As soon as he finished, the dorm door creaked open.
His roommate, Zhang Zhiyuan, had returned from class.
Leaning curiously over Wu Wei's shoulder, Zhang Zhiyuan asked in confusion:
"What are you doing, Old Wu? I haven't seen you in class all day."
"Did the teacher take attendance?"
"Take attendance, my ass. When have you ever seen a teacher take attendance?"
"So it doesn't matter whether I go or not."
As he spoke, Wu Wei placed a pipe at the far left of the map, right near the finish, leading straight back to the starting area. Then he turned and gave Zhang Zhiyuan a mysteriously sleazy grin.
"Why not make something fun?"
Something fun?
Zhang Zhiyuan had no idea what Wu Wei meant.
It looked like he was tinkering with a game.
Zhang Zhiyuan knew this buddy of his well.
He always liked making all sorts of strange games.
But unfortunately, every game he made was far too boring. He had never succeeded, and he had never even sold more than ten copies on a gaming platform.
This was probably his latest work.
"What'd you make this time?"
"Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy."
Wu Wei stretched and leaned back in his chair.
"Waa—ow—"
Zhang Zhiyuan let out a deliberately exaggerated gasp.
"What an utterly half-assed name!"
"Thanks."
"Was I fucking complimenting you?!"
Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned.
"Could you pick an auspicious day and decide to have some shame for once? We could treat it like a holiday."
Wu Wei laughed.
"A fortune teller said I'm lacking shame in my five elements, so that day will never come. Don't wait for it."
"So what exactly is this?"
"The name says it all."
Wu Wei spread his hands.
"A game where you swing a sledgehammer and climb higher and higher."
"And the objective is?"
"Swing yourself out of Earth, escape gravity, and rise to the heavens to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun."
Zhang Zhiyuan fell silent.
What a fucking fresh and refined objective.
"Could you stop making garbage for Zhiyou's cloud storage servers?"
"Hey!"
Wu Wei objected as soon as he heard that.
"This is a top-tier torture... no, a test of willpower game. It's absolutely awesome."
As he spoke, Wu Wei sat back down, named the game "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy," and added a description beneath it:
A top-tier psychological game about battling one's inner demons. (Note: The computer is your own. Please take care of your computer and peripherals.)
"I think your game is going to end up in Boss's bad game review segment tonight."
Zhang Zhiyuan said it without the slightest hope.
Wu Wei, who was about to publish the game, paused with his hand on the mouse.
"What bad game review?"
"You don't know?"
Zhang Zhiyuan said:
"Have you not watched Ah Yin's streams lately? Boss has been doing a new game review segment every night at eight thirty these past two days."
"He mainly picks out some newly released games on Zhiyou and gives them a try."
"Since there are loads of stupid trash games made by authors like you, the stream is really entertaining."
Wu Wei's face darkened.
"Just say what you want, why make it personal?"
I only made a dozen or so garbage games stitched together from random textures. Did it really have to become a personal attack?
"No, but this thing of yours... sheesh."
Zhang Zhiyuan looked at the bald little man Wu Wei had just created, sitting in a giant cauldron. He looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
"Take a look at the character you designed. Is that an appearance any carbon-based life-form could come up with?"
Wu Wei looked at the little man in the cauldron and laughed.
"Don't you think he's pretty cute?"
Seeing the mischief in Wu Wei's eyes, Zhang Zhiyuan looked deeply concerned.
"How long has this been going on? What did the doctor say?"
8:20 p.m.!
Shark Live Platform!
With his diligent streaming and humorous Pingjin-style accent, Ah Yin had, after years of hard work, firmly claimed the top spot in the Console Zone!
"Thanks to Is This Monkey Selling? for a Big Flying Gift! Thank you."
"Thanks to Swift Accelerator for a rocket! Thanks, boss, you're generous."
Having just finished the sponsored segment, Ah Yin clasped his hands and thanked a string of gift senders.
"That wraps up today's promotion segment. Overall, this game's art style and soundtrack are both pretty good. The link is below the screen, and anyone interested can click it to download and try it out."
The entire screen filled with scrolling comments—
'So fun! I've already spent a hundred million!'
'Get that sponsorship money! Get all of it!'
'Get to the real content already!'
'Is this monkey selling?'
'Review segment! Review segment! Let's go!'
'Start today's reviews already! I can't wait!'
'As long as you open Zhiyou right now, I'll immediately download the promoted game on ten phones!'
'Let's go! Boss, let's go!'
As soon as the first person reminded Ah Yin that it was time to begin today's entertainment segment, the entire screen flooded with comments.
The bad game review segment that countless viewers had been eagerly awaiting was about to begin!
Ah Yin's new segment had been a huge success.
That was because so many horribly awful new games were incredibly entertaining to watch.
After only a few days, this segment had even surpassed the popularity of his regular streams!
Seeing the viewers' demands in the comments, Ah Yin smiled.
"Come on, come on. What's with all of you? Let's see what good games we have today."
As he spoke, Ah Yin opened Zhiyou's user client.
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