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. 51 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
2. 52 她 Her Game Took the Entire Galaxy by Storm 她做的游戏爆火全星际 Thoughts Without Form思无相Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing (Hidden. Don't read.) In the interstellar era, full-dive gaming technology has reached its peak, but gameplay has fallen into a rut, so repetitive it's enough to make you sick. Game developer Jiang Jinzhao transmigrates into this world. While everyone else is locked in a cutthroat race to build mecha games, she sets out to mine the treasures of Blue Star's five thousand years of civilization. Farming is only the first step. She has mountains and rivers, poetry and wine, the martial world, and th 398Reads8.2Score112Shelves

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   It's an original game, and it's incredibly impressive and amazing. I specifically looked for novels like this because of this one, but I found there's nothing better than it! [Crying][crying]

3. 53 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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   Transmigrating to a parallel world, Chu Sheng awakens a god-level game designer system, breaking through the defenses of streamer viewers, gaining emotional points, and unlocking more games. But Chu Sheng discovers that the games he unlocks are all too extreme! He unlocks a thief simulator, torturing a naive little girl to tears. But because the theft process is too realistic, he gets invited for tea by the police; he unlocks a Dou Dizhu simulator, transforming into a car enthusiast and dealer, infuriating Brother Bao. But because of his superb cheating techniques, he gets invited for tea by the police; he unlocks a murderer simulator, scaring Liu Peiqie to tears. But because of his meticulous corpse disposal methods, he's once again invited to the police station for a report: The entire internet is going crazy with laughter.

4. 54 趁 While My Deskmate Is Still Innocent, I Talk Her into Making Games 趁同桌青涩，忽悠她做游戏 Immortal Cloud Herb仙云草实Urban269k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Mu obtained a game-selection System. He discovered that his school was no ordinary place: his beautiful desk mate looked exactly like Ganyu, a character from a game in his previous life! Wendy, the gold-medal lecturer in slacking off and spending money in games; Barbara, the adorable, sweet nurse in the infirmary... Determined to let the players of this world experience the charm of games, Su Mu decided to go all out. “President Jean, you wouldn't wan 2Reads6.7Score—Shelves
5. 55 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
6. 56 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
7. 57 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
8. 58 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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   The female lead has no romantic partner, and the story revolves around space-themed game development. It's very good; the games seem to be all original, each with a different theme, so there's no overlap.

9. 59 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

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   I highly recommend this book, it's hilarious!

10. 60 神 God-Tier Sign-In: Master Game Designer 神级签到之游戏设计大师 Half a Sandal半只凉鞋Sports997k WordsCompleted He has a god-tier sign-in System. You say there aren't any good games? First, let me feed you a couple of doses of poisonous milk powder, then I'll hand over a Dragon's Legend. Hearthstone golden cards, all free. What? Still not satisfied? Tch, this is only the beginning... 123Reads5.6Score—Shelves
11. 61 崩 Honkai: Star Rail: I'm the Company's Most Outrageous Game Division Director 崩铁：我是公司最逆天游戏部总监 I’ll Share Half My Dog Food with You狗粮分你一半Anime Fanfiction385k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.8kReads8.8Score118Shelves

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    When Battlefield arrived at Honkai Impact 3rd, the brutality of World War I shocked the entire site. When the opening animation, "This is our war, or rather... Our first war," played, a wave of Battlefield fever swept through the game. Subsequent storylines—the All Quiet on the Western Front, the Sihang Warehouse, and the Stalingrad—left players utterly stunned and chilled. (While the plot contains some risqué elements and occasional witty remarks, it doesn't hinder normal reading; I believe it gets better and better as you read on \(//∇//)\)

