The Protagonist Is a Game Designer Who Brings Great Games From His Past Life to This World 主角是游戏设计师，把前世的好游戏带到这个世界。

1. 1 游 Game Development: From Goose Goose Duck to Global Fame 游戏制作：从鹅鸭杀开始火爆全球 Pirate Ship贼船Urban246k WordsCompleted [Warning! High-intensity thrills ahead. Don’t hide under the covers and giggle in the middle of the night!] Shocking! In a world with mature VR technology, the most popular games are actually VR versions of Bear Country Blocks and Snake Eater. Ye Ren laughed, because he’d kicked his computer tower and ended up in this world. “Your beginner’s gift pack has been delivered: Goose Duck Fool.” From seven-year-old kids to eighty-year-old grandpas, they’d been playing games for decades, but this one le 327Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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   I personally think books 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10 are all quite good; I'm not so sure about the others as I haven't finished reading them.

2. 2 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
3. 3 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
4. 4 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
5. 5 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
6. 6 我 I Just Want to Make Games That Players Love 我只想做玩家认可的好游戏 Favorite Zero DegreesFavorite零度Sports266k WordsOngoing [Game development + lighthearted comedy, no heroine] Are reskinned games designed to squeeze players for online purchases flooding the market? Are indie and AAA games struggling to survive? Watch Yang Ze start with Stacklands, use Hollow Knight, Valheim, and Pokemon as stepping stones, then unleash a barrage of AAA masterpieces and show gamers in this world what the Ninth Art is all about! (PS: Just a heads-up, the games featured in this book may be a little obscure. So far, they include Phasmo 91Reads6.7Score—Shelves
7. 7 制 Making Charity Games: The Whole Internet Weeps as They Donate 制作公益游戏：全网哭着来捐款 The Greatest, Handsomest, Most Invincible Author最牛最帅最无敌的作者Urban1.6M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a charitable foundation! What do you do when no one cares about charity? Qin Feng’s solution is to make games to spread the word! With the System at his side, he creates a VR version of the blind-player game Seeing from the start, letting players take on the role of blind people! Before trying it: “You simulate being blind in this game? Was there any point in making it?” After trying it: “Damn, I’m crying my eyes out. It’s so hard for 148Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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   1. The first book is currently completed without a bad ending, featuring a single female lead. The story begins with the male lead buying a cell phone, a dramatic shift in his fate. It's a sweet game-making game. 2. The second book features a system that collects emotional points. The male lead starts by creating a sheep-themed game. The excessive collection of player emotions leads to the male lead unleashing powerful abilities later on, including the Flying Thunder God technique (speculation). 3. The third book features the male lead transmigrating again, with extremely detailed content. It's a system story where the male lead collects player resentment to create a game, a highly agonizing experience. It's completed. 4. Currently being serialized, the protagonist transmigrates again and becomes the owner of a charity company, facing financial difficulties and a lack of public support for his charitable work. He creates a charity game that prompts the entire internet to cry and beg for donations. 5. Another transmigration story where the male lead's game proposals are ignored. He decides: "Fine, fine, I'll just hand-craft a game for a hardcore gamer."

8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated to the Stars to Make Horror Games, but Everyone Keeps Asking for My Address 穿越星际做恐游，结果都问我地址 A Devout Believer Who Only Prays Not to Go Bald信女只求不秃头Mystery822k WordsCompleted [Low-key female lead + original games + interstellar + no romance] (Also known as: Conquering the Interstellar World Through Game Dungeons: A Workaholic's Self-Cultivation) (The protagonist is rather reserved and socially anxious, very introverted. Please be warned in advance; don't read if that's not your thing.) In a fit of anger, Jia Xinshui shut off the main power switch at her company, but accidentally electrocuted herself and died, transmigrating straight into the interstellar world five h 1.2kReads6.6Score146Shelves
9. 9 星EN Honkai: Star Rail - I Developed the Star Rail Mobile Game at the Company 星穹铁道：我在公司开发星铁手游 Good Evening晚好呀Anime Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + No Romance + Game Development + Protagonist as a Behind-the-Scenes Errand Boy] Lin Guang transmigrates to the world of Honkai: Star Rail. He obtains a god-tier mobile game development System and successfully creates the Honkai: Star Rail mobile game! When Kafka, a Stellaron Hunter with a bounty of 10.899 billion, appears on the limited banner, everyone is stunned! "Whoa, guys, my wallet is spending money on its own!" "There's no way I'm skipping this one!" When Imbibitor Lunae 56.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
10. 10 制 Building the Battle of Shanghai: Players Across the Internet Fight to the Bitter End 制作淞沪会战，全网玩家死战不退 A General's Bearing良将之姿Urban464k WordsCompleted Jiang Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that he's competing in a contest called the Youth War Game Development Championship. The other contestants' games are like over-the-top war dramas, with wildly overpowered players crushing the opposition. Only Jiang Chen's Battle of Shanghai is a faithful recreation of history. When players appear on the battlefield carrying rifles and wearing tattered clothes and battered straw sandals, something changes. At that moment, none of the pla 1.7kReads8.4Score223Shelves
11. 11 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
12. 12 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
13. 13 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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    These are my four favorite game-related novels!

