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

Is this game really fun?

"The author seems to be completely absorbed in his own self-indulgence."

"【Shennong is actually myself】: This book is plagiarized but does original work; it's extremely toxic and I strongly advise against reading it!"

Sitting in the ride-hailing car on his way to the company, Chen Dong opened the assistant's backend on his phone and glanced at the novel's comment section.

As he expected, the readers in the comments section were all criticizing him.

Someone even asked that classic question.

"Has the author ever made games? Some parts are just random and based on assumptions!"

Upon seeing this question, Chen Dong wanted to reply, "I am the owner of a game company. I didn't write anything randomly or make any assumptions."

However, even if he actually replied to the reader's question, probably no one would believe him; instead, they would think he was making a forced excuse.

"You can't exactly say that the novel's 'Devil's Roulette' will appear at the Summer Game Developers Festival on Steam in seven days, can you?"

Chen Dong smiled and shook his head, glancing at the reader's nickname who asked the question: "One Person, One Bite of Su".

"The name is easy to remember, but I didn't study history to understand these jokes."

Shortly after, the ride-hailing car stopped downstairs at the company, and Chen Dong walked into the conference room right on time.

The three-day paid leave greatly boosted the employees' morale, and their faces were full of energy.

Without wasting any time, Chen Dong inserted the USB drive into the computer in the conference room, opened the game plan for "Devil's Roulette," and began assigning tasks for the next seven days.

"Everyone, since next week is the Summer Game Developers Festival hosted by Steam, we need you all to put in 200% effort over the next seven days to produce 'Devil Roulette'."

As soon as he finished speaking, the room erupted in uproar.

They're just a small company with only a dozen or so people. It's not impossible for them to make a game in seven days, but why make a pile of garbage?

"No wonder the boss gave us three days of paid leave, so that's what he was waiting for."

"Judging from the boss's attitude, he's going to squeeze us dry for the next seven days."

"I'm planning to buy a house and get married. As long as the money is available, everything will be fine."

"Even if it's completed in just seven days, will this game really be fun?"

"We're just getting paid, so let the boss make us do whatever he wants. Anyway, we're not the ones who get yelled at in the end."

Hearing the whispers of his employees, Chen Dong remained calm, coughed lightly, and slowly spoke.

"The game plan, design concept, and background information for 'Devil Roulette' are all ready. All you need to do is complete the production task."

"Besides, 'Devil's Roulette' is not a large game, and the Starcard team can definitely complete it in seven days."

"Finally, everyone will definitely receive double overtime pay and triple pay for holidays!"

Seeing that Chen Dong had put it this way, the employees naturally couldn't say anything more and returned to their respective workstations, making the most of every minute to work on the production of "Devil's Roulette".

Although Chen Dong's thought process is a bit hard to understand, the three-day paid leave he gave us beforehand has made it clear to everyone that, unlike other bosses who only make empty promises, Chen Dong is genuinely generous with his money.

They'd be willing to sleep at the company if the overtime pay was good enough.

In the boss's office, Chen Dong saw a different expression on Yin Qingying's face for the second time.

The first time Yin Qingying showed any emotion in front of Chen Dong was when she couldn't persuade the original owner to pay attention to those two superficial brothers.

Chen Dong could never forget that complex expression, a mixture of helplessness, doubt, and pity.

Today, the expression on Yin Qingying's face was one of simple bewilderment.

"Mr. Chen, it's probably difficult to create a game that can rival 'The Rock Isle' in just seven days."

In Yin Qingying's view, Chen Dong's reason for limiting his employees to producing "Devil's Roulette" within seven days was simply to deal with Sun Dan, who had betrayed him.

However, although she didn't understand game development, common sense told her that a game hastily made in seven days could never compare to a game that took nearly a year to polish.

What's the difference between wasting money on a pointless argument and throwing it into the river? At least the latter makes a splash.

In response to Yin Qingying's question, Chen Dong smiled and replied in a relaxed tone.

"Manager Yin, although 'Devil Roulette' is a small-scale game, its gameplay and fun far surpass 'The Rock Isle'."

"Furthermore, my goal is not only to trample Sun Dan underfoot, but also to win first place at the Summer Game Developers Festival with 'Devil Roulette'."

Although Yin Qingying resumed her cold expression, she remained skeptical of Chen Dong's grand ambitions.

A guy who was completely fooled by his fair-weather friend and lost both the game and his money actually wants to compete for first place in the developer festival with a game project he got from who-knows-where?

Not to mention people from other companies, even employees within Starcard Games thought Chen Dong was just daydreaming.

Chen Dong made no attempt to defend himself in response.

For the next seven days, Chen Dong lived a regular life going back and forth between home and the company.

Of course, even at the company, Chen Dong doesn't forget to write.

Or rather, besides writing, there's not much else he can do.

Working with the staff to create "Devil's Roulette"?

Does he understand code? Does he know programming?

How about we order some afternoon tea for the employees to boost morale?

With the few coins in his pocket, he wasn't even as rich as his employees.

If it weren't for Manager Yin's strong insistence that Chen Dong be required to come to the company on time every day to set an example, he would have even planned to stay home for seven days straight, just to save on taxi fare.

With the start of the game development festival drawing ever closer, "Devil Roulette" has entered its final testing phase thanks to the tireless efforts of its employees, who work day and night.

"Bang!"

With a gunshot, two large, scarlet characters appeared on the blood-stained computer screen.

failure!

"Team leader, why do you always like shooting yourself? Do you have some kind of unusual fetish?"

"Let me calculate, this should be the team leader's twelfth failed challenge."

"There are only three levels in total, but the team leader got stuck five times on the first level and twelve times on the second level. I wonder if he can break the record set by Fatty."

A frustrated young man sat at his computer desk, listening to the laughter of his colleagues around him. He couldn't help but control the mouse and click to start the challenge again and again.

"I refuse to believe I can pass the second hurdle this time!"

Hearing the young man's bold words, his colleagues who were standing around became interested and decided to set up a betting pool to see which level the young man would fail at.

Chen Dong stood at the office door, watching the employees test the game, and smiled as he spoke to Yin Qingying, who was standing to the side.

"Manager Yin, have you played 'Devil's Roulette'? Have you finished it?"

In order to complete the testing phase as quickly as possible, Chen Dong even had Yin Qingying join the testing work.

"I cleared the level."

Yin Qingying maintained her cold expression, but when she saw the employees gathered together and making noise, her beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but furrow slightly.

"You finished the game so quickly?" Chen Dong raised an eyebrow and looked at Yin Qingying. "I didn't expect Manager Yin to have such a talent for games. I wonder how long it took you to finish?"

Upon hearing this, Yin Qingying's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Mr. Chen, these guys are getting a bit noisy. I'll go stop them."

With that, Yin Qingying quickly left Chen Dong's side.

She wouldn't tell Chen Dong that she played all night and died countless times before barely managing to pass the game by luck.

It has to be said that Devil Roulette is a truly addictive game; even I, who am usually very self-disciplined, couldn't resist playing it.

Yin Qingying was starting to believe Chen Dong's words. With the game's addictive gameplay, it really might win first place at the developer festival.