As for Stormwind City, Chen Mo had made a building block version of it when he was working on Minecraft.
Therefore, Chen Mo didn't need to do any more introductions now that the structure of Stormwind City was recreated. He just had the project team make an HD version of the Stormwind City in Minecraft.
He used the Pangu engine and the highest level of art in Uncharted Water. Making the entire World of Warcraft would take too much time, but making Stormwind City was much easier.
Not only did Chen Mo want to recreate the Stormwind City in his previous life, he also wanted to expand the size of the city.
After all, the new Stormwind City would need to accommodate a large number of players in real life. No matter how big the city was, it would be filled to the brim. Since that was the case, the bigger the better, and the livelier the better.
Of course, it couldn't be infinitely bigger.
The size of the towns in the game had been carefully considered. If Goldshire or Stormwind were built strictly according to the size in the novel, then Goldshire alone would be bigger than Elven Forest. Players would have to walk for ten minutes before they could leave the town to fight monsters.
Therefore, Goldflash was reduced to a town that could be crossed in one minute, and Stormwind City was the same.
In other words, according to the scale of Stormwind City in the game, it was at least ten times smaller than in the novel. According to the setting of the story, the population of Stormwind City and the surrounding villages reached 200,000. Players who entered the game would be puzzled. Where were these 200,000 people?
They couldn't really make two hundred thousand NPCs.
Therefore, Chen Mo expanded conservatively. The length and width of Stormwind City were all multiplied by two, which meant that the area was four times the original size.
The scale of the buildings couldn't be scaled up, so they had to fill in more details, such as more houses and NPCs.
They couldn't make it too big either, as the content that players needed was limited. In the main city, they could only use the auction house, buy items from merchants, or find important NPCs to accept quests. If they made it too big, it might look good at first glance, but it would be less practical.
If players had to run for half an hour to get to Stormwind City, it would be a waste of time. Moreover, there weren't that many rich details to fill in. If there were too many, the houses would be the same. They would either be empty or filled with useless NPCs, which would also affect the players' gaming experience.
Therefore, Chen Mo decided that Stormwind City would be four times the original size, and made some key areas, such as the central square where players would gather, larger.
Although the size of the city was smaller than the original novel, it was grand and magnificent enough for the players.
If they wanted to build more cities in the future, they would basically be built according to this size. Of course, if there were special circumstances, they might have to expand. However, Chen Mo didn't want anything special to happen, as it would be quite troublesome to change it.
In fact, a fantasy city of this scale could only be built in the virtual world.
Someone did some calculations and found that building a theme park based on the size of Stormwind City in World of Warcraft in his previous life would require an unimaginable amount of investment. The NPC costumes alone would cost tens of thousands of yuan, and it would take tens of billions of yuan to recreate the entire city. It was almost impossible to recover the cost.
If that was the case, building Storm City in the virtual world would be very worthwhile.
Just building Storm City wasn't enough, there had to be related gameplay as well.
For example, the functions of the NPCs, the clothing for the players, and the gameplay within the city …
He couldn't just make an empty shell that the players couldn't do anything in.
Therefore, Chen Mo found something for the players to do, and that was to farm dungeons.
There was a ready-made dungeon in Stormwind City, Stormwind City Prison. The weapon system and combat system would be chosen from Dark Souls, and the equipment would be modified from Dark Souls. As for the players' classes, they would have the four classic classes of Warrior, Mage, Priest, and Thief. Each class would have three skills, and with the weapons from Dark Souls' combat system, it would be enough for the players to play for a while.
What? What would happen if the players cleared the dungeon?
Then again, this was Dark Souls' combat system, how could it be so easy to clear it?
Even if there were experts who could clear it … Couldn't they just make more drops and lower the drop rate? If the players wanted good equipment, they would have to suffer and farm more dungeons.
What? You're saying it's a scam?
It's just an amusement park, not a real MMORPG. It's just for the players to have fun. It's already very kind of them to go this far.
In addition, there were many different types of merchants in Stormwind City, each with different functions.
For example, professional trainers allowed players to choose or change their own profession, and learn professional skills.
Various merchants could sell weapons, equipment, food, drinks, and special items to the players.
Some trainers could teach players tailoring, jewelry processing, enchantment, and other professional skills. Of course, there was a lot of content, and it would be released bit by bit.
This brand new Storm City would be part of the Seaside Mansion update, a bonus for the players as part of the Double 11 event.
Completely free.
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Many people were worried about their wallets as it was nearing Double 11.
After all, they would have to eat dirt for the entire month. They might not even be able to pay off their credit cards next month, and they would still have to eat dirt.
Many players were lamenting that they were out of money.
Qian Baojun had been emptied by Mysterious Seas and American Apocalypse, and there was still Nuannuan in Seaside Mansion waiting to be fed. They really didn't have the money to squander online.
However, there were still some players who couldn't resist the temptation and started looking for discounts online.
Digital products, clothes, shoes …
It didn't matter if it was big or small, anything that they couldn't bear to buy normally would be bought on Double 11.
They still had to play games, but they still had to live. Their usual money was used to buy games, and since many things were on sale on Double 11, it was time to buy some necessities.
Just as the players were thinking about what to buy, Chen Mo's Weibo made all the players explode!
"My goodness! We can't live like this! Look at Chen Mo's new Weibo! "
"My goodness, Chen Mo is getting involved in Double 11? Is he trying to murder our Mr. Wallet?? "
"I can't stay calm anymore … You guys should go take a look, you guys won't be able to stay calm after seeing it …"
"What's the meaning of this, is Chen Mo going to lose money again?"
"It's not just losing money, he's losing blood!"
"The biggest game publisher in the country, Thunderbolt Entertainment, closed down! Chen Mo ate, drank, gambled, and owed five hundred million, then ran away with his sister-in-law! Games that cost more than a thousand to two thousand are all at half price, all at half price! Chen Mo bastard, you're not human, pay me back my hard earned money, pay me back my hard earned money! "
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