Game Development Novels with No Female Lead!!! Must Be a Good Read 游戏制作一定要无女主！！！要耐看

1. 1 重 Reborn as a Game Developer: I Only Make Original Games 重生做游戏：我只搞原创 Cranes Crying in Unison鹤鹤有鸣Modern Romance500k WordsOngoing (The ratings just opened and will rise later. Female-oriented!) [Male lead with no romance + game development + original games + ensemble slice of life + running a company + game livestreaming + reborn + System + slow-paced] Gu Ming was the despised “dog of a producer” in players’ eyes, and a scapegoat thrown under the bus by his boss. As he lay dying, he looked at the countless pay-to-win schemes he had designed for reskinned games on the screen and suddenly laughed. What the hell, you call thi 65kReads9.1Score8.9k14d adds

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   The game feels original; if it doesn't cause any problems, its rating will be high.

2. 2 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 11.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds

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   This is quite nice.

3. 3 我 I Became the Ghost King by Making Horror Games 我靠制作恐怖游戏当鬼王 Kun Zuo昆左Two Male Leads410k WordsOngoing [Futuristic alternate setting, top, feel-good power fantasy, romance, 1v1] Lin Qixia, a game designer, dies unexpectedly and is whisked away by something called the Ghost King Raising System. He transmigrates to a brand-new world with advanced technology. The System says that as long as Lin Qixia earns enough scare points, it can make him stronger and help him rule the entire universe. That goal is far too grand. Lin Qixia doesn’t really want to do it. The System doesn’t force him. “All right, w 52.8kReads8.9Score8.4k14d adds

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   Although it's a dual male protagonist story, the interactions between the two are quite enjoyable. However, the scary description of the male protagonist still believing he's straight is quite good. I read it around 1 or 2 AM, and at a certain point I got a little scared and went to sleep (partly because my body couldn't keep going). Then I continued reading in the morning. It's currently a baby-themed story. The protagonist has morality in the early stages, but you can also sense that he's somewhat insane inside. Later, after being disturbed repeatedly, he begins to take the system mission seriously.

4. 4 游 Gaming Empire: Starting with an Inherited Gaming Platform 游戏帝国：从继承游戏平台开始 Tomato Version of the Milky Way Hanging Over the Wilds星河垂野番茄版Urban315k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a parallel world, Shen Che becomes the owner of a gaming platform and binds himself to a Game Development System. When major publishers join forces to pressure him, he turns the tables with Plants vs. Zombies and Angry Birds. Just when everyone thinks he has reached his limit, Terraria sparks a sandbox gaming craze. Then Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen launches, driving players around the world wild: this is what a real game looks like! Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, Te 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   One has no female lead, the other only has one [facepalm]

5. 5 变 Transformed into a Beautiful Girl, I Only Spoil Chinese Players 变身美少女，只宠中国玩家 Sweet and Stinky香香臭臭的Urban1.3M WordsCompleted A gender-bender story~ Reborn in 2004. With Mom and Dad sacrificed to the heavens, my powers know no bounds. From the start, Su Yang (Kisaragi Su) inherits a Japanese game company on the verge of bankruptcy. Looking at the piles of PS2 junk and debt-collection notices from the yakuza all over the office, she smiles. The God-Tier System awakens! If you’ve already ruined this account, then I’m taking it over! The Japanese edition is too expensive? The Chinese edition is free? Facing criticism from 1.1kReads8.4Score11814d adds
6. 6 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 86.3kReads9.2Score12.4k14d adds

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   Game production without female protagonist

7. 7 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 32.6kReads8.5Score3.8k14d adds
8. 8 三 Three Kingdoms: Recreating an Age of Chaos on Blue Star 三国：我在蓝星复刻乱世 Trails of Flash闪之轨迹Urban377k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Lin Chen, transmigrates to Blue Star, a world with advanced virtual technology but no historical records. With the help of a System, he sets out to create the ultimate virtual Three Kingdoms game. (This novel draws on a variety of sources, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Records of the Three Kingdoms. The story is for entertainment only and does not strictly follow history. This is not historical fiction, but entertainment fiction. Entertainment fiction. Entertainmen 128Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The newly released game is a virtual Three Kingdoms game.

9. 9 开 DNF From the Start: One Disconnect Leaves the Whole World Fuming! 开局DNF，一句断连全球破防！ Hun Xiaohun魂小魂Sports612k WordsCompleted [Starting with the Level 60 update + nostalgic flashbacks + behind-the-scenes player + immersive VR game + bringing over classic games starting with DNF + growing into a gaming-industry giant] After transmigrating to another world, Lin Qi has barely woken up when he runs into a nasty situation: Goose Factory has sent his ex-girlfriend to acquire his game. Given Lin Qi's personality, he would normally sell the company and the game together. After all, who wouldn't want to take the millions and li 912Reads5.3Score—14d adds

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