Riot’s coders are working on a concept platform game—and it looks awesome

Riot's hackathon is yielding interesting results.
Photo via [Riot Games](http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/skin-release/final-boss-veigar-takes-over-league-legends)

Whether its in-game tech, business relations, or esports, Riot Games has done things nobody else has done before. Even as the company grows older and its seminal game, League of Legends, gets bigger, Riot still tries to invoke a sense of small-company adventure among its employees.

Recommended Videos

The latest effort to promote that spirit is a 48 hour hackathon called “Thunderdome.” Riot has hosted events like this in the past to demonstrate and build on its tech. They’re not meant to relate to business projects and are mainly intended for developers to be creative.

This time, its pushing the envelope by involving the community in a unique way—crowdsourcing the development of a game. No, Riot is not soliciting code from random techies. Rather, its soliciting community opinions as to what to do.

One of the first questions asked was “What type of game to build?” The community settled on a 2D platform adventure in the style of League’s Arcade skins. The initial results are stunning:

Because the event only lasts 48 hours, it’s actually close to wrapping up. But check into the Discord server and Instagram account for updates. Who knows—the game is looking good enough that it could actually ship one day.


Dot Esports is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more
related content
Read Article 32 VCS players from 8 teams suspended as Riot investigates ‘unusual data’ in LoL matches
BeanJ in Worlds 2023 playing for Team Whales
Read Article LoL’s free champion rotation: March 26
A cast of League of Legends champions.
Read Article Riot wants to bring Nasus back into LoL solo queue by boosting late game drain tank fantasy
Nasus stands tall holding his staff in a desert sandstorm in League of Legends.
Related Content
Read Article 32 VCS players from 8 teams suspended as Riot investigates ‘unusual data’ in LoL matches
BeanJ in Worlds 2023 playing for Team Whales
Read Article LoL’s free champion rotation: March 26
A cast of League of Legends champions.
Read Article Riot wants to bring Nasus back into LoL solo queue by boosting late game drain tank fantasy
Nasus stands tall holding his staff in a desert sandstorm in League of Legends.
Author
Xing Li
Xing has been covering League of Legends esports since 2015. He loves when teams successfully bait Baron, hates tank metas, and is always down for creative support picks—AP Malphite, anybody?