Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

After grabbing his seat, Chen Mo started to observe the situation around him.

The audience had already been seated, around seven hundred people. Some of them were making conversation and others were playing on their phones.

7The telecommunication technology in this world was very advanced. A normal sim card would have mobile data upwards of hundreds of gigabytes. Furthermore, the amazing signal strength and coverage was more than enough to watch videos or live streams.

2Chen Mo had felt that this was a reason that mobile games hadn’t taken off. Most would be playing VR games when they reached home. Mobile games were usually played when people were bored. Moreover, there were movies, TV series, variety shows, live streams, news, and social media, so it was unlikely one would be playing mobile games to pass the time.

Entertainment in the parallel world was also very developed, meaning that video game alternatives were also quite abundant. Combined with the fact that mobile data cost barely any money, so movies were at anyone’s fingertips, and many opted to not play mobile games.

6Of course, the majority of the audience were gamers, in particular mobile gamers. Only mobile game lovers would attend an event like this!

4After all, this competition was for amateurs. There were barely any D-grade video game designers among the participants. What kind of game could they possibly design? At most, there would be a few simpler casual mobile games.

Most of the audience probably entered with a free ticket, not bearing high hopes for the competition.

There were also the three judges who had just arrived at the venue.

The three judges had their names on plates in front of them on their table. Using his phone, Chen Mo did a quick check on their identities.

Shi Huazhe, forty-seven years old, B-grade video game designer. Used to work at Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, but had since retired and is now a professional video game critic.

Lin Hai, thirty-nine years old. B-grade video game designer at Zen Entertainment. Now working in management and no longer working in video game R&D. Video game reviewer.

Qiu Hengyang, twenty-seven, B-grade videogame designer. Founder of Hengyou.com.

The judges were coincidentally about 10 years apart, in their twenties, thirties, and forties, covering the golden ages of a videogame designer.

Although it might seem like they are all B-grade video game designers, in reality, there was still a gap in their abilities.

Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment were the two best companies in video game R&D on the mainland. Combined they took up around eighty percent of the video game industry here. Most video game designers like to work there to improve their CVs.

However, just because they came out of those companies didn’t mean they were good. For example, Shi Huazhe might have worked at Emperor Dynasty and had a few decent games, but in reality, it wasn’t because of skill or knowledge, but purely due to years of effort.

As for Lin Hai, his design skills were much better than Shi Huazhe, but ever since he entered a managerial role, his abilities had been getting rusty.

Under these circumstances, it seemed that twenty-seven-year-old Hengyang was the best in terms of video game design. A B-grade video game designer at a young age and the founder of hengyang.com, his future seemed brighter than the previous two.

“Hopefully the three judges will go easy on me. At the very least, one of you will pass my game…” Chen Mo prayed quietly.

1The other contestants were also quite nervous. There were a total of twenty contestants, but the highest prize was only given to the first place.

2Although the certification of a D-grade designer was more important, clearly the ones who had entered were after the three hundred thousand cash and the experience store. Most of them had the mentality of first place or bust!

Soon after, the competition started.

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Emcee hyping up the crowd.