08. Transmission

Images change one after another in time with electronic music styled after a classical composition.

The streets and characters recall medieval Europe, heavily stylized and rendered like a mosaic.

Dungeons, monsters, a world of swords and magic.

The response has been great.

The trailer for the video game launching in a few days is attracting a healthy amount of attention.

In the game I made, players use icons with special effects—or combine several of them—to solve puzzles and defeat enemies.

My own version of what they used to call an action RPG in ancient times.

Development had been going reasonably well, but I was stuck on the all-important icon designs when some excellent information came my way.

These marks—a series of things resembling KANJI? or logos—had recently become a topic of discussion in certain circles after they were unearthed.

The moment I saw them, I knew they were perfect.

I was wondering how I could rip them off without making it too obvious when, apparently, the old folks decided they did not care for them. To my surprise, they were released to the public.

It would not have been strange for them to land in at least a Class C archive, but their decision was a godsend for me.

There are exactly twenty-four of these marks—or whatever they are. My game also needed twenty-four icons.

I tried dropping them into the game, and they fit like a glove.

Even the title I had been struggling with fell neatly into place, and development went even more smoothly from then on.

Presumably, God decided to lend this genius a hand. Seriously, thanks, God.

...Still, I've been shut in working for so long that I could really use a proper break.

Maybe I'll travel abroad. Apparently, travel restrictions for ordinary people have been eased. France, Spain... Japan could be nice too.

Then again, flying is insanely expensive. By sea? No, that takes far too long...

So, what to do?