14. 14 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
15. 15 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
16. 16 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
17. 17 游 Game Development: Players All Want to Kill Me 游戏制作：玩家都想刀了我 Soaring to the Clouds青云直上Urban441k WordsOngoing Zhao Chen transmigrated to Blue Star, a world with a culture similar to Earth's, and acquired a game-making System. The more emotional reactions players gave him, the more he could upgrade his System and create better games. The gaming industry in the Dragon Kingdom was in a slump? No problem. Zhao Chen started with a game called Knowledge Is Power. Streamer Su Qingwei: “A text-based game? Haha, what's fun about this?” A moment later: “What the hell! It just mocked me for being illiterate?” Zhao 2.7kReads8.9Score126Shelves

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    "You Game Designer, Always Getting Police Reports?" Is a novel by the author "Call Me Da Guanren." The protagonist, Chu Sheng, transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a god-level game designer system. Because his games are too "criminal," he is frequently invited to the police station for questioning. The novel has a lighthearted and humorous style, featuring live streams filled with memes and jokes.

18. 18 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

19. 19 游EN Game Development: Taking the World by Storm, Starting with Minecraft 游戏制作：从我的世界风靡全球 Unconventional Art Student不正经美术生Urban628k WordsOngoing [Game Development] [Viral Livestreams] [Nationwide Esports Tournaments] [Reshaping the Game Industry] [Pure Craftsmanship, No AI] [No Female Lead] Su Ye discovers that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where gaming has gone completely off track. VR technology here is cutting-edge, but every game on the market is a boring sightseeing simulator: Bike Simulator, Mountain Climbing Simulator, Jogging Simulator. Everyone believes games are just a way to relax and unwind. Su Ye scoffs. Games wer 230.6kReads8.7Score30.5kShelves

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    I also highly recommend it.

20. 20 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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    I highly recommend the book "The Son Is Not Like His Father"; reading it will reveal the charm of our country (succubi). The anti-war book is also good, but be careful—people with low tear thresholds shouldn't read it. Don't be like me, smoking and crying while reading. You can also check out other books if you're looking for something to read.

21. 21 氪 Spending Money Doesn't Work? I'll Get Them Through the Long March With My Life 氪金没用？我用命带他们走完长征 Luo Luo's Luo Luo洛洛的洛洛Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “Guys, whatever you do, don’t trust that designer named Luo An! He’s a fraud!” Kuang Ge, a top streamer with tens of millions of followers, is bawling in his livestream like a three-hundred-pound toddler, clutching his VR headset and refusing to let go. “He said it was a relaxing travel game, but from the start he dumped me on a snowy mountain in forty-below temperatures!” “He said there’d be no pay-to-win or in-app purchases, but I had to risk my life just to get a cold, hard black bun!” “He sa 119.4kReads9.5Score15.2kShelves

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    [Rating: F (You survived, but your soul remained in the snow-capped mountains)]

22. 22 我 I Create Games in the Interstellar Era to Spread Chinese Civilization 我在星际造游戏传播华夏文明 Lazy Cathead猫头懒懒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse305k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Game Creation] [Chinese Civilization] [Military Academy Mecha] [Livestream] [Imaginative Spin-Off] A thousand years ago, humanity was raised like livestock by advanced civilizations from across the universe, their cells squeezed dry to make evolutionary serum. After centuries in captivity, humanity had forgotten how to speak its mother tongue and could no longer find its home planet. They fed countless lives into the Zerg battlefronts, serving as cannon fodder, and finally won 87.1kReads9.2Score12.5kShelves

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    The protagonist travels to interstellar space to create a game; it's worth watching.

