Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

At twelve o'clock, the new version of "DOTA" was updated.

Many players are entering the game one after another to check the updated content of this new version.

This version update actually surprised many players a bit.

Although it is just in the New Year period, "DOTA" itself is a game that has just been launched.

Although ordinary players and some high-level players are now playing, they have actually pulled a lot.

But for most players, the game "DOTA" is basically still at a relatively basic stage.

If the hero skills are figured out, the equipment is also figured out on the basis of these.

As for the style of play, more players are still in a groping state.

For example, in the field of money, when many players are working on the core of melee combat, the basic default money-drawing equipment is the mad battle axe.

No matter what hero it is, as long as it is melee combat and you have to pay for it, the first item of equipment to choose is the mad battle axe.

Spectre madness, Doomsday messenger madness, Terrorist Blade madness, Phantom Lancer, Slark, no matter what heroes are in melee combat, they will use the mad battle axe.

There is also a classic saying in the player community: If you can't fight a mad battle axe in close combat, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

As for the equipment such as Radiance and Electric Hammer, many players currently don't think that it is a money-spending equipment but an output equipment.

In a certain internet cafe, Zhang Yi, Song Ren and Wang Han all came out to play together after lunch.

Of course, as internet addicted youths, the place they choose to play is naturally a place where they can play games online.

"I don't know what's updated in the new version! It's quite mysterious and I haven't put it on the update list."

The three found a row of machines to sit down and chat with each other.

"Let's not talk about watching my shadow demon take you to fly." Song Ren's language was full of fascinated confidence.

Hearing Song Ren's words, Zhang Yi showed a speechless expression, and couldn't help but complain: "Old Song, forget about your shadow demon, one of three shots, the soul on the body has never been full, and the damage depends entirely on the afterlife. self-destruct."

"That's right, your Shadow Demon win rate has dropped to 30%, right?" Wang Han, who had just returned from buying milk tea, couldn't help but interrupted after hearing the conversation.

"Listen to me, I don't choose this shadow demon with a high probability that passers-by teammates will also choose it, so I chose the shadow demon first, so that the scale of victory and defeat can be in my own hands, instead of looking at other people's faces. "Song Ren said confidently.

"But Lao Song, have you ever thought about a question, if passers-by teammates choose Shadow Demon, we have a 50% chance of encountering a Zhao Yun or A Dou, and if it's Lao Song and you play Shadow Demon, it's 100% I met a Dou." Zhang Yi coughed twice.

Song Ren was speechless, what he said was so reasonable that he was speechless.

The few people who were chatting at the same time soon opened the game interface.

As soon as the game started, I saw a brand new CG animation.

The first is the red icon dynamic LOGO of "DOTA", and then the camera is slowly enlarged and turned into the battlefield of the night banquet and Tianhui.

The screen opens with an animation of Mirana riding a white tiger shooting arrows, and then Invoker Karl plays with nine orbs.

Then, in front of the throne of the night banquet, the terrifying blade turned into a huge demon, and the camera came to the front of the Tianhui World Tree. The dragon knight Davian awakened the dragon blood power in his body and turned into a crimson dragon.

Accompanied by the dull horn sound, the soldiers of Tianhui Night Banquet set out from the barracks, and the heroes of different camps also marched towards the center of the battlefield.

The dragon knight breathed out the breath of fire, begging Shekal to cast powerful magic, and the shadow demon Naveenmore sang the dirge of the soul.

At the critical moment, a loud bang burst out.

In an instant, the sky and the earth cracked, and the boulder collapsed.

A mushroom cloud rose into the air in the center of the battlefield, followed by a burst of excited laughter and a narration.

'In the widely circulated adventure stories in Miners' Bay, the most notorious one is the demolition engineer. ’

'Then, Miner's Bay disappeared from the world, as well as Crane Harbor and Hunter Town. In fact, if you study the history of demolition engineers a little, it is not difficult to find that as long as the engineer appears in any town, this town will soon cease to exist. . ’

'But the blasting wizards Squee, Splin and Spoon, who started it all, don't care about anyone who laughs at them, or whoever notices them. ’

'There's only one thing they care about: how on earth did they set off such a powerful explosion. ’

Accompanied by the loud explosion, Squee, who looked very funny, appeared on the screen with a small cart and an explosive barrel on his back.

New Hero: Engineer.

This short opening scene immediately surprised Zhang Yi, Song Ren and all DOTA players for a while.

'Fuck, it's a new opening CG again! ’

'Old Zhang is calm, after all, it was produced by Nebula Animation. ’

‘New hero engineer? Is there a new hero coming out so soon? I feel that this hero looks a little wretched! ’

This time the new version update is on the game content, and Chen Xu didn't do much.

But it also brings a new hero.

Regarding the heroes in "DOTA", Chen Xu did not release them all at once.

It is mainly to consider the learning cost of players, but also to prepare for subsequent updates.

What is the most important thing in a game?

