Chapter 18: Coming Clean
Nighttime.
Uncle Zach, as usual, worked overtime until ten. William sat on the couch with Aunt Lisa, watching variety shows for about two hours.
“Yo, what are you watching?” Uncle Zach casually tossed his jacket onto a chair and sat at the end of the...
2025-08-10 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72: Is Lucas a Love Guru?
As more and more streamers and video creators started playing Overcooked, the game began reaching a wider audience.
More players were getting into it, and the game became a hot topic on forums and community boards.
“Breakup” and “friendshi...
2025-08-10 18:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17: “Life Restart Simulator”
It’s exactly because life can’t be restarted that people tend to play it safe with their choices. Few have the courage to change—because every change is a gamble.
Cynthia gave William the inspiration for his next game.
New Folder: ...
2025-08-10 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71: Great Game, Just Not So Great for Friendships
Even though it was Valentine’s Day, a lot of people still ended up spending it with their "side wives" — meaning their friends sitting beside them.
With nothing better to do, you might randomly open the Shark TV live stream...
2025-08-10 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16: A Career-Defining Decision
William pulled out his phone and opened up a little “gift” he had prepared.
“This game is called Jump Jump. It’s super simple. You press down, and the longer you hold, the farther the character jumps. If it lands near the edge of the plat...
2025-08-10 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15: Strategic Partnership
10:40 AM
William stepped out of the apartment complex after getting a call from Cynthia. It was a cloudy day, and the wind was biting cold.
A black Audi A8L was parked by the curb outside the complex. A woman in a white down jacket stood in fron...
2025-08-10 14:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14: Starting to Take Shape
00:00
“A transaction has been made to your account ending in (xxxx), amount: 700.000 dollar.”
[Milestone: Starting to Take Shape]
[Task: Build a game studio with at least three people]
[Reward: +5 Reputation Points, 1 Bronze Che...
2025-08-10 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: Marcus
The overall rating score for Piano Tiles is rising fast across the internet. At the same time, its download numbers are also climbing.
Piano Tiles downloads: 27,602,022
2048 downloads: 12,892,110
The popularity of Piano Tiles has, to some extent, booste...
2025-08-10 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12: Hype
After a few minutes of hesitation, William decided to hear her out.
Wendy picked up immediately. "Hello, who's this?"
Ahem. William cleared his throat, speaking clearly. "Hi, this is William."
"William!" Wendy sounded thrilled, clearly not recogniz...
2025-08-10 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75: The Exam Finally Begins – Rock Lee vs. Neji!
Training Ground 13.
Naruto and Sakura were standing by a bridge, watching the stream, waiting for something.
“Naruto, do you think Kakashi and Sasuke will make it in time?”
There was only an hour left until the...
2025-08-10 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Addition
After turning down Tiffany's dinner invite, William rushed home. About 30 minutes earlier, he'd gotten the notification—2048 had launched. Three milestone alerts followed. Now, he couldn't wait to check the stats.
2048 Downloads: 7,891,322 (Milestone: Stage 3) ...
2025-08-10 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: How Could You Do This to Our Genius Boy?
"You all agree that whoever composed that piece must be incredibly talented, right?" Aunt Lisa addressed the crowd.
People nodded enthusiastically. "Absolutely!"
"Actually, he's composed three other piano pieces too." Aunt Lis...
2025-08-10 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9 – Canon
Halfway there, Aunt Lisa called again to urge him.
Judging by her tone, it sounded like something serious was happening and she was desperate for William to get there as fast as possible.
“Driver, can you go a bit faster?” William asked cautiously.
...
2025-08-10 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: Great Feedback, Poor Sales
William carefully picked up his food, stealing glances at Aunt Lisa, who was staring at him.
“Cough, cough.”
He accidentally choked on his food, and Aunt Lisa quickly handed him a glass of water. “You—”
“Oh, right!” Willi...
2025-08-10 06:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173: Your sword is super cute. It’s mine now.
[Notice: Skirt-Flipping Maniac recycled a Zanpakuto and received 100 points.]
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Waaah, my sword!
Doujin Artist: ?
