Dreamscape: Game Development Chapter 9: 09-The Final Round

Novel: Dreamscape: Game Development Author: Liederfall Updated: Jun 03, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 9: 09-The Final Round from Dreamscape: Game Development, a Action novel by Liederfall.

lissa was hooked.

As a judge, she still had certain privileges.

So during the competition's second stage, she'd been playing Plants vs Zombies the entire ti.

Her progress could be said to be the highest now.

Through repeated cycles of death, review, death, review, she'd reached the ga's fourth major area: Night Pool.

This stage unlocked Balloon Zombies, which could fly in the sky and ignore all ground plants. Extrely annoying.

She had to use Cactus plants to shoot spikes and pop the balloons first, forcing them to the ground before she could damage them.

Plus, the thick fog on the right side of the map severely obstructed vision. She had to spare extra slots to plant Torchwood.

As levels unlocked...

More and more plants, all varieties of zombies began appearing one by one.

Plus various items and cards appearing in Crazy Dave's shop.

She couldn't help but admire this work's creativity.

All sorts of wild ideas, various novel chanics dazzled her eyes.

She couldn't rember the last ti she had this much fun.

She'd been playing for almost a full day without feeling the slightest bit tired.

She clearly rembered the starting interface still had three grayed-out options. No doubt they were other modes.

A small rookie work actually had such rich content.

Though it cleverly used fixed scenes, even a miniaturized sandbox world, it hadn't diminished the entertainnt value in the slightest.

She quietly withdrew her consciousness.

"The third round begins!"

"The elder judges present will evaluate and score the top ten contestants' works!"

"Each contestant's second round vote score plus votes multiplied by the judge scoring base average will determine the final score!"

"The highest-scoring work will beco this competition's champion!"

"Let's wait and see!"

The venue fell silent.

"Please welco the 10th place contestant and their work [Jungle Phantom]!"

"This work features a rare assassination the with excellent creativity, telling the story of a retired jungle ranger hunted by old enemies."

"Using the complex environnt of Moonshadow Forest, it becos a ga of hunter and hunted."

"Though the creativity is good, unfortunately the execution is too immature."

"Dialogue lacks depth, details aren't properly handled, and so areas have excessive scene repetition."

"So I give it a 6."

"I think... so I give it a 7."

"Contestant 10's judge average score is 6.3. Vote score: 310 multiplied by (1 0.63) makes the Final score: 505."

...

"Next, please welco the 5th place contestant and their work [Rose Knight]!"

"This work tells the story of a noblewoman unwilling to be bound by her family's constraints, who forges her own path, ultimately thwarting the kingdom's dark forces' conspiracy and becoming a knight sworn to the Queen."

"You can see this work's designer has extrely deep foundations."

"The plot has dramatic ups and downs, incorporating mystery puzzle elents with multi-layered narrative progression."

"Moreover, the overall world visuals are extrely exquisite, with details handled very well."

"So I give it a 9."

...

"I give it an 8."

"I give it a 9."

"Contestant 5's judge average score is 8.6. Vote score: 413 multiplied by judge base points (1 0.86) makes the Final score: 768."

The audience gasped in amazent, they hadn't expected this work to score so highly.

But the only pity was this was a female-oriented work, which explained why the votes were sowhat lower, but still sowhat normal. The scores of 800 were the abnormality.

Unlike other works, many of which allowed gender customization.

"Next, please welco the 2nd place contestant and their work [Legend of the Saints]!"

"This work uses mythological legends as background, telling stories from the ancient war period."

"Its narrative scope is grand, the plot magnificent and imposing."

"A rare masterpiece indeed!"

"I give it a 9."

lissa's brow furrowed slightly.

"I believe this work, while having no major design problems, clearly shows the author's historical knowledge isn't particularly deep."

"I've conducted extensive research on ancient history."

"Many legends and customs in this work are incorrect."

"For anyone who truly studies history, it's riddled with errors."

"So overall, this work still needs refinent. I give it a 7."

The first elder imdiately beca agitated.

"Miss lissa, I disagree with your assessnt!"

"Though this work has so minor flaws, they don't overshadow its rits!"

"For ordinary citizens, ancient history is far too distant. What's the point of scrutinizing these details?"

"As long as the work is interesting and the public is willing to accept it, then it's a good work!"

Bayev felt his dignity had been insulted.

His words were forceful, like a teacher correcting a junior's mistakes!

"Elder Bayev, are you saying the truth doesn't matter, and the public doesn't deserve to know the truth?"

lissa stared at Bayev unflinchingly.

During the initial screening, she'd already felt this judge was sowhat irresponsible. So works he hadn't even looked at, just glanced at the basic information before making arbitrary judgnts.

The audience's emotions seed stirred up now.

"Yeah, yeah! Just because we don't understand those profound subjects doesn't an we should be casually deceived!"

"So elder he is, how irresponsible!"

"Bah... ptui!"

"Legend of the Saints? Not even dogs would play it!"

Bayev's face turned black as coal

"You... I'm just saying this work, though it has so flaws, don't overshadow the rits."

"For rookie designers, shouldn't we show more encouragent and tolerance?"

"I'm sorry, Elder Bayev. I must be fair to every work, and responsible to the public."

"So I stand by my decision. 7 points."

Next, seemingly influenced by lissa's words, subsequent judges incorporated this criterion into their evaluations.

"I give it an 8."