Game Designers Who Pour Their Hearts into Making Games, and Players Who Love Them 游戏策划真心的制作游戏，玩家对游戏充满热爱

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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   These are alright, you can take a look, especially the first original route book, which is the book I've been following recently and just finished. It's a book with a pretty good game theme.

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 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
4. 4 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
5. 5 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
6. 6 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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   Making games. [Thinking][Thinking] The second book, the protagonist has a system, adheres to the philosophy that negative reviews are the best voice, and creates multiple hit games. It doesn't copy existing popular games. It's quite good, recommended. The rating is also good.

7. 7 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
8. 8 不 Wait, the Games I Frankensteined Are Selling Like Crazy? 不是，我缝合的游戏都卖爆了？ Stitching Tycoon缝合大亨Urban305k WordsOngoing (The rating is a little low since it just opened, but it’ll gradually go up!) That year… Lin Shu, a transmigrator on the verge of bankruptcy, had over a decade of experience streaming PC games. When he saw a pop-up ad announcing that Plants vs. Zombies was a global smash hit, he decided to rush out the game Plants vs. Japanese Invaders, which he had spent a week making… He’d only meant to ride Plants vs. Zombies’ coattails and make a quick buck… But who knew he’d end up ripping off Plants vs. Zo 36Reads6.4Score—Shelves
9. 9 制 Making the Defense of Jinling, Players Charge Forward in Tears 制作金陵保卫战，玩家边哭边冲锋 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Yan. In my previous life, I was a game-design workhorse. In this life, after transmigrating to a parallel world, I still work in game development. The difference is that I've awakened a System called “World War.” By combining this world's technology with the System, I can create breathtaking, fully immersive virtual reality games. And so, art that would shake the world was born... “The Battle of Shanghai and the Defense of Nanjing”; “One Against Seventeen: The Surprise Attack on t 6.9kReads8.7Score586Shelves
10. 10 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!"

11. 11 执 Coaching LoL, Fighting Through the S5 Relegation Battle to Conquer the World Championship 执教lol，S5保级杀穿世界赛 Stainless Steel Poet不锈钢诗人Sports157k WordsOngoing Chen Mo woke up in 2015, back in time, as M3's interim head coach. Before he could even figure out what was going on, the scoreboard already read 1-2. One more loss and the team would be relegated, and he could pack his things and go home. The problem was, in his previous life, he had only been a Silver-ranked player. He'd even held the draft sheet upside down. Fortunately, the Champion Coach System might have arrived late, but it had arrived! When the players got nervous, he could chat with the 2.8kReads—Score224Shelves

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    Good books about League of Legends

12. 12 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

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    I highly recommend the first book; the writing is superb.

13. 13 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

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    Highly Recommended High-Quality Game Designs

14. 14 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
15. 15 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
16. 16 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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    Chapter 1 Super God Designer System # "Gods and Demons Three Kingdoms": New SSR "Half-Immortal Zuo Ci" launched, instant kill across the entire map, guaranteed to be obtained with a 5000 RMB recharge! # # "Sword Immortal Tribulation" Designer: MMORPG is the pinnacle of online games, "Sword Immortal Tribulation" is the pinnacle of MMORPGs # # "Against the Tide": New fashion "Half-Memory Danqing" shockingly priced at 3999 RMB, unlimited internal force value after equipping! # #A minefield that even internet giants can't handle? Tencent Network announces its withdrawal from the mobile game industry# ... After browsing the web for half an hour, Ling Xiao sighed: "I really have transmigrated..." This is a parallel world that has just experienced an explosive development in technology. The game industry has developed slowly for decades, and suddenly, various high-end 3D and VR technologies have emerged. This technological explosion has led the entire game industry to focus on applied technology rather than core gameplay, resulting in the current situation—the technology industry is very developed, but the game concept is extremely backward, focusing only on tricking players into spending money. For example, what he just saw, MMORPG is the pinnacle of online games?

17. 17 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
18. 18 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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    This book!! [Laughing][Laughing] Chu Sheng awakens a god-level game designer system, breaks through the defenses of streamer viewers, gains emotional points, and unlocks more games. But Chu Sheng discovers that the games he unlocks are all too extreme! He unlocks a thief simulator, making a silly little girl cry. But because the theft process is too realistic, he gets invited to have tea by the police; he unlocks a Dou Dizhu simulator, transforming into a car enthusiast and dealer, driving Brother Bao crazy. But because of his superb cheating skills, he gets invited to have tea by the police; he unlocks a murderer simulator, scaring Liu Peiqie to tears. But because of his meticulous corpse disposal methods, he is invited to the police station again for record-keeping: the entire internet is going crazy with laughter.

