Game Development Has No Masterpieces Left. Prove Me Wrong 制作游戏已无神作，不服来辩

1. 1 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 11.3kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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   These are the only few interesting books on game development.

2. 2 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 31.2kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
3. 3 我 My Game Really Isn’t Even a Little Bit Difficult 我的游戏真的亿点都不难 Ten Thousand a Day, Ten Thousand a Month, a Million a Year日万月万年百万Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Xian unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the gaming standards here are shockingly poor. As a veteran game programmer, he absolutely cannot stand for it. “Rebuilding the glory of gaming is our generation’s duty!” Touhou Project, Eternal Tribulation, Fantasy Westward Journey, Jian Wang 3, Wilderness, CSGO, Genshin Impact, Honkai Academy! Wait! Mobile games have no market here? Lin Xian grins. “Then I’ll show you what a cross-platform, interconnected open-world gam 6.9kReads8.8Score380Shelves
4. 4 让 You’re Making a Horror Game, So Why Are You Recreating Senior Year Exam Prep? 让你制作恐怖游戏，你复刻高三备考？ Seven Mangoes七只芒果Urban451k WordsOngoing Xu Jingyi transmigrated to a parallel world where technology had advanced by leaps and bounds, productivity was abundant, and everyone chose to lie flat. At the moment, he was representing Huaxia in a global horror game tournament. This year, Huaxia faced some formidable opponents: The US: Resident Evil, known for its gore and violence Japan: The Ring, known for its eerie suspense South Korea: Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, known for its psychological pressure Just when everyone thought Huaxia would o 191.8kReads8.4Score25.5kShelves

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   I've been looking for ages, why hasn't anyone recommended this book?

5. 5 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 5.7kReads8.9Score347Shelves

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   I recommend reading this book.

6. 6 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Urban803k WordsOngoing [Game Development]+ [Original Games]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [Subverting Expectations] Jiang Bo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a game company on the verge of bankruptcy. He awakens the [Anticipation System]. As long as he keeps players on tenterhooks and gets them excited, he'll earn even more rewards! From then on, Jiang Bo takes a one-way road: he makes games, but only makes half of each one! But do you think he makes shoddy, unfinished games? No! Everything he rele 82.2kReads8.4Score8.6kShelves

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   All three are quite good; the game elements are well-written, and there aren't many real-life plot points that would offend you.

7. 7 星 The Galaxy's Number One Game Designer! 星际第一游戏设计师！ I Sanshui II三水ISci-Fi & Apocalypse389k WordsOngoing [Original Game Development + Multiple Forum Posts and Live Comments] [Female lead, no romance] Zhu Fei, a game designer determined to overcome her physical disability, is forced to transmigrate to an unfamiliar Interstellar world. After escaping the status of an undocumented resident, she still can't find a job because her mental strength is at the bottom of the rankings. She's about to end up as a trash-picking business owner. Luckily, things take a turn. Zhu Fei discovers that Interstellar ent 1.9kReads8.8Score188Shelves
8. 8 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 1.7kReads8.5Score143Shelves
9. 9 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 18.2kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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   How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

10. 10 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
11. 11 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 3kReads8.3Score255Shelves
12. 12 我 Making Games in Genshin Impact 我在原神做游戏 Vegetarian Fox Doesn't Taste Good菜狐不好吃Anime Fanfiction505k WordsCompleted [Genshin Impact Fanfiction] + [Lighthearted] + [Game Copying] Yun Yu arrived in this world and discovered that he had become Yun Jin’s younger brother. “Damn it, I didn’t want to come to this world! My games! I just bought the big monthly pass, damn it!” To create some entertainment for himself, Yun Yu started making games. Hu Tao: “Hurry up and update it! It’s been ages since Angry Birds got an update. I want to beat up Hilichurls!!” Xingqiu: “To the Moon was so moving, my old friend. Do you ha 23Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 13 游 Game Development: From Goose Goose Duck to Global Fame 游戏制作：从鹅鸭杀开始火爆全球 Pirate Ship贼船Urban246k WordsCompleted [Warning! High-intensity thrills ahead. Don’t hide under the covers and giggle in the middle of the night!] Shocking! In a world with mature VR technology, the most popular games are actually VR versions of Bear Country Blocks and Snake Eater. Ye Ren laughed, because he’d kicked his computer tower and ended up in this world. “Your beginner’s gift pack has been delivered: Goose Duck Fool.” From seven-year-old kids to eighty-year-old grandpas, they’d been playing games for decades, but this one le 327Reads6.5Score108Shelves
14. 14 让 I Asked You to Make a Game, and You Made Minecraft? 让你做游戏，你做我的世界？ Years of Silent Tears哭无声岁月Urban247k WordsOngoing [Minecraft + Frustrated Village + System + game design + lighthearted + funny] Yang Luo accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened a God-Tier Game Designer System. The gaming industry in this world was booming, but the quality of game production was quite poor. As a devoted gamer, Yang Luo decided to do something about it! “Contestant Yang Luo, what do you have to say about this competition?” At the Legendary Cup game development contest, Yang Luo smiled calmly and spoke in a cl 1.7kReads8.2Score175Shelves
15. 15 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 5.6kReads8.4Score390Shelves

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    🍁: The protagonist creates miHoYo, starting with Genshin Impact. With its excellent gameplay and touching storyline, it attracts countless players, leaving many heartbroken. 🍁: The protagonist considers himself a healing game developer, but every game he creates makes players weep and send him countless heart-wrenching messages.

