Shivering to his bones Takaki speaks in a trembling voice "S..S...Sister, is there any chance we can talk this out?"
"Oh, Really?"
his sister Mizuki walks in large strides towards him.
Whether it is his primal survival instincts or the natural reaction from his body, everything screamed only one word "DEATH"
While his sister walks towards him in anger Takaki tries to recall why she is angry but he can't remember.
Suddenly after getting close Mizuki hugs him and starts to cry.
In that moment Takaki remembers what was going on. The previous Takaki, a few days ago overhears his sister while she was talking in her phone and realises how much she had been struggling in her workplace. Even though he felt very bad about it there was nothing he could do. From then on, Takaki avoids his sister due to guilt.
Takaki guesses that it was the reason she was angry. He feels really bad for overlooking this because of his excitement for receiving the system. He hugs her back and speaks in a low voice.
"I am sorry, sister. I will not worry you again."
After repeatedly apologizing he tries to calm his sister. While trying explain the reason for his past behavior by making up lies his stomach growls loudly.
"Let's have dinner now. But don't think I am letting you off the hook yet."
Feeling warm in his chest Takaki nods his head obediently.
It has been six months since Takaki reincarnated in this world.
On a sunday morning Takaki approaches the breakfast table with an exhausted face and dark circles under his eyes.
"good morning."
"Good morning, sister"
"Are you alright?"
In response Takaki weakly lifts his thumbs up.
" I am perfectly fine. What's wrong?"
"W-Well, if you say so"
Takaki started working on his game right from the first day he came into this world. His goal is a simple first game. Since he can create the game with points and leave the rest to seraphina all he had to do was imagine the game. But that's what he thought. The reality is cruel.
As a hardcore otaku, he always dreamed of creating his very own games. And now he can actually create a game with just his imagination and one with VR on top of that. He was excited beyond imagination.
He was all fired up for his debut game. Although he was excited, with the timely remainder about his lack of points from seraphina he decided that it would be a simple story based action game. The theme selected is the classic zombie apocaplsye. He started noting down his ideas and thought that he would be the first to create a game in a single day.
But writing down even a small playable story is not easy at all. On top of that he has to write down the mechanics, behaviors, patterns and even a map. He cannot afford to mess up any of these because it is going to be his first game and fixing up anything requires points which he cannot afford to waste. As if it is not enough, he has to imagine the scenes and characters and mobs and everything. The angel system seraphina kindly told me about the hidden system function enhanced memory. The function is simple, the user can remember everything even to the finest details. Even then, making the game was not easy at all.
" What in the world is this? I never imagined that even small games would have so many details. I am just creating a small story based game with short playtime but I am struggling this much even with an over-powered system? how do those game industries even work, Damn it?"
At one point seraphina suggested making a 2D game that Takaki knows really well from his previous world into a VR game, but, he refused.
[host, why not make a game that you are familiar with?]
"what are you talking about? If my goal is to make any game or to earn points or to earn money, I have tons of ways right. The system ability is practically broken. But since I have been given a second chance at life and an amazing system, I want to realize my dreams slowly. If it was my previous world acheving them may have been difficult. Some dreams may have even been impossible. But now they are not out of reach. Do you know how many people long to make games they desire. I am now doing something that is a miracle for them. Though it is really hard, it is fun."
[ humans are complex]
"you bet"
[but host, using the resources at hand is also an ability. refusing to do so is also not a good idea]
"you are not wrong. But I want to create the first game by myself. After releasing the first game, with the points i get i will create a virtual assistant. that assistant can reference my memories and create mobs and it's mechanics, Background scenes and settings, npc and other things. It will cut most of my work and I can focus on making the core gameplay. It gives me more time and freedom. It also gives me space to implement new ideas."
[hmm...Host, may i ask another question?]
"go ahead"