Have you ever made games? Then you should write about games!

That night.

At 10 p.m., Beijing, bathed in dazzling lights, was even brighter than during the day.

Looking out the window at the bustling traffic, Huang Ang sat in his office chair, drinking tea cup after cup.

Today is Friday night, and it's also the opportunity he chose during the developer festival that he's most likely to help Zhao Qin change the platform's backend data.

Tomorrow is a rest day, and most of the company's employees left work early and went home.

Even in their department, which is responsible for managing the platform's backend data, they can leave work after working overtime until 10 PM.

"Manager Huang, it's time to leave work, aren't you leaving yet?"

The wooden door to the office was pushed open a crack, and one of Huang Ang's team members peeked out, asking curiously.

"No rush, Xiao Li, you can go first."

Huang Ang turned around, a smile tugging at his face.

Upon seeing Huang Ang's appearance, Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment, then, as if he had thought of something, he smiled and said.

"Manager Huang, couples often quarrel in bed but make up before they get out of bed. As long as they communicate more, there's no hurdle they can't overcome."

Having said that, without giving Huang Ang a chance to explain, Xiao Li waved his hand and jogged away from the company.

"That kid." Watching Xiao Li's departing figure, Huang Ang laughed and scolded, "I've been giving them too much of a hard time, and now they're joking around with me."

To be honest, Xiao Li's teasing actually eased Huang Ang's tension quite a bit.

Standing up, Huang Ang walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the buildings outside, and murmured absentmindedly.

"I just want to settle down in Beijing and get my child a household registration starting with '1'. Besides, this is a one-time thing, so nothing should go wrong..."

……

Saturday.

Seven days have passed since the start of the Steam Platform Game Developers Festival, which means that the festival is already halfway through.

By this time, the performance and rankings of the many games participating in the developer festival will gradually stabilize.

Even if it continues to rise over the next seven days, the increase will not be significant.

Given the game's quality, even if the platform continues to expose it, most players will not click on it again.

It's fair to say that, apart from the top 30 games on the list, the rest of the games are unlikely to make much of a splash.

At this point, online gaming influencers, review bloggers, and ranking websites will all step in to create prediction lists after the developer festival ends, and begin recommending and debunking games.

Since these bloggers and websites also need to make a living, their prediction lists and game recommendations are bound to be suspected of being paid for by fans.

Whichever game company provides sponsorship, the blogger and website will appropriately increase the game's recommendation rating.

Some fans might express their dissatisfaction and hurl insults at this behavior, while others would express their understanding.

As for the steam platform, it adopts a "turn a blind eye" attitude towards this behavior.

After all, it's not a direct data manipulation activity, so it won't have a significant impact, and it also provides free publicity for the Steam platform.

It's practically a win-win situation!

however.

When the results of the Developer Festival's game popularity rankings were released at 11 a.m. on Saturday, they sparked some debate among players.

"I can understand why Starcard Games' 'Devil Roulette' rose to first place, but can someone tell me why Tengyan's 'Living Rock' was able to rise to third place?"

"Stop the bashing upstairs. While 'The Rock Isle' can't compare to 'Devil's Roulette,' it still deserves third place at this year's developer conference."

"Hehe, putting aside the fact that 'The Rocky Isle' is suspected of theft, just the fact that Teng Yan issued a statement implying that Xingka Games wanted to ride the wave of popularity by fabricating facts, but didn't dare to call the police at all, just shows that those who know, know."

"That's right, that's right. What's the use of just issuing a statement? It's better to just show us the case filing receipt. Sometimes not making a statement is also a form of statement!"

"Upstairs, assessment complete, a rising star!"

"Damn it, they learned a terrible meme online and used it haphazardly, I'm so pissed off!"

……

In Hangzhou, Chen Dong had just finished dealing with debt collection calls.

As the repayment date approaches, the number of debt collection calls is increasing.

The phone calls that used to happen every two or three days have now increased to once a day.

Chen Dong could foresee that in a few days, he would probably receive debt collection calls three times a day, morning, noon, and night.

It could be said that the debt collectors cared about him more than his family.

Just as Chen Dong was considering whether to put his phone into airplane mode, a call suddenly came in.

"Mr. Chen, the popularity rankings for the Developer Festival are out, and 'Devil Roulette' is in first place!"

On the other end of the phone, Yin Qingying's cool voice rang out.

Unlike usual, Chen Dong could hear a hint of excitement in her voice.

Chen Dong was not surprised by this result.

After all, the quality of Devil Roulette speaks for itself, and the games participating in this developer festival are of varying quality, with almost none of them able to compete with Devil Roulette for first place.

However, because the developer, Starcard Games, was not well-known, Devil Roulette only reached the top of the charts halfway through its development period.

"Manager Yin, thank you for your serious attitude towards work. If there's nothing else, goodbye."

Chen Dong spoke calmly, as if he didn't care at all about winning first place in "Devil's Roulette".

He didn't like Yin Qingying's behavior of frequently disturbing him during his rest time, even if it was for work.

However, employees like Yin Qingying, who are diligent, pure-hearted, and possess professional ethics, are rare in the job market.

Therefore, Chen Dong had no choice but to tolerate Yin Qingying's insignificant flaw.

Seemingly sensing Chen Dong's impatience, Yin Qingying stood up from the old sofa in the rented room, her fair and slender legs standing straight.

"Wait, Mr. Chen, besides 'Devil's Roulette' taking first place, 'The Rocky Isle' has also taken third place on the list."

"Third place?"

Chen Dong's movements faltered slightly, and his brows furrowed.

In his view, even with the backing of Tengyan, "The Rocky Isle" already had a certain degree of fame when it was first released.

However, it was quite unexpected that they achieved third place halfway through the development festival.

"Could it be that spreading the news that Teng Yan is suspected of theft has given 'The Rocky Isle' a lot of exposure?"

Chen Dong murmured softly.

"Mr. Chen, what did you say?"

"No, it's nothing."

Chen Dong didn't dwell on this matter for too long, after all, no matter what, "The Rocky Isle" could not shake the number one position of "Devil's Roulette".

"For Starcard, it's a good thing that 'The Rock Isle' achieved third place."

"Good news?"

Yin Qingying was having some trouble keeping up with Chen Dong's thought process.

Ultimately, "The Rock Isle" is a product created by everyone at StarCard who have spent a whole year working on it.

The fact that "The Rocky Isle" has achieved such good results proves that our hard work has not been in vain.

Inside the rented room, Yin Qingying nodded blankly.

She was surprised that Chen Dong had such a broad perspective.