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Did you just recycle your own sword?
Skirt-Flipping Man...
2025-08-10 05:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: 2048
Video games are considered the ninth art form on Earth not just because they entertain people, but because creating them requires artistic skills on par with traditional forms of art—or even more.
These two seemingly opposite forms of art actually share the same foun...
2025-08-10 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6 Comments
“Piano Tiles” downloads: 23,907,154 (only one count per user, even with multiple downloads)
After a full night of hype, the game’s download count had finally hit a ceiling. Right now, it was only getting around 100 downloads per minute. This probably had somet...
2025-08-10 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5: A Flood of Bad Reviews
No way he could sleep now. He really couldn’t.
At the same time, on Blue Star, he wasn’t the only one wide awake.
“Guys, I just downloaded this free piano learning app!”
“Holy crap!!”
“Link please! I wanna see if it’s...
2025-08-10 01:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 167
After leaving the hospital, Hatake Satoru took Naruto and Shikamaru with him to check out the main venue for the Chunin Exams.
But halfway there, Shikamaru ran into his dad at a bar and split off from them.
Hatake Satoru turned his head to look around. With the exams...
2025-08-10 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4 Hits Over Ten Thousand Download Instantly! Milestone Unlocked!
Back in his private workspace, William imported the full versions of the three songs he recorded from Aunt Lisa into his computer.
He used Audition (Au) to combine the music with the game, then finished the last ...
2025-08-10 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3: Song Copy
Making the game was surprisingly easy. First, there were tons of ready-to-use assets in the engine store. Second, the game already existed on Earth, so William didn’t need to plan anything new — he just had to rebuild it the same way.
But the biggest reason? L...
2025-08-09 23:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2: “Piano Tiles”
After doing some searching, William gained a deeper understanding of this world.
They called their planet Blue Star, and to William, it felt like a parallel world to Earth — both developed in extremely similar ways, but after entering the 20th century, h...
2025-08-09 22:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1: Changing the World
It hurt. It hurt so much!
William clutched his head as information flooded into his mind. His name was William, a young man from a remote mountain area, now chasing his dreams in a bustling city
Same name, similar background, but a completely differ...
2025-08-09 22:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
“Minesweeper, Snake, Bounce, Spider Solitaire…”
After listing all the games on the market, Wang Hao gave a mocking smile. Is that all?
A gaming industry that’s fifty years behind Earth is about to be hit by a world-ending, dimension-crushing blow.
PS: This book spans a long p...
Chapter 70: The Ship of Friendship Can Flip Anytime
As the game went on, more and more comments filled the stream, but the players clearly didn’t have time to read them — they were completely focused on the game.
On one side, the Luke and Rock had more or less reached a truce.
... 2025-08-09 18:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69: Overcooked? More Like Argument Kitchen!
At the same time, on Shark TV.
Even during the New Year holiday, plenty of streamers—big and small—were live-streaming different games.
In Eric’s stream, he was showing the audience some thighs.
“Hey! You’re the...
2025-08-09 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74: Pudding Combo Technique – The Fifth Hokage is Within Reach
“Oh? Looks lively over here.” Jiraiya returned from gathering story material and teased the three kids.
“Who’s this old guy?” Konohamaru asked, glaring at Jiraiya as he hopped onto the toad’s head. 2025-08-09 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 172: Ruiko’s Operation Fail
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Huh?
Doujin Artist: Wait, this group can level up?
Curly-haired Guy: What the hell, it needs 150,000 total points?!
If it keeps going like this, it’s gonna be 500,000 next!
This is an Actor: Nope. It’ll b...
2025-08-09 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166
“Well, I guess now they’re more like former students.”
Satoru shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal.
But hey, even one day in class counts as being their teacher. No need to overthink the details.
He turned and looked around at the people in the room. He...
2025-08-09 01:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68: Games Are Ruining Me!
After a few simple tutorial levels, the game officially moved into story mode.
Zack and Hannah played while chatting and laughing together.
The early levels were super easy—orders popped up in the top left, they cooked the dishes on time, then...
2025-08-08 18:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post