Imperial Capital.
Chen Mo woke up.
"I feel like I'm going to die …"
"No, I have to sleep early tomorrow …"
Chen Mo sat up on the bed, clutching his throbbing head.
"I'm hallucinating from staying up late. Not only am I dreaming in the day, but I'm also dreaming at night. It's affecting my sleep quality."
Chen Mo was still complaining about the quality of his sleep last night, but the next second, he froze and didn't come back to his senses.
"What the heck, where am I? Did I transmigrate?!"
Chen Mo looked around.
He was in an unfamiliar room, it looked like a standard room in a hotel. However, this standard room didn't look fancy. Other than being clean and tidy, there wasn't anything else to compliment about it.
There was a large suitcase on the table in the room, and a special laptop on the table. It was as thick as a brick, with a large screen. It looked heavy, but it was well made.
Chen Mo had never seen a laptop like this in his previous life, but he imagined it to be quite expensive.
After washing his face in the bathroom and looking in the mirror, Chen Mo noticed that his appearance hadn't changed much, except that he looked younger. It was as if he had returned to four or five years ago, when he had just graduated from university.
Slowly, Chen Mo began to gain memories of the parallel world.
This world was ninety percent similar to the one Chen Mo was familiar with, but the video game industry that Chen Mo was most familiar with was very different.
The root of this was the difference in technology.
In this world, for some reason, there was a series of technological explosions. Maybe it was the work of aliens, or maybe it was the work of a transmigrator like Chen Mo. The development of computer technology was unimaginable, changing in an instant. It was faster than a rocket.
Before personal computers were common, top researchers had already developed a supercomputer that could do tens of millions of calculations per second. Halfway through the advancement of computer technology, VR technology made a huge breakthrough, and the dream of entering the virtual world through a personal gaming pod became a reality.
Chen Mo didn't even finish half of the journey in his previous life in seventy to eighty years, but in this world, he finished it in a mere three to five years.
Of course, the technological breakthroughs were good, but it also led to the disruption of the video game industry in this world.
Before PC games were developed, they had already entered the VR era, and the video game companies started researching VR games.
Without the experience of PC games, these game developers were still stuck in the Stone Age even though they had the technical level of VR games.
However, there was one good thing about it, which was that this world placed great importance on the gaming industry.
Unlike in his previous life, games weren't viewed as scourges or electronic opium. Instead, they were revered as the ninth form of art, and even the country was strongly supporting them.
Video game designers were no longer the IT workers of his previous life. They were now like doctors, lawyers, and even artists, requiring strong professional skills and being respected.
As for Chen Mo himself, he was a normal student who had just graduated for less than a year and was preparing to enter the video game industry.
Strangely enough, this world's method of getting into the video game industry was vastly different from Chen Mo's previous world.
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Chen Mo wiped his face dry with a towel, then walked to the window and opened the curtains.
It was broad daylight, and the sun was shining brightly.
August in the Imperial Capital was really hot. Chen Mo looked out of the window with the air conditioner, and felt like the sun was about to melt the pedestrians.
Chen Mo had a feeling that the pedestrians would turn into puddles of sugar figurines as they walked, dripping onto the ground and slowly evaporating.
Chen Mo walked to the table.
The laptop on the table was as thick as a brick. It was a high-end PC in this world, costing at least twenty thousand RMB.
Chen Mo was a poor student who had just graduated. He wasn't a rich kid, so why did he have to live frugally for half a year to buy such a high-end computer?
It was because he wanted to use this computer to design games.
That's right, that was another difference in this world. In this world, a video game designer didn't need a programmer to design a game.
Then who would write the code?
The answer was: no one needed to write the code. This was because there was a perfect game editor in this world. As long as a designer sorted out the game design and used the game editor according to certain rules, they would be able to create the game they wanted.
From small casual games of a few tens of megabytes to large VR games of a few tens of terabytes, the super video game editor could do it all. Of course, the amount of resources and time spent would be different.
Unlike the assembly line workers in his previous life, the video game designers in this world were all charismatic. Their status was almost the same as that of an artist.
These video game designers didn't have to divide their work by numbers, story, system, level design, etc. Instead, they had to be all-rounded. A video game designer who only knew about the system and not the story would be looked down upon by people in the industry.
Some video game designers were even first-rate novelists and painters. Just like Michelangelo, an all-rounded genius who was a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
Of course, for large scale VR games, the lead designer would also find some assistants. However, he still had the absolute authority, deciding every detail of the game. These assistants weren't like colleagues, but more like apprentices.
As mentioned before, Chen Mo was a young man who wanted to enter the video game industry.
However, the way to enter the video game industry wasn't to apply for a job at a video game company, but through other means.
The video game editor in this world was completely open, but the level of access and authority differed according to the identity of the video game designer. In order to enter the video game industry, one had to design a complete game using the video game editor and pass a professional review.
In his previous life, Chen Mo already had the qualifications to become a video game designer. As long as he could design a basic casual game, he would automatically become a D-grade video game designer.
As for why Chen Mo was staying in a hotel? It was because he had signed up for a video game design competition in the Imperial Capital, and needed a quiet environment to complete his design.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to too much stress or too many all-nighters, he suddenly died.
Chen Mo was speechless, "Suddenly dying after two all-nighters at such a young age? My body sure is weak. "
Chen Mo couldn't be blamed for the stress. Even in this world, the path of a video game designer wasn't easy.
It had been almost a year since Chen Mo graduated, but he still hadn't found the right path. None of the games he made had passed the evaluation. Although he was at the beginner level in all aspects, he still wasn't able to become a D-grade video game designer.
If this dragged on, he would run out of money. There were only three choices left, starve, go home, or change careers.
Therefore, Chen Mo gave it his all, hoping to get a good ranking in the video game design competition. However, he died before he could finish his work.
After three and a half seconds of mourning for the other Chen Mo, Chen Mo quickly calmed himself down.
Isn't it just designing games? That's what I'm good at. If I don't beat the entire video game industry up, then it would be a waste of the free Chinese games.
Chen Mo turned on his laptop.
But before that, he decided to order a takeaway.
His stomach was already growling. In order not to become the first transmigrator to die of starvation after a sudden death, Chen Mo grabbed his phone from the table.
Sure enough, life related apps were similar. Chen Mo noticed that the phones in this parallel world were similar to the phones in his previous life, just that they had higher specs.
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