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- 101 I Developed Call of Duty, and the Nation Classified It as Top Secret 我开发使命召唤，被国家列为机密 Su Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game developer. In this world, where gaming technology has already entered the virtual age, he discovers to his astonishment that the game tech tree seems to have gone badly off course! Every game is animated, and there are no virtual reality games! With the help of the System, Su Yi recreates the first realistic game, Call of Duty! Qin Chuan has just finished making the game and is trying it out when an unexpected blind date suddenly shows u 451Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 102 I Just Make Some Wild Games, So Why Is Everyone in the Industry Changing Careers? 我就做点劲爆游戏同行为啥全改行 The earlier chapters have been completely revised, starting from Chapter 106! After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ji Can discovers that it has no entertainment products like video games or films! With a god-tier game design System, Ji Can grins. Honor of Kings, League of Legends, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, DNF, World of Warcraft, CrossFire, even Ultraman... All the games, movies, and anime from his past life are transformed into groundbreaking virtual games! One night, after a certain 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 103 Her Game Took the Entire Galaxy by Storm 她做的游戏爆火全星际 (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 398Reads8.2Score11214d adds
- 104 The Gaming King of Another World 异世界的游戏大王 After the Truck-kun hero runs him over, Lin Tian arrives in another world with a defective System. He starts out as a tailor, and then... “When is the Alliance opening a new continent?” “Dude, you’ve collected everything on Locke Continent?” “Offering a huge reward for a pink Sprout on Seer Continent!!!” Things are taking a weird turn. Some of the numbers in the early chapters were unusually high due to the author’s original setup. They’ve since been adjusted. This novel is also known as “Patchi 44Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 105 Who Called This Thing an Indie Game Studio!? 谁把这玩意叫独立游戏工作室！？ Lin Zhi was on the verge of financial freedom when a System came out of nowhere and broke his back. Well, there was no way he was going back to work. His only option was to make games and reach his goal of living a carefree retirement by the age of thirty-five. When Zhiyue released its first game, nobody thought much of it. One-hit-wonder designers were a dime a dozen. But when they followed it up with Terraria, Subnautica, and Hollow Knight, the indie game scene began sounding the bells for a n 3.1kReads7.0Score25314d adds
- 106 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
- 107 From the Start, I Played Sheep a Sheep and Tormented Dai Xiaomei 开局羊了个羊，折磨呆小妹 [Game Design + Livestreaming + Slice of Life + No Romance] [Titanfall], [Only Up], [Sekiro], [Battlefield], [Call of Duty] And even a 3D version of [Undertale] Luo Qing transmigrates to a world with advanced technology but a poor, stagnant gaming industry. Unexpectedly, the System binds him to a game-development system. When he creates "Sheep a Sheep", players around the world lose their minds! System: [Ding! Rage meter full. Unlocked: next-generation full-body motion simulation pod!] And so, th 52Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 They Won’t Let Me Release an Anime? Then I’ll Turn It Into a Game 动漫不给发布？那就改成游戏 [Livestream] + [Game Development] + [Anime] + [Business] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Lu An transmigrates with the strongest anime System, only to discover that he’s ended up in a world where anime can’t even be released. With no other choice, he returns to his old line of work and turns anime into games. Demon Slayer “Nezuko, my Nezuko! How can you be this cute?!” “Form a party to farm the Twelve Kizuki. Loot will be distributed by the system. Flame Breathing and Thunder Breathing players with h 778Reads6.8Score11814d adds
- 110 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
- 111 A Hundred Billion Games in My Library from the Start 开局我有百亿游戏库 Game designer Xiao Yu is reborn as a rich second-generation heir, with a fortune worth tens of billions waiting for him from the start. As a rising star, Xiao Yu is determined to become the emperor of the entertainment industry! He will develop Honor of Kings, League of Legends, and Counter-Strike himself. He will revive the dream of reaching three hundred million mouse users and build his own entertainment empire! His life can be summed up in just eight words: Mine! Mine! It's all mine! 574Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 112 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
