If you have not played HOTS, visit and download the game and play the tutorial. There are 15 maps, each with different objectives and some with different victory conditions. Heroes are upgraded in game when a team has gained enough experience points (through combat), where players may select a new Hero ability, or augments an existing one. There are 85 heroes, divided into four roles: Assassin, Warrior, Support, and Specialist. Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard, 2015) (HOTS) is a multiplayer online battle arena PC game where each player controls a Hero in an online 5v5 match. Gain an understanding of the HOTS game fundamentals to inform your analysis. Part 0 - Learn HOTS, Prepare Analysis Setup Learn HOTS Top | Part 0 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Writeup | Hints | Submit | Grade The tool pipeline will be used for subsequent projects, including a more advanced analysis of game data. Analysis includes creating a report with charts and tables, and possible dissemination by presentation. You will import data into a spreadsheet program (e.g., Excel), then work to querying, extraction and analysis the data.
The goal of this project is to get used to part of the game analytics pipeline, applying the pipeline to Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm.
