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1. 1 游 Gaming Powerhouse: I Never Meant to Debunk the Fake History! 游戏强国：我没想砸锅伪史啊 Ma Gengtao马亘洮Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “Video Game Producer” “Original Game” “No Heroine” “System” “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re honored to be here on the banks of the Songhua River to interview the internationally renowned video game designer, Mr. Feng Qiming!” “He is president of the Shouren Network Division, chief creative designer for the Yaodao game console, CEO of the American company Blizard, honorary director of Shanghai Mihoyo Technology, and one of the founders of the Yiyou studio, jointly led by designers Igarashi and Miyaz 5.7kReads8.9Score339Shelves

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   The first book truly analyzes a game's playability, development challenges, and commercial selling points from a designer's perspective, so it doesn't need to plagiarize at all. The latter two books trace the history of game development from the NES era, with some very hardcore content.

2. 2 东 Tokyo, 1991: A New Era of Game Development 东京1991游戏制作新时代 Saionji Kōchō西园寺公长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted New book: Revisit the Eighties: The Rise of Technology. Currently serialized. This time, it covers the entire IT field, with the story set in China. Feel free to add it to your bookshelf, request updates, and leave comments. Another serialized work, the crime-investigation mystery Tokyo Women Detectives’ Casebook, has already reached 600,000 words. Dive in without worry. Transmigrate to Akihabara, Tokyo, in the autumn of 1991. Start with pixel-art PC games and climb the tech tree on the path t 2.7kReads8.4Score255Shelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in 1985: The Ace Game Producer 重生1985之王牌游戏制作人 Immortal Fire Fox不知火狐Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Liu Chuan transmigrates to Neon Country in 1985. By a twist of fate, he starts a game company and begins his journey to the top. Starting a company, making games, developing consoles: he has to do it all. He expands into the domestic market. When piracy strikes, watch Liu Chuan find a clever way to deal with it. Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft... How will he take on each of these rivals? There’s no System, no System, absolutely no System. All right, there’s just a NAS hard drive to make the stor 3.4kReads8.3Score258Shelves
4. 4 给 Just Leave Bad Reviews. Why Bother Playing Games? 给给差评就行了，还玩啥游戏啊！ Four Jin of Ribs四斤排骨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game development + original games + lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations] [Short drama now available] Lu Ming transmigrated to a parallel world and took over a bankrupt game studio. By chance, he bound himself to the [Moral Debt System]. Every time he did something “immoral but legal,” he earned rewards based on its impact. So, to get players cursing and turn that into profit, Lu Ming launched a series of outrageous schemes. With his left hand, he rolled out “Pay to breathe after loggi 11.9kReads8.8Score893Shelves

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   This update is slow but exciting [kissing emoji] The rating should be raised to 9 points.

5. 5 带 Transmigrating into a Game Desert World with My Computer 带着电脑穿越游戏荒漠世界 I'm Ko Jun我是ko君Urban333k WordsOngoing [Game Development] [Pseudo Harem] [System] [Femboy] Media: Mr. Chen Sheng, after successfully starting your own business, you still chose to keep working at your former company. Does this mean you're planning to acquire the company you've worked for all this time, Ranqu Technology? Chen Sheng: Huh? I want to buy my boss's company? How would I know? The next day, Lin Ran, Chen Sheng's boss in every sense of the word, posted a photo of their marriage certificate on social media. System: Congratula 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The most important thing in making games is to have fun! If you're not having fun, you can come and beat up the chairman.

