Name: Game of War: Fire Age
Genre: Mobile MMO City Builder
Tech Stack: Lua (client), C++ (optimizations), Python/PHP (backend), JavaScript (support tools)

Game of War: Fire Age is one of the most iconic MMO city-building games on mobile. My contributions were focused on backend systems and client hooks to drive dynamic, event-driven gameplay — from solo skirmishes to large-scale guild wars.

⚙️ Key Features

🧠 Event-Driven Gameplay at Scale

The game was built around a flexible event engine capable of powering:

• Solo events (gathering, crafting, building speed)

• PvP battles with real-time score tracking

• PvE scenarios with NPCs and regional threats

• Guild vs. Guild warfare, including cross-map takeovers

[Insert diagram or flowchart of event engine lifecycle: Event Definition → Triggers → Scoring → Rewards]

🏆 Leaderboards & Real-Time Competition

I implemented and maintained:

• Tiered, reward-based leaderboards for all event types

• Time-windowed scoring logic to handle multiple overlapping events

• Fairness and anti-exploit hooks for top-tier PvP competition

🧩 Technical Challenges

🔗 Building an Extensible Event Hook System

To handle diverse event logic, I developed:

• A modular hook system triggered by gameplay actions (e.g., battle won, troop trained, item crafted)

• Support for attaching different reward types and scoring curves to each hook

• Backend validation layers for score tampering protection

⚔️ Supporting All Game Modes

I designed event logic to support multiple combat types:

• Solo progress tracking based on resource efficiency

• PvP engagement detection, damage thresholds, and time-gated multipliers

• PvE scaling challenges with AI-driven response behavior

• Guild-wide event participation tied to collective success metrics

📚 What I Learned

• How to design and implement scalable event systems in large multiplayer games

• Deepened knowledge of game telemetry hooks and reward logic patterns

• Improved cross-system communication between client Lua code and server-side Python/PHP logic

• Gained experience in crafting competition loops that retain and re-engage players