- 113 I Developed a Supernatural Horror Game, and Streamers Around the World Are Hunting Me Down 我开发灵异游戏，被全球主播追杀 Transmigrating to a parallel world, Shao Xuan gets a golden finger that lets him develop games. In this world, technology is highly advanced, but the gaming industry is barren. He sets out to build the ultimate gaming paradise. He starts with the Uncle Nine movie series. Zombies. Ghosts. All kinds of folk customs and supernatural tales, you name it. At first, everyone thinks it's just an ordinary full-immersion game. But then, they learn ghost-hunting skills in the game, and it turns out they ca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Tencent Makes Battlefield? Players Worldwide Beg for Updates 企鹅制作战地？全球玩家哭求更新 [Current Game: Phasmophobia] [+No Harem + Starts Out as the Boss of Penguin Games + Games with Unexpected Twists + The Original World and a Less Developed World Appear Together + A Five-Star Review Gets You the Author's Grateful Bow (The kind of review everyone can see!)] [Warning: This book's author is the most unhinged artist on Tomato Novel. Brace yourself.] [Quick guide: Chapters 1–62 cover Battlefield, 63–89 cover Genshin Impact (if you don't like Genshin Impact, you can skip ahead; read Ba 206Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 115 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
- 116 Game Development: I Started at the Theme Park and Scared Everyone to Tears 游戏制作：从乐园开始吓哭所有人 Song Yuqing transmigrates to a parallel world, only to find herself facing a zombie outbreak from the start. She screams in terror. But after exploring for a while, everything before her suddenly goes blank. A great force strikes her on the head: it's her instructor! The teacher reassures her that she has real talent, but needs to overcome her fear. Then comes the final project... Player 1: “Aaaaaah! I'll never go to an amusement park again!” Player 2: “Help! I swear that clown just looked lik 196Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 117 God-Tier Sign-In: Master Game Designer 神级签到之游戏设计大师 He has a god-tier sign-in System. You say there aren't any good games? First, let me feed you a couple of doses of poisonous milk powder, then I'll hand over a Dragon's Legend. Hearthstone golden cards, all free. What? Still not satisfied? Tch, this is only the beginning... 131Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 118 Making Black Myth from the Start, the Whole Nation of China Breaks Down in Tears 开局制作黑神话，华夏全体泪崩 Su Long transmigrates and discovers that China's gaming industry is hopelessly underdeveloped. People can only play foreign AAA games, and cultural invasion is rampant. So much so that people know the kings and queens of the West, but not the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of China; they know the gods of the West, but not the deities of China. How can this be allowed! Su Long slams the table and resolutely embarks on a career in game development. China has five thousand years of history, wit 32Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 Transmigrated to the Stars to Make Horror Games 穿到星际做恐怖游戏 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 6.6kReads7.2Score71214d adds
- 121 I Got Rich by Making Money Off Bratty Kids 我靠赚熊孩子的钱暴富了 Yu Chi, an animated-film director, transmigrates. To save his family's factory, he starts selling Little Bear instant noodles, each pack including a card of one of a hundred generals! On a whim, he makes an animated film, and his beautiful manager suddenly tells him, “Boss! Toy factories are practically crying and begging to work with us!” That's when he realizes that in a world with little animation and no pirated copies, making cartoons and selling toys is incredibly profitable! Yu Chi sets hi 141Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Game Development: Starting with Hogwarts Legacy 游戏制作：从霍格沃茨之遗开始 Su Chen transmigrated to Blue Star, only to discover that this was a world barren of games. Despite having advanced VR technology, players could only play lousy games designed to fleece them. Ding! The Game Creation System has awakened. First, let the Harry Potter fans of this world experience the shock of a little AAA gaming masterpiece! The VR version of Hogwarts Legacy went on sale, letting players enter the game as fifth-year transfer students. Harry Potter fans around the world were moved t 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Livestreaming the Development of Resident Evil, I Terrified the Entire Galaxy 直播开发生化危机，我吓哭全星际 [Power fantasy + livestreaming + lighthearted + games first, business on the side + plenty of female characters, but no mindless harem collecting] [PS: Resident Evil launches during the finals] What does it feel like to wake up saddled with tens of millions in debt, competing in a livestreamed contest where elimination means going to prison? Jiang Yan: “How about you just let me die again?” This is a futuristic world where high technology has taken over daily life, and numb people rely on immer 4Reads7.2Score214d adds
