It didn't take long for the hero's sketches and detailed settings to be completed. The various maps were also being created.
So far, Chen Mo's team had already made two VR games. The mechanics of the skills were also laid out in League of Legends. It could be said that there weren't many difficulties in making Overwatch. The only difficulty was that they hadn't made a FPS game before, but that wasn't an insurmountable problem.
In the first version of Overwatch, Chen Mo planned to make twenty-three heroes, twenty-two of which were original heroes from Overwatch, including Ana.
Furthermore, Chen Mo planned to make an original China themed hero, Dragon Lady – Ao Wei.
In Overwatch, the two brothers, Genji and Hanzo, were the equivalent of Japanese background heroes. They used the image of a ninja and a ronin respectively, but the element of "dragon" was given to these two Japanese characters.
Of course, Chinese dragons were usually four-toed or five-toed, while Shimada's dragon was a standard three-toed dragon, fitting the basic characteristics of a Japanese dragon. This meant that the two were different.
However, no matter what, Chen Mo couldn't justify giving a Japanese character to a Dragon culture and not a Chinese character.
Therefore, Chen Mo planned to add a new hero to the twenty-two heroes, Dragon Lady – Ao Wei, as a supplement.
Dragon Lady Ao Wei's story was set as the last descendant of the Chinese Dragon race. Her body had already decayed, but her soul was still trapped in an altar at the bottom of the ocean. A research team from China entered the depths of the East China Sea, while Ao Wei dived into the ocean and regained the power of the Dragon God from her previous life.
Ao Wei was a two-form hero. She could freely switch between the two abilities, [Lightning Form] and [Rain Form].
In Lightning Form, Ao Wei's normal attack was to quickly throw a bolt of lightning at the target and stack Lightning Runes on the enemy. When the runes were stacked to a certain level, the enemy would be temporarily paralyzed and have their movement speed reduced. If the enemy used melee weapons, their normal attacks would also be temporarily blocked.
Her special attack in Lightning Form was to create a thundercloud in a small area. The thundercloud would deal continuous damage to the surrounding enemies and stack Lightning Runes on top of it. Using it again during this duration would trigger a thunderstorm, causing all the runes to explode.
Ao Wei's two special skills were [Soaring Cloud] and [Weaving Fog].
[Soaring Cloud] increased Ao Wei's movement speed and allowed her to fly freely. She could even climb up and down some of the taller buildings. However, the duration of the skill was short and there was a certain cooldown time.
[Fog Weave] created a cloud to wrap around the user's body, temporarily reducing damage and changing forms.
In Rain form, Ao Wei's normal attack was to quickly throw a stream of water at the target, recovering a small amount of HP for the heroes on her side and stacking the [Rain Symbol] imprint. Only effective heals could stack the mark. When the mark was stacked to a certain level, allies would receive a burst of healing and gain a short increase in movement speed.
The special attack was to create a rain cloud in a small area, producing a continuous healing effect on allies within the range, and continuously stacking the [Rain Symbol] imprint effect. If used again during the duration, it would trigger the Rain of Healing and detonate all the imprints.
Ao Wei's ultimate skill was [True Dragon Form]. At this time, Ao Wei had transformed into the Divine Dragon Spirit Body. Her HP was greatly increased, and she could temporarily soar in the air and pass through any terrain (drilling was not allowed).
In Thunder form, Ao Wei's entire body would be covered in lightning, causing continuous damage to enemies around her. In Rain form, Ao Wei would continuously heal allies around her.
In addition, while the ultimate skill was active, Ao Wei could choose to immediately use up all her Dragon God Power to create a thunderstorm or a Rain of Healing (depending on the current form) in a large area.
Because the image of a "Dragon Lady" existed widely in Chinese games, it wasn't difficult to design her appearance.
Ao Wei's appearance was similar to the Dragon Lady in God of War. She had a long black ponytail, a pair of dragon horns on her forehead, and a red thunderstorm imprint.
Her face was covered with a black veil, and her clothes were mainly black. She was clean and neat, decorated with golden dragon scales.
Moreover, Ao Wei's appearance would inherit the consistent characteristics of the female characters in Overwatch, which was that her breasts and butt were very alluring.
Apart from that, Ao Wei's appearance would also change slightly between the two forms. In Thunder form, she would have black as the main color, and lightning effects would surround her. In Rain form, she would have white as the main color, and water effects would surround her.
At the same time, Ao Wei also added some Easter eggs with Xiao Mei and the Minamoto brothers.
If Ao Wei became teammates with the Minamoto brothers, she would say, "Be kind to the Dragon God Power in your hands, they need to be used to protect this world."
If Ao Wei killed the Minamoto brothers, she would say, "The Dragon God Power in a foreign land will never be able to defeat the orthodox."
Apart from that, Ao Wei and Xiao Mei were both Chinese heroes, and were both part of the expedition, so they were very close. There was also a hidden Easter egg. When Xiao Mei had the effect of Ao Wei's Rain Talisman on her, the freeze would last longer.
Ao Wei's addition was also to give the Chinese players an explanation. Blizzard's Overwatch had given a Japanese character a dragon. If Chen Mo copied it, he would probably be scolded by the Chinese players.
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As it was nearing the end of the year, there weren't many new games coming out, so the players had nothing to do.
The League of Legends World Finals from October to November was quite popular, but after the finals, League of Legends entered a period of stability.
From November onwards, there were two key events in the video game industry. One was the Videogame Expo in January, and the other was the Annual Video Game Awards before Chinese New Year.
Most players didn't really care about the Annual Video Game Awards, and didn't really care which game won. However, the January Videogame Expo had a lot of players talking about it.
"Are you going to the Videogame Expo this year?"
"I'm going, there's only one before Chinese New Year right? Why not?"
"I don't think there's anything worth looking forward to this year."
"Indeed, the games released by Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment this year aren't that interesting, but I'll go take a look. There might be some games coming out next year that I can try out?"
"Chen Mo should be going to the Videogame Expo this year, right? League of Legends swept the PC market this year, Thunderbolt Entertainment is going to be a giant in China soon. "
"But there's nothing much to show at the expo, right? League of Legends? He's sick of playing it at home, so he's going to play it at the expo? "
"Uhh, let's go take a look. Maybe Chen Mo made some new game."
"Unlikely, he's been working on the finals for so long. It's only been two months since January, what could he possibly do?"
"A demo would be fine, or he could try out Emperor Dynasty or Zen Entertainment's new games."
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