23. 23 造 You Embezzled the Bridge-Building Funds, So Why Are You Crying Now That the Kids Are Here? 造桥游戏你贪污，孩子来了你哭啥 Heaven's Chosen Red Dragon天选红中Urban628k WordsCompleted [People’s historical perspective] + [game development] + [lighthearted comedy] + [players driven to despair] Fang Yuan transmigrated to a parallel world and inherited a game company. He awakened the [Emotion Harvesting System]. As long as he made players sad, regretful, emotionally shattered, depressed... he could receive rewards. Thus: Scene One: “This is a bridge-building game? The lower the construction cost, the higher the ranking?” “Take this, my shoddy construction project! The budget is 2 63.6kReads8.2Score6.9kShelves

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    The first new book is only 20,000 words long, and the beginning seems pretty good. The author claims to be a writer with 2,000 average daily subscriptions on Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform), but I don't know if that's true or not. It's a patriotic book, so I might give it a try. [Licking screen] The second book is also patriotic and very good; I recommend it. [Heart] The third book is about a money-saving bridge-building game, which was also good. [Thumbs up][thumbs up]

24. 24 游 The Game Is Only Half Finished, and the Entire Internet Is Begging for an Update! 游戏只做一半，全网跪求更新！ Four Jin of Ribs四斤排骨Urban808k WordsOngoing [Game Development]+ [Original Games]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [Subverting Expectations] Jiang Bo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a game company on the verge of bankruptcy. He awakens the [Anticipation System]. As long as he keeps players on tenterhooks and gets them excited, he'll earn even more rewards! From then on, Jiang Bo takes a one-way road: he makes games, but only makes half of each one! But do you think he makes shoddy, unfinished games? No! Everything he rele 82.2kReads8.4Score8.6kShelves

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    These are all quite good; I recommend watching them. [Eating melon emoji]

25. 25 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

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    Beautiful, exceptionally beautiful

26. 26 我 I'm a Game Designer! I Made Players Worldwide Cry! 我！游戏设计师！虐哭全球玩家！ The Ghost Outside the Window窗外的阿飘Urban640k WordsCompleted Lin Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game designer. He only wanted to make good games, but then he awakens an Emotion Collection System, and negative emotions can even trigger bonus critical rewards! Heh, what can I say? Let me make this clear first: I'm not a sadist! [Getting Over It]: Teacher Ma pounds his keyboard in fury. "Get out of my computer!" [The Forest]: Zhou Jie screams herself hoarse. "Stop chasing me, aaah..." [Sekiro]: After PDD sees the word "DEATH" a hundred ti 1.8kReads8.0Score159Shelves

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    1. The male protagonist cultivates immortality and creates games to improve his strength. 2. The female protagonist creates games in interstellar space; there's a romantic subplot, but the focus is on her career. 3. And 4. Both are male protagonists, and both are somewhat cheeky.

27. 27 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

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    Game producer! The protagonist transmigrates or is reborn into a new world! The games here are outdated, dominated by pay-to-win mechanics! The protagonist, having transmigrated, uses his cheat abilities and precognitive advantages to create a next-generation, advanced game ahead of time!

28. 28 游 Game Development: From Genius to Old Scoundrel 游戏开发：从天才到老贼 Yi Long弈龙Urban447k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead]+ [Game Development]+ [Seamless Creation] The rating has only just come out, so it’ll go up. There are no long-circulating horror stories in this world. There are no vast worlds connected seamlessly together. Shen Rui, who has transmigrated into the body of a college student, seems to have gotten the worst possible start. But his keen eye reveals that game development in this world is extremely primitive! Shooters, fighting games, racing games. Is that really the whole game indus 37.5kReads8.1Score4kShelves

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    Shen Rui, who transmigrates into the body of a college student, initially expects a disastrous start, but he astutely discovers that the game development level in this world is extremely low! Gunfights, fighting games, and racing games are far from the whole picture of gaming. He resolves to knock on the door of the ninth art and usher in a new revolution in the gaming industry! But why does everyone call him "Old Thief"? Is it a smear campaign by business competition, or a nickname given on the road to success? In this urban fantasy masterpiece, you can find the answer and witness the rise of a gaming empire! [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Please Follow][Please Follow]

