Life is Easier If You're Handsome novel Chapter 324

March 2025.

A game that shocked the world was released.

Starwar Note.

Just from the title, it sounded like a game where you'd be using the Force. It suddenly dropped into the world without any advance notice or promotion whatsoever.

Considering the kind of budget it takes to develop a AAA game, it was nothing short of a miracle.

People were baffled—what the hell is this? But as soon as they saw the name of the developer, it all made sense.

ㄴ Oh, it’s from HappyNote

ㄴ That makes sense. Kangshik is weirdly stubborn about this kind of stuff

ㄴ But eventually Mincheol will force some kind of promo anyway

ㄴ Isn’t this their first new release in, like, 10 years?

ㄴ Thought they’d drop another soulslike lol

HappyNote.

At the time, the most closely watched game studio in Korea. Led by the youngest-ever GOTY nominee, Na Kangshik.

Thanks to Kangshik’s trademark stubbornness, the game boasted ridiculous attention to detail and borderline perverted levels of polish. Even with zero marketing out the gate, the launch was smooth.

ㄴ The game has two gameplay modes

ㄴ Planet management is kinda like Civilization

ㄴ But the open-world stuff feels more Cyberpunk

ㄴ Isn’t that a bit much? That’s basically two games in one

ㄴ Still, you’re gonna try it anyway, right?

ㄴ Kangshik said it’s fully optimized, LMAO he posted it himself

ㄴ Come on, 1080, hang in there

ㄴ ㄴ Please kill me

ㄴ ㄴ Please upgrade me

ㄴ ㄴ Please save me

Probably because of their consistent track record, the game took off quickly. And the part that drew the most attention—

ㄴ This is what being under Veritas looks like

ㄴ There's a legendary NPC in-game—lol turns out it’s Kim Donghu

ㄴ Honestly, this might be the only company ballsy enough to just put Kim Donghu in a game

ㄴ {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Tarzan, Batman, Joker, Iron Man (pending), and the world’s strongest man... all in one game 😱

ㄴ Did they make him the final boss? Hidden boss? He’s only mentioned so far, I’m curious as hell

They had actually implemented a character in the game modeled after Kim Donghu. Really, it only looked like Donghu stole the spotlight because he was too famous—but Na Kangshik had actually included everyone he used to play “notebook games” with in middle school.

ㄴ But it’s actually just fun tho?

ㄴ Yeah, it’s seriously well-made

ㄴ It’s good so far

ㄴ Runs smooth af, no stuttering, props for that

Word of mouth spread quickly, and Starwar Note grew in popularity. And then—Veritas planned an absolutely insane promotional stunt.

ㄴ Legendary moment incoming

ㄴ Is this real life??

ㄴ KIM DONGHU LIVESTREAMING A GAME?? 🤯😂

That’s right. Kim Donghu was going to stream himself playing Starwar Note live.

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“Is the screen coming through okay?”

His first-ever livestream. In his past life, he’d only ever watched people stream. He never even considered doing it himself.

“They turned the notebook game into a real game—how could I not play it?”

And he could promote it, too?

Not doing it would’ve been ridiculous.

—Looks good.

“Can you check the audio and everything too? All good?”

—Yep.

“Perfect.”

With help from the staff, the stream setup was ready. Without hesitation, I launched Starwar Note.

The first thing on-screen was a massive starfield. Thanks to top-tier hardware and maxed-out settings, the moment felt like space was opening up right in front of me—vivid, breathtaking.

“Oh—some of you might be wondering what kind of relationship I have with Kangshik. We’re middle school classmates.”

Just a quick comment. I wasn’t even reading chat.

Because—

“Turning off chat is the only correct decision.”

It had only been an hour since the stream started, and already over 200,000 viewers had joined. Veritas had no real expertise in this kind of field, so I gave up on the idea of chat moderation from the start. I disabled donations too, for the same reason.

Anyway, that’s how my first-ever gaming stream officially began.

“...Uh, wait a sec... the game... is this difficulty level correct? It’s on Normal... but it feels kinda hard?”

And so, the world slowly began to witness just how bad I was at gaming.

Strangely, my Sim ability had no effect on anything game-related—especially Kangshik’s games.

Maybe it was because I always lost to him back in middle school. It seemed that same outcome was applying here.

“I usually can’t stand losing... so why is it okay in games?”

Leaving behind the unexplainable logic of Sims, thirty minutes into the game, my fifth death screen greeted me.

“I honestly feel like... I should just step in myself. Is there a way to VR into this or possess my character or something...?”

Out came the human side of me. I mean, I know I haven’t gamed in a while, but was I always this bad?

“Now that I think about it, I barely played any PC games since High Dream.”

Fifteen years. I was now paying the full price for not gaming properly all that time.

“...I’ll proceed on Easy Mode.”

Yup.

“Ah... that last bit was an aim issue... mmm...”

Still—

“Please don’t say I suck... If you could just think of it as ‘a bit rough around the edges,’ I’d really appreciate it.”

Seriously—

“If I’m frustrating you, please just say ‘Donghu, I love you’ out loud once, and I’ll forgive everything.”

Was I always this bad at games?

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