Villain’s Programming - Chapter 294



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Episode 294 GOTY

[Now let’s start the Spike Video Game Awards.]

As host Samuel L. Jackson gave opening remarks, the conference room erupted in applause and cheers.

“Wow! It’s finally starting!”

“Will it work? It will work. It will definitely work!”

“I went to church for the first time in a year. Please make me a winner!”

The developers were muttering and talking excitedly.

“But is the Spike Video Game Awards famous? I’m a developer, so I only saw GDC.”

“It’s famous. Especially since it’s on a broadcasting station, a lot of ordinary people watch it.”

GOTY (Game of the Year) was not selected by one organization.

‘There are award ceremonies such as The Game Awards (TGA) and Golden Joystick Awards, and there are also selections from famous webzines such as IGN and GameSpot.’

Among them, Dojun loved The Game Awards in his past life, which was called ‘The Spike Video Game Awards’ and changed its name to ‘The Game Awards’ a few years later.

After a while Samuel came up to the podium and said.

[This year, many games were loved by you. I also stayed up all night playing a game this year, so I went to film a movie the next day with red eyes. I thought I would get scolded by the director, but fortunately, I got praised for playing a homeless role.]

Laughter echoed through the audience.

[Now, let’s move on to the next step. Introducing the Alpha and Omega of our Spike Video Game Awards: Orchestra!]

As Samuel spoke, the curtain behind the podium rose and the orchestra appeared.

[Please give a round of applause. This is the orchestra that will present you with the most beloved game OSTs today.]

As the audience attending the awards ceremony applauded enthusiastically, Samuel pointed to one side.

[Now, let’s welcome our first guest. There’s no one who doesn’t know this song. It’s the song that won the Grammy in 2011! Baba Yetu!]

With Samuel’s words, a man came up onto the stage.

Dojun opened his eyes wide in surprise.

‘Oh my god, isn’t that Christopher?’

On stage, ‘Christopher Chen’ came out holding the baton and started swinging it.

Two black singers began to sing alternately, accompanied by magnificent music.

[Baba yetu, yetu uliye, Baba yetu yetu uliye (Our our father)]

[Mbinguni yetu, yetu Amina, Mbinguni Yetu Yetu Amina (Heavenly One, Amen!)]

[… … .]

The large screen behind the orchestra began to show a beautiful scene with a mix of gameplay footage and the intro video from Civilization IV.

After about 4 minutes, the song ‘Baba Yetu’ ended.

The huge audience gave a standing ovation, and all the Black Cat employees gathered in the conference room also applauded.

“This is crazy. It’s Baba Yetu! And it’s Baba Yetu led by Christopher himself. This is crazy!”

After a while, Samuel came out and asked ‘Christopher Chen’ how he felt. Christopher said that he was honored to be able to play ‘Baba Yetu’ here.

[Christopher, do you have a favorite game by any chance? Of the games that came out this year?]

‘Christopher’ answered Samuel’s words with a big smile.

[Yes. There is a game that I played all night.]

[Can you tell me what that is?]

[This is ‘The Dog Warrior’.]

Christopher’s words were met with a roar of cheers and ‘whistles’ from the awards ceremony gallery.

It was the same in the conference room. When the dog warrior they had created appeared, the developers couldn’t hold back and shouted.

[Ah! Gaemamusa, I know that too. By any chance, did Christopher participate in that OST too?]

[Haha. Why not? I called ‘Dojun Hwang’ every day to ask him to let me participate.]

[It wasn’t Dojun Hwang who asked for it, it was Christopher who asked for it?]

Christopher, who won a Grammy for Baba Yetu, became extremely famous. He was known for not easily saying yes to music when asked to do it.

[Yes. I barely managed to get it by talking about the friendship we had built up over time.]

[Just from what you said, it seems like you are close with CEO Do-jun Hwang.]

