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MAKe Drama

하고싶은RPG, is a Simulation / Collectible RPG (Gacha) mobile game.

As of writing, the title is in a closed release for Korean players only. A future Global release is planned.

Due to the rating of the game, I will limit most post content to text.

Combat proceeds in a side-scrolling manner, where you form a party of 5 members, consume stamina vitamins to enter a dungeon.

The following information was gathered from Namu Wiki entry for Make Drama, and edited using Google Gemini to improve English language conversion from the original Korean Hangul language.

Table of Contents
  1. About
    1. Setting and Lore: The World of ‘Idea’
      1. Metropolis – Humanitas
      2. Metropolis – Bermont
    2. Game Functions
      1. MochiTalk: Conversations, Dates, and Customization
        1. Engaging in Bond Stories
        2. Date Mechanics & Choices
        3. Reviewing & Displaying Unlocked Content
      2. Partner Progression and Equipment System
        1. Equipment and Enhancement
        2. Leveling Up & Experience Overflow
        3. Promotion (Star-Rating Upgrades)
      3. Misc. Functions
        1. Regional Domination
        2. Archive Ascent
        3. Arena
        4. Special Procurement
        5. Flurry Zone
    3. Tier List (Translated)
    4. Characters (Sorted by Faction)
      1. MAD
      2. Donut House
      3. The Great Tofu Gang
      4. Lucky Truck
      5. Midwen Corporation
      6. Super Rich
      7. Bloody Mary
      8. Philharmonic Monastery
      9. Chronoscalar
      10. Unside
      11. Pungwolhoe
      12. The Four Gentlemen
      13. Girls Storm
      14. Saverim
      15. Kinogarten
      16. Carmento
      17. New Money
      18. Independent
        1. NPC Characters

About

Setting and Lore: The World of ‘Idea’

The story takes place in an alternate world known as ‘Idea.’ The protagonist is a “Master” summoned by Idea’s three goddesses: the first goddess, Ami; the second (unnamed); and the third, Dandelion.

A Modern Twist on the Isekai Genre

While the concept of goddesses typically points to a medieval high-fantasy setting, Idea is quite the opposite—it is a world structurally identical to modern Earth.

The protagonist technically fits the classic trope of an Isekai (another world) hero:

  • He is chosen and summoned by divine entities.
  • He receives a blessing called a ‘Crown’ from the goddesses to boost his own strength.
  • He can share his ‘Holy Power’ to empower his companions.

However, where typical Isekai protagonists are revered as legendary figures, the main character of this work receives almost no special treatment or benefits within the story. Instead, he simply leads a mundane life, diligently taking care of his everyday responsibilities—subverting the traditional power-fantasy clichés.

Society and Demographics

Idea is divided into various ‘Metropolises’—such as Humanitas and Vermont—each boasting its own distinct culture, much like the urban hubs found in other creative fiction. The world is also home to diverse fantasy races, including humans, demons, beastmen, and angels.

The Unique Predicament

Despite their cultural and racial diversity, every society in Idea shares one major commonality: the entire population consists exclusively of women. There is not a single native male in the entire world, making the summoned protagonist the sole male existence in Idea.

According to Ami, the protagonist was specifically summoned because of his gender, making his role in this world incredibly vital. However, she deliberately keeps him in the dark, withholding any explanation of what he is actually supposed to do.

Metropolis – Humanitas

A metropolis built upon massive capital and towering technological prowess.

While it appears that corporations and money dominate every facet of existence, free spirits dwelling in the cracks continue to live out their lives in their own unique ways.

In this world where common sense does not prevail, lies a city so peculiar that one wonders just how it manages to function at all—a place where order and chaos, control and freedom, exist side by side.

This place is called 【Humanitas】.

Metropolis – Bermont

A beautiful city of culture where sensibility and art come alive. Amidst the precarious coexistence of religion and magic, the people here seek the ultimate truth.

While the majority of the population believes in a deity called ‘Harmonix,’ the city firmly guarantees freedom of religion. However, non-believers simply miss out on the countless exclusive events and perks offered solely to the faithful…

This place, where even faith is transformed into a source of entertainment, is called 【Bermont】.

Game Functions

Profile: Displays your current nickname, level, experience points (EXP), and icon. Tapping your profile opens a sub-menu where you can set a representative partner, change your nickname, view your account creation/login dates, and track your overall progress.

