Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

Author: Moonlit Night

Introduction

2016

miHoYo's "Honkai Impact 3" is poised for release.

Tencent has announced "Azure Wars," and NetEase has officially announced "Onmyoji."

Seasun Games has launched its anime-style mobile game, "Girls Cafe Gun".

Bilibili announced that it has acquired the agency rights for "Fate/Grand Order" and also obtained the copyright for "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

Kuro's "Battlefield Twin Tails" has started testing.

Manju Networks, the developer of Azur Lane, has accelerated the game's development process.

A global wave of anime-style games is about to take shape.

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Back in 2016, Lin Li is determined to steal the spotlight from Girls' Frontline before it goes live, stepping over Yu Zhong's corpse to rush into this world of revelry.

"You ruined my Daiyan in your past life, so in this life I'll make sure you can't even make a game!!"

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This book is also known as "Kill Chong, Let Me Tell You How to Play Games!"

Currently developing the game "Battlefront Girls".

The first chapter is about Gan Yuzhong

Winter, 2015.

China, the Magic City.

Spark Games Studio

7pm.

meeting room.

The incandescent bulb cast a stark white light, making people feel uneasy.

The meeting room was full of people, but there was no sound. A heavy silence filled the air, broken only by the occasional rustling of paper and a soft cough.

This is the scene that Lin Li saw when he entered the conference room.

"Mr. Lin!"

"Brother Lin!"

The suffocating atmosphere finally changed after Lin Li entered the conference room; everyone stood up and greeted him.

He is the boss of the company and also the producer who brought everyone together.

Lin Li's prestige within the company is not bad.

"Everyone, take a seat."

Lin Li nodded, and after sitting down, his eyes seemed a little unfocused.

The familiar yet unfamiliar faces in the office made him feel somewhat unreal.

"Familiar" means that he knows everyone in the office.

The feeling of unfamiliarity stems from the fact that he hasn't seen these people in almost ten years, and he hasn't heard anyone call him Brother Lin for a long time.

Life is like a dream, and dreams are like life.

Anyone would be surprised to wake up and find themselves back in the past, especially if the point in time they return to is just before the moment they made the most regrettable decision of their life.

My mood is different now.

Although he had only been back here for less than two hours, his head was still aching.

I'm not sure if I had an extremely long precognitive dream in the winter of 2015, or if I returned to 2015 from New Year's Day 2024.

Was it a dream, a miracle, or something else...?

But this didn't stop his heart from gradually becoming passionate.

Because everything before his eyes was telling him this.

He really did time travel.

Thinking of this, Lin Li felt tears welling up in his eyes.

He rubbed his face.

He maintained his composure.

Then he spoke.

"Everyone, I'm sorry to take up your time after get off work, but this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

This was Lin Li's first sentence after he sat down.

After sitting down, Lin Li looked around the conference room again, and finally focused his gaze on his left, about two seats to his left.

There was a girl sitting in that spot.

With delicate features, fair skin, and long, jet-black hair cascading over her shoulders, the girl possessed not only striking beauty but also exceptional poise.

"Su Shanshan, please recount the current situation again."

Lin Li, who had traveled back in time, actually had some recollection of why this meeting was being held.

But what is happening now is something that happened almost 10 years ago for him, who returned in 2024.

No matter how vividly you remember something, it will eventually become somewhat blurry.

Su Shanshan was a little surprised when her name was called. As the game's writer, she was usually only responsible for the writing and rarely participated in such meetings.

However, once she was called out, she was actually willing to stand up and say a few words.

"The current situation is not complicated."

"Yang Li, the former head of the art development department, absconded with funds while you, Mr. Lin, were in the capital to discuss investment. His whereabouts are unknown."

"The art outsourcing project he previously led has also been proven to be fraudulent; he embezzled the outsourcing fees. The finance department has reported it to the police, but we haven't received any feedback yet..."

"But in my opinion, now is not the time to pursue Yang Li. What we should be doing is rearranging the development and deployment of the project."

