GMA 117 AMA Summary
❓: Why did you choose "Dungeons & Dragons" as the theme for game development? What innovations and expansions did SND make on the classic theme? (Surfing waste @siyuanhuan53888
🎙️Andu1n @trueanduin SND China ambassador
We chose the theme of "Dungeons and Dragons", or rather the theme of swords and magic. There are many such Western fantasy themes, such as DNF, Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, and A Song of Ice and Fire, all of which are in this system. There are also many world-renowned game works in the DND direction, such as the Baldur's Gate series, Planescape: Torment series, Dancing Winter's Night series, or the Frozen Valley series, which are all very well-known works in the DND direction.
For example, last year's Baldur's Gate 3, with sales of 15 million copies and revenue of more than 6 billion, also confirmed the appeal of this theme. Simply put, just treat it as the ever-popular theme of Xiuxian or Journey to the West in the Chinese world.
SND is in DND The theme of the game has been innovated a lot, revealing the intrigues between the gods, the history of the rise of the righteous gods, and the secret past of the evil gods. The righteous gods are not necessarily noble on the surface, and the evil gods are not necessarily so evil. It is an epic story of the struggle and betrayal between different races and different gods of humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, and undead, until they are in a state of confrontation.
So this is the reason for the choice of the theme of "Dungeons and Dragons". Why is it called web3 Fantasy Ball? Because the gameplay, economic system, numerical values, and architecture are more similar to Fantasy Westward Journey. However, the theme did not choose Fantasy Ball, because Fantasy Ball is a theme of Westward Journey in the global scope. The degree of adaptation and attractiveness is obviously not as good as DND, and the Western fantasy theme of "Dungeons and Dragons" is more attractive.