6. 6 说 We Agreed You'd Work at a Factory After the College Entrance Exam. How Are You Worth Tens of Millions Now? 说好高考后进厂，你身家千万了？ Hungry Koala饥饿的考拉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good wish fulfillment + technology + entrepreneurship + campus beauty] After the college entrance exams, Chen Teng is the first to rush out of the exam hall and gets interviewed by a reporter. The reporter asks about his dream for the future. Chen Teng says he wants to become the richest man in the world. The reporter asks how far along he is in pursuing that dream. Chen Teng replies that he has only just amassed tens of millions. His classmates see the interview and burst out laughing. Hi 15.5kReads7.8Score922Shelves
7. 7 最 The Most Expensive Game? Of Course It's Free 最贵的游戏？当然是免费的 The Daydreaming Bottle爱幻想的瓶子Urban625k WordsCompleted He unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world. As a game designer, Xu Yang discovered that every officially released game in this world came with a price tag. He was stunned. Did this mean his moment had finally arrived? The original owner of this body had studied game design, too. That made Xu Yang even happier, and he immediately started releasing games. When Legend came out, players were amazed that a game could be so thrilling. Then CrossFire launched, and players became even more hooked 4kReads8.4Score159Shelves

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   Just make do with it!

8. 8 游 Game Developer: Conquering the Literary World 游戏制作人，从征服文坛开始 Oh My God, I Can’t Sleep天啊睡不着Urban243k WordsOngoing Lin Chen transmigrates to Blue Star and becomes a game developer. The game he made is about to launch. A card game? And it's about the Three Kingdoms? I'm familiar with this stuff! Wait, this world doesn't have Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Years later, after winning honors such as literary titan, musical genius, and best director, Lin Chen says, Actually... I'm just a game developer! 31Reads8.0Score134Shelves
9. 9 游 Game Development: The Scheming Designer Makes the Whole Internet Cry 游戏制作：腹黑设计师，虐哭全网 Would You Like a Rose?玫瑰你要吗Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The protagonist is in an unconventional state of mind. If you have a low tolerance, please don't open this.] [Livestream] + [Transmigration] + [torture-focused] + [emotional gut punches] + [no heroine or just one heroine] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Li discovers that the supposed creator of “Soulslike” games, Hidetaka Miyazaki, doesn't exist. “Torture-focused” games have virtually no share of the global market. Already a schemer by nature, Lu Li also awakens the deeply twisted 5.3kReads8.4Score386Shelves

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   [Smiling face][Smiling face][Smiling face]

10. 10 游 Game Development: The Entire Internet Begs Me to Keep a Low Profile 游戏制作：全网求我低调点 One Yan Seals the Deal一阎为定Urban526k WordsCompleted [Game Development + Livestreaming + Lighthearted + System + No Female Lead] [Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and resolves to build a gaming empire of his own. He starts by making Terraria! At first, though, it seems nobody is buying it. “What is this? You dare charge 39 for a pixel game? Where do you get the nerve?” After playing for a while... “Holy crap! This game is so good! How is 39 any different from giving it away for free?” While everyone is still marveling at Terraria’s amazi 2.4kReads7.9Score120Shelves

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    This is all the books on my bookshelf; the third to last one is actually quite good.

