Game Market 1983

The next day, the first thing I did was rent an office near Marpo.

Raon's first anniversary is in a month. Somnori's cooperation was absolutely necessary for a successful event to be held. And in order to do that, a smooth development environment was essential.

By changing the platform from PC to Raon, all developments that have been made to date have again changed 0%. In fact, there was a demo version of Raon Actonicia from Mantra that I had sent earlier if I could get some, but it was honestly only Mana level.

And why is that?

Would I have come all the way out here and ported back to Actonia?

Akto was clearly a masterpiece in the gaming industry at the time, but it was not a massive masterpiece. There was definitely something that needed fixing, and there was something that needed fixing.

First, the SRPG's undercover combat. Here's a bit of a blur.

At the classic RPG, which was the main level nogada, Actonicia was very slow in tempo. One of the reasons is that the size of the battle map is too wide for the number of allies and enemies that appear.

At the point of hitting and fighting anyway, I had to spend 2-3 turns just going to meet the enemy, but this part only felt very frustrating.

“Why is this battle map so wide? ”

“It's for the broadness of the battlefield...”

“I've only slaughtered three or four monsters, but the map is a bit... small for a battlefield. As soon as the battle begins, I'm faced with the enemy once or twice with the vastness of the battlefield. I get bored when I level up like this in RPG games that require battles every time. ”

And number two.

I applied unique settings for each character's job. In fact, magic was very useless in Actonicia.

In a fantasy world where swords and magic thrive, magic has a huge impact on the world view. However, due to the excessive consumption of one MP magic in Akto, after just one or two strokes, there are no more points left to use magic.

After fixing half the system parts of the original draft except for the story, the faces of some of Somnori's team members, including the Lee Won-seung representative, began to harden.

“Jules, who the hell is that? ”

“This is Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, Japan. ”

“Ah, Pentagon Soft...”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“No, wait. Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft!? ”

“Yes, my dear, I am the main director of the Dragon Emblem series. ”

“Ugh...”

The developers who created the story of Actonicia in Somnori for the first time were not actually professionals who created the game.

It was just a group of indie games where a few people who liked the game gathered to make the game as a hobby.

Suddenly, if you create a professional game for those people, it will be confusing, and such confusion will bring about refusal.

“Hey, I came to see Lee Seung Seung Won because I thought I was making a really simple role-playing game, but if I spend too much time here, my career will be difficult. ”

While researching the project book, while filtering out unnecessary parts, a skinny programmer carefully spoke to me. I continued to examine Akto's plans and answer his questions.

“What are you working on? ”

“Oh, well, a small company is building an English language education program for children. ”

“What is your monthly income? ”

“Well, when you're done, your boss says he'll take care of it, but basically he gets about 100 a month. ”

In the programmer's answer, I looked at Lee Won Seung Won.

“There will be a deposit coming in from Mantra this afternoon. Have lunch later and check your bank account. I'm not going to interfere because you're in charge of the crew. Keep in mind that you don't have much time to convince and drag people you don't want to do it with. And…”

I turned my head toward the development team and looked at them for a moment, followed by horses.

“I can assure you, by the end of this project, you will all be able to grow by a few steps. But I've been working for the next few months. Family at home, friends. You'll have to put all that behind you and get on with it. If you're that excited, we'll guarantee you a monthly salary of KRW 2 million until the game is completed. ”

“What... 200!? ”

In the early '90s, the fixed income of 2 million won per month was equivalent to the base salary of a small and medium-sized enterprise, so it was not surprising for them.

“What do you think? Can you do it? ”

The people who were gathering in the office at my question slowly nodded up and down.

&

August 14, 1992.

Since a month ago, many people have gathered on the first floor of Yongsan Terminal, as well as Soyeon and Mantra's employees have been actively promoting around Yongsan Station.

Terminal stores that were able to enter the building directly from Yongsan Station Exit along a long corridor tended to be more rented than anywhere else, instead of having a lot of customers.

‘But there's no place like this for an early subjugation of the aircraft. ’

I smiled gladly at the growing parade of people.

There's been a lot going on in the last month. I've been busy with almost no time to breathe except for the weekend Yuki visited Korea.

The second thing that was lacking in manpower was taking amateurs who didn't even understand basic coding, which was frustrating and crazy, but I slowly worked with the feeling of suppressing anger and soothing the crying child as much as possible.

In the end, I always had time to teach programmers after work, rather than progress in the development of the game. As a result, I don't think I've made the progress I was expecting, but I think I've reached an acceptable level.

‘The rest is up to the users. ’

At that time, while drinking machine coffee on the second floor, I saw some familiar faces in my eyes as I gradually looked at the users coming to the event.

Huh? They're the owners of the old tunnel store, aren't they?

Apparently, with news of a large-scale event in Raon, a disturbing rumor made Yongsan gaming store owners feel uneasy.