12. 62 方 Ark: Survival Evolved: The Whole City Transmigrates, and I'm Invincible 方舟生存进化：全城穿越我无敌了 Pure Dust Finger清尘指Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted For unknown reasons, everyone in the city where Lin Ye lives is transported into the world of a game called Ark: Survival Evolved. As a seasoned grind slave and lone-wolf player, Lin Ye takes to it like a fish to water! While he's taming a Tyrannosaurus, the ex-girlfriend who dumped him begs to get back together. While he's taking on all kinds of bosses alone, millions of online influencers and female celebrities beg to join him. The world is teeming with prehistoric creatures, from the Jura 11.7kReads9.4Score1kShelves
13. 63 我 I Designed the Seven-Star King Lu Palace and Scared Players Around the World to Tears 我设计七星鲁王宫，吓哭全球玩家 Admiring Mayflies慕蜉蝣509k WordsOngoing Lin Chuan transmigrated into another world and became a developer at an independent game studio. After learning about the games and technology in this world, Lin Chuan was stunned. With technology like this, what kind of awful games are you people playing? Lin Chuan immediately used the memories in his mind to develop The Seven-Star Lu Palace. Towering mountain ranges, the terrifying Seven-Star Coffin, the Blue-Eyed Fox Corpse, the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress! And secret tales lost to the long r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've recently read these two books. The first one has a face-slapping plot, which is quite satisfying, but not mindless. The second one is based on the Tomb Raider series. Common features include: the protagonist is cheeky, and there's a mutual attraction between the player and the author (not really).

14. 64 为 I Became the King of Entertainment to Sell Skins 为了卖皮肤，我成了文娱之王 Chrysanthemum Tea with Goji Berries菊花泡枸杞Urban458k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because it just came out. It will rise later.] [Making games + directing movies + writing songs + TV dramas + business growth + no heroine] Just after Ye Bai won the Best Director award, he transmigrated to a parallel world and became a first-year college student there. The parallel world's Blue Star had a barren entertainment industry and a limited selection of games. Hmm? Let's make a game like Honor of Kings and see how it goes. What? You don't know who these heroes are? Th 2kReads8.5Score116Shelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates to another world, juggling games, novels, and movies with ease. [Smile]

15. 65 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves

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16. 66 游 Game Development: Starting with Hogwarts Legacy 游戏制作：从霍格沃茨之遗开始 Mosquito Coil Knows Women蚊香识女Male-Channel Fanfiction213k WordsOngoing Su Chen transmigrated to Blue Star, only to discover that this was a world barren of games. Despite having advanced VR technology, players could only play lousy games designed to fleece them. Ding! The Game Creation System has awakened. First, let the Harry Potter fans of this world experience the shock of a little AAA gaming masterpiece! The VR version of Hogwarts Legacy went on sale, letting players enter the game as fifth-year transfer students. Harry Potter fans around the world were moved t 152Reads—Score—Shelves

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    VR technology is advanced, but the games are outdated, all just pay-to-win trash. The protagonist's first game, Hogwarts: Legacy, was a game-changer, followed by AAA titles like The Elder Scrolls and The Elder Scrolls. This is written by an author who is definitely a hardcore gamer.

17. 67 我 I’m Already the King of Singers, So What’s Wrong With Founding Mihoyo? 我都歌王了，创建米忽悠怎么了 A Risque Person涩涩的人Urban209k WordsOngoing [Game Development]+ [System]+ [Single or No Heroine]+ [Livestream]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Unique Perspective] (Currently: Honkai: Star Rail) Zhou Wei transmigrated to a world with a barren entertainment scene. He copied some soul-crushing songs to torment listeners, only to sweep the major charts and awards and become the newest king of depressing songs. Just as he was starting to get bored, a game library System suddenly loaded, allowing him to redeem games from his previous life. Since he was here 129Reads8.0Score—Shelves
18. 68 考 Archaeology Comes True: Are You Crazy? You Still Say It Was Made Up for a Game 考古成真：疯了吧，还说游戏编的 Heavenly King Fateweaver天王戏命师Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted Chen Pingan transmigrated to a world with a gap in its historical record. He returned to his old line of work and started developing games. Then an archaeological team exposed the truth: the game’s settings had become real! The whole country was stunned, and Chen Pingan shot straight to the top of the trending searches! “Unbelievable! The famous game director is actually a tomb raider?!” “So Tomb Raider’s Diary is really Tomb Raider’s Autobiography. The whole thing is based on his real-life expe 15.5kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves
19. 69 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

