I Want to Read About a Protagonist Making Games That Torture the Players, Hehehehe 我想看主角做游戏刀各种玩家的，嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿

1. 1 说 They Promised a Dating Sim, So Why Is Everyone in Tears Over a Desperate Last Stand? 说好恋爱游戏，血战孤城全网泪崩 Green Wind Inkstone Guest青风砚客Urban717k WordsCompleted “Guys, trust me! Chen Jin's Heartstrings 1937 is absolutely the best Republican-era romance game of the year!” Awei, the top streamer in the pure-love (LSP) category with tens of millions of followers, drooled on stream with a VR headset on. “He said there'd be dozens of stunning women with different personalities for me to win over!” “He said I could change outfits with more than a thousand gorgeous qipaos and Western dresses!” “He said reaching max affection would unlock hidden scenes!” But th 3.3kReads6.5Score336Shelves

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   Highly recommended—who could have imagined that a sweet and romantic game that started off would turn into a blood-soaked epic of defending a besieged city! The flames of war shattered romance, and tender feelings were defeated by the fate of a nation besieged. That final line, "Fire at me!" Brought readers across the internet to tears. 😭

2. 2 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

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   These are all pretty good. I've seen them all; the ratings might not be high, but they're not mindless.

3. 3 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
4. 4 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
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 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
7. 7 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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   These books all feature protagonists who are gamers who use swords to kill players [crying]. Seriously, they keep using swords, one after another, until you're completely dumbfounded.

8. 8 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
9. 9 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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   I cried throughout the entire story. It not only hurt the players but also the readers. My tears just kept flowing. [Crying][crying]

10. 10 造 You Embezzled the Bridge-Building Funds, So Why Are You Crying Now That the Kids Are Here? 造桥游戏你贪污，孩子来了你哭啥 Heaven's Chosen Red Dragon天选红中Urban628k WordsCompleted [People’s historical perspective] + [game development] + [lighthearted comedy] + [players driven to despair] Fang Yuan transmigrated to a parallel world and inherited a game company. He awakened the [Emotion Harvesting System]. As long as he made players sad, regretful, emotionally shattered, depressed... he could receive rewards. Thus: Scene One: “This is a bridge-building game? The lower the construction cost, the higher the ranking?” “Take this, my shoddy construction project! The budget is 2 63.6kReads8.2Score6.9kShelves

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    The first novel begins with Poly Bridge. The first 99 levels involve building a bridge with minimal cost. The final level uses holographic technology to immerse the player. Like the previous levels, the player builds a bridge with minimal cost, but encounters a little boy collecting scrap metal at the construction site. The player gradually learns about the boy's family's hardships, and then the boy dies on the player's poorly constructed bridge. Several other games follow, but I won't go into detail. Currently, I'm in Poly Bridge 3, a game about a financial tycoon who insists on keeping Xinghuo Internet Cafe running at a loss. Despite the operational losses, he aims to enable elderly vegetable vendors in rural areas to use rural buses for just a dollar or two, build elevators for schools, and construct bridges on barren mountains. With minor modifications, they could easily turn a profit, but why? What are they upholding? Is building elevators for schools a waste of resources or is there more to it? Besides this, there's also a game about to be released, a recruitment game. Judging from the author's hints, it's likely to be quite dramatic. The second book wasn't as angsty; it was more about building anticipation. Actually, there were quite a few angsty ones, but the one that impressed me the most was "Love Requires Talking to People," the evening glow storyline was excellent (Chapter 154: Sailors, You Can't Just Kiss the Captain!). ("After going into the water, I'll be responsible for stirring up the mud and sand, breathing heavily, and quickly consuming oxygen.") (There, standing quietly, was a person dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow. A black tricorn hat was pulled low, he wore a dark long coat, and a decorative sword hung at his waist. Several braided pigtails hung down his cheeks, he held a prop bottle, and a small compass hung at his waist. This outfit, along with Ning Chang'an's pirate sailor uniform, was a match made in heaven.) (Captain Jack Sparrow remained motionless; clearly, she had just witnessed the entire process of Ning Chang'an rushing towards the Powerpuff Girls.) (Ning Chang'an stood there, his eyes dim. Just as he turned to leave silently, "Click.") A soft thud came from behind, like someone snapping a dry twig. Ning Chang'an stopped and slowly turned around. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled patterns. A young woman stood not far away. A simple white short-sleeved shirt and light-colored jeans radiated youth and vitality that was captivating. But her most distinctive feature was her long, bright red hair, tied high, seemingly burning like flames in the sunlight! She didn't have fox ears, nor did she have that large, ever-swishing tail. The girl stood with her hands behind her back, her head slightly tilted, her bright, mischievous eyes fixed on the completely stunned Ning Chang'an. Time seemed to stand still at that moment. The woman stood with her hands behind her back, her head slightly tilted. The smile on her face gradually overlapped with the image of the girl who had emerged from the fountain in his memory. "Hey." A familiar smile appeared on the girl's lips, her voice crisp and clear, the ending still carrying that hint of laughter that evoked the sea breeze. "Will you still recognize me today?" (Unable to explain, I've extracted a few clips.) It's currently about the end of the world, a race about racing. Overall, it's quite interesting. The framework is very large, mainly connecting various animated worlds and other worlds together. In short, it's quite interesting.