29. 29 游 Game Development: Making a Game with My Childhood Friend 游戏制作：和青梅一起做游戏 Only the Heart Paints Water, Water's Gentle Shadow唯心画水水轻影Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Just Rated, Game Development + One Female Lead + Livestreaming] Su Ye transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that the games he knows so well have disappeared. The frightening thing isn't ghosts, but people. The domestic horror game Fireworks is both cruelly beautiful and dazzlingly vivid. Want to relive your childhood? Sure, let's show you the true worth of Chinese Parents. Let's make a relaxing game! To the Moon made players all over the internet cry. "Are you saying a free game made 12.7kReads6.1Score1.2kShelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

30. 30 让 You Asked Me to Design a Game, So Why Did I Make Delta Force? 让你设计游戏，你开发三角洲？ Shining Radiance辉光闪耀Urban588k WordsOngoing Lin Xiao transmigrates to a parallel world with advanced technology but outdated games and rampant pay-to-win mechanics, where he becomes a struggling game designer! After binding with the Game Producer System, Lin Xiao creates a hardcore shooter centered on the “loot, shoot, and extract” gameplay loop: Delta Force! There are no flashy skills or upgrade points. The graphics are unbelievably realistic, and there isn’t even a top-up pop-up. Most outrageous of all, when you die in this game, you lo 26.5kReads6.0Score2.1kShelves
31. 31 让 You Asked Me to Make a Game, So I Made Naruto! 让你制作游戏，你制作火影忍者！ Lord Gu Yue Fang Yuan古月房源大人Urban126k WordsOngoing [Game Development + Overpowered Wish Fulfillment + Subverting Expectations + Top-Tier Game Business Storyline] Yang Yi transmigrates to a parallel world with highly advanced technology but woefully backward ideas about games. He then becomes a game designer and gets bound to the Game Design System. All he has to do is design games that send players' blood pressure soaring, and he'll earn cash rebates. So he makes Naruto, intending to let players experience what a truly rage-inducing game is 17.2kReads—Score1.4kShelves
32. 32 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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    This is one of the few game-related articles I can actually read. It's packed with useful information, not much fluff, and the game details flow smoothly. 👍

33. 33 游 The Game Developer: I Got Players Fired Up by Swinging a Sledgehammer 游戏制作师之从抡大锤引爆玩家 Gray Kitty Is So-so灰猫猫平平哒Urban914k WordsCompleted [Also known as: Players Have Lost Their Minds. You’re Only Making Proper Games Now?] Game designer Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world. He plans to rely on his experience to make some great games. But then he awakens a System that rewards him with emotional points whenever someone plays his games. Lu Ming remembers how some games tormented him before he transmigrated. He decides to let the people of this world have some fun too! And so, games like Getting Over It, Cat Mario, and Human: Fal 61Reads8.1Score103Shelves
34. 34 游 Game Design: I'm Here to Torture the Players! 游戏设计：我！虐疯玩家！ A Humble Monk in This World世间一小僧Urban889k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhao Rong discovers that its game industry is far behind. After obtaining the System, he releases a hammer-swinging game from the start. Cute streamer: “This is way too easy! It’s just a little game to help you unwind.” Then, after dozens of attempts, the cute streamer loses it, smashes her mouse, and cries: “Zhao, you shameless old bastard! Try acting like a decent human being for once!!” 103Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    These are the few game-related novels I enjoy reading.

