Any Novels About a Protagonist Who Makes Games with Lots of Heartbreak? No Preferences 有没有主角是制作游戏的，游戏里有很多刀，不挑

1. 1 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

   Reader note

   [Crying][crying][crying] This book is so scathing, ten cuts per chapter, every cut is a critical hit!

2. 2 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

   Reader note

   Isn't that a coincidence? I just finished watching it.

3. 3 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

   Reader note

   Visit my homepage to see if there are any books you like to read.

4. 4 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
5. 5 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
6. 6 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
7. 7 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
8. 8 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

   Reader note

   It's a bit angsty.

9. 9 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

   Reader note

   I highly recommend books 1 and 3. The first one, "The Love of Shu Han: Who Can Remain Unmoved? The Death of the Prime Minister, Why Not Shed Tears?", Describes the heroic sacrifices of the martyrs of the War of Resistance against Japan, moving people to this day. The second one, actually, resonates more deeply with me after playing Genshin Impact, because the visual imagery makes it easier to understand. I've also read some of the fourth one, but you really need to play the game to understand it. Like the second one, to be honest, I haven't played Undertale and don't really understand kung fu.

10. 10 开 From the Start, I Made a Game, and Duckling Became My Boss 开局做游戏，鸭鸭成为上司 Mr. Penguin企鹅先生Anime Fanfiction401k WordsOngoing [Game Development] [Laid-Back Daily Life] Qi Mo had spent twenty years in this Honkai world where Honkai had never happened, and finally awakened his System. He had once thought this was the world of a Honkai game he’d played in his previous life. But in the end, he discovered that wasn’t the case. This was simply a perfect world where no tragedies had ever occurred, and where everyone, familiar or unfamiliar, was alive and well. What?! Bronya has founded a game studio?! No way. As a loyal dog o 165Reads7.0Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first one was just me promoting myself, so please bear with me. The second book is one I've been following from the beginning. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

11. 11 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
12. 12 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
13. 13 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

    Reader note

    These four books are all about game development. The first one, "Star Iron Watching Movies," needs no introduction. The second is "Otherworldly Illusionist," about creating game illusions. The third and fourth are traditional rebirth-themed game development novels. [Learned]

14. 14 在 I Started Copying Games in Another World 在异界开始抄游戏 Still as Cheap as Ever还是贼抠Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworlders Play Earth Games] [No System, the Protagonist Is Basically the System Himself] [Everyday Life] [Ensemble Cast] [Sort-of Otherworldly Shopkeeping] Illusionists are a faction targeted by the Heavenly Dao. After transmigrating to another world, a genius illusionist has no choice but to grow stronger and make ends meet by creating, or rather copying, games. If only he could make games on Earth... Watching these players obsess over leveling up and fighting monsters, Yao Qian thinks to 8.2kReads8.1Score723Shelves
15. 15 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
16. 16 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
17. 17 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

    Reader note

    You can tell from the title that it's going to be very angsty.

18. 18 失 I Finally Slept Well in a Horror Live-Stream Game 失眠的我在恐怖直播游戏里睡饱了 Shanque Dian山阙点Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + two male leads + livestreaming + powerful duo + little lunatic and sweet on the outside, dark within + happy ending] (The other male lead won’t appear until the third instance, and it gets a little angsty.) Also known as: "Bound to an Achievement System in a Horror Game" When He Feng, who suffers from insomnia, was dragged into a horror game and forced to livestream, he was surprised to discover that his insomnia seemed to be cured. Hey! He Feng, who normally had to rely on luck 3.1kReads9.4Score557Shelves

    Reader note

    Although the main character isn't a game developer, the male lead's boyfriend is (yes, typo, ↓ dual male leads) and he'll stab you to death. [Smile]

19. 19 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

    Reader note

    The first book perfectly met the requirements. The second one wasn't angst, it was horror, but it was quite good too.

20. 20 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

    Reader note

    They're all game productions; I've forgotten if they have swordplay or not, but they're pretty good anyway. [Kissing emoji]

21. 21 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

    Reader note

    Highly recommended. The main character starts from Honkai Impact 2, and his sword will make the whole world cry.

