Otherworldly Architect

MOBA, Multiplayer Online Tactical Arena game.

For Bluestar in the 21st century, it is a fairly mature game category, and it can be considered familiar. The most famous ones include League of Legends, King of Glory, DOTA series, Heroes of the Storm and so on.

The basic design idea is to let two teams of players compete with each other on the same map, each controlling a character, and advancing step by step through strategies such as acquiring resources, defeating opponents, etc., and defeating the local main base is the final victory.

The design framework of League of Legends does not deviate from the overall idea.

Players need to be divided into three lanes and junglers, develop their own economy, gain experience to upgrade, and occupy some strategic resources at the same time.

This concept is still very new to the Chaoyang Alliance, and it is clear that it is necessary to explain the gameplay to everyone one by one.

At the same time, "League of Legends" no longer requires players to lock a hero, but allows players to customize their professional skills.

For example, for the mountain giant profession Mingyan chose, he can automatically allocate various attributes, using the "buy point" mechanism.

That is to say, when 1-20 stamina points, 1 attribute can buy 1 stamina; when 20-25 stamina points, it is 2:1; the higher the stamina, the more attribute points are spent per point.

Of course, this is also related to the career that Ming Yan chose.

If he chooses a crispy mage, but insists on buying physical strength, he will suffer a higher proportional penalty.

In terms of skills, players are allowed to use 30 skill points to purchase this occupation and general skills, and another 10 points to purchase other occupational skills.

This is more free, and some powerful skills may consume the player's wallet as soon as they are purchased.

Some interesting passives are like double-edged swords that can even be purchased without skill points.

The fighting style of VR games and certainly no longer limited to 2D real-time combat.

Everyone participates in teamfights from their own perspective, and sometimes maintaining vision takes precedence over everything else.

Mingyan remembered to lower his head and make two notes while playing.

Fortunately, everyone else was terrible, so no matter how much he wasted, the record would not be too ugly.

In the first game, Mingyan's red team won.

The main reason is that it is too powerful to be a commander. He has brought up the ADC in the late stage.

A few times, Ming Yan said directly: "I sold myself, Kerry, go away quickly."

As soon as he broke, the honest brothers on the opposite side scrambled for the head, and had no intention of keeping Cree at all.

At this level of consciousness, it is quite normal to turn around in the later stage.

After playing the game, he clearly stated that his record was 1-6-21, the standard meat record.

On the other hand, Creary went from 1-3-1 to 16-4-5 abruptly. Under the protection of Ming Yan, he played heartily.

With the last wave of advancement, their red team was in a rush, killing the last two front tooth towers along the way.

Kerry shot the crystal with one arrow and couldn't help jumping up from his seat excitedly.

"we won!"

His face was flushed, and he looked down at Ming Yan.

However, he saw Mingyan smiling and sitting on the spot, writing something down in the notebook.

Just like the first time I saw him in class, Ming Yan didn't pay attention to how many people were looking at him, he just focused on doing his own thing.

So elegant, so calm, but so far away.

When the excitement was over, everyone applauded Ming Yan.

The red team's mid laner said, "Awesome! This game is so fun!"

His record is also very good, and his sense of accomplishment and excitement are going to explode. He is so happy that he will jump for two steps, hum a song and go back to work.

Mingyan then asked the blue team how they felt. Although the latter was a little annoyed at his failure, he still gave the game a high evaluation.

When he was about to turn his head and ask Kerri, he didn't know why, but Kerri folded his arms again with an angry look on his face.

Clearly: "?"

Forget it, don't ask.

Creary was always inexplicably angry, inexplicably finding fault with him.

You are used to it.

But Ming Yan didn't expect one thing...

Because Ming Yan settled down on the seventh floor, Kerri tried to buy the eighth floor.

Later, he found that the eighth floor was also clearly stated, so he bought the ninth and tenth floors.

Clearly: "?"

He hadn't had a chance to ask, but Creary had already called and said triumphantly, "I'm holding you down now! Hmph, wait, my new game is better than you!"

Ming Yan: "..." Well, you'll be happy.

Creary didn't do anything illegal, he could only say that his words and deeds were disgusting.

He also didn't touch the core content of "League of Legends", and only played a rough ALPHA model, so he didn't have to worry about leaks and the like.

Soon, Varian Wrynn officially joined.

Ming Yan and him had a few days of running-in, and then immediately plunged into the intense research and development stage.

Well, closed development.

Every day, Varian clocks in and goes to get off work, and he gets extra allowances for overtime.

Ming Yan is miserable. He holds multiple positions by himself and can only work day and night.

For several months, there were only a handful of opportunities to sleep at home.

In the end, he slept in two holes in the camp bed he bought temporarily, and simply hired someone to move his bed out of the house and slept directly next to the computer.

