Chapter 66

Building a website can be simple or complicated, but for Chen Yang, it would definitely be the most troublesome of all.

For Right Hand, it would definitely be the simplest of all.

But to get Right Hand to take action...

Chen Yang felt it would be better to start from scratch with a book and learn step by step.

However, humans are naturally social beings. Even without an official website, it doesn't matter much, because most players and netizens still prefer Baidu Tieba.

In the "Endless Stars" Tieba, the number of followers has already exceeded 80,000. In just a few days, the number of high-quality posts has surpassed three pages.

As for the number of ordinary posts, it's even more numerous. If someone refreshed the page every second, they would see that new posts quickly sink to the seventh or eighth page. After a minute, ordinary posts would be long gone.

This shows the popularity of "Endless Stars."

It's not surprising that players are excited. The world built in "Endless Stars" is incredibly free, allowing you to do whatever you want. The seamless universe has attracted many to explore deep space, and every new discovery causes a stir in the Tieba.

A player who was the first to step on "Mars" posted a screenshot live stream, which was quickly pinned to the top as a high-quality post. Within half an hour, the post received over a thousand replies. Many Tieba users asked for guidance, some using cute appeals, while others used threats or incentives, showing a wide variety of methods.

Some players even openly recruited.

Currently, the number of players in the game is close to 80,000. According to Right Hand's plan, new players joining after the first 10,000 do not receive the same benefits as the early players, such as a large spaceship. New players often start with only a near-Earth spacecraft and some resources, a stark contrast to the initial players.

This made many old players feel fortunate and proud, while many new players cursed the game developer, Xeon, demanding changes.

Unfortunately...

Who knows how to contact this developer, Xeon?

Not even whether they are male or female, or if they are a studio, is known.

What's the point of cursing? They can only sigh and accept it.

New players either have to farm and mine on their own or join some factions.

Indeed, in just a few days, tens of thousands of players have rapidly developed, giving rise to many factions. Some are friends playing together to avoid being bullied by other players, forming organizations. Others are rich players throwing money around, with players "cursing" their wealth while stuffing their pockets and gathering under the rich players.

However, the factions that can quickly gather true experts are still those studios or groups of experts from other games.

These game studios are extremely sensitive. Although most studios are still unaware or haven't grasped the potential of this game, some small studios have already entered. Using the initial resources, they openly occupy large amounts of minerals and resources, selling them to earn player money.

The more Chen Yang looked, the more surprised he became. Sometimes economic development is so simple. Although the game only has a simple credit point currency system, players have used it as a foundation to establish a trading system, linking in-game resources to real-world currency through Alipay.

Although this trading system is still rudimentary and mostly involves private underground transactions, Chen Yang is not stupid. He immediately realized that he must control this. Otherwise, as the number of players increases and the transaction volume expands, the amount of money involved will be enormous.

It would be better to establish an official trading system now to avoid unsafe underground transactions. By charging a certain transaction fee, Chen Yang would make a fortune.

Another thing that amazed Chen Yang was Right Hand's optimization of the game. Many players in the Tieba complained about the difficulty or other issues, but no one complained about the game being unplayable. A dual-core Android phone can run the game smoothly, whether it's an HTC, Google, Samsung, Huawei, or Qualcomm device, ensuring a frame rate of at least 30 FPS.

For Snapdragon 600 and above devices, the frame rate can reach over 50 FPS, making the game extremely smooth. Thanks to the special game mechanisms and algorithms used in "Endless Stars," the server data pressure is not as high as in conventional games, allowing two servers to barely support tens of thousands of online players.

Now that he has money, Chen Yang doesn't care about the small cost of renting servers. He plans to spend tens of thousands of yuan tomorrow to rent some high-performance servers. Without feeding the horse, how can you expect it to run fast?

"Where there are people, there is a江湖 (jianghu)..."

Chen Yang couldn't help but sigh as he browsed the posts and carefully read the recruitment posts of various factions.

Currently, there are over a dozen well-known factions in the game, with the most famous being Flame Gun, Freedom Emblem, Supreme Honor, and Wanderer's Home.

Flame Gun is said to be established by a game studio. In just one day, they gathered over a hundred players, and by the second day, the number of players exceeded 3,000, occupying large areas of mineral resources on the Blue Planet.

Freedom Emblem is another well-known studio that invested a large amount of money into the game, with over 2,000 players joining.

Supreme Honor is an organization established by a wealthy player who spread money in the Tieba and forums. Players receive 10 credit points for joining and a monthly salary of 150 to 600 credit coins based on their rank, just for following orders.

Credit coins can be exchanged for real currency in the underground black market and Tieba, attracting over 6,000 players. This wealthy player alone contributed over 80,000 yuan to Chen Yang, truly a rich player.

Wanderer's Home is a loose organization formed by players who don't want to be constrained, helping each other to avoid being bullied by other factions while developing independently, with over 10,000 members.

The Blue Planet's size is similar to Earth. Even with 80,000 players mining, the current resources of the Blue Planet are not significantly affected. So, before resources become scarce, these factions can coexist peacefully. However, once the Blue Planet's resources become scarce, a war will inevitably break out to争夺 (zhengduo) the only habitable planet in the system.

No faction will give up this beautiful planet!

Another point that Chen Yang can't help but admire is the unique ecosystem Right Hand established on the Blue Planet. Various terrifying creatures have killed many players, and the money spent on reviving adds up to a significant amount, accounting for a quarter of the total recharge amount, showing what a high strategy it is.

However, humans are intelligent beings who can unite and use tactics and weapons. Although the Blue Planet has various terrifying creatures, they can't withstand the combined attacks of large factions.

In just a few days, many terrifying creatures have been killed. Chen Yang, using his admin privileges, checked the creatures on the Blue Planet and found that, except for a few unique creatures in the ocean, most land creatures that pose a threat to players can't withstand the combined attacks of hundreds or even thousands of players.

This means that as the number of players increases and more powerful ships and weapons are developed, the creatures on the Blue Planet will no longer pose a threat to players, and the amount of money spent on reviving will significantly decrease.

"This won't do..."

Chen Yang took a sip of water, his eyes slightly unfocused, "Hmm, it seems it's time for a game update."