Chapter 3: Doom (1)

[Perhaps We Have Undervalued the Potential of Games Too Much.]

[Well-Made Movies Are Watched and Enjoyed, but Well-Made Games Make Me the Protagonist in the Story.]

[Beyond Imagination]

[It’s Not the First Game. But this game is the first one to change the concept of games so much.]

[The Joy That Comes from Violence.]

[A Soldier’s Story of Surviving Demons? Isn’t it the Demons who survive?]

[It’s definitely fun, but isn’t it a form of species discrimination against demons?]

I didn’t imagine it would catch fire this quickly… the response was much faster and hotter than I expected.
After all, Doom was a huge hit that could be considered to have turned America upside down, and it was also considered to have established the basics of FPS. How could FPS become a popular genre just because of Doom?

The effect is definitely certain since this is America.
I felt relieved, thinking that if I just held on a little, the problem of paying back rent and making a living would be solved.

Of course, I’ve only released the trial version now, and I don’t have any immediate income, so I have to figure out a way to hold on for a while… but I had a way.

“Right?”

“This is the first time I’ve met a shameless son of a b*tch like you.”

Bang!

I saw an orc, putting a cigarette in his mouth, and placing the plate he was holding in his right hand on the desk.
Does he have any complaints?

Maybe he went through something bad today.
It’s a pity.

How much bad things did a kind person like him have to go through to act so violently?
I hate the world that made his kind and generous personality this way.

“So, is that what you came to say at this late hour?”

“Wow! I could open a restaurant. Oh, look at these barbecue ribs. Can we talk while we eat?”

When I asked the orc, who was looking at me with a bewildered expression, for permission, he sighed again and waved his hand.

I got permission, so I opened a napkin and put it on my lap.

Were barbecue ribs a very popular dish in the southern and central United States?
It’s a dish with a variety of recipes, and I don’t know if it will suit my taste, but at least the smell wasn’t bad.

The United States is called the country of immigrants, so the cuisine was also influenced by various countries, especially by the influence of England, Germany, and Italy.

Among them, barbecue dishes were one of the oldest traditional dishes in the United States, and it’s considered a representative food of the Southern United States, and there’s an interesting history to this barbecue.
The background that barbecue is considered the representative food of the Southern United States was with the black slaves.
They came to the United States by ship from Africa, via the Caribbean, and during that time, the black slaves who learned barbecue from the Indians living in the Caribbean activated barbecue in the southern region.

Because it doesn’t require expensive cuts of meat, it became the staple food of the poor blacks of the South, and because of this, barbecue became the representative food of the South.

Blacks spread barbecue to various regions as they moved to find factory jobs.
The interesting thing is that barbecue is treated as a man’s job, unlike other dishes.

I cut a piece of meat with a knife and put it in my mouth.
The smell of various spices mixed with the fishy smell of the pig spread through my mouth as if it was a surprise.

If you chew for a long time, even if you catch the smell well, you sometimes feel the pig’s fishy smell, but this dish has a soft texture and a lingering sweet and fragrant smell that lingers on your tongue until the moment you chew and swallow.

Special.

It was a fragrant smell, but it was stimulating, and it was soft, but it made me think about it.
It’s annoying to cut the meat from the bone, but because of that, you get to enjoy the slow wait to put the next piece of meat in your mouth.

American food is salty and feels greasy to Koreans, but this dish is just right.

It would have been nice to have wine, but I’m sorry.
Since I’m the one who is being treated, it’s a bit hard to be shameless.

Is this because my taste has changed because I’ve changed into someone else’s body?
Or is it actually a well-made dish?

Interesting.
I haven’t been in this world for long, but it’s not bad.

Everything was new and fun in its own way.
It pricks my conscience a little to sell my own game that I made, but since there’s no copyright, it’s okay.

Now, let’s think.
Will copyright exist in other worlds after going through dimensions?
If it exists, the content of Earth might have been made first in other dimensions, isn’t that copyright infringement?

I knew that there were other dimensions.
If so, is there no guarantee that there are no other dimensions besides this place?

For now, let’s rationalize this much, and let’s get to the main point now.

