Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 136

Hyung, Am I Cute? Episode 136

Imitation.

Imitation is often used to improve skills.

Illustrators, for example, do tracings to acquire new drawing styles.

It’s not just about putting the drawn image on paper and tracing it.

It’s about observational skills, a fundamental ability in drawing.

Using only this observational skill, they bring the image directly into their mind and trace it.

By drawing like that, they come to understand.

Why emphasize the points where lines meet?

It’s for the clarity of the object.

Why this line is thick, why the colors are expressed this way, where the light source is, and how the colors are applied.

Studying like that eventually influences my own creations.

‘Writing is the same.’

Those who have read a lot often show a somewhat similar style.

Some might call it a cliché.

But depending on how you use that cliché, a completely different story is born.

The feeling is embedded in what you see and study.

Even if someone who majored in pure literature writes in a web novel style, that inherent style cannot be erased.

‘So, what kind of style will be embedded in me?’

All I have are various pieces of knowledge in my head.

Things I’ve seen and felt in movies, dramas, comics, etc.

That’s what I’ve ‘read.’

‘Hmm.’

In that respect, I might have enough input and imitation.

“Siha, are you imitating diligently too?”

“Huh? Imitating?”

Currently, Siha is imitating me in front of me.

What I mean is that he’s striking poses while looking at the full-length mirror in front.

“Imitation is following. I wonder if the Siha in the mirror is following, or if Siha is following the mirror?”

“Huh?”

“I was just saying something strange. Haha.”

Siha raised both arms.

“Ah! Siha follow.”

The mirror follows Siha’s actions.

He also does a ‘hooray’ and strikes a pose with his chest puffed out.

His belly sticking out a little is cute.

“Instead of the mirror, would you like to imitate hyung [older brother or male friend]?”

“Huh?”

I plopped down in front of the mirror and met Siha’s gaze.

“Okay. You’re going to imitate hyung’s expression. Got it?”

“Ah ah.”

“First, a happy face.”

I slightly opened my mouth and raised the corners of my lips.

My eyes gently curved into a smiling shape.

This is all to see Siha’s smiling face.

Siha looked in the mirror and imitated my expression.

The corners of his lips went up by 0.01mm.

“Ah ah.”

“Hmm. That’s right. That’s right.”

I wonder if he’s doing this on purpose?

Anyway, let’s try slowly.

“Next is a sad face~”

“Ah ah.”

I gently lowered my eyes and turned down the corners of my lips.

Siha also gently looked down.

Others might not see any difference from before, but my eyes know.

Siha is making a sad face.

“Next, a slight glare.”

I unnecessarily swept back my side hair and made a ‘tch’ sound.

Siha also made a ‘tch’ sound and glanced to the side.

I guess I should postpone expression practice until next time.

I had to admit it was not an easy challenge.

Originally, expressions should come out naturally, not forced.

“Okay. Let’s stop here for today and go to daycare.”

“Ah ah.”

I got up and put on my bag.

Siha also put on his penguin bag.

I smiled at the thought that we looked quite alike going out with our shoes on.

That’s right.

You don’t have to try to imitate on purpose.

Naturally.

Just like drawing by imitating the drawings of your favorite artist, and reading the works of your favorite writer.

Very naturally, it seeps in and imprints your own colors.

That’s how we resemble each other.

And are expressed differently.

***

-Game Development Club Room.

Three identical people are cleaning for a makeover.

What Si-hyuk saw before was half of the daily scenery.

They are cleaning up again for this new project.

As the last semester of their third year approaches, these three are also preparing themselves.

That this might be the last time in their lives.

Perhaps even developing together as a trio.

Park Kyung-joon wiped the wide-open window with a wet tissue and said to Ahn Kyung-ho.

“Hey. Do you think he’ll really take on the scenario? Honestly, it’s not an easy story. Don’t you think?”

“Well? I don’t know. I’m just thinking it would be nice if he did.”

“If not, should we plan and create it ourselves?”

“We’ll have to. Well, I don’t know if he’ll like it. We also have to translate it.”

“Wow. That’ll be tough, huh? I hope it’s something that requires minimal effort.”

“Coordinating opinions is also difficult. Well.”

Even these three, who get along well, sometimes argue to coordinate opinions.

It was already a daily routine, so it didn’t matter.

Ahn Kyung-ho stretched in place.

“Ugh! Still, I think he’ll accept it?”

“How do you know?”

“Just a feeling? He might have a lot of thoughts, but strangely so. It’s like the strangeness we felt when we first met here?”

“Tsk tsk. All I felt back then was a musty smell and worries about whether I should join this club. My youth will pile up here like dust. Should I run away? That’s what I was thinking.”

Park Kyung-joon spread out the wet tissue he was holding to show him.

Black dust was smeared everywhere, unable to escape as if caught in a spider web.

Ahn Kyung-ho pouted.

“Hey! But it was fun!”

“It was fun, but…….”

Shin Kyung-hwan, who was next to him, got angry.

“Hey! Stop chatting and move your hands. Don’t just talk! And Kyung-ho, get an answer quickly. What’s with a week? A week. Tell him to answer within the next 3 days. How long are you going to wait?”

“So, I was thinking of doing a rough plan today…….”

“Are you going to do more with that and proceed?”

“Yeah.”

Ahn Kyung-ho looked at the overturned chalkboard.

It listed the production period, each person’s assigned part, genre, and target audience, which he hadn’t shown to Si-hyuk before.

The full story composition was postponed to later.

They can’t postpone it forever, but they were thinking of proceeding a bit more and drawing the desired sketch.

Shin Kyung-hwan scratched his head.