Balance and reasonable operation are actually right, but there is another point that is the content of the game.

In the previous life, why did "League of Legends" surpass DOTA to become the world's largest competitive game?

Some people say it's an art style, some people say it's a simpler way to get started.

But that's just one of them, the more important one is the constant introduction of new content.

When DOTA was caught in the copyright dispute between Blizzard and Frozen, "League of Legends" appeared to seize the market and constantly updated new heroes, adding nearly 90 heroes in just two years.

This allowed the early League of Legends to successfully grab most of the market from DOTA.

Of course, in addition to DOTA, there are many typical examples in the past life.

Blizzard Tianhu started the game with a good hand and played sloppy “Overwatch”. Plug-ins and their own game attributes are one aspect, but the biggest problem is that there is still no new heroes and content.

The same example is Blue Hole's PUBG and epic's Fortnite. The former didn't know how much market share was seized by the same type of APEX, Fortnite, and mobile games, etc., before it began to produce a variety of Content.

The latter has always maintained high-frequency content, various linkages and various rectifications, and it can be said that it has not stopped for a moment.

So for Chen Xu, the early "DOTA" temporarily launched a large part of the heroes, and the rest was a little bit of foreshadowing, which was enough to drive the early operation of the game.

Also after enough heroes are produced, this part can also be slowed down slowly, because by that time the player's understanding of the game has basically begun to move from the shallower to the deeper.

Through professional events, as well as various game changes, will be new content points.

………………

Players are naturally unaware of the follow-up content of "DOTA".

But they are still very excited about the new version of "DOTA" this time.

"I see that besides this new hero, there are additional activities!" In the Internet cafe, Zhang Yi, who was watching the updated content, was very excited.

In addition to adding an engineer, the new hero Bomberman, and some treasure skins, this update.

What makes players more curious is the addition of a new human-machine challenge event.

Five players team up to challenge the human-machine controlled by artificial intelligence AI. After winning, the player can randomly get a hero's treasure suit. If you already have it, it will be exchanged for a mall coupon.

Of course, this AI challenge for players is not the version that Chen Xu tested before.

In this event, players will have an additional BUFF, that is, the economy and experience gain will increase with time, and there will be no CD if you buy and live.

It is an official cheat tool, although it is still difficult to fight, but for ordinary players, as long as a little bit of tactics are used reasonably, such as cheating out AI's big moves and key props CDs by buying work, it can be said that the odds of winning are not low.

After all, it is a welfare activity for players, and it must not be too difficult. The only point worth challenging for players is the racing ranking to see who can beat the fastest, rather than relying on additional BUFF accumulation to win.

Finally, the key heavy update content: open the ladder mode.

For this mode, many players have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Especially some players who feel that they are great gods, they want to see where they are in the game.

As for the ladder mode of "DOTA", Chen Xu still adopted the mode of his previous life.

Pioneer, Guard, Central Army, Commander, Legend, Eternal Love, Extraordinary Sage, and One of the World's Best is divided according to different scores. Before the top, each major segment has five sub-segments, and after the top, it is divided into points. Mainly with ranking.

As for the score, 25 points will be deducted from a loss, and +25 will be deducted from a win. If you want to score, you must maintain the winning percentage.

In addition to this is the position mode, players can choose from positions 1 to 5.

The ladder BAN rules are the same as the previous "DOTA", each player can choose a hero to propose to be banned in the game.

The system randomly selects 2 BANs from the ten places.

It can be said that the new ladder system has also caused heated discussions among countless players.

"Let's see, 100 normal games are quite harsh!" Song Ren in the Internet cafe looked at the requirements of the ladder mode, and said a little surprised.

"Normal. After all, the game "DOTA" is really complicated. If you don't understand it, you will definitely be pitted." Zhang Yi didn't have much accident and was still researching.

"This engineer's hero is a bit wretched!" Wang Han is different. She is not so interested in the ladder mode, but is more concerned about new heroes.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the ladder is up! Guanjue may be a little difficult, my requirements are not high, I think it should be no problem for the last extraordinary." Song Ren was very excited.

"Put it down, I think you are the name of a movie." Zhang Yi complained.

"What do you mean?" Song Ren said.

"I am a legend" said Zhang Yi.

"Your uncle!" Song Ren scolded with a smile.

"The two of you stop arguing. Now I don't recommend playing the ladder. The masters will definitely come to the ladder to score points immediately. The three of us together means that there are three less masters' pits, and the probability of losing is very high."

"In addition, the new hero has just come out. I don't know whether the strength is high or not, but everyone definitely doesn't know how to play but wants to play. In case of encountering this at home, the winning rate will be reduced by a few percentage points." Wang Han's rational analysis.

"That makes sense! How about we play this challenge twice? Let's see how difficult this AI is?"

"Also, let's watch my Shadow Demon, Naveenmore, take you to fly!"

A few people summed it up, and they quickly negotiated.