An avatar of giant ice cream served with a delicious waffle cone appeared at the top left of the screen. The avatar bloomed with a white outer glow, and a male voice spoke, "Hallo!"
He spoke in German with a slight yet distinctive Asian accent.
Not surprisingly, another avatar appeared right below the giant ice cream; it looked like a kid peeing into the ocean. The new icon glowed.
Before Ed could utter a response, another avatar appeared. It resembled an anime girl striking a risqué pose.
Amidst their fierce exchange, Ed sat comfortably on his chair and slowly browsed the Stellarium games store. As a man of refined taste and culture for the past ten years, Ed had accumulated more than three hundred games; yet, his avarice still flared up with every Stellarium sale.
After that short exchange, Ed went back to lazily scrolling through the site whilst the two other noisy chimpanzees he called friends continued to troll around in Weltkrieg. After roughly an hour of doing useless stuff, he paid attention to the channel again.
Surprisingly, an avatar of a brown cartoon dog with a poker face appeared, followed by a tired yet soft male voice.
Finished with his plan regarding the upcoming holiday, Eduard was surprised by the lack of zoo animals grunting in the background.
After saying their goodbyes, the loud grunting and howling of animals stopped. Like a paradise on earth, it's now quiet and serene. However, Eduard still focused on his quest.
To find the opus magnum amongst the trash.
To find the holy grail amongst broken chalices.
To find diamonds in the desert.
It was an arduous task. Yet, Eduard soldiered on. Until.
He suddenly received a notification. All of his friends should be doing something else, so who could be bored enough to spam him at this hour. As Eduard brainstormed about the idiotic culprit, his cursor moved to the top right of his screen and clicked the new notification.
Thank you for your continuous support of Stellarium Games throughout the years. With your help, we managed to bring better games to players worldwide.
As a thank you, we would like to invite you as an alpha tester for our latest game, Outer Rim. Rather than our usual shooter or open-world adventure title, in Outer Rim, you play as a guardian deity of a settlement. With you at the helm, guiding them through their trials and tribulations.
Bestow them your grace and teaching so that they can ascend the tree of knowledge.
Grand them your might and zeal so that they can defend themselves.
Confer them your wisdom and history so that they will never go hungry.
Build, manage and survive.
Anything could happen.
Not everyone could endure.
We have attached the trailer below to tell you more about the game.
[Outerrim_Trailer.mov]
Finally, we have provided you with a master game key. It will allow you and anyone you invite to play the game together, as long as they are in the same game as you.
[Click here to receive the key]
We at Stellarium Games hope that you will enjoy our latest game and love to hear your feedback good.
Stellarium early access team.>
Due to his weird sitting position and the surprise invitation from one of the world's leading game companies, he managed to destroy the equilibrium of his body and chair. Hence, his face quickly met his keyboard.
After a short while, Eduard managed to reposition himself properly on his chair and started his screen share.
Eduard clicked on the trailer first. A bird-eye view of a continent appeared in front of his eyes. Beautiful landscapes sculpted by the gods emerged. Strange yet majestic trees hold up the sky. Purple rivers divided the earth.
The camera then slowly glided toward a village by the riverside. Short palisades surround the primitive hold. Within it, exposed compacted wooden houses could. Few villagers moved about to the rhythm of their mundane lives. Everything seemed normal, peaceful and tranquil.
The video quickly sped up. Through time, from a small outskirt village, it expanded. Within a season, more villagers joined. Traders and friendly tribes came to visit, trade and negotiate. The settlement quickly and aggressively gobbled up more lands around it. As they progressed came the introduction of better technologies to the village, from a simple trade beacon to wind turbine. The settlement prospered.
Then, they came; beings dressed in nothing but war masks that resembled daemons from mythological books. They arrived in dozens and wielding nothing but crude swords and spears. Yet strangely, those weapons they carried were barely sharp enough to cut meat, let alone humans.
Contrary to Eduard and Chunghee's expectation that they will all charge in and die, the crazed naked weirdos started to glow with a red hue. Emerged from their bodies were faint glows of runes, symbols and tattoos. The light spread like a contagion devouring its victim, quickly moving from their heads to every nook and crannies; even their equipment was not spared. The cascading light finally stopped at the tip of their weapons. Weapons that could be at best sold at a dollar store; now glow viciously with a bright red hue. They are so sharp that looking at them makes you wince.
Not to be outdone, the settlement villagers came out with a random assortment of guns; some carried rifles; some bore pistols; some held SMG. Yet, undeterred by the weirdos and their antics, they stood tall, brave and ready.
As the first shot fired, the weirdos charged. Some were hit; some were grazed; some managed to get out unscathed.
As the weirdos were about to touch the villagers' line, all the characters on the screen froze.
Yet strangely, the grass dripping with blood still swayed to the wind. The missed bullets continued on their distant journey. The leaves glided on the gentle breeze.
Finally, the title screen appeared.