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- 1 From the Start, I Made a Survival Horror Game. Players Worldwide Were Scared Shitless 开局制作逃生，全球玩家吓尿 (Livestreaming + game development + an absurd density of memes) Yu Xian transmigrated to a world with highly advanced technology but a severely underdeveloped game industry. He wanted players around the world to experience the magic of games, and maybe give them a little scare along the way. Resolute, Yu Xian became an indie game developer. His first move was to hit players with a powerful dose of horror by making Outlast. Countless curious players entered the game... They all cried out that Out 17Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 Game Development: Arrested from the Start, the System Finally Works 游戏制作：开局被捕，系统正常了 [Game Development] [Livestream] [Everyday Life] [No Female Lead] [System] Li Ci had been in this world of extremely advanced technology for a year. Like other transmigrators, he'd acquired a System. It just wasn't very helpful... In the year since he arrived in this world, where the game industry was extremely backward, Li Ci had developed several games to complete the System's missions. At long last, today he was arrested. The reason: players overseas were so hopelessly addicted to his games th 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 3 Harvesting Emotions Through Game Development 收割情绪从制作游戏开始 Synopsis: [Everyday life + livestreaming + comedy + no female lead] Ye Chu, a notorious troll who spent too much time stirring up trouble online, earned the achievement “If you're so good, you do it” and activated the Trolls' Path to Redemption System. He transmigrated to a parallel world and began his path to redemption by making games. Mountain, an unparalleled metaphysical masterpiece, gives you a perfect private space and prompts players to reflect on the depths of their souls. Prototype bur —Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Game Development: Designing a Giant Hammer from the Start 游戏制作：开局设计抡大锤 [Game development + wish fulfillment + utterly ruthless] Lin Tong transmigrates to a parallel world, just as the end-of-term design competition is about to begin. He discovers that the games from his old world don’t exist here. From the start, he designs Hammer, Plants vs. Zombies, and Only Men Can Make It to Floor 100, setting off a frenzy with these hit casual games. This designer really has no mercy. At the game innovation competition, he brings out Plants vs. Zombies: Hybrid Edition. Not eno 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Age of Pay-to-Win: I Am the Last Light of Gaming 氪金时代：我！最后的游戏之光 [Worldbuilding fans rejoice] [Auto-battler from the start] [Everyday life and livestreaming in an online game] [The blurb can't do it justice, read the story] “If players will buy shit, why bother cooking?” Cheap cash-grab games are flooding the market. Li Jin, the “Zen Master” of the gaming world, transmigrates to a parallel world and gets his start with [Auto Chess]! One line, “The dragon's right on top of us! How could we lose?” quickly goes viral and kicks off a revolution in the gaming indu 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 6 From Game Development to Global Domination 从游戏制作到制霸全球 Game producer Li Feng obtains the Super Producer System and makes a powerful entrance into the gaming industry of a world where games are far behind. He opens with a guaranteed hit, Elden Ring, shocking the industry and sparking a gaming revolution. A mysterious rich beauty also invests in him. Games are the ninth art, encompassing all things. Li Feng reaches the pinnacle in every artistic field games can draw on, including literature, painting, music, and architecture. Starting with game develo 19Reads5.7Score214d adds
- 7 Chinese Games Are All Trash? I'll Make Genshin Impact 国游都是垃圾？我反手制作原神 [Game Development] + [Genshin Impact] + [University Student Entrepreneurship] He found himself in another world, where a foreign game publisher mocked the Dragon Kingdom for having no good games. Meanwhile, domestic publishers were still making cheap reskins to rake in money, competing to see who could stoop the lowest. Meng Dao waved his hand and launched the Genshin Impact project team! Meng Dao: "Ready to feel the dominance of games from the Dragon Kingdom?" (One female lead) 12Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 8 Game Development: The More Players Curse Me, the Happier I Get! 游戏制作：玩家越骂，我越爽！ Qi Bai transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened the Game Emotion System. As long as he could make people react emotionally, he could earn Emotion Points and use them to get games from the store. Plants vs. Zombies, Minecraft, Delta Force, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring, Fall Guys, Goose Goose Duck, the Grand Theft Auto series, and a host of other games all arrived in this world. And so, a game designer who made everyone laugh as they played was born. “You're a game designer, but you're liv 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 This Game Designer Has Some Tricks Up His Sleeve 这游戏策划有点东西 [Parallel World + System + Game Design] (P.S. The games featured later include League of Legends, PUBG, World of Warcraft, Dungeon Fighter Online, Dragon Nest... There will also be some single-player games going live, so feel free to read on. Updates every day without fail!)] A game that had been flamed to hell and back, with everyone baying for its blood. A programmer who had been on the job for less than a month was promoted overnight to lead designer. On the eve of the game's shutdown, a bran 2Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 10 Game Development: This Heartbreaker Hits Hard, Just Bear With It 游戏制作：这刀子很大，你忍一下 [Original Game + Ultimate Twists + Subverting Expectations + Wits and Nerve] “Look! Our company’s game has hit number one on the sales chart!” A new employee exclaimed excitedly. “Are you new here? This has happened who knows how many times already! With President Xu at the helm, the only thing we need to wonder about is when we’re not number one.” A veteran employee glanced at him and replied coolly. Meanwhile, Xu Zi’an, standing nearby, was on the verge of tears. “I’ve worked so hard to 819Reads5.8Score10114d adds
