Building a World (Part 1)

"Shawn! Come help me with the housework"

"Coming mum!" Shawn shouted.

"I just have to finish this campaign,"

"Shawn!"

"Oh, forget it, I'll do it later." he thought before shouting the same words again, "Coming, mum! " and promptly clicking on the save button of the game.

Shawn Roland was 14 years old. He was a lover of kingdom games, world-building games, and role-playing games. He played worldbuilding games such as Godus, The Universim, Worldbox, Deism, and many more.

He was a freak when it came to those.

His family wasn't that rich but they were above average level.

So when he saw a game called Creator Sim that came out, he was ecstatic and immediately downloaded the game.

After washing the dishes, Shawn returned to continue playing a kingdom-building conquest campaign.

"When will you grow up young man? Stop wasting your time playing games," Shawn's mum, Emily, complained.

"You don't understand mum. It feels great to make your creatures and watch how they live and evolve and also control them or order them to rule" Shawn replied.

She refuted him "Watch how they live when their watcher doesn't even know how to read and have control over his own?"

"Oh, come on, mu,m, can you not start this now? I'm still trying to complete the conquest campaign" Young Shawn pleaded.

"Young Man. Go finish your homework"

"I've already done that"

"Then do some exercises"

"But why do I have to?"

"Go do it, or I'll make you," She answered with a glare.

Shawn, who knew it was better not to test the waters, dropped his phone and went to the study room. The exercise which he had to work on was a topic in mathematics.

Although he understood the topic. His mum understood him more. If he didn't practice the knowledge that he claimed to understand, it would become blurry in his memory. He was smart but he didn't have a photographic memory or stuff like that.

She left the dining and went to her bedroom to take a nap. After all, she was overworked and wanted to relax from the stress. But before she did, she forgot about something important which was Shawn's phone that she was supposed to take and keep until he was done studying.

When she left, the door to the study room slowly opened, and Shawn, who had forgotten that he needed a pen, saw his phone and smiled. "The heavens must be smiling at me," he thought as he went to the table to take the phone.

He also found a pen to use in case his mum arrived in the study room and he made it look like he was busy.

He went inside the study room and closed the door. He brought out his phone and logged into the game Godus. He was playing the game when he received a notification that the game creator was fully downloaded.

*Welcome. Potential creator. You are in Creator Sim. Here you are the supreme being that rules the world. You can make landmasses, oceans, and even races to walk the face of your world. Click next to begin your reign and rule over the world*

He clicked the game and was impressed at the graphics that came not with the original content but the terms and conditions tab, "No wonder it required a lot of my data to download, 450 MB in total" He thought before clicking accept as a question popped onto his screen.

"*Do you want to undergo a tutorial?*

"Yes!"

But as the game was about to continue a hand appeared in front of him and took the phone.

"Mum!" he yelled.

"Playing games when it's study time" Emily shook her head.

"But,"

"No buts" She cut him off. "It's time that game addiction of yours was kept under control." She then grasped the phone from his hands and left.

"No!" Shawn yelled.

"Also I'm keeping this phone till the next weekend"

"Mom!"

"Next two weekends"

"Mom!"

"A month. If I hear mom again"

"Please, momma," said Shawn as he looked at her with puppy eyes that couldn't form.

"Don't momma me. You brought this on yourself. Now you'll face the consequences"

And with those words, Emily left the room.

"How did she get in?" Shawn thought when she looked at the door and smacked his head hard. "I didn't lock it!" He scolded himself.

And the next second he heard a voice through the locked door. "You're staying in there till lunch time"

At that moment, Shawn just had one word "Mothers". "She really wouldn't open the door till lunchtime," he thought as he looked at the clock on the wall. "Currently, it's 11:00". Lunch starts at "14:00" So I'll just be here reading for three hours. Hopefully I can successfully manage to pull through till then."

He sat on the chair and took a book. "How to work questions involving math equations."

"Now onto that cynical topic."

Nighttime.

"She hid that phone. Oh, my poor phone! " Shawn almost cried in his sleep.

"I'll plead with her tomorrow," He told himself before he pulled his blanket and slept off.

When he opened his eyes, instead of being found inside his room, he saw a huge notification board in front of him. "What is this?" He questioned the voice.

His question was eventually answered by a mechanical voice.

[Host is beginning tutorial]

"Wait, is this that game?"

The mechanical voice answered him with a new text.

[Welcome to Creator Sim]

"Wait, what is a game doing in my sleep? Did I die in my sleep? No, that's impossible!" he began to feel his body temperature rise.

[Choose the nature of your world. This is useful in how your world will look]

In front of Shawn were a bunch of options with their names. There were;

Flat world, Round World, Box World, Triangular World, Cross world.

"What the hell is going on? Why is there a freaking game in my head? This must all be a dream!"

After having a monologue with himself for a long time. He finally gave up trying to reason it out.

"*Sigh*. It is not supposed to end like this. Hope this doesn't affect Mum that much"

He shook his head."What bullshit I'm I saying? It'll affect her badly. I need to go back and wake up. This is all a dream!"

"Why now? I've not even met my future wife and had future kids. I can't die now!"

[Host should be quick to choose to complete the tutorial]

"Would you shut your f****** mouth up? Can't you see that I'm not in the mood"

[Even if you are not in the mood till eternity you'll still have to complete the tutorial]

[I apologize for the host's loss but please...]

The system continued,

[Just complete the tutorial]

"Hmph. Fine. Nothing can be done about it anyway. Better live my new life playing a game for all eternity" said Shawn as he felt an urge to choke

Shawn looked at the options before asking "What's a cross world?"

[A cross world is a world that has its four corners extending from the center and not linked to the other corners of the world except through the center]

"I'll stick to a round world" He made up his mind even though he desperately wanted to try others.

After choosing, three options appeared in front of him.

[Ding, Choose the path of this world. Is it a magical, industrial, or custom world?]

"Of course, I'll choose a magical world," he said.

Another bunch of options appeared in front of him.

[Do you want the world to have a system also or to go anywhere it goes?]

"System is allowed in my world"

[Should the world have levels?]

"Yes"

[Do you want the world to have a single energy to use or multiple energies?]

"Multiple energies"

[Choose or make two energies for now. More energies can be unlocked after the host completes the task]

"There are tasks?"

[Of course, the host cannot just be a boring creator with nothing to do]

"For a system, you sure talk a lot"

[I have to inform you about things you should know]

"Using a mechanical sassy voice at me"

[Of course. Now just finish the tutorial]

"Yeah yeah, whatever"

There were many options on the energy to choose from. There was also the Create Your Energy option, but it was locked.

Seems like I'll keep that energy I thought of in mind till I unlock it.

Shawn chose mana energy as the first one and clicked the second one to be physical energy. (Energy used for improving the body's abilities)as stated by the quote under it.

[Loading... new energy. Implementing into the world]

[Tutorial beginning...]

[Lord Shawn. You are the creator of this world.]

[Currently, your world is empty with nothing inside. Use the creator's tab to create the landscape, terrains, and other attributes of the world. So your first task is to make the landscape of your world.]

A new tab appeared in front of Shawn.

[Define how your world should be and look like by drawing on the interface tab. When you are done defining you can make adjustments and confirm before proceeding to the next t

Ask for the tutorial]

"Alright then" Shawn cracked his knuckles and started touching the screen to draw his ideal world. After a few hours of touching and tapping, he smiled.