[Of course. It’s a very special relationship. In fact, Baba Yetu was also made possible thanks to Dojun Hwang.]

Samuel asked with a surprised look.

[Oh my gosh, this is the first time I’ve heard of this. I guess I’ll have to listen to it after the awards ceremony. Before that, should I listen to the ‘Gae-ma-musa’ OST that I was able to make by calling Do-jun Hwang every day?]

[Of course. The title is ‘General Ondal’.]

Magnificent music flowed out. It was music that mixed Eastern instruments with a Western orchestra.

After a while, when ‘General Ondal’ ended, the orchestra started playing other game OSTs.

The OSTs of ‘Mass Effect 3’, ‘Journey’, ‘Dishonored’, and ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ were played.

Since these were all games that were loved by gamers this year, the developers gathered in the conference room also enjoyed watching the awards ceremony.

After the OST event ended, the full-scale awards ceremony began.

The award winners for each category were announced, and all that remained was the final announcement.

Samuel said.

[Now there’s only one left. The Spike Video Game Awards, the finalists.]

[First up… Dishonored!]

As the host spoke, a video of the game appeared on the screen and the awards ceremony audience cheered.

[Second, Journey!]

The second game name drew even louder cheers.

[Third, The Walking Dead Season 1]

Applause and cheers echoed throughout the awards ceremony venue. However, the conference room at Black Cat Studio was quiet.

Someone who couldn’t stand it anymore said.

“Is that all? The nominations haven’t been announced yet, have they?”

There was no answer. Everyone clenched their fists and stared blankly at the screen.

Then Samuel raised his lips and said,

[And! The Dog Warrior!]

At that moment, a huge cheer echoed through the awards ceremony venue. The conference room was the same.

“As expected! I knew you’d come!”

“I thought it wasn’t coming out, my heart almost stopped!”

The excitement was short-lived. People looked at the screen again.

[And of these… Game of the Year!]

Inside the awards ceremony hall, the sound of drums ‘dudududu’ grew louder.

At this moment, Dojun also became nervous and clenched his fists.

Samuel held up the paper and shouted.

[Congratulations, Dog Warrior!]

At Samuel’s words, everyone in the conference room shouted. Dojun was the same.

The developers hugged each other, screamed, and some even burst into tears, recalling the hardships, emotions, and rewards they had experienced while working.

“Okay! Okay!”

“This is crazy, GOTY! We made the GOTY game!”

It was then that several people on the screen were climbing up onto the podium.

“Huh? Isn’t that CTO Yang Ha-seong? Why are you there?”

“Oh my god. PD Miyazaki is here too!”

“Oh. AD-nim! You said you were going on vacation, but you went to America?”

“Somehow, I felt like you weren’t there!”

The developers who saw them were initially dumbfounded, but soon realized that they were not there because of an awards ceremony.

Three people came up to the awards ceremony. CTO Yang Ha-seong, PD Miyajiki, and AD Choi Young-gyu hugged each other and cheered.

After a while, Samuel asked the three people how they felt about the award.

The first one was CTO Yang Ha-seong. CTO Yang Ha-seong answered with a trembling voice, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“One thing I’ve always wanted to achieve in my life… … is to create a game that will win the GOTY award. I would like to thank my colleagues at Black Cat Studio and Fromsoft for helping me achieve this dream, and all the gamers who love Gaemamusa. And… I would like to thank CEO Hwang Do-jun for allowing me to be here today.”

When CTO Yang Ha-seong finished his speech, there was a loud applause. Do-jun looked at the scene with a proud expression.

– Dojun, do you know what my dream is? It’s to create a game that wins GOTY someday.

Dojun spoke to himself, recalling the story about Yang Ha-seong he had heard in his past life.

‘Congratulations, Team Leader Yang. You’ve achieved your dream in this life.’

Following CTO Yang Ha-seong, PD Miyazaki and AD Choi Young-gyu shared their thoughts. Both were moved to tears as they spoke. And at the end, they expressed their gratitude to ‘Do-jun’.

