenes, we have reached a cooperation with Yungong, and their developers and outsourcing teams will join in the development of these aspects. In the worst case, the development of version 1.0 will take two years.”

"Our current approach is to stop using the ultra-high-definition textures and models with hundreds of thousands of faces that we used to use, and to reduce the image quality in exchange for faster development speed."

Gu Qingshi felt relieved.

She wondered why Bai Jie wanted to make big news right after her debut, and it turned out that Yungong Network was behind it.

Gu Qingshi finally showed some interest.

"What about the plot of Europa 7 being blown up? Wouldn't it be a waste of resources if the player's main city was destroyed directly?"

Bai Jie shook her head. "Europa 7 will prioritize using materials from other planets for reassembly. Only a small portion of the materials need to be modeled or drawn from scratch, which actually takes up the least time and resources."

The subtext is that the bombing must be carried out when necessary.

Gu Qingshi reluctantly accepted it and asked the question that concerned her most:

“What about the profit model?”

Bai Jie said: "First of all, we must promise not to actively sell the values. The most important thing is to use the ascension system and ship modification to make a profit. For example, in the three routes of ascension, genetics, machinery, and psychic energy, players will obtain entries every time they upgrade to a higher level. These entries are completely random, but players can refresh them with krypton gold props; for ship modification, players can collect materials to customize ships, and they can also choose to krypton gold to buy ready-made blank ships and then collect materials for custom modification..."

“At the same time, we will establish an official trading platform called the Cosmic Market to support real-money transactions…”

Li Xiaomeng, who had been listening nearby, turned her head away and laughed secretly.

Not actively selling the value...Gu Qingshi almost laughed out loud.

Although Bai Jie's plan sounds quite "fair", if you think about it carefully, it is actually selling values ​​everywhere.

Since the attributes are random, it means that krypton guys can spend a lot of money to brush up high-level attributes. Players can directly buy a blank ship, which means that rich guys can form combat effectiveness faster.

Not to mention directly opening up the official trading platform.

However, compared with the increasingly embarrassing MMORPGs on the market since "Broken Sword", Bai Jie's plan is indeed conscientious.

Gu Qingshi teased, "Master Bai, you can also divide the Ascension System into several modules. For example, the Mechanical Ascension can be divided into the computing power module, artificial intelligence module, prosthetic module, network module and so on. Each module has a corresponding piece of equipment or even several pieces of equipment. Add random entries to the equipment and let the players slowly grind them."

Bai Jie was stunned for a moment, turned on the recording on her phone, and asked hurriedly, "I didn't write it all down, Mr. Gu, can you say it again?"

Gu Qingshi: "......"

She also wanted to open a card pool for players to draw cards, and then add a "constellation" or something like that to the Ascension system, but this thing is too crazy, just like Pinduoduo cutting down on its products. If it really comes out, I'm afraid there will be protests by players...

It is better for such evil things not to appear in this world.

Gu Qingshi let out a breath and asked Bai Jie one last question.

"Sister Xiaobai, have you thought of a strategy to deal with the problem of studio gold farming and scripts disrupting players' normal gameplay and market prices?"

"not at all."

Bai Jie told the truth.

Before Tang Manyan helped Xunyin improve Eternal Life, there was no MMORPG on the market that actively opened up the trading market. Most manufacturers believed that opening up player trading would inevitably lead to the proliferation of studio scripts, so they abolished the free market from the beginning.

Although "Eternal Life" has re-added free trade between players, when the free trade function was added, Eternal Life was already in a half-dead state. Later, it was announced that it would stop updating. The vitality of the players could not support the market ecology at all. Although studio problems also occurred, the impact on the operation of the game was minimal.

Without a precedent, it is difficult to formulate a response plan from scratch. Bai Jie is not a perfect person, how can she think of everything?

Since no one is perfect, it's Gu Qingshi's turn to take action.

Gu Qingshi tapped the table lightly, her fingers bent, her knuckles hitting the table with a crisp sound, and she said sweetly:

"We at Fanxing have an anti-cheating system that can detect and ban studio players and scripts. Sister Xiaobai and I are old acquaintances. We will license this system to you at a 10% discount. What do you think, sister?"

Gu Qingshi winked at Li Xiaomeng.

Li Xiaomeng immediately interrupted and said, "Yes, yes, our anti-cheat system is very useful! Battlefield will soon fully deploy Tianxin anti-cheat, Sister Xiaobai, you can just take a look at it when the time comes."

When it comes to making money, Li Xiaomeng has never been stupid.

After that, Li Xiaomeng said, "By the way, Boss, we still have some free time in the third development department, so we can make Stars. What do you think?"

Gu Qingshi secretly blinked, indicating that the boy was teachable.

"Sister Xiaobai wants to create a group of stars, and we at Fanxing are also creating a group of stars. So we are a family. As a family, we can talk and we can cooperate."

Chapter 218 [Ant claws are ant claws, crab roe is crab roe]

Bai Jie was short of manpower, so Fanxing was easily integrated into the development work of Polaris Technology.

After nearly two weeks of deliberation and discussion, this sci-fi MMORPG named "Stellaris: Chosen" was finally launched on April 4th.

As for the division of the results, Fanxing, Polaris Technology and Yungong Network also had a clear division.

Fanxing holds a 25% share of the profits of Stellaris: Chosen through the IP adaptation rights, game promotion and traffic diversion, part of the development of the three outsourcing work, and the authorization of Tianxin's anti-cheating system. Yungong Network participated in the development and project outsourcing and was responsible for distribution, holding a 40% share. Polaris Technology holds a 35% share.

The original owner only took 35%, which sounds a bit like a joke. But this ratio is already quite conscientious in the industry.

The profit sharing ratio of most online games is 82% or 73%.