"Huh? That's not right. Lin Xinran suddenly remembered something.

"I was interrupted by you to talk about me, I almost forgot to talk about business, come, continue what you said before, what game do you want to make, do you want to make a multiplayer competitive game?" Lin Xinran's eyes lit up.

Ye Shenxi nodded: "That's right, as you wish." ”

Lin Xinran covered her mouth and said, "It's not done specifically for me, is it?" That's embarrassing. ”

Ye Shenxi said directly: "You think too much." ”

In fact, in 2007, MOBA games at this time have become popular around the world, and many players should have come into contact with this type of game for the first time from a map called "Rise of the Ancients", which is also known as RotA, but in fact, MOBA games have appeared a long time ago.

As far back as 1998, the glass slag Star Wars was released, and it was also bound to its own map editor. The editor's powerful editing features allow players to express their imagination and creativity in the game through the maps they edit. At that time, a player with the ID of Aeon64 made a map called "Aeon Of War", all players can only control one unit to operate, and the map also has a total of three routes to the opponent's base, and each side has only one goal: to destroy the opponent's base.

Although the map only supports PVE and the characters cannot be upgraded, it was the first time that the MOBA genre appeared in the player's field of vision.

It wasn't until 2002 that Warcraft War 3: Reign of Mayhem was released, and the more powerful map editor allowed players to realize their genius ideas more accurately. In 2003, a player with the ID name Eul brought the RotA 1.00 map, which was also the earliest version of the RotA Allstar series, which established the rules of five-player battles between the two sides. However, due to the relatively simple map design and the fact that there are only five heroes in total, the game is not very replayable and has not been popularized among players, and after the release of the second RotA map, Eul also stopped updating.

After that, the famous sheep knife took over the production and update of RotA, and during the sheep knife period, this map has been greatly improved in terms of graphics and playability, more heroes and equipment, and more gameplay have made the number of players and the popularity of the game increase day by day, and even some small-scale competitions have begun to be held.

After RotA entered version 6.00, Sheep Knife left the team due to personal matters, and Eul and Sheep Knife each became a piece of equipment in the game as a souvenir, and his mantle was inherited by the ice frog, which Chinese players are most familiar with. Ice Frog is good at listening to players' suggestions and is not confined to the limitations of the glass slag game itself, constantly fixing bugs, greatly enriching the game elements, and determining the core characteristics of MOBA games: balance and competitiveness.

Until now, more and more players have begun to contact and like this type of game, because this kind of game is very easy to use, emphasizing teamwork while highlighting the role of individuals, the largest game battle platforms in China such as Haoyuan and AS, among which the players of MOBA games who are active every day are also the most.

However, that's about it.

It still has too many flaws for a game.

First of all, all the current MOBA games are still only maintained in the single-player category of online battles, and each map update requires players to download manually, and a large number of players do not match the map version, and even the most played by players is not the latest version of the map at all, but the version with the largest number of people by default, which is older and more stable. Many of the creators' newly designed heroes and gameplay simply can't be experienced.

Second, cheating. Because it is still a stand-alone game in nature, there is no effective anti-cheating scheme at all, even in some high-level rooms, the use of some plug-in software such as MapHacker can be described as rampant, which greatly disrupts the normal game experience of players.

Thirdly, developers like Ice Frog and his team have no source of income at all, and players play RotA completely free of charge. In fact, they all rely on their personal interests and spare time outside of work to make and update the map, even if there may be some sponsorship to advertise on the map or something, which is downloaded by other people and re-edited, and then it is gone. RotA has always been a derivative of Warcraft 3 from glass slag, and they can't make money by monetizing it over glass slag.

Until now, there has not been a real MOBA online game to occupy this market that is about to become popular, and at the same time, there is no real national competitive game to develop and improve the e-sports industry.

Yes, Ye Shenxi now not only wants to make a competitive game that is balanced and competitive and popular with the majority of players, but also wants to standardize the emerging industry of e-sports through this game.

Improve its system, standardize its management, hold and promote high-quality events, and cover more people who participate.

After making this cake bigger, those who participate in this industry will usher in their spring.

If it is said that there is an element for Lin Xinran, maybe it is this.

Ye Shenxi roughly described some of his current thoughts to Lin Xinran, and Lin Xinran was excited when he heard it: "I have also played "RotA", which is very fun but there are no competitions. When do you plan to start this project? ”

"I don't know, there's nothing right now, no one has no resources, not even an engine." This matter is just a thought now, and we have to think about it in the long run.

"I don't develop my own engine, so when will I have to wait......" Lin Xinran pouted, she still knew some basic game knowledge.

"That can't be, 3D games, I'm only going to recruit people to make engines now, so I don't know how many teenagers will be able to start work." He wanted to find a company to buy an engine, of course, if the quality was good, he would like to buy that company directly, after all, the follow-up optimization and service support of the game engine is the most important.

"How many heroes will you make?" What's so fun about the game for her is the different heroes and skills, as well as the different lineups and teamwork that come together as a result.

"It's too early to talk about that, but if it's going to be for players, there should be more than 40 of them."

Lin Xinran fantasized for a moment, and said happily: "If it is an online game, there will be a real ladder score ranking or something, and that is the most interesting." "She's really competitive when she plays.

Ye Shenxi smiled: "It won't be that. ”

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After chatting like this, a meal passed quickly, and Ye Shenxi had a clear understanding of Lin Xinran's appetite, she was really a heroine among women, and she ate more than herself at such a small size.

After the meal, Ye Shenxi wanted to pay, but Lin Xinran pushed him away directly from the cash register, which made Ye Shenxi feel that Guangdong was worthy of being a major martial arts province.

Lin Xinran said righteously and righteously I am the head snake where can I make the guests pay, didn't you pay for the coffee I drank in Funan last time, this is a reply.

Ye Shenxi said Then you are really a loss, last time Funan was just two cups of coffee and a dessert, but this time you are three dishes and one soup.