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——Braude , CEO of Letters Entertainment

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Establishment of Letters Entertainment

Letters Entertainment was founded in an unknown anomalous location in 1982. At first, Letters Entertainment was not a single company, but instead an alliance of several anomalous studios. They shared technologies, but did not interfere with each other's productions. The games produced at this time were mostly oriented towards anomalous communities, therefore much anomalous technology was used.

As the alliance expanded, some studios that possessed anomalous technologies or information about anomalous communities attempted to join, causing internal chaos for the whole alliance. The alliance had undergone reorganization and reform with the help of Bread, the consultant of the alliance, and people in charge of the studios, finally forming the Letters Entertainment we see today. The company had preserved the characteristic of not interfering much with individual studios, and established different departments for the sake of easier communications between studios and other anomalous groups.

Structure of the Headquarters

Several departments are directly under the Headquarters for the overall management and coordination of studios.

Management Department
Responsible for following up with the latest trend of each individual studio, and coordinating between them. Generally speaking, the Management Department will not interfere or obstruct projects of the studios, unless they threaten the company's overall interest. At the same time, the Management Department will review individual studios' performances, but the main standard of judgement are the degree of effect on reality and their reputation. The studios with excellent performance each season are given rewards by the Headquarters.

Technological Department
Responsible for providing technical support for individual studios, whether they are common technologies or anomalous technologies. When new studios join Letters Entertainment, the Technological Department will provide training for their employees.

Marketing Department
The Marketing Department consist of Product Marketing Section, the Market Development Section, the Advertisement Section and the Aftermarket Support Section. They mainly provide market research information for individual studios, and are in charge of contacts with external organizations such as OB Media, MC&D, etc. Due to the independence of individual studios during the project development process, the Marketing Department has limited ability for internal interference.

Contacting work is not necessarily all carried out by the Marketing Department, as some studios also have the ability to get in contact with external organizations.

Financial Department
Responsible for the internal financial management of the company. For games released by the studios, the Headquarters will draw a lesser part of the interest. If the studio needs capital for project development, the Headquarters will provide help after market research.

Development Department
In principle, the Headquarters is not responsible for the development of the games themselves, therefore the Development Department is generally responsible for the gaming-related services, such as platforms, engines, etc.

Human Resources Department
Responsible for the inter-studio human resources allocation, and handles the acquisition or joining of new studios. Usually it does not question the internal human resources within individual studios.

Overview of Studios

Currently, there are ███ studios under Letters Entertainment all over the world and anomalous locations. Due to the unrestrained atmosphere of work, some independent studios attempted joining Letters Entertainment. For different studios having their own special modus operandi, there are conflicts between some studios that may escalate into destructive competitions.

The Headquarters sometimes also acquire studios. If they do not possess anomalous technologies, the Technological Department will provide training for them after they join.

Distribution Channels for Games

The distribution of non anomalous games
The individual studios do not only release anomalous games. Many of the members of Letters Entertainment have been practitioners of the gaming industry before coming into contact with the anomalous world. Before Letters Entertainment had a solution to its channel of distribution problems, some of the studios had been making non anomalous games to sustain operation. One the other hand, most of the studios regarded this shameful, and refused to put their logos in the game even if they had created the non anomalous games.

Plant Versus Zombies is a classic example of these kind of games. The PP Studio had used PoPCap as cover organization to release the game.

Marketing within Nexuses
Nexuses are anomalous communities spread all over the world. But because relationships between different Nexus are extremely loose, the characteristics of their cultures are diverse and their populations are low, localization of Letters Entertainment products is difficult to carry out.

Releasing under Disguises
After Letters had possessed the technologies to add anti-memes to its games, a portion of their games are starting to be distributed through normal channels. The testers' memories about the anomalous part are weakened, such that some anomalous games can make it through. Often new releases of Letters Entertainment will appear on the front page of Steam and other mainstream gaming media —— and then removed without notice after a while. Some studios had the initial aim of cashing in and leave, and the Foundation will take care of the "after-market support": compared to filtering the game out before they hit the store shelves, the recovering of the anti-memetic games and disguise of their information will be more economical. Another portion of studios may take anomalies as another kind of technology but not knowing the existence of the organizations like the Foundation, as they have just joined Letters Entertainment. There are even a minor portion of studios releasing anomalous games just to contact the Foundation.

Releasing through other anomalous organizations
The games produced by Letters Entertainment can also enter the market through other anomalous groups, such as undercover sales through MC&D, extraterrestrial sales through OB Media or data level sales through the Church of Maxwellism. In some cases, these anomalous groups can even help Letters Entertainment bypass inspection by the Foundation.

Developing their independent platform
The Development Department seemed to have an ongoing project on a Letters Games exclusive release platform, but not much information is known on this. After all, they would also hope to find a channel of release that does not depend on other organization, and the best way is to make one themselves.

Relationship with the Foundation

Letters Entertainment has quite a subtle relationship with the Foundation. As the manufacturer of anomalies, Letters Entertainment and the Foundation should have been rivals. However, the number of studios cooperating with the Foundation is hard to be determined, as snitches are to be treasured. In most places within the Foundation we can see traces of Letters technology —— from the recreation room to the weapon development workshop there are little things that uses their tech. At the same time, most studios do not know of Foundation's existence, only finding out after their games are removed from different platforms by its front companies.

