Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

After the game's opening animation finished playing, You Zifang entered the game and prepared to experience the content inside.

But before entering the game, you have to choose a place of origin.

Different from ordinary Three Kingdoms games where you choose Wei, Shu and Wu, there are a total of thirteen states in the game.

Among them, Yongzhou, Sili, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou in the center cannot be selected. Obviously, they correspond to the land parcels that players need to compete for later.

Players can only choose from nine additional states.

When it came to choosing a place, You Zifang didn't think too much and just picked Jingzhou as his birthplace.

After officially entering the game, the first thing you see is a simple map sandbox. You can see wilderness, forests, rocks and farmland on the current screen.

The entire lens is very high, and at the same time in the game screen, you can also see the obvious separation of different units.

It is occupied by small square grids, which just caters to the introduction of 2.25 million grids of fertile sand table in the previous opening animation.

As for whether there are really 2.25 million squares, You Zifang doesn't care much about this matter.

In the center of the picture is a small city, surrounded by thick black smoke, half of it is green grid and half is red grid.

There is also a rogue camp not far away.

Compared to small cities, rogue camps are much simpler, mostly consisting of tent-like buildings.

According to a guide dialogue in the plot, the small town is now being attacked by bandits, and the player is like a son of destiny who has appeared in the city and will dispatch troops to save the small town from the fire and water crisis.

It’s a very bland plot, but it’s better because players are familiar with it.

In You Zifang's opinion, this is a very correct approach.

This opening may not wow players, but at least it will give players an idea of ​​what to do.

Following a novice guide in the system, You Zifang began to form his own troops, preparing to defeat the enemy.

It is a little different from some ordinary SLG games. In"The Coast of the Land", players can lead multiple troops. At the same time, each troop can be equipped with three different generals, and they are divided into three groups: the main camp, the middle army, and the forward. different positions.

However, for now, the forward position is still locked and needs to be unlocked before it can be used by a general.

At present, there is no other choice in the novice stage to assemble the generals just given.

Then You Zifang followed this novice guide and first eliminated the thieves in the surrounding cities.

It's very simple and clear. After dispatching troops, a group of soldiers will appear in the main city, and then continue to advance on the sand table toward the target.

At the same time, there is also a specific marching time calculation on the head of the unit, and the target is also indicated by arrows, so the entire information is clear at a glance.

After arriving at the battlefield, the game enters a combat stage

"Eh...it's quite detailed."

You Zifang made a sound of surprise.

Generally speaking, SLG games basically don't put much effort into the battle screen.

Because the main content is a numerical content.

And now the battle screen of"Lituo Beach" , it is already very exquisite.

The modeling of soldiers and generals, including a scene of battle, is already very good in mobile games.

Generally speaking, SLG makes the element of battle scene more exquisite, basically There are two directions.

The first is to serve as a selling point of the game.

The second is to bring a better experience to players. At the same time, the improvement of the graphics will inevitably lead to an increase in game development costs, so The designer must be full of confidence in his own game.

Obviously Chen Xu is the latter.

After all, judging from the promotional methods of"Lutu no Bin", Chen Xu did not mention the scenes in"Lutu No. 1" throughout the process. content.

After guessing Chen Xu's inner thoughts, You Zifang continued to play the following game according to this game guide.

Drawing cards to recruit generals, needless to say, basically most card games, or mobile games. There is a corresponding system.

It is also the revenue system of the entire game.

Including some action games, although the types are different, the entire revenue system is basically derived from the original card game.

For example There is nothing to say about drawing characters, and then turning the same characters into fragments to improve the character's level.

Draw new generals, form a second team, defeat the enemy army, and recruit troops.

The entire novice guide is step-by-step, and you can watch the battle report directly if you unlock The settlement function allows you to skip the battle screen.

It is obviously aimed at the preferences of different players.

If you want to see the soldiers leading the battle in the game, you can continue to watch the game animation. If you don't want to, you can directly read the battle report to understand the general situation.

Not only Just for SLG players, for most players, in fact, after the initial fresh period, they will basically click on the battle report to skip the lengthy battle process. After repelling a bandit around, the city has almost passed. is in danger.

During this period, You Zifang also figured out some basic game rules.

For example, if you go on an expedition, you must be in a land close to you before you can take action.

This was the case with the rogue camp in the previous novice guide. You first occupy a piece of land, and then you can use this piece of land as a springboard to attack.

So in this game, land should be a very important factor.

With this idea, You Zifang is ready to continue the novice tutorial.

But he just clicked on the screen , the game has already prompted that an early novice tutorial has been completed.

And once again pointed out the core gameplay of the game

‘Sili, who belongs to the imperial power. Today, all the heroes are vying for the throne. They are all preparing their troops and horses. They will capture Luoyang to rectify the imperial power and rule the world. '

Not after that.

Is this the end?

Is the beginner's guide only this short?

Looking at a game interface that was completely free to operate, You Zifang was a little confused.

After all, compared to other mobile games, it only takes a few minutes or even half an hour to play, but the game still provides step-by-step novice guidance on each content.

《The beginner's guide to"The Coast of the Land" is indeed much simpler.

Many players complain that the novice guide of the game is smelly and long, but sometimes manufacturers dare not not do it, and not only do it, but also teach you step by step to understand every step of the game.

But"The Coast of the Land" goes in the opposite direction, and is it a more complex SLG game?

You Zifang couldn't help but frown slightly, a little confused about Chen Xu's thoughts.