Chapter 1 The world with a twisted technology tree
Imperial capital.
Chen Mo woke up.
"I feel like I'm going to die suddenly..."
"No, I must go to bed early tomorrow..."
Chen Mo sat up from the bed, covering his head with a severe pain.
"I've been illusioned recently after staying up late. I'll just dream during the day. Why do I still dream at night? Does it affect my sleep quality very well?"
Chen Mo was still complaining about the quality of his sleep last night, but the next second, he froze and hadn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Damn, where is this? I've traveled through time?!"
Chen Mo looked around.
At this time, he was in a strange room, which looked like a hotel's standard room. However, this standard room was not very high-end. Apart from being barely considered clean and tidy, there was basically nothing to praise.
There is a large suitcase next to the table in the room. On the table is a relatively special laptop. It is as thick as a brick and the screen is large. It looks heavy but it is exquisitely crafted.
Chen Mo had never seen such a laptop in his previous life, but if you think it would be quite expensive.
After going to the bathroom to wash his face and looking in the mirror, Chen Mo found that his appearance had not changed much, but he had become younger, as if he had returned to four or five years ago, when he had just graduated from college.
Slowly, Chen Mo began to gain memories of parallel worlds.
This world is basically 90% similar to the world that Chen Mo is familiar with, but the game industry that Chen Mo is most familiar with is very different.
The root of all this lies in the difference in technology levels.
In this world, there are some unknown reasons why a series of technological explosions occurred. Maybe it was an alien who was a time traveler like Chen Mo. The speed of computer technology development is simply incredible. It changes rapidly, faster than riding a rocket.
Before personal computers became popular, top scientific researchers had developed supercomputers that could operate more than tens of millions of times per second; halfway through the innovation of computer technology, VR technology made a major breakthrough, and the dream of entering the virtual world through a personal game cabin became a reality.
Chen Mo has not completed half of his journey in his previous life for seventy or eighty years, and this world has been completed in just three to five years.
The technological explosion is of course good, but this also directly leads to a downgrade in the game industry in this world.
Before PC games developed, they had already entered the VR era, and those game dealers were just studying VR games.
This has caused a consequence. Without the accumulation of experience in PC games, although these game vendors have the technical level of VR games, their game design concepts are still in the Stone Age.
But one thing is good, that is, this world attaches great importance to the gaming industry.
Instead of being regarded as a disaster or a beast like in previous lives, the game was praised as the ninth art, and even the country strongly supported it.
Game designers are no longer IT workers in their previous lives. They have become industries that require strong professional skills and are respected like doctors, lawyers and even literary workers.
As for Chen Mo himself, he is an ordinary student who has just graduated less than a year and is ready to join the game industry.
Strangely, the way in which this world "devoted to the game industry" is also very different from Chen Mo's previous life.
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Chen Mo took a towel to dry the water stains on his face, then came to the window and opened the curtains.
It's bright in the daytime and the sun is bright.
August of the imperial capital is really hot. Chen Mo was blowing the air conditioner and looking out the window. He just looked at it and felt that the sun was about to make pedestrians dry.
Chen Mo had a feeling that these pedestrians would turn into small candy people as they walked, and then slowly evaporated.
Chen Mo came to the table.
The laptop on the table, which is as thick as a brick, is the high-end PC in this world, starting from 20,000 yuan.
Chen Mo is a poor student who just graduated, not a rich second generation. Why should he save money for more than half a year and buy such a high-end computer?
Because he wants to use this computer to design the game.
That's right, this is another difference in this world. In this world, game designers design a game without programmers implementing it.
So who will write the code?
The answer is: there is no need to write code. Because there is the most complete game editor in this world. As long as designers organize the game design draft and use the game editor according to certain rules, they can create the game they want by themselves.
You can complete it by going down to casual games with dozens of mb to large VR games with dozens of tbs. Of course, the resources and time spent are definitely different.
Unlike the production line workers in previous lives, the game designers in this world are all very charming, and their status is almost the same as that of artists.
These designers do not divide the responsibilities according to numbers, plots, systems, levels, etc. like in their previous lives, but must be omnipotent. A designer who only understands the system but does not understand the plot will be despised by people in the circle.
Some game designers are even first-class novelists and first-class painters, just like an all-around genius like Michelangelo, who is both a sculptor, a painter, an architect, and a poet.
Of course, the chief designer of some super-large VR games will also find some assistants, but he still has absolute authority and determines any details of the game. These assistants are not like colleagues, but more like apprentices.
As mentioned earlier, Chen Mo is a young man who wants to join the game industry.
However, the way to join the game industry is not to apply for a job in a game company, but to use another way.
The game editor in this world is completely open, but it is different depending on the identity of the designer, the degree of openness and permissions. If you want to enter the game industry, you must design a complete game through the editor and pass the review of the professional jury.
Chen Mo in his previous life has actually obtained the qualification of an introductory game designer. As long as he designs a relatively basic casual game, he can automatically become a D-level game designer.
As for why Chen Mo lives in a hotel? Because he signed up for a game design competition in the imperial capital, he needed a quiet environment to complete his design these two days.
Unfortunately, it may be because of too much pressure or staying up late, and I died suddenly.
Chen Mo couldn't help but feel speechless: "I was young, but I died suddenly after two nights. My body is so weak."
It’s not that Chen Mo is under great pressure. Even in this world, the path of game designers is not easy to walk.
Chen Mo has been graduating for almost a year and has never figured out the right path. The games he made have not passed the assessment. Although he has the entry level of all abilities, he has never been able to become a D-level game designer.
If you drag on it, you will have no money at all. There are only three ways: either drink the northwest wind, go home to rely on your parents, or change careers.
So, Chen Mo also tried his best, hoping to get a good ranking in this game design competition. As a result, the work was not finished and the people were gone first.
After expressing three and a half seconds of condolences to the other Chen Mo, Chen Mo quickly calmed down.
Isn’t it just a design game? This is my old profession. As for the game design concept of this era, if I don’t hang up the entire game industry, I will be baptized by domestic free games.
Chen Mo turned on his laptop.
But before that, he decided to order a takeaway.
His stomach was already roaring. In order not to become the first time traveler who died suddenly and then starved to death, Chen Mo took the cell phone on the table.
Sure enough, some apps and software in life are similar. Chen Mo noticed that mobile phones in parallel worlds are similar to those in previous lives, but with higher configurations.
After ordering a rice bowl and milk tea on a takeaway platform called "What to eat", Chen Mo calmed down and opened the game editor on his laptop.
Chapter completed!