- 124 I Really Don’t Know How to Make Games 我真的不会做游戏 [Games currently in development: Plants vs. Zombies, Kingdom Rush, Arknights, Carrot Fantasy, Risk of Rain, text-based games, Gold Miner, Ski Safari, Jump King, Pokemon, Human: Fall Flat, Minecraft, Onmyoji, Gorogoa] [No System] + [No heroine] + [Brotherhood] [Also known as “How I Boasted Twice and My Roommate Forced Me to Build a Gaming Empire”] “Believe me, I really don’t know how to make games. I only made them because I’d bragged twice before, and somehow I ended up becoming number one in th 2Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 125 Making Anime from the Start: Saving Chinese ACG Culture 开局制作动漫：拯救华夏二次元 Demon Slayer, Your Name, Attack on Titan, Weathering with You, Suzume, Violet Evergarden, Chinese animation: Super God Academy, The Outcast, Armor Hero... "There's no way I'm making animation. Not in this lifetime." "Making animation is awesome!" [No System] [One Female Lead] The animation industry in Huaxia is very underdeveloped in this world. With his own efforts, Su Fan sets the country's entire anime industry in motion! This is the story of a group of people with dreams, making animation, g —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 126 You Were Asked to Make a Survival Game, So Why Did You Make Minecraft? 让你做生存游戏，你做我的世界？ [Urban setting + lighthearted comedy + wish fulfillment + no System] When he opened his eyes, Qiu Feng discovered that he had transmigrated, and was taking part in a game development competition. In this world, game development was extremely underdeveloped, yet the gaming industry was booming. None of the classic games or AAA titles from his previous life existed here. Contestants had to create games based on the given theme. When the organizers announced the theme, “Survival,” while everyone el 9Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 127 The Game Designer's Path Begins with DNF 从DNF开始游戏策划之路 Reborn in a new life, he ought to make a contribution to this new world, or else his status as someone reborn would be for nothing. Lin Yu is reborn in a new world with a severely underdeveloped entertainment industry. See how he makes the games from Earth that people both love and hate shine in this new world! 368Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 128 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
- 129 Titanfall Launches from the Start, Leaving Gamers Worldwide in Tears 开局首发泰坦陨落，全球玩家泪奔 [Urban] [Livestream] [Game Development] [Everyday Life] Former game designer Cao Yao woke up one day and transmigrated to a world where art and technology had reached unprecedented heights, but the gaming industry was in decline. After getting kicked out by his company and falling three months behind on rent, Cao Yao made a game so incredible it shook the world! By continually earning reputation points, he gained all kinds of rare items and developed top-tier AAA masterpieces from his previous l 421Reads7.9Score15614d adds
- 130 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 503Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 131 I Woke Up as a Game Designer in the Interstellar Age 一觉醒来，我在星际当游戏设计师 [No male lead + game development] A burned-out 996 office worker transmigrated to the advanced interstellar age. Faced with a barren and backward gaming market, Gu Nian, a game enthusiast, decided to take matters into her own hands! Her first game, Plants vs. Zombies, received a good response. Next came PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds... which became a smash hit. So, in an interstellar world full of combat games, Gu Nian went against the grain and released a romance game... Interstellar players: “ 177Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 132 Entertainment System: Rising to Fame Across the Stars with Onmyoji 文娱系统：从阴阳师开始火遍星际 [No Romance] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Face-Slapping] [Steady Progression] [Literary Giant] [Producer] [Content Creator] Good news: I transmigrated and immediately became a rich second-generation heir! Bad news: The company is on the verge of bankruptcy! No need to panic. Su Xingyue has a golden finger: the All-Around Entertainment System. So Su Xingyue brought out a card game the people of this other world had never seen before!!! She showed them what card games are all about: “Luck won't save 133Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Game Designer: Shocking Rival Studios from the Start 游戏设计师：开局震惊友商 Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and is astonished to discover that it’s full of pay-to-win scams and trash games. So Lu Ming decides to use the high-quality games he makes to give his rival companies a good slap in the face. Bigwig from Goose Factory: Lu Ming doesn’t understand games. I know all about getting players to spend! Bigwig from Pig Factory: Free is best! As games like Temple Run, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and Black Myth: Wukong roll out, each one launches at its peak. L 48Reads6.6Score214d adds