19. 19 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
20. 20 官 The Government Says the Game Is Coming 官方说，游戏要降临了 Shanqing de Maizi山清的麦子Sports2.0M WordsOngoing [Female Lead] [Mainly Game Exploration and Guides, with Real Life on the Side] [Power Level Syncs with Reality Later On] The official network technology company, Dragon Travels the World, launches its fourth virtual reality game, The Mystic Realm. Just before the game's launch, the company announces that one year after release, players' in-game abilities will sync with reality. The announcement sparks heated discussion overnight and becomes the biggest joke in years. Once the game launches, play 460Reads6.9Score—Shelves
21. 21 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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    Don't be fooled by the low rating; it's only low because it's a new story. The protagonist starts a pay-to-win gaming empire in a parallel world!

22. 22 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

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    These two books emphasize making games seriously and avoiding haphazard actions, which meets the original poster's requirements. [I've learned something]

23. 23 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 trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

24. 24 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
25. 25 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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    One steamed bun, one life – this Long March game has brought players across the internet to tears!

26. 26 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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    Original game created by myself.

27. 27 裁 They Cut the Artery When Laying Off Staff, So I Pulled Out Black Myth 裁员裁到大动脉，反手掏出黑神话 Fuyu Loves Meat浮玉爱吃肉Urban313k WordsOngoing [Game Development]+ [Patriotic]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Pure Wish Fulfillment] “Who said you could sleep at work? Do you really think this company is your home?” “I'm working hard too. I'm the boss, and I'm staying here working overtime with you. You think this is easy for me?” “You want compensation? Sure. Let's see what you can actually sue me for!” Faced with his boss's shameless gaslighting, Jiang Yuan angrily quits. The next day, they suddenly realize that the moment Jiang Yuan left, the entire 86Reads6.5Score—Shelves
28. 28 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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    ①"I just wanted to coast through interstellar travel and get a degree, but I ended up turning a wild planet into the headquarters of the Fourth Calamity. When the Zerg met China's infrastructure-building maniacs, and all races watched the Terran's mass production strategy... This graduation project ultimately turned into an interstellar conquest plan."

29. 29 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
30. 30 让 You’re Making a Horror Game, So Why Are You Recreating Senior Year Exam Prep? 让你制作恐怖游戏，你复刻高三备考？ Seven Mangoes七只芒果Urban453k WordsOngoing Xu Jingyi transmigrated to a parallel world where technology had advanced by leaps and bounds, productivity was abundant, and everyone chose to lie flat. At the moment, he was representing Huaxia in a global horror game tournament. This year, Huaxia faced some formidable opponents: The US: Resident Evil, known for its gore and violence Japan: The Ring, known for its eerie suspense South Korea: Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, known for its psychological pressure Just when everyone thought Huaxia would o 190.8kReads8.4Score25.5kShelves
31. 31 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
32. 32 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
33. 33 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
34. 34 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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    It's that man, the man who brought game development and miHoYo to their peak, he's back.

35. 35 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

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    I especially loved the first book. I'm not usually a big fan of books with romantic pairings, but the romance in this one was well-written. The beginning was a bit off-putting, but you can jump right in later on 🤔. I particularly loved the middle part and kept rereading it 😋. The others were also quite good. Book 3 isn't finished yet. I've finished all the others except for 3 and 6, and I don't think there are any major flaws.

36. 36 游 Game Development: I Started at the Theme Park and Scared Everyone to Tears 游戏制作：从乐园开始吓哭所有人 Everything Is Fate一起都是缘分Mystery393k WordsCompleted Song Yuqing transmigrates to a parallel world, only to find herself facing a zombie outbreak from the start. She screams in terror. But after exploring for a while, everything before her suddenly goes blank. A great force strikes her on the head: it's her instructor! The teacher reassures her that she has real talent, but needs to overcome her fear. Then comes the final project... Player 1: “Aaaaaah! I'll never go to an amusement park again!” Player 2: “Help! I swear that clown just looked lik 205Reads6.5Score—Shelves
37. 37 穿 Transmigrated to the Interstellar Era: I Turned My Life Around with Horror Games 穿到星际：我靠恐游逆袭 Become an Orange Cat做一只橘猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse478k WordsOngoing (Interstellar game + no romance for the female lead + horror games) After mysteriously landing in the interstellar age, Shi Lu became an orphan who scavenged trash on a remote planet. After a full day of scavenging, Shi Lu thought: Let someone else pick through this trash! I want to get rich overnight! Shi Lu rolled up her sleeves, ready to get back to her old line of work. But... what? Because of the constant wars and cultural discontinuity in the interstellar age, the game charts were full o 917Reads8.6Score100Shelves
38. 38 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
39. 39 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
40. 40 给 Giving Interstellar Players a Little Ghostly Shock 给星际玩家一点小小的女鬼震撼 Infinite Universe无限宇宙Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted [Interstellar gaming + comedy + no romance for the heroine] Ye Yuxi transmigrates into an interstellar age full of tough customers. From the start, she’s tossed into a shoddy version of Saw made by a rotten classmate, who mocks her for being a coward and says she could never make a horror game. Born on Earth in her previous life and raised on a steady diet of horror from all over the world, Ye Yuxi takes one look at the monotonous selection of shooter and combat games topping the interstellar ch 17.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves
41. 41 打 Building a Soulslike Dungeon, Just to Make Everyone Cry 打造魂系地下城，只想虐哭所有人 Qing Radish箐萝卜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [New concept] [No female lead] [Behind-the-scenes ensemble cast] [Dungeon management] Chen Sheng transmigrates to a high-martial world and becomes a lord who designs dungeons. All power and knowledge in this world are gained from dungeons, giving rise to adventurers who clear them and lords who design them. But Chen Sheng soon discovers that the dungeons in this world are far too crude and simple! They offer no challenge at all! So he builds a dungeon that can torment adventurers into despair. . 5kReads8.1Score412Shelves
42. 42 星 Interstellar Revival: After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Set the Whole Universe Ablaze 星际复兴：被退婚后我引爆全宇宙 Three Little Drops of Water三点点点水Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No CP + interstellar + literary plagiarist + System + multiple secret identities + ensemble cast elements + forum-style] She suddenly transmigrates to an interstellar world. Lin Wei is exiled alongside her stepmother, who seized power after a marital betrayal right from the start. Meanwhile, the System bound to her tells her that a cultural rupture will soon bring the interstellar civilization to ruin. On the way into exile, she snatches a raider's assault ship, earning her first fortune in thi 5.4kReads9.1Score653Shelves
43. 43 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
44. 44 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
45. 45 独 I Created Chinese-Style Horror and Ushered in the Age of the Supernatural 独创中式恐怖，我引领了诡异时代 Autumn Wind Enters Dreams秋风入梦Mystery779k WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror] [Horror Designer] [Eerie Revival] A curtain of blood covered the globe, and the highly anticipated horror show Horror Designer went on air. The production team put out a call for horror works across the internet. Anyone whose submission was accepted could become a Level 1 Horror Designer and gain the power to fight the eerie entities of the Black Fog. And if you were lucky enough to make it through round after round and win the ultimate Fear Prize, you could become a god i 6.7kReads7.4Score550Shelves

