Reboot 2003

Chapter 271 050: Battle at the ruins (three-in-one)

We were short of people to test, so these brothers came at just the right time.It just so happened that the brothers didn't mind helping, but they just said out of curiosity: "You guys make regular web games, but you didn't expect that you would also make this kind of small map."

They sat down and inserted the USB flash drive to copy the resources, while saying this curiously... But compared to last time, the brothers' reaction seemed to be much duller.

It's normal when you think about it. After all, the World of Warcraft map is very simple. It's really not surprising that a few middle school students made one in two days. Compared with this kind of custom map, the last Flash game seemed much more high-end.

At the same time, everyone was a little disapproving of A-Yue's comment just now that it was "as fun as Dota."

Although it may not be difficult to make a custom map, and these middle school students have created quite a few miracles before, the super brawl they made is indeed quite fun, and it seems to have achieved a lot of commercial success.

But...the one they were comparing to was Dota.

This kind of third-party map created by players themselves is simple and rough, and the size of a map is only single digits MB at most.

But these games obviously have a kind of magic that other games don't have. Even those large-scale MMO games don't have this kind of thing. It's just a battle between friends. Naturally, they don't have the ability to compete with this kind of magic.

But despite saying that, everyone gave it a try anyway.

After all, they are now included in the credits of Super Smash Bros. It is said that foreigners can see it, how great.

So the brothers enthusiastically prepared the map, adjusted the game version, built the room, clicked preparation, and were gearing up and looking forward to it.

The game started, and the map loading page was very ordinary, which is normal when you think about it, after all, it was just the beginning.

Four people entered the game and entered the hero selection interface directly. Only then did a brother ask: "What type of map is this?"

A Yue and Xiao Chen did not participate in the debugging, and explained to them: "It is basically a game where heroes manage and fight. You should choose a hero first."

There are only three heroes, a Paladin played by a fool, a Juggernaut played by Hellscream, and Xiao Hei played by a woman named Xi.

These are all old faces from Warcraft. The brothers manipulated a unit called "Poon" to choose the heroes they were used to playing.

Then according to the normal game, you select the hero and start entering the main city directly.

However, this map is a little different. After selecting it, everyone appears in a small room, controlled by the same 'hard worker' as before.

Then the newly selected hero seemed to start speaking - "The battle is about to begin, I have to gather the army as soon as possible!" The original voice was used and there were subtitles.

"Xiao Sui, what's next? Do you want to choose the scroll in front?"

The players in the small room have nothing to do, except that three scrolls appear in front of them.

At this time, Xiao Song explained to them: "Look here, each of you has three gold coins now. The upper limit of gold coins increases by one each round. Gold coins can be used to upgrade the base and learn blueprints. Each blueprint can build a building, and the building can send troops. …”

Auto Chess operates in different ways. Chen Qin copied the simplest Hearthstone Tavern gameplay.

Although it is not easy to start from the beginning, in the first round, each person only has 3 gold coins.

Then you can only choose one of the three architectural drawings, you can build it directly, or you can learn it first.

So everyone basically clicked on any one. Some brothers clicked on the moon well, some brothers clicked on a small tomb, and some brothers clicked on a residential house.

Then I listened to Song Ziyun explain the complicated rules of the game. I still didn't understand it at the moment. After building a house, there was nothing to do. It felt a bit boring.

But at this moment, the sound of a horn sounded in the game, and an elf shooter suddenly emerged from the built moon well, a ghoul emerged from the tomb, and two people holding pitchforks emerged from the residence. militia.

Then the screen went black, and the brothers found that their heroes and the soldiers in the building were transported to a circular arena.

"What's going on? A big fight?"

A brother asked this, and everyone laughed. At this time, Xiao Song explained: "It was the operation round just now, and now it is the battle round. The system will assign us to fight in pairs. The one who can occupy the altar in the middle will win." ”

"Oh..." Everyone understood, "So we have to fight now, right?"

"For glory!" the hero in the middle of the screen has already started shouting.