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    Game Design! A game design philosophy that truly resonates with players, delivering an exhilarating experience! Looking for books on game design that genuinely resonate with players? These books are absolute gems—designers put their hearts into making games, players are wildly enthusiastic, mind-blowing concepts, overflowing with nostalgia, so satisfying you'll want to be a "game producer"! 👇 ① Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity "Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity"🔥 "Game designers refuse to slack off, they put their hearts into making games! Players rave about it, colleagues are envious, readers: 'This designer is even better than my boss!' A genuine commitment to game design + player frenzy, the more you read, the more addictive it becomes! Explosive Point: A genuine commitment to game design + player frenzy, turning the game into a 'battlefield of nostalgia,' so satisfying you'll want to be a designer! ② Me! Game Designer! I Tortured Players Worldwide! "Me! Game Designer! I Tortured Players Worldwide!"💥 "Designers create hardcore games, players are tortured to tears but still play like crazy! Global players are devastated, designers remain calm, netizens: 'This game is even better than Black Myth!'" Hardcore design + player obsession, so inspiring you'll want to be a designer! These books take "genuine game development + player passion" to new heights—rejecting mediocrity, embracing hardcore design, and featuring iconic game scenes in every book! Click to read now and witness game designers dominate the gaming world—a treat for game/fantasy novel fans!

20. 70 恩 The Game of Grace 恩赐的游戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + Player Summoning + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Wild Imagination + Another World] A legion that worships violence and slaughter refuses to start a war. An empire founded by a slave uprising continues to uphold slavery. A tribe that worships and relies on its gods refuses to speak of them. A nation founded by androids obsesses over human rights. By that logic, then, it seems perfectly reasonable that an omnipotent god has no powers at all, doesn't it? Shen Ming looked at the ea 27.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
21. 71 游 Game Development: Creating a Creature-Collecting Game from the Start 游戏制作：开局制作精灵游戏 P HallP殿Urban163k WordsOngoing Dai Sheng accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the hit games from his previous life don't exist here! As a hardcore gamer and game developer, how can he tolerate a world this boring? Pokemon, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, God of War. This world needs more of the ninth art. Here's to a bright future for the game industry! 34Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Game development novels, highly recommended, a large collection of twenty books, the protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world where the game is outdated and pay-to-win games dominate, new game promotion.

22. 72 我EN I Forged a Gaming Empire 我创造了游戏帝国 Flowers at Dawn, Evening朝花夕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Wang Chuan, a gaming enthusiast, unexpectedly arrived in a parallel world with advanced technology. “What? Games are the ninth art, no less than music or fine art?” And so, starting with the meta-game The Stanley Parable, game developer Wang Chuan brought over all kinds of bizarre games. Years later, he looked back and realized he had founded a gaming empire! 60Reads8.1Score109Shelves
23. 73 灵 The Supernatural World: My Players Are All Ghosts 灵异世界：我的玩家都是鬼 A Song of Flowing Cups一曲流觞Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + supernatural revival + players + behind the scenes + comedy] As the supernatural world revives and the two realms merge, Tang Yuan decides to do something that goes against his ancestors’ teachings to save his own skin: open the gates and unleash the players. The red-clad vengeful ghost is terrifying? Player: “Hey, don’t run away, I need that material!” Ghost Emperor: “I command a hundred thousand ghost soldiers.” Tang Yuan: “How about a million players?” Tang Yuan: “I hereby 1.9kReads8.8Score173Shelves
24. 74 制 Taking Over the Gaming World 制霸游戏圈 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After unexpectedly obtaining a game development System, Xu Fei, once a mere junior game planner, sets out to dominate the gaming world. This is the story of a game designer’s growth, and a novel about making games. “One day, the games I develop will drive every player in the world wild with obsession!” 160Reads8.5Score108Shelves

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    There are a total of eighteen design books, all rated 8 or higher (at least for now). But no matter how much I say, nothing beats seeing them for yourself. If you don't like them, you can always find other books, okay?