11. 11 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
12. 12 给 Just Leave Bad Reviews. Why Bother Playing Games? 给给差评就行了，还玩啥游戏啊！ Four Jin of Ribs四斤排骨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Game development + original games + lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations] [Short drama now available] Lu Ming transmigrated to a parallel world and took over a bankrupt game studio. By chance, he bound himself to the [Moral Debt System]. Every time he did something “immoral but legal,” he earned rewards based on its impact. So, to get players cursing and turn that into profit, Lu Ming launched a series of outrageous schemes. With his left hand, he rolled out “Pay to breathe after loggi 11.9kReads8.8Score893Shelves

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    [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf] [Game Making + System + Negative Reviews] Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel universe, taking over a bankrupt game company and unexpectedly becoming bound to the [Moral Debt System]. Every "immoral but legal" act he performs accumulates corresponding revenue based on its impact. Therefore, to monetize his anger, Lu Ming begins a series of outrageous maneuvers: on his left hand, he introduces a "pay-to-play" system; on his right, he arranges for "NPCs to beg online, asking for VIP 50 to unlock the main storyline." All these actions are solely for the sake of hearing players rant: "You dog of a game planner!" [Cool][Top Post][Please Follow]

13. 13 开 Making The Eight Hundred from the Start: A Million Viewers in the Livestream Room Moved to Tears 开局制作八佰，直播间百万玩家泪目 Reverse Peanut逆花生Sports362k WordsOngoing (Game development + War of Resistance + anti-war + battlefield + passionate action) Gaming prodigy Qin Li transmigrates to a parallel world and creates a smash-hit game, only for the company to burn its bridges with him. Furious, Qin Li quits and starts making indie games, vowing to wipe away his humiliation! At this time, the Global Game Alliance is holding a competition themed around anti-war. Qin Li decides to base his game on the War of Resistance and create the most realistic war game ever! 276Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Book 1: The protagonist, Lin Yan, designs his own game. The game's prototype is supposedly Nanling, the site of the Nanjing Massacre. Game identities are randomly drawn, and the protagonist also enters the game, drawing the identity of Lu Yan, a medical student. It contains many revolutionary stories and features many other players. The game is streamed live to let other players know about it. The game's platform is "Red." (I'm considering whether to reread it.) Book 2: I haven't read much of it, but I'm currently reading it.

