Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

In Hero Entertainment's office, Zhou Qi's expression was very complicated.

During the time when "Warcraft" continued to be hot, basically no other games were heard on the PC platform.

At the beginning, "Warcraft" appeared as a balance crisis as he expected, and he cheered.

But then Chen Xu's live demonstration made him face ashes.

After all, he has thought about countless possibilities, but he really didn't think about it at all by going into battle through the designer himself, and even overturning the professional brother.

Originally, he thought that "War of Humans" had already lost, and it was a complete defeat.

But now he has found strangely that the activity of "Human War" that had fallen to freezing point has recently rebounded.

Through data investigation and some forum comments, he came to a fact that made him a little uncomfortable.

That's why these players come back to play "War of Humans", not because they think "War of Humans" is very attractive, but simply because they feel that they are all handicapped and can't play "Warcraft". Hardcore RTS game.

It's still "Human War" where everyone is brainless and violent to each other, and then a wave of comfortable decompression brought with them, with a little sense of participation.

At this time, Zhou Qi was a little bit broken.

What's the meaning? Think that "Warcraft" is too deep, and that "War of Humans" is particularly brainless and does not require technical content?

You must know that once upon a time, "Human War" was the most technically representative and most balanced RTS game in the RTS field.

Has it now become a so-called 'casual entertainment' game instead of a competitive game?

This sense of contrast made Zhou Qi uncomfortable.

But also a little fortunate.

Lost, but not completely lost.

At any rate, as a light casual player, he still has hope.

If it really doesn't work, let "Human War" make a drastic reform. As long as the casual players can grasp it, it may not be impossible to make a comeback!

Thinking of this, Zhou Qi only felt his blood boil again.

And when he was full of beautiful ideas about the future, the mobile phone on the table made a sound.

'The object you follow has the latest news! ’

Concerned about the dynamic?

During this period of time, there was only one object of his attention: Chen Xu!

Sent a message?

Is it a new version of Warcraft?

The first time he picked up his mobile phone and opened the official blog, Zhou Qi was stunned.

Just as he expected.

This simple official blog of Chen Xu is to announce the content of the latest version.

But why is the content of this update so strange?

A map with a new gameplay, and a map editor created by yourself?

What is this?

………………

There are many players who are as confused and puzzled as Zhou Qi.

"New version? What is this updated?"

"Uh, a few maps, they don't look like battle maps. What is 'Guarding the Sword Pavilion' and 'The Catastrophe of the Western World'?"

"And the map editor, what is this?"

"It's a little confusing!"

"Is it a new plot campaign? But that's not right, what's going on with the background of the Three Kingdoms? Isn't "Warcraft" a Western Fantasy?"

"And the pyramids of Egypt!"

"What is this map editor for? Is it to let our players make their own battle maps? The one with 100 gold mines?"

"Don't talk nonsense, isn't this an update of two CG animations?"

"The high level as always! But here comes the problem, Mr. Chen, you are a game company, not an animation company!"

With the launch of the new version, many players eagerly opened the update text, ready to see what was updated in this version.

But after watching it, many players are a little confused.

Because this new version is completely different from what they thought.

Two CG animations, 5 maps that don't look like plot battles and don't want to battle maps.

There's also a map editor that I don't know what it is.

Out of curiosity, many players also opened these maps and pondered.

………………

As a loyal player who bought the collector's edition with his own money.

Zhang Yi also updated the new version of "Warcraft" for the first time.

However, it was different from the period when the game first came out. During this period, he went to play "Monster Hunter: World" with Wang Han and Song Ren and other friends.

The main reason is that they are not very good at playing RTS games.

Playing is always in a hurry, and I can't beat others at all. The new score of the ladder is 500 points, and it is still hovering between 400-600 points.

Although occasionally there will be civil wars, and they will fight human machines together.

But less and less interested.

And this time the update of "Warcraft", he is a little interested.

A new map with different gameplay?

Is it a plot battle?

With such an idea, Zhang Yi clicked on the map named 'Guarding the Sword Pavilion'.

There are various different modes.

Match up with passerby players.

Play alone.

Or play with friends.

After thinking about it, he directly chose a multiplayer match.

Soon he was in the game.

There is a burst of magnificent music in the game, but it is not the background music in "Warcraft", but a BGM of "Three Kingdoms".

This made him a little stunned.

Then the buildings on the map, as well as the rest of the unit models, made him a little confused.

Why is it all a model of the Three Kingdoms?

"Guard Zhuge Liang, will it end when Zhuge Liang dies?"

"Choose a hero, don't build units, just control one hero?"

"It's a bit like an RPG game!"

"I want to play Zilong, can you guys let me play Zhao Yun?"

"Fuck, talk well! How about being a gentleman! And look, there is no Zhao Yun here, they are all new recruits. There is no general in Shu Liao Hua as a pioneer, this is the end of Shu Han!"

"Fuck, these heroes are so dangling! There are more than 100 attacks at the first level?"

"Equipment still has levels, can it be upgraded? How to upgrade!"

"I exploded a purple fan of intelligence, with more than 200 points of attack, I am no longer invincible!? Wait! I have equipment! What the **** is this bird? How did you take my equipment? Who is so incompetent! "

"Fuck, why is this boss so powerful! Zhuge Liang is dead?!"

A group of new players played ignorantly for ten minutes, but apparently no one had figured out how the defensive map was played.

Along with the first big boss attacked by the tenth wave, a group of players on the field were unable to fight, which directly led to Zhuge Liang's death in battle.

But all players have no frustration, but are extremely novel, feeling that they have opened the door to a new world.

After exiting the group of passersby, Zhang Yi quickly took out his mobile phone and started shaking people.

"Old Song! Stop brushing the beads, you've spent more than 800 hours, except for the guarantee of the plot, there is only one. The new version of "Warcraft" is coming online soon, there is a new mode to play! It's interesting!"