25. 75 凡 From Mortal to God: It All Begins with Greek Mythology 凡人成神：一切从希腊神话开始 Devoted to Reading the Holy Salty Book一心只读圣咸书Sports444k WordsCompleted [Greek mythology fan fiction + other mythologies + transmigration + behind-the-scenes mastermind + gods + fourth calamity] After an accident, Qin Mu gains the ability to transmigrate his soul into the world of Greek mythology. There, he witnesses the birth of the primordial world. As one of the oldest beings in existence, he helps Gaia fight back against her abusive husband, Uranus. He meddles in the succession to the throne of the King of the Gods. He brings countless players into this world, o 1.6kReads8.3Score119Shelves
26. 76 制 I Made Lobotomy Corporation and Became a Global Sensation 制作脑叶公司的我火遍全球 Wen Lu问露Urban500k WordsOngoing [No hiatus!!!][No heroine][System][Livestream] In a world with a backward gaming industry, Wang Yu, a transmigrator, put countless players at home and abroad through the wringer with Lobotomy Corporation, proving through his actions that domestic games aren’t all about pay-to-win cash grabs and endless grinding. Countless players around the world went wild over his games. From Lobotomy Corporation to To the Moon. From Honor of Kings to Goose Goose Duck. From Sanguosha to Sekiro. With a flick of 363Reads7.6Score101Shelves
27. 77 让 I Asked You to Make a Game, Not Drive Players Around the World Crazy 让你创游戏，你把全球玩家逼疯 Leave Without Saying Goodbye不告而别Urban453k WordsCompleted I, Chu Xuan, a mighty Immortal Emperor, have been reborn. But then I discover that on this damned Blue Star, spiritual energy is so scarce that even a dog can’t cultivate to immortality! What am I supposed to do?! Anyone there? This is urgent! Luckily, I have the world-creating immortal artifact, the Three Thousand Dao Mirror! If this world has no spiritual energy… Then I’ll use the uncontainable emotions of you several billion mortals as my cultivation experience bar! And so a 100% realistic on 30Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 我 I Have a Bunch of Hilarious Players 我有一群沙雕玩家 Bubble Tang泡泡唐Sports853k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes] [The Fourth Calamity] [Lighthearted] [Online Game Style] “Men! Flatten this world for me! Bring it under our rule!” The Demon Lord pointed toward the Land of Primordial Dawn as countless demons and evil spirits came through spatial portals. “O brave heroes who protect the world!” The goddess radiated divine light, her spirited voice ringing across the heavens and earth as she spread her arms toward every direction. “Us!” A group of strange creatures appeared, each with a colo 1.3kReads8.8Score109Shelves
29. 79 游 Game Development: My Hellish Card Deck Has Driven All the Players Mad 游戏制作：阴间卡组，玩家全疯了 Ink Wind, Flute and Xiao墨风笙箫Urban445k WordsCompleted [Updated through the arrival of the Three Egyptian Gods!] Ye Feng transmigrates to Blue Star, where the gaming industry is monotonous and stale, with little innovation, and esports is in decline. That is precisely why anyone who can make a splash now will command an immeasurable share of the attention! The whole world needs an exciting game that can capture the hearts of players. The two biggest gaming companies in the Dragon Kingdom are recruiting talent, ushering in an era of fierce competitio 1.2kReads8.6Score100Shelves
30. 80 末 The Fourth Calamity of the Apocalypse 末世中的第四天灾 Sima Big Lantern司马大灯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsOngoing “The apocalypse has arrived. How long can you survive?” Ye Chun once saw this question on a Q&A site and confidently replied, “You've got to be kidding. I'll definitely be the last person alive in the world.” Now he realized he was wrong. He didn't want to live a second longer in this Apocalypse. Huh? What? Players! In that case, never mind. My little players and I will be among the people who survive the longest in this world! 21kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
31. 81 游 Game Development: The System Makes Me Torture Players from the Start 游戏制作：开局系统让我虐哭玩家 Wang Daming王大明Urban230k WordsOngoing [Game design, System, technology, Where Winds Meet, game plagiarist, livestreaming, daily life, no romance, industry disruption, power fantasy, passionate, growth, anti-trope] Burdened with a million yuan in debt, on the verge of bankruptcy, and with only one adorable girl as his art assistant, Gu Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star and binds himself to the [Emotion Harvesting System]. He vows to upend this game industry greenhouse that puts “happiness above all else”! Starting from a shabby l 6Reads5.8Score—Shelves
32. 82 游 Game Development: I Heal Players in Reverse 游戏制作：我反向治愈玩家 Flame Toy火焰玩具Urban221k WordsCompleted He unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world. Chen Yu bound himself to the “Ultimate Healing Game System” and began a new life. It's just that... These healing games seem a little different. The ghost nurse from the 303 bus's past comes to heal you. The kind old lady from Qingfeng Mental Hospital comes to heal you. The hatchet-wielding underclassman from Silent High School tells you that silence is golden. The young wife from Niujiao Village tells you to believe in materialism. Chen Yu rele 44Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 游 Game Developer: From the Start, I Made Players Around the World Cry! 游戏制作人：开局气哭全球玩家！ One Pot of Hotpot一川火锅Urban206k WordsCompleted [Exclusive to this site] Zheng Chuan transmigrated to a parallel world, where he spent three utterly ordinary years. He thought he was destined to live just like he had in his previous life. But then he awakened the “Game Producer” System! He had planned to make good games, but the System demanded that he become a menace! And so, the games from his previous life began appearing in this world, one after another! First came the infuriatingly difficult game, The World’s Most Annoying Mini-Gam 22Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 游 Game Development: I Start by Tormenting Players with Escape Games 游戏制作：从逃生开始拷打玩家 Too Poor to Spend on the Game没钱氪金Urban405k WordsCompleted Jiang He, a well-known gaming content creator, transmigrates to a parallel world and unexpectedly binds himself to a Game Developer System. On Blue Star in this parallel world, technology is highly advanced, with mature virtual reality technology. Major publishers are scrambling to develop large-scale multiplayer virtual reality games. Single-player games are seen as a dying genre, gradually fading away. Jiang He scoffs at the idea. “With technology like this, this is what you’re showing your br 468Reads6.7Score—Shelves
35. 85 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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    Good books need no further explanation.