“Hey, don’t touch the books. I’m going to organize them all.”

“Okay.”

Ahn Kyung-ho gently lifted his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

He’s the club president, but it seems like he’s being treated too harshly.

Isn’t it all because they’ve been through thick and thin together for 3 years?

Still, he hoped they could enter the same game company and work hard together.

Some might call it a friend’s play, but these three were more serious than any professional when it came to game development.

“Okay. Let’s hurry up. It’ll be over soon.”

As they were cleaning, the sound of knocking on the club room door echoed.

Knock knock.

The three stopped as if they had planned it.

“Who is it?”

“This is Lee Si-hyuk. I’ve come to give you a positive answer.”

“Ah! Just a moment!”

He unlocked the door and opened it.

“Are you really going to write the scenario?”

Si-hyuk smiled gently and nodded.

Ahn Kyung-ho smiled brightly and guided him to a seat.

“We’re almost done cleaning. Please watch this here for a moment.”

Click.

The chalkboard rotates half a turn.

The light reflected on the whiteboard made Si-hyuk’s face bright.

The black letters written on the whiteboard entered Si-hyuk’s head and lingered.

Detailed plans.

You can see how serious they are about it.

“The production period is 6 months to 1 year and 6 months?”

“Yes. We’re really going to do our best. Of course, the story part will be finished before that.”

The hazy dust that had covered the window is wiped away as if erasing thoughts.

The wet tissue that wiped away all the dust goes into a black bag.

Park Kyung-joon said.

“We’re the same age, can we speak informally to each other?”

“Yeah. Do it.”

As Si-hyuk spoke first, Park Kyung-joon laughed as if it was fun.

Shin Kyung-joon put the last book on the bookshelf.

Neatly.

“The work is done, should we drink something and start?”

Shin Kyung-joon started taking care of Si-hyuk.

Si-hyuk bowed his head.

“Thank you.”

“No. Make yourself comfortable. Comfortable. We’ll have a lot to clash with in the future, so let’s sweeten our mouths first.”

With iced tea in hand, they sat down in their seats.

Only Ahn Kyung-ho was standing in front of the whiteboard.

As if to express that he is the club president here.

Shin Kyung-joon said.

“Don’t stand, sit down. It’s distracting.”

“Yes.”

Ahn Kyung-ho sat quietly next to Si-hyuk.

Si-hyuk thought it would be really fun to see that.

Each subtly resembling yet not resembling each other.

The three, dyed in similar colors yet exuding their own individuality.

Looking at them, he thought that the work here would be fun.

The sweetness of the iced tea woke up his mind.

***

Planning begins.

At first, they decided to work together mainly on the story.

They had to share the sketches in each other’s heads.

That’s because the three of them knew something similar to some extent, but I didn’t.

Ahn Kyung-ho said.

“The game we’re going to make this time is an adventure, as written here. So the story is really important. Rather, there might be Americans who want to play the game to see this story.”

“We’re not just going to sell it to Americans, are we?”

“That’s right. But for now, we should assume that the English-speaking world is all included.”

I nodded.

I roughly understand what they’re talking about.

“Do you have a desired background? Fantasy or modern?”

“We’re currently using fantasy as the background.”

“Fantasy…….”

“We also want branching points.”

“Branching points?”

“Yeah. The story changes depending on the choice. The storyline changes. But we don’t have time for that, so I wonder if it will only end at the scenario planning stage…. We’ll be short on time, right?”

“Well, I think I can write it down as a setting book. That would be a fun experience in itself.”

“As expected! Just listening to you makes you sound like a professional writer.”

That’s how the sharing of information began.

In the end, there was a desired picture, and it’s my role to create it.

I checked what part they wanted to focus on in the game.

Ahn Kyung-ho asked gently.

“How is it? Can you do it?”

“You said it’s story-centered, but I think it’s right to go character-centered first.”

“Characters are important.”

“The worldview is constructed for the character’s personality. Instead of the forest, we first create the trees and increase the number of trees.”

“Hmm.”

“These days, you can only push forward with characters. Since you said it’s fantasy, it’s better to give a sense of crisis first.”

“Sense of crisis?”

“Yeah. It always comes out. An unfortunate situation or an unfulfilled situation.”

“Oh! It looks like you have something in mind?”

“A little.”

Stories always needed a little adventure.

But there was no need to take such an adventure from the beginning.

Elements that people who enjoy this always like.

Elements that make you immerse yourself in the story and cheer for the protagonist.

What’s important in adventure is always how the protagonist solves the great misfortune that has befallen them.”

That’s what I think, but others may think differently.

This was only talking about the initial part that works story-wise.

A famous PD [Producer-Director] once said this.

If you make 90% familiarity and only 10% special, it’s enough.

“This is how you start. Since it’s fantasy, let’s first set up one protagonist. As a knight.”

“That’s typical.”

“Yeah. It’s typical. But it’s our job to make this atypical.”

“So how are you going to give it a special, atypical feel?”

“That’s…….”

“That’s?”

Everyone looked at my mouth with anticipation.

I was sweating.

“Let’s think together.”

“Hey! What is it!”

“Haha. I’ll think about this part a little. First, how about a knight who is betrayed by the king for a rough story?”

“Revenge?”

“No. Reclamation.”

“Reclamation?”

“It’s the reclamation of the throne. It’s also revenge.”

“Ooh. Suddenly, Queen Seondeok [a famous Korean historical drama] comes to mind.”

We shared rough opinions like that and parted ways.

Will I be able to create a special key that can be put into this game?

These worries continued…….

The next day, I was able to find a special key.