16. 16 游 Game Development: From the Start, I Leave Teacher Piao Stunned 游戏制作：开局惊呆嫖老师 Eighteen Cents a Month月入一毛八Urban575k WordsCompleted Su Wei was reborn in a parallel world with the memories of two lifetimes, becoming the leader of the Mihoyo team. Fresh out of college, he and his friends pursued their dreams, going from one investment company to another and getting rejected over and over. Their pitches for funding were met with ridicule! Just as he was at his wit’s end, he awakened the Game Developer System! From the start, he made the hit game Genshin Impact, which took the world by storm! Every new character trailer sent cou 1.8kReads8.9Score106Shelves
17. 17 原 Making Genshin Impact: From the Start, I Get Nahida as the Spokesperson 原神制作：开局邀请纳西妲代言 A Nobody in Web Fiction网文小透明Male-Channel Fanfiction129k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Luo Han becomes the owner of MiHoYo, a company on the verge of bankruptcy. Then, he unexpectedly awakens the Transmigration System, which lets him invite characters from games in his original world to visit. He first tries inviting Nahida to Blue Star, and the idea of making Genshin Impact takes shape. He has Nahida film the character teaser “Happy Birthday” first, making players across the internet cry! Genshin Impact becomes a huge hit, just as expecte 243Reads6.7Score101Shelves
18. 18 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 29.7kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    That seems to be all. I've seen too much, so I only came across these in a short time.

19. 19 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 67.3kReads8.2Score7.1kShelves

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    This is a selection of Tomato game development novels that I've recently been reading or have already finished. Each has its own unique characteristics, and the main characters include both male and female protagonists.

20. 20 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 12.2kReads8.8Score895Shelves

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    The first book talks about games at the beginning and then about building a technologically advanced nation. The second and third books don't completely copy the real-life games; the plots are fast-paced and truly showcase the fun aspects of gaming, which really appeals to me.

21. 21 我 I Conquered the Future World with Over-the-Top Fiction 我靠狗血文学征服未来世界 Zhu Min祝珉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A top-tier author heroine who is rational now and then, but usually unhinged × a male lead who may or may not appear] Top author Zhu Jinzhao unexpectedly transmigrates into her sworn enemy’s hit novel, Interstellar Campus: Who Knows Whom. Unsurprisingly, she becomes the vicious supporting character who shares her name. The timing couldn’t be worse: the story has reached its ending, and she’s been kicked out with nothing to her name. Zhu Jinzhao: Figures. My sworn enemy. :) With no other way to 1.1kReads8.2Score112Shelves
22. 22 在 Making a Fortune Developing Games in the Interstellar Era 在星际做游戏暴富 Glittering Princess闪光皇女Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A multiplayer gaming story. The heroine is Qin Yi, and the hero is Xu Anshi. Qin Yi transmigrates to a futuristic interstellar era and is saddled with an F-grade body and five million in debt. A former gaming streamer, she immediately plans to return to her old line of work. But after searching the entire internet, she can't find a single game that even a total weakling can play. What can she do? Make one herself! A household-name puzzle game opens up the market. When people say she only makes g 3.1kReads9.2Score367Shelves
23. 23 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 8.6kReads8.1Score779Shelves

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    I personally recommend this one; it's already completed. You can quickly skip over the author's descriptions of the game's plot flaws. Personally, I think it's the best isekai (another world) game-themed entertainment novel I've read so far. It's purely about development and entertainment, without any boring plot points like showing off or face-slapping.

24. 24 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 32.6kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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    It's amazing! The author even adapted the game "Watching the Moon" into a story. Highly recommended!

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 15.6kReads7.8Score917Shelves
26. 26 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 2.4kReads8.3Score203Shelves
27. 27 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 13kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
28. 28 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 6.2kReads8.6Score687Shelves
29. 29 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 Romance492k 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 68.9kReads9.1Score9.8kShelves

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    I think this is the best book I've ever read. It's very interesting. The games in it aren't plagiarized; they're original and incorporate elements from reality. It makes me wish the games in it could actually be made into a reality.

