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the lore... THE LOREEEEE
so...
1. Everyone in the group has been "playing the game"
2. Bada joined last(?) - needs to be confirmed by Seongchan
3. Hyungshin and Jaeseob wiped their ORIGINAL SAVES first since they didnt like to be aware of dying over and over.
4. Yongtaek lost his OLD SAVE from the abandoned mine, which was then found in Ch50, causing his nosebleed.
5. Seongchan and Doha had a falling out after Yongtaek lost his SAVE
6. The checkmark tape is an OLD SAVE of either Doha or Seongchan (I think it's Doha's, which might be a plot twist)
besides that, the following game mechanics have been confirmed:
- TAPES are SAVE FILES
- CASSETTE PLAYERS are LOAD POINTS
- CLEARING AN AREA empties all of its data. this is MAINTAINED IN ALL FUTURE SAVES
- NEW PLAYERS can be BROUGHT INTO THE GAME
- An ENDING BOOK (found by Bada in Ch1) acts as an ARCHIVE that DOES NOT RESET
what is not confirmed (that i wanna know) are the following:
- when did every player enter the game
- the actual way to escape the game
- is the lodge they start at clearable
- seongchan and doha's falling out
- how bada entered the game
whew...
now for theories I'm gonna fire blind at...
1. The lodge they always park at the beginning of every run is the final/boss area of the game.
2. Clearing [or literally burning down] the lodge might be the actual escape from the game
3. Seongchan wants to keep everyone in the game
4. Doha having the hots for Bada is part-revenge against Seongchan and part-simp
RIP Yongtaek I did not expect dad joke guy to become an absolute GOAT, may you NPC in peace bro.