Chapter 43: Universal Melody
Seeking immortality, slipping into madness.
William’s left ear heard heavenly palace music from the clouds, while his right was blasted by death metal straight out of hell.
A musical staff floated above his head, splitting the world in two like fire and water.
This was… all the world’s beauties… dying here would be worth it!
Dig...
2025-08-11 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75: Game Convention
“Come in.”
After hearing his reply, the office door opened. Lin Rou, the assistant they had recently hired, walked in holding a document.
“Boss Lucas, we just got an invitation to the Gameplay Convention. They’re asking if we’d like to take part this year. This is the venue layout for the gameplay section.” Lisa handed Lucas a map of the...
2025-08-11 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: [All-Knowing Guide (Character Edition)]
“One hundred million!”
Cynthia had been holding it in for a while. When the number on the screen finally started with “100,” she threw her hands up and shouted.
[Piano Tiles has reached 100 million downloads! Milestone unlocked!]
[Milestone Reward: “Universal Harmony”]
[Unlocked Path to Growth — Mile...
2025-08-11 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: Internal Software
Early in the morning, the car dealer called to say the new car had arrived and could be delivered to the company at any time.
It was still early, so William asked them to deliver it to the gate of his apartment complex instead—he could drive it to work afterwards.
He called Cynthia to get up for breakfast. Aunt Oliver usually wakes up a little a...
2025-08-11 18:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74: Workshop Update & Multiplayer
Over the past week, Lucas had a few meetings with NetDragon and SkyNova.
To sum it up in one word: dragging it out.
The other side showed interest in buying Nebula Games.
He had a talk with their representative to go over the details of the potential deal.
Judging from their offer and the terms they gave,
Lucas ha...
2025-08-11 18:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: The Secret to Efficiency
In the afternoon, Claire got back to William, saying she was willing to give it a try.
He asked her to quit her job and come to the company to sign the contract, while he continued development on the third project line.
By evening, he had finished the core logic code for “Happy Match”—how to perform eliminations, the changes after eli...
2025-08-11 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: She’s Got Her Eye on You
After staying up late, he made fourteen different types of models to be used as assets for Happy Match Mania.
But one thing felt a bit strange to William. Unlike the usual nights he stayed up working, tonight he didn’t get a money transfer notification. For a moment, it almost felt like staying up had lost its meaning.
Morning.
Wh...
2025-08-11 12:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: Happy Match Mania
Around 9 p.m., William heard movement at the door.
He turned his head—Cynthia was back.
“Had fun?”
“Pretty good.” Cynthia tossed her bag onto the armchair and sat down next to William. “How was the interview this afternoon?”
“Claire wasn’t quite like her resume—she’s a bit shy in person. But Tina was the opposite....
2025-08-11 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: Aunt Oliver
After Claire left, William sent her an email with an attachment: the demo that showed off their game engine’s tech the most clearly.
It wasn’t as flashy as top-tier movie special effects, but every scene in the demo was interactive. Unlike film and TV, games create an interactive world—one players can fully dive into.
When a player controls a char...
2025-08-11 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: The Producer Training Plan
After finishing the lunchbox made by the housekeeper, which tasted great and was well-balanced, William felt completely satisfied.
While clearing the containers, Cynthia suddenly paused and said, “Oh, I forgot to tell you—I’ll be going out this afternoon.”
“What for?”
“I’m meeting an old coworker. Marketing stuff.”...
2025-08-11 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: Officially Announcing Paid Content
For Leon, William gave him the same arrangement as Marcus: one day to find a place to rent. If he couldn’t, he could crash with Marcus for a while, and if that didn’t work, he could sleep at the office.
As for why he didn’t invite him to the villa—well, not everyone was as easy to read as Marcus. You can’t be too careful.
<... 2025-08-11 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: The Concept Artist
“Our goal is just the Happy Beans top-up revenue—we can let go of the rest.”
After explaining the “Happy Universe” concept to Cynthia in the office, William stated their terms.
Cynthia nodded. “Happy Beans will definitely be the biggest source of income, but the rest of the ad revenue won’t be small either. Are you sure you want to ...
2025-08-11 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Happy Mahjong
Before heading home, Cynthia made sure to remind him that she had already cooked dinner—no need to eat out.
“I’m wondering if I should give you a raise.”
Cynthia looked up while eating, her big eyes full of confusion. “Why?”
“You cook and clean. Hiring a maid would cost several thousand a month, right?”
Cynthia nodded. “T...
2025-08-11 09:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: Marcus Joins the Team
William and Cynthia didn’t have high standards for a car. It just needed to get them around. Ideally electric, so they didn’t have to bother with gas—just park it at home and charge it up.
New energy car showrooms are usually inside malls, which made it convenient to grab lunch at the same time.
While eating, they browsed car reviews onl...
2025-08-11 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: New Rule Introduced
[Random Attribute Card]: Permanently boosts one random attribute, with an increase of 1 to 3.
On one hand, it’s great—it’s a permanent boost. On the other hand, it could’ve been a much better reward, but it ended up just being a stat boost card. Overall, kind of a letdown.
