NOVEL NEXT Chapter 10
Mark Merrill, who is in charge of the project development, replied:”It’s almost done, there are still some minor issues, the game props and character values need to be modified.”
“Regarding the game launch, we plan to open it to the public for testing in January this year, and make adjustments based on market feedback.”
A game usually undergoes small-scale testing. One is to see the response and make adjustments based on user evaluations and suggestions. The other is that small-scale testing can also collect some bugs and some previously undiscovered problems.
This kind of internal testing usually takes place several times.
However, that is for MMORPG large-scale role-playing games. Competitive games like League of Legends are not that complicated, but they also require more carefulness.
Especially the characters, the control of item values, and the ranking system.
Whether these two can be done well is related to the success or failure of the game.
When the League of Legends was launched in the previous life, it was also criticized. It was not as popular as imagined.
At that time, its competitors included the contemporary”Super Heroes”, which was more playable and had more bugs than《��There were much fewer players in the Dragon Country League, and the League of Legends also encountered problems with plug-ins, which led to a serious decline in word of mouth and the number of online users.
At that time, the number of online users of Super Heroes was more than twice that of League of Legends.
It was only later that Super Heroes did not understand the Dragon Country market and switched to a paid model, which led to it being surpassed by League of Legends.
In addition, the severe crackdown on plug-ins and the revision of the ranking system have reversed the decline.
After knowing these problems, Su Chengyang naturally would not let the game League of Legends go back to its old ways.
When he acquired Riot Games, he raised these problems, so this life’s League of Legends is more perfect than the previous life. The later qualifying competitions were added, and the previously set points setting was cancelled to make the competition system more perfect.
“January?
It’s almost December now, which means there’s still more than a month left.
“Can we play now?”Su Chengyang asked.
“Can”
“The company has built an internal test server. If the boss wants to try it out, I’ll arrange it for him.”
Mark Merrill replied
“Well, let’s get ready and find a few people to try it out.”Su Chengyang nodded.
“Then I’ll arrange it.”
Mark Merrill turned and left the office.
Su Chengyang and Brandon Baker were the only ones left in the room.
The two chatted for a while about the release of the game, insisting on a free game and a service fee model.
That is, they would make money by selling skins and runes.
Through the chat, they learned that if the internal test went smoothly and the response outside was good, then the official public test would be held during the summer vacation. Yes, in this life, after Su Chengyang injected a large amount of funds, the number of people in the R&D team of Riot Games increased by half compared to the previous life, and the progress would naturally be much faster.
Su Chengyang also hoped to be able to go public earlier, so as to avoid the collision with S2 Games'”Super God Heroes”, which is also a MOBA game, reduce competition, and the probability of the game’s success will be greater.
Mark Merrill soon arranged it.
Su Chengyang and game production director Tom Cardwell, producer Steven Snow, Travis George and others gathered 10 people, divided into two teams, and then entered the internal account to log in to the game.
The interface is bright, not the original dark.
Then enter the hero selection interface There are not many heroes. I counted them quickly.
There are only about 20.
But as a new game, it is not bad. It is easy to confuse players if there are dozens or even hundreds of heroes at the beginning. It is better to release 3-5 heroes a year as it is now.
Give players time to understand the heroes.
Su Chengyang chose Ashe, the most popular ice archer for novices.
Soon the progress bar reached 100% and entered the battle interface.
The battle interface is well optimized, tending to be similar to the battle interface of League of Legends in the previous life in 2016, and not like the original style that is similar to Dota and Diablo.
League of Legends has been criticized by many people for plagiarizing Dota. In addition to the gameplay settings, the battle interface is too similar to Dota.
An hour later.
When the monitor screen showed”victory”, more than a dozen developers were standing behind Su Chengyang.
They all looked at Su Chengyang in shock.
Steven Snow, the game producer on the side, looked at Su Chengyang curiously:”Boss, have you played it before?”
Not only have I played it before, I’ve played it for more than 10,000 rounds.”
Su Chengyang muttered to himself, but shook his head calmly:”No.””
No?
Wow.
Steven Snow and the others were all shocked. A person who had never played it before actually got two consecutive pentakills and harvested 16 heads in the game. Such a powerful shooter, now told him that he had never played it before.
This is too unbelievable!
“Boss, you are too good.”Mark Merrill walked over and said.
Su Chengyang smiled and said,”It’s okay. When I played Dota before, I was much better than this. I have been busy with other things in recent years and have not played much. My operating skills are not so good now.
“It turns out that the boss played Dota before, no wonder he was able to get started so quickly.”
Mark Merrill, Steven Snow and other onlookers showed a look of surprise.
Although League of Legends and Dota are two games, the gameplay is similar. Anyone who has played Dota can quickly get started.
Then Su Chengyang played two more games, using different heroes.
Although there are some flaws in some places, it is still very good overall.
Especially the design of skins with special effects.
Su Chengyang believes that this is a major selling point for future games and can drive game revenue.
Many lol novices and female players just like beautiful skins.
Giving up the position to others, Su Chengyang convened Mark Merrill, Mike Steven Snow and other company executives and core production staff to hold a short meeting in the conference room.
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