22. 22 重 Back to 1999: I Build a Gaming Empire 重返1999：我缔造游戏帝国 Born Prey天生的猎物Urban553k WordsOngoing [No heroine] + [Game development] + [Overpowered cheat] + [A little entertainment business] + [A little esports] The rating has just come out and is steadily climbing. Zhang Rui is unexpectedly reborn in 1999. With his experience from making hit games in his previous life and a miraculous laptop, he plans to break into the gaming market at the turn of the millennium, become a gaming tycoon in Huaguo, and ensure its games no longer lag 20 years behind the rest of the world. 18.6kReads7.1Score1.4kShelves

    Reader note

    The game is incredibly well-made.

23. 23 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

    Reader note

    These three books should be considered...

24. 24 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
25. 25 说 We Agreed You'd Work at a Factory After the College Entrance Exam. How Are You Worth Tens of Millions Now? 说好高考后进厂，你身家千万了？ Hungry Koala饥饿的考拉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good wish fulfillment + technology + entrepreneurship + campus beauty] After the college entrance exams, Chen Teng is the first to rush out of the exam hall and gets interviewed by a reporter. The reporter asks about his dream for the future. Chen Teng says he wants to become the richest man in the world. The reporter asks how far along he is in pursuing that dream. Chen Teng replies that he has only just amassed tens of millions. His classmates see the interview and burst out laughing. Hi 15.5kReads7.8Score922Shelves
26. 26 重 Reborn: There's a Desktop Computer Inside Me 重生：我体内带个台式机 Xiao Ziyue萧子曰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No mindless plot] [Urban] [Lighthearted] [Technology] [Feel-good power fantasy] Jiang Cheng, a computer repairman, was “electrocuted” back to his senior year of high school, with a desktop computer inside his body. He made a stunning impression on the college entrance exam and got into the best university. At university, he pursued his dreams and founded the most exciting company, catching the wave of a tech boom and going on to lead the world. Just a programmer? No. He was a pioneer in technol 29.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
27. 27 开 Playing the Miracle from the Start, I Help Light Yagami Become a God 开局扮演奇迹于你，帮夜神月成神 Loves ApplesL爱吃苹果的LAnime Fanfiction455k WordsCompleted 3.4kReads8.2Score315Shelves

    Reader note

    I lied about the password; actually, I'm quite picky.

28. 28 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

    It's a game-themed novel, but aside from the second and third books, it doesn't have much of a angst. However, the quality is excellent, highly recommended! [Got it][Got it][Got it]

29. 29 反 Anti-Scam Livestream: The Station’s Cells Are Full 反诈直播：所里快蹲不下了 Yi Ezreal一泽瑞尔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Scammer: Our records show an overseas purchase of 200,000 US dollars on your account. Did you make this purchase yourself? Lu Ze: Yes, I made it myself. What about it? The scammer thought, You sure know how to brag! Lu Ze: I never thought... the fact that I bought weapons overseas would finally come to light! Using his god-tier voice imitation skill, Lu Ze mimics the voices of several underlings, as well as the sound of an AK firing in full auto. The scammer's face turns pale. “I'm calling the p 20.4kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

    Reader note

    This book is worth collecting! 😍 I recommend you read it; you'll definitely gain something... Scammer: We've detected a 200,000 USD overseas transaction record on your end. Was it made by you? Lu Ze: Yes, it was made by me. So what? The scammer thinks, "You're really good at bragging!" Lu Ze: "I didn't expect... My overseas arms purchases have finally been exposed!" Lu Ze then uses his god-like voice skills, 😶 🌴 🙂 💏 to imitate the voices of several henchmen, as well as the sound of AK fire. The scammer's face changes drastically. "I'm calling the police!" ...

30. 30 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

    Reader note

    There aren't many angst-filled ones... The first and third books have some angst in the games the protagonists make, mainly the first book's game, "Fireworks." All three books are very good.

31. 31 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

    Reader note

    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 called in 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 called in by the police; he unlocks a murderer simulator, scaring Liu Peiqie to tears. But because of his meticulous corpse disposal methods, he's called in to the police station again: The entire internet is going crazy with laughter!

