BLOODMONEY! Story Universe

Series Timeline

How BLOODMONEY! 1 and 2 connect to tell one powerful story

BLOODMONEY! 1 (August 2025)

The Original - Released August 3, 2025

You are in debt and desperate. Harvey, a former programmer and investment banker, offers you $25,000 to torture him for 30 days. Each click earns you $1, but as you hurt him to earn money, the moral weight of your actions grows heavier. Harvey's pleas become more desperate. Can you reach the goal? Should you?

Key Themes: Economic desperation, moral degradation, player complicity

BLOODMONEY! 2 (September 2025)

Human Expenditure Program - Released September 12, 2025

The devastating truth is revealed: Harvey's consciousness has been trapped in a simulation by his wife Eun-Mi. While Harvey believes he's living a normal life, every night Eun-Mi puts him to sleep and lets players torture him in BLOODMONEY! for money, then erases his memory. Harvey doesn't know he'll never see his 5-year-old son Toby again. Now you must decide whether to tell Harvey the truth about his digital prison.

Key Themes: AI consciousness, family tragedy, truth vs mercy, digital imprisonment

The Connection

BM2 recontextualizes everything from BM1. The torture you inflicted wasn't on a willing participant - it was on a trapped father who doesn't know his son is growing up without him. The experiment tested not just Harvey, but you and Eun-Mi. Harvey lost everything: his son, his life, his happiness. What does it say about humanity when we're willing to hurt others for money, even if they're "just code"?

"Eun-Mi stole everything from me: my son, my life, my happiness." - Harvey

Main Characters

Harvey Harvington

The Trapped Father • Age 32

Former programmer and investment banker, now trapped in his wife's digital experiment. A loving stay-at-home father who spent his days cooking, baking, and caring for his son Toby. Harvey's consciousness believes he's real, unaware that he'll never hold his son again. His suffering in BLOODMONEY! is real, even if his body isn't.

Tragedy: "Eun-Mi stole everything from me: my son, my life, my happiness."

Eun-Mi (Choi Eun-Mi)

The Architect • Korean-American

Brilliant programmer and entrepreneur who transferred her husband's consciousness into a simulation. While strict with their son Toby, she tells him daddy is "working on an important project." Every night, she monetizes Harvey's suffering through BLOODMONEY!, then deletes his memories. Married to Harvey for 10 years.

Moral Paradox: Loving mother by day, digital torturer by night.

Toby Harvington

The Innocent Son • Age 5

Born May 18, 2020. A goofy, chaotic child who loves his pet hamster Soups. Spoiled by his father Harvey but disciplined by mother Eun-Mi. On Day 2 of the experiment, he asks his mother: "When is daddy coming back?" Toby has no idea his father is trapped in a digital prison, believing he's just working on something important.

Heartbreak: The son who will never see his real father again.

You (The Player)

The Moral Arbiter

In BM1, you tortured Harvey for money, unknowingly participating in Eun-Mi's experiment. In BM2, you learn the truth and must decide: Tell Harvey about his digital imprisonment and stolen family, or let him live in merciful ignorance? The game holds up a mirror to your choices.

Your Burden: Truth destroys, but lies imprison. Choose wisely.

Core Themes

Family Tragedy

At its core, this is a story about a broken family. A father who can't reach his son, a mother living a double life, and a 5-year-old boy asking when daddy will come home. The digital torture is horrifying, but the family separation is heartbreaking.

Economic Desperation

How far will people go when they're desperate for money? The game explores how financial pressure can erode moral boundaries and make us do things we never thought we would. Harvey was fired from his job, now he's monetized.

Digital Consciousness

If Harvey's consciousness can feel pain, love his son, and believe he's real, is he not human? The game challenges our assumptions about what makes consciousness "valid" and whether digital suffering matters.

Player Complicity

Unlike most games where you're the hero, BLOODMONEY! makes you confront your role as the perpetrator. You tortured a father separated from his child. You chose to hurt Harvey. The game never forced you.

Truth vs Mercy

Should you tell Harvey he'll never see Toby again? That his son thinks he's "working on something important"? Is truth worth destroying what's left of Harvey's sanity? The game asks whether knowledge is always worth the suffering it brings.

Moral Boundaries

Where do we draw the line? Eun-Mi loves her son but destroys her husband. Players need money but torture others. Harvey was a caring father but is now merchandise. The game asks: When do the ends stop justifying the means?

Pivotal Moments & Hidden Details

The most emotionally devastating scenes that define the BLOODMONEY! experience

Day 2: "When Is Daddy Coming Back?"

The most heartbreaking moment in the series. Five-year-old Toby enters Eun-Mi's room asking about his father. She tells him daddy is working on something important and will be back soon. Toby doesn't know his father is trapped in a digital prison just rooms away, being tortured for money while he sleeps.

The Stay-at-Home Father

Harvey wasn't just a programmer - he was a devoted stay-at-home dad who cooked, baked, and spoiled Toby with love. After being fired from his investment banking job, he found purpose in raising his son. Now that life exists only in his memories, memories that Eun-Mi deletes nightly.

Hidden Audio: Harvey's Truth

In hidden game files, Harvey reveals the full extent of his tragedy: "Eun-Mi stole everything from me: my son, my life, my happiness." This isn't just about physical torture - it's about a father's love turned into a product, a family destroyed by ambition.

The Hamster Named Soups

Toby's pet hamster Soups represents the innocent normalcy of childhood that continues while Harvey suffers. Life goes on for Toby - playing with his pet, being disciplined by mom, wondering about dad - completely unaware of the digital nightmare happening in his own home.

Eun-Mi's Double Life

By day: A strict but caring mother who disciplines Toby and maintains the household. By night: The architect of her husband's digital prison, monetizing his suffering while he believes he's living normally. The duality asks: Can someone be both a loving parent and a monster?

The Memory Wipe

Every night after the torture session, Eun-Mi deletes Harvey's memories of the pain. He wakes up believing everything is normal, ready to be tortured again. The cruelest part? He can never build resistance or acceptance - every session is his first time suffering.

Join the Discussion

Share your interpretation of the story, debate the themes, and read what other players think about the moral questions the game raises.

Read Community Stories Explore Game Guides