11. 11 别 Don't Kill Me, I'm Just a Game Developer 别砍我，我就是个做游戏的 Yao Daoji Superfan妖刀姬单推人Urban764k WordsCompleted [Game development] When Fang Chen woke up, he received two pieces of news. One was bad news, and the other was also bad news. The bad news was that Fang Chen had transmigrated, and the System hadn’t shown up. The other bad news was that he had sweetly returned to high school. But at least there was one piece of good news: after transmigrating, his mind had become a lot sharper. 553Reads6.7Score—Shelves
12. 12 国 The Rise of Chinese Games: The Whole Internet Begs Me to Make Games 国游崛起：全网跪求我开发游戏 Bear Who Fell in Love with a Tree爱上树的熊子Urban793k WordsCompleted Xu Qian transmigrated to a parallel world and became a game developer. One hit classic after another sprang from his hands! “Why can’t I stop playing a world made up of nothing but blocks?!” “Five of us at one internet cafe computer! Come with me to fight in Summoner’s Rift!” “We’re taking the first kill in Molten Core! Rise again, my warriors!” “A massive AAA game with a huge world to explore, and it’s free to play on mobile? Xu Qian must be a sucker!” As countless players begged Xu Qian to mak 11Reads5.5Score—Shelves
13. 13 在 I Started Copying Games in Another World 在异界开始抄游戏 Still as Cheap as Ever还是贼抠Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworlders Play Earth Games] [No System, the Protagonist Is Basically the System Himself] [Everyday Life] [Ensemble Cast] [Sort-of Otherworldly Shopkeeping] Illusionists are a faction targeted by the Heavenly Dao. After transmigrating to another world, a genius illusionist has no choice but to grow stronger and make ends meet by creating, or rather copying, games. If only he could make games on Earth... Watching these players obsess over leveling up and fighting monsters, Yao Qian thinks to 8.2kReads8.1Score723Shelves
14. 14 神 The God-Tier Game Development Master 神级游戏制作大师 Hood, Who Has Terrible Eyesight眼神很差的胡德酱Sports387k WordsCompleted While searching for investors, Shen Shusheng dies suddenly and transmigrates back fifteen years. But this world is nothing like he imagined. It turns out there are no video games here. “First, I’ll make a Tetris clone and earn a million. Then I’ll unleash a CS-style game on the whole world, and finally I’ll drop a Dota-style blockbuster that takes the world by storm.” And so Shen Shusheng swims freely in the gaming industry, while everyone else can only watch him disappear into the distance. 27Reads6.1Score—Shelves
15. 15 谁 Who Called This Thing an Indie Game Studio!? 谁把这玩意叫独立游戏工作室！？ Bright Red Moon鲜红月Urban722k WordsCompleted Lin Zhi was on the verge of financial freedom when a System came out of nowhere and broke his back. Well, there was no way he was going back to work. His only option was to make games and reach his goal of living a carefree retirement by the age of thirty-five. When Zhiyue released its first game, nobody thought much of it. One-hit-wonder designers were a dime a dozen. But when they followed it up with Terraria, Subnautica, and Hollow Knight, the indie game scene began sounding the bells for a n 3.4kReads7.0Score275Shelves

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    All of them fit the bill; they're either completed or ongoing, especially the third book, which truly combines romance and game design—a dual-mainline storyline that's definitely worth reading.

16. 16 游 Game Design: I Make Travel Frog from the Start 游戏设计：开局制作旅行青蛙 Rainbow Fish海虹鱼Urban120k WordsCompleted [Game Design + Livestreaming + Everyday Life] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world where games are scarce. He decides to develop Travel Frog, and players everywhere start raising frogs. Next, he releases Battle of Balls, and players begin discussing spike tactics and splitting techniques. Then he releases Ski Safari. In the scorching summer heat, players open Ski Safari and hit the slopes together. After that, he releases Pet Pals, and players start competing with their pets. Then he release 97Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 游 Game Development: My Online Dating Partner Is Actually a Hit Movie Star 游戏制作：网恋对象竟是当红影后 Coconut Latte生椰啦铁Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game Development] [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [Showbiz] Chi Wen: “Our game this time does have some horror elements, but…” Players: “Not buying it! We’re never touching one of your horror games again!” Chi Wen: “Oh? But you can farm and build things in it.” Players: “Okay, sold.” With a System, Chi Wen unexpectedly becomes the project manager of a hollowed-out game company. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he uses the System to rise to the throne of the King of Chinese Gaming. Along t 31.1kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
18. 18 游 Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity 游戏设计师：我是做游戏，不是做慈善 Ah Kun阿困Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a slightly distorted parallel world. Technology has advanced so quickly that business and the arts have been unable to keep up. As a result, most industries in this world focus on technology at the expense of content. This is especially true of the gaming industry! There are no computer games or mobile games. Every game is VR! There aren’t even any free games! In this world, games are a luxury only the wealthy can afford. “A VR headset costs hundreds of thousands. Does that mean poor peo 3.3kReads8.5Score194Shelves

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    The first book got me hooked, and I slowly found the second one. After reading several books, I still feel that the one I started with was the best.

