Love's Choice: Your K-Drama Romance (WIP) [Demo Release: 06/09/25]

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Hi everyone,

Long-time lurker, first-time IF writer. Just wanted to drop my demo here because I’d love to get thoughts, feedback, comments, etc. from all of you lovely people. You’re also welcome to visit my Tumblr, where I’ve already answered some questions.

Thanks in advance, and I hope you like the demo!

LINKS: DEMO | Tumblr | Pinterest

Update Log

Demo Release (06/09/25)
  • First half of Episode 1
  • Customize MC’s appearance and personality.
  • First look at MC’s background lore.
  • Late-night drive with the Boss.
  • Receive a marriage proposal.
Up next...
  • React to the Boss’ proposal.
  • Attend an after-work dinner with your co-workers.
  • Share a private meal with the Boss.
  • Change the genre of your story.

Synopsis:
You have been a faithful employee at Hanwool Group for about nine years, working diligently as the secretary to the current Vice President of Marketing, Park Joo-seok. Although the world knows him as the future CEO of Hanwool Group and the most eligible bachelor in South Korea, you know him better as your arrogant and workaholic boss.

Now that you have paid off all of your outstanding debts, nothing is holding you back from quitting your job and maybe even starting a whole new life. Just as you’re about to hand in your resignation letter, however, your chaebol boss comes to you with an unexpected proposition.

“Marry me.”

??!! Is he being serious? Will you accept his (albeit not super romantic) proposal?? What will happen next?! Play to find out!

Planned Features

  • Play as the (female) lead of your very own romance K-drama.
  • Experience many tropes from the wonderful world of K-dramas (or skillfully avoid them, it’s up to you!)
  • Choose between four different routes, each with its own unique storyline, sub-genre, Male Lead™, Villains, and more.
  • Fall in love at your own pace, perfect for slow-burn and fast-burn lovers alike.
  • Will you follow the script to your perfect happy ending, or stumble into a tragic one?

The Male Leads™

The Boss

Name: Park Joo-seok (박주석)
Age: 33
Job: Vice President of Hanwool Group’s Marketing Division

Pressured by his wealthy family to get married and take over the family business, but also feeling no desire to fall in love anytime soon, he turns to his loyal secretary of nine years (and the only woman he can trust) for help: you. All you need to do is enter a contract marriage with him and convince his family and the press that the two of you are truly in love. Can you successfully pull off this charade without catching feelings?

Inspired by What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?, Business Proposal, and Secret Life of My Secretary.

Tropes: office romance, contract marriage, fake relationship, rich man x poor woman

The Idol

Name: Yoo Jae-min (유재민)
Age: 28
Job: Idol in the K-Pop industry, represented by X Entertainment

After turning down your boss’ marriage proposal, he assigns you to work on a current marketing project involving one of the biggest stars in the K-pop industry, Yoo Jae-min. Previously known as the cutest member of the former boy group, NOVA, he is now a successful solo artist with a face card that never declines. But don’t be fooled by his adorable on-screen persona. For whatever reason, he seems to have a personal vendetta against you. Can you successfully work alongside him without letting tensions boil over?

Inspired by So I Married My Anti-Fan, Sh**ting Stars, Lovely Runner, and Moon In The Day.

Tropes: idol romance, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love, secret relationship

The Childhood Best Friend

Name: Lee Hae-jin (이해진)
Age: 29
Job: Doctor, specifically a General Practitioner (GP)

After turning down your boss’ marriage proposal and quitting your job, you decide to leave the high-paced corporate life and move back to your hometown on the coast. Turns out, you weren’t the only one who had this idea. Once a successful doctor at one of the best hospitals in Seoul, your childhood best friend, Lee Hae-jin, now lives across the street from your grandmother’s old place, where you are now staying. The thing is, you haven’t spoken to him in over a decade, ever since your grandmother died. Will you break the ice and rekindle this old friendship, or is the past too painful to face?

Inspired by Summer Strike, Hometown Cha Cha Cha, and Welcome to Samdalri.

Tropes: friends-to-lovers, childhood meeting, second-chance romance, first love

The Grim Reaper

Name: Reaper Kim/Kim Saja (김사자)/???
Age: ???
Job: …the Grim Reaper

You’ve turned down your boss’ marriage proposal, and quit your secretary job after nine years of dedicated hard work. Now what? You find yourself sitting on the roof of a building, and you slip on something. Just as you’re about to fall to a certain death, some person grabs you and pulls you back onto the roof. But this is no ordinary person. There’s something oddly supernatural about him and a familiarity you can’t quite place. He wants to strike a deal with you. What exactly is his agenda, and will you agree to his terms?

