Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

The popularity of "Warcraft" is still further fermenting, and during this period, many manufacturers have announced RTS-type games.

Although it is widely accepted in the industry, it is difficult to learn from "Warcraft".

But after all, the popularity of "Warcraft" is placed here.

And there is also a voice in the industry that the success of Warcraft may lead to a wave of RTS games.

Including Tenghua and Yilong, they all expressed their positions to the outside world, and there may be an RTS project in the future.

But for Chen Xu, he is very clear.

It's impossible.

Because even if it is as strong as "Warcraft", in fact, according to the data that Chen Xu saw in the background of Fengyun Games.

Players have started to churn out as well.

And the churn rate is even higher than that of new players.

Among them, 70% of the lost players are players who belong to the ladder score of about 1000~1500.

In other words, the pond of Warcraft has begun to shrink.

This is also the reason why Chen Xu decided to launch a new version, as well as RPG map content.

Because Chen Xu had expected this situation from the beginning.

The barrier to entry for RTS games is too high.

For players who like RTS games, Warcraft is a game that will last a lifetime, even if it is the same as the current version, it is a game that can be played for years, ten years, or even longer.

But for ordinary players, the appeal of Warcraft to them has begun to decline rapidly.

The epic plot has been understood, and the beautiful CG animation has been watched.

One of the game's mechanics is also known.

The Ladder battle has also been fought.

And then because of the technology, what three-line operation, two-line operation, and all kinds of micro-operations basically have nothing to do with them.

Not even a crazy computer can beat it.

In this case, it is natural that the fun of the game will quickly wear off.

Because one of the ways to play the game is basically a 1v1 mode.

So even most players can't even lie down and win.

In the MOBA games of the previous life, why can some people still feel fun even if they are bronze for ten years, and finally become black iron?

Because the game mechanic is 5v5, you won't lose all the time, and there are even some games that you can't lose if you want to.

But it is very difficult to do in Warcraft, and even most players with 1000~1500 points have a win rate of less than 40%.

Even Chen Xu has made a good optimization of the game's matching mechanism algorithm.

But it's time to lose or to lose.

So this leads to a kind of frustration for a lot of players.

One of the RPG maps is designed to retain these players, thus further boosting the popularity of Warcraft.

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There is no big movement, as if it is a daily update.

Chen Xu announced the news on his official blog.

At the same time, the updated text content was released.

At first, players didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was just tinkering with some stats like the previous balance updates.

But after seeing the updated text, many players were a little stunned.

What's in this update?

A map with a new way to play, and a map editor that you can create yourself?

What is it?

"What's new?"

"Eh, 5 maps, it doesn't look like a battle map, what is this thing like 'Guarding Sword Pavilion' and 'Warcraft Tower Defense TD'?"

"And the map editor, what is this?"

"It's a little confusing!"

"Is it a new plot campaign? But no, what's the background of the Three Kingdoms? Isn't Warcraft Western Fantasy?"

"And the pyramids of Egypt!"

"And the map editor, what's the use of this thing? Is it for us players to make their own battle maps? Make there 100 gold mines?"

With the launch of the new version, many players are excited to open the update text, ready to see what has been updated in this version.

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

Among them, the map editor makes many players a little confused.

The other five different maps have become the main focus of players.

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Yang Tao, an ordinary "Warcraft" player, chose to buy this game as soon as "Warcraft" was just released.

Then I was fascinated by the beautiful CG cutscenes in the game, as well as the epic plot.

Especially Illidan and Arthas, these two characters are his favorite characters.

It's just that after the previous freshness period passed, he devoted himself to RTS gameplay, and found that he really didn't seem to have any RTS talent.

It's always a rush to play.,Can't beat others at all.,The new number of the ladder is 1500 points.,And he becomes 900 points when he plays.。

Although it is occasionally turned on to fight the human machine, it is becoming less and less interested.

And this time the update of "Warcraft" made him feel a little curious.

A new map with different ways to play?

Is it a plot campaign?

With such an idea, Yang Tao clicked on the map called 'Guarding Sword Pavilion'.

There are three different modes: single-player matchmaking, multi-player matchmaking, and friend matchmaking.

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

Soon he was in the game.

There was a burst of magnificent music in the game, but it was 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.

How did it turn out to be all a model of the Three Kingdoms?

And instead of choosing a race, just choose 1 hero?

"Guarding Zhuge Liang, is it over when Zhuge Liang dies?"

"Choose a hero, this is not to build units, only to manipulate a hero?"

"It's a bit like an RPG!"

"I want to play Zilong, can my brothers let me play Zhao Yun?"

", climb, talk well! Zhao Yun has no problem giving you, but can you be a gentleman!"

"The equipment can be upgraded!"

"Damn, this skill is so hanging! And I have more than 100 attacks at the first level?"

"I exploded a purple intelligence fan, and I had more than 200 attacks, but I can't use it!"

"What about my equipment!What about my equipment!Why did a bird fly over and pick up my equipment!?"

Just like when you first came into contact with Warcraft, you have just entered the RPG map, and many players are also full of novelty.

This happens to other players as well.