The brothers controlled their heroes and rushed forward with soldiers holding pitchforks, fighting with the brothers on the opposite side... In recent years, with the gradual development of custom maps, this simple and simple map Hero battles are no longer suitable for most players——

Not to mention a game like Chenghai 3c, where every skill can be played in seconds and even numerical balance is sacrificed for the sake of fun. Even in a competitive game like Dota, it only takes five or six seconds to kill a person.

However, this arena mode is a very different mode. Everyone has few resources. The first-level heroes and the lowest-level infantry rush into the battlefield and fight together. The fight is very slow. For players of the Decepticons map, there is a kind of back-to-basics beauty.

Then the problem came out - all the level 1 minions quickly died in the battle, turning into experience for the heroes of both sides.

Xiao Hei can order Ice Arrow at level one, and those who know a little bit about the operation can use this to fly a kite. Basically, everyone who chooses wins.

Those who play Sword Master can also use Wind Step to become invisible, but those who choose Paladin are fools. In addition, each player's level is different, and their performance in actual combat is also different.

For example, there was a geomancer who had also played WAR3 before. He brought two pitchfork farmers and forcibly grabbed the spot, beating up Song Ziyun, a member of the production team who was holding a small black.

After it was over, everyone looked at his bloody paladin and exclaimed, "My unique skill is just different."

Just like this, after the first round of battle, everyone lost and won, the loser lost blood, and the winning hero was upgraded and can add level 2 skills.

Then in the second round of operations, everyone got 4 gold coins for this round. Song Ziyun said to everyone: "The gold coins will increase every round. Some buildings have special skills, which can also increase gold coin income under certain circumstances. However, To buy high-end buildings, you need to upgrade the base level. I suggest you upgrade now. The cost of upgrading the base in the second round is exactly 4 points."

At this time, Gaowan Dibu had some thoughts of his own: "What if I continue to buy buildings? Can I continue to upgrade in the future?"

Xiao Guo, who is also on the development team, said: "Of course you can. You can buy it at any time in the future, but it's just the right time to upgrade it this time. If you don't upgrade it now, you will need to upgrade it sooner or later."

The unique skill brother disagreed: "I think upgrading the hero is more important. I want to rush and defeat you."

Then he bought another pitchfork: "Can two of the same buildings be built?"

"Yes, and three of them can be combined into a golden building."

"Okay, Rush!"

Brother Dibu became more energetic and took pictures of another house.

So the second battle round began. The others had just reached level two. They were all heroes with a house of soldiers. Brother Dibu's two idiots rushed up with two houses of pitchfork farmers. A huge group of people were added. Aura.

Opposite was a black guy who had won the first round, but he could only tremble in the face of so many people. In the end, he died without even killing a single soldier. Not only did he lose the town's health, but he also didn't gain experience, and he lost blood.

Brother Dibu was very happy, so he waited until the third round and upgraded the level 2 buildings. Song Ziyun began to explain to everyone: "There are a total of 5 gold coins in this round, but one building is 3 gold coins. I suggest that everyone can Demolish your existing buildings, and you can collect 6 gold coins. If your building is a residential building, its characteristic is that it can be demolished twice, so you can have two level 2 buildings and half a residential building."

This time, Xiaoshuai, who loves playing Brawl recently, asked: "I think this upgrade is worth 6 gold coins. How about I just tear down the building and upgrade it?"

Song Ziyun said: "If you do this, you will be beaten badly by your opponent. After all, you have no soldiers."

Xiaoshuai said: "It's miserable, it's miserable. Anyway, my opponent in the next round is Brother Dibu. He hasn't upgraded yet this time..."

When everyone saw it, everyone had upgraded their base to level 2, but Brother Dibu was still at level 1.

But there are really a lot of soldiers. Not only did they not move in the last round, but this round they just demolished one layer of residential buildings and continued to buy level 1 troops. Now there are two residential buildings in one crypt, the hero level is also high, and the combat effectiveness is very good.