Inspired by Doom at Your Service, Goblin, and My Demon.

Tropes: supernatural being x mortal, doomed love, reincarnation, fated love, amnesia

FAQs

Everything seems gender-locked, is this an exclusively straight romance?

For now, MC is gender-locked female and the main route love interests (The Male Leads) are gender-locked male just for ease of writing. In the future, MC can be M/F/non-binary and the main route love interests can be M/F.

If I reject the boss' proposal, can I still pursue him? If I agree to the proposal, can I romance other love interests?

You won’t be able to pursue the boss if you reject his proposal. Likewise, you can’t pursue the idol, the childhood bestfriend, or the grim reaper if you accept the proposal. However, there are other secondary love interests that you can pursue in the boss’ route.

Note: I will update this section as I receive more questions.

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Yay, a K-drama story! Please tell me that the White Truck of Doom, the Kopiko product placement, the soju/makgeolli benders, the piggyback rides, the accidental kisses, the obsessive sasaengs, and the terrible chaebol families are just around the corner. :wink:

So far, I like the boss a lot. Favorite moment: Him commenting on the pajamas my MC was wearing.

Suggestions/Stuff I noticed:

  • Describe the preset secretary looks for anybody who doesn’t know the K-drama characters in question, and give us a chance to opt out of the look/customize our looks instead if we don’t like the preset.

  • Give us a little more backstory reactivity (how MC felt about her mother leaving, her grandmother’s illness, if she cried herself to sleep every night or remained stoic). It would help us better place our character in the story.

  • I would like a contact ID nickname, such as “Boss from Hell,” to be available. I would also love to see our boss’s reaction to our specific contact ID down the line.

  • When I was poking the boss, I got this line: “What are you doing, Secretary NAME?”

  • When we bring the coffee for him, you could describe how the MC makes his coffee in a specific way to emphasize how well she knows him/how fussy he is.

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ooh this demo was already so fun! i haven’t watched a lot of kdramas but i did love business proposal so i will be romancing the boss first <3 great work so far!

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The demo is really fun so far!! Your writing is really good, it felt very immersive haha and the drama is awesome too. Can’t wait to see more!

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This looks fantastic! As a Korean, I’m always happy to see some representation. I feel like there’s so many K-Dramas that are gold mines for IFs. Patiently waiting for the gender-unlock, but can’t wait to see more!

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Thanks for the in-depth feedback, feurio! Sounds like you know your K-dramas :wink:

As for your other suggestions:

  1. That’s a great idea! I will definitely incorporate that in a future update because I want this to be accessible to everyone.
  2. So for the backstory, I tried not to go into too much detail because some of it will be explored in later chapters. MC’s past (including actual relationship with grandma, feelings about mom) also makes up a significant part of the Childhood Best Friend Route.
  3. You should be able to set your own custom nickname as the last option!
  4. Thanks for catching that! I just fixed it, so it should all be good now!
  5. That’s a great note, and I will definitely include that in a future re-write. I’m planning to go back and expand some of the later scenes of the demo, so I will keep that in mind!
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Hey, just a heads-up: if you’re planning to publish through Hosted Games, you’re going to need to come up with a new title, since HG won’t publish a game with “choice” in the title. I think your current title might exceed the maximum length allowed by the app stores, too.

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Leave it female only please. No game needs to be for everyone.

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Just played the demo and I love it!

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I’m still working my way through the demo and its various paths. For now I just wanted to say its very well written, I like the style.

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While I agree with you about this - although it saddens me how many people think a game is “for them” only if they can play a shallow copy of themselves - and I would be saying exactly the same thing myself if the author had wanted to write a story centered on a woman but was feeling pressured to make it gender-selectable, this is kind of a weird take.

The author clearly stated that the game was genderlocked at this point only for convenience of writing. She wants to tell an inclusive story - and whether that means she didn’t want to write gender-specific content in the first place or she has a detailed plan for coding gender into the narrative (or something in between), she’s not taking anything away from you. Why, especially in light of the fact that I know you’ve been disappointed before when you learned a game wasn’t “for you,” would you ask an author to narrow her intended audience like this? What’s in it for you?

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