Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 15: I treat you as my brother, and you treat me as y

"Logging off, logging off…"

"I'm out, Bro Qie..."

"Bye, Director Di..."

Shark Live, FPS Zone, Liu Peiqie's stream room.

Liu Peiqie had just finished his ranked climb in Gun King. He rolled his shoulders and said goodbye to his five-man squad.

As one of the official strears for Crossfire Commute, his daily stream content mainly consisted of Gun King ranked matches.

But any veteran FPS player knows — doing well in these kinds of gas takes serious focus.

If you can maintain your level for three to four hours without falling off, that's already impressive.

So Liu Peiqie's peak stream duration usually capped at around three hours.

From 5:30 PM to about 8:30 PM.

After that, he'd typically dig around for so small gas to kill ti and fill out the rest of his stream.

"Hey hey, anyone still here?"

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Liu Peiqie called out on voice chat, seeing if anyone was still around.

A mont later, a young voice piped up:

"I'm here, Bro Qie. Got sothing in mind?"

The one replying was Coconut Jelly Cake, though most people still called him by his old ID, Winter lon.

Famous in the FPS scene for raging for ten straight minutes after getting killed, he'd earned the nickna: Hyperthyroid Warrior.

"Nothing in particular. Looks like it's just us two. Wanna find a co-op ga to ss around with?"

Liu Peiqie suggested.

"Sure, you find one and hit up. I'm checking out a female strear right now..." Winter lon replied.

"f**ck you... you're such a f***ing degenerate..."

Liu Peiqie cursed with a laugh and opened up the YiYou Platform.

anwhile, his bullet comnts were still lively with discussion—

'Bro Qie wants to watch a show too, but wifey’s ho'

'You really get family dynamics, huh'

'There’s nothing fun on YiYou lately'

'Didn’t Starbeam Gas just release a co-op PvP? Heard it’s getting good reviews?'

'Fantasy Clash 2, right? It’s a fighter. The good reviews are fake. Not even as fun as arcade gas'

'Ga’s 50 bucks and still has microtransactions. Says a lot already'

'6'

'My review: cash-grab, run while you can'

'Bro Qie not playing Cat Mario?'

'Bro, you been on Mars? He already broke three controllers on that ga'

'HAHAHAHAHA'

'…'

Liu Peiqie read the comnts while browsing the latest releases.

Sure enough, front and center on the new releases: Fantasy Clash 2 by Starbeam Gas.

He shrugged.

He never cared much for fighting gas, let alone cash-grabby sequels.

As for Cat Mario...

Liu Peiqie had mixed feelings.

It was fun — in a twisted, mind-breaking kind of way. Layers of traps inside traps. Pure psychological tornt.

But then again, beating it felt so satisfying. Euphoric even.

After so back-and-forth, Liu Peiqie asked the stream, “Hey, does the Cat Mario company have any other gas? What was the na of that company again?”

The bullet comnts quickly chid in.

“Oh oh, Golden Wind… found it.”

Following their suggestion, Liu Peiqie typed the dev’s na into the search bar.

Two gas popped up.

The first — of course — was Cat Mario, the one that had tortured him for over a week.

The second had an absurdly abstract art style and a bizarre na.

“Who’s Your Daddy? WDNM what kinda na is that?”

Liu Peiqie raised an eyebrow. He was baffled, but intrigued.

Curious, he clicked the ga. The description popped up—

"Who’s Your Daddy"

Genre: Role-playing, Multiplayer Competitive, Casual Puzzle

Description: In this ga, you and your friends play as a father and son duo. The father must do his best to protect his child, while the child… is free to unleash their curiosity and destructive instincts!

Release Date: Just released

Price: 5 yuan

“Geh geh geh geh... what the h*ll is this cracked-out ga…”

Reading the ridiculous description, Liu Peiqie let out his signature goose laugh and shouted at Winter lon:

"Winter lon! Stop watching! I found sothing hilarious!"

The bullet comnts exploded—

‘Haha calling your bro over just to be your kid, huh’

‘Hyperthyroid War God: I thought we were bros, and now I’m your son?’

‘Liu Peiqie: We’ll each play our part. I call you bro, you call daddy’

‘LMAO this ga’s cracked’

‘Ethics-based cody, never seen this before’

‘Has Golden Wind’s signature all over it’

‘Abstract dev, abstract gas’

‘Looks like solid content material’

‘…’

Winter lon responded right away:

"I'm here, Bro Qie! What's the ga?"

"Open YiYou, search for Who’s Your Daddy," Liu Peiqie replied.

A mont later!

Laughter burst from Winter lon's mic:

"HAHAHA holy sht! Why does this company keep making such f**ed up gas! It just dropped too. Let’s try it!"

With such a weird concept — and from the devs of Cat Mario — they were instantly sold.

Download complete.

As the ga booted up, the father-son duo appeared on screen, drawing a collective gasp from the viewers.

But then... a problem erged.

"Who’s gonna be the dad?" Winter lon asked.

"It's one-on-one. I’ll go first," Liu Peiqie replied.

"Bullsh*t! Why?"

Winter lon imdiately protested:

"I wanna be the dad too!"

Liu Peiqie calmly responded, “Gun King score, 3800. Co on, fight .”

Winter lon went quiet for a beat.

“…Dad— Dad—!!!”

That one shout nearly broke Liu Peiqie:

"WDNM you shaless f***er…"

With roles assigned, they jumped into the ga.

The graphics weren’t impressive — pretty rough, actually.

Liu Peiqie looked around and found himself in a cozy two-story villa. This seed to be his in-ga house.

The UI was simple.

Top right: task bar — Protect the Child.

Top left: status bar — Health, Hunger, and Oxygen.

Despite the rough visuals, the ga had a strange abstract charm. Nothing too weird yet.

But then—

Just as Liu Peiqie was getting a feel for the controls—

Suddenly, Winter lon's explosive laughter filled the voice channel.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YO! Bro Qie! Co look at !"

"Huh?"

Liu Peiqie was confused:

"Where even are you?"

"Baby room! Upstairs, baby room! You don’t even know where your own kid sleeps? So dad you are!"

Winter lon teased.

"Hold up, hold up — I’m coming, I’m coming..."

Following the instructions, Liu Peiqie made his way upstairs to the nursery.

Click.

Door opened.

Inside the warm, pastel-pink baby room, a diaper-clad baby was kneeling on the crib, staring at him with a dopey expression.

"…"

Three seconds of silence.

Then Liu Peiqie cracked:

"This is YOU???"

"Yup!"

As Winter lon confird, the baby suddenly sprang up like a jack-in-the-box. The animation was absurd.

Hands on hips, looking totally unrepentant, he stared at Liu Peiqie with a blank gaze:

"Watch closely, Daddy! Your boy's gonna perform a trick!"

"IGNORE!!!"

With a shout from Winter lon—

The baby did a backflip in place — and smashed headfirst into the window. Along with the shattered glass, he flew right out of the second-floor window.

The motion was smooth. Way too smooth.

Liu Peiqie was stunned for a full five seconds.

Then ca the scream that echoed through the livestream—

"OH SH*T! MY BOY! MY BOY!!!"

"WDNM are you f***ing brain-dead?!!!"