19. 19 领 Lord: I Build a Realistic Gaming Empire 领主：我打造真实游戏帝国 Can Yu参屿Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Territory Lord Farming] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Building an Empire Through Management Games] The world is shrouded in darkness and rife with war. Tens of thousands of territory lords battle over land and resources. But Chen Yu is different from them. While others are busy fighting, he’s busy building dungeons and luring adventurers from other worlds in to challenge them. [Happy Landlord] [Resident Evil] [Dungeon Fighter Online] [Audition] [PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds]… One dungeon after a 18kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    This book, this book! It's so good! [Request for more updates][Request for more updates][Cool] Game-making cultivation novel!! Lu Ze, a game designer by training, decides to give the cultivators of this world a little shock… Sect Elder: "What is this 'Escape from the Demonic Sect'? Why are the disciples not cultivating and just playing it?? True Disciple: "You mean... As long as you learn 'Demon Path Killing,' you can see through the demonic schemes? Hidden Great Power: "Why did I come out of the mountains? You have to ask the old sixth brother who tricked me in 'Eternal Calamity' yesterday! Rogue Cultivator: "'Xianyuanzhou Action' is so much fun! Running with a knife can yield spirit stones... Sect Holy Son: "My Dao heart is firm and has never been shaken by anything... Except that black hammer."

20. 20 游 Game Design: Making a Million Players Rage from the Start 游戏设计：开局气哭百万玩家 Jie Ge Ge Jie杰了个杰Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Game Development + Invincible Power Fantasy + A Top-Tier Gaming Career] [Sheep a Sheep is only there to earn the first pot of gold, and has nothing to do with the later plot] Ling Xiao transmigrates with a System. In a world where the gaming industry is extremely underdeveloped, Ling Xiao wants to make AAA games too, but his starting resources are limited. From the start, he has no choice but to make Sheep a Sheep. The result: a million players have meltdowns, and Lao Lu becomes its number-one 28.7kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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    No need for further explanation, just read it. [Top Post]

21. 21 游 Game Development: I Founded Mihoyo 游戏制作：我创建了米忽悠 A Risque Person涩涩的人Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [One or no heroine] + [No System] + [Golden finger] + [Livestream] + [Lighthearted] Xu Shuo transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that games there are mainly played on PCs. There are no consoles, handhelds, or mobile games beyond a few puzzle and card games. As the major companies begin turning their attention to mobile gaming, Xu Shuo immediately decides to found MiHoYo! While everyone else is feeling their way across the river, Xu Shuo is already swimming frees 18.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
22. 22 说 You Were Supposed to Develop a Web Game, So Why Are You Messing Around? 说好的开发网页游戏乱搞什么 Ke Guan柯冠Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [An urban slice-of-life romance centered on game development] [Everyday life + slow burn + romance + gaming + two heroines + realistic + no mindless antics] Lin Ke, a full-stack engineer, is unexpectedly reborn and makes a name for himself overnight with a browser mini-game and a series of unconventional moves. After breaking through the encirclement laid by major game companies like Penguin, he builds a new gaming empire. 409Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    I think this book is quite well-written; it's already over a million words. Why isn't it popular? The pacing is a bit slow, but I hope the author can write more and update more frequently, and write even better.

23. 23 圈 A Cash-Grab Game, but the Big Spender Really Does Pay Up 圈钱游戏，但大哥是真充啊 Honey-Preserved Fruit-Loving Bumblebee爱吃蜜饯小熊蜂Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Lin Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that the games here have absolutely no creativity! The only payment models are buy-to-play for single-player games or prepaid time cards for online games. Lin Mo immediately feels sorry for the rich players! “How can rich players show off their superiority if there are no pay-to-win games?” The System senses Lin Mo’s fury and gives him the ultimate trump card, the game “Zhengtu,” as a starter gift! Before long, the rich players of this world 14.6kReads6.7Score868Shelves

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    Two books, I'll make do.

24. 24 星 Interstellar: Fancy Playing a Game for a Billion? 星际：你好玩亿下游戏吗 Ba Ba La Ba叭叭辣叭Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing No CP, game design + focused on making games and career development + scrolling comments and forums + game-themed amusement park The tags were changed randomly by Tomato. There is no romance, so don’t be misled. After dying from staying up all night, genius game planner Su Dai transmigrated into an old-school, melodramatic interstellar novel, becoming the most miserable sidekick best friend to the lovestruck heroine. In the original story, she stayed up all night writing code for the leads and t 1.7kReads8.5Score150Shelves

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    Kids, watch this!

