Regarding Stormwind City, in fact, when Chen Mo was working on "Minecraft", he made a building block version.
Therefore, the entire structure of Stormwind City has been reproduced, and Chen Mo doesn't need to introduce too much, just ask the project team to make a high-definition version of the Stormwind City in "Minecraft".
Use the Pangu engine and use the highest art effects of the "Uncharted" level. It would be too time-consuming to do an entire World of Warcraft, but it would be much easier to do just one Stormwind.
Chen Mo not only wants to reproduce the Stormwind City in his previous life, but also to further expand the scale of the entire city.
After all, the new Stormwind City needs to accommodate a large number of real players, no matter how big the city is, it will definitely be full. That being the case, the bigger the better, the more lively the better.
Of course, it cannot be infinitely large.
The size of the towns in the previous game has been carefully considered. If Gold Glitter Town or Stormwind City were built strictly according to the size in the novel, then just one Gold Glitter Town would be larger than Elwynn Forest, and players would need to walk for ten minutes to get there. Leave town to fight monsters.
Therefore, Gold Glitter Town has been reduced to a scale that can cross east and west in a one-minute walk, and the same is true for Stormwind City.
In other words, if the scale of Stormwind City in the previous game is considered, it is at least ten times smaller than in the novel. Players will wonder, where are these 200,000 people
You can't really make 200,000 npcs.
Therefore, Chen Mo carried out a relatively conservative expansion. The size of the entire Stormwind City, the length and width were all multiplied by 2, which meant that the area had actually quadrupled.
The scale of the building cannot be enlarged year-on-year, so more details must be filled in, such as more houses, npcs, etc.
Building too big won't work, because the game content needed by players is relatively limited. In the main city, it's actually just using the auction house, shopping with merchants, or finding important npcs to take on quests. If you make it bigger, it looks good at first glance, but it becomes worse in practicality.
If the players had to run for half an hour to enter Stormwind City, it would be a waste of life. Moreover, there are not so many rich details to fill in. If you fill in too much, the house will be the same. If you go in, it will be empty or some useless npcs, which will also affect the game experience of the players.
Therefore, the area of Stormwind City that Chen Mo finalized was four times the original area, and some key parts, such as the central square and other areas where players often gather, were appropriately enlarged.
Although this area is worse than the area in the original novel, for the players, this city is magnificent enough.
If more cities are to be built in the future, they will basically be built according to this size. Of course, if special circumstances arise, they may need to be expanded. However, Chen Mo didn't want any special circumstances to arise, after all, it would be troublesome to change it.
In fact, a fantasy city of this scale can only be built in the virtual world.
Some people have calculated that if we consider building a theme park according to the size of Stormwind City in the previous "World of Warcraft" game, the investment will basically be unimaginably large. It is estimated that there will be tens of thousands of sets of npc costumes alone. If you want to reproduce the whole The urban area may invest tens of billions of dollars, and it is basically impossible to recover the cost.
If you think about it this way, building Stormwind City in the virtual world is very cost-effective.
Just building Stormwind City is not enough, there must be related supporting gameplay.
For example, the function of npc, such as the clothing of the player, such as the gameplay in the city...
It can't just be an empty shell, and the players can't do anything after entering it.
So, Chen Mo conveniently found a job for the players, so let's go for the dungeon.
Anyway, there is a ready-made copy in Stormwind City, Stormwind City Prison. The weapon system and combat system are partly selected from "Dark Soul", and the equipment is also modified from "Dark Soul". A symbolic class comes with three skills, plus the weapons that come with Black Soul's combat system, enough for players to play for a while.
What? What do you say the player has cleared the dungeon
Again, this is the combat system of "Dark Soul", so it's okay to clear it so easily
Even if there is a high player who can pass the level... just make more drops and lower the drop rate. If players want good equipment, they have to continue to suffer, and make more copies, which is where they are.
What? You say it's too cheating
It was originally an amusement park, and it wasn't a real MMORPG game. It was just for the players to have fun, and it was very conscientious to do this to this extent.
In addition, there are a wide variety of merchants in Stormwind City, each with different functions.
For example, a professional trainer allows players to choose or change their profession and learn professional skills.
Various merchants can sell weapons, equipment, food, drinks, special items and more to players.
Some trainers can teach players professional skills such as tailoring, jewelry processing, and enchanting. Of course, these contents are a bit much, and they are open bit by bit.
This brand new Stormwind City will be given to players as an update of "Beach Mansion" and as a major update of the Double Eleven event.
completely free.
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Double Eleven is approaching, and many people are feeling distressed about their wallets.
After all, Double Eleven is a moment of fun, and you will have to eat dirt for the whole month. Maybe next month's credit card will be paid off, and I have to continue to eat dirt.
Many players are lamenting that they have no money.
Mr. Wallet has been hollowed out by "Uncharted" and "The Last of Us", and there is Nuan Nuan waiting to be fed in "Beach Mansion", who really has no money to go shopping online.
However, there are still some players who can't resist the temptation and start to look at various discounts online.
Digital products, clothes, shoes...
Anyway, whether it is large or small, the things that are usually reluctant to buy are all bought on Double Eleven.
I have to play games, and I still have to live. I usually use my money to buy games. During Double Eleven, many things are discounted. It’s time to buy some necessities.
As a result, the players were thinking about what to buy, and Chen Mo's Weibo directly caused all the players to explode in place!
"Damn it! This day is unbearable! Go check out Chen Mo's new Weibo!"
"Oh my god, Chen Mo is going to mix in Double Eleven? Is this murdering our Wallet King??"
"I won't be calm in an instant... Go and have a look, and you won't be calm after reading it..."
"What do you mean, Chen Mo is going to lose again?"
"It's not just a loss, it's simply bleeding!"
"The largest game company in China, Leiting Huyu, has closed down! Chen Mo owed 350 million yuan from eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and ran away with his sister-in-law! Games with an original price of more than 1,000 to 2,000 are all half-price, all half-price! Chen Mo bastard Damn you are not human, you give me back my hard-earned money, give me back my hard-earned money!"
Many players were startled. What is Chen Mo doing? Why does Double Eleven have to be involved