Almighty Video Game Designer

 Shi Huazhe remained silent. Although Qiu Hengyang was his junior, they were both B-grade video game designers. Moreover, Qiu Hengyang remained active in the cutting edge of research. It wouldn’t look good if they were at each other’s throats.

 Furthermore, Shi Huazhe felt that he had no chance of winning an argument against Qiu Hengyang. Therefore, he chose to swallow his pride and keep his mouth shut.

 1The emcee could also feel that the atmosphere surrounding the judges wasn’t quite right, and quickly diverted attention away from them. “Alright, thanks for the insightful reviews by the three judges. Personally, I don’t think there is a game that pleases everybody. It’s quite normal to have people who dislike your game. There isn’t an objective of good or bad. In the end, the decision still lies in the hands of the audience. Up next is the second recommendation round!”

 Shi Huazhe had calmed down a bit after the mediation by the emcee.

 The audience was once again given the chance to recommend a game in the next round. However, it was obvious that the focus was on FlappyBird and Hunter Island.

 1Chen Mo nodded with a smile. “Of course.”

 Shi Huazhe said, “I think, young man, that your views are indeed unique. The thought process for designing the game was also very different, I’m thoroughly impressed. However, you can’t get by making games just by having great ideas. It may come back to bite you when your ideas are too great.

 1“When making games, it’s best that you stick to the norm without being too fancy. It’s impossible to keep finding opportunities like this. You might be able to do it once, but you can’t keep this up forever.

 4“Let’s use your game for example. I still stand by my words, you haven’t moved the audience or brought them happiness. You triggered their negative emotions in order to keep them playing. It’s something I strongly disapprove of.

 1“Hopefully you can leave the path you’ve strayed onto. Please do not continue on that path just because you’ve won this time. It’ll only do you bad, understood?”

 8After the words had left Shi Huazhe’s mouth, the atmosphere became odd.

 Although in essence it was congratulatory, what was implied was plenty obvious: Chen Mo had achieved this result through a loophole, fooling around, and pure luck. Making another game like this would only lead to a dead end.

Obivously Shi Huazhe hadn’t swallowed the insult from Qiu Hengyang. He couldn’t say that to Qiu Hengyang himself, and obviously accepting that he was wrong was off the table. That’s why he chose to ‘advise’ Chen Mo.

 Shi Hua Zhe knew that confronting Qiu Hengyang had its risks. If Qiu Hengyang got angry and the two of them started quarrelling, there would be no benefit to anyone. However, confronting Chen Mo was risk free. As a video game designer that had just entered the industry, all he could do was nod in agreement, “Thanks for the guidance!”. Any opinions would be kept to themselves.

 1How could Qiu Hengyang have not understood the intent of Shi Huazhe? However, as Shi Huazhe wasn’t targeting Qiu Hengyang himself, he couldn’t retaliate. All he could do was to watch Chen Mo swallow the insult!