25. 25 说 Wasn't This Supposed to Be a Healing Game? 说好的治愈游戏呢？ Notes of a Homebody Cat宅猫笔记Urban352k WordsOngoing An ordinary feel-good game: cozy visuals and fun for the whole family. Su the Scoundrel's feel-good games: every hit leaves players reeling. Games are meant to be played while screaming. “What, you want to know why I started making games?” “Why, to ‘depress’ (cross that out) heal players and fill the world with love, of course.” So said Su Mo, famed game developer and old scoundrel. The players gritted their teeth. “Su the Scoundrel, please accept our love!” 13Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 华 Chinese Showbiz: A Carefree Life 华娱：潇洒人生 The General Below将军在下Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I joined the entertainment industry to experience life! I’ll act in whatever I want, and I won’t act in anything I don’t want to! I’m not short on money! I’m a billionaire, so who am I supposed to be afraid of? The life I want is one of freedom and carefree living! 52.9kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
27. 27 游 Game Development: The More Players Curse Me, the Happier I Get! 游戏制作：玩家越骂，我越爽！ Food Book美食书Urban129k WordsOngoing Qi Bai transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened the Game Emotion System. As long as he could make people react emotionally, he could earn Emotion Points and use them to get games from the store. Plants vs. Zombies, Minecraft, Delta Force, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring, Fall Guys, Goose Goose Duck, the Grand Theft Auto series, and a host of other games all arrived in this world. And so, a game designer who made everyone laugh as they played was born. “You're a game designer, but you're liv 150Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 重 Reborn as a Game Developer: I Only Make Original Games 重生做游戏：我只搞原创 Cranes Crying in Unison鹤鹤有鸣Modern Romance497k WordsOngoing (The ratings just opened and will rise later. Female-oriented!) [Male lead with no romance + game development + original games + ensemble slice of life + running a company + game livestreaming + reborn + System + slow-paced] Gu Ming was the despised “dog of a producer” in players’ eyes, and a scapegoat thrown under the bus by his boss. As he lay dying, he looked at the countless pay-to-win schemes he had designed for reskinned games on the screen and suddenly laughed. What the hell, you call thi 66.2kReads9.1Score9.2kShelves

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    All three novels are non-romantic (no romantic pairing). 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

29. 29 我 Making Games in Space to Spread Blue Star Culture, and Going Viral 我在星际做游戏弘扬蓝星文化爆火 Su Bai Chestnut Cake苏白栗子糕Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar setting + game development + female game designer protagonist + no romance] Hua You was recognized as the greatest game designer in the world in the 23rd century. Then one day, she transmigrated. After arriving in the interstellar age, Hua You wondered: What’s fun about a world full of battle games? Let’s bring our classics into games and give the people of the stars a little shock! A card-battling game based on fairy tales, trying on outfits in Dream of the Red Chamber, building a 6.1kReads8.6Score667Shelves
30. 30 长 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望：带领全球反攻异界 Not Two, Deep Sea不二深海Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 54kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
31. 31 我 I Make Pokemon Games in Honkai: Star Rail 我在崩铁制作宝可梦游戏 A Boy Through the Years几度少年Anime Fanfiction862k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the Honkai: Star Rail world, Xuan Qiu becomes a librarian at the Xianzhou Divination Commission. At least he’s got himself a government job... What the heck! He finally gets the chance to transmigrate, so how can things be this dull? But in my previous life, I was just a no-life gamer. What else can I do? “Aetherium Wars is a hit across the galaxy? A game at that level can become popular? What if I bring out Pokemon?” Looking at the Aetherium Wars event being held on th 1.2kReads8.4Score101Shelves

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    They're all pretty.

