I! Game Designer! Ultimate Tormentor

What are they doing?!

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, tap tap!"

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, tap tap!"

"One two three four five six skip tap!"

"One two three four five six skip tap!"

"Tap tap! Tap tap!"

But all they saw was Cousin and Ah Yin sitting in front of a demo console.

Ah Yin was so focused, his head was practically buried in the monitor, staring intently at the jumping balls, not daring to miss a single beat!

Cousin was even more exaggerated, standing next to Ah Yin, shouting out the rhythm, clenching his fists, and looking even more nervous than Ah Yin!

Meanwhile, Dai Xiaomei was sitting next to Shi Liuliu, clapping along to the beat, her hands already red!

It looked like the four streamers had split into two teams, engaged in a boisterous competition!

Xiao You was stunned!

Isn't this a bit too much?

As media, she understood the boundaries of attending such an exhibition.

To ensure fairness and impartiality for the entire exhibition, the media absolutely could not conduct in-depth reports or offer special praise for any single game.

If the media producing programs had to adhere to this, let alone the streamers broadcasting live!

And these were four top streamers from Shark!

Yet here they were, in pairs, like addicted teenagers battling it out in an arcade!

Frowning, their faces flushed, shouting out the rhythm, as if determined to settle the score today!

Just as the tourist they had asked earlier had said.

These four had gotten way too into it!

What was going on?

Xiao You had been hosting weekly reports for two or three years.

By seniority, she was considered an experienced host.

But today, she found herself at a loss for words!

Were these four insane? Playing a game with such intensity?

Yes, while the contract didn't have a strict clause limiting the time spent playing a game, nor did it prohibit playing a game too intensely.

However, doing this was still somewhat inappropriate!

And weren't you guys playing a little too intensely?

It wasn't that Xiao You was being overly surprised.

In fact, at first, Ah Yin and the other three hadn't held much hope or interest in this game.

After all, it was just a rhythm game.

But after they started playing, the four of them changed their minds.

This game, "Dance of Ice and Fire," was like it had a magical power!

Just like the background drawn by Shen Yunshi, a pair of ice and fire balls jumped across marble grids, like two joyful little sprites!

As the balls hit the grids, they broke into fragments, piecing together exquisite background art.

They couldn't even pinpoint exactly what made the game fun, but it was simply addictive!

Unbeknownst to the four, the moment they were drawn in by the "Fragment Puzzle" concept, they had already fallen into Wu Wei's trap.

The inexplicable attraction they felt stemmed directly from Wu Wei's core idea:

The allure of collecting.

In this game, clearing a stage was visualized.

A complete puzzle wasn't just a reward for the player's technical skill;

It was also the key to unlocking the next stage!

This cycle naturally made them more and more immersed!

Of course, the crucial element that allowed this psychological tactic to work was the quality of the background illustrations.

This is why Wu Wei was willing to pay double the market price to buy Shen Yunshi's illustrations back then.

The Little Campus Belle's drawing skills are indeed top-notch!

Every single illustration was exquisite, never disappointing in the slightest.

In other words, if the background illustration, which served as a reward and a key, was drawn terribly, players would never accept it.

Wu Wei knew this very well.

Therefore, he personally oversaw all fifteen levels of illustrations for the main game.

It could be said that Platinum Studio and Shen Yunshi shared half the credit for this game.

As the lead designer, Wu Wei understood all the intricacies of the game.

But the players didn't!

It's a case of "the bystander sees the game more clearly than the player."

What about the streamers?

Although the streamers knew from the start that they had to remain rational and give this game a fair and objective evaluation, it was a different story once they started playing!

Objective?

What objectivity!

Today, I absolutely have to see what the final illustration for the fourth level, titled 'Love Letter,' looks like!

The background for this level was generally pink, which was very beautiful.

However, this pink was exceptionally peculiar; it wasn't a pure pink but seemed to have a hint of pearly white mixed in.

Combined with a faint, almost imperceptible light blue, even a tough guy like Ah Yin felt it was dreamlike and exceptionally romantic.

Not to mention Dai Xiaomei and Shi Liuliu, who were women!

Little did they know that Shen Yunshi had applied five layers of paint just for this base color!

The scene within was even more dreamlike and romantic!

Ah Yin was like a child collecting Water Margin cards from snack packs, eagerly wanting to clear this level to get the final illustration!

The viewers in the livestream chat went wild!

Because, just moments ago, Ah Yin and Liu Liu had reached an agreement with the designer of "Dance of Ice and Fire."

They, the streamers, didn't want the mousepads that were produced, but they wanted to give a portion of them, signed, back to the viewers and the audience present.

Old Zhang, upon hearing this news, couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he went backstage to find Wu Wei, who was hiding, and asked him what to do.

"What else can we do? If they want them, just give them."

Wu Wei was a shrewd businessman.

How much did a mousepad cost?

Compared to the traffic the streamers brought, it was insignificant!

"Give them, but with conditions,"

Wu Wei said, a glint in his eye.

"What conditions?"

"Here's what we'll do. Based on how many levels they manage to clear before they give up, we'll give them ten times the reward based on that number."