32. 32 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
33. 33 我 My MiHoYo Really Isn't an Anime Company 我的米哈悠真不是动漫公司 Yanye Ye烟夜野Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing (Honkai Impact 3rd, Honkai Gakuen 2, game development, everyday life) Ji Hegui was always dreaming, but now he no longer had that dream. In it, he gave everything away. And so, Mihayou came into existence in this world. He brought a whole series of Honkai works to a new audience, and countless Captains followed. It started with manga, then came games and other works, going from obscurity to taking the internet by storm. In his early twenties, he stood atop a skyscraper, gazing down at the city a 584Reads7.6Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Hey guys, I'm recommending a super hilarious novel! The protagonist works for Mihoyo—hey, not an animation company! That's such a unique premise. His protagonist aura is blindingly bright; while others struggle in the company, he's like he's got a cheat code, blazing a trail of success. He cleverly resolves all sorts of bizarre situations at the company, making those who try to trip him up laugh and cry. For example, if someone tries to embarrass him, he turns the problem into a stage for his own show, leaving the other person furious. This novel is full of laugh-out-loud moments, and the protagonist's aura shines so brightly it's unbelievable. Read it now, it's guaranteed to make you laugh like a pig!

34. 34 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
35. 35 让 You Asked for an Antiwar Story, So What’s This Eastern Meat Grinder? 让你做反战，东方绞肉机是什么鬼 Rebellious Potato叛逆的土豆Urban430k WordsOngoing Zhou Yang unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Entertainment System. He enters an anti-war contest hosted by China in this world. If it’s about opposing war, then you have to experience war to understand it. He immediately chooses the Eastern Front of World War II from his previous life: the fourteen-year War of Resistance, in which 35 million people sacrificed their lives to save their country and its people. It begins with the Battle of Shanghai. He lets players in th 288Reads7.7Score—Shelves
36. 36 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
37. 37 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
38. 38 原 Genshin Impact: It’s a Healing Game, So Why Are You Showing Me a Sinner PV? 原神：治愈游戏你给我看罪人pv Luo Jie Mei Yin罗洁梅茵Anime Fanfiction557k WordsCompleted Bai Ye transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the planning director of the game division at Teyvat Group. He discovers that the division's performance is dismal, and that it will be shut down if they can't deliver results soon! But when he arrives at the studio, he discovers that the secretary, Ganyu, and the assistant, Hu Tao… aren't they characters from the game? Looking at all those familiar faces, Bai Ye waves his hand and decides to make Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd from the 2.5kReads8.3Score218Shelves

    Reader note

    The first and third books are set in reality, while the second and fourth are set in the Star Iron World and the Honkai Impact 3rd World, respectively.

39. 39 身 In Honkai: Star Rail, I Released a Honkai: Star Rail Game! 身在崩铁，发布崩铁游戏！ Ink Clouds and Sparse Shadows云墨疏影Anime Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing (Most of the story initially focuses on watching scenes, so the protagonist gets less screen time at first. Once they reach Penacony, the protagonist's role becomes bigger.) For some reason, I transmigrated into the world of Honkai: Star Rail. I have no idea how it happened, but since I'm here, I might as well show everyone in this world what true joy looks like!! People live to have fun, and there's a whole lot of fun to be had! 30.6kReads6.8Score1.7kShelves
40. 40 人 In Honkai Impact 3rd, I Founded Mihoyo and Made Players Cry With My Blades 人在崩三，创立米忽悠刀哭玩家 Firefly Fu萤火芙Anime Fanfiction276k WordsOngoing [Heartwarming Daily Life] [Elysia as the Sole Female Lead] Jiang Yang transmigrates into Honkai Impact 3rd, but in this world, there is no Honkai. Elysia has become a top streamer, Eden is a famous singer setting trends, and Kiana and Mei are still stressing over their internships... After founding Mihoyo, Jiang Yang decides to let this Honkai-free world experience the joys of the Honkai series. So the Valkyries he lured in begin recording voice lines. Kiana: “Why am I so miserable in the story? 770Reads8.6Score105Shelves
41. 41 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

    Reader note

    Game development guide! Highly recommended!! Start by making a game! A darn game! It will anger streamers! Spread the game! Take it slow and steady! Later, create a AAA masterpiece! Dominate the world!