"Good guy, this is the rush to the end."

Brother Dibu was proud: "This is called running while rushing. You can beat the snowball and become invincible!"

So the battle went on like this. Brother Dibu didn't upgrade his light-violent soldiers. He had more soldiers and better skills. Although his upgrades were always slow, he won all the battles. Everyone who encountered him was beaten to pieces.

But as others began to operate normally, the gap began to narrow.

As the town level increases, various new buildings gradually appear. Some can provide new units, some can produce equipment for heroes, and there are also large mines that can directly earn extra gold coins every round.

After playing like this for a while, the first person who couldn't hold back was Xiaoshuai just now - Xiaoshuai couldn't beat Brother Dibu just now and chose to skip levels. The hero level fell behind. It seemed that he was trapped in a vicious circle. He lost all his records and continued to level up. Base camp: After a few rounds of bruises and swollen faces, the health of the town is already a bit shaky.

"Xiao Shuai, why do you feel like you are going to be the first to be eliminated?"

"This time your opponent is Brother Dibu."

Everyone was gloating, and after the battle started, they all cut the screen to watch the battle between Xiaoshuai and Brother Dibu.

After a few rounds, Brother Dibo's paladin has reached level 6 and has learned the paladin's ultimate move.

With a group of night archers, pitchfork farmers and ghouls, they rushed forward, holding an invincible in their hands.

But on the opposite side, he saw Xiao Hei, a level 3 Xiao Shuai, with two Chimeras, and a mountain giant blocking the way.

Brother Dibu opened an invincible attack, and a group of minions smashed the mountain giant.

However, Xiaoshuai's half-health hero raised his hand, and two hellfires fell from the sky, killing a circle of pitchfork farmers.

"Wori, what the hell is this?"

Everyone was shocked. Xiaoshuai's current town level has jumped to level 5. He has sacrificed a lot of economy for this, and the town's health has never been healthy, but he has also built more high-end buildings in advance.

After buying some high-end stuff, I actually beat up Brother Dibu who had been attacking.

"Awesome!"

"It seems that skipping books is the way to go."

"And Xiaoshuai is only level 5. The highest level is probably level 6."

"Come on, come on, can you summon a big butt at level 6?"

At this point, everyone seems to finally have some interest. In RTS games, such operational trade-offs are normal. Early rush will cause economic losses, but it can give players an advantage in the early stage. As for rapid development, although it will lead to being eliminated. Others will be beaten to death in one wave, but if they really survive, then the previous investment will be able to play a role.

So the next battle progressed gradually, everyone's blood volume kept falling, and the pattern of this game gradually became clear——

Xiaoshuai bought a high-end building in advance. Although he will be finished if he loses one more game, he is so strong that basically no one can beat him.

Brother Dibu was proud of himself at the beginning, and the hero was also the first to be upgraded to level 10.

However, the level of the base camp is lagging behind. You can only build a maximum of 7 buildings in your town, and you can't use the human sea tactic. Now it is basically a cash machine that can be bullied by everyone.

Seeing that the game is gradually approaching the end, some people have begun to be eliminated. Brother Dibu has won more in the early stage and the health of the town is relatively healthy. In short, he has been idle for two rounds.

"You threw away all your early junk. What's the use? You're already level 4 now and you're still a pitchfork farmer."

"Isn't there a wolf riding training camp here? You can be a wolf riding warrior."

After the neighbor was eliminated, he gave Brother Dibu advice. Although he lost, his fighting power was much stronger than Brother Dibu. At this moment, he shook his head when he saw Brother Dibu's base camp.

Brother Dibu refused: "I am a pitchfork farmer from the third company. I can add a farmer every round. Now there are eight. I'd better make up the levels first."

He said that he would directly upgrade to level 5, but he was obviously too late. Now the main force has already been upgraded to level 5, and Xiaoshuai has even reached level 6.As expected, Brother Dibu lost again, and then the next round came out. Brother Dibu's opponent this time turned out to be Xiaoshuai again.

