episode_0011

“Geee…”

Zombies have begun to appear in the East again.

Of course, if you roll around like that for half a year, you’ll end up like that. In fact, if you’ve been in crunch mode for 6 months with only passion, it’d be strange if people don’t turn into zombies.

Rather, it’s strange that I’m so energetic despite reducing my sleep and contributing to Linux. I don’t think I have great athletic ability, but I guess I should say that I have great stamina in some strange way.

“Now everyone disbands except Senior Jiyoung! See you next semester!”

“Why me?”

Yoo Ji-young asked a question mixed with doubt.

“I need to submit the evaluation documents. I don’t have enough time to finish the evaluation before the start of the semester.”

Yoo Ji-young’s complexion has deteriorated rapidly. It would be accurate to say that she has become pale.

“The professor in charge… somehow managed to get it… and it doesn’t seem like there’s anything missing from the documents. Should I just submit them like this?”

“Okay!”

After reviewing it once more and submitting the documents for review, I was waiting when shocking news came.

“Approval denied? We went to the Expo and did all that, so why…”

“Does this make sense? Please tell me the reason for the rejection!”

The reason for the rejection is none other than the lack of reliability of the submitted materials.

So what should we do?

“Summon foreign correspondents!”

Help me, Berners-Riemon!

This time, Linux and Korea Telecom also joined in.

As a result, a pile of documents arrived that was several times thicker than the one I had sent to Korea Telecom when preparing for the Expo. Shouldn’t this be enough…?

“No. ”

The general assembly was resolute!

The reason for the denial is lack of activity.

“What the fuck?”

I couldn’t hold back my swearing either. When I first heard the news of the rejection, the club members who had voluntarily gathered turned the temporary club room where they were waiting for the results of the evaluation into a place of denunciation, filling it with the heat of the club members’ anger.

Eventually, unable to bear it any longer, I, Kim Jeong-jun, and Yoo Ji-young went to the club office together and started to argue.

And the answer that came back was amazing.

“The only proper activity is Expo. This… Team What and Linus? This doesn’t give you an idea of how big of an activity we are.”

…What the heck is this?

“No, isn’t it a big deal to collaborate with a foreign country in the first place? We contacted a foreign country without any connections or professors, and we basically developed together, but even for example, the department clubs are not achieving as much as we are!”

“The existence of department clubs is also a problem. We currently have department clubs, so we can’t find a reason for a computer-related club to exist. And most of all, except for two freshmen, all of the members are from department clubs. Isn’t this just a case of taking talent and research that was previously being conducted?”

The heat spreads to the top of your head, making your head beat along with your heart, and you feel heat surge through your entire body, even to the point where you feel as if steam is pouring out of your body like a second gear.

“Above all, a club is not a place to do childish things like games.”

Suddenly, a professor appeared out of nowhere and took over the baton and began to speak.

“Department Club Professor”

Kim Jung-joo whispered to me. That guy’s face is strong.

“When I checked the computer while registering for classes in the second semester, I saw that you guys had made a ridiculous plan to make a game or something. It’s the same as not giving permission to a club that wants to play in the sand.”

Oh shit. That kid was the cause?

The old bastard is sitting there all drunk.

I guess I shouldn’t say that, right?

“… Let’s go back, senior.”

We eventually failed to get approval and returned to the temporary club room in melancholy.

In the first place, the club room was rented for temporary use for a year, so we had to move out…

“What? Why are you all looking like that?”

“… I’m sorry.”

Frustration. It’s the same feeling I had when I was making SimCity, but a little different.

SimCity was something we could have improved by working a little harder.

But this time… I was convinced that no matter what I did, it would be impossible to improve.

That old professor is absolutely certain that he will never allow us to join a club after seeing that it’s a game, and that we’ve gotten out of favor because we’ve performed better than the department clubs.

Everyone was in despair, the anger and passion from the day before gone.

“Now that it’s come to this, I’m going to become independent. I’m tired of having to keep checking the mood of the club and the school to pass the evaluation. ”

Of course, it’s something I’ve said before. Even if you become independent, the sense of belonging to a club will fade, and if you don’t have a computer at home like me…

“You said you don’t have a computer at home.”

Oh, I told this to Yu Ji-young.

Everyone looks at me in astonishment.

Why, what.

“I was looking into something because I had this feeling… I’ll tell you when it’s confirmed.”

“What’s going on?”

“You’re setting up the East outside. No, I don’t know if you can call it the East.”

“Then let’s disband here for now. If what senior Jeongjun said goes well, let’s meet then.”

KIN, which had been using room 404 of the Engineering Building as a temporary office while waiting for the next time that may not be known, was thus temporarily disbanded.

***

After that, I didn’t do much. Back in the day when I was casting “Would you like to greet a customer?” in Yongsan, I bought computer parts from the Yongpals and put them together.