35. 35 游 Game Design: My Prankster Ways as a Player-Tormentor Are Exposed 游戏设计：恶搞玩家的我被曝光了 Bei Mu北沐Sports709k WordsCompleted Ye Ling, a game designer and longtime gaming enthusiast, transmigrated to a parallel world. Technology was advanced there, but game design ideas lagged far behind. After seeing the painfully boring games on the market, Ye Ling quietly released Get Over It, for Men Who Can Make It Up 100 Floors. “I died again. What kind of deranged genius came up with this game?” “Ye, you old menace, can’t you design a normal game for once?” “Aaaah...” At the players’ enthusiastic request, Ye Ling quietly bro 1.3kReads8.7Score100Shelves
36. 36 游 Game Development: From the Start, I Leave Teacher Piao Stunned 游戏制作：开局惊呆嫖老师 Eighteen Cents a Month月入一毛八Urban575k WordsCompleted Su Wei was reborn in a parallel world with the memories of two lifetimes, becoming the leader of the Mihoyo team. Fresh out of college, he and his friends pursued their dreams, going from one investment company to another and getting rejected over and over. Their pitches for funding were met with ridicule! Just as he was at his wit’s end, he awakened the Game Developer System! From the start, he made the hit game Genshin Impact, which took the world by storm! Every new character trailer sent cou 1.8kReads8.9Score106Shelves
37. 37 我 Minecraft: Survival on a Single Block! 我的世界：从单方块生存开始！ The Early Bird Gets Eaten by the Worm早起的鸟被虫吃Sports316k WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy + System + wish fulfillment + livestreaming + MC + Sudden Change/Mutation: 100 Days, and more] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the previous owner of his body was penniless, and after binding himself to a System, Su Bai decides he has to make money to survive. From the beginner's gift pack, he gets the game Minecraft! Its release immediately shocks players around the world! Survival, adventure, exploration: it has everything! As the game takes off, Su Ba 2kReads7.7Score150Shelves
38. 38 游 A Game Designer Starts by Making a Female Streamer Cry 游戏策划从气哭女主播开始 Bie Kuo Shan别阔山Urban486k WordsCompleted Zhou Tianyi transmigrates to a parallel world and is bound to a game development System. He must lead the world's gaming industry forward within ten years. However, this world's tech tree has gone off track. A technology called the Dream Network has emerged, letting people play games as if they were really there. Because of this technology, the gaming industry has fallen into a rut, focusing solely on graphics at the expense of gameplay. So, drawing on his extensive gaming experience from his pr 1.2kReads8.9Score101Shelves
39. 39 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 first one is my favorite in this genre. The second and third focus on horror games. The fourth one is a bit faster-paced, but still okay.

40. 40 我 I'm a Horror Game Creator in the Interstellar Era 我在星际当恐游制作人 Xi, Who Doesn't Eat Seafood不吃海鲜的夕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse746k WordsCompleted [No romance, lots of game instances] Naili never needed much sleep in life, and even in death she couldn't find lasting rest, because she transmigrated to the interstellar age. The overdeveloped technology brought with it an incurable condition: emotional numbness. To save the growing number of patients suffering from emotional numbness, the Interstellar Federation strongly encourages the entertainment industry, hoping entertainment can awaken people's emotions across the stars. With Naili's arr 3.5kReads8.3Score393Shelves
41. 41 星 The Galaxy’s Number One Game Studio 星际第一游戏工作室 Seventeen Is a Sheep十七是只羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse257k WordsCompleted [No romance] Game reviewer Li Li accidentally wakes up reborn in the interstellar era. After receiving the original owner's memories, Li Li sets out to raise money for their mother's medical treatment. In this technologically advanced interstellar era, entertainment is barren, and the gaming scene is full of garbage. Play a game and you're either busy fighting zombies or getting beaten by them. Li Li, saddled with a poverty debuff, suddenly sees the light. A way to get rich has just landed right 398Reads8.2Score—Shelves
42. 42 星 The Galaxy's Number One Game Designer! 星际第一游戏设计师！ I Sanshui II三水ISci-Fi & Apocalypse389k WordsOngoing [Original Game Development + Multiple Forum Posts and Live Comments] [Female lead, no romance] Zhu Fei, a game designer determined to overcome her physical disability, is forced to transmigrate to an unfamiliar Interstellar world. After escaping the status of an undocumented resident, she still can't find a job because her mental strength is at the bottom of the rankings. She's about to end up as a trash-picking business owner. Luckily, things take a turn. Zhu Fei discovers that Interstellar ent 1.9kReads8.8Score191Shelves

    Reader note

    Both are female-oriented, and both are original works. The games the female protagonist creates in the first book are very interesting, and importantly, the majority of the characters are female! The game streamers are all female. The second book is a novel, also with a high percentage of female readers; the original novel is very engaging, and both the online forum and the written text are particularly interesting. In short, both books are very female-friendly!

