The Pink Slime pressed against the glass of its corral. A text box popped up on the screen, but it wasn't from a tutorial. "Why did you bring me here for free?" it read.

Leo knew it was a risk. The official game was a vibrant masterpiece of glass and rainbows, but his wallet was empty. He clicked. The download bar crawled across his screen like a sluggish phosphor slime, and when it finally finished, he hit "Run."

The monitor flickered one last time, displaying a final message in a cheerful, bubbly font: