On March 27, “The Coast of the Land” held a unique live broadcast event. This event was quite interesting. Senior players, history content creators and media discussed on the same stage. Players talked about the complex and exciting operations in the game from the collaboration and division of labor of various genres, while content creators gave a detailed popularization of the ancient battlefields of the Three Kingdoms. collective division of labor. In addition, they also expressed their opinions on interesting topics such as “C position in the Three Kingdoms battlefield” and were full of useful information.
As the discussion deepens, we will find that history and games are connected in this way. The division of labor between different arms and professions in the Three Kingdoms War, as well as the dimensions that need to be considered beyond the military, are all concretely presented in “The Coast of the Land”. The game has become an important channel for people to experience history first-hand.
Focus on “Chinese Original Three Kingdoms”
The emergence of “Lutu Coast” changed the development path of domestic SLG mobile games. This created a subcategory of “Lutu Like” in the SLG track, causing many latecomers to imitate. In the past, when dismantling “The Coast of the Land”, it was always inseparable from its gameplay framework, operating methods, marketing strategies, etc., but these seemed not enough to accurately describe its product concept.
It was not until 2023 that the answer was revealed after the “Ten Years of R&D Behind-the-scenes Documentary” was officially released by “The Coast of the Land” – insisting on using originality to create unique Eastern war wisdom. In the documentary, the development team explained in detail how they created original creations in the world of Lute.
For example, in the “Bing He Che Chao” season, the development team focused the main gameplay on ancient war equipment, which was inspired by the sharp weapons that affected the battle situation in the Three Kingdoms battlefield. During the Battle of Guandu, the two armies of Cao and Yuan faced each other across the river, and it was difficult for them to deal an effective blow to each other. After using the flybridge, the troops realized the landing operation across the river. After research and polishing, the development team restored various instruments recorded in ancient books to the battlefield – such as the Thunderbolt Chariot used to throw stones to attack the city, the Wuchong, known as the ancient armored vehicle, and the Lu Gong Chariot that can carry a large number of soldiers.
The addition of equipment has changed the entire battle strategy. Players need to redeploy their troops and combat methods according to the equipment, thus developing many new gameplay methods.
In ancient Chinese wars, there are many historical classics that take advantage of the weather. This is the source of inspiration for the “Ying Tian Shun Shi” season. For example, if there is a high probability of flammable land appearing on sunny days, players can use fire attacks. On rainy days, landslides, high tides and other terrains are more likely to occur in mountains and river territories. Players need to formulate corresponding strategies according to different weather conditions.
The use of weather and terrain allows players to recreate classic battles in the history books in the world of Tutu, and feel the strategic pleasure of the ancients’ defiance of Fang Qiu.
There are many such examples in “The Coast of the Land”, including the creation of the asymmetric gameplay “Heroes Conquer Dong” season based on the history of the eighteen princes’ struggle against Dong Zhuo; and the “Jiazi Wolf Smoke” season that brings players back to the In the Year of Jiazi, I personally visited the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the heroes were divided, and so on.
Regarding the content of the new season of “A Hundred Industries Contest”, the development team still adheres to the principle of drawing inspiration from history and truly restoring it, using the world of Tutu as a carrier to provide players with an immersive experience in history.
During the Three Kingdoms period, various princes selected one or two of the “hundred industries” as their own policy policies. For example, Cao Cao believed that the key to ruling a country was to strengthen the army and provide enough food, so he vigorously developed agriculture and mulberry; Zhuge Liang paid attention to “industry” and invented a large number of war preparations such as wooden oxen and flowing horses, and continuous crossbows. Therefore, in the new season, the development team referred to the ancient Chinese identity classification of “scholars, farmers, industry and commerce” and introduced five distinctive professions: civil servants, farmers, civil servants, military officers and doctors, so that players can choose any power development strategy. Feel the differentiated management and combat experience.
In addition, the development team also designed different battlefield abilities for the five snobbish strategies, allowing players to use different abilities on the battlefield to achieve a deeper division of labor and collaborative gameplay. For example, Nongsang strategy players can reduce the consumption of ally’s recruitment resources, and civil strategy players can reduce the construction time of military buildings, making military operations faster, etc. This design idea allows players of various strategies to form a strong collaboration and mutual assistance relationship, and form complementary capabilities in different battlefield scenarios, so that every player can feel the difference in experience brought by different strategies.
After reading the ten-year development process of “Lituo Zhibin”, the biggest impression left on me is that it has always adhered to the path of originality, even though this path is not easy to follow. By adhering to the concept of “Chinese Original Three Kingdoms”, we have created a unique and differentiated oriental wisdom war experience for players, making the presentation of history in the game more vivid and three-dimensional.
“A hundred industries contend” further restores the wisdom of Eastern war
Regarding the depiction of the culture of the Three Kingdoms, “The Coast of the Land” mainly has two core ideas: one is based on the real details of ancient oriental wars and continuously innovates and explores the gameplay; the other is starting from the characters and combining the characters’ real life experiences with the gameplay. The combination brings players a more immersive gaming experience.