And so the ‘Spike Video Game Awards 2012′ comes to an end.

As the screen went off, Dojun stood up. Looking at the developers, their faces were all flushed.

Dojun bowed his head to everyone.

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

“and!”

“Hwang Do-jun!”

The developers cheered at Dojun’s words.

“I have a lot to say, but I will convey it in my heart. Actions speak louder than words. I have something prepared for you. First, I will be taking a two-day break.”

The developers’ eyes widened at Dojun’s words. Today was Wednesday. With two days off, they didn’t have to come out anymore this week.

“Long live the president!”

“Wow! This is crazy.”

“This isn’t a dream, is it?”

Dojun spoke again to the developers who were shouting until their throats were hoarse.

“But… it’s no fun to just rest, right? When you get to your desk, open your mailbox. You’ll probably get a special bonus.”

The conference room erupted in excitement at the mention of special bonuses.

At that moment, Shin Yong-cheol, unable to contain his excitement, ran towards Do-jun.

“Representative! I love you!”

Dojun quickly dodged and said as he left the conference room.

“Have a nice holiday.”

* * *

[Gaemamusa, the first Korean game to win GOTY!]

[Gae-ma-musa wins Game of the Year at the Spike Video Game Awards!]

[Golden Joystick Awards Names Gaemamusa Game of the Year!]

[GDC Awards, Gaemamusa selected as Game of the Year!]

Dogma Musa wasn’t just named Game of the Year by the Spike Video Game Awards. It was also named Game of the Year by numerous other organizations.

[Gaemamusa, selected as ‘Game of the Year’ by all gaming organizations.]

Dojun was shocked when he read the article.

‘They all got selected as Game of the Year? Has there ever been a game like that?’

Dojun thought back to his past life, but he had never seen a game selected as ‘Game of the Year’ by any organization.

‘Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda both won awards from all but one company, but those games didn’t win from every organization either.’

However, the Gaemamusa was successful in winning awards from all groups.

Naturally, the media was abuzz and Do-jun was flooded with interview requests.

Do-jun, who usually does few interviews, was different this time. Do-jun invited all the reporters from the media and conducted interviews.

[Thanks to everyone who loved the game. We will reward you with better games in the future.]

Dojun’s interview received numerous comments.

– Wow, it won ‘Game of the Year’ from every gaming organization! This is so patriotic. Mom!

– I originally hated Hwang Do-jun, didn’t I? Marrying an elf girl, and in the White House at that! Haa, does that make sense? But you know, I think I have to admit it now. That bastard Hwang Do-jun… He’s a guy.

– Isn’t that guy above an idiot? If Hwang Do-jun works for 10 minutes, he earns as much as your annual salary? What? Me?

– Ah, GOTY! In celebration of GOTY, I’m playing Gaemamusa again starting today.

– Will there be another GOTY award-winning game from Korea in the future?

– Yeah, it’s coming out. Hwang Do-jun will do it again!

The news of Gaemamusa winning GOTY spread throughout Korea. This was because the news was broadcast not only in the gaming press but also on regular terrestrial news.

Originally, Koreans were more excited when they heard that they had won an award overseas than at home. As nationalism rose, they carried the news over and over again. Thanks to this, most people got to know about the news.

And then an article broke that changed people’s perception of games.

[Gae-ma-musa, sales exceed 1 trillion won.]

A trillion is a lot of money in 2022, but it was even bigger in 2012.

– What? 1 trillion? How can a game make 1 trillion?

– I guess the person above is ‘a game illiterate’. Game sales are high. However, 1 trillion… is too much.

– What does that company do? Is it by any chance a subsidiary of the Oseong Group?

– No. It’s the complete opposite. The real owner of the place where the youngest daughter of the Oh Sung Group is the CEO is Hwang Do-jun. And Hwang Do-jun is richer than Oh Geon-ju.

