"New gameplay?"
Mike Mohan and the other three asked questions at the same time and moved their faces closer to the camera.
Looking at the three enlarged human heads on the screen, Yu Dong said with a smile, "Actually, I was inspired by a custom map of "StarCraft" when I came up with this gameplay. You know the map of "Aeon of Strife"
A map?”
Frank and Allen both shook their heads and said they had never heard of it. Only Mike Mohan nodded and said, "I know, this map has been out for several years. I played it once. It's quite special."
Mike Mohan said it very tactfully. He actually wanted to say that this picture was not interesting at all to him. It was completely different from the normal StarCraft gameplay, and it only supported PVE. At that time, he only played it as a curiosity.
In fact, Mike Mohan's feeling is not wrong. This map is indeed not interesting. The fact that it does not support PVP will dissuade a lot of players.
This map is divided into four parallel lines of troops. In the game, four players cooperate with a weaker computer to fight against another stronger computer. Players can obtain money by killing enemy units, which can be used to enhance their own strength.
In this game, once the unit operated by the player dies, it will not regenerate. If it dies, it can only be killed. Therefore, once the blood volume becomes low, you have to run back to the recovery point. This game mechanism will also make people feel lost.
Interesting, on the one hand, you always have to go back to the recovery point, which is a waste of time. On the other hand, once the player dies, the game has nothing to do with the player. You can only watch other players perform, and the game experience will be very poor.
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In addition, in this map, if you want to win, you must either destroy the opponent's base or the player's remaining time runs out. However, it is not easy to destroy the enemy's base. Players are advancing deeply into the enemy's computer base.
Sometimes, you will encounter a computer ambush, and the computer will immediately refresh a large wave of troops to prevent the player from advancing, including many elite troops, which are very difficult to deal with.
So many times, players can only end the game when they run out of time. Mike Mohan felt bored halfway through the game and quit directly.
This picture was edited casually by the player to play tickets. He never thought about making it well and did not put much thought into improving it in the future, so the game experience is not good.
Yu Dong didn't expect that Mike Mohan had played this map. He smiled and continued, "This map gave me some inspiration. Maybe you can make a similar map in "Warcraft" and then
Introduce heroes into this map and open the PVP mode."
Mike Mohan had played this map before, so he could still get some clues. The other two were completely confused and had no idea what Yu Dong was talking about.
Seeing that they were a little confused, Yu Dong directly sent a picture to Mike Mohan's DD.
"I sent you a picture, please accept it."
Mike Mohan nodded, downloaded the picture, and then clicked on it.
This is a photo of a hand-drawn map. The entire map is a square with various annotations on it.
"Have you seen the picture yet?" Yu Dong asked.
"Yeah." The three of them nodded.
After confirming that they had seen the picture, Yu Dong began to explain, "The picture you are looking at now is a battle picture I modified based on "Aeon of Strife". You can see that in the lower left corner and upper right corner of this picture
There is a circle in the corner, one is red and the other is blue, the two colors represent the two camps. The position of the circle is the base camp of each camp, which can also be called the resurrection point."
Mike Mohan couldn't help but ask, "Can you come back to life after death?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Yes, it can be resurrected. The hero controlled by the player can be resurrected if it dies anywhere on the map. After a period of time, it will appear in the resurrection point and the game can continue."
"Can the heroes here be upgraded?" Frank asked.
"You can upgrade and buy equipment, so economy and experience are very important. Higher levels and better equipment can give players greater advantages in the game."
"Will the hero lose levels or equipment after he dies?"
Yu Dong smiled and said, "It depends on how you design it. I'm just providing a general idea."
Frank nodded, "I understand, please continue."
"There are a total of three roads connecting the bases of the red and blue sides. The ordinary arms of both sides will go to the enemy's base camp through these three lines. Players can gain experience and economy by killing enemy heroes and ordinary arms..."
Yu Dong briefly explained the gameplay of the MOBA game to Mike Mohan and the others. As for some details, he did not go into details. Mike Mohan and the others could play whatever they wanted. If there were any problems, he would give them advice later.
Well, it’s not in a hurry anyway.
What he said was completely enough for Mike Mohan and the others. They already understood what kind of game Yu Dong was talking about.
Mike Mohan said, "This gameplay is very special. According to the mode mentioned in your book, there are ten people on both sides, and there are many people who need to participate. It is very particular about the cooperation between teammates. It is not difficult to make it,
This afternoon I will form an executive production team to produce this game."
"How long will it take to make it?" Yu Dong asked.
Mike Mohan didn't think much and said with certainty, "The prototype can be made within a week."
Yu Dong was slightly surprised. He didn't expect it to be so fast, but what he didn't know was that Mike Mohan was already very conservative. Although this gameplay was very novel, it was also derived from Warcraft. Now he had ideas and wanted to
It doesn't even take a week to make a prototype.
Let alone them doing it themselves, even if you tell an ordinary player about this idea and let the player do it themselves using an editor, it won't take long.
Of course, what he said is just a prototype, and the most important thing for a game is balance. If you want to make the game relatively balanced, you will need to spend a lot of time debugging and modifying it later.
Yu Dong thought for a while and added, "If the game is made and it's good, I hope it can be made into an independent game, rather than just an extended gameplay of "Warcraft"."
The previous version of Dota was attached to "Warcraft" from the beginning, and did not receive enough attention, which affected its later development.
Mike Mohan knew what Yu Dong meant, and he nodded and said, "We will make it into a new game."
"Well, I look forward to bringing the new game to Jinling during your annual meeting. I will organize a few people to play it then."
"No problem, but what should this new game be called?"
"Let's call it DOTA."
"DOTA?" The three of them were puzzled and didn't understand why this name was chosen.
