Jake was a new streamer, he had always loved video games and the thought of playing them all day and making money seemed like the ideal career. However, he was not the only person to have this dream and in a saturated market and with no real charisma or charm to make him stand out, he was really struggling to make progress in his dream career. Jake knew he needed something to make him different, to make him seen, something that would get him featured and promoted. That was why Jake was so intrigued when he received an email with an invitation from a gaming studio called Flipside.
The email offered Jake the chance to be one of the first people to test their new game which he could do while streaming. The game would use him and his likeness to create his character - which was noted to be one of the most realistic and detailed aspects of the game - and then play it as a pioneer. Jake was very intrigued as the studio gave details about a fantasy RPG that had an entire world closely integrated with AI to mean no player had the same experience. All interactions with NPC’s would be different, the world and map was so large that it would be like exploring a whole new planet. Plus players would be allowed to do anything they wanted within the laws of the game, meaning if you wanted to fuck an orc or run a fur pelt business, the player could do that, the possibilities were endless. Jake was thrilled at the prospect and the invitation, the other thing that seemed to be a red flag was a small warning at the bottom that alerted potential players to the immersiveness of the game and the AI’s freedom, but to Jake they both seemed like positives.