Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

"Mr. Chen, is this a free sandbox strategy mobile game? Thousands of people are fighting a war on the same continent, allowing players to interpret the real battlefield of the Three Kingdoms! ?"Qin Yi looked at Chen Xu with a surprised look on his face and said.

The design concept draft of the entire game was placed in front of him, so basically you can know what type of game"Lateo Shore" is by just looking at it.

"That's right."Chen Xu nodded gently.

"But...but Mr. Chen, is this too risky?"Qin Yi couldn't hold back, and still said to Chen Xu.

Although it was clear that Chen Xu's behavior must be reasonable, Qin Yi really felt a little unreasonable in his heart. There are actually not many national war games like the Three Kingdoms, even It can be said to be the second most popular.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, these two turbulent periods, are the two most popular themes in the war games.

Among them, the Three Kingdoms are more famous, after all, compared to the Spring and Autumn Period As for the Warring States Period, most players are obviously more familiar with the military commanders and civil servants of the Three Kingdoms period.

Whether it is the official history or the influence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this period of the Three Kingdoms has a strong legendary color. There are countless good ministers and fierce generals, and counselors who are as wise as demons. , were all born in this period.

The second is the widely circulated allegorical events in the Three Kingdoms.

Burning Camp, Borrowing Arrows from Thatched Boats, Empty City Strategy, Seven Captures and Seven Columns, Battle of Guandu, Battle of Chibi, Yellow Turban Rebellion, etc. A series of historical allusions, it can be said that these things have to be talked about in any Three Kingdoms game.

After all, choosing to make a Three Kingdoms game is because you have taken a fancy to the public version of the Three Kingdoms IP.

If you make Three Kingdoms For games like this, if these events are not done and it is just a general and a counselor, it will be a waste of one of the advantages of its IP. However, in the design concept draft given to him by Chen Xu, Qin Yi completely I can't see these contents.

If the design of the military commanders were not characters in the Three Kingdoms, Qin Yi might even think that"The Shore of the Land" is an imaginary historical background.

The only thing that is clear is that the players or alliances are related to each other. The corresponding roles should be the various princes in the Three Kingdoms.

Hearing Qin Yi's words, Chen Xu couldn't help but smile.

In fact, including in his previous life, a design like"The Shore of the Land" really made people feel confused.

Because of the various designs, it is equivalent to abandoning a very important event IP in the Three Kingdoms.

Even if the names of the states, counties, military commanders and officials during the Three Kingdoms period are replaced in the entire game, it can be said that this is not a Three Kingdoms game.

After other games apply a certain IP, they try their best to highlight the existence of this IP. However, in"The Coast of the Land", it is really difficult to connect the other three kingdoms together without the names of the card generals.

But at the same time, the game also completely differentiates the geography of the Three Kingdoms period, such as mountains, rivers, thirteen states, including troop marches.

And this is the biggest feature of"Lituo Bin".

Including the target of subsequent games It is based on the creation of community culture and records the history of players in the game, all centered around the purpose of players experiencing alternative history.

This unique creation design also made this type of game later known as the Tutu-like type.

"It’s different. Although other Three Kingdoms games of this type have these allegorical events, if you take a closer look at other Three Kingdoms games of the same type on the market, you will find that these events are more like resource production in the game. Copies, or activities that serve as gold points."Chen Xu looked at Qin Yi and said.

Not to mention this world, games like the past life are facing such a problem.

That is the sense of participation of the players.

What role do the players play in these events? , what role do players play in these events, plus the operation and rules of the overall game.

These reasons make it difficult to play this kind of Three Kingdoms event.

I gave Qin Yi a rough explanation of"Leitu" After"The Shore" did this, Chen Xu also handed over the data related to the tactics to Qin Yi for statistics.

Although"The Shore" is a national war-type SLG game, it does not mean that it The battle system is very simple.

For the leader and the big R and super R, the player is a human being.

For the thousands of monthly card players, as well as the small and medium R, the game is extremely The strategic combination of military commanders is what they fall in love with.

《The combat system in"The Coast of the Land" is very complex. There are hundreds of different tactics, divided into 4 categories. However, according to the effect classification, each tactics has offensive, defensive and auxiliary effects respectively, and it is a one-to-many relationship. This brings diverse spatial combinations of generals and tactics to the design of tactics.

For newbies who have just started working on it, they may not be able to master it even after studying it for several months.

Secondly, it has a higher strategic gameplay compared to other similar games. Even the top-level Captain Team may be defeated by the Chopper Team, which is a lower level but has a more targeted combat strategy.

This dynamic balance allows players to find a sense of fairness and intellectual superiority in the game, instead of being suppressed by pure gold-seeking players with no chance of turning around.

It can be said that at one time in the early days,"The Coast of the Land" was even a free + in-app purchase SLG mobile game.

The balance is very perfect, and the payment is also very restrained.

Coupled with its own excellent season rotation gameplay, the entire game is maintained at a high level of balance.

This is why"Luteo Shore" can stand out among a lot of SLG games.

Even the series of Litu LIK mobile games that appeared later could not affect"Litu Beach" in the slightest.

Because its success is not only about the gameplay, but also about early operations, a restraint on game numerical balance and payment.

But later on, Lutetu itself was a game that had been online for five years. The shortening of the life of competing games and the shortening of the game's lifespan brought about a decline in revenue, which directly caused it to lose its footing and start chasing higher turnover payments. , thus directly affecting the balance of the entire game.

Chen Xu is very clear about these key points of"The Coast of the Land", and he will naturally learn one of the lessons.

Sometimes for a game, the operation is even as important as the quality itself.