For example, the character Deng Ai is recorded in history books. Deng Ai was born as a farmer and worked in the field for 20 years. The Wei State also adopted farming as a basic national policy. After Deng Ai was appreciated, he was responsible for opening up farming in Huainan. Thirty million hu of dendrobium can be obtained every year. Specific to the game, players can focus on farming and mulberry occupations, accumulate grain, and provide logistical support in wars.
In history, Hao Zhao, nicknamed “the best city defense expert in the Three Kingdoms”, once relied on repairing city walls and strengthening defenses to stop Zhuge Liang’s second Northern Expedition. Hao Zhao is the representative of the civil engineering profession. Players can use this character after selecting the civil engineering profession. He becomes an “infrastructure maniac” and plays an important role in the alliance war, quickly building city walls to withstand the fierce attack of the enemy.
Zhuge Liang, the popular star of the Three Kingdoms, seems to be competent in all professions. He has made indelible contributions in agriculture, medicine, military and other aspects. So in the new season, players can choose the side with which Zhuge Liang is most recognized by the public – Wenmou. Use the exclusive strategy “Clear Observation” to gain vision around friendly areas and strategize, recreating the brilliant strategy of this ancient wizard in the game.
There was also Gao Shun who led the trapped camp. Historical records record that the troops led by Gao Shun were very elite and invincible. Therefore, in the Season of Contest of All Industries, the exclusive unit of the military strategy is to fall into the camp. If the player chooses the military strategy and matches it with the general Gao Shun, the skill of launching a legion attack on the designated land through “assembly attack” can be described as extremely restored. history.
As one of the best eras developed by later generations, there are too many famous generals and celebrities in the Three Kingdoms who deserve to be portrayed, and “The Coast of the Land” has highly restored most of the historical figures in the “A Hundred Industries Contest” season. Let the culture of the Three Kingdoms have a more three-dimensional and realistic representation in the game, allowing players to realize that real ancient wars not only include military wars, but also agriculture, construction, medical care, etc. behind them, from the perspective of “rewriting history yourself” , to increase players’ understanding of the culture of the Three Kingdoms.
A more attractive “Three Kingdoms Culture”
In addition to the gameplay dimension, Luteu is also continuously enriching the IP content dimension by creating flesh-and-blood Three Kingdoms characters. This is clearly reflected in the Luteu character chronicle released in “Luteu Coast”.
Recently, “The Coast of the Land” released Zhuge Liang’s animated short film “Chu Shi Biao”. The short film uses “Chu Shi Biao” as the main narrative line and reviews Zhuge Liang’s magnificent life.
Most of the scenes in the short film focus on Zhuge Liang’s experience of “working hard in Nanyang”. People with a certain understanding of history know that the experience during this period was extremely important to Zhuge Liang. During his tenure, he devoted himself to studying the establishment of the imperial empire by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, summarizing the reasons for the rise and fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and finally formulated a good strategy for reviving the Han Dynasty in “Cao Lu Dui”. Working personally allowed Zhuge Liang to understand the operation of the grassroots society and the importance of agriculture. So far, history has recorded how he promoted agriculture and proposed the policy of “cherishing the people’s strength, advocating thrift, and being honest and honest” when governing Shu.
There are also PVs of characters such as Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, etc. The official is not limited to the inherent impression, but chooses a more novel but consistent with historical facts to create the image of the characters, reflecting the character’s personality more comprehensively. feature.
It can be seen that the creation of characters in “The Shore of the Land” is by no means as simple as designing a character model like Guomanfeng that is more palatable to players. More importantly, it is through de-facialized image design to deeply explore Historical details create characters that are more emotionally appealing to users.
The core of Sutu-like: iteration and evolution
It has been 9 years since the release of “Lutu Coast”. During this period, nothing is more impressive than the several upgrades and evolutions of the “Lutu-like” gameplay framework. Each evolution starts from satisfying the diversified gaming experience of the majority of players. needs, and based on this underlying demand, we continue to explore and extend to more differentiated gameplay, and finally form a unique gameplay system that is unique to “Lituo Shore”.
The first three evolutions can be said to be a process of continuous improvement of the gameplay, but “A Hundred Industries Contest” brings a completely different game experience. The thinking of players of different genres and professions in the game radiates and collides with each other, which changes the “feelings” between players. The “division of labor and cooperation gameplay system” has been expanded to a new breadth.
The development concepts demonstrated by “Lituo Bin” at various stages indicate that it increasingly understands how to create collective gaming fun that satisfies players.
From my personal subjective perspective, the “Hundred Industries Contest” season is a masterpiece based on the original concept of “Land of the Land”, which allows players to upgrade from the gameplay dimension to immerse themselves from the perspective of the careers and life experiences of different historical figures. Experience and even rewrite history. I also believe that “The Coast of the Land” will continue to explore and bring players new collective gaming fun.
