Obviously, among these three brothers, Zhang Zhiyuan had the most say.
So the two brothers awkwardly chuckling behind him had to be the designers surnamed Liu and Lu.
The game had been made by four people in total, so the one absent had to be Wu Wei.
"Him..."
Old Zhang instinctively glanced toward the backstage area.
"He went to the bathroom... right?"
As he spoke, he shot the other two brothers a pleading look.
What were they supposed to do now?
They had been exposed on the spot. Were they really going to shut their eyes and sell out Old Wu?
"That's fine. We'll wait for him. No rush."
Hearing Old Zhang say that, Dai Xiaomei simply sat down!
Well, well, well. She had searched high and low, only to find him right here!
If she didn't beat Wu Wei senseless today, she definitely wasn't leaving!
The last game, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, had tortured her into tears.
And now, Dance of Ice and Fire had nearly given her high blood pressure!
Did he think this devil of a designer could just run away?
No chance!
They had already wasted so much time here anyway. Waiting a little longer made no difference!
As she spoke, Dai Xiaomei asked her livestream viewers:
"Guys, we found the nest of the designer behind Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. Dance of Ice and Fire was designed by him too."
"Tell me, should we meet this guy?"
The livestream chat erupted!
'Meet him! Wait for him!'
'Fuck his teacher! No wonder this game felt so familiar! This little bastard designed them all!'
'This guy's a complete asshole! No way! Just thinking about Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is making my blood pressure rise again!'
'Dai Xiaomei, stab him for me, thanks. I'll cover the medical bills.'
'Binhai Academy, right? The blades are ready!'
'Old Thief Wu Wei, come out and face your death!'
The livestream was filled with condemnation of Wu Wei!
Who knew how many days they had been tortured by this game!
If it hadn't been fun, that would have been one thing. No one would have the patience to keep playing a trash game.
But Old Thief Wu Wei had designed the gameplay incredibly well!
You could call the levels hard, but it wasn't like there was no hope at all.
But if you said they weren't hard?
The livestream had seen how heartbreakingly Dai Xiaomei cried when she rode the snake back to the starting point that day.
It was downright physical and psychological torture!
And now, Wu Wei had designed another rhythm game like this.
Although it looked difficult, players still couldn't suppress the urge to buy it.
So they absolutely had to vent this anger today!
Since your games were going to torture me later anyway, I might as well torture you first!
That would make things feel a little more balanced.
Wu Wei watched from backstage, cold sweat breaking out all over him.
Terrifying!
Never mind the overwhelming denunciations from the livestream viewers.
Even the hungry-wolf stares of the audience on site were enough to make his skin crawl.
Yeah, I should run.
With that thought, Wu Wei quietly slipped out from backstage and crept along the edge of the stage, hoping to make his escape.
However, at that moment, someone shouted in the exhibition hall!
"Old Wu!"
Wu Wei's hair stood on end!
Fuck!
He stiffly turned his head and saw Old Zhang waving at him with an expression that said, 'Better you than me.'
"Keeping busy?"
"Ah... haha... yeah. I was just, just about to use the bathroom. What a coincidence."
Swish!
Everyone's eyes turned toward Wu Wei!
Looking at the three Zhang brothers, Wu Wei beat his chest in frustration!
Damn it, brothers really couldn't be trusted!
When it mattered most, they sold him out without hesitation!
But things had come to this!
Run?
The crowd had already surrounded and blocked him in!
Unless he could fly, there was no way he was getting out.
Thus, under countless gazes sharp enough to kill, Wu Wei shakily made his way to the center of the stage.
Picking up the microphone, Wu Wei swallowed and tried his best to steady himself.
He gave the streamer, whose resentment was practically overflowing, an awkward smile.
"Boss, Cousin, Sister Liu Liu, Dai Xiaomei, hello."
Then, he greeted the audience as well.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Wu Wei, lead designer of Platinum Studio."
"My personal account ID is Wusuo Wei."
"That's right. Just as everyone guessed, I was the lead designer of both Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and Dance of Ice and Fire."
"I'm done speaking. Please go easy on me. Thank you."
(Sixth update out of seven! There'll be another chapter at ten! Let's go!)
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Boom—
The audience exploded at once!
Wu Wei!
Wusuo Wei!
It would not be an exaggeration to call him the hottest independent game designer in the gaming world right now!
With his masterful grasp of player psychology, he had tortured countless players half to death with a game smaller than 1 GB!
And now, he had designed a new release: Dance of Ice and Fire!
Not only was this game highly innovative in its gameplay, adding end-of-level reward elements never seen before.
It also cleverly linked in-game rewards with players' everyday computer applications.
That Self-tuning System, in particular, marked a major step forward in revolutionizing rhythm games!
It had forcibly elevated the issue of game feel—a problem that had plagued these low-budget, niche rhythm games—to a whole new level!
And now, this independent designer, who inspired both resentment and admiration in countless players, had finally appeared!
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