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Chapter 86 The Legend of the Chinese Mud

Chapter 86 The Legend of the Chinese Mud

When Zhang Lexing was still working hard for his dream in Hong Kong, at the same time, a corner of the open office area of ​​Blue Dragon Company in San Jose, USA...

Zhan Jun and his group are the happiest people in the whole company now. The previous development project has been completed, and after confirming that they want to return to BJ, they did not continue to arrange new development tasks. Self-conscious people, no one takes the opportunity to be lazy, and they are seizing the time to study hard.

Peng Hanwen is the youngest among them. He was just 20 years old when he came to the United States. It is said that he has liked computers since he was a child, and his family conditions are good. He can play from the Apple II to the Great Wall 0520CH. He can design assembly programs for various computers. quite familiar.After coming to the U.S., I feel like a fish in water. Although the level of game design has not improved much, I have gradually become familiar with computer communication technology since I played Modem and surfed the Internet. I am even more proficient in the assembly language on the PC.

This year, Peng Hanwen became obsessed with a new game——Mud (Mudland), a medieval fantasy background Mud game "LPMUD" released a few years ago.After playing "LPMUD", Peng Hanwen announced that he would never touch other games again, because compared with the excitement of Mud, those stand-alone games seemed too lonely.According to Peng Hanwen: "There are good things to share with the brothers." He not only played by himself, but also brought many people into the water, such as the Han brothers, Shao Yijie, who is engaged in interface design, and others. In fact, the real reason is that Peng Hanwen wanted to find some trustworthy people to form a team with. After all, he was unfamiliar with the place, so he couldn't find those "foreigners".

During this period of rest, Peng Hanwen went to "LPMUD" to continue his struggle, and today is no exception, but the difference is that his identity is no longer a player struggling to survive in the game, but a wizard with boundless power (Wizzard). The wizard in Mud is a bit equivalent to the GM in the era of online games in the new century, but the wizard has much greater rights. On the one hand, he uses his specific administrator rights to maintain the order of the Mud world, and on the other hand, he is also a game developer. Constantly develop new content of Mud (new maps, new tasks, new NPCs, new gameplay).In fact, for the title of GM (GameMaster, game administrator), the wizard in Mud is more suitable, and those GMs in the online game era of the new century can only be regarded as GW (GameWaiter, game waiter) at best, and they have no ability to move. the content of the game.

Since Peng Hanwen was granted the status of a trainee wizard by the god (the creator of the game, with all permissions) through the online recruitment of "LPMUD" a week ago, he has spent more than ten hours in this Mud game almost every day.After a week of hard study with the great wizard, although he still has the sign of a trainee, Peng Hanwen thinks that he is already familiar with the work of a wizard, and it is time to become a teacher, so he plans to try another privilege of a wizard today ——Using the game's embedded LPC (a game scripting language, similar to C language) to create new content for the game, and his goal is to add an NPC that can automatically respond to players' questions in the small town in the desert.

Opening his notebook, Peng Hanwen carefully checked the LPC code he planned to write. This was modified from a piece of code that the great wizard gave him as a reference. It can be said that he entrusted his hard work during this period of study.The code should be fine, Peng Hanwen transferred to his working directory and began to use the editing function to enter the code.

A hand slapped Peng Hanwen's shoulder suddenly, and he trembled in fright when he was concentrating on entering the code. One guy mistyped several digits. Looking back, it turned out that Zhan Jun was standing behind him.

"Boss (since Zhan Jun took two projects, some people have gotten used to this title), people who scare people will scare people to death." Peng Hanwen said with lingering fear.

Zhan Jun pointed at the screen and said, "Who made you play so attentively? It's still the same "LPMUD" today?"

"Boss, my identity is different now, and I will be a wizard who can call the wind and rain in the game in the future." Peng Hanwen shook his head and said proudly.

"What's the difference, aren't we still playing games? Although the boss didn't arrange work for us, we should cherish the current environment and learn more useful things when we have time." Zhan Junyu said earnestly, with an expression on his face Quite solemn, as if trying to persuade a lost child.

"Boss, don't be too prejudiced. After becoming a wizard, I learned how to create game content and mastered the LPC scripting language inside, and this game is really fun. How about I create an account for you and try it out?" Well." Peng Hanwen felt that he was going to faint, and it was impossible to go on like this, he had to drag the boss into the water, otherwise he would keep talking to his ears like this every day, how could he have the energy to be a great wizard.

Peng Hanwen's proposal really touched Zhan Jun's heart. Of course, he thought more about "no investigation, no right to speak." If you want to save Peng Hanwen, you must have solid evidence.After getting the account registered by Peng Hanwen and a note with the login address, Zhan Jun turned on an unused computer next to him, started Telnet to log in to the address on the note, and then entered the account password. Problem, a new guy shows up in a small town in the desert.

"Peng Hanwen, how do you walk?" Zhan Jun was dumbfounded when he saw the game interface. Even if he didn't have a mouse in the games he played before, he could use the arrow keys (cursor keys on the keyboard) to walk around anyway, but this game doesn't work. There was no response from the arrow keys for a long time, and the mouse was obviously useless, so I had to resort to a unique trick - to ask the audience outside the venue for help.

Peng Hanwen took a glance and said, "Pay attention to the prompts on the screen, which will introduce the obvious exits in the scene, and then you can enter the south, east, north and west according to the prompts, and you can go."

Zhan Jun nodded and rejoined the game... 1 minute later...

"Peng Hanwen..."

"Boss, if you want to call me a wizard, it will be more imposing."

"Student wizard, what should I do when I speak?"

Wizard Peng looked over again, and said, "You enter 'say' first, followed by a space, and then add what you want to say."

