Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 16

The three men who entered were captivated by the sight of two beautiful women inside.

Lin Shuying said, "Qiaoqiao, please treat her."

"Okay, please come with me. I'll take you to the bedroom to change first. Our studio provides uniforms, but please choose according to your preferences. We only have three sets prepared so far..."

We first took everyone to their room to put their luggage away; there wasn't much luggage, just a small suitcase. Then we went to the third-floor storage room to get clothes. There were three sets of clothes: a women's jacket and skirt set, a cheongsam set, and a short-sleeved shirt and shorts set. The colors were white with pink and blue trim, green embroidery, and white—very beautiful.

The men's outfit consists of a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, a shirt and trousers, and a traditional costume like the ones in the game.

Slippers are required; Lin Shuying can't make other shoes for now because time is too tight.

The fact that she was able to collect so many outfits in just a few months shows how skilled she is.

Soon everyone changed their clothes and came downstairs. After Lin Shuying introduced herself to everyone, she kept Liang Ranran behind to assist her, while the others in their respective defense zones went about their own business.

Lu Yunzhi first tallied up the game's revenue, material expenses, and other issues, and then presented the financial statements to Lin Shuying.

Zhang Zhongxia began working on post-production, adding voiceovers and subtitles to the various videos edited by Lin Qiaoqiao, and removing unwanted footage. There were three people working together: Lin Qiaoqiao and an assistant.

Of course, they also had to handle the text writing, bug fixing, and other tasks within the game.

Lin Shuying took out a large pile of silver, gold, and copper threads, as well as various gemstone petals, beads, and leaves.

"Come help me wrap the thread, like this. You need to distinguish between gold, silver, and copper thread, don't get them mixed up, the prices of the three materials are very different. Gemstones also need to be separated. You see, these with good clarity and exquisite processing are first-class. These that don't look clear enough, have mixed colors, and have flaws are second-class."

Liang Ranran stared intently at Lin Shuying's hands. She watched as Lin Shuying quickly wrapped a petal around her finger and twisted the copper wire with pliers, creating a pretty little braid.

Then, label the box containing the items and carefully write down the names of the materials.

"Do you understand now?"

Liang Ranran hesitated to start. Could she really make such beautiful components?

"See, I understand now."

"Let's get started. Tell me if you don't know how. You can design products independently later, and the studio will give you a cut of the profits from your designs."

"Can I...?"

Lin Shuying laughed and said, "Why not? I didn't know how to do it at first either, and it took me a long time to learn."

Lin Shuying recalled her past life, when she first got into beadwork. She bought large bags of cheap, broken beads and junk bags for twenty or thirty yuan, which she had to sort through herself, often finding many unwanted beads. It was like treasure hunting in a garbage dump, finding a super pretty bead and feeling incredibly happy. Later, when making her own pieces, she was always reluctant to use it, feeling that only a better design could do justice to it.

Then I started working with more expensive glass materials, a bag of a dozen or twenty pieces, but it cost thirty or forty yuan.

I agonized over a single bag of materials for a long time.

Cheap materials won't produce good quality beads. Many beads not only fade, peel, and stain the skin, but are also crooked, sealed, etc.

The bound flowers always slip, the velvet flowers always get tangled, I don't know how to string the petals into a beautiful flower, and I don't know how to handle the relationship between the main subject and the flowers...

Not to mention that I later learned how to make clothes, going from a complete novice who couldn't even hold a needle to a master who could operate a sewing machine until it was smoking. I went through so many hardships and stayed up so many nights.

All I can say is that passion can truly create miracles, making people tireless and forgetting to eat and sleep.

As a result, I contracted a whole host of illnesses: frozen shoulder, stomach problems, headaches, rheumatism—I had them all.

Lin Shuying recounted her journey of hard work in a different way, which moved Liang Ranran to tears.

"As long as you like it, are willing to put in the effort, and do it patiently, you can learn it and master it."

"Waaaaah, good!"

The boss is so cool!

After a period of effort, the game prizes were finally completed.

Lin Shuying called Lin Qiaoqiao over, "How's the game activity going?"

Lin Qiaoqiao exclaimed excitedly, "It's so cool! Boss, how many kinds of flower fairies did you put in the game?"

Lin Shuying thought for a moment and said there were eighty kinds, and she couldn't think of any more.

The eighty types of flower fairies are not all different flowers. For example, double-petaled lisianthus, single-petaled lisianthus, lisianthus with rolled edges, hoya, phalaenopsis orchid, green orchid, dwarf azalea, large azalea, pearl red azalea, pink bamboo peach, red bamboo peach, etc., are mostly different varieties of the same flower.

