Chapter 39 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

In his previous life, MOBA dominated the PC and mobile market; other genres didn’t even come close. In Chen Mo’s mind, MOBA’s dominance would continue for at least five to ten years.

9(Trans Note: MOBA = Multiplayer Online Battle Arena format, i.e. League of Legends, DotA, etc.)

6As for what game would take the place of MOBA, and be the king for the next ten years? Nobody knew.

4If someone did have the answer, he’d start making it now!

This was only true in the previous world, but what about in the parallel world, where gaming design concepts were undeveloped?

Although the parallel world had VR games, Chen Mo didn’t think that the VR games had better playability than MOBAs.

4On the PC front, the genres that were being pressured the most were adventure and FPS games, followed by strategy and management games. Genres like casual and mobile games weren’t affected by VR games at all.

Chen Mo thought that MOBAs, as a genre that had never surfaced in the parallel world, had huge potential, not unlike his previous world.

That was why he hypothesized that PC games would never die off, and PC internet cafes would never go extinct.

1Of course, he wouldn’t go and try and explain this concept to others, much less reveal any game concepts.

Zuo Yao studied the arrangement in the experience store and asked, “I just thought of something. Are you the only one in the experience store?”

Chen Mo was shocked, “What do you mean, just me? Aren’t there other players here?”

Zuo Yao explained, “I mean that in an internet cafe, there’s someone responsible for technical issues, and one for the cashier. Is it just you here? Are you able to manage it?”

Chen Mo said, “Oh, that’s what you meant. I’m able to manage. The checking in onto the machines is self service. The daily maintenance and cleaning are done by professionals. There really isn’t much that I need to do.”

Zuo Yao said, “But you still need to keep an eye on the first floor right? Isn’t your office on the second floor?”

Chen Mo was shocked; he really had overlooked that problem.

Now that the experience store was open for business from ten to eight, Chen Mo had to stay on the first floor. However, his office was on the second floor.

That meant that Chen Mo had to be the receptionist!

Zuo Yao said, “I think that you should hire someone to work at the front. In the end, you’re now a famous video game designer, surely you don’t have to be so personal with the players?”

3Chen Mo nodded, “Yeah, you do have a point…”

Zuo Yao stood up, “Alright, I need to head back. Come visit me next time. Since we are neighbors, let’s visit one another more often.”

“No problem!” Chen Mo stood up and showed her the door.

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After sending Zuo Yao away, Chen Mo started to brainstorm about the receptionist problem.

Plants vs Zombies was now making stable income. And Chen Mo wasn’t short on money like before either. It was entirely possible for him to pay for one other person.

However was concerned Chen Mo was other than the receptionist, was there anyone else that he needed to hire?

Many video game designers have an assistant. For example when A or S-grade designers are designing larger VR games, it’s unreasonable to complete it with one or two people, a whole team would be required.

Chen Mo was now also decently well-known. If he wanted to hire an assistant, it was likely that many designers that hadn’t entered the industry would be willing to work without pay.

However, Chen Mo was a bit hesitant.