Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 1 Emotion Reversal System
In 2022, the dormitory of Imperial University of Science and Technology.

Liu Wei woke up slowly and smelled a unique sour smell in the air, as if sweat was mixed with the smell of hormone explosion.

What's with this familiar smell?

Is there any little brother who is pretending to be coercive with his hands and showing himself to others?

This is a company, so it’s too...exciting.

let me see!

Opening his eyes and looking around, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment.

There were three bunk beds in a narrow space of less than ten square meters. He was lying on the bottom bunk of a bed, and the floor was covered with yellowed toilet paper.

In the spare corner are several desks filled with computers.

Liu Wei sat up from the bed and leaned against the wall. His eyes were full of doubts about life. He blinked and thought quietly for a while.

Then...he became even more confused.

I have passed through!

No, rebirth would be more appropriate...

The turbulent memories came in like a tidal wave, constantly washing over his brain, one wave after another, without giving him any time to breathe.

It is now 2022, which is not much different from the time before time travel.

But Liu Wei's identity has changed dramatically.

Before time travel, Liu Wei was the operations planner of a small game company. Colleagues affectionately called him 'Operation Dog', while players used the more familiar name 'Sm Planner'! '

But now, he is an 18-year-old student at a medium-sized science and technology university in the imperial capital... It's not just about age.

After graduation, I will become a glorious game designer, report 996 blessings all day long, and shine for the society.

"Sure enough, I have a connection with games."

"Wait, game designer? What kind of novel word is this? Why did I subconsciously come up with this word?"

Liu Wei frowned, trying hard to absorb and digest the huge memory in his mind.

Soon, he understood the world he was in.

Blue Star, before a millennium, Blue Star was no different from its home planet.

But after the millennium passed, Blue Star's technological development seemed to be suddenly loaded with Fengling Yueying, cheating and advancing.

The 5G era is coming, AR and VR have officially entered thousands of households.

But it is precisely because of the rapid development of technology that the development of the game industry in this world is relatively abnormal.

The era of Famicom and arcade machines flourished for decades.

As a result, it took just two or three years to directly skip the client games and develop into AR games and VR games in advance, not to mention web games and mobile games.

This has also led to countries in the world taking a positive attitude towards games, and it is even known as the ninth art.

There is no high-risk sudden death profession like programmers in this world. Instead, a 'central platform' is used to create games.

Even an ordinary person can easily create a game using the central platform after simple training and learning.

And this kind of game developer is called a "game designer"

But even if they are also game designers, they still have levels.

From the most senior S, to the lowest D, and to interns who have not yet qualified.

The gap in level is not only a difference in the amount of resources used by the platform, but also a huge gap in social status.

An S-level designer can afford a very large VR game, and can easily make over [-] million monthly profits.

When he thought of this, Liu Wei subconsciously puffed up his chest.

But then, his memory told him... you are just an intern with no rank.

I'm so angry, when will the intern stand up?

"Weier, your food!" A shout interrupted Liu Wei's memory.

Zhao Hao walked in carrying a plastic bag filled with food.

Zhao Hao is Liu Wei's college roommate. He has a gentle and kind personality, a big round face that looks like Maitreya Buddha, and always has a 'hehe' smile.

While putting the green pepper shredded pork rice bowl into Liu Wei's hands, he talked about what he saw and heard in the cafeteria.

There is a boy who lost his earphones and is looking for them.

One senior grabbed a boy carrying a big backpack and cursed him as a pervert... "Weier, it's a pity that you didn't go see it in person." Zhao Hao sighed.

It's okay. I can eat the melon directly in the front row when I confess to the wall later... Liu Wei picked up the spoon, scooped out a spoonful of shredded pork, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.

All I can say is that it is very economical.

"...By the way, I also saw that our college has an outstanding game selection." Zhao Hao turned on the computer and said casually, "It is said that the champion can select D-level designers and outstanding party members."

"The most important thing is that the winner of this event seems to be leading the team to participate in a major event."

"But there's nothing to participate in. I know everything about this kind of activity."

Liu Wei nodded.

The university can be said to be a small society, where you can experience the cruel truth of society in advance.

For example, this time's 'Campus Outstanding Game Selection Activity'.

Although the external banner is the three major mentors, hundreds of students jointly select and vote secretly, and all works do not display the designer's real name, but are replaced by code numbers.

Open and fair!

However, everyone understands the principle of three fair principles.

At this moment, a virtual screen suddenly appeared in front of Liu Wei, with subtitles constantly appearing on it.

[The emotional reversal system is being bound...]

[Host: Liu Wei]

is the system!
A must-have benefit for time travellers.

Liu Wei was ecstatic, rubbed his hands together excitedly, and then looked down.

[Instructions for use: This system will collect other people’s emotions towards the host. 】

[The basic emotion generated by others towards the host is regarded as '1'. If the emotions of others are reversed several times in a short period of time, the collected value will be doubled.

A reversal must be a shift from a positive emotion to a negative emotion, or a negative emotion to a positive emotion.

Positive emotions are: happy, joyful, comfortable, overjoyed, refreshed, sympathetic, etc.

Negative emotions are: loss, anger, depression, panic, sadness, etc.]

[Each person can contribute up to 100 emotional points per day. 】

[...All final interpretation rights belong to the system. 】

[Mood value: 0]

This system is very interesting... After reading it, Liu Wei came to this conclusion.

He had made various preparations, but the instructions given by the system really made him panic.

To put it simply, he needs to let others constantly switch between feeling empty, lonely, and cold, and feeling big, hard, and full, and repeatedly collect the emotions of others.

Liu Wei's eyes flickered, he was silent for a moment, and finally punched hard.

Although the system did not require him to work in a certain industry, he decided to work in the gaming industry first.

After all, this kind of repeated in and out, switching between emptiness and fullness is easy to get beaten...even in a society ruled by law.

If you do this in reality, if you are lucky enough to encounter someone with a gentle personality, you may yell at them twice and turn around and leave.

If you are unlucky and encounter someone with a bad personality and a bad temper, you are likely to become the master and dominate him.

Thinking that this might happen, Liu Wei's Adam's apple slipped and he subconsciously shook his head.

It's too scary, it's too scary!

But there are not so many surprises when making games. Although people often insult the planners on the Internet, and all kinds of comments are unacceptable.

But look at it, which offline event was planned and someone’s head was shot on the spot?
Not all players who spend money are begging for help in planning and strengthening certain characters.

Everyone is a master on the Internet, how can there be so many righteous male guns in reality?

And as long as you hide your identity, how can the player know your true identity?

I'm such a genius!

Liu Wei happily scooped up a spoonful of green pepper pilaf and stuffed it into his mouth.

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The internal submission has passed. I would like to ask for recommendations, collections, and further readings for newbies. Pursuing readings determines the performance of this book...

(End of this chapter)