Dissect uCool and Evony's Methods of Fusion Between Core and Ancillary Gameplay

As game types become more diverse, many games have embedded diversified ancillary gameplay to meet different target groups. Although this gives players more reasons to stay, the game industry also needs to avoid piling up low-quality gameplay. This article selects Heroes Charge from uCool and Evony: the King's Return from Top Games Inc. in cases of two different mobile game types. After the in-depth experience, their secondary gameplay mechanisms and their integration with the core gameplay are analyzed.

Heroes Charge from uCool

1. Trial Tower

Contains 6 chapters:

• Weeping Forest - 6 Levels
• Winter is Coming - 6 Levels
• Banner of Blood - 5 Levels
• Find the Flower of Life - 6 Levels
• The Mystery of Atlantis - 7 Levels
• Encounter with Curse Sect - 7 Levels

The above levels correspond to the large levels with bosses in each chapter of the main storyline. uCool uses this mutually echoing design to enhance the user's sense of immersion.

After passing a specific mainline level, you can unlock the corresponding Trial Tower level.

However, this is not just a casual gameplay. After careful design by the uCool team, players can obtain Divine Knight's soul stones through Trial Tower to evolve the hero. In addition, this gameplay also provides many essential props for the core gameplay.

2. Tomb Escape

You can get the Treasure of Secret Room by clearing the levels in Tomb Escape. However, you need to clear the Elite version of the corresponding main level to unlock the qualification to enter the secret room. The uCool planning team has added Treasure Hunter soul stones and some equipment to the prizes of this gameplay. Clearing these secret rooms is still of great help to the player's main line.

3. Dragon's Cave

This gameplay is more closely related to the core mechanism. On the one hand, players can dig gold and EXP through Dragon's Cave, and on the other hand, they can also dig things through PVP and plunder. In this way, players can still obtain important items after logging off, and can also observe the team lineup and strength of other players. In addition, this instance designed by the uCool R&D team can strengthen the bond between alliance members. When digging, players can invite allies to join them, thus enhancing the defensive capabilities of the whole team.

Evony the Kings Return from TGI

1. Mysterious Realm - Puzzle

Evony divides this instance into 7 themes and 35 levels according to different styles and difficulties.

• Lv1 - Lv5 Egypt
• Lv6 - Lv10 Japan
• Lv11 - Lv15 Maya
• Lv16 - Lv20 Viking
• Lv21 - Lv25 Byzantium
• Lv26 - Lv30 Arabia
• Lv31 - Lv35 Ancient Greece

This mode is a copy of the old server. After clearing the levels, players can obtain specific generals and props that are beneficial to early development.

2. Mysterious Realm - Defense

In recent years, defense puzzle gameplay has become more and more popular among gamers. Based on the user-centric concept, the R&D team of Top Games Inc. has also designed exclusive stages for Evony. In the new server, they set up many different types of defense puzzles.

• Stages around the city outside the Wall - 120 levels
• Mysterious Realm on the carriage inside the Wall - 48 levels
• Adventure - Select and train the appropriate adventure general to perform 5v5 PK-type parkour, which is different from the above two.

Passing the levels, you can get many important props, and general fragments, as well as rescue General Cleopatra, which are essential for the core gameplay.

3. Ideal Land

Ideal Land is a casual instance in Evony. It provides a space for exploration and development of land, allowing players to remove ruins and place buildings (ornaments). This instance seems different from the rhythm of the main line, but it does not deviate from the core gameplay.

By placing and upgrading decorations, players can get different buffs and debuffs, and increase prosperity.

Buffs and debuffs may include march size capacity, XX troops' something increase, enemy XX troops' some aspects' reduction, and some boost of development. This helps players improve their troops and have a better advantage in PVP and PVE.

Then, prosperity is also important, which is related to the ranking of players and the upgrade of Ideal Land. Evony designed a ranking system in Ideal Land. This system ranks players on all servers according to prosperity. Besides, players can visit others' Ideal Lands through this function to see how they decorate their own space.

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In summary, the uCool and Evony teams did not ignore the connection with the core mechanism when designing the secondary gameplay copies. This can prevent players from feeling a sense of fragmentation in the game. High-quality and diverse copies can effectively enrich the game content and maintain immersion. The emphasis on and guarantee of user experience can make a product achieve long-term success.