CEO Han Jung-hyun (hereinafter CEO Han): It still doesn't feel real. My only goal was to survive, but the event scale has grown exponentially. It’s about five or six times larger than last year. I’m just grateful and promise to keep working hard.

Vice President Shim Jung-sun (hereinafter VP Shim): To be precise, it is eight times larger. Our budget increased threefold.

CEO Han: Sadly, the loan still exists. I’m hoping to pay it off next year. We are currently preparing for a global launch, and I plan to settle the debt once service stabilizes.

VP Shim: We are well aware of that risk. To keep morale high, we provide competitive rewards and incentives. For the second anniversary, we gave staff Nintendo Switch 2 consoles and offer up to eight weeks of paid leave depending on tenure. We even have a dedicated staff member to help employees plan their vacations so they don't feel overwhelmed.

CEO Han: We increased our headcount specifically to implement a rotation system. Our staff now takes an average of 4.5 weeks off.

CEO Han: Even after adding more server capacity, it still crashed, which I see as a 'God tier game' indicator. I was happy and sad at the same time. We were near our all-time high for Concurrent Players, so I can only be thankful.

CEO Han: I was thrilled when Blue Archive introduced a cheek-pinching animation. I play that game a lot. I even pulled both characters in the recent 'Tetsudogaki' banner in just 50 pulls.

VP Shim: Why are you bragging about that?

CEO Han: Anyway, we play a lot of subculture games internally. We are just grateful they held our work in such high regard.

VP Shim: I believe that by referencing and building upon each other, the culture grows. We actually encourage it. Internally, we saw it as a sign of respect. Just hearing someone say 'Hey, this is Trickcal!' is enough to make us happy. Subculture gamers overlap; there is no reason to exclude them. They are fellow fans and allies.

VP Shim: The novel adaptation 'The Trickcal' has received 12,000 pre-orders. That’s a significant number for a 3rd printing. We see this as a positive sign and will continue in this direction. We realize we have been running forward so fast that we lacked depth relative to our content volume. We plan to focus on internal stability and deepening our content long-term.

CEO Han: The global service kicks off on October 9, with the Chinese release slated for late November. It’s uncharted territory, so we’ll see how it plays out.

VP Shim: By exchanging feedback and debating.