MochiTalk: A communication hub where you can chat with your partners, give them gifts, and take them on dates. This interface also allows you to monitor your partners’ Desire and Affection levels.

Stamina Vitamin: The core energy resource required to progress through and conquer different regions.

Seed: A premium/utility currency used to summon partners, purchase Stamina Vitamins, and more. Seeds can be earned by clearing regions, completing missions, and participating in events.

Inventory: Stores your collected items, materials, and equipment.

Options: Allows you to adjust game settings, audio, graphics, and account configurations.

Event Banner: Displays ongoing in-game events, promotions, and special announcements.

Partner: Opens the management screen for your summoned characters. Here, you can review their stats and upgrade their levels, skills, and equipment.

  • Call: The gacha/summoning system used to recruit new partners. Duplicate summons grant Idea Memories, which can be spent in the Shop.

Quest: Lists daily, weekly, and special missions that award various progression resources upon completion.

Shop: A marketplace where you can buy gifts to increase partner affection, as well as essential growth materials like Battle Logs and Essences. You can also exchange Idea Memories (obtained from duplicate summons) for specific character fragments here.

Activities: Accesses the main gameplay hub. This section contains Story Mode as well as various combat features, including:

MochiTalk: Conversations, Dates, and Customization

Engaging in Bond Stories

Selecting a partner from your MochiTalk chat list allows you to initiate private conversations known as Bond Stories. These stories dive deeper into each character’s personal lore and strengthen your connection with them.

Date Mechanics & Choices

You can take your partners on special interactive dates to boost their Bond Rank.

  • The Rule of Three: Each date unfolds through a sequence of three distinct choice checkpoints.
  • Tailored Scenarios: The dialogue options and storylines provided during dates are unique to each individual partner.
  • Chronological Progression: The narrative moves forward sequentially based on the choices you make at each point.
Reviewing & Displaying Unlocked Content
  • Memory Archive: You can easily review and replay any Desire or Affection story segments you have previously unlocked.
  • Lobby Customization: Any acquired Desire or Affection illustrations/scenes can be set as your main home screen background via the ‘Lobby Screen Settings’ menu.

Partner Progression and Equipment System

Equipment and Enhancement

Every partner can be fitted with various types of equipment to significantly boost their combat capabilities.

  • Enhancement: You can upgrade your partner’s currently equipped gear to further increase its stats. The required enhancement materials can be farmed from Special Procurement: Laundry Raid or purchased directly from the Shop.
  • Gear Binding: Please note that once a piece of equipment is assigned to a partner, it cannot be unequipped and becomes permanently bound to that specific character.
Leveling Up & Experience Overflow
  • Combat Logs: You can increase your partner’s level by consuming Combat Logs.
  • EXP Preservation: When leveling up, any excess experience points used beyond the current level cap are not lost. Instead, the surplus EXP overflows and is automatically preserved for the character’s next level range.
Promotion (Star-Rating Upgrades)

When you summon duplicate characters from the Call system, you will receive specific Idea Fragments. Gathering a sufficient number of these fragments allows you to promote your partner, increasing their overall star rating and unlocking their true potential.

Misc. Functions

Regional Domination

It is a combat mission where you clear stages sequentially. There are Normal Mode and Hard Mode, and Hard Mode limits the number of entries per stage to 3 times a day.

Archive Ascent

A super virtual reality game within MAD. It is a challenge content where you can defeat enemies and stages created by your records to receive rewards.

Arena

It is PVP content commonly seen in any game.

Special Procurement

Content from which you can obtain Credits, Combat Logs, and Essence.

Flurry Zone

Content where you can defeat Flurry and obtain items needed to enhance skills.

Tier List (Translated)

Characters (Sorted by Faction)

This information gathered from Namu Wiki entry for Make Drama.

MAD
Name: LuminarCV: Momochi Luka

Bio: A single-target healer. Due to her high healing output, she is very useful as a sub-healer in 2-healer, 2-damage, 1-tank compositions that utilize Ines.