"Forget it, it's hopeless! You only have one health. Now the question is which one is more powerful, Xiaoshuai or Xiaosong..."

Everyone has lost interest in him, and Brother Dibu is also a little disappointed. After all, his current town HP is lower than that of Xiaoshuai. If he loses this time, he will definitely be finished.

But it's not that he doesn't have the strength to give it a try. As a veteran player of Warcraft 3, he doesn't know the difference between rush and operation ideas.

Since the start of the first game, Brother Dibo has been learning the game logic while also experimenting with his own ideas.

It seemed that he rushed in a situation where he couldn't actually rush, and now he has become a clown with both ends defeated, but he didn't feel that way.

Although the rush in the game is sacrificing the economy, it actually allows the economy to explode at a certain strong point and transform it into actual combat power that can be seen.

From this point of view, Xiaoshuai probably did explode the economy when he jumped to the level 5 base camp, but he felt that the so-called 'economy' should not be as simple as the base camp economy - in the game, mining is considered operations. Upgrading technology is considered operations, and sometimes stocking up on some soldiers in advance is also considered operations.

Of course, the design of this game is different from the original version. He is not sure whether the game designer has thought so much... He turned around and glanced at the middle school students. Xiao Guo also lost just now. Now he is sitting next to him and watching, Xiao Song He was looking at the screen intently, no different from the average Internet-addicted teenager in an Internet cafe.

Looking back, Xiao Chen, who is very skilled, is talking to Gao Qisheng and is not concerned about the situation on the 'battlefield' at the moment. The girl named A Yue is holding a small book seriously and discussing with a brother about something that just happened. A bug where units get stuck in gaps in walls.

Did they think that much?Brother Dibu doesn't know, but the operation of this map is not that complicated. It is like selecting some random options in a turn-based game. Even if it can be achieved with just the mouse, as far as operations are concerned, there are many things that can be done. Not much.

So Brother Dibu returned his gaze to the screen in front of him.

He just noticed that in this game, three identical buildings can be combined into an advanced building. The advanced building is not only an enhanced version of the basic building, but also generates a random building of the same level.

The reason why he stayed at level 1 was this - although the buildings at level 1 were random, there were very few types, and it was easy to get 3 companies.

Now his 'hard worker' has several drawings, which happen to be able to go three times in a row.

So the war was imminent, and Brother Dibu raised the level to level 6 again.

After the upgrade, all the low-level buildings in the hoard were immediately connected in three.

Level 1 building 3 company is still very weak, but he got 3 level 6 buildings, two are the undead's 'Lich Tower', and one is the human's 'Chariot Workshop'. It is said that level [-] buildings are quite difficult. Brush it.

As a result, at this moment, the neighbor happened to go to Xiaoshuai to peek at the screen, and exclaimed: "Wow, two sixth-level buildings, three fifth-level buildings, Xiaoshuai is awesome!"

Xiaoshuai said proudly: "Level is nothing, I missed several level 6 buildings! I mainly made up a Combo from the elves. My level [-] building 'World Tree' increases each round according to the number of adjacent buildings." Combat power, one building now has the combat power of three buildings!"

Brother Dibu became worried again, and he also noticed this, but he was too slow in the early stage, and now that high-end buildings are not available, there is no other way...

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Clicking on the 'Chariot Workshop' is indeed something that requires the cooperation of other human buildings. Maybe he went astray from the beginning.

But then click on the 'Lich Tower', it has a feature - when there are more than 5 human units on the field to recycle a building, a lich will be added every time.

It was quite a coincidence that he connected a residential house three times when he was at a low level. Later he felt a little regretful and thought that he should save it for a high level.

However, one feature of that building is that it can continuously add pitchfork farmers, and there are exactly 9 units now.

Then a dwelling can be recycled twice, and his Lich Tower has two.

After the recovery, four lichs appeared on the field. Including the original 2, there were actually 6.

Brother Dibu used the recovered money to buy another front-row cannon fodder, and the operation phase passed quickly.