14. 14 让 You Asked for Safety Tips, So I Made Final Destination 让你做安全科普，你开发死神来了 Strong Since Childhood, Hence Xiaoqiang从小就强所以小强Urban1.6M WordsCompleted “Boss Chen, please stop making games! This isn’t safety education, it’s a horror movie!” Chen Ge transmigrates to a parallel world and binds to the Life Safety Education System. To save his company from going under, he decides to develop a hardcore educational game that will make players “never forget what can go wrong in an accident.” And so, Construction Site Simulator bursts onto the scene. At first, players think it’s a boring bricklaying simulator. But five minutes later: “I wasn’t even wea 578Reads7.3Score104Shelves

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    The first part teaches you about life safety in various aspects. Well, it's not particularly special, just a bit grand in scope. After reading it, I felt it might raise my awareness of safety a little. The second part is more about the Red Army's Long March, but not quite. It mainly recalls the Korean War. The third part is about the Red Army's Long March, which is very well written. It mainly focuses on the Chinese revolution and explains the game's setting well. It doesn't focus on the main characters, but mostly on the game content and the characters' actions, telling their stories. The stories with the old sergeant are quite heartwarming and touching on the harsh history of the past.

15. 15 让 You Asked Me to Make a VR Game, and the Ice Sculptor Made the Whole Internet Cry with a Dungeon 让你做VR，冰雕连副本刀哭全网 Lanxi Beneath the Moon月下兰溪Urban254k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, Captain Eagle is all the rage. Young people know only superheroes, not the spirit of China's soldiers? Designer Su Yun strikes back by releasing the VR blockbuster Ice and Snow World. Its shameless slogan reads: “Awesome shooting! Unstoppable mowing down! Become a god with one click!” Jack, a top-tier star streamer worldwide, believes the hype. He eagerly jumps into the game, ready to play Rambo, only to find himself starting with nothing but snow, with every piece of gear s 120Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 国 National Fate Survival: Every Instance Is Lost Chinese Territory 国运求生：全副本皆华夏流失故土 Candy in My Pocket兜兜兜兜里有糖Urban537k WordsCompleted [System Activated: Eye of True History Bound!] The National Destiny Survival game has begun, and players around the world are shivering in the frozen wasteland from the start. While everyone else is fighting over half a moldy loaf of bread, Lin Chen gazes at a scrap of bronze with shining eyes. [Ding! Core civilization coordinates of Huaxia discovered!] [Yongning Temple Stele activated! The Great Xia Restoration percentage for the Youling instance has surged to 41%!] [Huaxia National Destiny rec 209Reads—Score107Shelves
17. 17 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: City Life in a World Full of Flame-Chasers 崩坏：英桀遍地的都市生活 Autumn Heart Painted秋心入画Anime Fanfiction329k WordsCompleted A game called Honkai Impact 3rd, created by Pink Elf Paradise, gradually takes the world by storm. Every story leaves players unable to forget it. Every character stays forever in their hearts. But they gradually realize that all the characters they love are gone... “Live on, Kiana. This is... The Last Lesson...” “Mei, I... don't want to die...” “I'll remember your name, Raiden Mei.” “We'll all become stars, watching over our big sister Mei.” “So, once you're out, work hard, little guinea pig. D 1.1kReads8.9Score110Shelves

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    From then on, no one would hold an umbrella for me in the pouring rain. [Smirk]

