Game Development Giant

Not many people were invited to Mars Entertainment’s headquarters for testing this time.

The original plan was for 200 people, but the number of people who signed up was so enthusiastic that the number of people was finally increased to 350 people.

Although this number is too rare compared to the number of registrations, this invitation-style test is not about inviting a large number of people to play, but a real test.

Equivalent to QA.

You know, the development of a large-scale game requires a large number of QA testers. However, among the more than 100 development members of WOW, there are no dedicated QA testers. The basic testing is done by developers. It's not that Jester can't afford QA testers, but the gameplay of Tianya, an MMORPG game, is MMO. Small-scale tests, such as different tests with dozens of people like a stand-alone game, are ineffective.

This would only be possible if we had to expand the scale at least a hundred times.

Requiring hundreds of QA testers is simply a waste of manpower and material resources, so there is only this external testing activity for players.

What I want is to test these players and complete some QA testing.

Therefore, the test time at the Mars Entertainment headquarters this time was very long, a full month. Of course, Mars Entertainment provided food and accommodation, as well as a little extra living allowance. Naturally, the allowance was not high, so, using Registration is voluntary.

And it was also stated.

Those who achieve good results in this test can also directly qualify for the next invitation test, and Jester also guaranteed that before the public test, such a very small-scale invitation test will not be done just once. I have to do it at least five or six times, almost twice a year.

And, most importantly, this is not a test of signing a confidentiality agreement.

Testers. In addition to not being able to record videos, you can definitely talk about your testing experience on the Internet and mention what kind of game this is.

Even Jester said.

On the test computer prepared by Mars Entertainment, you can access the Internet directly. Players can even live broadcast with text and screenshots while testing. Of course, the live broadcast address is limited to the Mars Entertainment forum.

The criteria for selecting testers are very simple. Basically, any player who is valued by Mars Entertainment will have the opportunity to get such an opportunity, of course. If the person who is selected does not confirm in the email, then there will be subsequent candidates to fill in. Everyone has a time limit for confirmation. Of course, because the quota is precious, if confirmed, he will not come by then. if.

Then the player account associated with the qualification will be permanently blocked.

Because the standard for survival this time is that only those who have purchased more than three Mars Entertainment games on Mars Entertainment’s Battle.net account. You are eligible to register.

The players are extremely enthusiastic.

What's more, Jester also took into account the fact that many students are gamers when it comes to testing, and put the one-month testing time into the summer vacation, so that even students don't have to worry about anything.

The list of candidates is not announced all at once.

Instead, they are announced on the official forum at a rate of 35 per day, and it takes a full ten days for the final list to come out.

This makes many people pay attention every day, and even refresh the page of the Mars Entertainment Forum every moment, because the thirty-five figures every day are not announced at once, but one to two are announced every hour. And players all want to know whether they have qualified for the test as soon as possible. It will continue, and the page will be refreshed before the hour.

Therefore, in the past few days, the number of posts on Mars Entertainment’s game forum has increased. It also created a record high.

The number of posts every day reaches hundreds of thousands.

At this time, Jester also opened a post on the Mars Entertainment game forum, proactively introducing some basic setting issues of WOW.

This is also what many players have suggested.

Players reported on the forum that if many of the game's mechanics or gameplay are not disclosed, then the background of the game must not be disclosed, although Jester said that this game is "World of Warcraft", that is to say. This game is set in the world of Warcraft.

This background is completed by novels, comics, and even previous stand-alone games in the WAR series.

However, not all people are familiar with these novels, comics, and even the WAR series. If you want to know more about it, you can read it. But for many people, they just want to have a brief overview and know. That's enough. I'm afraid these people don't have much interest in reading novels, reading comics, or playing RTS games in the WAR series many years ago.

So, can you briefly introduce the background of the game through posts on the forum?

After Jester thought about it, he also felt that this proposal was a good one.

Therefore, he decided that he would take some time every day to write something about the background and history of WOW and share it with the players.

Moreover, on the Mars Entertainment game forum, a WOW area came into being.

On the fifth day after the candidate list was announced, Jester’s first post about the historical background of WOW also began to be serialized on the forum. This was also the first official announcement about this already high-profile game. Some more in-depth news about the game.

The post is written very briefly, like a brief history.

At the beginning, it was introduced what kind of world this is, what kind of races it has, what kind of terrain it has, and what kind of forces it has.

Of course, Jester adopts a writing style like a bard in Homer's epic, just like in those DND novels, traveling around the world and introducing others to some stories and heroes of this world through poems. method.

"The starlight of Azeroth is as dim as when I first came to this world, just like my cold eyes. Perhaps, only things that lose their passion can truly last, just like the history of this world..."

"No one can tell whether the countless legends are true or false, and neither can I."

"When I began to sort out the history of this world, I found that there were countless confusions, contradictions, and elements of the Xu family, which made people confused."

"Even things that I have personally experienced. There are several different opinions circulated. Perhaps, this is what history needs to verify, but as I wander around the world, I collect those that are correct or wrong. Detailed or general , a variety of real or imaginary clues, an indescribable sense of ominousness enveloped my heart."

