Feasibility Study on the Integration of Traditional Chinese Culture into Game Design - Focused on Honor of Kings

The gaming industry has developed rapidly in the Internet era, and the number of gaming users has skyrocketed. The worldviews created by games and the values they convey have had a subtle impact on the perceptions of gaming users. Their unique and innovative story settings, distinctive game themes, and outstanding character designs have made games a cultural symbol. Games have cultural and economic value and incorporate technological elements and Internet characteristics. Using the Internet to extend in multiple directions and actively engaging in cross-industry collaborations and cultural collaborations strengthens brand reputation and injects new vitality into cultural heritage. Taking advantage of the internationalization of the gaming industry and the characteristics of cross-border cooperation, traditional Chinese cultural elements can be incorporated into game design, enriching the core of the game and promoting cultural communication. This can also tap into a deeper level of users and provide new opportunities for cultural exchange and cross-border innovation. This paper takes game design as the research object, and based on the theoretical basis of previous research, it explores how to embed traditional elements and digitally inherit and innovate them through the game medium. This paper will use a literature review to theoretically analyze the necessity and value of integrating traditional culture into game design. Next, a case study will be used. Taking the Chinese multiplayer online competitive mobile game ‘Honor of Kings’ as an example, it will explore effective integration strategies for traditional culture and game design from the perspective of cultural inheritance, promote the digital innovation and inheritance of traditional culture, and maximize the cultural and economic value of the game.