32. 32 游 Game Development: Becoming a Tycoon with Red Alert 游戏制作：首富从红警开始 Yuanbao 220818元宝220818Urban534k WordsCompleted [Game Development + One Female Lead + Selling Toys + System] After transmigrating to a wondrous world where a predecessor had defied fate and changed its destiny, Li Pengcheng vows to bring all the world's greatest games to this new world. You say I don't have the capital? I'll start with small games and earn my first pot of gold. Real-time strategy games have no future? Red Alert brings in live-action cutscenes, while StarCraft and Warcraft change the times. Chinese games have no stories and ju 245Reads6.2Score—Shelves
33. 33 为EN To Corrupt the Righteous, I Had No Choice But to Make Games 为了祸害正道，我只好制作游戏了 Jie Ge Ge Jie杰了个杰Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Game Development First + Cultivation Second + Tormenting the Righteous Factions] In this cultivation world, where the righteous factions completely dominate the Demon Dao, Lu Ze unlocks the Demon Dao Prodigy System. He can raise his cultivation as long as he kills righteous cultivators. What? Deaths in an illusion count too? A game designer by trade, Lu Ze decides to give the cultivators of this world a tiny little shock... Sect elder: “What is this Escape from the Demon Cult? Why have the disc 32.6kReads8.5Score3.8kShelves
34. 34 你 Why Is Your Game So Full of History? 你的游戏为何充满历史感 Dongfang Ying东方迎Urban2.2M WordsCompleted P.S. This is a parallel world with a unified empire and a different history. Rest assured, everyone, and enjoy! In the Great Xia Empire, inside a game livestream. Scene One “If every game on the competition lineup is trash, then let's play the trashiest one. Bring it on... The Three Kingdoms Battle!” “What the heck? It starts with the Oath of the Peach Garden, but the beginner quest is to save a collapsing empire and restore the Han dynasty?!” Scene Two “This is even more ridiculous than The Thr 38.9kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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    "Liang, I can no longer fight the enemy on the front lines." "Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!" 👌

35. 35 原 Genshin Impact: Developing Genshin Impact in Teyvat 原神：我在提瓦特里开发原神 Hometown of Shu蜀地故里Anime Fanfiction147k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to Teyvat, Chu Xiu was so broke that he had to share a meal of Genshin Impact-style budget food in Mondstadt with Mona, who had just bought books and had no money left, making a living by fortune-telling on livestreams. Just when he had lost all hope of survival, the Ultimate Promotion System arrived. “Ding! Host, promote Genshin Impact across Teyvat. The more viewers and money spent, the stronger you'll become!” On the verge of starving to death, Chu Xiu naturally made use 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is about entrepreneurship, the second is Genshin Impact (as an add-on).

36. 36 谁 Who Told Him to Make Games?! 谁让他做游戏的！ Would You Like a Rose?玫瑰你要吗Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Lu Li transmigrates to Blue Star and inherits a game company on the verge of bankruptcy. He plans to carve out a territory with his sheer skill, but the shameless System refuses to play fair! From the start, it assigns an outrageous hidden quest: [Players smash their keyboards: 0/1000] Faced with tempting hidden rewards, Lu Li smiles and pulls out cheap games to torment the three bros: Only If You’re a Man Can You Jump 100 Floors, Hammer Smash, and Dead Cells. That month, keyboard and mouse sale 14kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    🌟Highly Recommended! These 9 books are all high-quality novels about game development!!!

37. 37 你 You’re a Game Designer, So Why Are You Filing Reports at the Police Station Every Day? 你个游戏设计师，天天警局备案？ Call Me Great Lord叫我大官人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Extremely Illegal] [Come Get Me] [Not Human] [Livestream Meme Mayhem] [Hilarious] PS: This is a lighthearted, funny story full of livestream antics and memes. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Chu Sheng awakens a god-tier game designer System. He gets streamers and viewers worked up, earns emotional points, and unlocks more games. But Chu Sheng discovers that every game he unlocks is way too illegal! He unlocks Thief Simulator and makes Dai Xiaomei cry. But the robbery is so realistic t 25.4kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    Intending to secure a spot in the competition with a horror game, they ended up turning the judges into VIPs in the emergency room. When *PT* triggered its protection mechanism and *Outlast* terrified the audience... The competition ultimately had to be shut down.