On Xiaoshuai's side, everyone is still admiring Xiaoshuai's World Tree and the three companies of Chimeras, three teams of mountain giants and the big team of self-destructing elves, and discussing who is better between him and Xiao Song.

However, Brother Dibu suddenly shouted: "You all should die, hahaha!"

Everyone originally thought he was losing his mind and going crazy, but when the battle round started, a max-level paladin from Xiaoshuai's side rushed up with a class of lichs.

The Frost Nova exploded with a crackle, killing all the elves. Brother Dibu's hand speed exploded with a crackle. Xiaoshuai was a little unable to resist it, but he was overwhelmed by the display of his group of lichs.

"Damn it, Brother Dibu, are you ready? Why are there so many heroes?"

Only then did a group of people return behind Brother Dibu and watch Brother Dibu make a comeback from a desperate situation. After defeating Xiaoshuai, another team of three pitchfork farmers were able to sell it, and then they happened to get a piece of ' Lich Tower', after three consecutive successes, it was managed in a haphazard manner, and it turned out to be a bloody comeback, and finally successfully won the championship among eight people.

"Haha, my Paladin Lich is so awesome!"

Really naughty.

Brother Dibu jumped up happily, and the other brothers were stunned. Now that the game is over, everyone immediately thought that they could start another game, but...

It was only then that everyone remembered the fact that this game is still being tested. I heard that it took four middle school students two days to make it...

Everyone's attention was focused on a few young geniuses. Song Ziyun didn't realize it. He was a little depressed because of losing. Of course, he was still very excited overall. Returning to the small square table where he had started to sort out bugs, he took the initiative and said: "There are many people in this game. It’s so fun to play!”

Chen Qin asked: "Where is the bug?"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot..."

Song Ziyun hurriedly went to get the forgotten record book on the table. Anyway, it seemed that the response to the initial trial was very good.

Of course, I tried a lot of bugs, but in short, I was able to run the game successfully, which is a good improvement.

Chen Qin was about to continue fixing bugs, and Ah Yue said, "By the way, can we release it directly?"

This seemed a bit too hasty again. Song Ziyun said: "The buildings and skills haven't been balanced yet. I think the Lich Tower is a bit too imba."

Guo Yang said: "Why do I think they are running the business well, although there are a bit few initial heroes now..."

A Yue said: "But we posted a notice on Weibo yesterday, and a lot of people are waiting for us to post the map. Besides, numerical balance can be done slowly after it goes online. Since it is an open source model now, it will be better if more people participate. "

At this time, the brothers had finished sharing their experiences. Although they all wanted to play another game, they all gathered around a few junior high school students, curious about their decisions.

Xiaoshuai said: "I think this game is very fun. I used to play Warcraft 3 and have to run it. Now I can do it right away and have the motivation to win."

Brother Dibu, who has relatively better operation, said: "I think the operation of this game is also very interesting. Although it is simple, it feels like there is a bit of strategy in it, which is really interesting."

After hearing several people discussing their next plans, they were a little worried. For example, Xiaoshuai said: "It's mainly because of your creativity. I feel really invincible. Why don't you make more heroes, and then go to Moyou to be a blockbuster? Otherwise What if such a great idea is stolen?”

These words reached everyone's heart, and A Yue also hesitated a little.

But then she went to Chen Qin. While fixing the bug, Chen Qin asked her: "I think it's almost the same now, and it can be regarded as a usable version 0.10. Today we will fix the bug, and Song Ziyun and the others will do it again." If we adjust the buildings with questionable values, I think we can upload them directly to our friends on Weibo.”

Ah Yue was actually a little hesitant. She relayed the suggestions from her brothers just now.

After hearing this, Chen Qin said: "This is not a problem. Are you afraid that they will copy your gameplay?"

A Yue nodded: "Although it's not perfect..."

"Actually, it's very powerful. I can't even think of it like you. In terms of commercial value, it definitely has it." Chen Qin said, "And as I said before, the rule of open source is that product comes first. If you can't do it well with your creativity, others will It’s really possible to take away your creativity and go out on your own.”