- 134 Developing Silent Hill, Scaring Players Around the World to Tears 开发恐怖寂静岭，吓哭全球玩家 Chen Mu transmigrates to a world where the game industry is woefully underdeveloped, but VR technology is highly advanced. His life is at its lowest point: a traitor on the team stole and sold the game he developed with his friends to Penguin, then used it to become Penguin's chief game designer! The traitor even calls to gloat, putting on a fake show of inviting the protagonist to work for him! Luckily, his System awakens. Chen Mu gives this world a real shock by developing Silent Hill PT! His 19Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 The Ultimate Game Designer: Making Cat Mario from the Start 最强游戏设计师：开局制作猫里奥 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 957Reads6.8Score4614d adds
- 137 You Asked Me to Make a Feel-Good Game, So Why Am I Making the Whole World Miserable? 让你做治愈游戏，你怎么致郁全球 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Chen Mo gets the [Emotional Demon King System]. He grows stronger whenever he drives players to emotional breakdowns! And so, the world's players come to love and hate a "devilish game designer." When a reporter interviews him, Chen Mo answers with complete sincerity: "The games I make are genuinely therapeutic. They're meant to help everyone relax." Players across the internet stare at their smashed keyboards and tear-soaked tissues, then curse him out: 1.2kReads7.1Score11514d adds
- 138 You Were Supposed to Develop a Web Game, So Why Are You Messing Around? 说好的开发网页游戏乱搞什么 [An urban slice-of-life romance centered on game development] [Everyday life + slow burn + romance + gaming + two heroines + realistic + no mindless antics] Lin Ke, a full-stack engineer, is unexpectedly reborn and makes a name for himself overnight with a browser mini-game and a series of unconventional moves. After breaking through the encirclement laid by major game companies like Penguin, he builds a new gaming empire. 399Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 139 I Create Plants Vs. Zombies from the Start, Igniting a Gaming Craze 开局制作植物僵尸，掀起游戏狂潮 [Transmigration]+ [System]+ [Livestream]+ [Lighthearted] [My name is Loren, and I’m a game designer, but I’m also a hardcore ACGN fan. I worked at a certain company, and one day I overworked myself while putting in overtime and passed out. Unfortunately, I fell onto the Hatsune Miku figure I loved to fiddle with, and… my beloved figure pierced my heart.] Just when Loren thought he was dead, he was astonished to discover that he had transmigrated! What’s more, he found that this parallel world, a 142Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 140 I Play Horror Infinite-Flow Games Among the Stars 我在星际做恐怖无限流 [Creation + concealing her secret identity + everyone’s favorite + horror games] Shocking!!!! The author of that horror game that’s taken the entire interstellar community by storm is actually an adorable little girl?!! When netizens dug up someone’s secret identity, they were stunned: I never would have guessed it was a girl. Hua Sheng: Hehe~ One day, everyone discovered that this little girl was also the most renowned spiritualist in the interstellar community. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 They Said It Was an Ordinary Labyrinth, So Why Is There a Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum? 说好普通迷宫，秦始皇陵什么鬼？ [Pure exhilaration + Chinese civilization + gaming + livestreaming] This is a parallel world where virtual gaming has reached its peak. All kinds of games are flourishing, with exploration and dungeon games the most popular of all! Countries around the world are racing to develop dungeon games infused with their own history and culture, hoping to win the next global gaming championship! The winning country's game will be promoted worldwide, greatly boosting the influence of its culture. Though X 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Transmigrated as a National Treasure, I Make Games Across the Stars 穿成国宝在星际做游戏 [Mainly focused on building a career: making games at first, maybe anime later. A sweet story with no angst.] Xu Nian was a lazy shut-in in the 21st century, living off the rent from property her parents had left her and spending every day gaming. After staying up all night for three days straight, she died suddenly and