Chapter 267: The Young Girl’s Interest In Games
The first-generation Honor of Kings game installation package wasn’t large, just a few hundred MB. But Pei Ningle’s old mobile phone still couldn’t handle it.
“You’re basically a singer now, aren’t you going to buy a better mobile phone?” Lu Qi teased.
So after the five finished eating and settled the bill, they headed straight to the nearest shopping mall to buy a mobile phone.
After getting Pei Ningle a new mobile phone, the five found a Sichuan-style tea house nearby, picked an outdoor seat, ordered hot tea, and started playing the game.
As the game’s technical director, Lu Qi wasn’t responsible for planning, but she undoubtedly understood the entire game’s mechanics very well. So, she took on the task of explaining to the other three girls.
“Classic 5v5 maps are all like this, divided into top, mid, and bottom lanes, with the jungle in between, plus the dragon pit and river. Each side has three turrets on every lane. If the enemy pushes down all the turrets, they can attack the crystal. If the crystal is destroyed, that side loses. Each player controls one hero, and they respawn at the fountain after dying. There are minion waves and jungle monsters, hero economy and level growth…”
Listening to Lu Qi’s explanation, Pei Ningle suddenly felt bored. But before she could complain, she heard Han Yixuan confidently say:
“I get it, it’s basically the same mechanics as LOL.”
Lu Qi nodded: “Exactly, it’s pretty much the same.”
Ye Xun suddenly asked: “Won’t this cause copyright issues? I haven’t played LOL, but I’ve heard how popular it is…”
Lu Qi smiled: “It’s all fully owned by Penguin, how could there be copyright issues?”
Ye Xun immediately understood: “Oh, I see, no problem then. Sister Lu, please continue, I’m listening.”
So Lu Qi continued explaining minion waves and economy. Seeing this, Pei Ningle didn’t want to complain anymore, after all, Han Yixuan and Ye Xun were listening with great interest, and if she complained here, wouldn’t she seem dumber than them?
As for Wang Heng, he naturally didn’t need Lu Qi’s explanation and instead opened a match against AI on his mobile phone and started playing.
During the first playthrough period, in Lu Qi’s game startup company, as a member of the game development team, Wang Heng had of course played this hit nationwide mobile game Honor of Kings. Experiencing the most successful product on the market was also part of work.
Of course, a man deep in an asura field has no heart to get addicted to games, especially since Wang Heng was more interested in single-player games. In his memory, his highest level was only diamond. And he wasn’t particularly good at any position or hero, just muddling through averagely, with teammates unable to find any faults.
Soon, Wang Heng discovered that the mobile game in his hands differed quite a bit from the Honor of Kings in his memory. Differences in art and voice acting were natural, but there were discrepancies in numerical values and details too. And in overall gameplay, there were considerable differences, like now in internal testing it started with 5v5 mode. In his memory, this game originally started as 3v3 and only changed to 5v5 later with technological progress. So, is this the butterfly effect?
But thinking about it now, even the entire project’s technical director had changed, so the finished product naturally differed from the first playthrough.
After controlling Han Xin to burst the AI’s crystal, Wang Heng stretched his neck and then noticed the four girls had gathered beside him, seemingly using his game as a teaching example.
“Now you get it, right?” Lu Qi summarized. “This is a turret-pushing game—whoever pushes down the opponent’s crystal first wins. But for victory, there are many different strategies and many factors to consider, so every game feels fresh. That’s the secret to why MOBA games endure.”
Han Yixuan couldn’t help asking: “Endure? LOL has been popular for years already—how much longer can it stay hot? Maybe in two years it won’t work anymore?”
Lu Qi wagged her finger: “Not necessarily, you’ll know in two years.”
Ye Xun took out her mobile phone: “Alright then, let’s start a game and try it out! Games aren’t classes—play around a bit and you’ll understand.”
Lu Qi agreed, and Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle also took out their mobile phones and opened the game.
To accommodate these newbies, Lu Qi created a room and first played a match against AI.
When it came to hero selection, the girls’ preferences immediately emerged. Though not very familiar with the heroes, Ye Xun, Han Yixuan, and Pei Ningle all consistently chose pretty-looking female heroes.
One Angela, one Daji, one Xiao Qiao.
Lu Qi couldn’t help reminding: “Why did you three all pick mages? The lineup needs balance—best to have top, mid, bottom, jungle, and support…”
After some guidance, Ye Xun switched to Mi Yue, Han Yixuan still picked Daji, and Pei Ningle switched to Sun Shangxiang. Still relatively good-looking female heroes.
“You girls can’t just pick heroes based on looks!” After lecturing them, Lu Qi herself picked the even prettier Luna.
Wang Heng: “Sister Lu, aren’t you picking based on looks?”
Lu Qi: “I’m just picking a very strong hero that really tests operation, who happens to be drawn very beautifully, that’s all. Alright, now we’re just missing a support—what are you picking?”
Wang Heng didn’t hesitate much and decisively picked Zhuang Zhou, the most suitable for an average person.
Then the game started.
Wang Heng controlled his hero, watching Pei Ningle’s marksman rush into the enemy’s turret at the start, giving up first blood at the fastest speed.
Pei Ningle was stunned: “Eh, isn’t it a turret-pushing game?”
Lu Qi said faintly: “I remember I explained that minion waves… let the minions enter the turret’s attack range first, then your hero can attack the turret. Otherwise, the turret will take you out in a few hits.”
Han Yixuan sighed: “Xiao Le, I get that you don’t like listening to lessons, but this isn’t a math class, it’s a game lesson…”
Ye Xun didn’t speak, just silently using Mi Yue to clear minions, clashing with the enemy AI, getting familiar with this hero’s skills.
Wang Heng controlled his hero to the bottom lane to help Sun Shangxiang clear the minion wave. After clearing, he patted Pei Ningle’s head and said: “No worries, it’s an AI match, it’s for learning the basics.”
Pei Ningle had been hanging her head in disappointment, but after being patted on the head, she inexplicably perked up. Just then, her Sun Shangxiang respawned, so she controlled the hero to run out and fired a shot in the jungle first.
Seeing this, Lu Qi wanted to say something but stopped.
Wang Heng patted Pei Ningle’s head, reminding: “You have minion waves to farm, don’t steal the jungler’s monsters. Come over, I’ve saved some for you here, come eat them quick.”
“Coming, coming!”
Pei Ningle didn’t mind the pat on the head, obediently following support Wang Heng to clear the minion wave, getting familiar with the game’s operation.
The young girl playing this type of game for the first time suddenly felt that it was actually pretty fun?
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