Hi, this is Gardener!
Again, the end of the year is coming soon…In other words, are you guys on Earth getting ready to welcome a new year? Have you picked up the energy and left some unforgettable memories in the past year? Well…please cherish these memories no matter they are good or bad because I am always looking forward to your stories when you get on the Babel in our game~
Back to the game, the best word for describing our game for the past year is… set-sail? But the Babel, this little tattered ship had been sailing in no man’s sky for nearly 3 years, and we had absorbed cosmic rays enough for over three years as well. Ahh, every cloud has a silver lining, which is more accurate for our situation for the past year. At our most desperate, the ship's radar keenly caught an asteroid where we hurriedly landed to resupply. We poured fuel into the engine and repaired the damaged shell. Also, we recruited a new crew. When the engines fired up, I seemed to be watching my space shuttle rising up... We made it(ㄒoㄒ)!
Discussing new game features...
After restarting our journey, we accelerated our work efficiency for rapidly improving the completion of A Guidebook of Babel with our new crews. During the journey, we also experienced the period of gelling with team members and the time of self-examination. Luckily, these obstacles quickly became a steppingstone to our next stop. We made it together. Now the next stop is the completion of A Guidebook of Babel!
Guess it! It would come up in our full version!
Yet a lot of interesting things have indeed happened in the past year. They are not all pleasant, however, I still like to write it down! What I like the most is the designing the game themed gift although it took a lot of time. Of course, I never planned to escape the task of writing the scripts! Although anyone with a discerning eye can see, I did burn out my brain several times by accident while writing the scripts.
The draft pf mystery toy boxes. Ps: it’s a pity that the 2X2 set design for the boxes were denied.
The most exhausting ‘business’ is to attend events. We need to arrive at the booth very early, standing there for the whole day. Then introduce the game to every gamer who wants to try it till we got thirsty and tired.
When I exhausted, I really want to swallow a questionnaire to make it disappear!
Seriously, the most nervous thing for me is the chat show recording. This is the first time in my life that I participated in such a big show recording! Hmmm… in fact I have participated a show recording in HongKong before when I was still a college student. This time I had ‘Babel’ with me...and unexpectedly became one of the protagonists?! Yoh, the spotlight I’m coming although I forgot my words. If only I had the communication skills of the Chef Lanqi.
What? Just Bronze Three Winner? Never mind, Dripwood awards (an award in Babel game) by the Chef is the highest!
The most difficult moment... may be the role switch. Work is only part of life after all. The challenges that life brings to me are much more tough than the difficulties of game development. For me, Gardener, a game developer of the Babel game, and a husband and father, are both the roles that I need to switch again and again. On either side, never being absent is the hardest thing.
Holding my daughter's hand in the hospital.
Well, how did you guys spend your year? In the new year, do you plan to stop or continue to move forward? Anyway, don't forget you have Gardener’s reporting with you although sometimes it will not be updated very frequently lol. I will be always here for you and happy new year! The destination planet of this voyage is already very close.
So that's all for today, see you soon, folks!