Name: FreyaCV: Shino Amekawa

Bio: Speed ​​Action Trouble Maker

Name: ThetaCV: Oomiya Waka

Bio: The Cyborg Girl of the Make Drama

Donut House
Name: CaseyCV: Akari Sakurai

Bio: A donut delivery man and a righteous police officer

Name: LaylaCV: Mao Mitani

Bio: A police officer who dedicated his life to donut research

Name: MarshaCV: Soramame

Bio: A mischievous police girl

The Great Tofu Gang
Name: VictoriaCV: Midori Shirayuki

Bio: The leader of the great Tofu Squad

Name: RonaCV: Utane Moritani

Bio: The salesperson and farmer of the Great Tofu Group

Name: SuzyCV: Suzuya Maya

Bio: The timid brain of the Great Tofu Squad

Name: CasaCV: Yuki Akashi

Bio: A desert fox beastman carrying a guitar

Lucky Truck
Name: CharlotteCV: Momoyama Ion

Bio: Lucky Truck’s hard-working boss

Name: JennyCV: Nohana

Bio: The bright and friendly receptionist at Lucky Truck

Midwen Corporation
Name: MidwenCV: Yozora Mashiro

Bio: The businessman leading the No. 1(?) company, “Midwen Corporation”

Name: ShizukuCV: Azuma Shizu

Bio: Mysterious Chief Strategy Officer of a major conglomerate

Name: HinataCV: Yuzuhara Miu

Bio: Chief Financial Secretary of a giant corporation

Super Rich
Name: KarenCV: Mitaka Rin

Bio: A graduate student chosen by the professor

Name: SevenCV: Kiiro Tsukino

Bio: Super Rich’s Android Maid

Name: RaffineCV:

Bio:

Bloody Mary
Name: ElysiaCV: Yu Amane

Bio: The hostess of Bloody Mary

Name: JinCV: Hiyoko

Bio: Bloody Mary’s bartender and servant

Name: AroneCV: Tsukishiro Mahiru

Bio: Bloody Mary’s Demon Lady

Name: ?CV:

Bio:

Philharmonic Monastery
Name: InesCV: Kokoro Moriya

Bio: The Succubus Abbot of the Philharmonic.

The Succubus Mother Superior who proclaims the love of Harmonix.
After being recognized for her benevolent nature and faith and becoming a high-ranking cleric, she strives to distance herself from worldly desires in order to be a role model for the other nuns. She appears to be concerned about her tail, which tends to move uncontrollably according to instinct.

A 3-star character with the Passion attribute in the Support position.

Her 1st skill, ‘Enchanting Invitation,’ inflicts Charm on the opponent. Her linked passive, ‘Faithful Succubus,’ grants a buff that increases healing power by 10% (15% at maximum grade) when Charm is triggered. Stacks up to 10 times. 

The 2nd skill, ‘Rampaging Desire,’ combines damage dealing and healing by attacking the nearest enemy relative to itself and then restoring the HP of the ally with the lowest HP. When the burst skill ‘Prayer to Control the Inner Self’ is activated, in addition to area healing, it lays down a healing field that lasts for 10 seconds centered on the ally with the lowest HP percentage.

It boasts a very high basic healing amount, and even when facing a boss monster that is immune to status effects, its basic performance is so solid that it allows the front line to survive longer, making it a top priority character for rerolling.

During the burst animation, it knocks away the tail that interferes with the prayer to calm it down, and then receives the blessing of Harmonix.

Name: AirenCV: Kase Shiu

Bio: Sisters of the Philharmonic

Name: LuciaCV: Momose Yuzuki

Bio: An influencer girl with a huge following

An influencer nun with a massive following. She spreads faith and ‘likes’ with her incredible friendliness and sparkling smile. Rumor has it that Lucia occasionally hosts secret parties disguised as prayer meetings late at night.

A 2-star character with the Desire attribute and support position.

Her 1st skill, ‘Power of Healing,’ is a single-target healing skill that targets and heals the ally with the lowest HP. Her 2nd skill, ‘Light Divine Punishment,’ is an area-of-effect damage skill and utility skill that deals damage to 3 random enemies and removes the target’s continuous healing effect. Her burst skill, ‘With Harmonix,’ is an area-of-effect healing skill that heals all allies. Her passive skill, ‘Increase Followers,’ which can be obtained starting from 3 stars, increases Lucia’s attack power and healing power.

