5. The Three Kingdoms lore is
widely spread throughout
China and the World
Traditional Arcade Culture
Captain Commando Warriors of Fate
Desire to challenge real
historical figures and warriors
Caocao as a boss Huaxiong as a boss
6. Easy to pick up, simple controls
Maps, Characters, Equipment, Skills
Classic side-scrolling combat experience ↓
RPG elements give the player a sense of accomplishment Many sources of income and
monetization tools
Chat
Leveling
Trade Lots of Equipment
Guilds
Character Game Diverse, Unique Skills
Parties Interaction Story Driven Stages System Freely Combine Skill Sets
Ranking Craft Items and Equipment
Tournaments
varied game modes Character Development
Sociability of the game and difficulty
↓
Character Multi-class System
Player Loyalty
Longer Game Lifespan System Varied Classes
OBJECTIVE
To combine the fast-paced action experience with
interesting character development opportunities
7. Great Hands-on Experience
• Familiar side-scrolling action
• Great sense of satisfaction
• Playable with a gamepad or controller
Multiple Modes of Play
• Complete PvE and PvP Architecture
• Stage mode, versus, and co-op modes
Items, Leveling, and Other Enhancements
• Item Rewards
• Equipment advancement
• Arcade style “Insert Coin” concept to
recover from in-game deaths
…
• Focus on the players’ interactive experience …
• Feedback from players as the basis of our development
• Preserving the addictive arcade style gameplay …
• Updating it with modern artwork and dynamic content
Our Players
8. • 6 Main Characters (4 Opened on EP1)
• 4 Main Factions
Players are free to join different factions for each mission stage to
experience differing content and receive different rewards, increasing
replayability
• Level cap at 80
9. • 30 stages, each with 4 difficulty settings
• 500+ maps (each stage has 15+ maps)
10. Upon reaching level 80, players have the option to be
reborn (level reset) as one of 48 legendary characters
from the Three Kingdoms period
Further increasing game lifespan
13. • Experienced development personnel
• The pooled talent of 5 The9 divisions with 5 years of operating
experience
• Collective efforts of 78 senior managers and senior practitioners
• Surveyed the needs of 716 DNF players (a game which shares
similarities with World of Fighter)
Regular Reports,
Project Support and
Decision-Making
Feedback
Corporate Project
Analyze Competitors, Management Management Recruitment and
Market Analysis Performance Monitoring
Product
Develop Promotion Dept. HR
Programming Testing Project Budget
Strategies Programming Testing Control
Marketing Development Center
Development Center Finance
Planning Art
Technical Planning Art Administration
Dept.
Logistics Support
Operating Environment
and Planning
Sales Dept. Customer Service
Floor Promotion Streamline Customer
Experience
14.
15. In-depth Powerful
Security
Understanding of Backstage Tools
Microsoft’s
Development and Anti-hack, Cheat
Complete Software
Operating Teams Preventing
Customer Service Development and
Measures
Flexible Toolset Quality Control
Development System
Platform
18. Gm tools, Log tools, Monitor, Data and Statistics, as well as tools to monitor and
control the in-game marketplace and auctions
19. • Professional Server-side Authentication
• Signature Verification
• Effective Monitoring Tools
Data received from the client is
verified against the data on the
server. Differences are logged and
accounts will be flagged accordingly.
20. Authorization
Account
Activation/Recharge
Patch Updates
Authorized Operation
Verify ID Connect to Game Server
Get Server List
System Monitoring
• Centralized Server
Synchronized Logs • Complex Build Releases
Sync Logs
Data
• Authentication
Handling
• Other Related Functions
21. • 10 powerful account security tools we share with our partners
• The9 is willing to cooperate with operators who wish to develop their own anti -
theft system and provide them with long-term technical support
22. • Talents from Microsoft – project managers and quality control personnel
• Utilizing Microsoft’s TFS Management Tools for;
Work distribution
Daily builds
Bug management
Code analysis
Performance optimization
• Strict management processes to ensure quality is built into the game right from the start;
Code
Bugs
Content delivery
Stress testing
Daily reports
Etc.
23. Function Details
• Beginner missions
• User-friendly, intuitive controls
Beginner
• System prompts
Friendly
• Instructions mailed to player’s in-game inbox
• Built-in MGM
• Strong backstage development tools
System
• Rapid development speed，rich and varied content
Updates
Currently has 8 modes of play with over 700 missions
• Server supports both Linux and Windows operating systems
System
• Optimized client, low resource usage
• Anti-hack (cheat), account theft, and private server measures in place
Security
• Authenticates with central server
25. • 3D:2D Games Ratio 5:2 • 3D:2D Games Ratio 1:3
• 2D Games represent 30% of the market • 2D Games represent 75% of the market
• DNF occupies 25% of the 2D games market
Internet Cafe Game Rankings (Korea) 03/12 Internet Cafe Game Rankings (China) Q3
Rank Name Percentage Rank Name Percentage
1 Sudden Strike 14.35 1 World of Warcraft 12.00
2 Starcraft 9.10 2 ZhengTu Online 12.00
3 World of Warcraft 8.56 3 XYQ 12.00
4 Special Force 6.34 4 Kart Rider 10.00
5 Lineage 2 6.25 5 The World of Legend 6.00
6 Lineage 6.20 6 Audition 4.00
7 Warcraft 3 5.22 7 Castlevania Online 4.00
8 Dungeon and Fighter 3.24 8 Tianlong 3.50
9 Audition 2.85 9 Zhuxian Online 3.00
10 Maple Story 1.93 10 Scions of Fate (Yulgang) 2.50
3D Games 3D Games
2D Games 2D Games
• Market for fighting games will scale up to 3 billion RMB/year
• World of Fighter to take up __% = __ billion RMB/year
Estimates based on 2008 Gaming Market Statistics
26. TOP MMOs by hours played (FREE TO PLAY ONLY)
Well executed 2D Games are still exceptionally Rank Game Hours 2D/3D
strong in the Western Market 1 Silkroad Online 21320 3D
2 Combat Arms 15094 3D
3 CABAL Online 13594 3D
TOP MMOs by hours played
4 Maple Story 11847 2D
Rank Game Hours 5 Metin 2 10124 3D
1 World of Warcraft 435315 6 Runes of Magic 10048 3D
2 Guild Wars 29343 7 Shaiya 8788 3D
3 Silkroad Online 21320 8 Flyff: Fly for Fun 8730 3D
4 Eve Online 17734 9 Cross Fire 7907 3D
5 Combat Arms 15094 10 Perfect World 7900 3D
6 CABAL Online 13594 11 Grand Chase 5899 2.5D
7 LotR Online 13533 12 Soldier Front 7297 3D
8 Maple Story 11847 13 Rappelz Epic IV 5481 3D
9 Warhammer Online 10819 14 Atlantica Online 5247 3D
10 Metin 2 10124 15 Fiesta 5214 3D
16 WarRock 5179 3D
17 Dofus 4760 2D
With our strong, committed development team 18 Second Life 4730 3D
and your cooperation, we can surely leave our 19 Archlord 4395 3D
20 Mabinogi 4355 3D
mark on the market.
Statistics obtained from Xfire, June 15th, 2009
