Making Games: I Really Just Want to Lose Money

[Game Development] [System] [Anti-Trope] Exclusive Interview Reporter: “President Mei, your latest game has once again gone explosively viral. Could you share with us the original inspiration behind making this game?” Mei Caiyi, wearing a pained expression: “You might not believe this, but I actually have a system—every time the company loses money, I personally make a huge profit. So, the whole reason I made this game was to lose money. Same with the last one. And the one before that. All of them.” Reporter: “Hahaha! President Mei, you’re truly hilarious. I understand now—you’re not in this for the money. You’re just sincerely making heartfelt, high-quality games for the players.” He really wanted to say: “Understand my ass.” How was he supposed to know all those games would blow up? Now they call him things like “visionary,” “marketing genius,” “game development prodigy”—as if they weren’t just slandering him! “Arbitrary Town”—a construction game with no gameplay, just mindless clicking. “TombForce”—the protagonist is male, and all the enemies have bizarre, ridiculous designs. “Cry”—deliberately made to provoke flame wars. “Conscience-Free Game Platform”—created solely to deter people from registering. “Escape”—designed to scare players so badly they wouldn’t want to buy it. …He’s even gone online more than once begging for help: “Willing to pay handsomely for a large-scale, logically sound game idea that’s guaranteed to lose a ton of money!”