Chapter 84

A short notice was posted on Han Yoorim’s MTube community.

<Recruiting Beta Testers for a New Game After the Yrimpic Afterparty>

The testing period is 2 weeks.

Any broadcaster can apply.

There’s no limit to the number of participants.

Even if you didn’t participate in the Yrimpic, you can still apply.

Honestly, up to this point, it seemed like just an ordinary notice.

But no. Considering Han Yoorim’s current status, even that alone had significant impact. That much was true, but it still felt a bit lacking to make the entire community go wild.

What ultimately created the current festival-like atmosphere was the last line of the notice.

P.S.) If you discover a hidden Easter egg in the game, a small gift will be provided!

List of small gifts:

[Latest Smartphone]

[Robot Vacuum Cleaner]

[High-End Coffee Machine]

[Large TV]

[Fine Dining Course Meal Voucher (for 2 or more)]

[Fine Wine]

And.

[Freedom Game Creation License]

That’s right.

While the other gifts were nice, it was the [Freedom Game Creation License] that made not only broadcasters but the entire community lose their minds.

<Let’s take a look at the list of games Han Yoorim has made so far>

1. Fantasy Life

A game that sold over 10 million copies, boasting the highest sales among Han Yoorim’s works. The upward trend shows no signs of stopping, and it’s expected to surpass 20 million downloads soon.

2. Excel Busters

Although it hasn’t reached 10 million downloads yet, this one is no slouch either. It’s especially popular in the West, and it has the potential to outsell Fantasy Life.

3. Resurrected Students Also Need Love

Breaking the limits of the “beautiful girl dating simulation” genre, this game also has several million downloads. Its translation into various languages is considered one of the factors behind its success.

4. Climbing the Tower of Novelive (Working Title)

This one hasn’t been officially released yet, but it’s already famous that Novelive begged Han Yoorim to release it. Given that it’s based on the IP of Eternal World, the world’s number one game, it’s expected to hit tens of millions of downloads upon release.

-This is insane, wtf.

-Even her game development speed is on another level, like it’s just a click away. You don’t have to wait years; you can play the game you want as soon as you ask? That’s a luxury no one else can enjoy.

┗Is it official that Han Yoorim uses strong AI?

┗┗It’s not official, but there’s no other explanation, right?

<Looking at it all, Han Yoorim’s genre spectrum is really wide>

She can literally make any game you want, huh?

-Then can she make a childhood friend pure love game?

┗Have you seen Resurrected Students? She’d make it in a heartbeat, lol.

The Game Gallery was buzzing about Han Yoorim’s game development skills, her genre spectrum, and the ultimate games they could imagine.

Meanwhile, the VR Broadcasting Gallery approached the gifts from a different angle.

<Isn’t this the best opportunity for streamers?>

The participation conditions are super lenient—as long as you started streaming a month ago, literally anyone can join.

They focused on analyzing how these gifts would benefit streamers.

Wait, is the VR Broadcasting Gallery half streamers and half viewers? Nope. While streamers do lurk a lot, 99.9% of the posts are made by viewers.

So why are they analyzing the gifts from the streamers’ perspective? Simple.

That’s just how internet streaming works.

It’s more fun to enjoy streams that way.

It’s not for nothing that stream viewers ask “Is XX really okay like this?” every day.

They do it because it’s fun, no other reason.

Anyway, for that reason, the VR Broadcasting Gallery started breaking down the benefits a streamer could get if they found the [Freedom Game Creation License].

<This is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity>

Isn’t the core of streaming ultimately games?

A game made by Han Yoorim specifically for one streamer?

Is there anyone in the streaming world who wouldn’t be curious about that?

Plus, Han Yoorim is super popular overseas, so the potential is huge.

If I were a streamer, I’d skip sleep to find that [Freedom Game Creation License], lol.

-If you’re half-assing this treasure hunt, just quit streaming and get a job. You clearly don’t have the talent.

┗Even if you don’t get the [Freedom Game Creation License], this is still a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get massive attention. How often does something like this happen in the streaming world? Even if you don’t succeed, you should be grinding your teeth trying. If you’re half-hearted about it? You deserve a slap in the face, lol.

Other communities were also buzzing about Han Yoorim.

Title: Generally, the revenue share for idea contributions is around 5%. [LV5] (Max level on the site)

Content: With Han Yoorim’s name, the game would sell at least 5 million copies. Even if the game is priced at just 20,000 won, that’s roughly 3.5 billion won in revenue.

Comment 1: The revenue share is too high. A 5% share is usually given for core, original ideas that are specifically provided. [LV1]

┗Reply 1: It’s not yet determined how much streamers will contribute in terms of ideas.