36. 86 说 You Said It Was a Historical Fantasy Game, So Why Did You Make a Fantasy World? 说好古风游戏，你做玄幻世界？ Leisurely Sheep悠闲绵羊Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Game Development] + [Pseudo-Fourth Calamity] + [No Romance] + [No Real-World Corporate Warfare or Ridiculous Drama] + [Fantasy Cultivation Game] + [A Worldview That Will Blow Your Mind] Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world just as the Ancient-Style Game Development Competition is being held. Every other studio is making palace-intrigue games, court games, or martial arts games. Only Jiang Feng brings out a world of fantasy cultivation! Players who have never heard of fantasy cultivation 468Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    [Heart] Game design + genuine game development + player passion! The protagonist transmigrates to a parallel world, participates in an ancient-style game competition, and starts by creating a fantasy game. With genuine dedication, he lets the world experience the charm of Chinese fantasy. Tens of millions of players across the internet went from initially being indifferent to falling madly in love with this game. [Admiration]

37. 87 华 The Godfather of Chinese Gaming, 1998 华夏游戏教父1998 Sunset's Sugar Is Extra Sweet落日的糖超甜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Just started posting, slow burn, building a game company! The early chapters could be better, so please bear with me! It picks up in the middle!] #GameIndustryRevival #BusinessWarfareLegend #1998Comeback In 1998, the internet wave swept across the world, and the gaming industry was ablaze with competition! Reborn with memories of his previous life, he vows to rewrite the history of gaming! Legend of Mir has yet to be born, and Warcraft has yet to appear, but a young Chinese man already holds th 614Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    These two books are good, especially the second one, which is somewhat different from the ones I've seen before. However, some of its shortcomings are to be overlooked.

38. 88 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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    The protagonist is transported to the world of Honkai Impact 3rd and creates a Pokémon game. There's a lot of game-related content, and it's quite exciting.

