My Cheat-Code Life as an Indie Game Developer

Xu Wenjie wanted no part of a world where the game industry was highly developed but plagued by endless copycats.

Everywhere he looked, major studios were churning out FPS and MOBA games that were the same old thing in a new wrapper. The graphics grew more and more polished, while the gameplay grew more and more hollow. He couldn’t even find a roguelike deck-builder to play.

Then, on his eighteenth birthday, his memories of a previous life awakened alongside the [Indie Game Master System]. The Binding of Isaac, Slay the Spire, Hollow Knight... The famous titles he’d known so well in his previous life were unheard of in this world.

Looking at the screen full of “cinematic-quality graphics” made by major studios burning through money, Xu Wenjie quietly opened his laptop.

“We’re all the same age. I never meant to crush you with a whole different level of technology.”