Chapter 225: Freedom Is the Basis
Whether it is a private server, a single-player mode, or an official server, they are all full of enthusiastic players. Without exception, everyone who visited the buildings that Alex showed on the demo server immediately jumped into Minecraft, ready to demonstrate their skills and build the buildings they imagined.
In the Nebula Games office, although it was the year-end holiday, considering the importance of Minecraft for the development of the Nebula games platform, Alex had previously explained to the team that overtime would be required during the holidays. Of course, it would not be excessive. The main responsibility would be to manage various tasks during the holidays. Employees who lived in the city would work during the holidays, while those who were not in the city could return home for the holidays and work from home.
Of course, the corresponding benefits plan was comprehensive, and with the year-end bonuses just distributed before the end of the year, many were willing to stay and work overtime. The number of willing participants exceeded Alex's expectations, so he had to hold a raffle. Of course, the main reason was the generosity of the overtime pay and the various benefits.
Upon leaving the office, Lisa greeted him with enthusiasm. Eric, Lynn, and the others were also nearby. They all lived in the city and their faces reflected enthusiasm.
"Alex! Sales have already exceeded 3 million! According to the current trend, it is very likely that we will exceed 4 million!" Lisa exclaimed excitedly.
Eric and the others were also enthusiastic.
"Yes, we have to keep an eye on the servers. The backup servers are also ready to go." Alex nodded, confirming his understanding and communicating it to Eric and the others.
"Alex, aren't you excited?". Lisa looked at Alex, a little stunned. Eric and the others next to her were also a little bewildered.
'Sales on the first day could reach 4 million! Without a doubt, it is an amazing figure in the world of video games.'.
Although the price of Minecraft is significantly lower than that of large-scale games, sales are solid. It could even reach 10 million in the first week.
"Don't forget that Minecraft pre-orders opened a month in advance, and this is just the beginning. There is no need to get too excited. The international version has not even been released yet," Alex said calmly.
Previous videos like "Along the River During the Harvest Festival" and "The Forbidden City" had played an important role in promoting the game. Added to Nebula Games' long-standing reputation, Minecraft has achieved its seemingly impressive sales figures, including sales from the first day and pre-orders.
But Alex knew it was only the beginning. These videos only showed the potential of the game. To truly experience its fun and charm, players must completely immerse themselves in it. This is an incredibly playable game and it gets more fun the more you play.
At this stage, we can only say that we have had a good start. Even now, the Creative Workshop only contains some building complex mods that Alex has added.
Alex has also implemented some regulations on mods, specifically to protect the rights of modders. For example, modders can now limit the possibility of other players modifying their mods.
If player A builds a castle, but player B simply modifies it and claims it as their own, this situation will be restricted. After building a building, players can determine if other players can recreate it after uploading it.
Alex has also created a specific department for the Minecraft community for its maintenance. The popularity of Minecraft in its previous stage was inseparable from its strong community.
After chatting with Eric and the others about the current state of Minecraft, Alex returned to his office and opened the Minecraft administration to check the relevant game data.
Currently, the official server consists of three main groups: survival, creative, and exhibition.
The exhibition server features architectural complexes such as the Harvest Festival Riverbank Scene and the Forbidden City, where players can explore freely. As for survival, it is a large server with a capacity for 2000 players. In this mode, there are no rigid rules; players are the ones who develop their skills. The game world is a huge randomly generated map. Players are randomly assigned to a specific location on the map.
Naturally, each player will be surrounded by many other players. After all, it is a multiplayer mode. If you start with your own hands and only meet other players after reaching a certain level of progress, it is not necessary to include multiplayer mode.
Therefore, in general, in the early stages, players will run into other players while looking for supplies. At this point, the decision to join to support each other, fight each other, or develop individually is a matter of personal decision. Alex and Nebula Games will not intervene in this matter.
Of course, the server capacity is 2000 players, and some players will inevitably leave the game. However, the plan is that as long as a tenth of the players remain, it will be enough for the server's ecological environment.
In addition to these rule-less servers, there are also servers designed specifically for players who enjoy building peacefully. In these servers, players cannot attack each other, but the monsters remain. To prevent children from destroying their homes, players on Peaceful Mode servers can configure their buildings to be indestructible and have an ability that allows them to save them at a specific time, similar to a save mode.
Peaceful Mode allows unlimited use, while in normal multiplayer mode there is a cooldown. The buildings are not indestructible, but they have specific durability limits according to their materials. Demolition by other players requires specific tools and is slower.
In addition, regardless of the mode, players can save their data as files and transfer them to the independent survival mode; of course, this is only one-way. In the previous life, although these games existed, they were only some private community servers. With regard to these settings, Alex estimated that there would be players who liked them, but also those who did not.
But it doesn't matter, because the essence of Minecraft lies in freedom. It cannot be said what the true gameplay of Minecraft is.
The other is the gameplay of some subsequent minigames, but Alex is not ready to release this content in an official mode.
After all, the initial stage depends on official guidance, and the later stage depends more on the power of the player community. Of course, Alex has preparation. If it doesn't work, you can use a private account and pretend to be a normal mod creator to publish it.
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