18. 18 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
19. 19 在 Creating Honkai Impact 3rd in a World Without Honkai 在没有崩坏的世界创作崩坏三 Fire-Chaser Setting Out启程的逐火者Sports213k WordsOngoing He transmigrates to a parallel urban world where he never encounters anything supernatural, but does meet the Valkyries he once longed to see. Looking at the familiar girls before him, Cheng Ling decides to create Honkai Impact 3rd in this world and tell their stories. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 穿 I Transmigrated into a Demon King, but the Hero Opposite Me Is a Fanatic 穿越成魔王，结果对面勇者是死士 Infinite CPA无限的CPAEastern Fantasy534k WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [Farming]+ [A Steel Torrent]+ [The Stars and the Sea]+ [Sword and Sorcery] [Finally got a rating, qwq] After twenty years since transmigrating, Reiner suddenly becomes the Demon King. He has just united the demon race when humanity summons a hero. The summoning itself would be bad enough, but why did a goddess of the highest rank descend and turn the hero, who was about to go dark, into a loyal death warrior? So now, the Demon King has to face… A Hero armed with all sorts of ch 993Reads6.3Score128Shelves
21. 21 从 Making Genshin Impact: My Wife Is Raiden Ei 从制造原神开始：我老婆是雷电影 Master of Mischief作妖大师Urban505k WordsOngoing [Genshin Impact player welcome! This novel is all about lighthearted fun, with both sweetness and angst. Urban game development, with a hidden storyline adaptation of Genshin Impact] “Xia Country has never made a good game. I dare you to prove me wrong.” At the TGA World Game Awards, a foreign judge sneered arrogantly. For a moment, the Xia Country audience fell completely silent. “Wait.” “Have you ever heard of Mihoyo?” Everyone onstage turned toward the voice. There stood Zhong Wei, dressed i 7Reads7.7Score—Shelves
22. 22 游 Game Design: Making a Million Players Rage from the Start 游戏设计：开局气哭百万玩家 Jie Ge Ge Jie杰了个杰Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Game Development + Invincible Power Fantasy + A Top-Tier Gaming Career] [Sheep a Sheep is only there to earn the first pot of gold, and has nothing to do with the later plot] Ling Xiao transmigrates with a System. In a world where the gaming industry is extremely underdeveloped, Ling Xiao wants to make AAA games too, but his starting resources are limited. From the start, he has no choice but to make Sheep a Sheep. The result: a million players have meltdowns, and Lao Lu becomes its number-one 28.7kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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    Game development that tortures players to tears and involves everyone being killed is actually not difficult at all.

23. 23 我 I Built a Server in Another World, and the Nation Is Finding Players for Me 我建异界服务器，国家帮我找玩家 Feng Xi烽袭Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Dual Transmigration] [The Fourth Calamity] [Report Back to the Nation and Let It Carry You] [No Female Lead] [Farming, Industry, and Development] [Steel Torrent] Qiu Wen accidentally transmigrates to the Desolate God Realm and absorbs its supreme authority. Refining it completely on his own would take a hundred million years. By chance, he discovers that he can use his own Huaxia bloodline as an anchor to return and summon the souls of the Huaxia people to the Desolate God Realm to help him ref 13.4kReads6.6Score1.7kShelves
24. 24 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
25. 25 蓝 Blue Star Online: I’m the Only Player! 蓝星online：我！唯一玩家 A Thousand Cups仟杯Urban383k WordsCompleted [Baby from the start] [Lighthearted power fantasy] [No cheating or cuckolding] [Decisive and ruthless] Zhou Yu transmigrates into a baby and binds to a game System. He becomes the only player on Blue Star Online! [Daily quests refreshed,] [1: The big orange cat in your neighborhood is being ganged up on by three visiting cats. It needs your help!, Reward: +1 attribute point] [2: Your kindergarten sidekick, Jiang Zhixing, wet the bed during nap time and is crying under her blanket. Please help cl 581Reads5.8Score101Shelves
26. 26 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
27. 27 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.

28. 28 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score312.3kShelves
29. 29 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

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    Both of these books are based on historical events and are designed to be played by players.

30. 30 让 You Asked Me to Make a Feel-Good Game, So Why Is This Drug Lord So Real? 让你做爽游，这真实毒枭什么鬼？ Dream Box梦盒子Urban857k WordsOngoing “I hate the game developers.” This is the pinned post in the Thunder Strike Against Drugs player community. Ten thousand likes, twenty thousand replies, and a comment section full of selfies with swollen, tearful eyes. Player A: “They told me it was a thrilling shooter, but after playing for three months, I learned every scientific fact about how drugs ruin your life.” Player B: “They told me the NPCs were just data, but the night our captain sacrificed himself, I hugged my monitor and cried 1.9kReads7.3Score198Shelves

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    Nice!!!

