Otherworldly Architect

MOBA, multiplayer online tactical arena game.

For Bluestar in the 21st century, it is a fairly mature game category, which can be considered familiar. The most famous ones include League of Legends, King of Glory, DOTA series, Heroes of the Storm and so on.

The basic design idea is to allow two teams of players to compete with each other on the same map. Each player controls a character, advances step by step through strategies such as acquiring resources and defeating opponents, and finally wins by defeating the local main base.

The design framework of "League of Legends" did not break away from the overall idea.

Players need to be divided into three lanes and junglers to develop their own economy, gain experience to upgrade, and occupy some strategic resources at the same time.

This concept is still very new to Chaoyang Alliance, and it is clearly stated that it is necessary to explain the gameplay to everyone one by one.

At the same time, "League of Legends" no longer requires players to lock a hero, but allows players to customize their own professional skills.

For example, for the mountain giant profession he chose, he can automatically allocate various attributes, using the "buy points" mechanism.

也就是说，1-20点体力时，1点属性可以买1点体力；20-25点体力时，则是2：1；体力越高，每点耗费的属性点就越多。

Of course, this is also related to the profession chosen by Mingyan.

If he chooses a crispy mage, but insists on buying stamina, he will suffer a higher proportion of punishment.

In terms of skills, players are allowed to use 30 skill points to purchase professional and general skills, and another 10 points to purchase other professional skills.

This is more free. Some powerful skills may consume the player's wallet as soon as they are purchased.

Some interesting passives are like double-edged swords, and can be purchased even without skill points.

The way VR games fight and certainly are no longer limited to 2D real-time combat.

Everyone enters teamfights with their own perspective, and sometimes maintaining vision takes precedence over everything else.

Mingyan remembers to keep his head down while he is playing.

Fortunately, everyone else is pretty good, so no matter how bad he is, his record won't be too ugly.

In the first game, it was clearly stated that the red team here won.

The main thing is that he is too powerful as a conductor, and he has raised the adc of the late stage alive.

A few times, he said directly, "I've betrayed myself, Kerry, you should leave now."

As soon as he was cut off, the honest brothers on the opposite side rushed to grab the head, and had no intention of keeping Creely at all.

With this level of consciousness, it's really normal to come back later.

After playing the game, he declared that his record was 1-6-21, a standard Rousuke record.

而克里里则从1-3-1，硬生生打到了16-4-5，在明言的保护下，打得是酣畅淋漓。

In the last wave of advance, their red team was in full swing, killing the last two front tooth towers along the way.

Creely shot the crystal with an arrow, and couldn't help jumping up from his seat excitedly.

"we won!!"

His face was flushed, and he looked down at Mingyan.

But he saw Mingyan sitting there with a smile on his face, writing something down in his notebook.

It was exactly the same as the first time I saw it in class, Mingyan didn't notice how many people were looking at him, he just focused on doing his own thing.

So elegant, so calm, but so far away.

When the excitement was over, everyone applauded Mingyan.

The mid laner of the red team said: "Great! This game is so fun!"

His record is also very good, and his sense of accomplishment and excitement is off the charts. He is so happy that he wants to dance after taking two steps, humming a song and going back to work.

Mingyan then asked the blue team how they felt. Although the latter was a little annoyed at their failure, they still gave the game a high evaluation.

When he was about to turn around and ask Cleary, but for some reason, Cleary crossed his arms again with an angry face.

Mingyan: "?"

Forget it, don't ask.

Creely was always inexplicably angry and finding fault with him inexplicably.

Mingyan is used to it.

But Mingyan did not expect one thing...

Because he stated that he had settled down on the seventh floor, Creely tried to buy the eighth floor.

Later, he found out that the eighth floor was also clearly stated, so he bought the ninth and tenth floors.

Mingyan: "?"

Before he had a chance to ask, Creely had already called and said triumphantly, "Now I'm the one who suppresses you! Hmph, just wait, my new game is better than yours!!"

Mingyan: "..." Well, as long as you are happy.

Creely has not done anything illegal, and he can only say that his words and deeds are rather annoying.

He also didn't touch the core content of "League of Legends". He only played a rough ALPHA model, so he didn't have to worry about leaks or anything like that.

Soon, Varian Wrynn officially joined the job.

Mingyan worked with him for a few days, and then immediately plunged into the intense research and development stage.

Well, closed development.

Every day, Varian clocks in and goes to and from get off work, and he gets extra subsidies for overtime work.

It would be miserable if he said it clearly. He held multiple positions by himself, so he could only work day and night.

For several months, there were only a handful of opportunities to sleep at home.

In the end, he made two holes out of the camp bed he bought temporarily, and simply hired someone to move his bed out of the house, and slept directly next to the computer.

