Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

Compared with Zhao Shan and Chen Qingzhu who didn't understand the situation at all, Qin Yi next to them was a little confused.

Because Chen Xu actually knew about the RPG map of"Warcraft" that he opened, and he had actually been playing it.

As for Zhao Shan and Chen Qingzhu, they basically only played the single-player plot of"Warcraft" and also played for a while after the RPG map came out.

But after Chen Xu developed"Minecraft", the two of them basically never touched"Warcraft".

So for this map called 'Warcraft Heroes Brawl', the two of them are really a little unclear.

"Mr. Chen, are we going to make this map?"Qin Yi asked with some uncertainty.

"Not really."Hearing Qin Yi's words, Chen Xu shook his head.

After developing"Warcraft" and completing the launch of the map editor.

Although Chen Xu's main focus shifted to the development of"Minecraft", he did not It means that he really didn't pay attention to the situation in"Warcraft" at all.

After all, Chen Xu is well aware of"Warcraft", or the far-reaching impact of the map editor in it.

And he was not involved in"Warcraft" at the beginning. There are confrontational maps such as 3C and DOTA on it. In fact, Chen Xu also specially reserved them.

Because of this new and unique gameplay, if it is launched by ordinary game designers or game companies, it will basically be available on the map. When there is no small trend, it will not attract too much attention.

But this is not to boast. At that time, Chen Xu had just completed the research and development of"Warcraft", both domestically and overseas.

《The commercial achievements of"Warcraft" are all very rumors.

To put it bluntly, it was a devastating trend that crushed the entire RTS circle.

In that case, every move made by Chen Xu might be amplified.

If maps such as 3C and DOTA were launched at that time, Chen Xu was also worried that other game manufacturers would see the commercial value contained in them.

After all, there are some things that, when you first see them, you don’t realize how much potential they have.

For example, in the previous life of DOTA, even if it came into the hands of Ice Frog, when it wanted to cooperate with Blizzard, the other party ignored it and offered various tyrannical conditions.

So Ice Frog finally turned his head to V Club.

During this period, DOTA has actually developed for many years and has a large number of player groups around the world.

But for various game manufacturers, in fact, they still do not pay attention to the gameplay of this type of game.

Including the famous"League of Legends" later, it was not renamed"League of Legends" at that time but was called"Strike". Even its manufacturer Riot Games couldn't even find investors at the time.

Including domestic ones such as"Tianyi Jue" and foreign ones《HON》Games of this type are actually not too eye-catching.

Because in essence, most game manufacturers have not carefully conducted in-depth research on this type of game.

Even though DOTA had a large market share at that time, the mainstream at that time was still FPS and MMORPG.

It wasn't until Ice Frog switched to Valve and announced the development of DOTA2 that it officially attracted the attention of the gaming industry.

You must know that V Club can be said to be a famous player in the gaming industry. The epoch-making FPS"Half-Life" and Steam, which changed the global gaming industry, are all products of V Club.

This move instantly attracted the attention of most manufacturers in the game industry.

And major manufacturers also started researching this type of game during this period.

It was at that time that Penguin invested in"Strike", which was being developed at a game show, but struggled to attract investors.

At the same time, a group of employees who resigned from Penguin established Dianhun Network to develop"Dream Three Kingdoms".

There are also a number of manufacturers overseas that are developing such games.

A closer look will reveal that these games were all launched in the same year.

However, Chen Xu's current status in the world may be much worse than that of V Club in his previous life.

But it’s enough to attract the attention of other game designers.

If the RPG map of"Warcraft" was launched at that time and a map like DOTA and 3C was made, it is very likely that various game designers would specialize in this type of map.

Chen Xu, on the other hand, does not want to face such a risk, although Chen Xu also knows that even if they study it in a short period of time, they may not be able to figure out the core points of this type of gameplay.

But why take risks that are unnecessary?

As for now, it’s time to develop this game

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"How do you feel about this picture?"Chen Xu opened the map, created a single room, then pulled Qin Yi and the others in, played a round and asked

"Hmm... It's quite interesting. It's very simple to operate."Qin Yi said.

Hearing Qin Yi's words, Chen Xu smiled and nodded gently, but did not continue to say anything.

This map is relatively popular in the current"Warcraft" map area.

Gaofeng is about There are about 50,000 to 60,000 people online.

Compared with the active number of people in"Warcraft", it is a bit insufficient.

After all, the number of people online in"Warcraft" is still stable at about 1.3 million worldwide. At peak times, it can be It rose to 1.5 million.

But you must know that not everyone plays RPG maps in"Warcraft", and the RPG map is not this one.

At the same time, among the remaining RPG maps, Chen Xu noticed that there are many similar ones.

For example, some Putting all kinds of anime characters together just uses this template.

And the game itself has actually already taken a prototype.

Although the three paths of mirroring have not been directly established, there is one The division of opposing camps, including a synthesis system for equipment, and a money-making mechanism for killing creeps and monsters, have already taken shape.

From a game design perspective, this map can be said to have quite a few flaws, including loopholes. There are many problems.

For example, the balance problem of hero skill design, unreasonable map design, insufficient positive feedback, poor guidance experience, and no clear positioning.

But Chen Xu is concerned about the design concept behind this.

Designing this The creator of Zhang Tu can be said to be a talented person!

"Did the designer of this map get the reward subsidy for RPG maps? Do you have his contact information?"