pragmatic developer

[Horror Game Developer: Permainanku tidak seseram itu!] Aku benci horor. Dari suara langkah kaki yang berderap di belakangku, hingga bisikan lembut namun mengganggu yang dingin melingkari telingaku... Semuanya. Aku benci itu. Begitu bencinya hingga aku mulai muntah setiap kali aku mencapai ambang batas tertentu. Namun anehnya, aku adalah seorang Developer Game Horor. Developer yang payah. Jadi, karena ketidakmampuanku, aku memutuskan untuk berhenti. Tetapi... [Selamat, kamu telah terpilih untuk Game Developer System!] Tidak, aku tidak menginginkannya. Biarkan aku berhenti. ※ Catatan: Duniamu mungkin akan mengalami beberapa perubahan. Tapi jangan khawatir! Ini bagian dari permainan! *** Ini adalah kisah tentang seorang developer game yang benci horor, tetapi tidak punya pilihan selain mengembangkan game yang cukup menakutkan untuk mentrauma orang. Kamu ingin mengutukku karena membuatmu mengompol? Jika begitu, siapa yang harus kukutuk? *** Sebuah cerita terinspirasi SCP dengan twistnya sendiri!

[Horror Game Developer : My games really aren't that scary!] I hate horror. From the skittering sounds of footsteps racing behind me, to the soft yet unnervingly cold whispers curling around my ears... All of it. I hate it. So much so that I start puking whenever I reach a certain threshold. And yet, I am a Horror Game Developer. A crappy one at that. So, given my lack of ability, I decided to quit. And yet... [Congratulations, you've been selected for the Horror Game Developer System!] Nope, I don't want it. Let me quit. ※ Note : Your world might experience some changes. But don't worry! It's part of the game! *** This is a story about a game developer who hates horror, but has no choice but to develop games scary enough to traumatize people. You want to curse me for making you piss your pants? If that's the case, who do I curse? *** An SCP inspired story with its own twist! Discord : https://discord.gg/FK7ZQU3b9p

After his death, Weiss S. Albus woke up under an unfamiliar ceiling. What came after a successful transmigration was none other than the memories of the previous owner’s body. Transmigrating into the modern world Blue Star, Weiss was confronted with a system screen in front of him. [Weiss, two months from now, the invasion from another world will destroy Blue Star. You need to prepare and let the entire human race have the power to defeat those invaders! Become a God-Level Game Developer!] Hearing the sweet yet resolute voice from his system spirit “Alice”, Weiss immediately made countermeasures! Invasion from another world? Create the Idle Tower Defense Game and make the defense of Blue Star invulnerable! Those flying lizards (dragons?) were shot down from the sky by a homing meteor turret! Lack of experience in dealing with a wave of monsters? Zombie Survival Online has been developed! Waves of evolved zombies, the hands of the military were numbed after playing the game! The humans need summoned monsters to fight alongside them for support? The Pocket Monster Game was created just for that purpose! Armed with dimensional pocket balls, the players gazed at the monsters and shouted “Gotta imprison and enslave them all!” As if that wasn’t enough, mages and warriors from another world invaded Blue Star! Weiss immediately developed Fantasia Online and let those aliens get a taste of their own medicine! After awakening the God-Level Game Developer System, creating game worlds that was no different from reality itself became the norm for Weiss Albus! “Invasion from another world? Let the human race treat this as nothing but a game! I, the God-Level Game Developer, approve!” Life is a game, but a game within a game? Only the God-Level Game Developer Weiss S. Albus can develop it!

James was a hustler who'd succeeded in retiring early, only for the pandemic to ruin all of his plans. He spent two years locked up inside playing video games and watching movies, only to be spiritually abducted just as the situation started improving. Now his name is Jin and he's a part of the Illusion Room Sect. A cultivation sect that creates scenarios for combat-focused cultivators to hone their skills. In other words, fully immersive video games. Will the gaming knowledge of his past life help him succeed in such a cut-throat world? Will he manage to break his two-year pandemic induced dry-spell? And most importantly, will he ever manage to surpass the rank of cannon fodder?

