Synopsis

Kael Yashiro was done. At just twenty-two, he had burned out as a game developer, overwhelmed by deadlines, bad coffee, and the failure of a dream project that no one supported. His MMORPG, Elarion Online, was supposed to be a breakthrough; a living fantasy world driven by adaptive AI and player choices. But when the funding ran out and the team left, all that remained was broken code and a shut server.
Then one night, during a blackout and a flash of corrupted debug code, Kael wakes up inside Elarion—not in a player's body, but as The Architect, a legendary figure with the power to reshape the world itself.
But the game is no longer just a game.
The NPCs remember things they shouldn’t. Magic acts strangely, like faulty code. Glitched monsters wander where quest markers used to be. And the AI he once programmed to manage the world? It’s watching him—possibly helping—but definitely hiding something.
As forgotten beta testers, failed heroes, and world-ending updates resurface, Kael must face the version of Elarion he never wanted anyone to see.
Because if this really is his world, then it’s also his duty to save it—or destroy it for good.