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Ordinary people's lives don't have that many surprises. Although no one says it, everyone cherishes these last moments in the dormitory.

By 12:30, the boxed meals were all gone.

The gods return.

Zhou Shenlin also took his seat. To experience Galaxy Paradise, he naturally needed to use a PC.

After all, a big screen is just so much more enjoyable.

When Zhou Shenlin reopened the Spark platform, it prompted him to update to the latest version, which puzzled him. He had just finished updating the platform that morning, so why was it suddenly updating?

It looks like there's a lot of new content being updated, and the update package is quite large.

"It's still updating," Old Wang, sitting behind Zhou Shenlin, got excited.

"What do you mean?! I told you there would definitely be a day-one update before the server launch, how about that? Hurry up and call me daddy."

"What are you yelling about? You're talking about a game update, this is a platform update, they're different, okay?"

"How is it different! Don't try to renege on your promise."

Behind them, there's the daily banter about who's the son and who's the father.

Zhou Shenlin wasn't too concerned.

While his other roommates were still updating, he had already entered the main interface of the Spark platform.

"Huh? Are they going to go to such lengths for the launch of Galaxy Paradise? They even updated the interface layout?"

This was his first reaction.

As soon as he said that, the other people in the dormitory turned their attention to him.

indeed.

The Spark platform has undergone an update.

Zhou Shenlin's roommate pointed to his screen.

"Ah, this is the one that was announced before? So it's updating today?"

Regarding the platform update...

Zhou Shenlin was somewhat surprised, yet not so surprised.

Compared to Steam, which remains almost unchanged, Spark updates more frequently, and Spark's updates are phased and purposeful.

Such as this time.

After the update was completed, at first glance, it was obvious that the game library posters looked much better.

Spark does one thing better than Steam: standardization.

Many of these details are reflected in the design stage. For example, when the game developer launches Spark Games, Spark will ask the developer to provide multiple posters of different proportions for cropping.

At the same time, developers need to set many covers.

These covers will be displayed in multiple places on the platform to ensure consistency in style.

During this update, Zhou Shenlin noticed that several game posters in his game library had a small star icon in the lower right corner.

Some of the little stars are brighter, while the little stars on some posters are still dim.

Hover your mouse over it, and you'll see that the little star is interactive, somewhat like a small red dot. Clicking on the star will cause it to gather below the player's avatar.

If you're not in a hurry and simply hover your mouse over the icon, you'll see a small star that shows the player's playtime.

The longer you play.

The brighter the little star, the brighter it becomes. For example, Zhou Shenlin's "Battlefront Girl" is very bright and can be "collected". So Zhou Shenlin subconsciously clicked on it, and the little star flew to the bottom of Zhou Shenlin's avatar.

I clicked on the profile picture by following the little star.

Soon Zhou Shenlin saw the star that was already hanging below his profile picture, as well as the brief tutorial that popped up.

"Master Xinghuo's Point?"

"What is this?"

"Oh, the more games you play, the more stars you earn for each game. The stars will be displayed below your avatar..."

"It's a bit like QQ levels?"

"That's no use."

Soon, after everyone in the dormitory finished reading, they all judged the feature to be just a little gadget with a touch of ritual.

“Xinghuo has been focusing on these details lately, but I feel like it’s gone a bit astray.”

"That's right. What era are we living in? How could anyone still play games for stars? We're not elementary school kids anymore, why would we need to log into QQ and leave it running all the time?"

Zhou Shenlin felt the same way.

Until he casually opened his friends list.

"Holy crap, how come there are so many stars in this brothel!"

I noticed two rows of bright stars under a friend's profile picture, and each star showed an achievement, when it was earned, and what game it was from.

Zhou Shenlin was stunned for a moment.

Without saying a word, I went back to the game library and started collecting stars.

"Huh? No, I remember playing Arknights quite a lot, how come I'm still 10 hours short of getting stars..."

Zhou Shenlin found it strange.

"Never mind, I'll just put Arknights on when we play Galaxy Paradise later."

It's 12:30 now, and the server won't open for another half hour, so Zhou Shenlin casually opened Arknights, checked in, and then switched the game to windowed mode.

Ignoring Amiya's cute attempt to play with him, he immediately clicked to shrink.

After doing all this, Zhou Shenlin returned to the platform, ready to find Xinghe Paradise and prepare to update.

Just at this time.

Zhou Shenlin noticed a very interesting phenomenon: his roommates, who had just been saying that the star was useless, were now talking about it.

The profile picture frames all had dark gold outlines.

On the Spark platform, if a friend's name has a gold outline, it means that friend has entered the game...

