Almighty Video Game Designer

On Lin Xue’s screen.

“After failing to defeat the Cult of the Sky Dragon and taking heavy damage, you awake from a months long slumber.

“As you awake, you feel like you’re living in a completely different timeline. The Dragon King defeated the masters of the plains, becoming the leader of the guild.

“You’ve lost all of your ability to fight, rendering you completely useless. Anyone who opposed the evil were either killed or imprisoned, it was everybody for themselves.

“You managed to escape the Dragon King, but your life fell into disarray. You were in poverty with nowhere to go, begging as you wandered, till the end of your life.

There was an image of a skinny beggar curled up at the corner of the wall, with eyes full of discontent.

“What! How? What is this game!”

Questions like “How should I rate Zen Entertainment’s new game, Tale of the Sword” were also at the top of some Q&A sites, with a few answers that have been prepared beforehand receiving almost eight thousand upvotes.

There was also a lot of discussion among players.

“What’s wrong with Zen Entertainment? Why do I see ads for Tale of the Sword even when I’m on the train/”

“They really are spending a lot to get first place!”

“Yao Yu is overlooking the whole process, the story must be decent!”

“I’m even getting ads in my friend group, I’m impressed.”

“Isn’t Chen Mo making one too? What’s his new game? How come I haven’t heard of it?”

“Yeah, didn’t someone say that Chen Mo was also making a Chinese themed standalone game? How come I haven’t seen any ads?”

“It’s not like you don’t know how little Chen Mo likes to spend on advertising.”

“How is he going to compete with Zen Entertainment! Even if it was good, nobody is going to notice!”

“Geez, maybe Chen Mo is confident in his game. But I feel like he’s going to fail this time!”

The players were hypothesising that Zen Entertainment have the first place in the bag after spending so much money. Zen Entertainment had the most experience in Xianxia theme afterall, and knowing the tastes of the judges, it would be very difficult for anyone else to contend.

But before the dust had even settled on this matter, another Weibo started huge waves.

Chen Mo posted, “Have a listen to the theme song for my new game, Wulin Legend titled A Life of Fighting is but a Dream. Of course I wouldn’t tell you Zhou Yifeng sang it.”

There was a link following the Weibo to listen to it.

The players were shocked, what is he playing at? Zhou Yifeng?

That’s a huge star, the best of the best in singing!

The gameplay for Chen Mo’s Wulin Legend had already been leaked. Many of Lin Xue’s viewers have seen the game since Lin Xue had been streaming it for so long.

But how much influence did Lin Xue have? Most of the players have only heard that it was a Wuxia game, having no idea what kind of game Wulin Legend was.

Many thought that Chen Mo would treat this like other video game companies, making a game that would please the Game Committee members and not putting too much effort into it, which was why they haven’t paid attention.

But when this Weibo was released, they realised how much money Chen Mo had invested into this!

The players who thought Chen Mo wouldn’t spend much money on advertising ate their words immediately, if this wasn’t spending big bucks, what was?

Asking Zhou Yifeng to perform was much more expensive than doing ads!

That’s a lot of effort!