On Children’s Day, the Tianba Community quietly updated a pinned post.
[Pinned] Announcent on the Early Access of "Star Emperor" on the Steam Platform...
The community has a lot of players.
After all, the two gas under Tianba Studio have sold over a million copies each, and this community has at least 100,000 registered users.
Even though today is a workday and it’s midday, the community isn’t very active. But there are still plenty of Cowherding Sect followers and GuMua Sect disciples who linger around for preaching and constant battles.
As soon as the pinned post was published, everyone saw it.
It’s too conspicuous!
GaBugs, that permission hog, made it a pinned post as soon as he published it. Anyone who’s not blind can see the content.
"Front row! Ba is alive?"
"When can Tianba Manor hand over the houses?"
"Ba, when will you fix the bug where we can’t lead Old Huang the cow into the school?"
"Early access? Can any real estate expert analyze if there’s room for property prices to soar on Dubhe in the future?"
"Real estate expert here, inside sources say there are plans for several Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin high-speed rail lines on Dubhe, promising great property appreciation potential!"
"Yay! I heard there’s a Cow Demon in the new ga? Now we can herd cows!"
Isn’t it possible that you might lose to the Cow Demon? And instead be kept as a pet?
And by the way, are you out of your mind playing the real estate market on Dubhe, a fantasy cultivation world? Aren’t you afraid that a Great Emperor might just flatten your foundation with a slap?
The community players’ discussion made Chen Ba’s blood pressure rise, he felt like giving each of them a good flick on the head.
Forget it, he doesn’t expect much from them.
Releasing this pinned announcent is just a routine notification; Chen Ba doesn’t really think they’ll play "Star Emperor".
After all, it’s a different ga type.
This ti, "Star Emperor" isn’t a simulation ga. No herding cows, no real estate speculation, just adrenaline-pumping fighting competitions!
The overlap between fighting ga players and simulation ga players isn’t very high.
Fans who enjoyed Tianba Studio’s first two gas may not necessarily like the fighting genre of "Star Emperor"...
And there’s another important point.
The first two gas were in 2D, whereas the new ga is 3D, which introduces many hidden hurdles in the experience, like those who get motion sickness in 3D and can’t play.
Therefore, Chen Ba has other plans.
After announcing the early access plan for "Star Emperor", he secured a pretty decent national hopage recomndation spot on the Steam platform.
This isn’t underhanded.
The huge success of the first two gas gave Steam Platform a good share of profits, so it’s only fair for them to reciprocate when Tianba Studio releases a new ga.
It’s just like how renowned web novel authors get great recomndation spots when they release new books; it’s a privilege that cos after becoming famous.
Tianba Studio isn’t exactly a renowned author.
But on the Steam Platform, they’re already a well-known ga studio. Giving a nod and recomnding their new ga on the hopage benefits everyone!
"Star Emperor" was launched on three PC gaming platforms; besides the Steam Platform, Tencent’s WeGa and E-Shop also gave recomndations.
Yes, simultaneous release on three platforms!
Despite the different platforms, in online mode, players can still play together, without separate servers.
Tencent once suggested setting up a separate server, but Chen Ba declined.
He knows exactly what their plan was.
Absolutely not! Having a separate server for each platform is too cumberso, and it’s not friendly to players. Chen Ba won’t do such a thing.
Besides, can E-Shop really sustain the active player base needed for a server? It’s not that Chen Ba wants to criticize E-Shop, it’s just that E-Shop can’t do it!
Except when E-Shop gives away free gas, people flock to claim them; otherwise, who buys or plays gas on E-Shop?
...
Guo Mo didn’t wake up until the afternoon.
As an Apex strear, he worked himself to the bone last night to grab a master rank before the end of the season.
What?
His teammates went on a killing spree while he just looted? You call that working to the bone?
Well, did he get to the master rank or not?
"This season’s just brutal, everyone’s just stalling for points. Nine teams still left in the final circle, I’m just dumbfounded..."
After lunch, Guo Mo politely rejected a friend’s invite to play.
He doesn’t want to play anymore, he’s exhausted!
The season’s special point system made his path to the master rank incredibly tough. Now that he’s achieved master rank, he really doesn’t want to touch Apex anymore; he’s afraid he’ll get depressed if he keeps playing.
Tonight he’ll play sothing else on stream, just to relax.
Rumor has it, his favorite Tianba Studio has released a new ga, supposedly so kind of fantasy fighting ga?
"Sounds alright, might as well give it a go."
Having set his target, Guo Mo changed his stream title to "My Son Mo Has the Deanor of a Great Emperor" and started today’s stream.
A new ga, especially a multiplayer one, attracts a lot of people eager to try it out.
And ga strears love trying out new gas, especially multiplayer ones.
So there are many strears like Guo Mo who start streaming to try out "Star Emperor". After all, it’s a multiplayer ga promoted by the Steam Platform, trying it out doesn’t cost anything.
Who knows, it might make for great content?
Guo Mo isn’t aware of this; he’s just a small strear with unsatisfactory contract standards, barely making a base salary.
His last burst of popularity was unexpected.
Unable to retain viewers, naturally, his stream doesn’t have many watchers; trying out "Star Emperor" is just because he doesn’t want to play Apex anymore.
"Co on, let’s see how aweso this so-called Dream Building 5 Engine really is!"
Taking a deep breath, Guo Mo clicked on a ga icon that resembled the Milky Way Galaxy, entering the ga.
Unlike the demo version, this early access phase enabled online mode. Players can choose single-player story mode or online mode on the ga’s hopage.
No need to think about it.
Players coming for multiplayer won’t even glance at single-player mode, they’ll dive straight into the online option.
[Loading: 1%...]
The progress bar moved slowly; it’s unclear whether it was a server issue or Guo Mo’s network problem.
It took a full five minutes for the ga to load fully, finally bringing up the Tianba Ga account registration page.
After logging in with the Steam Platform account with one click, Guo Mo stuck with his old nickna [Buried Love Xiaomo].
"Great Emperor, welco to Dubhe!"
"This is your proving ground and the burial place of countless Great Emperor Venerables, containing opportunities for immortality."
"The Path to Immortality will open, and the slumbering Alien Race Venerables and ancient Great Emperors will awaken, bringing cosmic chaos..."
After the guide spirit nad [Tianxin] finished explaining, it turned into a streak of light rging into the brow of the protagonist Star Emperor, indicating that if needed, you can press the Y key to activate the Celestial Heart Seal and it’ll appear.
What good does waking you up do?
Guo Mo snorted, not thinking much of the newbie spirit nad [Tianxin].
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