Is there a program to play with champions/items/maps/etc. created by the community?
Regardless, does Riot have an opinion on such a program?
Description of what I'm talking about: Say a person makes a concept for a champion; is there a program that models League of Legends so that the champion can be tested in the environment, just for the fun of it? It would likely be PvE, not PvP so that balance would not be an issue.
Simply modeling a champion is a complicated multi-person project, then the ability design and visuals are also ridiculous by itself.
I do know it's possible to tweak skin files similar to custom skins to resemble another champion (the animations may get really weird though) and I think that would be the quickest way to get a champion "model". As far as maps, abilities and the like it wouldn't be too hard to jerryrig things like a range-finder app or a VO line recorder but th biggest thing would be gameplay testing, which requires people and proper interactions like damage, hitboxes and visual cues. That's a loooooot of work for every new champion and due to the individuality of most concepts you wouldn't be able to re-use a lot of assets.
So end of the day I'm going to say 'possible, not practical'
