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Chapter 66: Seriously? Everyone’s a Friendly Rival Developer?!

Yin led his Twitch crew to the Apex Interactive booth, hyped by chat for Fearless Sniper’s visuals.
The demo revealed its story: a special forces team infiltrates an overseas crime syndicate...

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Chapter 65: Small but Cute

You’re killing it!
Zoey Parker nearly blurted it when Gus Harper asked for all of WindyPeak’s cash for Left 4 Dead 2.
But she held back.
What if he meant $100,000,000?
Selling Windy...

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Chapter 64: Is this the second-generation FPS?!

Crash!
Days later, Gus Harper dumped a bag of toy guns on the WindyPeak conference table.
Luke Bennett and Jake Rivers gaped.
“What’s this?” Luke asked, grabbing a pistol.
“Gloc...

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Chapter 63: She Really, I Cried to Death

“It’s not bird flu,” the hazmat worker said, pulling off his mask and pointing ahead.
“Just a spill up front. Routine check, no biggie.”
“You said that last time!” the driver sn...

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Chapter 62: Drawing inspiration from movies

Knock knock knock.
“Come in,” Zoey Parker called.
Gus Harper stepped into her Portland office, spotting Zoey grimacing at a stack of papers.
“What’s got you so grumpy?” Gus asked...

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Chapter 61 – Thoughts on Second-Gen FPS

#Fireline Rush 2nd Anniversary Hits VibeX1 Today#
#CloudWave Tech Teams with Vivendi’s Blaze Studio for Ultimate VR FPS#
#Pointbreak Games Delays Heavy Strike#
#GunCraft 2 Wraps Pre-Prod...

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Chapter 60: Achievement Achieved - Comeback!

Zoey Parker knew Phasmophobia’s day-one sales: 2,085 copies, $93,800 revenue.
Weaker than her lowest predictions.
She’d ditched WindyPeak for a week, holed up in Portland, grinding her th...

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Chapter 59: Old Ma, Ah—Ah—!!!

What’s the creepiest trope in American horror?
Ghost weddings top the list.
Pairing a corpse with a living or dead spouse—grim, twisted, and ripe for nightmares.
Spectral urban legends...

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Chapter 58: Good News, Bad News

Noon, next day.
Gus Harper sifted through data on recent VR cabin shooters at WindyPeak’s Portland office.
Knock knock knock.
“Come in,” Gus said, setting the files aside.
Luke Be...

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Chapter 57: "Great Value for Money" Promotion Seminar

Chat was losing it.
“HOLY—THIS IS WILD!”
“Bro, I’m drenched in sweat!”
“Yin’s gone quiet. RIP.”
“You gonna ghost us like that, Yin?!”
“This is TERRIFYING!”<...

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Chapter 56: Maybe I’m Not Human, But You’re a Real Dog

“HOLY CRAP!”
“Chills, man, CHILLS!”
“This is MESSED UP! Why’s the audio in surround sound?!”
“Felt that ghost breath in my headphones!”
“SlickRick got yeeted offline...

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Chapter 55: Tricking Players into Terror

“Holy crap,” SlickRick Brooks gasped before Phasmophobia even loaded.
“This intro’s straight out of a blockbuster. I’m in a damn movie!”
The screen faded in, like waking from a dr...

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Chapter 54: A Horror Game Like No Other

Chat exploded with laughter.
“Hahaha, Gus looks way too chill!”
“Zoey’s face, lol, she’s done!”
“This is next-level unhinged!”
“Gus: ‘Sleep with one eye open, fam....

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Chapter 53: Viral Teaser Chaos

Zoey Parker leaned back in her Seattle office, grinning like a cartoon tycoon sniffing a cash pile. Two million bucks down the drain. The $2,000,000 Phasmophobia budget blew past ...

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Chapter 52: Twisted Genius Unleashed

Game on!
After locking in Phasmophobia, Gus Harper got to work.
He drafted the project based on memory. With his game dev experience, the framework was a breeze.
Days later, his Inspiratio...

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Chapter 51: Brainstorm or Brainstormed?

Luke Bennett was numb.
The second Zoey Parker waltzed in, he knew they were screwed.
Zoey was a wildcard, clueless about game dev but ready to back any wild idea Gus Harper pitched.
Someti...

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Chapter 50: Double Down on Doom

“Chloe?”
Gus Harper blinked, surprised to see Chloe Quinn.
“You didn’t go to San Francisco?”
Slurp.
Chloe sipped her lemonade, looking defeated. “We’re back.”
That fa...

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Chapter 49: Priceless Friendship, Penniless Card

Zoey Parker strutted off the high-speed rail from San Francisco to Portland, practically glowing.
Jackpot!
The game wasn’t even a concept yet, and she’d already blown $150,000 on IndieVib...

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Chapter 48: Zoey’s Insane Gambit

What?!
Victor Lang was floored.
That’s not enough?!
Zoey was pushing it.
If she were anyone else, Victor would’ve shown her the door with a polite “see ya” from Secretary Carter...

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Chapter 47: Victor’s Too Nice

San Francisco, IndieVibe Technologies.

At the front desk, Sarah Jones coached the new receptionist, Lily. “The other day, Victor Lang was practically bowing before that girl even reached u...

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Chapter 46: Mad Genius and Moneybags

Chloe Quinn froze in Zoey Parker’s Seattle office, a déjà vu chill hitting her. This scene mirrored Gus Harper’s first interview—her objections ignored, Zoey hyping Gus’s wild plan. S...

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Chapter 45: Déjà Vu Disaster

Gus Harper wiped his hands and nodded at Chloe Quinn. Perfect timing. He’d been itching to pitch his next move to Zoey Parker, especially after the IndieVibe exchange sparked his obsessi...

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Chapter 44: Genius or Lunatic?

Zoey Parker’s brain sparked in the Seattle Convention Center’s bathroom. She locked the stall, sat on the toilet lid, and exhaled. Quiet at last. Her competitors’ dumb questions had ...

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Chapter 43: A Wild Plan Sparks

The Seattle Convention Center’s Hall 5 roared with applause and chatter.

“Gus Harper’s that young?!”
“Same age as Zoey Parker!”
“Talk about a power duo.”
“...

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Chapter 42: I’m Gus Harper

The Seattle Convention Center’s Hall 5 erupted in chatter.

“This is WindyPeak’s CEO?!”
“She’s so young!”
“Told you her casual vibe screamed big money!”
“...

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Chapter 41: Spotlight Shock

“Bringing you the pulse of gaming! Hey, I’m Tara, your host for GameVibe News!”

Wednesday, Seattle.

Outside Hall 5 of the Seattle Convention Center, Tara, a bubbly reporter, grinn...

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Chapter 40: Development Festival Showdown

Zoey Parker sighed, eyeing Gus Harper—her personal “profit curse”—in WindyPeak’s Seattle conference room. Only the two of them remained.

Their gazes locked. For the first time, Zoey...

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Chapter 39: Pain! So Much Pain!

Zoey Parker gaped at her phone in WindyPeak’s Seattle conference room, rereading Gus Harper’s X post about Vampire Survivor’s v1.1 update. Her jaw dropped.

“Gus… you arrang...

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Chapter 38: Come Get This Doom Update!

Zoey Parker sat at the head of the conference room, looking like she’d lost a bet with the universe. A stripped daisy stem dangled in her hand.
Yeah, she’d resorted to plucking petals like a...

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Chapter 37: The Universe Is Out to Get Me!

Zoey Parker stared at the fax in WindyPeak’s Seattle office, eyes burning through the paper. Four words screamed at her: Big announcement disaster.

IndieVibe had gone nuclear. Perm...

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