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 couch.
“Just whatever,” Aunt Lisa replied.
“Oh.” Uncle Zach glanced at the TV, but it was clear his mind was elsewhere.
William could tell something was bothering him and wa...
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Chapter 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 “friendship over” became the game’s signature phrases.
Especially as the game’s popularity soared, forums, message boards, and Q&A platforms were flooded with made-up stories.
Stories like...
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Chapter 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: “Life Restart Simulator.”
“Life Restart Simulator” is a text-based game, not very interactive, with a stronger focus on storytelling.
The core idea: If you had a chance to start ove...
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Chapter 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 streaming platform, click into a stream of someone playing Overcooked, and hear something like this:
“Hey… hey! Sean, you burned the food again! Hurry up and do something!”
“Wha...
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Chapter 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 platform, you get 1 point. If it lands right in the middle, you get 5. It’s kind of like darts, but with a flat target instead.”
As William explained, he gave a live demo on the phone.
“...
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Chapter 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 front of the car, looking like she was waiting for someone.
William walked up and greeted her. “Hi, are you Cynthia?”
Cynthia seemed a little surprised by William’s age. She paused for a...
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Chapter 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 Chest]
“So you’re really not gonna let me keep the money to myself, huh?” William rolled his eyes.
A studio is the first essential step in turning a game into a real business. William h...
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Chapter 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, boosted downloads for 2048 as well. With both searches and downloads surging, there's no doubt that both Piano Tiles and 2048 have made it onto the trending downloads and new release charts of many major br...
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Chapter 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 recognizing his voice from their earlier call about Earth Games. That conversation must not have stuck with her.
"Finally!"
“Is there something you need?”
“Well, it’s like this. I...
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Chapter 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 third round of the Chunin Exams. Sakura was a little worried—they might’ve lost track of time while training.
“We’ll wait another 30 minutes. If they’re still not here, we’ll go to ...
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Chapter 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)
User Rating: 4.1
Press Reviews: None
The score surprised him. Last time, players called his educational app categorization deceptive. This time? No backlash.
“2, 4, 8, 16,...
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Chapter 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 Lisa said this with a straight face, but to everyone else, it was like dropping a bombshell.
Wendy, always sharp, immediately signaled her cameraman and held out her microphone. "Could you tell us ...
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Chapter 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.
“No problem!”
The driver was clearly the passionate type. As soon as he answered, he hit the gas and started weaving through traffic like crazy. William felt like the side mirrors were brush...
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Chapter 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!” William cut her off and asked, “Aunt Lisa, aren’t you going to the music store today?”
“No, I don’t have to. You—”
“What about Uncle Zach? Is he working late today?”
“...
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Chapter 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 Maniac: I didn’t mean to! I was just curious and clicked it! What do I do?! Can I buy it back??
This is an Actor: Nope, once it's gone, it’s gone.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: AAAAAH I’M SO D...
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Chapter 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 foundation: creativity.
The reason Blue Star’s game industry was falling behind was simple—it lacked creativity. All the good ideas were going into TV shows, comics, and novels. No one cared abo...
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Chapter 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 something to do with its growing reputation.
Even if it was free and advertised as a “learning app,” the flood of negative reviews was enough to make most people think twice before downloading.
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Chapter 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 still up.”
“Holy crap! It’s still there! Download it now!!”
“Go, go, go!!”
“I got it. What about you?”
“I already downloaded it, what are you even talking ab...
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Chapter 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 coming up, the whole area had become more lively.
Representatives from every country had already been sent over during the past month, and spending in Konohagakure had gone way up.
A lot ...
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Chapter 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 bit of coding. Finally, he could officially announce: Piano Tiles is complete!
【New Developer Task Complete — Bronze Chest ×1】
As the system notification rang out, a bronze-colored ...
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Chapter 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? Learning cost.
William didn’t spend any time learning how to use Cocos2dx. At first, he thought it was because he was naturally gifted. But when he opened the book Introduction to Game Engine T...
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Chapter 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, human civilization in each went down different paths.
There were once some smaller cultural zones that tried to challenge the six main ones, but without exception, all of them were either absorbe...
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Chapter 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 different environment.
Unlike Earth, where countless industries flourished and competed, this world placed an unusual amount of value on the arts and humanities.
Starting from the last century, ...
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“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 period of time and will feature every platform and every type of game.
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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.
But no matter what, under Luke’s lead, their team had finally started cooking like proper chefs.
Meanwhile, Eric and Ash were still stuck in total chaos — arguing while frantically trying...
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Chapter 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 one who wanted to see the thighs, don’t blame me!”
“Bro, what did I do wrong this time?”
“This? Meh, kinda average!”
“Boss, since it’s the holidays, let’s stream s...
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Chapter 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.
“Me? I’m...”
Jiraiya was just about to strike a pose and introduce himself as the Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku.
But Naruto cut him off and said, “He’s the Material Sage.”
...
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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 be one million.
Machete Girl: That’s insane! Even if everyone in the group works together, it’ll still take forever.
Soul Society’s Bad Guy: The main issue is that there aren’t enou...
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Chapter 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’d rushed in so fast he hadn’t even noticed how crazy this room’s setup was.
Looking around now, he realized this place was basically a gathering spot for living weapons.
Two Jinchurik...
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Chapter 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 placed them at the window. Simple as that.
The first two stages were really basic—just slicing some sashimi, or at most, cooking some rice.
But once they reached stage 1-4, things clear...
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