The Simulator

There were once some kids who loved technology. They were a small bunch, about a total of five kids. Three of them were programmers. One of them was an artist/modeler, And the other was a music/sound creator. Each of them had a very special connection with each other. I am one of those kids.

The Story

It was a warm summer day. The kids were on summer break and so they were thinking of something that they can do with each other. One of the programmers (called Joey) came up with the idea of a fantasy life simulator. After they thought of it they all went home due to it being quite late.

Once they got home, they used Skype to chat with each other. One of the programmers (whose name was Tom) created a small network that allows them to see what they are doing on their desktops. They then began the process of making the fantasy life simulator. They had no idea what was going to happen...

I (my name's Isaiah) began making the music and I noticed something strange while making the music. There was a small skull inside some of the notes. I played it and I heard this weird sound of a bear roaring and you could hear a man inside the bear scream out in fear. I deleted the buggy notes and continued making the sounds and music for the simulator.

About a week later we finally finished the game. I inserted the sounds into the game and we then began playing it. We had a lot of fun, and on the first day we made houses and some tools as well as a small campfire. It was growing dark and so we went into our houses and slept. Joey (the artist) decided that this was a good beta game. So everyone decided that they could take a break and go to sleep (in real life).

I woke up the next morning to make some more sounds and music. So I dashed downstairs, ate my Reeses Puff cereal and then went to the computer. Everyone else was awake except Rolf (one of the programmers). Everyone went onto the game and saw that the camp was a mess; there were scratch marks on some of the buildings and some blood near the fire. No one knew whose blood it was in the game so they just rebuilt the camp. Suddenly there was a glitch that the water was fire and the sky was water. "What the heck?" I said. And then, a bear appeared out of nowhere, found my character, and killed him. Yet there was no death implanted in the game yet. There was a black screen with red text saying: Your Death Is Caused By Nature For A Reason. I had no idea what it meant. The other characters fought off the bear to get this weird purple meat with the description: The Price Of Nature Is The Price Of Your Life.

I didn't know what this meant so I stopped working on the project. I never saw my friends except Rolf ever again... I saw on the news that the deaths were from unknown causes, and so I found a copy of the simulator and wiped it from my hard drive. Rolf still had it though, he renamed it Wurm Online. He got all, or at least some of the bugs out. Yet the roar is still stuck in my head.

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