Opening and closing eyes every day is the same thing.

Once, when Mingyan was brushing his teeth, he was thinking about the design of a new skill. He unknowingly squeezed facial cleanser on top of the toothbrush, and didn't find the foam was right until he spit it out after brushing...

Afterwards, he made it clear that he communicated with Xia Cheng, but he didn't dare to open the video.

It's because the dark circles on the face are too serious, and I'm afraid that others will be shocked.

The main purpose of the newsletter is to borrow a marketer.

Xia Cheng: "You've been doing this for a few months, and you haven't hired a salesperson yet?"

Mingyan let out a long sigh and said, "It's hard to find a small studio."

The small studio itself does not have many resources and channels, and sometimes doing marketing is as hard as door-to-door sales.A lot of marketing is afraid of being blamed and being demolished, so they are not willing to join.

In the end, it was Xia Cheng who borrowed Mingyan from a marketing girl.

It is said to be "borrowed", but it is actually sent from IPP to Bluestar Studio to carry out the promotion work of "League of Legends".

In order to borrow this girl, Mingyan also signed an initial agreement with Xia Cheng.

"League of Legends" will definitely be launched on the IPP platform.

And at present, Blue Star Studio does not have its own platform and account system, so it has to borrow the account of IPP's family to bind and log in.

He said plainly, "Thank you, I owe you another favor."

Xia Cheng smiled and said: "The favor is spared. We should have collaborated in publicizing it. This is nothing. Just remember to return it to me."

Mingyan: "Do you think I'm a human trafficker?"

Xia Cheng: "The little girl likes a handsome guy like you, I'm afraid she won't come back if she takes a fancy to you."

Ming Yan said with a smile: "Then do you like handsome young men with good looks?"

Xia Cheng paused, and said: "...I can't bear it, you cheeky old fossil, you won."

……

9 months later.

Before you know it, it's the end of the year.

At this time, the most classic event in the game industry should be the "Game of the Year" evaluation conference of the League One.

However, the most important awards still belong to otherworldly games, and all VR games compete for the award of "Best VR Game of the Year".

In this award, "My World" by Blue Star Studio was nominated.

Mingyan is busy developing new games right now, so he didn't go to the final awards ceremony at all.

He also knows that "Minecraft" is not the final and complete version, and it will definitely not be able to compete for the real platinum production.

Maybe after the MOD community is built, "Minecraft" will glow with new vitality, and even shock the world with a VR game.

……

Another 8 months later.

The scene of the third closed beta of "League of Legends".

Outside the closed room, Mingyan, Varian and the rest of the staff stood nervously behind the glass, holding notebooks to record important data.

Only the two programmers who joined later were still making final adjustments outside.

As the game progressed for 28 minutes, the two player teams fought a team battle after encountering each other in the wild, and a wave of tragic team battles ended with 3 for 5.

The blue team advanced all the way with the dragon enhancement buff, and finally broke the red team's base crystal.

"yeah!!!"

At the same time as the last basic attack was launched, the screen froze, and the blue team players stood up excitedly and shouted.

The red team patted the table in frustration, still immersed in the mistakes made in the last wave of team battles.

Some people quickly calmed down and walked out of the testing room.

This is the last group of internal tests. There are still 19 games before, and the data are recorded one by one.

As the players exited, the staff immediately sent a form to record the players' ratings and thoughts on the game.

In the end, the data in Mingyan's hand is: A-level.

This is IPP’s internal ratings for unreleased games, which are divided into four grades: ABCD. A-level means “high-quality games with good potential and a score between 8 and 9”.

The marketing girl looked very satisfied, and said to Mingyan: "Boss, the game is very successful. Can the official website account start the promotion?"

Mingyan was still reading the report at hand, frowned slightly, and said, "Only A-?"

"Already a good rating!" Marketing quickly explained, "This is because the losing team gave a slightly lower rating, but it is also the expected result. The structure of "League of Legends" is very novel, we can learn from this Start to promote, as long as you are lucky, you can try to hit the list..."

Mingyan pondered for a moment, but his brows loosened, and he said, "This is not the final result. There is still room for improvement in the evaluation."

Marketing girls don't quite understand what he means.

Most games in this era have an obvious curve. The popularity is the highest when they are released at the earliest stage, and then gradually decline as time goes by. Finally, the game company will shut down the game server until it cannot make ends meet.

If it is an alien game, the company will cut off the channel, and may even sell second-hand aliens at a low price.

However, none of them are MOBA games.

The outbreak of "League of Legends" requires the accumulation of players, the formation of the ladder, and the need for the game cultural community to reach a certain scale.

Although more than 20 occupations have just been developed, with a total of more than 400 skills.

But it's time for players to get acquainted with it, this brand new game category...the future will make them crazy day and night.