I am Jack. I am 19 and i work as a game programming assistant in GTX Gaming Pvt. Ltd.
I love gaming and i wanted to be a professional gamer but life can be really stingy sometimes.
I make 10,000 $ a month in this company and i work 20 hours a day with no breaks.
11 hours for the company and 9 hours for my dream project.
I don't have parents, i don't have friends and i am a loner. I live in a 2BHK¹ Apartment provided by the company.
Jack is now sitting in front of 4 big computer screens and swiftly typing on the keboard.
His black hairs are so messed up due to lack of sleep and work overload, black wrinkles can be seen underneath his eyes and his shaggy skin is the proof that he is a very unhealthy guy.
*Sip-Sip* he picked the cup of coffee with his left hand and continued typing with his right hand.
"Just a bit more work and it will be completed." Jack murmured.
2 years ago i made an MMORPG game for the company called 'Oracle of Heros and Villains'. Once the game was launched it was a big hit but as the levels increased people found it difficult to keep playing and within 6 months it was completely abandoned by everyone. According to the data base the highest level that a player reached was 23.
Everyone at the company blamed me for making it difficult. I worked 6 hours those days and earned a total of 55,000 $ in a month, but after the game failed my work hours increased to 11 hours and salary decreased to 10,000$. My position as the Official Programmer also got stripped off from me.
But i never left the hope and continued making the game better and better by adding many Easter eggs and infinity of possibilities into it. I didn't changed many things in it's graphics i just tweaked it's Easter egg programming by a large margin. I was about to launch the game again yesterday on my private server but than i noticed something.
In 'Oracle Of Heros and Villains' everyone started as level one with different classes but with same set of clothes and a rusted iron sword.
I noticed that today's youth like Bonus Gifts at the start of any game. So i decided to add a function of Giving 30 Giftboxes as a beginner bonus with 5 Mythic Items guarenteed in it and 10 Giftboxes as a daily check-in bonus.
As a programmer i will first use this function on my character only, and run beta testing to see if it's working.
"Okay and it's done." Jack shouted as he rested his swollen finger tips.
He then picked up his phone from the table and looked at the time.
"It's about to be sunrise in a few minutes." He murmured.
"I should start the beta run now." Jack again started typing codes on his computer.
After 5 minutes a notification popped up on his screen...
[Would you like to start the beta test server run ?] [Yes/No]
Jack clicked on yes.
Suddenly a weird notification again popped up.
[Are you Sure ? Once clicked 'yes' you can't go back on your decision ?] [Yes/No]
"Hmm...when did i made this type of confirmation program ?" He wondered.
"Well it's not like it got created by itself. I must've forgot about this."
Jack didn't bothered to think about it anymore and clicked yes.
[Starting Beta Run in 5]
[4....3...2..1]
Suddenly the computer turned off and all 4 screens turned black.
"W-What the ? What the fuckkkkk ?" He shouted outloud.
*Thump-thump*
A thumping sound came from the lower apartment.
"Hey nympho, people are trying to sleep here. Keep your voice down." His neighbours shouted.
He didn't paid any attention to his neighbours and suddenly started running here and there.
"No..no..no...please Don't betray me at this time." Jack tried restarting the computer but nothing happened.
He than looked at his C.P.U and opened it with a screwdriver.
After opening several parts he noticed that the main processor is burned out really bad.
'Fuck... that's what I was worried about, it's gone.'
Jack tried not to shout and pulled his hairs with all his strength in frustration.
It was a P.C. provided by the company and it's not a very high end P.C.
I have been working on it for god knows how many days without turning it off even for one second. It was most expected result.
"Hahahaha...all my data is gone. My Beta version file is now deleted and i don't even have a back up for it." He laughed like a maniac as if he was going mad.
After a few minutes passed he throwed the burned out processor into the dustbin and moved to his kitchen.
After throwing two spoons of coffee into a large cup he slided the cup under a machine that started pouring hot water into it very slowly.
Leaving the cup under the machine Jack went to the bathroom and took a bath.
"Fu... it's been 10 days since i bathed. It feels refreshing." He said as he came out of the bathroom. His black hairs are now straight and shining and his body looked refreshing.
Jack went back to the kitchen and noticed that the coffee cup is now filled.
He stired the coffee with a spoon and tasted it by taking a sip.
"Perfect."
Jack than moved towards his balcony with his coffee.
*Click*
He opened the glass door of his balcony and stepped outside.
"Ah....what a fresh environment. I like this apartment only for this single reason."
Jack sipped his coffee and looked at the sun rising from east and filling the black sky with light.
"Ha...well i just have to start all over again." He said in a sorrowful tone.
Suddenly Jack noticed something like a meteor falling down the sky towards a green field in centre of the city.
"Hmm ? A shooting start at this time. How rare." He exclaimed in surprise.
When the meteor closed it's distance with earth only than Jack noticed it's shape clearly.
Wait is that....
After some seconds Jack widened his eyes in surprise.
Because the thing that looked like a meteor it was actually
"...The Tower Of Oracle." He exclaimed in a surprised tone.
Jack rubbed his eyes as it can be an illusion due to overload of work and lack of sleep.
But to confirm his doubts a screen suddenly popped up in front of him.
[Please Select Your Class]
"What the fuck...?" The coffee cup fell from his hand.
[2BHK: 2 Bedroom, Hall, Kitchen]