30. 30 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 Leads405k 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 54kReads8.9Score8.7kShelves
31. 31 星 Interstellar Revival: After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Set the Whole Universe Ablaze 星际复兴：被退婚后我引爆全宇宙 Three Little Drops of Water三点点点水Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No CP + interstellar + literary plagiarist + System + multiple secret identities + ensemble cast elements + forum-style] She suddenly transmigrates to an interstellar world. Lin Wei is exiled alongside her stepmother, who seized power after a marital betrayal right from the start. Meanwhile, the System bound to her tells her that a cultural rupture will soon bring the interstellar civilization to ruin. On the way into exile, she snatches a raider's assault ship, earning her first fortune in thi 5.4kReads9.1Score648Shelves

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    Highly recommend!!! The game "Upward" is absolutely amazing! ヾ(*Ő౪Ő*) The others are great too.

32. 32 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 292Reads—Score209Shelves

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    I checked it out and the early parts seem pretty good. The author claims to be an author on Qidian with an average of 2000 subscriptions per day, but I don't know if that's true or not. It's a patriotic story, so I might give it a try. [Top Post]

33. 33 说 You Said It Was a Free Game, So Why Are There Top-Up Buttons Everywhere? 说好免费游戏，你满屏充值入口？ Forget-Me-Not Pork Bone Soup忘情排骨汤Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Game development + livestreaming + comedy + ruthless boss + no female lead + pioneering esports tournaments] Chen Feng discovers that games in the world he transmigrated into have gone completely off track. Every game company is competing to improve graphics, while ignoring the core of a game: diverse gameplay. So Chen Feng fires back with Plants vs. Zombies, promoting it as a completely free game. “Twenty-six years later, and you still dare to put out graphics this bad?” “Wait, this game is ki 21.6kReads6.6Score2kShelves

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    You can watch this if you're bored.

34. 34 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 441Reads8.2Score112Shelves

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    These two are truly excellent.

35. 35 游EN Game Development: Taking the World by Storm, Starting with Minecraft 游戏制作：从我的世界风靡全球 Unconventional Art Student不正经美术生Urban614k WordsOngoing [Game Development] [Viral Livestreams] [Nationwide Esports Tournaments] [Reshaping the Game Industry] [Pure Craftsmanship, No AI] [No Female Lead] Su Ye discovers that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where gaming has gone completely off track. VR technology here is cutting-edge, but every game on the market is a boring sightseeing simulator: Bike Simulator, Mountain Climbing Simulator, Jogging Simulator. Everyone believes games are just a way to relax and unwind. Su Ye scoffs. Games wer 230.5kReads8.7Score30.6kShelves

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    This one is pretty good; I just finished reading it, but it's still being serialized.

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 我 My Cheat-Code Life as an Indie Game Developer 我的独游制作开挂人生 Waiting for the East Wind候东风Urban147k WordsOngoing Xu Wenjie wanted no part of a world where the game industry was highly developed but plagued by endless copycats. Everywhere he looked, major studios were churning out FPS and MOBA games that were the same old thing in a new wrapper. The graphics grew more and more polished, while the gameplay grew more and more hollow. He couldn’t even find a roguelike deck-builder to play. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, his memories of a previous life awakened alongside the [Indie Game Master System]. The B 7Reads—Score108Shelves

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    Let me recommend my book; it's my first time writing. I personally dislike tropes where the villain is suddenly out of touch and gets their comeuppance, and this book will avoid that. After researching and reading some books about game development, I found that many protagonists follow a company-based path. However, I actually prefer protagonists like the creators of Stardew Valley who choose to develop games solo, so I started my own book. The female lead is an engine developer but doesn't directly participate in game production, so essentially, it's still the protagonist developing the game alone. While writing this book, I drew inspiration from my own university life to some extent; the protagonist's experiences are based on my imagined version of myself.

38. 38 穿 Making Horror Games in the Interstellar Age 穿到星际做恐怖游戏 Starlit Lanterns群星星灯Modern Romance683k WordsOngoing Lin Jiu transmigrated, with a Fear Collection System thrown in for free. The original owner was a newly adult orphan who still owed thirty-five years of student loans. The total came to just 780,000, give or take. She had studied landscape machinery and green-space maintenance. Lin Jiu: ...Never heard of it. What machinery? What healthcare...? After working grueling shifts for a month, Lin Jiu returned at night to the twenty-square-meter room on the thirty-seventh floor assigned by the gover 6.6kReads7.2Score726Shelves

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    1:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3:⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