When her burst skill is activated, the animation shows 
Harmonix, who is angry that Lucia is running around with other nuns instead of praying, taking out a Bible and praying just before exploding, and then giving a thumbs up Harmonix is ​​relieved.

Chronoscalar
Name: ClaireCV: Ui

Bio: Chronoscalar’s butler

Name: EmilyCV: Mai Nekoyashiki

Bio: The Wizard of Chronoscala

Name: YuriaCV: Hachiko

Bio:

Unside
Name: ManetCV: Sugihara Matsuri

Bio: The leader of the Unside

Name: ObliaCV: Hanakage Hotaru

Bio:

Pungwolhoe
Name: Dan-heeCV: Kazuha

Bio: A playboy belonging to the Pungwolhoe

Name: Hong-jeopCV: Elena Kaibara

Bio: Shaman of the Pungwolhoe

The Four Gentlemen
Name: HariCV: Haru Amachi

Bio: A young scholar gaining attention in the Four Gentlemen

Girls Storm
Name: MioCV: Aoi Haru

Bio: Girls Storm’s drummer

Name: SeraCV: Haruyama Iroha

Bio: Girls Storm’s bassist

Saverim
Name: SophiaCV: Saki Yutaka

Bio: Saverim’s kind head nurse

Name: EileenCV: Wao Kirika

Bio: Cute security guard from Saverim

Kinogarten
Name: ValentinaCV: Natsuno Mikoto

Bio: The leader of Kinogarten and a film director

Carmento
Name: TricheCV: Ayaka Igasaki

Bio: Carmento’s Spy Phantom Girl

New Money
Name: LeannaCV: Sayaka Fujisaki

Bio: New Money’s data collector and broadcast journalist

Independent
Name: ReignCV: Ayumi Sara

Bio: Snow woman as beautiful as pure white snow

Name: KageCV: Nanagase Rin

Bio: Perfectionist Kunoichi

Name: Lord of RomanceCV: Kanau

Bio: A romantic girl who lives for romance

NPC Characters
  • Head Maid (Humanitas’s prison. The chief guard managing the Panoticon.)
  • Black Angel (She was once an ordinary and frail girl, but due to a certain incident, she came to have blind faith in muscles.)
  • Bunny Gloria (Bunny girl themed casino. Bunny Empire is in operation.)
  • Exenos (A penitent of the Celestial Monastery, a high-ranking nun.)
  • Bellita (【Pelican Peeling Store】’s flagship star)
  • Lydia (The owner of the bakery “Butter Bloom” in Humanitas Alley)
  • Dandelion (The third of the three goddesses)
  • ARMY (The first of the three goddesses)

WordAds Third Quarter (2025) Results

Things have suddenly improved since my last report in July.

This morning, I received an email saying that my PayPal account had received a payment from Automattic for $106.31. I checked my Ads panel and found that it is the exact amount in my balance.

I had assumed the payouts were manual and needed to be requested. But this assumption was based on posts I have seen in the WordPress Forums. It seems the payments are automatic after reaching the necessary threshold of $100.


My previous post would have covered the periods of April, May, and June. In those months, I received, $10.88, $11.01, and $6.07, respectively. My ads served in April and May averaged 150k, but in June, the numbers dropped, and I only had 70k ads served.

At the time of the drop, my site traffic had not decreased, which left me confused. What noticeably changed was that the CPM had dropped 75%. This may have resulted from increased site traffic from non-US sources, which don’t accrue the same degree of ad revenues.


In July and August, ads served dropped to 23k and 38k. However, my CPM increased from $0.09 in June to $0.27 in July and $0.36 in August.

This increase resulted in revenue of $6.54 in July and an improved $14.18 in August. This last amount was what pushed me over the $100 mark and triggered the payout I received.

My annual goal for the site is $74, which would cover the cost of the upgraded plan and custom domain name for 3 years. The domain was free for the first year.

That’s it for the third quarter report. I wrote more below, but I started reminiscing about sort of unrelated stuff.

In the past, when I would try to research hosting with other providers, I would ask for advice from people who had experience with other services.

I recall previously trying out Hostinger for a different website. I was on the free trial and had selected a basic plan.

Despite all the ads saying how low hosting was, they tried to pre-charge me $660 for a year of hosting before the trial had ended. I had to fight them on the charge before finally getting it removed and closing my account.