For older people, ‘games’ were still not out of the ‘arcade games’ category. However, with the news that games had earned 1 trillion won in sales, their perception of ‘games’ began to change.

Moreover, I was surprised to learn that the person who created the game may have more money than Chairman Oh Geon-ju.

The GOTY of ‘Gaemamusa’ began to change the general public’s perception of ‘games’, which did not seem to change much.

‘I guess making games is actually a great thing?’

And it wasn’t just the general public whose perceptions changed.

* * *

Dojun chuckled while talking to Minmay.

– Sabu, I’ve decided. I’m going to make a GOTY game someday. Without Sabu’s help!

“Yeah, you can do it, Minmay.”

– Wow! I feel so energized. I need to talk to people right now.

When Minmay abruptly hung up the phone, Dojun shook his head.

“You too, you’re a developer.”

Do-jun got up from his seat, took a taxi, and arrived at a fancy Japanese restaurant. When he went inside, the owner of Laniji, Song Yoo-taek, was already there.

“Hello, boss.”

At Do-jun’s words, Song Yu-taek jumped up and grabbed Do-jun’s hand.

“I’m so happy that my stomach hurts. Congratulations on winning GOTY. You are a true game developer and the CEO of a game company! Haha.”

After a while, the course meals started coming in. After hearing Do-jun’s story about the GOTY award, Song Yoo-taek poured him a glass of soju and said,

“I was instructed to create a TF team for PC and console games, not online games.”

Dojun’s eyes lit up.

‘Console game TF team? In my previous life, I only made NC-type MMORPG games, but I guess that’ll change in this life.’

“It’s a good choice, but it won’t be an easy path.”

“Yes. Even if I start 10 projects, I wonder if even one game will make it to the final release. But I’ll try. My heart, which had been cold, started beating again after watching Gaemamusa this time.”

The general public may not know this, but game companies don’t just work on one game project. They work on three, or even ten, projects at the same time.

‘It’s not like I didn’t try consoles in my past life. But I didn’t get any results. That’s because I thought it wouldn’t make money, so I gave up.’

“The heartbeat is fleeting. Even if you make it, it might not make any money.”

“It hurts my heart to be hit with facts like that. But you know, I’ve made up my mind. Even if it doesn’t make money, I’m going to go ahead with it this time.”

Song Yoo-taek said while drinking a glass of soju.

“I don’t think I’ll succeed from the start. But if I fail and gain know-how, I’ll eventually succeed.”

“president.”

“You don’t have to see it that way. I’m taking on the challenge because I’m confident that I’ll succeed. Honestly… In the past, it would have been like heading straight for the ground, but not anymore. Isn’t there Gaemamusa? There’s a lighthouse called Gaemamusa, and the Korean game industry will look to that lighthouse and begin its voyage.”

Do-jun poured a glass of soju into his mouth. He had received numerous compliments for winning the GOTY award, but the one word he heard just now made Do-jun’s heart beat faster than any other compliment.

“You are too kind.”

Song Yoo-taek said with a big laugh.

“Overpraise? Isn’t that you?”

“yes?”

“Korean game developers are really excited these days.”

“…Why?”

“Of course it’s because of Gaemamusa. Everyone is making MMORPGs for money, but doesn’t everyone have at least one game they want to make in their heart?”

Dojun nodded. It was the same for Dojun.

“Yes.”

“But no one thought of trying it because they thought it wouldn’t make money if it wasn’t an MMORPG. Investors didn’t invest either. But you broke that. You showed that a good game can be successful even if it’s not an MMORPG. Right now… the investment trend in the gaming industry is changing. It’s all thanks to you.”

Song Yoo-taek poured a glass of soju for Do-jun and said.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, the history of games in our country is changing.”

It was then that a message appeared before Dojun’s eyes.

After a while, a message appeared before Dojun’s eyes along with a bright light.

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