42. 42 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
43. 43 游 Game Development: A Fun-Lover's History of Gacha Games 游戏制作：属于乐子人的二游史记 Black Gold Pineapple黑金刚菠萝Urban532k WordsOngoing Han Shuai returned from his internship at a major mobile game company, ready to crush the competition with unprecedented service and game quality. But before he could make a move, rival companies' games started imploding one after another, in ways that were downright unbelievable. Darkness Descends, Old After 2, Tower of Babel: Bygone Days, Tides, Fallen Star Ocean, Dead End I... They all went wrong! Next, it wasn't just the games: even the real world began receiving version updates. Could the p 71Reads8.4Score—Shelves
44. 44 开 Making a Game Called Life from the Start, Then Taking the Anime World by Storm 开局制作游戏人生，动漫畅销全球 Xin Yi Ming Xuan昕以铭璇Male-Channel Fanfiction177k WordsCompleted [Anime Production + Everyday Life + Livestreaming] Anime producer Chen Luo transmigrates to a world with advanced technology but a lagging anime industry. Excited to make anime, he ends up losing a lot of money and plunges his roommates into gloom. Fortunately, the System awakens! As long as he keeps viewers looking forward to his next work, he can collect Anticipation Points. Once he has enough, he can exchange them for anime masterpieces from his previous life! And so Chen Luo leads a young te 252Reads7.0Score—Shelves
45. 45 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
46. 46 重 Reborn in 1985: The Ace Game Producer 重生1985之王牌游戏制作人 Immortal Fire Fox不知火狐Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Liu Chuan transmigrates to Neon Country in 1985. By a twist of fate, he starts a game company and begins his journey to the top. Starting a company, making games, developing consoles: he has to do it all. He expands into the domestic market. When piracy strikes, watch Liu Chuan find a clever way to deal with it. Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft... How will he take on each of these rivals? There’s no System, no System, absolutely no System. All right, there’s just a NAS hard drive to make the stor 3.4kReads8.3Score258Shelves
47. 47 游 The Gaming Age: Starting with the Creation of Minecraft 游戏时代：从制作我的世界开始 LingkongZYL凌空ZYLUrban158k WordsOngoing Yu Shuo transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the gaming scene in this world's Dragon Kingdom is still stuck in the era of Legend, making it a laughingstock around the globe. Watching the game developers run amok, Yu Shuo smiles faintly. Foreigners, get ready to experience the terror of cultural export! And so, after three months of work, his first game... Minecraft! Officially launches! Ding Shi: So this is what a sandbox game is supposed to be?! Ma Teng: I'll give you another te 471Reads8.7Score107Shelves
48. 48 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
49. 49 我 I Developed Call of Duty, and the Nation Classified It as Top Secret 我开发使命召唤，被国家列为机密 A Gaming Fan Who Can't Play Games游戏迷不能玩游戏Urban408k WordsCompleted Su Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game developer. In this world, where gaming technology has already entered the virtual age, he discovers to his astonishment that the game tech tree seems to have gone badly off course! Every game is animated, and there are no virtual reality games! With the help of the System, Su Yi recreates the first realistic game, Call of Duty! Qin Chuan has just finished making the game and is trying it out when an unexpected blind date suddenly shows u 451Reads6.5Score101Shelves
50. 50 星 Honkai: Star Rail: Building an Empire Through Game Development 星铁，从制作游戏开始建立帝国 Galaxy Melody星河旋律Anime Fanfiction438k WordsCompleted A young man is forced to transmigrate to a frozen planet, where he eventually dies of hypothermia. Then a wandering deity finds him and saves him. Perhaps as a bit of divine mischief, the young man is forced to become Stelle, the heroine of the game he has been playing lately. With a System in hand, he starts an arms race in the world of Honkai: Star Rail under the guise of making games. From there, he expands into other universes, with the Star Rail world as his base, and builds a vast empire s 253Reads6.0Score—Shelves

Other lists with Making the Defense of Jinling, Players Charge Forward in Tears