Su Shanshan looked noticeably listless.

Compared to Lin Li, she seemed to have suffered a greater blow from this incident.

After briefly explaining what had happened, she sat down.

Although Su Shanshan offered her advice, she didn't think Lin Li was in the mood to listen.

As a "veteran" who joined the company on its very first day and was also a classmate of Linli University, she has a deep affection for the company, both professionally and personally.

She joined Lin Li's startup team not only because she personally loves anime and manga culture, but also because...

Another reason is that when I was in the anime club in college, I got carried away and suddenly wanted to write some erotic fanfiction of "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend" to practice my writing skills.

Then, while he was writing, Lin Li caught him.

She still remembers the scene.

In the corner of the clubroom, she was writing about Kasumigaoka Utaha teasing the male protagonist with her feet, and just as the main scene was about to begin, she suddenly felt someone behind her.

When she turned around, Lin Li was there with his hands behind his back, smiling at her and praising her writing, saying that she had written the foreplay between the male and female protagonists very well.

From that time on, Lin Li had a handle on Su Shanshan.

Although Lin Li never teased her about it, he invited her to join Spark Games after that incident.

After more than a year of development experience, her relationship with Lin Li is more harmonious than it was in college.

Su Shanshan is putting just as much effort into this project as Lin Li.

However, precisely because of this, Su Shanshan understood better than anyone what Yang Li's absconding with the funds meant for Xinghuo Games, a development team of less than 20 people.

That's not just a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Although Yang Li joined the company and absconded with the funds in just two months, the impact he caused cannot be made up for by time.

The lack of art resources has led to a serious delay in development, which in turn means a postponement of the game's release date.

For a startup, delaying the game's launch by a month can be a huge expense.

In addition, the other party caused nearly a million in losses, which is no small amount for their company. She wouldn't be surprised if the company were to dissolve.

Su Shanshan herself felt quite upset about this situation.

It's already quite remarkable that Lin Li can remain calm like this.

It would be asking too much of him to immediately pull himself together and redeploy the development plan.

However, what no one expected was...

Lin Li actually nodded after hearing Su Shanshan's words.

"Let's leave Yang Li's matter to the police. Shanshan is right, the development work can't stop."

Lin Li's voice was steady, clear, and firm.

The people in the meeting room looked at each other in surprise. Although no one spoke, the surprise was clearly visible in the eyes of the others.

Before attending this meeting, they had considered that Lin Li might be angry, furious, disappointed, or emotionally broken down.

However, even the most optimistic person...

No one expected Lin Li to be so calm and composed.

Is this the composure of those who achieve great things, remaining unfazed even when Mount Tai collapses before them?

In Su Shanshan's surprise, besides these things, there was also a hint of strangeness.

Why are you calling me all of a sudden, Shanshan?

Something feels off, but... it seems...

Lin Li never expected that his casual remark about a habit from the future would disrupt Su Shanshan's thoughts.

Compared to those things, the current matter is clearly more important.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm also very angry about this, but I had already calmed down by the time I came here."

After saying this, Lin Li slapped the table.

"Now let's refocus our energy on the project."

The reason why Lin Li was so calm was actually quite simple.

Even the most infuriating things will fade with time.

Moreover, having memories of the future, he knew very well that...

Anger changes nothing.

In his previous life, Lin Li suffered a crisis of trust with everyone in the company because of this incident.

There was widespread anxiety within the company.

Development stalled, and at this point in the game's development, the company didn't have much money left in its accounts.

Therefore, not long after this incident, Lin Li made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life.

The "future" version of himself directly sold the company to a competitor.

Spark Games was thus dissolved.

Lin Li, whose business failed, returned to his hometown from Shanghai to help his father run a noodle shop in Chongqing.

For the next few years, apart from occasionally playing mobile games, I basically never touched the gaming industry again.

Although he appeared quite nonchalant when talking about this experience with others.

But only he himself knows clearly.