38. 38 我 My Game Really Isn’t Even a Little Bit Difficult 我的游戏真的亿点都不难 Ten Thousand a Day, Ten Thousand a Month, a Million a Year日万月万年百万Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Xian unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the gaming standards here are shockingly poor. As a veteran game programmer, he absolutely cannot stand for it. “Rebuilding the glory of gaming is our generation’s duty!” Touhou Project, Eternal Tribulation, Fantasy Westward Journey, Jian Wang 3, Wilderness, CSGO, Genshin Impact, Honkai Academy! Wait! Mobile games have no market here? Lin Xian grins. “Then I’ll show you what a cross-platform, interconnected open-world gam 7kReads8.8Score420Shelves
39. 39 开 Making Sheep a Sheep from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作羊了个羊，全球玩家破防 Stay Disciplined坚持自律Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Strongly recommended by the editor + game design + livestreaming + everyday life] [Sheep a Sheep only earns the protagonist his first pot of gold; it has nothing to do with the later plot] Zhao Kai transmigrates to a parallel world and vows to build his own gaming empire. He obtains the “Rage-Inducing Game System.” As long as he frustrates players, he earns rewards. Zhao Kai says, “I just want to make good games. The System is the one forcing me to do this.” His first game is Sheep a Sheep. Pla 11.2kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
40. 40 开 Making an Apocalypse Game from the Start, Shocking the Whole World 开局制作末日游戏，震撼全世界 Zhen Sangua朕三关Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban Fantasy + Livestreaming + Transmigration + Game Development + Post-Apocalypse + Apocalypse Game + Zombies] “Holy crap, what kind of game is this? Is the resolution seriously 18K?” “Holy crap, did this game's designer obsess over every little detail?” “Holy crap, you can actually stomp these ants until they burst?” “Holy crap…” When I Am Legend VR launched that day, players around the world couldn't stop exclaiming, “Holy crap!” From then on, players everywhere went wild for the “Gaming Ki 5.2kReads7.8Score351Shelves
41. 41 让 I Asked You to Make a Game, So Why Did You Scare the Judges Unconscious? 让你做游戏，你怎么把评委吓晕了 Sun Moon Meow日月喵Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Lin Zi'ang transmigrated to Blue Star and discovered a world where virtual reality technology was highly advanced and the gaming industry was booming. But compared to other games, horror games were few and far between, a niche within a niche. Their average production quality was also far below what he’d known in his previous life, with most of them relying on nothing but shoddy jump scares. As luck would have it, he’d brought along a horror game development System, packed with horror games from 2.4kReads8.3Score202Shelves
42. 42 开 Making Black Myth from the Start, I Bring Players Around the World to Tears 开局制作黑神话，全球玩家泪崩 Frozen Storm Greatsword冰封的暴风大剑Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [The first novel on the entire internet featuring an original Black Myth: Wukong DLC sequel. If you've already played the game, you can start reading at Chapter 227!] The moment he opened his eyes, Li Yang had transmigrated to the set of the Global Game Development Contest, where he was now a contestant. From his memories, Li Yang realized that entertainment in this world was sorely lacking. China's game industry was an utter wasteland, and foreign players treated it as a laughingstock. Just the 4.4kReads9.0Score399Shelves
43. 43 我 I Developed a Supernatural Horror Game, and Streamers Around the World Are Hunting Me Down 我开发灵异游戏，被全球主播追杀 Little Xiao Xiao小小肖肖Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing Transmigrating to a parallel world, Shao Xuan gets a golden finger that lets him develop games. In this world, technology is highly advanced, but the gaming industry is barren. He sets out to build the ultimate gaming paradise. He starts with the Uncle Nine movie series. Zombies. Ghosts. All kinds of folk customs and supernatural tales, you name it. At first, everyone thinks it's just an ordinary full-immersion game. But then, they learn ghost-hunting skills in the game, and it turns out they ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 全 In a Global Game, I Adapt Novels to Create Cultivation Techniques 全民游戏，我搬运小说开创功法 The Slacking Fish摆烂的游鱼Urban4.9M WordsOngoing Qin Feng is reborn in another world. A supercomputer arrives, and the [Myriad Dimensions Universe] appears. Bestselling novels from the real world can give rise to cultivation techniques! M Country has the [Marvel] universe, while R Country has systems like [Dragon Ball]. But my great nation of China has nothing but trash systems. Qin Feng discovers that there’s a huge gap in the novel scene and is overjoyed. [Gulong] and [Jin Yong] create entirely new wuxia systems, with advanced martial arts, 45.9kReads6.8Score4.1kShelves
45. 45 在 Making a Fortune Developing Games in the Interstellar Era 在星际做游戏暴富 Glittering Princess闪光皇女Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A multiplayer gaming story. The heroine is Qin Yi, and the hero is Xu Anshi. Qin Yi transmigrates to a futuristic interstellar era and is saddled with an F-grade body and five million in debt. A former gaming streamer, she immediately plans to return to her old line of work. But after searching the entire internet, she can't find a single game that even a total weakling can play. What can she do? Make one herself! A household-name puzzle game opens up the market. When people say she only makes g 3.1kReads9.2Score361Shelves