"Oh." Zhan Jun nodded, and joined the game again... 5 minutes later...

"Student wizard, what should I do if I want to fight?"

Wizard Peng once again poked his head over to take a look, and then said: "You enter 'fight' first, then enter a blank space, and then enter the name of the person you want to fight. Be careful, don't hit casually, you are still a novice."

"Oh." Zhan Jun nodded, and joined the game again... 10 minutes later...

"Student wizard, if you die, how do you resurrect?"

Wizard Peng was probed again this time, stretched out a hand and waved it, and then said sadly: "Boss, it's my fault. I only knew that this game is fun, but I didn't notice that you are still a novice. This is me. You wrote the novice guide, take it and read it first, and study it for a while." With that, Wizard Peng took out a notepad and handed it to Zhan Jun.

Zhan Jun nodded, took the notepad, and began to study... 15 minutes later...

"Student wizard..."

"Boss, please forgive me, can you give me a little more time, I'll be fine soon." Wizard Peng begged in pain.

"But I..."

Zhan Jun didn't have time to finish his words, and was interrupted again. Wizard Peng clasped his hands together and begged, "Boss, one minute, just one minute, it's only the last point."

"Okay, just one minute." Zhan Jun sighed and could only agree.

...1 minutes later...

"Student wizard..."

"Boss, give me another minute, it's only the last point."

...5 minutes later...

"Student wizard..."

"Boss, give me another minute, it's really only the last point."

...10 minutes later...

"Student wizard..."

"Boss, it's only the last minute, and this time it's definitely only the last minute."

...Three 10 minutes later...

"Huh..." Zhan Jun, who was in a waiting state, snored evenly.

"...It's just the last bit."

...in an hour...

"Boss, it's ok." Peng Wushi finally finished his so-called "last minute debugging". When he turned around, he found that Zhan Jun had fallen asleep, so he had to pat him gently with his hands.

Zhan Jun in his sleep moved his body, adjusted his head, and muttered, "I know, it's only the last point."

Seeing that slapping didn't work, Mr. Peng switched to shaking instead of slapping. He almost pushed Zhan Jun off the chair, but it was really effective, and Zhan Jun finally woke up from the torment.

Patting himself on the face to make himself more awake, Zhan Jun finally figured out that wizard Peng's work is done and it's his turn to ask questions.

"Boss, if you have any questions just now, just ask, and I will definitely tell you everything." Peng Hanwen, who has retired from the status of a wizard, expressed very generously.

"Just now..." Zhan Jun fell asleep and almost forgot what question he was going to ask just now, and scratched his head for a while before remembering: "Oh, I didn't want to ask about the operation of the game, but my After playing for a while, I think this kind of game seems to be quite interesting.”

"Boss, you like this game too, haha, now I have one more bosom friend." Peng Hanwen laughed triumphantly with his arms akimbo.

"But not having Chinese seems to be a fly in the ointment."

"Boss, I have thought about it too, so this is just studying games."

"Do you think we will mess up the culture in this game?" Zhan Jun rubbed his chin, thinking about his proposal.

"Boss, the network environment in China is definitely not as good as here, unless you plan to be in the market of international students."

"It's not a bad idea. We are doing experiments here now. After the domestic network environment improves, we will bring out more mature ones."

"That's okay, but the two of us alone will definitely not be able to keep busy, but if there are too many participants, what will the boss do with the development fee?"

"You can apply to the Blue Dragon. We are all fine now anyway. I guess this project should not cost too much development fees. The main reason is that the server and line resources will be needed after the development is completed. At that time, the big deal will be handed over to the Blue Dragon. The operation is complete. Although the boss didn't give us any tasks, but everyone has been receiving the salary of the boss, so we can't really do nothing."

Zhan Jun agrees with Peng Hanwen's point of view. Without the support of his boss, he still doesn't know where he is nesting in the country. How could he have the opportunity to get in touch with such advanced foreign computer technology, so he has made up his mind a long time ago. Overcoming all difficulties, we must help the boss to work hard.

Then the two called other people, got together and talked for a while, and soon after, the "Application for Launching Mud Business" written by Zhan Jun and provided by Peng Hanwen was submitted.Since there have been several successful Mud projects in the past, Blue Dragon has also created one similar to "LPMud", but the operation work is not done by itself, so the company's senior management is very interested in this application. After all, the overseas student market can be regarded as a relatively new market. Anyway, the investment is not large, so you can give it a try.

As a result, the Chinese Mud project team led by Zhan Jun was formally established. Blue Dragon Company invested 10 US dollars as development funds, intending to modify the Mud game that Blue Dragon Company made back then into a Chinese version. The Mud game uses myths and legends as the background of the game. As for the name of the game, according to Zhan Jun: "Since we are all Orientals, this game should also reflect it. Why not call it 'Oriental Story'."

With the source code and related materials, the speed of modification is much faster. The Chinese processing part has been researched by Rising Sun Software for these years. When Zhang Lexing first arrived at BJ, the beta version of "Oriental Stories" Go online and start a small-scale test among international students.The game introduction in all Chinese (both simplified and traditional), and the game environment in all Chinese, immediately attracted many players who hated the all-English interface of the popular Mud, and the online quota of 100 people on the test server soon began to It was so full that even Zhan Jun and others almost couldn't get in during maintenance. In the end, they had to rely on technical means to limit the number of logins to temporarily solve this problem.

The booming market made the top executives of Blue Dragon Company also want to operate their own business. With this goal in mind, a company named Blue Dragon Network was established quickly, and began to set up its own game development team in the Internet era. Create a new sky.But Zhan Jun and others didn't think so much, they were just busy revising and perfecting "Oriental Stories" every day, and at the same time, they were looking forward to the day when they were called.

(End of this chapter)

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