[Programming] Lv14 → Lv16!
There wasn’t any noticeable ...
2025-08-11 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: Breaking 3 Billion!
The workday went by quickly. During that time, 2048 successfully launched on WeChat as a Mini Program, the company’s bank account got set up, and William updated the payment account for revenue share to go directly to the company. However, the change required approval due to the change in account type, so that day’s earnings might be delayed until early...
2025-08-11 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: goes live on the mini program.
The online talk was meant to get some basic information—like their understanding of the gaming industry, their passion for games, and why they wanted to join the company.
If they seemed like a good fit, they would then be invited to an in-person interview.
The talk with Brian didn’t go very well—William could sense the arrogance...
2025-08-11 07:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: Opening the Engine
After slacking off for over an hour, several recruitment sites had already received hundreds of resumes—far more than William expected.
The reason they were all called players was because their resumes had one thing in common—they had played Earth Games’ titles.
They probably mentioned it in their resumes to win some goodwill.
“Keep...
2025-08-11 06:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174: Just Arrived at Academy City Through the Portal
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: ???
Doujin Artist: Hahahahaha! That’s some serious in-your-face NTR energy! Ruiko-chan just got cheated on.
Curly-haired Guy: Why not change your name to Saten Green-ko at this point?
Machete Girl: Pfft! Gintoki, that was actually clever!
Amegakure Village’s Angel: A true master...
2025-08-11 05:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: Recruitment
William finished his last breakfast at Aunt Lisa’s place. Everyone was at the table, but no one said a word.
His bags were already packed and placed by the door—not much, just a few changes of clothes and some personal items.
Knowing they had all played Earth Games titles, William decided to share a little insider info with them.
“Earth Game...
2025-08-11 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: Uncle Tate
“Drink?” The man brought out a bottle of his prized red wine.
Cynthia nodded and looked at William.
William didn’t drink at all—not for health reasons, just personal habit.
The man raised his glass. “Brother William, if you don’t mind.”
William smiled and raised his glass as well. It wasn’t wine, just a soft drink. “Brother ...
2025-08-11 03:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: House Hunting
After a good meal, they met up with a real estate agent they had contacted earlier and headed out to see the rental listings.
They started with places close to the office. Most of them were old buildings, decades old, with outdated facilities and no basketball court nearby—something Cynthia really wanted.
After filtering based on a few conditions, t...
2025-08-11 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: Investment Meeting
Early morning, the familiar sound of piano music was missing.
When he stepped out of his room, Aunt Lisa’s family was sitting around the dining table, each holding their phone, eating breakfast in perfect sync.
William rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.
“Morning.”
Facing William, Aunt Lisa was the first to notice hi...
2025-08-11 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 168
Early the next morning.
Riiing…
Kakashi opened his eyes and slammed a hand down on the alarm clock above his head. Then he sat up from his futon.
The futon across the table from him was already empty.
Kakashi looked at the neatly folded blanket on it, a little puzzled—Satoru had clearly left a while ago.
“Left this early…?”
<... 2025-08-11 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23 File Name: Honor of Kings
After thinking all morning, William still hadn’t settled on what this “era-defining” game should be.
He grabbed a quick bite at a fast-food place near the building, then came back to the studio. He stopped obsessing over the big game idea and turned his focus to developing Life Restart Simulator.
The total script had passed 100,000 wo...
2025-08-11 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: Silver Chest
Gulp.
William stood nervously in front of the silver chest. What if something really insane came out? What if it was so good he didn’t want to work anymore? That would be like winning the lottery and ruining your whole life.
But really, it was just a silver chest. There were still gold, diamond, and crystal ones ahead. He needed to think bigger, not ...
2025-08-10 23:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73: Direction of Development
Right after Lucas’s post went up on the official account—
It instantly triggered waves of complaints from players and got reposted across all the major gaming communities.
Under the comments on Lucas’s post alone, players gathered in huge numbers.
These players are all basically saying the same thing:
“You think we’re ...
2025-08-10 22:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: Loyal Fan
[Loyal Fan]
[Task: Give a reward to your loyal fan.]
[Reward: 1 Bronze Chest]
When William received the task, he was totally confused—until he heard the system prompt and checked the Piano Tiles backend. That’s when he found out that a player named “Marcus” had completed all the music endurance challenges.
He remembered that name—Mar...
2025-08-10 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20: Breaking Record!
6 PM, nightfall.
As soon as Tencent made their announcement, Jump Jump was launched on WeChat.
【Sponsored Task Complete – Reputation Points +3】
Since Jump Jump is a WeChat mini-program and doesn’t require downloading, the stats it displays are for total active users and current online users.
Jump Jump
Current Online Users:...
2025-08-10 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19: Cynthia's Ambition
Magnolia Restaurant.
Located on Celestial Road, Hua Fu is the most expensive restaurant in Riverdale. Normally, the hostess might not see the same face twice in a month, but today, she saw the same two guests from yesterday afternoon.
“Hello, do you have a reservation?”
Cynthia gave her phone number. One of her company’s bosses is a s...
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