39. 89 游 Game Design: Creating Miyoushe from the Start 游戏设计之开局创建米游社 Not Good at All一点都不好Urban217k WordsCompleted Su Yi transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened a Game Design System. He discovered that every game out there focused on player-versus-player combat. There wasn’t a single anime-style game driven by story and text! Su Yi made his decision on the spot: “If nobody else wants this huge market, I’ll take it all for myself!” Rich, unparalleled storytelling. Adorable, captivating character designs. He founded miHoYo from the start. Houkai Gakuen 1 and Houkai Gakuen 2 were released one after anoth 588Reads8.5Score103Shelves
40. 90 开 Developing Silent Hill, Scaring Players Around the World to Tears 开发恐怖寂静岭，吓哭全球玩家 The Second-Strongest King第二强王者Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Mu transmigrates to a world where the game industry is woefully underdeveloped, but VR technology is highly advanced. His life is at its lowest point: a traitor on the team stole and sold the game he developed with his friends to Penguin, then used it to become Penguin's chief game designer! The traitor even calls to gloat, putting on a fake show of inviting the protagonist to work for him! Luckily, his System awakens. Chen Mu gives this world a real shock by developing Silent Hill PT! His 19Reads8.0Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    1. The first book started with creating a mini-game called "Sheep's Nest," which caused players to erupt in anger and vehemently criticize the game designers for being inhuman. [Angry] 2. The second book started with creating a VR version of Silent Hill, which terrified many gamers. [Fear] Even major streamers were shaken. [Crying] 3. The third book started with creating "Inside" (in-depth), a game without a perfect ending. [Almost crying] However, it prompted many players to reflect: How important is the ending of a game? [Under pressure]

41. 91 视 Videos Connect to Dreams: From the Start, I Make Anime Mashups That Set the World Ablaze! 视频通梦境：开局混剪燃爆动漫！ Typing Beauty码字的美少女Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Videos streamed to the whole world + spiritual qi revival + memories + apocalypse + high-octane action + fiery passion + anime] Reborn by chance, Su Bai regained all his memories of films from his previous life. Now he could edit them as he pleased, hoping to attain godhood through the art of mashups! [The nine mountains and eight seas make one world. None can stop me!], Roronoa Zoro [Mere grains of sand are nothing compared to me!], Uchiha Madara [The time has come for the Blue Beast of Konoha 237Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    I think it looks pretty good.

42. 92 开 Creating Mihoyo from the Start to Bring Healing to Players Worldwide 开局创建米忽悠，治愈全球玩家 Immortal Cloud Herb仙云草实Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Lin Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world. Technology here is highly advanced, but the gaming industry is extremely backward. The market is full of low-quality online games, all priced outrageously, leaving players miserable. Lin Yuan awakens a Game Developer System, and the beginner's gift pack gives him Genshin Impact. What an unbeatable start! Although he owes the System ten billion, he isn't worried in the slightest. Lin Yuan immediately establishes Mihoyo and releases Genshin Impact, bille 3kReads8.3Score258Shelves
43. 93 企 Tencent Makes Battlefield? Players Worldwide Beg for Updates 企鹅制作战地？全球玩家哭求更新 I’ll Share Half My Dog Food with You狗粮分你一半Male-Channel Fanfiction322k WordsCompleted [Current Game: Phasmophobia] [+No Harem + Starts Out as the Boss of Penguin Games + Games with Unexpected Twists + The Original World and a Less Developed World Appear Together + A Five-Star Review Gets You the Author's Grateful Bow (The kind of review everyone can see!)] [Warning: This book's author is the most unhinged artist on Tomato Novel. Brace yourself.] [Quick guide: Chapters 1–62 cover Battlefield, 63–89 cover Genshin Impact (if you don't like Genshin Impact, you can skip ahead; read Ba 207Reads8.9Score110Shelves
44. 94 从 The All-Around Game Designer Who Started by Making Players Cry 从虐哭玩家开始的全能游戏设计师 Jason Stan Ming杰森斯坦銘Urban484k WordsOngoing Zhang Yang transmigrated to a parallel world. Seeing how backward game design was there, he knew it was his moment to make a name for himself! He developed one hit game after another, leaving every game company dumbfounded. Huh? The games aren't fun enough? He made games like “The Strange Adventure” and “Cat Mario,” making tens of millions of players cry in frustration. Huh? You have to pay to play games? He brought over all kinds of online games from his previous life, giving players “free” gam 475Reads9.1Score—Shelves
45. 95 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
46. 96 女 My Girlfriend’s Whole Family Are Big Shots! What’s Wrong with Playing It Safe? 女友全家大佬！我苟亿点怎么了？ Xi Jiu Huang溪九皇Sports1.9M WordsCompleted The Ancestral Star is a world where games and reality have merged. “Lifespan” is the only currency! With an endless supply of “Lifespan,” one can live forever. Once one's “Lifespan” runs out, one dies on the spot. Every expense in the world is paid for with “Lifespan.” There is only one way to obtain “Lifespan”: the surreal online game Universe OL! Lin Du, a top game designer, wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the body of a live-in son-in-law from a wealthy family, force 28.4kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