43. 43 我 My Readers Are All Over the World 我的读者遍布全球 Turtles Go with Mung Beans王八配绿豆Modern Romance739k WordsOngoing [No CP + Secret Identities + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [How the Protagonist Became the Creator of a Global, Phenomenon-Level IP] Xia Ren is a world-famous novelist whose work has taken the globe by storm. After pushing her body to its limits, she dies suddenly at home, just as expected. Then the System drags her back to the age of eighteen. Xia Ren looks at the still-barren entertainment market before her, then at the entertainment pavilion in the System’s space, which contains works from all thr 58.8kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
44. 44 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

    Reader note

    Both are beautiful, highly recommended!

45. 45 星 Interstellar Game: Players Beg Me for Updates 星际游戏：玩家们跪求我更新 MoroghModern Romance502k WordsCompleted [The main focus is her career; the male lead is her brother-in-law (crossed out), Gu Ye. For the romance, see the extras, updates pending.] After Xu Huaijin died and was reborn, she unexpectedly awakened memories of her past life. After some thought, she decided to look for a way to change her and her younger brother's fate through the game she knew so well. From then on, the gaming world gained a new game developer named "Nian Wangxi." Player 1: How stupid can you be? If I were playing, I'd win 518Reads7.4Score—Shelves
46. 46 最 The Ultimate Game Designer: Making Cat Mario from the Start 最强游戏设计师：开局制作猫里奥 I'm Not a Golden Dragonfish我不是金龙鱼Urban429k WordsCompleted Just as Lu Li was about to head to a job interview, a speeding truck sent him to a parallel world with an extremely underdeveloped gaming industry. Luckily, he awakened the [Strongest Game Designer System]. As long as players experienced intense emotions while playing his games, he would earn [Emotion Points], which he could use in the System to obtain every game he’d played in his previous life! Reviving the gaming industry in another world is our sacred duty! "Cat Mario", "Balatro", "Lethal Co 1.2kReads6.8Score105Shelves

    Reader note

    Don't let the low rating fool you, this is seriously, seriously, seriously, seriously amazing! This is a very classic game developer novel, revolving entirely around games. It's packed with exciting and funny moments, and the game streamer element is a brilliant touch. From one person to two or three, and then to recruiting people from a major company, the story covers a wide variety of game genres, including Mario Bros., Fatal Inc., PUBG, Plants vs. Zombies, and more. Every story reflects a passion for games, and there are no overpowered protagonists with beautiful receptionists or slapstick heroism to win the heart of a beautiful CEO. [Kissing emoji]

47. 47 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
48. 48 第 The Ninth Art? My Indie Game Masterpiece Brings the Whole Internet to Tears 第九艺术？起手独游神作虐哭全网 Colorful Pen Xiao Liu彩笔小六Urban621k WordsOngoing ⚠️ [System Warning]: This work contains an excessive amount of soul-crushing psychological pollution! (Includes Lobotomy Corporation, UT, Hollow Knight, and more, but lesser-known masterpieces like Rain World and Outer Wilds take priority.) (Genshin Impact, Soul Island, Ren, Danganronpa, LOL, Honor of Kings, Valorant, Peacekeeper Elite, NetEase, Tencent, Sheep, Porridge, StarCraft, and more will only appear as villains (?)) ※ Reincarnated into a parallel world, while the industry is still peddli 302Reads6.9Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    Although it only has a 7/10 rating, I highly recommend it. It contains various hidden gems and detailed explanations of game details and Easter eggs.

49. 49 特 Tokusatsu King: I Inherited an Anime Studio 特摄天王：我继承了一家动漫公司 Old Cat Cat老猫CatUrban1.8M WordsCompleted Ning Yi transmigrates to a world starved of entertainment, and starts out a classic orphan! What he never expected was to have a second granduncle, who left him an animation studio. If he can save the studio from bankruptcy, he’ll inherit three hundred billion! In a world without tokusatsu, Ning Yi goes against the grain, bringing one tokusatsu series after another into the spotlight! Armor Hero: For the dream in our hearts, we fight through blood and sweat like a fierce gale! Ultraman: That day 9.7kReads9.1Score847Shelves
50. 50 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

    Reader note

    It's super good; the protagonist in the book completely dominates the game.

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