31. 31 说 It Was Supposed to Be an Espionage Game, but It Made the Whole Internet Weep 说好谍战游戏，却让全网泪崩 Fang Two Spoons方二勺Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world where entertainment reigns supreme, Lin Yi finds a world with a missing chapter in its history. No one knows the meaning of faith or sacrifice. People care only about the thrill of killing a thousand enemies with one strike and the power bought with money. So Lin Yi makes a spy game called Infernal Affairs. On launch day, the entire internet mocks its promotional trailer as “the year's tackiest, bar none.” The red-haired Demon Lord Zhang Hao boldly declar 54Reads—Score117Shelves
32. 32 文 Are the Artifacts Crying in the Middle of the Night? Begging Me to Take Them Back to China 文物半夜都在哭？求我带她回华夏 Explosive Little Chili Pepper会爆炸的小辣椒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Relics Weep at Midnight? Please Take Me Back to China Also known as: Global Players, Log In and Bring the Relics Home! [Relics Personified] + [National Treasures] + [Heartwarming] + [A Touch of Superpowers] “Isn’t this just a casual cleaning game?” After transmigrating to a parallel world that had forgotten its history, Gu Qing flew into a rage when he saw his fellow countrymen forget their humiliation and regard plunder as cultural exchange! He turned the bloody history of 4.1kReads8.5Score737Shelves
33. 33 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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    The first novel features a protagonist who transmigrates to a parallel world and creates various games that torment players; the second novel features a system that guides the protagonist to lead the games in the parallel world in a positive direction.

34. 34 第 The Ninth Art? My Indie Game Masterpiece Brings the Whole Internet to Tears 第九艺术？起手独游神作虐哭全网 Colorful Pen Xiao Liu彩笔小六Urban621k WordsOngoing ⚠️ [System Warning]: This work contains an excessive amount of soul-crushing psychological pollution! (Includes Lobotomy Corporation, UT, Hollow Knight, and more, but lesser-known masterpieces like Rain World and Outer Wilds take priority.) (Genshin Impact, Soul Island, Ren, Danganronpa, LOL, Honor of Kings, Valorant, Peacekeeper Elite, NetEase, Tencent, Sheep, Porridge, StarCraft, and more will only appear as villains (?)) ※ Reincarnated into a parallel world, while the industry is still peddli 302Reads6.9Score102Shelves
35. 35 我 I Just Want to Make Games That Players Love 我只想做玩家认可的好游戏 Favorite Zero DegreesFavorite零度Sports266k WordsOngoing [Game development + lighthearted comedy, no heroine] Are reskinned games designed to squeeze players for online purchases flooding the market? Are indie and AAA games struggling to survive? Watch Yang Ze start with Stacklands, use Hollow Knight, Valheim, and Pokemon as stepping stones, then unleash a barrage of AAA masterpieces and show gamers in this world what the Ninth Art is all about! (PS: Just a heads-up, the games featured in this book may be a little obscure. So far, they include Phasmo 91Reads6.7Score—Shelves
36. 36 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
37. 37 游 Game Designer: My Game Shocks the World 游戏设计师：我的游戏震撼全球 Naming Myself f取名fUrban226k WordsOngoing Tags: Game design, System, game plagiarism, technology, cultural export, industry disruption, wish fulfillment, passion, personal growth Synopsis: Lin Mo is a transmigrator whose soul carries the brilliant history of Earth's video games, but he arrives in a parallel world called Blue Star, where the gaming industry is as barren as a desert. Here, a handful of giants monopolize the market, capital reigns supreme, and pay-to-win reskins dominate, while creativity and art are ruthlessly stifled. Ca 82Reads8.2Score—Shelves
38. 38 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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    These are all game-related novels I'm currently reading. Take a look, maybe you'll find something you like!