"Indeed, none of the parts that have been written can satisfy me. Until one day, I found this treasure..."

The beginning of Jester was even more well-received by using this first-person bard writing method, which is much more vivid than the boring writing method that introduces the history of a game plot.

Therefore, there are still people who keep urging Jester to update.

Jester was also in a good mood. After thinking about it for a moment, he continued writing in the same way as the bard before.

"...This is a square thing like a box. One side of it is like a mirror, but I can see a clearer image from here than the total illusion of a crystal ball. I don't know what this is like. Magical power unfolded before me.”

"This treasure came from an unknown world when I used it. The other half is on the other side of the space gate."

"A mysterious arcanist gave me this square box and something he called a mouse, and these things are connected to another world by some thick wires."

"Don't tug on the lines too hard, you only have a few days. That's what the arcanist told me."

"With his cold words, I took over the thing called the mouse. To my surprise, when I moved the thing according to the arcanist's instructions, an arrow in the mirror inside actually Responding to my movements, there are two buttons on this mouse..."

When Jester sent another paragraph of text he had written. Players who read his post finally knew what he was talking about at the beginning. It turned out that Jester used a bard in the game to get a computer on the earth, and this bard was Through this computer, let’s talk about something called WOW or Azeroth.

This kind of humorous writing will naturally be welcomed by players.

Many people are urging Jester to continue writing.

Because the posts on the first day can’t always be full of nonsense. Just don’t write anything yet.

Jester saw that this was also the case, so he thought about it again, then looked at some of the background settings of Azeroth that he had written long ago, prepared some wording, and continued writing in the post. stand up.

"...When I moved the arrow to the only icon and quickly pressed the left button twice. Something magical happened."

"The history of Azeroth, the history that was buried in history and unknown to anyone, reappeared before my eyes. This treasure from the unknown world clearly and objectively records all history, whether it is human beings, Orcs, night elves or undead Scourge.”

"Even countless dead characters can move freely under the control of mice, of course, just in the mirror."

"So, a few days later, I finally knew everything I needed. This is what I want to talk about: Orcs came from nowhere. They suddenly appeared in the Swamp of Sorrows and began to invade nearby human gathering places."

"Both sides are attacking each other, and the focus is Gran Village. If humans hold on here, it will be difficult for the orcs to expand to the west, and they will have to be trapped in the swamp all day long. Therefore, both the orc leader Blackhand and the human king Ryan have sent their elite Troops were dispatched to Gran Village. In addition, mankind is also facing a big problem, which also needs to be solved urgently."

"That is, there has been no news from Lothar for more than twenty months. He went to the death mines to find the lost "Book of Gods". A monk in the North County Monastery saw him suffering in pain in a vision. The king thought Lothar is still alive, so he immediately sent out his troops to rescue Lothar from the death mines..."

This is the plot of "Orcs and Humans" in WAR1.

Of course, what is reflected in the game is far more than this, it needs to be much more detailed.

But Jester only briefly introduced the background of WOW for people who are interested in this game but don't want to read those novels, comics and WAR series games. Of course, the simpler, the better.

Anyway, these are some backgrounds.

"...The Black Hand captured Gran Village...Humanity's troubles are far more than that, the threats from within them are even more terrifying."

"Medivine has begun to absorb the energy of this world. Before dealing with the orcs, he must be stopped first. A surprise attack team came to Medivh's Tower, which is Karazhan, to fight with the man who holds the most powerful magical power. In the decisive battle, the leader is none other than Anduin Lothar..."

"... Medivh died under Lothar's sword. Just when people thought there would be a brief period of peace in the world, an even more shocking news came from the capital - King Lion was assassinated by the orc. Lorna Assassination!”

"At this time, Garona, who was imprisoned in the North County Monastery, had mastered some of the mysteries of human magic. Before that, the orcs also had internal divisions. Doomhammer, supported by the Shadow Council, rebelled and killed the warchief Blackhand. And they captured the Sunlight Grove and learned human magic from the human magic tower in the city. Then, the orc army approached North County, razed the place to the ground, and rescued Garona..."

This plot is also mentioned in the WAR series of games.

But Jester also knows that this is also a plot to be filmed in the so-called WOW movie in later generations.

It is a section selected from the history of the orc invasion. Of course, it may be that Durotan was forcibly added to it in order to shape the image of Thrall in the future.

In fact, the invasion of the Eastern Kingdom by the orcs had nothing to do with Durotan.

"...The orcs continued to advance. After Goldshire and Moonbrook were captured, Stormwind City was completely isolated, leading to the final fall. The king died tragically, the capital fell, and the Kingdom of Azeroth fell into the hands of the orcs. Countless humans Displaced, Sir Lothar could only take King Llane's youngest son Wrynn across the ocean to seek refuge in their ally Lordaeron..."

"...Six years later, Doomhammer made all preparations to move north, and a huge fleet began to march towards Lordaeron."

"Historically known as the 'Black Wave'." (~^~)