    Reader note

    The game backgrounds are mostly Western fantasy, urban, and post-apocalyptic.

46. 46 我 I Became a God in a Western Fantasy World by Making Games 我靠做游戏在西幻世界封神 Bright Flowers in Disarray乱花明Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Zhu Zhou transmigrates to a Western fantasy world where the gods are hidden and magic reigns. Want to break through the limits and become a god? Then gather faith! The most sincere devotion from your followers! It will be the foundation of your divine authority! Zhu Zhou: ? So this is why you’re all making entertainment? Everywhere he looks, games, poetry, opera, and stage plays do nothing but endlessly sing the praises of glory. Demoted to the countryside as a lord, Zhu Zhou realizes that faith 143Reads8.7Score124Shelves
47. 47 游 Game Development: From Zero to Global Sensation 游戏制作：从零开始，火爆全球 Mind Gone Mad精神已疯Urban258k WordsCompleted He transmigrated to a world similar to Blue Star. The game industry here was still in its infancy. Fang Ye had hoped to use what he knew about game development from his previous life to soar to success, creating games like Call of Duty, Sekiro, Battlefield, and Elden Ring. But the hardware was far behind, making it impossible to produce the blockbusters from his previous life. His plans fell through, and he was left with debts of over a million. (No System) 145Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 我 I Conquered the Galaxy by Making Games 我靠做游戏风靡全星际 Don't Let Your Thick Skin Wander into My Sight钝感力别来我眼前晃悠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse260k WordsCompleted [Making games in the interstellar age + female lead with no romance] After dying suddenly, Xia Qing is bound to a System and taken to the interstellar age. The System claims that if she makes games and earns emotional-value points, she can complete the mission, come back to life, and receive a hefty bonus. When her match-three game first launches, players say: “What is this? It's so cute and soothing.” Later, they ask: “What is this? I thought it was supposed to help me relax. Why is it getting 404Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 209.6kReads9.3Score18.9kShelves

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    These are all, take them.

50. 50 制 I Made Hybrid Plants, and Players Everywhere Lost It 制作杂交版植物，全网玩家破防 Drippy Ice Cream冰淇淋淋Urban170k WordsOngoing [Plants vs. Zombies] [Hybrid Plants] [Game Development] [Livestream] Lu Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a Game Designer System. As long as he can stir up emotions in players, he earns rewards from the System. And so, a completely different version of Plants vs. Zombies is born. [P​​ea Shooter + Sunflower = Peashooter Sunflower.] [Wall-nut + Torchwood = Wall-nut Torchwood.] [Doom-shroom + Hypno-shroom = Doom Hypno-shroom.] When players see the plants Lu Yang has designed, they 942Reads7.7Score100Shelves

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