System: Master Your Life-Chapter 827 - 203: Xu Lin’s First Money-Making Game, The Viral Trend (Part 2)
Hence, the opportunity for middle-age resurgence has arrived.
[Option One: You’ve finally caught the culprit red-handed, aren’t you going to confront him?]
[Option Two: For those who wish to achieve great things, patience is key. Gather evidence to ensure they are thoroughly disgraced, forcing them to leave town.]
[Option Three: You’ve been putting up with shambles for half your life, what’s a little more shambles? Pretend you didn’t see a thing.]
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Xu Lin’s thoughts were very messy and complex; this is just a part of it because what he wanted was the image of a totally failing middle-aged man to make his story logic work.
This is just the beginning—a miserable start is fine, because it gets better later. It’ll definitely thrill the players.
Then someone said, if the start is miserable and deeply resentful, who would want to keep playing? Haven’t you suffered enough in reality?
That’s because you’re young; you’re not middle-aged. Humans’ thought patterns continuously evolve with various factors like environment and age. For instance, when you’re young, your ambitions sky-high, but when you’re middle-aged, you’re likely to compromise due to various realities.
Many young people might have seen their parents or even grandparents watching silly short dramas, such as a son-in-law living as an outsider, where a godlike son-in-law washes his mother-in-law’s feet, is invincible outside—praised as the Northern Dragon King by top national figures—and then slapped by his mother-in-law who he can’t retaliate against.
And then, the wife looks down on him, her close friends and relatives disdain him even more. The protagonist is busy engaging with military corps today, assassins’ organizations tomorrow, dealing with crisis, but facing wife’s relatives and friends, he’s nothing; and he secretly uses his connections to help his wife’s career, yet she thinks it’s the antagonist’s deed and is fondly involved with the antagonist, the male lead only feels touched by himself secretly.
Some middle-aged and older people enjoy such genres, and young folks can’t understand their way of thinking.
Or like TikTok, what do middle-aged housewives frequently see in their feed? Many include middle-aged special-effect videos, or earlier a blogger called Show Talent, they simply love such content, while older men have their stand-out favorites like "Smile Captivates the Whole City."
These kinds are hard for young people to comprehend.
Think about it, what the heck is it?
But big data always customizes something for you; everyone lives in their informational cocoon.
And Xu Lin’s game is just that—it targets a specific audience.
But Xu Lin isn’t acting randomly.
All his behavioral logic is built on the basis of personal growth.
So, players can’t say he’s morally wrong.
Personal growth is of paramount importance; these ideals couldn’t be more right.
Question: What’s most important for a man?
Wife? Parents and children?
Not really.
The most important is oneself, then your own career, your personal growth.
The young might not understand, but middle-aged people, especially those who’ve experienced life, will definitely get this.
Take the age of forty, for example, with elderly above and kids below, imagine not having living expenses for them, will the kids resent you? If you can’t make money, will the wife look for another? If she has conditions, as long as she isn’t overweight and is presentable, she likely will. There’s really no such thing as sharing joy and sorrow—this grandiose affection is extremely rare through history and often exists only in various novels, dramas, and films—merely a beautiful human fantasy.
Therefore, built on the concept that personal growth is top priority.
Xu Lin’s game, filled with gold amidst crap, began to take shape.
Essentially, the protagonist of the plot will keep growing, hence achieving a resurgence.
The game includes stories, videos, ultra-high freedom.
Using his AI technology, he generates characters, videos, various features.
All of this.
Xu Lin can achieve with his technology.
AI-generated characters on the market are now impressive, some quite realistic but still evidently fake.
Yet Xu Lin’s technology makes his characters more believable, as if a real person is acting in a storyline.
Oh yes, this story is about the middle-aged resurgence of a man failing in both career and emotion. The so-called resurgence revolves around money, fame, and beautiful women.
Ultimately, he hugs gorgeous women, drives luxury cars, returns in glory like Brother Dong.
Speaking of ’return in glory’—in thousands of years, who can escape it?
Returning in glory ought to be a standalone major storyline later.
After completing the first part of the plot framework, Xu Lin began contemplating releasing the game.
Xu Lin’s mind now multitasks, tremendously boosting his efficiency.
The first part of the story is simple, with just one map—the protagonist’s apartment complex, where several incidents take place.
Subsequent maps will extend through further plot development, continuously expanding.
At just past three in the morning, he spent his own funds to register as a developer on Steam.
Developer: Young Master Lin.
What’s the game’s title?
Man’s Guide to Reversing Fortune?
Let’s go with this name.
A story about personal growth—what else to call it if not a guide to reversal?
Initially, Xu Lin considered naming it for middle-aged men but then thought many men face this dilemma, even younger ones.
However, for a game, the title isn’t what matters; playability is.
Xu Lin uploaded the game, priced it at 29.9 yuan.
Don’t mind it costing just a McDonald’s breakfast.
