[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game":3,"chapter-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Game Development: Starting from a 2D Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271063,4435,"Chapter 2","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>After cursing with a grimace, Qin Xiaoyu instinctively reached out and rubbed the sore spot a few times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The culprit behind the pain finally appeared before him, completely unobstructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, it wasn’t a needle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a black external hard drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he saw the culprit’s true form, the pain on Qin Xiaoyu’s face vanished instantly, replaced by wild elation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shift in expression was like a storm suddenly turning into blazing sunshine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It perfectly demonstrated how fast one’s face could change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reaction wasn’t due to Qin Xiaoyu being moody—it had a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To others, this external hard drive might seem utterly ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only he knew what it truly represented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn’t mistaken,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was the very work hard drive he had carried with him in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It contained all the original data and full source code for the game Genshin Impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wished right now, the game could be launched immediately on all major gaming platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All prior design and development work could be skipped entirely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given such a stroke of luck,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not feeling excited or thrilled would be utterly unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu’s earlier reaction was hardly surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of excitement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he quickly calmed down. Though the early development phase could be bypassed, it wasn’t entirely free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some initial funding was still necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, renting servers and running promotions—those costs couldn’t be avoided!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how good the game was, players had to see it before it could truly shine and generate real profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the best wine fears a deep alley!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea that flowers bloom and butterflies come naturally? Pure nonsense—the original owner’s own past proved that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he didn’t need much startup capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a few hundred thousand, Qin Xiaoyu was confident he could reignite Genshin Impact’s popularity in this other world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Qin Xiaoyu was thinking this, two figures rushed into the hospital room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Fish, you're awake? That's amazing! We got a call from the hospital and rushed over right away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker was Cai Qiu, one of the original owner’s college best friends, known for his impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already reached the bedside, pulled back the covers, and began checking Qin Xiaoyu’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Glad you’re awake. When you lay there unconscious, Cai and I thought you’d turn into a vegetable—we’d even started discussing whether to ditch you and run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joker was Chen Wei, the original owner’s other best friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both had secured offers from major companies before graduation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the original owner’s persuasion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they ultimately gave up high-paying jobs to chase dreams alongside him, pouring their youth into sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a way, they’d been tricked by the original owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, their situation was clearly far worse than that of their classmates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>neither of them had ever complained to the original owner.\u003C\u002Fp>",482,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5bdbf9c947522f05242514005fcebebfa2d24cb21281b26ea5356fd56f19a66f","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-3","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-1",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]