Abstract

Base Battle is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that is designed to introduce new players to the genre. The game is aimed at people who are interested in the MOBA genre of games but are dissuaded by the typical high barrier of entry, and the associated toxicity aimed at new players by veteran players. Base Battle bridges the knowledge gap in the MOBA genre by using commonly found themes in the genre, paired with causal, friendly, and cooperation-based gameplay. Base Battle uses an Electron based launcher, a Node.js and Express backend API, a MySQL database, an Unreal Engine 5 game server and engine, hosted on Ubuntu virtual machines managed by Proxmox. Authentication and game access are controlled through secure API communication between the launcher, backend services, and game server. The goal of Base Battle is to bring an introductory experience that is currently lacking to the MOBA franchise.