39. 39 游 Game Development: Starting with MiSide, I Scared Everyone to Tears 游戏制作：从米塔开始，吓哭众人 Lotus Leaf Immortal荷叶仙人Urban245k WordsOngoing [Game Development] [MiSide] [Livestreaming Memes] [Hilarious] [Even if you haven't played it, feel free to watch!] [Not just making MiSide] Gu Yang transmigrates to a world where the gaming industry is extremely underdeveloped, bringing a System with him. As a newcomer, he decides to make MiSide! "Hmm, how should I position MiSide? Maybe marketing it as a romantic adventure game would be a good start." Gu Yang muses to himself, then throws himself wholeheartedly into development. But when MiSide 266Reads7.1Score—Shelves
40. 40 什 What? My Company Is Full of Genshin Impact Characters 什么？我的公司全是原神角色 The Rabbit Is Very Lazy兔子很懒Anime Fanfiction327k WordsOngoing [Multiple Heroines] [System] [Making Genshin Impact] [Slice of Life] (Important, repeated three times: Scaramouche fans, don't read. Scaramouche fans, don't read. Scaramouche fans, don't read. The Sumeru version doesn't have the Wanderer as a character, so the plot will definitely be changed.) After an accident, Jiang Xia transmigrates into the owner of Mihoyo Studio, just as mobile games are in their early stages in this world. At the same time, Jiang Xia binds to a Game Producer System and obt 40.8kReads8.8Score5.5kShelves
41. 41 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 491Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The number one player after "Starting with Titanfall"

42. 42 我 Screenwriter of a Reviving World 我，编剧，灵气复苏 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Mystery898k WordsOngoing Unkind female lead, no romance, game invasion, spiritual qi revival, mastermind, dungeons, infinite flow, rules-based horror, reborn, secret identities, horror game … Song Mo died at the end of the Song dynasty, then came back to life in a parallel world. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is a blood-soaked corpse: [Low-level material: Landlord's corpse (click to view related material)] [Scriptwriting points: 0] [Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes, 40 seconds] [Write a s 74.8kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves

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    Dungeons and instances are a unique type of game, I suppose. [Thinking]

43. 43 做 Getting Stronger by Making Games? Plants Vs. Zombies Releases from the Start 做游戏变强？开局发布植物大战僵 Bright Starry River燦星河Urban256k WordsOngoing [Game creation + racial conquest] On a planet called Blue Star, everyone can enter the game space at the age of eighteen and create their very first game. They can then publish it through the game space. The game coins earned from selling it are what game creators use to level up. With memories of his past life and help from the System, Ye Xing published Plants vs. Zombies right from the start! What? You're tired of playing it? He'll just make a creative workshop and bring over all kinds of fan- 117Reads5.9Score123Shelves

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    Highly recommend! It's super good!

44. 44 我 I'm a Hairpin Maker, and Everything's Sold Out 我是簪娘，货已卖光 Little Chanshan小禅山Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Some readers have called this book pro-men and anti-women, extremely pro-men and anti-women, severely pro-men and anti-women, and very pro-men and anti-women. If you can't stand that, stop here and don't read it. Some readers have called the female lead brain-dead, extremely brain-dead, severely brain-dead, and clueless about basic life skills. They say she has no sense when spending money or buying things, and that reading this feels like a waste of money. If you can't stand that, don't read it 159Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    These are all good. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

45. 45 全 The Entire Interstellar Community Begs for Updates, Game Designer! 全星际跪求更新，游戏设计师！ Loves Tea Seeds爱吃茶籽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse963k WordsOngoing Reborn as an orphan in the interstellar era, Jiang Zhiyue only wanted to work hard and earn a living. But she was shocked to discover that these people of the future had turned Shang and Zhou bronzes into mechanical airships and covered Tang palace maid dresses with rings of LED lights! Could she let that slide? She promptly started making games, using five thousand years of Chinese civilization to give interstellar aesthetics a serious lesson. Her Primordial World card game had the entire ga 6.1kReads8.0Score636Shelves
46. 46 穿 I, the Greatest Horror Game Developer, Scared the Interstellar World to Tears! 穿到星际：我靠恐游逆袭 Become an Orange Cat做一只橘猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse478k WordsOngoing (Interstellar game + no romance for the female lead + horror games) After mysteriously landing in the interstellar age, Shi Lu became an orphan who scavenged trash on a remote planet. After a full day of scavenging, Shi Lu thought: Let someone else pick through this trash! I want to get rich overnight! Shi Lu rolled up her sleeves, ready to get back to her old line of work. But... what? Because of the constant wars and cultural discontinuity in the interstellar age, the game charts were full o 888Reads8.6Score100Shelves
47. 47 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 118.1kReads9.5Score14.8kShelves

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    Both are pretty good.

48. 48 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—Score325Shelves
49. 49 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 & Apocalypse301k 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 90.8kReads9.2Score13.1kShelves
50. 50 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 25.1kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    This is good, it has jokes and is quite funny, but there's one thing to be careful about: don't watch it secretly at night, otherwise you won't be able to hold back your laughter (♡>🥦<)/♥

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