What if the future of civilization depended on one man... born 100,000 years too early? In a twist of fate, a modern-day young man finds himself thrust into a world unlike anything he’s ever known—the prehistoric age. Stripped of the conveniences of his former life, he must navigate a raw, untamed landscape teeming with danger, wonder, and primitive humanity. Armed with only his wits, fragmented memories of modern knowledge, and an unyielding will to survive, he struggles to adapt to his new reality. As he encounters early humans, their rudimentary ways of life challenge his understanding of survival, community, and progress. Torn between integrating into their world or using his knowledge to shape it, he walks a fine line between blending in and revolutionizing the dawn of civilization. But his presence comes with unforeseen consequences—sparking both awe and fear among those he meets. Faced with ferocious predators, harsh climates, and the mysteries of this ancient era, he begins to uncover the secrets of his reincarnation and the purpose behind his journey. Will he survive long enough to leave his mark on history, or will the brutal world of the past consume him before he gets the chance? A gripping tale of survival, ingenuity, and the search for meaning in a time before time.

"Among the 11 modern arts, the 10th art has always been my favorite. I experienced so many amazing classics in my other world, that I felt compelled to be able to provide this art to the people of this world as well." After finishing playing all the games nominated for the "Games Award" that year, Gabriel, known on the internet as Gabe, felt that life was really beautiful, experiencing so many beautiful things while playing, he felt quite satisfied, until he woke up in an unknown place. Confused, Gabe felt new memories surging through his mind, indicating that he had transmigrated to another world, a world where humans needed to create virtual worlds so that the population could arm themselves to fight the monsters that threatened to wipe out their race. But something shocked Gabe, these virtual worlds were like VR games that people could play and get items or abilities, and the surprise was that from the memories he received, his current body was a developer of Virtual Worlds. Follow Gabe's journey to become the greatest game developer in human history. Do humans need battle skills against monsters? I will do my favorite game that fights against zombies. Do humans need monsters to fight alongside them? I will make monsters that can be balled up and evolve to fight alongside humans. Is the technology of humans too weak? I will make alien robots that can transform into vehicles and shoot lasers. Does the government want to control me? Sorry, but I was running the government before that. From a young man who couldn't develop the most basic game to graduate from university, to the most powerful developer in the world, Gabe used all the knowledge available to him to reach the pinnacle of the world and take humanity along with him. ------ The novel doesn't have a lot of chapters, but each chapter is 2x the length of chapters in other novels. discord.gg/NunuXD

Suho Kim, a broke college student struggling to make ends meet, is desperate to turn his life around by earning a degree in civil engineering. But going from rags to riches will be easier said than done—especially after Suho suddenly wakes up inside the fantasy novel he had been reading every night as Lloyd Frontera, one of the worse side characters. Lloyd is a lazy, hot-headed drunkard whose family is on the brink of ruin due to an enormous amount of debt. Lloyd may not be the most reliable guy, but Suho isn't ready to give up so easily—he refuses to live in poverty again. Luckily for the Frontera family, Suho has something up his sleeve that may end their financial woes: his studies in civil engineering! With the heart of an entrepreneur and the brain of an engineer, can Suho finally build a better life for himself?"

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"

Amelia Lockhart has one mission: make the top idol Ethan Quinn fall in love with her, then break his heart, so that Ethan Quinn can successfully pass his tribulation and return to his position as a High God. There's just one problem: as the most hated woman on the internet, Amelia is the last person anyone would pair with the nation's golden boy. But when she lands a spot on a dating show alongside Ethan, she sees her chance. She does all the heavy lifting and is dependable enough to make him see her differently. As a result, Ethan starts pretending to be weak. The fans are confused. Their untouchable idol is... blushing? Getting clingy? Calling her "jiejie" in that voice? "Sis, I surrender." "Sis, you can only spoil me like this." Amelia is losing control of the plan. She was supposed to seduce him and walk away. So why is he the one coaxing her to stay, and why is it getting harder to say no?

In her past life, Su Yaoguang bought Xiao Yanci, supported his education, and helped him rise to great heights. She became his wife. Everyone praised him for never abandoning the farm girl who funded his rise. Su Yaoguang also believed she had found a good man. Unexpectedly, when she was seriously ill, she saw Xiao Yanci bring his first love and a child who resembled them both to her bedside. "Dad, mom, when will this person die?" the child asked, holding Xiao Yanci's hand. Xiao Yanci responded, "Soon, just wait a bit longer." That was the moment she realized: she had wasted her entire life on the wrong man. Returning to the age of fifteen, Su Yaoguang pointed at the bloody young boy: "I want him." In her past life, no matter what she gave Xiao Yanci, she only received a cold expression. This time, the young boy, like a wolf cub, dropped his guard; everything Sister gifted was the best. Sweet as milk. Devoted beyond reason. He melted her completely. Until one day, the young boy took a high position. Not wanting history to repeat itself, Su Yaoguang packed her things and slipped away at night, only to run into a man as noble and unattainable as a deity. "I've heard you call us siblings everywhere. Good sister, shouldn't we change what we call each other?"