I tried a couple of others that were spoken highly of on Reddit, but I had similar experiences. All of this led me to decide that self-hosted sites with .org WordPress are actually more expensive than what WordPress.com offers.


I think the main difference between the platforms is the availability of Plugins on self-hosted sites. With a .com-hosted site, we don’t get plugin access without an upgraded plan, but .org sites get plugin access right out of the gate.

This revelation probably has soured some folks on the platform. I wonder, though, if self-hosted sites are too dependent on plugins? Would they be able to succeed without a crutch?

I see a similar trend with the introduction of AI to web design and other facets of online life.

People may start using it as a helpful aid, but soon enough, they become dependent on it for all of their activities. If the AI is offline or there is a bug, it cripples their ability to function.

It’s the same with plugins; when a bug appears or an exploit, the entire ecosystem is affected because everyone is dependent on these plugins.


Q1 Report for 2026

The information in this post is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to be legal advice. While I have tried to ensure that the content is accurate and current, I make no guarantees. You should seek legal or other professional advice before acting or relying on any of the information.

WordAds: Quarterly Report for 2025

Q1 Report 2026


So once again, I am a bit late in reporting the figures. Maybe it’s the ADD speaking, but I find it really easy to forget something I only do 4 times a year.

In my last WordAds Experience post, I reported on the Q3-4 period of 2024. That year, I had upgraded my account to one that supports WordAds and revenue sharing in March of 2024. By December, I had earned $51.77. That’s how much I got for 280,588 Ads Served at a $0.18 CPM.

Now, here we are in 2025, and I have seen a marked increase in site traffic. I did recently have a setback, possibly, but I am working to make up for the loss.


YouTube

Just last week, my YouTube account was shut down, quite unfortunately. I was disappointed, to say the least, but I was kind of expecting it after all the restrictions my content was generating. Some of these mobile games are more than a little risque. It’s just the nature of the beast.

I took it as a sign and decided to focus on this website alone. It wasn’t exactly a hard decision once I started thinking about my journey overall. After 3 years, the YouTube account wasn’t anywhere near the necessary watch hours for monetization. Even if I did get those hours, the content wasn’t really suitable for advertising revenue.

I have since closed my other social media accounts. It was nice having other sources of incoming traffic, but the effort to keep the other accounts updated meant that I was spending less time here on the site writing up content.


First Quarter

Got a little sidetracked there. For the first quarter (Jan-Mar), I earned $20.05 from WordAds.

DateEarningsAds Served
January5.5898,167
February5.6781,765
March8.08137,929

Visitors and Views for the above period are as follows,

DateVisitorsViews
January10,87022,998
February9,00923,768
March13,10456,844

You can see there was a considerable bump once we hit March. I believe that was from making several supporting pages and posts for one of the game wikis I host on the site. I’m thinking the internal links to the new dedicated pages kept visitors on the site longer.


Second Quarter

Since my social accounts only recently went away, I don’t think I’ll have any data points I can provide on traffic losses. Actually, my Reddit traffic increased by 120 visitors, and YouTube visitors dropped by 10 visitors under the previous period.

I don’t understand why there was a 50% drop in ads served for June. Site traffic was only off by 1.5k visitors. Maybe those 1.5k I missed were the prolific types who click on every picture and page?

DateEarningAds Served
April$10.88166,178
May$11.01148,706
June$6.0770,747

I only published 5 posts during June, and although I published 5 Pages, those don’t get the same visibility as a post.

Posts will at least show up in the WordPress Reader under Discover. Pages need to be found by search engines, by accident, or by placing a button on the navigation bar.

DateVisitorsViews
April14,97090,314
May14,78383,595
June13,29773,843

My total earnings for Q2 are $27.96, adding last quarter to the total brings us to $48.01. Now, looking at the chart, I can see the math is off. It may be that the calculation for June that I am seeing is not the full value. It would be nice if that were the case.

I am almost to the $100 threshold required to request a cashout on my ad revenue. The cost of operating the site was calculated based on the sale pricing I received when I upgraded my plan.

That cost was $66 per year for 3 years. If I can manage $198 by the end of December 2026, then I can say it all worked out.


We’ll call it a close here, I think.

Sales on eBay continue apace, social media is all gone, and the game wikis continue to flourish.

Thanks for reading. See you next quarter (hopefully).