Since it was already the Magic Day season and my temper was really bad, I took the feature phone that KT had given me as a test experience and set it to record and dial 112 at all times and started negotiating with Yongpal.

“Oh, that? How much did you find out?”

Why are you asking me this, Shitpal? This is the first step for Yongpal to find out if I am a sucker or a smart consumer. If you say something like “Oh my gosh” or call me something high, I will immediately be treated as a sucker and will be put in a trap, so I need to come to my senses.

“The cost of this is around this much, so let’s make it a clean 400,000 won including distribution costs.”

This is also expensive. They paid over 50,000 won for distribution costs, so I should be able to eat and run.

“Just a moment, I’ll call and check if it’s in stock~”

Does this kid think I’m a pushover? He doesn’t even call and says, “Okay, okay,” and then says, “Oh, they’re out of stock,” and tries to force me to buy something else.

“Isn’t that what I was talking about inside there?”

But if you’re going to do that, you should at least have hidden it properly. Where are you going to get it if you put it out there so openly?

“Oh, that’s used…”

This is fucking ridiculous. They’re talking about a used product when it hasn’t even been out for a month.

“That’s better. I’ll buy it. If it’s used, you can get a discount, right?”

Finally, Yongpal’s face turns into a tomato and his tendons grow. If you want to work in the service industry and eat people’s backs, you have to do this much.

“Miss, would you like to meet me?”

Wow, he really says that line.

I look back and see other business owners and security guards waiting outside the door. Hey, this is a mess.

There is nothing we can do about it now that it has come to this. We have no choice but to call in public authority.

I dialed 112, which was already loaded, and held it to my ear.

[Yes, this is Yongsan Police Station.]

“The Yongpals are waiting outside the door, trying to force me to buy something, so could you come quickly? They’re right in front of the central staircase on the 2nd floor of the Yongsan Electronics Market.”

The owner is not aware of the situation and is acting up. Since cell phones are not widely known yet, he has no idea what I am doing.

Oh, don’t you know? This is a [cell phone]. It’s a basic portable item of the 21st century. Don’t you know this?

“Hey you little shit! Stop this little shit!”

Eventually, after the call ended, the owner paused for a moment and tried to negotiate again.

“Hey, who called! Why is the police here!”

And when the owner heard someone shouting outside, he finally realized what was happening, but there was nothing he could do about it now.

In the end, even Yongpal had no choice but to give up in front of the public authority, and in the end, I went around Yongsan and built a computer at a very cheap price, and had a successful debut in Yongsan Dungeon. It was great. It was great.

***

It wasn’t that expensive to build a computer.

I didn’t want to spend that much money on a computer that I would just throw away in a few years, knowing that my home computer would eventually become obsolete due to the performance inflation that occurred in the late 90s and early 21st century.

In the first place, the game I’m making has to run on low-spec PCs that will be released later, so I adjusted it that way.

First of all, what I’m doing now is not making games. Now, there are a lot of games that are difficult to make alone…

Then what are you going to do with the computer you bought?

“Music.”

It may seem out of the blue, but it’s absolutely not. This is also part of the game development process.

The next game I’m going to make is a rhythm game.

***

We need to start making music with proper musicality instead of just chiptune-based, bang-bang music. People’s ears were raised when Seo Taiji and Boys debuted in 1992, just like the original.

Genre… I guess it’s trance and house. It’s a genre I like, and it’s also often used in rhythm games, so I’m familiar with it. Trance in particular has been used so often in rhythm games that it’s called the trance era. It may seem unscrupulous, but I’ll plagiarize just about any music.

First, I started with FL Studio, a familiar music production tool. It’s not as good as the ones from the 20s, but I tried to make it as similar as possible, and it turned out pretty cool.

I manipulate the waveform to create the supersaw and pluck sounds that are characteristic of trance sounds that I want. Since there is not enough material to sample, it is quite difficult to manipulate the waveform and create it as if I am sculpting it.

As a huge fan of DJ MagO, there are a few things that immediately come to mind when you think of trance. Among them, the ones I’m going to make this time are the boss tracks Thor and Xeus, which have been loved for a long time.

The intro starts off tense and gradually builds up.

A dreamy breakout centered around the piano, as if taking a break.

The climax is impressive with the crazy explosion of synths and piano, which rapidly increases the beat and the melody of the intro and breakout combine to create a state of ecstasy just like the genre name.

It’s music that makes not only your heart but also your hands thrill whenever you listen to it.

After making it, a bizarre musical score was created on the screen. That’s why the difficulty level is like that.

I want to show off my beloved plagiarized songs that I can listen to over and over again. I’m the one who made these great music midi songs! My approval monster is running wild, wanting to get attention and recognition.

“Let’s just make a site that deals with music. Like SoundCloud O.”

A few years later, SounDrive, a music service that would become an eternal mecca for musicians around the world, was born.