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

In just one weekend, Terraria rose to eighth place on the Steam popular games chart, even pushing Tencent's Atlantis out of the top ten.

The other games ranked ahead of Terraria are either from top companies in the game industry like NetEase and Tencent, or promising new stars that have received investment from large groups like Tencent.

It must be said that Steam's move to host an annual game competition is a clever strategy that puts its competitors in a difficult position.

Prior to this, there were platforms like Tencent and EC in China competing with Steam for high-quality games, game developers, and players.

The platforms are locked in fierce competition for the exclusive launch rights, or even the exclusive distribution rights, of a high-quality game.

As a result, when Steam held its annual game development competition and announced that the winner would be directly nominated for a TGA award, all game developers immediately became restless.

then.

Without Steam asking, many game developers proactively list their games on the platform, and even when they promote their games at their own expense, they inadvertently help promote Steam.

Beijing, headquarters building of the Steam Platform.

"Mr. Ren, the latest rankings for the annual game development competition are out."

In a spacious office on a high floor, the secretary slowly pushed open the heavy solid wood door, walked quickly to the desk, and placed the folder she was holding on the table.

"The top three are games from NetEase, Tencent, and an unknown company, and the difference between the three is very small."

In addition, there is a considerable possibility that games within the top twenty could overtake others within the next month or so.

Inside the office, apart from the secretary's reports, the only other sounds were the turning of pages.

After a long while, Ren Kang suddenly stopped what he was doing and asked a question.

"Xiao Ni, how many of the top twenty games on the charts have you played?"

The sudden question caught Secretary Xiao Ni off guard. After hesitating for a moment, she answered in a low voice.

"Mr. Ren, I only played the top three games, as well as Xingka's Terraria and Tengyan's Atlantis."

"Oh? You've played Terraria and Atlantis?"

Ren Kang looked up and gazed at his secretary, Xiao Ni, with great interest.

"Yes, Mr. Ren." Secretary Xiao Ni nodded slightly.

Ren Kang sat up slightly, seemingly very interested in the topic, and continued to inquire.

"In your opinion, which game, Terraria or Atlantis, has a better chance of winning first place?"

"I don't think Atlantis has any chance of winning number one, and Terraria's current ranking is completely unworthy of the game's quality."

Although Secretary Xiao Ni works for a company related to the gaming industry, she is not interested in games.

Terraria is the only game that can truly captivate him, even surpassing the top three games on the list.

Therefore, if he were to rank them, Terraria would definitely be at the top of the list.

Faced with his secretary Xiao Ni's enthusiastic praise, Ren Kang simply smiled softly, leaving people unable to discern his attitude.

……

In the office of the product development manager at Tengyan in Shanghai.

"Manager Zhao, isn't this blatant plagiarism?"

Xiao Qi slammed the version update plan in his hand on the table, his tone as if he were questioning her.

He was a newcomer at Tengyan, but he chose this industry because of his love for games, and he could not accept plagiarism.

Furthermore, he also harbored a deep aversion to Atlantis, a game he had created himself.

He would never have plagiarized if he hadn't been unaware of the act.

Zhao Qin now wants him to simply repackage the update content of Terraria version 1.1 and copy it into Atlantis without making any innovations, which he cannot accept.

Zhao Qin, sitting behind his desk, saw Xiao Qi's reluctant expression, lowered his head, picked up his thermos, and took a small sip.

After spitting out the tea leaves, he slightly raised his eyes to look at Xiao Qi again and sneered.

"Xiao Qi, this is a company, and it's also where you'll beg for a living. You have to do it whether you want to or not!"

Think of your bedridden father, your mother who sweeps the streets, and your younger sister who is in school.

You wouldn't want to make things even worse for your family because of unemployment, would you?

Then, Zhao Qin paused, revealed a faint smile, softened his tone slightly, and continued.

"Furthermore, the market for sandbox survival games is still largely untapped, with only two games available: Atlantis and Terraria."

Now that StarCard has taken the lead in updating its version, it's not a big deal for us to learn from it.

You could also call this behavior "crossing the river by feeling your way across the star card."

Seeing Zhao Qin give a stick and then immediately give a sweet treat, Xiao Qi felt nauseous.

He originally thought that Zhao Qin gave him the opportunity to lead a team independently because he thought highly of him as a newcomer and was willing to invest in him.

However, the other party only took advantage of his difficult family background, making him easy to manipulate.

Xiao Qi had already foreseen his ultimate fate: either "Atlantis" would be proven guilty of plagiarism and he would be scapegoated and kicked out of the company; or after completing "Atlantis," he would continue to be Zhao Qin's dog, or be marginalized by Zhao Qin and kicked out of the company.

Neither outcome was what Xiao Qi wanted, but he had no choice but to submit to the circumstances.

"Understood, Mr. Zhao. I will complete this project as you instructed."

Seeing Xiao Qi resign himself to his fate and agree, Zhao Qin's eyes flashed with joy and pride, and he waved his hand with a smile.

"As long as you work hard, the company will definitely not treat you unfairly. Get to work!"

Xiao Qi remained completely unmoved by Zhao Qin's empty promises and silently turned and left the manager's office.

boom.

After the door closed, Zhao Qin picked up the resumes that the HR department had given him and began to select them one by one.

At the same time, he thought to himself.

"The department needs to hire more employees from disadvantaged backgrounds."

……

"Team Leader Qi, you've gone to the manager again to get us another task."

"There's nothing we can do. Team Leader Qi is Manager Zhao's favorite, so Manager Zhao will naturally prioritize assigning tasks to him."

"Sigh, I really envy some people who can delegate their work to their subordinates and keep the promotions and raises for themselves."

"I heard Manager Zhao used to travel to Sichuan and Chongqing. Could it be that he's developed some kind of unusual fetish...?"

Back in his group's office area, every sarcastic remark from the seasoned veterans reached Xiao Qi's ears, as if they had been waiting for him to return.

In the eyes of these seasoned veterans, Xiao Qi was just a newcomer who had only been with Tengyan for a short time. If he hadn't used some unknown method to curry favor with Zhao Qin, how could he have become a team leader and their boss?

Moreover, the task Zhao Qin assigned them was to plagiarize other games.

Once such behavior is exposed, they will be discarded by the company as if they were worthless.

Therefore, although Xiao Qi was the team leader, he did not have much prestige within the team.

Faced with the sarcastic remarks of the seasoned veterans, he could only pretend not to hear them and smiled as he told them the task Zhao Qin had assigned him.

"Everyone, Manager Zhao has asked us to produce version 1.1 of 'Atlantis' this week..."