Then you can put it in the profile picture frame.

You can then see the games they are playing. If the game supports quick online play, you can right-click to request to join the other person's game process.

Chapter 377 It's so good!

"Sudden cold, in the game: Mercury World."

"Old Wang hangs upside down, in the game: *Magic Legend*."

"Yueying is my wife, in the game: Starting from Another World"

"Good grief! Didn't you guys say stars were useless? Why are you all AFK'ing the game? Galaxy Paradise is launching soon..."

"Old Zhou, don't talk about me, didn't you also fail in Arknights?"

"That's right, that's right..."

"Stop messing around, Star River Paradise still needs an update, son! Update it quickly, or we'll be in big trouble before we even get into the game."

The "it smells so good" principle applies here.

After studying the new platform for a while, Zhou Shenlin's "Galaxy Paradise" was finally updated.

Log in.

Before the game officially started, a wide meadow came into view, a green sea dotted with colorful flowers that swayed gently in the breeze.

In the distance, a crystal-clear stream flows gently, its water splashing against the rocks, creating white sprays and a clear, melodious sound.

On the left side of the picture, an ancient tree stretches out its thick branches, and its lush leaves, like a giant green umbrella, cast a cool shade over the meadow.

Sunlight filters through the gaps in the leaves, creating patches of light that scatter like golden fragments across the grass.

At the edge of the grassland, a flattened mountain peak can be faintly seen, shrouded in clouds and mist, its flat top barely visible. As a player who participated in the test,

Zhou Shenlin naturally knew that it was Pingdingshan, where the main storyline was set.

The game's interface has a very refreshing feel, like standing in a spring breeze.

The Spark Engine, combined with excellent animation rendering, makes this scene incredibly dreamlike, especially the grass that ripples like ocean waves.

Everyone knows that grass is the most difficult thing to render in a game.

Xinghuo, however, did it so perfectly.

When Zhou Shenlin clicked "Start Game," a message appeared indicating that the server was not yet open. He ignored it and clicked again. The time was already around 12:50.

Following Xinghuo's tradition, it is highly likely that the server will be launched ahead of schedule.

Zhou Shenlin kept clicking the start game button; these last few minutes felt like an eternity.

It felt like an eternity.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared on the screen, and the game interface began loading.

"It's here!! Opening the server 5 minutes early!! What a jerk!!!"

Zhou Shenlin hadn't been this excited in a long time.

Not only him, but also the other guys in the dorm heard familiar voices from their roommates.

"Come on, let's see who can complete the early missions and unlock the open world faster."

"That is required!"

"Go, go, go."

"Holy crap, they actually have character creation data from the closed beta! Well done, Spark!"

The public beta version of "Galaxy Paradise" is already a fairly mature version, and this maturity is reflected in all aspects of the game's gameplay.

For example, the game allowed players to pre-register for character customization and also enabled the function to upload character customization data.

Anything that allows character creation and uploading.

The appearance of the characters is completely beyond the control of the official team. Even though Galaxy Paradise doesn't have very strong support for character creation, it still relies on the animation rendering engine.

Players still easily created a host of anime stars such as Hatsune Miku and Asuka Langley Soryu.

These avatar creation data are also very popular online.

Some people even put this free data online for sale, which led to their account being shut down by Xinghe Amusement Park officials, and this incident even made the news.

The official version of the game includes five chapters of the story.

The content of the prologue and the first chapter is basically the same as the demo that players played before, with only some adjustments to details such as the presentation, script, text, and monster placement.

Zhou Shenlin is a veteran player who has played the demo.

When entering the prologue and the first chapter, apart from feeling that the graphics were better and the quests were smoother, I didn't feel much novelty.

Fortunately, the game allows you to skip the story.

To prevent test players from going to jail, Zhou Shenlin still subconsciously watched all the cutscenes and storylines, even though he had skipped some.

"The pacing of the story in Spark is really smooth; playing it feels just like playing a single-player masterpiece."

After a brief sigh, Zhou Shenlin made some adjustments and then eagerly began the new chapter.

Because this new chapter presents a completely new type of experience that has never been encountered before.

After completing the first chapter's mission.

The player not only gained Su Ying's approval, but also increased his prestige in Pingdingshan. At this time, the game opened up a brand new game map.

I said that a long time ago.

The map in Galaxy Paradise is not like Genshin Impact, Naruto, or other open worlds, where you can explore everywhere as soon as you enter the game.

Instead, it's like "Eastern Fantasy World".

A new map will only be unlocked after you have played through a portion of the main storyline.