You said you would make games by yourself, but how did you become the richest man by doing nothing?

Midnight in Shenzhen, a southern coastal metropolis.

In the study of a luxurious penthouse apartment, a man in his early thirties was leisurely sipping whiskey from a goblet while browsing the new game recommendations on Youyi Workshop.

He was the top editor of China's most well-known and authoritative game media outlet, [Game Teazer], and a highly respected game critic in the industry, known by the pen name "Thomas."

What he was doing now was called 'sweeping the charts'.

Sweeping the charts is a common practice for game media editors in this world: browsing and playing the games on the new game charts and recommendation slots of various platforms to quickly discover potential new games and bizarre flops that could spark discussion, and be the first to publish an article before other game media!

The earlier the article is published, the greater the increase in one's own reputation.

Therefore, it had been Thomas's habit for many years to sweep the new game recommendation slots in the early hours of the morning.

"Hmm? Neko Paradise Adventure? What the hell!"

It wasn't that he was deliberately targeting this game, but the cover featuring a moe catgirl was too eye-catching among a pile of new games focused on PK and competitive gameplay.

He glanced at the game's promotional text:

"In 《Neko Paradise Adventure》, you will explore a world full of surprises and mystery, and embark on an adventure with adorable catgirls!"

"Based on the classic side-scrolling gameplay, this game will take you to experience the unique wasteland paradise culture, feel the charm and ability of catgirls, and unlock the hidden secrets behind the paradise by collecting catgirl partners!"

"Gorgeous and varied skill systems, rich level design and puzzles, test your wisdom and courage... but don't worry too much, there is more than one way to the finish line!"

Thomas chuckled dismissively:

"Heh, here we go again, another self-indulgent product from a newbie who doesn't consider the market environment at all."

He glanced at the comments section and saw a purchasing player raving about it, and he sneered again.

Obviously fake, it looks like a coordinated performance between two insiders.

Every so often, he would encounter this kind of newcomer work that was completely different from the mainstream style.

Years of chart-sweeping experience had already trained him to have discerning eyes, and just by looking at the promotional posters and slogans, he could roughly understand what the game itself was.

There was no way around it, there were too many independent producers with similar sentiments these years.

To put it nicely, they are called having dreams; to put it bluntly, they are called reckless.

What is the market environment now?

With rapid economic development, wealthy bosses naturally want to engage in some spiritual consumption and become superior people in the virtual world. Therefore, the mainstream of the Chinese game market is pay to win, focusing on PK and team battles.

If game companies want to survive in the competitive market, they must make games around this core gameplay.

Those who have the sentiment to make stand-alone games and independent games either close down tragically or transform in accordance with market trends.

What qualifications does a nameless Taoyuan Township Studio have to do this?

Even if you made a pseudo-competitive game of氪金 card collision, it would be considered that you, as a newcomer, know what's what!

Thomas looked arrogant and sipped his whiskey with pleasure.

To be honest, he had just seen a self-indulgent small studio like this not long ago.

It was also Mileyou Company from Jianghai City, with only 4 founders, who made a stand-alone game called 《Collapsed Academy》. As a result, after it was published on the Youyi platform, it didn't even make a splash.

Now those poor college students are still eating fast food downstairs in the park every day.

Heh, anyway, he happened to have a manuscript task on hand, and this Taoyuan Township Studio happened to be in the line of fire!

Of course, in order to avoid wrongly accusing Taoyuan Township, Thomas still spent 5 yuan to purchase the game for a trial.

In the 30th second of entering the game, after encountering the first catgirl and being slapped back to the starting point, he shut down the game with a livid face.

It's a pure rotten game!

In the field of action games in this world, there is a saying of the "Golden Three Levels".

As a result, don't even mention the first three levels, it dissuades players in the first 30 seconds, what's the point of playing!

It seemed that the five yuan thrown away made him even more angry, he opened the background of Game Teazer, frantically tapped the keyboard, and wrote a review manuscript of Neko Paradise in a flamboyant manner—

《Game Production Admonitions: Young People Shouldn't Be Too Self-Indulgent!》

After spending half an hour writing the manuscript, he felt refreshed, took a long breath, and pressed the publish button.

……

1:30 AM.

Dilidili Barrage Website (dilidili).

At this time, the live broadcast room of Wang Fanqie, a game anchor in the game area, was still extremely lively.

Wang Fanqie is a well-known UP master in the Dilidili game area with more than 2 million fans.

The fact that there are still 100,000 viewers in the early hours of the morning is enough to prove his popularity.

But he is in a very bad mood now.

Just now, in a national war live broadcast of 《The World》, Fanqie and his good brothers' guild were defeated by the enemy guild.

A top-quality equipment that took months to build was also dropped on the ground and picked up by someone in the chaos.

The barrage in the live broadcast room was densely packed with comforting messages.

"Forget it, brothers, let's play a new game and change our mood."

Wang Fanqie opened the Weixin official account listlessly, and happened to see Game Teazer push a new article.

Thomas is a highly respected game critic among the UP masters in the game area, and a highly respected figure in the field of game tasting.

He and the top editors from other well-known game media are collectively known as the [Central Plains Five Editors].

"Yo, let me see, what kind of garbage game made Teacher Thomas so angry, brothers, let's get to work!"

The barrage quickly went crazy:

"Play it quickly, can't wait, hahahaha!"

"I'd rather see Teacher Fanqie make a fool of himself."

As a funny UP master in the game area, Wang Fanqie is very good at amplifying the shortcomings of some garbage games through live performances to create comedic effects, which has also become his signature as a UP master.

"Brothers, take a look, Neko Paradise Adventure!

Tsk, this cliché name, it looks like a piece of garbage!

But to be fair, brothers, I still like this white-haired catgirl on the cover.

Look at these fluffy big ears, and the little tail that props up the skirt.

And this petite figure and white silk little fleshy legs... suitable to be my wife.

Ah? I won't say it, brothers, the super administrator warned me..."

The barrage brushed the screen again:

"Hahahahaha!"

"Teacher Wang Fanqie is really awesome, he started the live performance before even entering the game."

He took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and clicked on the game with a serious face.

"My name is John, I am a hamster, but my friends call me 'Hammy'."

"The careless little master left me here, but it doesn't matter, I have already escaped from the cage."

"Hammy, I must go home today!"

Wang Fanqie manipulated the keyboard, and the fat hamster on the screen swayed from side to side, and the round belly rolled back and forth elastically.

"What the hell, brothers, what about the catgirl, what about the cute catgirl on the cover, why am I operating a mouse!

Ah? The super administrator spoke again? It turns out to be a hamster, I'm sorry, I'm ignorant, I apologize to the super administrator lady who raises hamsters."

"Hahahahaha!"

"You have completely offended the super administrator!"

The joyful atmosphere in the live broadcast room soon reached a new climax after 30 seconds.

Wang Fanqie encountered the first catgirl in the game, the pancake catgirl who runs a pancake stall.

Then, he watched helplessly as Hammy was slapped away by the catgirl and fell back to the starting point.