┗┗Reply 2: We have to assume a general scenario. Do you really think streamers, who know nothing about game development, will provide core, original ideas? And usually, to provide such ideas, you’d need to be involved in the game development process, which isn’t the case here. [LV1] [Upvotes:5 Downvotes:653]

Title: Ideas are a crucial part of game development, but they’re being severely undervalued here. [LV5]

Content: If no cost is paid, Han Yoorim could be accused of stealing others’ ideas without permission.

Isn’t it possible?

Comment 1: Definitely.

Comment 2: That could lead to some misunderstandings.

Comment 3: Do you have holes in your brain? There are so many elements to game development, and a broadcaster isn’t going to specify each one. At most, they’ll say, “Make a game where the hero defeats the demon king,” and if you try to make money off that idea, that’s the problem. [LV0][Upvotes:3 Downvotes:1293]

Sometimes they fight in ways that make it hard to tell if it’s WWE or UFC.

Title: What happened?

Content: What is Han Yoorim doing?

Comment 1: I don’t know either.

Title: But honestly, isn’t saying they stole the idea a bit much?

Content: It’s not like they actually stole anything.

Reply 1: It doesn’t make sense to make a fuss over something that didn’t even happen. And as someone said earlier, contribution isn’t fulfilled with just a few words. Ethically, you could give some money, but expecting a percentage of profits is too shameless. [Upvotes:2531 Downvotes:0]

Title: I inadvertently created an atmosphere that seemed to slander Han Yoorim. [LV4](Suddenly received a flood of downvotes and got demoted)

Content: I’m sorry. I’ll distribute gold.

Reply 1: TY

Reply 2: TY

In this way, all communities are freely discussing Han Yoorim.

Of course, our VTuber broadcast gallery is included.

Let’s see what our VTuber broadcast gallery is talking about.

<Do they make any game you want?>

Even adult games?

<What? You said to name the game I want?>

The game I want is one where Bunny Run gets NTR’d by Arena and cries while flailing around.

-(Bunny Run and Han Yoorim making “uhuhu” emoticons)

-(Bunny Run’s eyes dead emoticon)

-(Bunny Run hitting Han Yoorim with a stun gun emoticon)

-(Bunny Run hypnotizing Han Yoorim with an app emoticon)

Let’s stop here.

Thus, the beta tester recruitment for <Cosmic Osuary>, which garnered attention from all communities and broadcasters, successfully concluded.

Number of participants: 5311.

It was a record-breaking number that made you wonder if it could be handled on a personal scale.

*

“Unnie. I finished checking the participant list.”

“Yooseong, you’re really sharp, huh?”

“Unnie. Is that weird nickname ‘Yooseong-gun’ something you’re going to keep using, not just for grandpa’s birthday?”

I checked the participant list organized by Han Yooseong, my favorite cousin.

There were more unfamiliar names than familiar ones, and that was good.

After all, the fun of adventure lies in uncovering the unknown.

“But are you okay doing this alone, Yooseong-gun?”

“What’s so hard about it? Compared to the time we helped classify human personalities, this is a piece of cake.”

“You ran away after 10 minutes back then.”

“That’s why it’s a piece of cake. Honestly, how could anyone finish that? You didn’t do all 100 million either, right?”

“Of course not.”

Recalling that time still makes me laugh.

It was such a fun experience that I couldn’t stop talking about it.

I wish others could experience it too.

“It’s still funny thinking about it. We called them over and suddenly asked them to write essays based on their classified personalities, and they were so shocked.”

“Right.”

“You stopped after about 100 too, didn’t you?”

“Probably.”

“But why am I the only one? Aren’t the other cousins helping too?”

“The others are like Iron, you know.”

I left Yooseong behind, checked the server, and went home.

It was 6 o’clock.

Perfect timing, so I headed to the private conference room.

―――

†Han Yoorim: Malangmabang-nim. If you leave work early, who will protect the Korean economy?

†Pape: So Malangmabang is the reason for the global economic crisis?

†Bunny Run: Apologize to the OECD, Malangmabang-nim.

―――

“How do you all come in at the same time? Did you have a meeting in a group chat without me?”

―――

†Choco Full Bread: Surely there isn’t a group chat without me and Malangmabang-hyungnim?

†Chaenarin: …I didn’t join.

†Han Yoorim: I didn’t join either.

†Pape: What? Malangmabang, did you make a group chat without us?

†Bunny Run: Apologize to us, Malangmabang-nim.

―――

“Things are really crazy.”

After shaking my head, Mos asked.

“Aren’t you guys coming into the game? It’s about to start.”

―――

†Han Yoorim: I’ll join.

―――

At Mos’s words, I turned off the broadcast and started the game.

In 10 minutes.

Finally, the private server for <Cosmic Osuary> opened.