The Gallery's Dopamine Overload

After obtaining distribution permission from the administrator, Adam immediately uploaded the game to the gallery.

And then—

The initial reactions were naturally cold. Even among the awakened, there were all kinds of people. Some were simply curious and innocent, while others clearly existed to deceive those people for their own gain.

The gallery members, who had been burned multiple times by such individuals, had no reason to trust the words of some unknown high-nick.

The tide turned because of a notice posted by the gallery's administrator—commonly known as Ju-ttak.

Ju-ttak was someone who never posted anything except for promotional or notice posts meant to increase initial traffic to the gallery.

And now that same Ju-ttak had personally posted a notice.

“Oh……”

Daniel accessed the notice as if entranced.

The content was dizzying as always. Still, it was enough to convey what she wanted to say.

“……Should I give it a try?”

Since it was a file endorsed by Ju-ttak, it wouldn't harm them. With that thought, Daniel clicked the download button.

Make me a Hero!

The game logo appeared on screen. How much time had passed while he played in a trance?

“……Huh?”

Daniel suddenly glanced at the clock. The hands had already spun at least three full circles since he started playing.

“Whoa……”

Had he really been sitting in front of the computer for this long? He couldn't believe it.

In this world, computers weren't devices that provided people with rest. They were the other half of one's soul—responsible for more than half of one's entire life, necessary just to survive. This was a society where instead of being scolded to study instead of using the computer, people were given dirty looks for not sitting in front of one immediately.

To think that same society had made someone like him—who had quit his corporate job out of disillusionment—sit in front of a computer all day long.

“……”

Daniel accessed the gallery as if entranced.

Just one day after distributing the game—

“Oh……”

The entire gallery was filled with nothing but talk about the game.

- Ding!

The familiar system window appeared as always. However, one unfamiliar word had slipped in.

“……Settlement?”

Before he could even begin to wonder what it meant, the next message followed.

“What? What's going on with all of you?”

Adam tilted his head at the constellations who seemed inexplicably pleased. The reward was hard-earned, so of course it was good, but since he didn't know exactly what it was, he couldn't quite follow the emotional thread.

“Ah, now I get it.”

As expected from the only sane one—no, the only sane god. She had explained it properly at his level without any long-winded or scholarly nonsense.

“Anyway, this means I can use new features now, right?”

Perfect timing. He hadn't been able to do much until now anyway. There were two reasons he had made this game in dot graphics.

One was that he wanted to test something simple, but the biggest reason was that this was the highest quality he could currently achieve.

Even if nothing else, his graphic design skills weren't something he could confidently call good, and this program didn't have the capability to produce the kind of outstanding graphics from his previous life.

But if he could upgrade the program's performance through these coins……

‘At this rate, I could make everything I only ever dreamed about before.’

The games he had most wanted to create as a child. The ones he had only been able to imagine because reality had blocked his path. Those children were no longer just dreams—they could now step out into the world.

With that thought, he accessed the shop.

It had been a futile dream.

“No, why is everything here so expensive?”

The price was more than ten times what he currently possessed. At this point, the tail was wagging the dog.

‘If things continue like this, I'll have enough in about ten days……’

There were only around three thousand mutants in this gallery. The demand was limited. Considering that Make me a Hero was nothing more than a simple flash game with no additional DLC, it was obvious that future settlement income would decrease.

“……No choice then.”

No matter how much money it required, he didn't want to give up on making the games he desired. In that case, there was only one method.

“I'll just release another new game like this.”

When the tide comes in, all you have to do is row properly.