transmigrated to the Interstellar era! The formerly orphaned Xu Nian became a princess of the Interstellar royal family, with a whole extended family of relatives! And it turned 10Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 143 Gaming Empire: Driving Players Crazy from the Start 游戏帝国：从逼疯玩家开始 Zhang Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game designer. He also activates the “Game Design System.” The more popular the games he makes, the stronger he becomes! Faced with this world’s easygoing, wholesome gaming culture, Zhang Yi releases a mini-game called Cat Mario right from the start. And then... “Zhang, you bastard! Are you even human? How could you design this goddamn game?!” “If I ever play one of your games again, I’m a dog!” “What a cheerful young man!” Then, to let pl 41Reads5.1Score114d adds
- 144 I’m Already the King of Singers, So What’s Wrong With Founding Mihoyo? 我都歌王了，创建米忽悠怎么了 [Game Development]+ [System]+ [Single or No Heroine]+ [Livestream]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Unique Perspective] (Currently: Honkai: Star Rail) Zhou Wei transmigrated to a world with a barren entertainment scene. He copied some soul-crushing songs to torment listeners, only to sweep the major charts and awards and become the newest king of depressing songs. Just as he was starting to get bored, a game library System suddenly loaded, allowing him to redeem games from his previous life. Since he was here 129Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 145 Cyberpunk from the Start: I Made an Anime That Made Players Weep 开局赛博朋克，先出动漫刀哭玩家 [Live Streaming + Game Development + Lighthearted] Hey, friends! Welcome to Afterlife Games. Our boss, Shen Qing, is quite a character. The industry calls him the “God of Games” and the “King of the Ninth Art.” Let me think, what else... Oh, right! The players call him the “Master of the World.” Ridiculous, isn't it? To us Afterlife employees, he's nothing but a devil! A devil who toys with people's hearts! And he's especially good at making you cry. What else do you want to know? How it all beg 3Reads—Score314d adds
- 146 You Asked Me to Make a Game, So What's with This Summit War? 让你做游戏，顶上战争什么鬼？ [Game Development + Entrepreneurship + Manga Adaptations + Passionate Action + One Piece from the start] Ye Chen transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star and finds himself the owner of a small game startup. He’s competing in a game development contest called Passionate Games, but the game he poured his heart and soul into has been stolen by his good buddy! When Ye Chen finds out, he feels like the sky is falling! Luckily, he soon discovers that this world’s anime and manga industry is 12Reads8.2Score414d adds
- 147 I Just Didn’t Want to Work Overtime, So How Did I Become the Richest Man? 我只是不想加班，怎么成首富了？ [System + Rejecting the Rat Race + Gaming + Livestreaming + Novels + Technology + Weapons + No Female Lead] So 996 is supposed to be a blessing? After dying suddenly from working overtime, a programmer is reborn on Blue Star and bound to the Reject-996 System, only to be stumped by the beginner's task. Is it really that hard to find a job with an eight-hour workday? What? You work 11116? Got it: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., six days a week. We're not a good fit. What? You have flexible attendance? Got it 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 In This High-Tech Age, the Gaming World Somehow Depends on Me 高科技发达的时代游戏圈竟靠我 [Game Designer Protagonist] [No Female Lead] In his previous life, Qin Xiao was an author who wrote ten thousand characters a day, until he finally died of overwork beside his computer. In the blink of an eye, he found himself in the body of a handsome programmer, lying in a shabby room with nothing but a junk computer in front of him. Luckily, heaven rewards those who write ten thousand characters a day: Qin Xiao also received the essential transmigrator's “Game Design System.” He soon discove 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Making Genshin Impact: My Wife Is Raiden Ei 从制造原神开始：我老婆是雷电影 [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 8Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 150 Game Design: Players Keep Telling Me to Change Careers 游戏设计：玩家都劝我改行 Movie buffs: Your game trailers are good enough to win an Oscar! Hurry up and make a movie! Music fans: Your game theme songs top every chart and keep winning awards! When are you writing a new song? Book fans: The novel based on your game won the Mao Dun Literature Prize! If you don’t update this month, I’m sending you a box of blades! Players: Your game’s architectural design won an iF Design Award! I suggest you change careers. You’d be better at anything than making games! Ye Hao: I real 23Reads6.7Score—14d adds
