To ascend, I had no choice but to create games

“Wang, you must be tired. Here, let me play the game while you rest.”

“Wang, your gaming skills are poor, your strategies stereotypical, and your actions not sharp enough—leave it to me.”

“Wang, I don’t think it’s very nice to hog the game all to yourself.”

“Wang, did you hear that? If you release the game now, we can still continue to support you.”

“We were wrong to say you had died the other day; we apologize, so can you share the game with us?”

Watching the group affectionately calling him ‘Wang’ one after another, the Wang Say Games who had come back to his senses couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

Humph, humph, humph, humph.

I knew you guys couldn’t hold back!

You were all so happy fabricating news of my death before, and now you’re groveling to play the game.

But I still prefer your defiant attitude from before!

In response to the players’ requests, Wang Say Games took out his usual expression from when he delayed updates, feigning innocence and asked, “What? What are you talking about? The wind is too loud; I can’t hear you.”

“Saying I’m tired? No worries, I’m not tired.”

“What game? I don’t understand; what are you talking about?”

After teasing the audience mercilessly, Wang let out a sigh of relief and felt refreshed, as if the skies had cleared for him.

A real host should be just like this.

Seeing that the timing was almost right and afraid that teasing any further would lead to being lynched by the fans, Wang Say Games prepared to share the game.

But before sharing, he found Fang Cheng and asked, “Living Immortal, can I share the game this time?”

“Not this time; I have other plans.”

“Okay, thanks… Wait, what?”

“I said not this time, just wait a bit.”

“…Can I know why?”

“I want to know the players’ true feelings, so I’m planning to build a website for players to leave comments and interact, then use the game to drive traffic to it. Therefore, don’t share the game for now; we’ll share it after the website is built.”

Wang Say Games wiped away his cold sweat, feeling like he had played his hand too far.

The players in the group had already been stirred up by him, with some even giving tips to ask for the link. If he said now that he couldn’t release the game, losing fans would be the least of his worries—the real danger would be receiving razor blades in the mail.

Several steadfast fans had even met him in real life, knew his address, and were now the most enthusiastic in the group.

If they found out he couldn’t deliver the game, Wang had no idea how he would meet his end.

Taking a deep breath, Wang’s brain started to work at high speed, as if he had returned to the day of his college entrance examination.

That day, with half an hour left in the math test, he realized he hadn’t started on the last page!

His brain had worked just as fast then as it was now.

Once he had thought everything through, he quickly typed a message with coherent structure and clear logic, even impressing himself with his quick-wittedness.

“Immortal, everyone’s enthusiasm has been aroused, and it doesn’t seem nice to keep them waiting. How about this: provide a test version first, so everyone can have a comfortable gameplay experience. Then, when the website is fully operational, you can release the official version. Plus, using a test version makes it easier to drive traffic, and players will have higher expectations for the official release.”

Looking at Wang Say Games’ suggestion, Fang Cheng felt the other party had quite a bit of self-interest, but the overall idea was good.

Plus, after the trial version is released, we can gather feedback from players about it and summarize their feelings about the game; then we can improve and enhance the official version.”

After considering it, Fang Cheng replied, “Ok, but what do you think should be provided in the trial version?”

“Just cut out the magical weapon; let the magical weapon be content for the next version. How does that sound?”

“Good, thanks for your opinion; I’ll send you a trial version.”

Seeing the trial version, reduced by half, sent his way, Wang Say Games calmly expressed his gratitude and then released the trial version.

Seeing a barrage of responses from fans wishing him well, Wang Say Games breathed a sigh of relief.

Once again, his Schrödinger-like luck had worked its magic.

Every time he felt he was about to reach the pinnacle of life, reality would slap him in the face.

But when he thought he was about to be doomed, reality would gently lift him back to the clouds.

The rise and fall of this sensation was truly too terrifying.

After hearing Wang’s opinions, Fang Cheng directly entered the Botanic Garden and found three squirrels nestled together, gnawing at pine cones.

Looking at them, Fang Cheng directly asked, “Do you know how to use computers?”

“I do!” Number One immediately responded, “I’m the team’s technical expert, proficient in more than a dozen computer languages, and I’ve already self-taught all the programming languages you have here, boss. What do you need me to do? Modify your Alipay so that it increases instead of decreases?”

“You even know about Alipay, huh.”

Number One, the snow squirrel, puffed out its chest proudly, patting its little chest and saying, “I’m a quick learner, just not fond of using my brain. After interacting with humans for a while, I can ask anything. Alright, boss, what exactly do you want to do?”

“Help me make a webpage, one that allows people to download programs and leave messages to chat.”

“…that’s it? How about I add a function to guess what Dirty Picture you like, using the big data that humans have leaked? I guarantee an accuracy rate of over seventy percent, and the more you use it, the more accurate it gets.”

“No need, just a single website.”

“Alright then.” Number One sighed in disappointment, “Just send the specific requirements to me.”

After reviewing the requirements Fang Cheng provided, Number One felt even more disappointed.

This functionality, something a squirrel that had just graduated from school could handle, was even simpler for it.

However, this was the first task given to the three temp workers by the boss, and it needed to be done excellently, with as many features and as extensive coverage as possible.

In short, it had to be as cool as possible to repay the boss’s kindness for taking them in and to earn karma points to return home.

After pondering the specifics for a bit, it asked, “So boss, when do you need it by?”

“Within fifteen days.”

“Got it, please come to collect it after fifteen days.”

Based on Fang Cheng’s basic requirements, this website could be done in an hour.

But since the boss had given fifteen days, it was determined to go all out and add unprecedented cool effects to the website!

While Number One was working swiftly, other players also downloaded the demo version.

But after playing it enthusiastically, they came one after another to leave messages, expressing great dissatisfaction with Wang Say Games.

[Wang, I feel like something’s not right with this game, where’s the promised magical weapon system?]

[Where’s my magical weapon? Where are the many, the huge magical weapons?]

[The game with magical weapons is completely different from the one without!]

[Not happy, I’m going to give you a bad review.]

As for these players’ comments, Wang had a simple response.

Just play dead.

Stream as usual, play dead when needed, and if that didn’t work, just laugh it off and continue playing dead.

The players were indignant, but there was nothing they could do but wait for the day the official version would be released.

And at this time, an old friend of Fang Cheng was starting to make a move.

KongKong had not been doing well lately.

King’s Dungeon had finally shut down today, this once highly anticipated dungeon exploration game couldn’t last eight months and met its demise before the new year.

Most of the team members had been transferred to other projects, and the once golden producer now faced his darkest hour.

His studio was left with only a few people conducting a project review, while he sat with Zhang Ping, the president of the Rong City branch office.

After a moment of silence between them, it was Zhang Ping who finally said, “KongKong, one failure isn’t the end…”

“…”

KongKong silently stared into the distance, not saying a word.

“You’re still one of the old-timers here, and your salary is still secure. If it really doesn’t work out, pick a smaller game and try again.”

“…I have an idea.”

“What is it?”

Pulling out his phone, KongKong pointed to a game he found in the product plan that was popular among players recently and said, “I’m planning to copy this game.”

Taking over the phone, Zhang Ping saw the name of the game.

Dark Builder, demo version.