39. 39 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
40. 40 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
41. 41 游 When the Game Launched, Gamers Cried Themselves Wet 游戏一问世，游戏佬哭得苦茶湿 Mu Tongxiao牧瞳霄Sports2.2M WordsCompleted Blue Star. Because people are under tremendous pressure in their daily lives, gaming has become one of the best ways for many young people to unwind. Sharp-eyed bosses are naturally not about to let this opportunity pass them by. They pour money into game companies and recruit top game designers. Before long, a craze for becoming a “game developer” sweeps society. Anyone who makes a hit game can make a fortune, and the investors behind them can rake in even more. The problem is that people's und 1.9kReads5.5Score102Shelves
42. 42 游 Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity 游戏设计师：我是做游戏，不是做慈善 Ah Kun阿困Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a slightly distorted parallel world. Technology has advanced so quickly that business and the arts have been unable to keep up. As a result, most industries in this world focus on technology at the expense of content. This is especially true of the gaming industry! There are no computer games or mobile games. Every game is VR! There aren’t even any free games! In this world, games are a luxury only the wealthy can afford. “A VR headset costs hundreds of thousands. Does that mean poor peo 3.3kReads8.5Score194Shelves

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    To the Moon, Titanfall, Honkai Impact 3rd - so many knives!

43. 43 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

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    The novels about the "Wangzai NB Knife" player you requested are all very good. I haven't finished reading some of them yet, so you'll have to read them yourself…

44. 44 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

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    ☘️Developing AAA games to save his motion-sensing pod! ☘️ Starting with Titanfall, the phrase "Protocol III: Protect the Pilot" broke the defenses of players worldwide! Designing Sekiro, millions of streamers were in a frenzy of impotence: This designer is a complete bastard, give me back my keyboard! Developing Outlast, millions of players cried out in fear: Gu Yang, that old scoundrel, made Call of Duty, making hundreds of millions of people watch Ghosts fall and cry their eyes out!

45. 45 什 What Do You Mean, a Horror Game? He Calls You Comrade! 什么叫恐怖游戏，他却喊你小同志 If the World Were a Little Less Lonely如果世界少份冷清Urban151k WordsOngoing [Game Development + Lighthearted Comedy + Players Left Depressed + Patriotic Spirit + Retracing the Long March] Luo Yu transmigrates to a parallel world. From the start, he inherits a game company on the verge of bankruptcy and awakens the [Depression System]. As long as he makes players feel depressed, break down, cry, or regret their choices... he'll receive rewards. And so... Scene One: “A horror game? That's it? Where's the ghost? Come out and show yourself!” “There's half a flagpole buried 281Reads—Score209Shelves

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    A patriotic knife [smirk] and it's even a knife added to a horror game.

46. 46 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
47. 47 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
48. 48 第 The Fourth Calamity: You Say Humanity Is Weak in the Interstellar Age? 第四天灾：在星际你说人族势弱？ Yi Pingping一平平Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted In the era of the Interstellar Alliance, countless races have united to fight off the invasion of the insectoid race. Among all the races, humanity is the weakest. As the only human to enter the Lord's Academy, he is assigned a remote, desolate planet. Danger lurks everywhere, and the insectoids could discover and devour him at any moment. Unless he can develop his own people and planet, Wei Yuan will not only fail to graduate, he may not survive. Luckily, transmigration comes with a System. Wei 30.7kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
49. 49 我 All My Chosen Ones Are Fourth Calamity Players 我的神选者全是第四天灾 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Beneath the grand facade of swords and magic lies a world hurtling toward corruption and ruin. After transmigrating to a Western fantasy world for 682 years, Ye Zhi finally got his golden finger: a glowing orb connected to the Blue Star internet! Combined with the divine spark that practically came knocking at his door, it gave birth to a game linking Blue Star with another world. Who says you can’t track someone down through the internet? With nothing more than an exclamation mark and a few gam 28.6kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
50. 50 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

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