A Yue nodded, but Chen Qin said: "However, proper property rights protection is necessary. The gameplay you invented can actually be protected."

A Yue thought thoughtfully: "I know that trademarks and codes can be registered, mainly because of the gameplay..."

Chen Qin pushed the keyboard and asked her with a smile: "Have you ever heard that 'gameplay is not protected by copyright'?"

"Yeah, I think I've heard of it."

"It's true, the gameplay is not protected. Even in the player community, if you just learn from the gameplay, players will generally choose to be tolerant..." Chen Qindao, "But from a legal perspective, the gameplay can be registered."

Ah Yue was a little confused: "So it can be registered, but is it not protected?"

Chen Qindao: "Actually, it's like this..."

"It is true that the gameplay is not protected, but the rules can be protected. In fact, most software projects now have this problem."

"For example, although your gameplay cannot be registered, you can register some such patents... For example, your fixed resources for each round can be registered as 'a way for players to obtain virtual resources through virtual cards', such as your building three Even if it can be registered as a 'method for players to combine virtual items', there are too many rules that some of them have not registered, and there are always things that others can't get around, and even if they are all bypassed, the game will not be fun."

He added: "Of course, I really don't know about this. You can hire a specialized patent attorney, which can cost up to seven to eight thousand per case. I think it's totally worth it."

Only then did Ah Yue understand: "I know. In fact, I have heard it before. My father told me this..."

Chen Qin was curious: "What did he say?"

"It's the same as what you said, it's called the 'Patent Matrix', right? He said it was taught to him by his entrepreneurial partner."

Chen Qin rubbed his nose: "...In short, that's what it means. Now even if you directly make the map public, others can't take away your patent. At least from a legal perspective, you don't have to worry about others plagiarizing your work and selling it." Money.”

"I understand," A Yue asked again, "The 'open source' you mentioned before seems to be like this..."

"Well, but since you know about open source, you have to remember that patented knowledge is a means of ensuring commercial interests. To really make the product competitive, the quality must be high enough. Now that our map is ready, it should be Start connecting with community players as soon as possible. This is also one of the biggest advantages of the open source model. If you feel it is inappropriate, we will add two more heroes tonight, and then you can contact your Uncle Li and ask him to help promote you. map."

A Yue nodded vigorously and turned around to coordinate with Song Ziyun and the others, but then turned back: "By the way, Chen Qin, what do you want to call our map?"

This is a very important question, but I haven't had time to think about it carefully before. Chen Qin has no idea about it. After all, if he wants to do it, it is either auto chess or a tavern.

But the key element of auto-chess is 'auto-playing'. To play a wheelchair game with your hands free, this element is no longer available.

The key element of the tavern was the 'card playing' in Hearthstone. You had to play cards and brag with Bob at the same time. That's gone now.

Nowadays, heroes build buildings and recruit soldiers to fight against others. What do you call this?
"You have to consider this yourself." Chen Qin said, "On the one hand, it must be appropriate enough. On the other hand, it is best to have a unique trademark that can accumulate our popularity and be used elsewhere in the future."

Ah Yue said: "Why don't we call it 'Warcraft Brawl'? Isn't our own trademark just 'Warcraft'?"

Chen Qin thought for a while, but shook his head.

This is really not a good idea.

Brawl itself is not a unique trademark like Auto Chess and Tavern, which is certainly not good.

But if you think about it carefully, the problem is indeed bigger than another one, and that is Blizzard...

So Chen Qin said: "It's better not to be too tied to the Warcraft. It's better to call it 'Ancient Tree Brawl' or 'Ruins Brawl'."

"Ancient tree?"

Chen Qin said: "The literal translation of Dota is to guard the world tree or guard the ruins, and there are many ruins in our map. Now Dota is more popular than the main body of Warcraft. We must also keep pace with the times!"

　One more chapter tonight

　　
　
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