- 11 Making an Apocalypse Game: Depressing Every Player 制作末世灾变游戏：致郁全体玩家 In a parallel world, technology is advancing at a breakneck pace. VR motion-control technology is improving by the day, yet the gaming industry is practically a desert. Chen Mo transmigrates into this world and awakens the Game Art Creation System. After a falling-out with his company, he leaves to develop games independently. His first game, The Walking Dead, is released. The bond between the players and the little girl leaves countless players in tears. Next comes Minecraft, a game with an inc 30Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 12 Making Resident Evil from the Start, Scaring Players Worldwide Out of Their Wits 开局制作生化危机，全球玩家吓尿 [Game Design + Livestreaming + Everyday Life] Li Yao transmigrated to a world with highly advanced virtual technology, only to discover that its gaming industry was relatively underdeveloped. A burnt-out civil engineering grunt, Li Yao promptly quit his job. Wanting to let gamers in this world experience the magic of video games, Li Yao decided to become a game developer. He kicked things off with a major release, developing Resident Evil. When gamers all over the world hailed Resident Evil as t 1.6kReads6.6Score12314d adds
- 13 Game Design: I'm Here to Torture the Players! 游戏设计：我！虐疯玩家！ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhao Rong discovers that its game industry is far behind. After obtaining the System, he releases a hammer-swinging game from the start. Cute streamer: “This is way too easy! It’s just a little game to help you unwind.” Then, after dozens of attempts, the cute streamer loses it, smashes her mouse, and cries: “Zhao, you shameless old bastard! Try acting like a decent human being for once!!” 109Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Game Development: The Entire Internet Begs Me to Keep a Low Profile 游戏制作：全网求我低调点 [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 2.3kReads7.9Score13114d adds
- 15 I Designed Resident Evil and Terrified Players Worldwide! 我设计生化危机，惊吓全球玩家！ Chen Yufei transmigrated to a parallel world with advanced technology but a struggling, impoverished game industry. Major corporations held a monopoly, while smaller studios reskinned mobile games to swindle players out of their money. Players had suffered at the hands of game publishers for far too long. It was in this near-rotten gaming landscape that Chen Yufei awakened the God-Tier Game Development System. By collecting players’ joy, anger, sadness, and fear, he could unlock all the hit game 162Reads7.6Score3914d adds
- 16 The Game Developer: I Got Players Fired Up by Swinging a Sledgehammer 游戏制作师之从抡大锤引爆玩家 [Also known as: Players Have Lost Their Minds. You’re Only Making Proper Games Now?] Game designer Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world. He plans to rely on his experience to make some great games. But then he awakens a System that rewards him with emotional points whenever someone plays his games. Lu Ming remembers how some games tormented him before he transmigrated. He decides to let the people of this world have some fun too! And so, games like Getting Over It, Cat Mario, and Human: Fal 55Reads8.1Score814d adds
- 17 Becoming a Billionaire Through Game Development 从游戏制作开始成为首富 Lin Ye transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Game Development System. The gaming industry in this world is only just getting started, and Lin Ye seizes his chance! One groundbreaking game after another takes the world by storm. "Hurry and save Crazy Dave! Use peas to protect his backyard!" "You can get rich by chopping trees! Come on, guys, let's kill the Ender Dragon together!" "Log in and get a Dragon-Slaying Saber for free! If you're a brother, come chop me!" "Give me a Fir 477Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 18 Game Development: My Hellish Card Deck Has Driven All the Players Mad 游戏制作：阴间卡组，玩家全疯了 [Updated through the arrival of the Three Egyptian Gods!] Ye Feng transmigrates to Blue Star, where the gaming industry is monotonous and stale, with little innovation, and esports is in decline. That is precisely why anyone who can make a splash now will command an immeasurable share of the attention! The whole world needs an exciting game that can capture the hearts of players. The two biggest gaming companies in the Dragon Kingdom are recruiting talent, ushering in an era of fierce competitio 1.2kReads8.6Score10014d adds
- 19 EN I Forged a Gaming Empire 我创造了游戏帝国 Wang Chuan, a gaming enthusiast, unexpectedly arrived in a parallel world with advanced technology. “What? Games are the ninth art, no less than music or fine art?” And so, starting with the meta-game The Stanley Parable, game developer Wang Chuan brought over all kinds of bizarre games. Years later, he looked back and realized he had founded a gaming empire! 58Reads8.1Score314d adds
