Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

As time progresses, more and more novice players enter World of Warcraft.

Start experiencing the unique charm of Azeroth.

And for everyone, it can be said that there is a unique fun and emotion in the land of Azeroth.

In the novice area, fight monsters with other players, and queue up to fight bosses.

Or on the street, asking the mages for something to eat and drink.

Or when the red blood in the wild was about to be killed by monsters, other players who passed by extended a helping hand.

And when he was poor in the game, in order to learn a skill, he packed all the things he could sell and threw them into the store.

At the same time, in the game, there are also stories that make players extremely moving.

'Love and Family', 'Battle of Dara County', 'Black Dragon Gate', 'Forever Ambition'...  

The side quests have also made many players sad.

On the Internet, both major forums and websites are full of discussions and evaluations of "World of Warcraft", and everyone is full of praise for this epoch-making game work.

Exquisite CG animation, grand world view structure, diverse and distinctive occupations and races, complex and strong story structure plot, and rich and varied dungeon design structure, as well as PVP arenas and battlefields with opposing factions, It's all about immersing all players.

At the same time, the popularity of "World of Warcraft" does not mean to cool down at all.

In the final analysis, it is mainly because "World of Warcraft" is an online game.

There is a big difference from a single-player game, after all, the content of a single-player game is limited.

The content of online games can be said to be infinite, even the content of the version has made many players graduate.

But there are still some people who play. In the final analysis, part of the gameplay of online games also comes from social interaction.

The team copy of "World of Warcraft", as well as the PVP gameplay of guilds and opposing camps, are all part of social interaction.

At the same time, it is precisely because of this that with the popularity of "World of Warcraft", even some players who were not interested in the game were also attracted.

After all, when a thing becomes a trend, it is really difficult for people to resist the temptation.

Of course, the players in this part still belong to the blue ocean user players for the time being, and they belong to the light leisure type.

But it is certain that there must be a lot of users among them, and will be converted into core users of Warcraft.

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On the Internet, there are also many game designers discussing the influence of "World of Warcraft" and the development direction of the game.

These are things that have been discussed a lot in the game circle for a long time.

But this time, the shock brought by "World of Warcraft" is too strong.

It can really be said that it is no exaggeration to use a sentence that has swept the world.

Any video website, any community forum, any live broadcast platform, or even a chat group in a social platform can see the content related to Warcraft. There is no doubt that this is a phenomenon-level performance.

As an MMORPG, compared to the previous Chen Xu's "Red Dead Redemption: Redemption", "Witcher: Wild Hunt" and "The Last Survivor".

"World of Warcraft" is obviously more special, because this is an online game.

Many designers in the industry and game manufacturers are also discussing whether this kind of social MMORPG game will become mainstream in the future.

After all, the needs of players for social interaction are always very important.

In the past, this kind of social game has always been gathered on the mobile platform.

Why?

Because it can better allow players to use their fragmented time.

But with the development of VR technology, it has become stronger and stronger. In fact, many users will relax in the VR world during leisure time.

The success of "World of Warcraft" this time also proves a point of view, that is, the MMORPG market has always been promising.

It's just that no game like World of Warcraft has appeared before.

"The biggest disadvantage of single-player games is that the playable content is limited, and it is difficult to continue to generate revenue, while "World of Warcraft" is different as an online game, it can continue to generate profits."

"The development of VR in the future will definitely focus more on social elements, and multiplayer games like MMORPG will become the main core in the future."

Many designers discuss on related professional forums, and of course there are many objections.

"Online games are not that easy to do, let's not talk about the complex gameplay, dungeons and plot world design of World of Warcraft. Let's take a look at the scale of Azeroth. How many AAAs can be made with the investment of this game? game?"

"That's right! Compared with normal stand-alone games, a game of the scale of "World of Warcraft" has massive amounts of manpower and resources."

"The current "World of Warcraft" is indeed popular all over the world, but stand-alone games will never be banned, just like TV series and movies."

With the continuous increase in the data of "World of Warcraft", the related debates in the game industry are also very fierce.

But for Chen Xu, these debates in the game industry have no way to affect him.

Now his words are more about preparing to bring players a game that he finds interesting.

"Mr. Chen, we will be beaten to death!"

In the conference room, looking at Chen Xu's synopsis of the plot, Yang Xin's expression was very complicated, and he paused to say a word.

The surrounding Ruan Ningxue, Qin Yi, Meng Zuo and others also wanted to stop talking.

Regarding the new projects after "World of Warcraft", Chen Xu has given them a thorough understanding before.

But now that I got the latest plan and briefly scanned the relevant characters and plot, everyone was silent.

Because this is a classic reproduction!

If they want to say that they have played the game that can hurt the hearts of players the most, then with the script in their hands, Yang Xin and the others feel that they can rank in the top three.

"How come? Isn't the ending perfect? ​​The family reunited and died suddenly." Chen Xu coughed softly.

"But Mr. Chen, this is not a protagonist!" Yang Xin couldn't help but complain.

"A happy ending always has some twists and turns. How can it be smooth sailing every time?" Chen Xu coughed softly.

Listening to Chen Xu's words, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.

However, Ruan Ningxue was very interested in the content of the information at hand.

"However, how do we present the art style in Mr. Chen's new work? Are there really too many elements?" Ruan Ningxue asked curiously.

‘Religion, race, capital companies, utopia, steampunk, and exceptionalism, even in the plot, there will be a brief discussion about quantum mechanics and Einstein’s special theory of relativity. ’

It can be said that on the subject, this is definitely the most complicated game they have faced so far.