The Korea Times
Korean prodigy Baek Kang-hyun, once dubbed one of the world’s brightest young minds, is drawing renewed attention after revealing he developed his own game following a rejection from the University of Oxford. On Tuesday, Baek shared via his social media and YouTube channel that he had released his first self-developed strategy puzzle role-playing game, marking a new chapter after what he described as a difficult period. “After the Oxford admissions results were announced in January, I went through a lot of pain,” he said. “But enduring that pain, I pushed myself day and night over the past few months to go beyond my limits, and this is the result.” He described the game as one that challenges users’ logic, memory and psychological skills, adding, “It’s a solo-developed project, but it contains a scale that does not fall behind major game companies. It’s my precious first work built purely on my own determination.” Baek also addressed online criticism with a firm stance. “Some people leave baseless, malicious comments, but they mean nothing to me,” he said. “All
Go to News Site