    Reader note

    In the dark world, war rages. [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm] Tens of thousands of lords vie for land and resources. But Chen Yu is different. While others are busy fighting, he's busy building dungeons, attracting adventurers from other worlds to challenge them. [Happy Landlords], [Resident Evil], [Dungeon Fighter Online], [Black Myth]—one dungeon after another springs up. These naive adventurers are driven mad, willing to offer everything. Chen Yu: "I'm sorry, dear adventurers, business is temporarily suspended today because my territory is under siege."

47. 97 捡 Found an Inheritance, Now I Exploit Players 捡到遗产，压榨玩家 Just One Salty Fish咸鱼也只一条Eastern Fantasy355k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-scenes scheming]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Absurd comedy and chaotic daily life]+ [A race's survival]+ [Career-driven protagonist] Li Zifan transmigrates after a sudden earthquake. After fusing with the Heavenly Will of another world, he comes into a vast inheritance and gains an unparalleled opportunity. But because he is too weak, the divinity of the Heavenly Will turns on him. To stay alive, he has no choice but to refine three Dao Fruits from the inheritance into 7Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Found two good-looking and funny game articles

48. 98 让 You Wanted an Antiwar Story, So Why Did You Send Players to Leningrad? 让你反战，你丢玩家进列宁格勒？ Meow Meow Neil喵喵尼尔Sports364k WordsOngoing [Anti-war] + [Holy crap, why are the developers so cruel?] + [How is this a war story? It's just one tragedy after another] + [You dropped me into Leningrad without even giving me a gun?] + [War among civilians] In frozen Leningrad, a little girl named Tanya writes in her diary. Shells fly over Hacksaw Ridge as medic Desmond Doss runs and prays. At Auschwitz, Schindler hands out his list. In Nanjing, every inch of land is soaked in blood. Lin Chunsheng transmigrates to a parallel Blue Sta 58Reads8.6Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Having tested it myself, the following is safe. The first book has some slightly awkward transitions, but it's still acceptable. The second book is excellent overall. Both are original games, but the first leans towards a more soothing approach while the second is more literary.

49. 99 游 A Game? Or Philosophy? 游戏？还是哲学？ Nine Thoughts, Ten Peaceful Days九思十安Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again! What kind of sparks will fly when gaming meets philosophy? Lin Tian transmigrates to another world by accident, only to discover that its holographic technology is incredibly advanced. How powerful is the shock of Super Beast Armor? And what kind of thoughts will be sparked by one philosophical line after another? A gaming catastrophe is about to begin. 266Reads5.4Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Playing games in another world is really addictive.

50. 100 末 Apocalypse: I Secretly Recruit Silly Players 末日，我幕后招募沙雕玩家 The Cat Who Loves Light喜欢光的猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity] + [Cosmic Apocalypse] + [Zombies] + [Interstellar] + [Power Fantasy] + [Behind the Scenes] + [Doesn't Act in the Early Stages] Ye Chen unexpectedly obtained a System and began recruiting Blue Star players during the apocalypse. You do the work, I lie flat. We all have a bright future ahead of us. In his private space, Ye Chen ate watermelon and watched TV. Edgy player: Brothers, Buddha once sacrificed himself to feed an eagle. Today, I'll beat a succubus into submission wit 16.9kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves

    Reader note

    There are over ten game-related novels, covering all sorts of genres. With so many options, there's bound to be one that suits your taste. Do you like it? Let me know.

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