Terrible rumors that they reveal discomfort.

To clarify that, I emptied the remaining coffee and baked a paper cup.

“After a while. Raon's first anniversary in Mantra is about to begin. As I previously announced at the event, Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft, who has developed the Dragon Emblem series and mobile device Raon, will be invited as a special guest. ”

“Oh...”

“We also hope that Raon's exclusive RPG game, made purely of our technology, will be released after the event today. ”

“Whoa!”

This event celebrates Raon's first anniversary. The reaction of the users gathered here was hotter than ever because it was the place to announce Laon's march in South Korea.

I came down the stairs from the second floor and slowly took a breath back onstage until the moderator called.

I've been there many times, but I was always so nervous that I could feel my heart pounding before I came onstage.

Moreover, this time the first presentation in Korea.

Maybe today will be the trigger for the re-evaluation of a device called Raon by Korean users.

“Then, I will take you to Kang Joon-Hyuk's stage to announce the full event. ”

With the sound of shouts coming from the stage, the curtain heads up to the stage.

As I stepped onto the stage following the event assistant's instructions, the shouts of those surrounding the stage began to louder.

“Ah, you'll also see that Kang Jun-hyuk, the main director of the Dragon Emblem series and the streets without me, is also very popular in Korea. Please greet Korean users first. ”

“Hello, I'm Kang Jun-hyuk from Pentagon Soft. ”

I looked around at the users clapping with a light smile.

Some were waving a family dragon emblem genuine case in their hands, while others were making a hand-held picket.

“Thank you for welcoming me here. In fact, I should have set up a seat like this soon.I 'm just sorry to see you after the first anniversary of Laon's launch. ”

I bow once again in their reactions and raise my head after raising my apology.

Then I noticed the faces of some of the older retail owners who appeared to be among the users and began to distort severely.

“He was with a woman back then...”

It seemed that I recognized myself at a glance because it was a very rare time for a customer to go to the store with a woman.

I opened my mouth, making eye contact with one of them, with a big smile.

“When I arrived in Korea about a month ago, I was sad to see Raon's distribution line. And the most unfortunate distribution market... is right here. Yongsan.”

Subsequently, my long sigh echoed through the speakers everywhere and I took a step towards the center of the stage.

“The Yongsan electronics store is the heart of the gaming industry, which currently has the largest distribution line in the country. Games that are released locally and sold overseas can be found here as much as you want. Do you have any idea what Laon is worth? ”

Then, different prices started pouring out of the mouths of the people gathered on the stage.

“Isn't it $300? ”

“No, it's 198,000 won. ”

“What? I bought it for 220,000 won. ”

“I'm 2300 won. What's wrong with the price? ”

The faces of the employers who were mixed among the users began to stiffen at the prices of the different Raons, which were revealed in detail.

I sent an autograph to Soyeon, who was waiting downstairs with a mischievous look on her face, and she came up on the stage with two Raons in her hands and put them on the table.

“This is Raon, who was just bought at Yongsan's ‘Out’ Shop through our staff. Here's the receipt: 1: 10 p.m. on August 15th. I bought this just 20 minutes ago. ”

I hold one Raon on the table in my hand.

“Usually our products have these sealed stickers on them to see if they are open. However, this product appears to have a broken sticker once. Well, let's rip it out. By the way, the store owner said it was a new product, and there was nothing wrong with the contents. ”

I put down the microphone for a moment and opened the box. Then Raon, wrapped in plastic, reveals himself inside.

“Now, as you can see, the components are fine, but if you look closely, it feels a little strange. First of all, the plastic surrounding the product is crumpled up strangely. And the adapter wires are also roughly tied to something. So let's open another product. This is a regular priced product from a store on the outskirts of Yongsan for ₩ 198,000. First of all, there are no signs of damage to this seal sticker.

That means they've never opened it. ”

Again, I put down the microphone and opened a new product. And it appeared next to the box that was just opened.

“Let's compare the product body this time. Fortunately, Raon is white, so the color difference is noticeable when compared to a new product. ”

At my request, Soyeon took out the two raons in the box and held them in both hands.

“Oh, it's much cleaner on the right. ”

At first glance, the left side was slightly yellow to make the usage feel stronger. It was a persistent problem of white plastic discoloring due to the heat inside the instrument.

“Oh, fuck. I bought a new one for the first time, but something's stuck...”

I held the microphone on the table and cared for a moment.

“Of course, not all companies will operate this way, but the real damage is what the users here are losing, and I thought you should have a reasonable reward and remedy. So I decided.”

The users at the venue looked at me with a nervous look on their eyes.

“No more time on the spot. I will not distribute any products regarding Raon to the tunnel stalls. ”

“Oops!! ”

“What!!! ”

This was the harbinger of the horrific rumors that were circulating among the emerging commercial owners.