Yu Dong explained: "It is the abbreviation of Defense of the ancientes."
"Guarding the ancient trees is indeed quite appropriate. Well, this game will be called DOTA from now on."
"OK, there's nothing else. Let's talk about it at the annual meeting."
After that, Yu Dong hung up the video.
After hanging up the video, Frank looked at the hand-drawn map on the computer screen and asked, "Mike, do you think this game will be popular?"
Mike Mohan shook his head, "I'm not sure, but overall it sounds attractive to me. Don't worry, we will know soon whether this game will be popular. After the game is finished, we will
Let’s play around inside first.”
"What if the final result is not good?" Frank pondered, "Of course I hope the result will be good, but if the result is not good, how will we tell YU?"
Mike Mohan smiled and said, "Frank, you are thinking too much. Do it first and then talk about it. Let's talk about the rest later."
Frank curled his lips, he was not surprised by Mike Mohan's reaction, because Mike Mohan only looked at the character in front of him, and he had to think a lot about what he thought and did, for fear of making a mistake.
He saw that YU attached great importance to this new game, so he said this. He was worried that the subsequent games would not be effective, but continued to be released, which would affect the company's other projects.
The manpower of their company is not enough, so it is not easy to recruit a production team.
Alan Adham said with a smile beside him, "Don't worry about it. If it doesn't work out then, just put the map in "Warcraft 3" and let the players make their own choices."
Hearing this, Mike and Frank both nodded, thinking that this method is feasible. When the time comes, it will be included in "Warcraft 3" for players to choose. If the popularity is not high, YU will naturally not have any objections. If the popularity is high,
It's high, and it won't be too late to make it a standalone game.
"Okay, now I'm going to select the candidates for the executive production team."
…
In the Warner president's office, Carl Hawthorne looked at the report on the table with a mixed expression on his face.
Fortunately, the "Harry Potter" film they co-operated with Deep Space Company was a hit at the box office. Although their share was not as high as that of Deep Space, they still made a lot of money this time.
Carl Hawthorne couldn't help but think back to the time when he fought hard with Columbia and Universal in order to obtain the co-operation rights of "Harry Potter". Fortunately, the result was good.
What he was worried about at this time was that his company's upcoming "Ocean's Eleven" would coincide with "The Lord of the Rings" from Deep Space.
The data from the box office network has come out. There is a 25% difference in the pre-order data between the two movies, with "The Lord of the Rings" leading the way.
Looking at this data alone, the gap between the two movies is not particularly large. After all, the box office network has an advantage over deep space movies.
But Carl Hawthorne knew that this data didn't mean anything. "The Lord of the Rings" was definitely going to be a big hit this year, because he had already seen the movie, and after watching it, he didn't think "Ocean's Eleven" had any chance of winning.
In fact, Carl Hawthorne did not expect that the box office of "Ocean's Eleven" could exceed that of "The Lord of the Rings", but the two movies were released at the same time, and the box office would definitely be divided, making it difficult to achieve the originally expected results.
In fact, Carl Hawthorne has thought about adjusting the schedule before. This year's schedule is really difficult. Basically, strong opponents appear every month. Starting from August, the North American film market is going crazy.
"Shrek", "Monsters, Inc.", "Harry Potter", "Rush Hour 2", each of them has a hope of winning the box office championship in a normal year. Even if it doesn't win the championship, it will still win.
The top three should be fine too.
Before August, there were also excellent films such as "Pearl Harbor", "The Mummy 2", "Jurassic Park 3", "Planet of the Apes", "Hannibal", "Tomb Raider", and "The Fast and the Furious"
Movie.
If Warner wants to avoid it, it can only postpone it until next year.
This year, Warner's several movies have average box office performance. As of today, the highest box office is "Cats and Dogs" released in July, followed by "Artificial Intelligence" produced together with DreamWorks. It can be said that they are now a jujube tree.
I became famous just watching "Ocean's Eleven".
After looking at the report in silence for a while, Carl Hawthorne smiled again. He suddenly realized that it was not him who was worried, but several other companies, especially Universal. This year, Universal's investment was particularly high.
They wanted to shine in the first year of the 21st century, but now it seems that they may not be able to crack the top five.
Their highest-grossing movie so far this year is "The Mummy 2," which is temporarily ranked fifth. The movies ahead of it are "Harry Potter," "Shrek," "Monsters, Inc." and "Rush Hour."
, these movies were all released after August.
After "The Mummy 2" topped this year's North American box office in May, it stayed there for three months, and finally fell in August, gradually falling from first to fifth place now. And it's obvious that after this month, it has
It will fall by at least one place, and it is inevitable that "The Lord of the Rings" will exceed US$200 million at the box office.
Carl Hawthorne and Fofana talked on the phone two days ago. Fofana did not hide his fear of the Deep Space Company at all, and told Hawthorne that since the arrival of Deep Space, their global living space has been reduced.
Getting smaller and smaller, it has become increasingly difficult in the past two years.
When Carl Hawthorne heard Fofana's complaint, his first reaction was actually funny, because Universal Pictures was the company that benefited the most from the emergence of deep space.
When YU came out, it became popular in Europe and the United States with its two novels "Second World" and "Resident Evil", and both novels were adapted by Universal Pictures.
"The Second World" won the global box office title at the time, and made a lot of money from advertising fees. Although "Resident Evil" was slightly less successful at the box office, the entire series also made a lot of money for Universal Pictures. Until now, Universal Pictures still has
Filming "Resident Evil".
In addition to these two novels, they have collaborated on many movies. Basically, they have the closest cooperation with Deep Space Company among the eight major companies. At that time, they were the envy of other companies.
Chapter completed!