Following her preferences, the drop rate for particularly beautiful flowers is extremely low, resulting in fewer seeds, but a large amount of flower coins will be obtained. It's very balanced, ensuring that the principle of "more work, more reward" is not broken.

Lin Qiaoqiao was shocked. So many kinds?

Lin Shuying said with a laugh, "Next time I'll have you write the explanation, then you'll know what to expect."

Lin Qiaoqiao said admiringly, "Boss, you're amazing! But you still have to do the explanation yourself. It would be more troublesome if we went through the process."

Lin Shuying thought about it and agreed with her. She explained that she hadn't realized she needed to include descriptions for the small items when she first uploaded the game, only remembering when she realized people couldn't distinguish between men's and women's clothing. She added them later when she was brainstorming ideas; it was simpler to do it herself.

"Okay, my prizes are almost finished. How's the tallying going over there?"

Lin Qiaoqiao: "Almost there, just a little bit left. Boss, aren't you going to put up a countdown to the end of the event? The end time for this event is uncertain."

"Huh? Not sure? You probably forgot. I'll add it tonight, and it'll be finished in three days."

Lin Qiaoqiao screamed, "Three days later!"

She hasn't caught many flower fairies yet, ahhhhh!

The illustrations in the album are probably not complete. No, we need to recruit a few more people to help catch them.

Lin Shuying found it amusing to watch her run away in such a hurry; why was she so flustered?

"No slacking off during work hours!"

Lin Qiaoqiao said, "I wasn't being lazy; I went to collect various flower fairy materials for the promotional video."

Liang Ranran was very envious of Lin Qiaoqiao's job. She asked in a low voice, "Boss, can't the event of catching flower fairies be kept open permanently? It can be without flower coins and prizes, just the appearance of flower fairies and the acquisition of new flower seeds."

She's currently working and doesn't have time to play that game, which is a real shame. She's reluctant to quit her job to play, and she's also afraid her boss will dock her pay or fire her.

Lin Shuying said, "An event is only meaningful if it's a limited edition."

Scarcity increases value. These flower resources cannot be used up all at once. She stored the information in the game design section so that she can hold a second event later, saving her the trouble of brainstorming ideas. Isn't that better?

At this point, she recalled the reskinned games of her past life, so popular that her friends often complained about them. She thought, isn't reskinning the same game just using the same assets twice?

No, that doesn't count. At worst, I can just learn from the anime of my past life. If I'm too lazy to make a model, I can just make a "I'm acting in so-and-so' next door, welcome to watch" hahaha, and save money too.

This approach has a drawback: all anime, game, and 2D characters have the same face, the same body, and the same art style. Lin Shuying has mild face blindness, which makes this really torturous. It's impossible to tell who's who. It would be much better if men and women could be separated. At worst, all the women could be the female lead, and all the men could be the male lead. The ones who speak maliciously and provocatively are the supporting characters—it's that simple. Anyway, all the good women are the male lead's romantic interests, and all the good men are the male lead's brothers who also cheat on him…

Lin Shuying coughed uncomfortably at the thought, realizing she was overthinking things.

While StarCraft may not save you money, it can save you time.

Ok.

Liang Ranran said heartbrokenly, "What a pity! All those beautiful flower fairies and flowers are going to disappear. I'm so heartbroken."

Lin Shuying laughed and said, "Okay, I'll keep it."

It's so pitiful that the poor little beauty is heartbroken.

Xia Chunqi returned with great joy, shouting as she entered the door, "Sister, I'm home!"

Then, seeing several people in his house, he paused for a moment and asked, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Lin Qiaoqiao came over and said, "These are the new employees: He Mengqiu, Zhang Zhongxia, and Lu Yunzhi. That one over there is Liang Ranran. This is the boss's cousin, Xia Chunqi."

"Hello."

Hello.

Xia Chunqi shrank awkwardly to sit next to Lin Shuying, and then saw a box full of earrings, petals, leaves, and gemstone beads simply made of gold, silver, and copper wire. She was stunned by how beautiful they were.

He Mengqiu asked Lin Qiaoqiao in a low voice, "Did she go out fully clothed? What was she going to do?"

Lin Qiaoqiao: "She is still a college student, probably studying economics and management. During the time I was here, the boss made a lot of clothes for her."

"Wow, she's so brave."

She'd be a little shy to go out in public fully clothed; she'd probably be so nervous she wouldn't even be able to walk properly.

"We'll need to wear clothes when we go out in the future, to promote the studio. But that's not the point right now, because the boss is very busy and didn't prepare any stock. This time, we finally managed to prepare several thousand pieces, all of which are prizes."