    Reader note

    The get-rich-quick schemer is here! [Heart][heart][heart] ① This is a horror game designer. The protagonist designs Chinese-style horror, the kind that will come to life. The opening scene is a ghost marriage, a Hong Kong ghost story, and the plot is pretty good. ② Sledgehammer wielding, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc. ③ Outlast, Fatal Frame, Siren, etc. ④ Terraria, Hollow Knight, To the Moon, Master, Sekiro, Aiden's Ring, etc. Great taste. If you like it, please follow! Follow! You'll be rich in the next second! [Follow][follow][follow]

46. 46 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
47. 47 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

    Reader note

    The first book is for male readers, featuring original games and a lot of game design and daily life content, which is very rewarding to finish. However, the dialogue is a bit stiff and the daily life might be a little boring. The second book is for female readers, and it's worth mentioning that there are a lot of female characters, and the game streamers are all female. The games are also original designs, and the marketing strategy is very detailed. I personally love the forum-style writing; it's very interesting!

48. 48 让 You Were Asked to Make a Survival Game, So Why Did You Make Minecraft? 让你做生存游戏，你做我的世界？ June Autumn Maple六月秋枫Urban308k WordsOngoing [Urban setting + lighthearted comedy + wish fulfillment + no System] When he opened his eyes, Qiu Feng discovered that he had transmigrated, and was taking part in a game development competition. In this world, game development was extremely underdeveloped, yet the gaming industry was booming. None of the classic games or AAA titles from his previous life existed here. Contestants had to create games based on the given theme. When the organizers announced the theme, “Survival,” while everyone el 9Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    A truly conscientious plan! It starts with a dark, gritty game to train a streamer! Then, a free game teaches a big company a lesson! And it includes fan fiction!

49. 49 开 Making Minecraft from the Start, Only to Be Acquired by Destiny? 开局制作我的世界，被天命收购？ longtnseeAnime Fanfiction216k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Honkai Impact 3rd] [Games] [Animation] [Movies] [Daily life] The people have suffered under Anti-Entropy for far too long. I have heard that the Houm have few children, and it is not right that they should rise up; the one who should rise is Ararhato. Bronya thought it was a joke, but now perhaps no one is guilty... Maybe you think the Houm franchise has already reached its peak. But what if I bring out Minecraft? What will you do then? You say all we know how to do is make games, 124Reads6.5Score—Shelves
50. 50 我 I Turned Hell Into a Game 我将地狱做成游戏 Quiet Bamboo Grove静谧幽篁Urban595k WordsOngoing I was once Gong Yue, a genius archer from a prestigious archery family. An accident ended my career in archery, and I spent the rest of my life in mediocrity. In my second life, I transmigrated into another world as Aike, a nobody of a commoner hero, with my archery skills and memories from my previous life. Though I possessed hidden talents beyond anyone's reach and turned the tide of the Demon King campaign by piercing all six of the Demon King's cores with a single arrow, the noble heroes, je —Reads—Score354Shelves

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    These are the few books I've read that are pretty good; they should be enough for you to choose from. ᖰ⌯'▾'⌯ᖳ

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