- 20 Gaming Tycoon: The Rise of an Empire 游戏大亨：帝国崛起 [Transmigration + System + Infinite Games + Everyday Life] “Minesweeper, Gomoku, Snake… That’s it?” Wang Hao looked at the barren game market in this other world and burst out laughing. There were no epic battlefields like Warcraft, no dark aesthetic like Diablo, and even Solitaire had become a high-difficulty masterpiece! Faced with a gaming industry half a century behind Earth’s, Wang Hao activates the Game Development System. Using Earth as his game library, he floods this blue ocean market w 244Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 21 Taking Over the Gaming World 制霸游戏圈 After unexpectedly obtaining a game development System, Xu Fei, once a mere junior game planner, sets out to dominate the gaming world. This is the story of a game designer’s growth, and a novel about making games. “One day, the games I develop will drive every player in the world wild with obsession!” 149Reads8.5Score1214d adds
- 22 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 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 487Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 23 A Game Designer Starts by Making a Female Streamer Cry 游戏策划从气哭女主播开始 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 1.2kReads8.9Score10114d adds
- 24 The Gaming Age: Starting with the Creation of Minecraft 游戏时代：从制作我的世界开始 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 478Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 25 I'm a Game Designer! I Made Players Worldwide Cry! 我！游戏设计师！虐哭全球玩家！ 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 1.8kReads8.0Score16014d adds
- 26 Game Development: Players All Want to Kill Me 游戏制作：玩家都想刀了我 Zhao Chen transmigrated to Blue Star, a world with a culture similar to Earth's, and acquired a game-making System. The more emotional reactions players gave him, the more he could upgrade his System and create better games. The gaming industry in the Dragon Kingdom was in a slump? No problem. Zhao Chen started with a game called Knowledge Is Power. Streamer Su Qingwei: “A text-based game? Haha, what's fun about this?” A moment later: “What the hell! It just mocked me for being illiterate?” Zhao 2.7kReads8.9Score12314d adds
- 27 Making The Three-Body Problem from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作三体，全球玩家破防 (You can enjoy this even if you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem.) Luo Qing transmigrates into a world with extremely advanced technology, but its “ninth art,” video games, is woefully underdeveloped. An intern at TX, he hopes to show what he can do, but gets fired over his ideas. Luckily, the Game Development System suddenly awakens. His first game is The Three-Body Problem! The moment The Three-Body Problem comes out, the whole world is stunned! Zhou Yi: You need an IQ of at least 250 to pl 26Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 28 Three Kingdoms: Recreating an Age of Chaos on Blue Star 三国：我在蓝星复刻乱世 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
- 29 Game Design: Creating Miyoushe from the Start 游戏设计之开局创建米游社 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 537Reads8.5Score10314d adds
- 30 Gaming Empire: Starting with an Inherited Gaming Platform 游戏帝国：从继承游戏平台开始 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
- 31 Making an Apocalypse Game from the Start, Shocking the Whole World 开局制作末日游戏，震撼全世界 [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 5.2kReads7.8Score33914d adds
- 32 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 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 1.3kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 33 Who Told Him to Make Games?! 谁让他做游戏的！ 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 14.4kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 34 Game Development: The Scheming Designer Makes the Whole Internet Cry 游戏制作：腹黑设计师，虐哭全网 [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 5.3kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 35 Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity 游戏设计师：我是做游戏，不是做慈善 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 3.3kReads8.5Score19514d adds
- 36 My Game Really Isn’t Even a Little Bit Difficult 我的游戏真的亿点都不难 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 7kReads8.8Score44714d adds
- 37 Game Design: Making a Million Players Rage from the Start 游戏设计：开局气哭百万玩家 [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 27.5kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 38 Making Titanfall from the Start: Players Worldwide Lose Their Minds 开局制作泰坦陨落，全球玩家破防 [Game Design + Livestreaming + Everyday Life] Game designer Gu Yang transmigrates to a world with advanced technology but a stagnant, underdeveloped gaming industry. His predecessor had planned to make a fortune in business, investing heavily in the development of a new-generation motion-sensing pod. But a major corporation shut him out, and now he is on the verge of losing everything. Fortunately, the System awakens at the crucial moment! By collecting players' joy, anger, sorrow, and fear, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Game Development: I Founded Mihoyo 游戏制作：我创建了米忽悠 [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 18.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 40 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？ [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 25.7kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 41 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score19614d adds