"With everyone here with me, I'm not afraid."

When Xia Chunqi returned, Lin Shuying asked, "Do you have a lot of homework?"

Xia Chunqi said with a smile, "With so many fun things at home, would I be the kind of person to bring my homework back? It would be such a waste of time."

Lin Shuying smiled and said, "In that case, go assemble the silk flowers. I'll send you the pictures; assemble them according to the instructions."

Xia Chunqi was overjoyed to see these pictures, but then felt a pang of regret.

"Sis, you really gave away something this beautiful as a prize?"

It's worth at least hundreds of thousands or even millions!

Lin Shuying nodded, while Xia Chunqi was heartbroken.

"I want to put a few in my room."

"Okay, and also mail two items back to your parents and my parents. I've marked them, they're the two super huge ones."

"it is good."

Xia Chunqi first flipped to these two pictures, took out the silk flowers she had assembled earlier, and arranged them in the vase according to the shapes in the pictures. The vase was ordered in advance by Lin Shuying and had only recently arrived.

There are many kinds of silk flowers, including peonies, hydrangeas, azaleas, and foliage. Xia Chunqi and her classmates made them one by one, and it's heartbreaking to have to give them all away.

"Ah~ my beautiful flower, you've left me like this, about to be taken away by someone else for free, waaaaah~"

Everyone laughed at her rambling, and Xia Chunqi became embarrassed.

In the game, many wealthy players don't care about Star Coins at all; they're recruiting people everywhere to help them catch Flower Fairies. Initially, it was a price per fairy, but now the competition has escalated to the point where you get paid as long as you work hard.

With 200 million players, everyone wants to be in the top 1,000, and even more so, they want to get their hands on all those jewelry and ornaments.

Lin Shuying had done some simple calculations. There's a total number of Flower Fairies, and the closer you get to that number, the lower the probability of getting a Flower Fairy and the lower the probability of getting Flower Coins. She had about enough Flower Coins to buy two sets of all the accessories in this update, no more than a thousand Flower Coins. She would have to convert those into items to give back to the players, and the more Flower Coins she had left, the more items she would need to come up with.

She's not stupid; why would she add to her workload?

Over two nights, Lin Shuying adjusted the event plan, refining the schedule, prizes, settlement, and other aspects according to Lin Qiaoqiao's suggestions.

Updated later.

The update was completely unexpected, and this time there were over 100 million online players, with many staying up all night to watch!

A colorful cloud appeared on the horizon, incredibly beautiful in the darkness.

When she came into view, she transformed into a little fairy with a flower crown on her head and wearing a colorful flower dress. She could even speak?

"Dear player, you have received a letter. Please sign for it."

As she spoke, she extended a pair of hands that were as white as jade, beautiful and flawless, smooth and delicate...

Many players were stunned!

"Ahhhh, my mecha grand marshal, what an absolute beauty she is!"

"Goddess, look at me! I want to have your babies!"

"Ahhhhh, my dream lover has a real appearance from today onwards!"

The player realized what was happening and frantically circled the fairy, refusing to take the letter from her hand, trying to keep her there for half an hour. You know, the game developers are so heartless; such a beautiful girl only appears once, waaaaaah...

The beautiful flower fairy said with a wronged expression, "Don't you like me delivering messages? I'm sorry you had to encounter me. Next time I will ask the Lord to send a different fairy."

"Ahhh, no, I love you! I'm just afraid you'll leave, my beautiful angel, fairy, my cinnabar mark! Can you stay? Can you stay forever?"

The flower fairy looked conflicted and said, "I want to stay, but I have many letters to deliver. If I'm late, the customers will sue me, and I'll lose my job."

"Don't be afraid, I'll take care of you!"

"Hahaha, guest, you are such a kind person."

With that, she spun around, and bursts of flower effects flashed around her, transforming into a letter which she placed in a mailbox. The flower fairy then vanished, leaving behind a profound and regretful message: "I hope we will have the chance to meet again, my dear guest. Thank you for your kindness and affection."

Different dialogues will elicit different responses. This is a template provided by the quick and intelligent reply section of the game design module. Lin Shuying used it all without changing a single word, and then designed the fairy's reaction based on the lines.

This design gave her a huge inspiration, and she figured out how to handle the remaining coins.

The calculation is based directly on the remaining number of players. Those exceeding 10,000 will be converted into various Fairy Butlers! Those below 10,000 will be converted into jewelry and permanent flower pots.

It would be a shame if the items from this event couldn't be traded, so Lin Shuying added a trading system between players, allowing them to exchange gold, silver, and copper coins.