“Um, sir. I’ll say it again, the reason I’m here today is to suggest something to you.”

“Suggestion?”

His atmosphere, which had been just looking at me pitifully until a moment ago, changed.
It became heavy, but it wasn’t a feeling of pressure, but an atmosphere for preparing for a serious conversation.

Yes.
I couldn’t possibly sell the game on my own right now.

The game development cost nothing, but a game was originally a monster that eats money.
If you know how many processes it takes to develop and release a game, you’ll be surprised.

It usually takes 3 to 5 years to develop a game.
High-spec AAA games take that much time, so it’s not necessarily so, but it takes quite a long time.

After the development is complete, you have to go through testing and get a review.
Of course, there doesn’t seem to be a review of the game here yet, so even if we put this problem aside, marketing expenses are needed for distribution.

Even in a situation where I don’t have a penny, the rent and food expenses weren’t solved.
So, after much deliberation, I came up with one method.

Yes, if I don’t have money, someone else can pay for me.
Among the people I know, the one with the most money and generosity… the only one with a bit of generosity was this landlord.

Therefore, to put it in conclusion… ‘do it’

“Do you know the game called Doom?”

“Doom… Doom… I haven’t heard of it?”

This is the normal reaction.
No matter how much it heated up the internet, it’s almost impossible for everyone to know in less than three days.

As I explained it to him and showed him the game play video on my phone, he was skeptical.

“You? This game?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm.”

After a short conversation, he tapped the table slowly with his thick fingers and fell into thought.
He was so strong that it sounded like a hammer was hitting the table, not his fingers.

If that sir’s personality was a little more nasty, those fingers wouldn’t be tapping the table, but my head.

“Okay. Let’s say you made the game. So, what do you want from me?”

“Investment. I’ll give you a share in the company I’m going to make, so invest. Doesn’t it seem like a game that will make money at a glance?”

“Investment… is it certain that you made the game?”

“Certain.”

He rolled his thick, bulging eyes and slowly examined me.

“It’s not a bad offer. But where will you get the headquarters, since you can’t even pay rent…”

When I stared at him without answering, he looked at me and suddenly got angry.

“You goblin garbage-like bastard! You’re mooching off the rent and food, and now you’re going to borrow my hand for the business, too!”

“Argh… My head was about to explode.”

I was hit with his fist full of fury, and my head almost broke.

Ah, the orc, or the landlord, his name was Grok.

Anyway, he said he would help me, and although it’s a verbal contract, the business will start soon.

He left, saying that he had a lot to prepare, and I came back home, using the excuse that I had more to develop.

Alright.
Now it’s time to study.

I opened the newspaper on the desk and sat at the table.

[South Korean Forest Guardian Luminaire Resigns from Parliament]

[Unexplained retreat. Doesn’t come out of her residence.]

[The Game on the Internet that Heated Up the Younger Generation.]

[Species discrimination and excessive violence also appear in the game. Is this okay?]

[New drug X-d1 to conquer cancer. On the verge of clinical trials.]

[Another failed spaceship. Is it still too early to advance into space?]

First of all, the person named Luminaire is someone I don’t know, and since she’s a member of parliament, I don’t need to know her.
I was slightly interested in the news from South Korea, but the other news is more important for the time being, as I have to settle in the United States for the time being.

And the next news was about Doom.
Doom was a game that turned America upside down and made John Carmack a star, but at the same time, it was a regular work that always appeared in the debate over violence.

In South Korea, as well as in the United States, games were a good subject for politicians to get votes from parents, and that’s why they kept touching games.

Although it’s gradually decreasing over time, wasn’t there a time when you would be scolded by your parents just for playing games?

Doom, in particular, received a lot of criticism in the media and was beaten often, since it was very popular.
The shooting incidents that happened in reality also played a role.

I don’t need to worry too much at this time.

Even when the perception of games was negative, there were many opinions that there was no clear evidence of how the violence in games affects users, and the social standards were not clear either.
So it’s not like there’s only enemies.

Since there are many races in this world, I didn’t think it would go the same way as the original Earth.

The conclusion is that I’ll live as I please, without caring what others think.