Opening and closing your eyes every day is the same thing.

Once, Ming Yan was thinking about the design of a new skill when brushing his teeth, and unknowingly squeezed the facial cleanser on the toothbrush, and then spit it out after brushing.

After that, Ming Yan communicated with Xia Cheng, but did not dare to open a video.

The dark circles on his face are so serious that he is afraid that others will be startled.

The main purpose of the newsletter is to borrow a marketer.

Xia Cheng: "You have been doing it for a few months, and you still haven't invited the marketing?"

Ming Yan sighed and said, "Small studio, it's hard to find."

The small studio itself does not have many resources and channels, and sometimes marketing is as hard as door-to-door sales. A lot of marketing is not willing to join because they are afraid of being blamed, afraid of being crossed and demolished.

In the end, Xia Cheng borrowed Ming Yan a marketing girl.

It is said to be "borrowing", which is actually an assignment from IPP to Bluestar Studio to carry out the publicity and distribution of "League of Legends".

In order to borrow this girl, Ming Yan also signed an initial agreement with Xia Cheng.

"League of Legends" will definitely be launched on the IPP platform.

Moreover, Bluestar Studio does not have its own platform and account system at present, so it has to borrow the account of the IPP family to bind and log in.

Ming Yan said: "Thank you, I owe you another favor."

Xia Cheng smiled and said, "If the favor is spared, we should have cooperated to announce it. This is nothing. People remember to return it to me."

Ming Yan: "Do you think I'm a human trafficker?"

Xia Cheng: "The little girl likes a handsome little guy like you. I'm afraid she won't come back if she likes you."

Ming Yan smiled and said, "Then do you like the wise and handsome guy?"

Xia Cheng paused and said, "...I really can't stand it, cheeky old stone, you won."

…

9 months later.

Before you know it, the end of the year is coming.

At this time, the most classic event in the game industry should be the "Game of the Year" evaluation conference of the League One.

However, the most important awards belong to otherworld games, and all VR games compete for a "Best VR Game of the Year" award.

In this award, Blue Star Studio's "Minecraft" was nominated.

Ming Yan was busy developing new games at the moment, and didn't go to the final awards ceremony at all.

He also knows that "Minecraft" is not the final full version, and it will definitely not be able to compete for real platinum production.

Maybe after the MOD community is built, Minecraft will take on a new lease of life and even shock the world for a VR game.

…

8 months later.

The third closed beta test site of "League of Legends".

Outside the closed room, Mingyan, Varian and the rest of the staff stood nervously behind the glass, holding notebooks to record important data.

Only the two programmers who joined later are still making final adjustments outside.

As the game progressed for 28 minutes, the two player teams fought a teamfight after encountering in the wild area. A tragic teamfight ended with 3 for 5.

The blue team advanced with the dragon enhancement buff, and finally broke the red team's base crystal.

"Yeah!!"

At the same time as the last basic attack, the screen freezes, and the blue team players get up and shout excitedly.

The red team clapped the table with some chagrin, still immersed in the last wave of teamfight mistakes.

Some people quickly calmed down and walked out of the test room.

This is the last set of internal tests. There are still 19 games before, and the data is recorded one by one.

As the players left the field, the staff immediately sent a form to record the players' ratings and feelings about the game.

In the end, the data in Mingyan's hand is: A-level.

This is the internal rating of IPP for games that have not been launched. It is divided into four grades: ABCD. A-level means "excellent games with good potential and a rating between 8 and 9".

The marketing girl's expression was very satisfied, and she said to Ming Yan, "Boss, the game is very successful. Can you start the promotion on the official website account?"

Ming Yan was still reading the report at hand, frowned slightly, and said, "Only A-?"

"It's already a good rating!" Marketing quickly explained, "This is because the losing team gave a slightly lower rating, but it's an expected result. The structure of League of Legends is very new, and we can take it from this. Start promotion, as long as you have a little luck, you can try to hit the list..."

Ming Yan pondered for a moment, but his brows loosened, and he said, "This is not the final result, there is still room for improvement in the evaluation."

The marketing girl doesn't quite understand what he means.

Most games of this era have a clear curve, with the highest popularity at the earliest release, then gradually decline over time, and finally, the game company will shut down the game server until it can make ends meet.

If it is an alien game, the company will cut off the channel, and may sell the second-hand alien world at a low price.

However, none of them are MOBA games.

The outbreak of "League of Legends" requires the accumulation of players, the formation of the ladder, and the need for the game cultural community to reach a certain scale.

Although more than 20 occupations have just been developed, with a total of more than 400 skills.

But it's time for players to get acquainted with it, this brand new category of games...the future will make them go crazy day and night.