Although there were clashes with some of the studios, until now the Foundation has not attacked Letters itself. Studios usually do not intentionally release a game onto the human market that harms people all over the world, if only because that would be unprofitable. This made actions against Letters by the Foundation much easier.

Connections with other anomalous groups

As mentioned above, Letters Entertainment needed to find other organizations to expand their game releasing channels, therefore they had kept good relationship with OB Media, MC&D, etc. Advertisements of these organizations can also be found in some games produced by the Letters Entertainment.

At the same time, outsources are also accepted by some studios, and these outsources are not limited to games only. For example, the SSWork and M&M Studios had made chips for Anderson Robotics on androids and animals.

Employees of Letters Entertainment may also come from other anomalous groups such as AWCY.

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A&A Studio

Full name: Area&Air Studio
Mainly produces leisure smartphone games on IOS and Android platforms
Put a lot of stress on the structure of spaces and buildings, usually they are great replicas of scenes of reality
Weak in plots and characters' conversations
Have a history of cooperation with OB Media
Non hostile towards the Foundation and its front companies, thinking of them more like "overly harsh reviewers", seems to not have noticed the Foundation itself
Not very closely connected with the Headquarters, and has a long history of grievance with F&F Studio
Employees are mostly female

A&A has produced the following games: SCP-CN-747,SCP-CN-383

SSWork Producers

Full name: Shadow Stream Work Producers
Once running a massive online hackery game Hacker Darknet, and a small portion of employees producing smartphone and console games. Currently stopped operation due to Nogeyona's disappearance
Keen on creating online games with effects on the reality, expert in developing neural network AIs so as to reduce the stress on programmers due to updating the games constantly
It is known that all games they produce have a certain degree of hostility towards human
Extremely high income but extremely low reputation, has been criticized by the other studios constantly
Knew of the existence of the Foundation, and have committed actual acts of assault towards it
The person in charge, Nogeyona, has gone missing in September 2018, currently uncertain whether dead or alive
October of the same year, the studio has been incorporated in the Development Department of the Headquarters, stopped producing game and started developing anti-cheat and AI systems instead.

SSWork has produced the following games: SCP-CN-382

I&I Studio

Full name: Innovation & Imagination Studio
All producers are also gamers themselves, having the belief of "creating what gamers really need"
Good at producing games on the PC platform, most productions are more hardcore and do not deliberately cause damage to users
Can steadily release productions of 2A level
Due to their persistence on players' priority, the way that most updates and DLCs are released free of charge leads to unnoticeable overall profit
Looking down upon the money first policy of M&M Studio, adding to it the conflicts due to different concepts of productions causing them to plan to job hop to SCP company
Know nothing of the true Foundation
Have left Letters to establish their own company according to some documents

I&I has produced the following games: SCP-CN-483, SCP-CN-1256, Tank Thunder

Bookworm Studio

Full name: Bookworm Studio
"Bookworm" may imply the Wanderer's Library
The Studio seem to have no interest on anything other than producing games
Always creates exquisite games sincerely, and nearly causes no damage on human
The Studio does not have much income, most likely in a difficult situation
Possible that they are a group of anomalous individuals that really have deep love for the gaming industry
Has some understanding for the Foundation, but does not leak the information to other studios so as to protect their own interest

Bookworm has produced the following games: SCP-CN-293

F&F Studio

Full name: Funny & Forever Studio
Usually create mini games sold at cheap prices, not releasing on platforms other than PC
Their games focus on ploy and challenges, and allows players to socialize such as creating and sharing game maps, cooperating within the game, etc.
Although their games are designed not to injure the players themselves, but some parts in the games require hurting other humans, therefore their intents are uncertain
Mainly hostile towards A&A Studio. On the other hand, they maintain good relationships with Bookworm Studio and I&I Studio
Has very limited knowledge about the Foundation
Perhaps having middle or low level of income compared among Letters Entertainment
First studio to be discovered by the Foundation

F&F has produced the following games: SCP-CN-316,SCP-CN-516,SCP-CN-549

C&C Studio

Full name: Chess&Card Studio
Mainly produces board games
Games usually not harmful to human
Known productions all release in small quantities
Likely experiencing an financial crisis
Uncertain about its degree of knowledge of the Foundation, and they are also marginalized within Letters Entertainment
Known person in charge is Yion Keh, suspected to be a parallel universal copy of ██ Ke
Existing records have shown that it is possibly located at Hong Shing, and is in partnership with St. Christina College

C&C has produced the following games: SCP-CN-559, SCP-CN-353, SCP-CN-505

M&M Studio

Registered full name: “Money&Masturbation Studio”, but its members seemed to not care about their actual name, often uses other words to explain M&M
Their products are not limited by carriers, with though arbitrary and wayward but exquisite products of a high price and high quality worthy of it
Having extreme beliefs that some people are "damned" that is incorporated in their products, therefore their productions generally have higher risks. There are even speculations that their intent is to "adjudge" them
Behaviors have characteristics of AWCY, their connections with AWCY are unknown
Only maintaining the cooperation of providing products for one side and the other selling them with the Headquarters
Disdain to have connections with other studios, and even speak of them negatively publicly

M&M has produced the following games: SCP-CN-278, SCP-CN-1166
M&M has produced other following products: SCP-CN-380

R&R Studio

Full name: Reality Rebuilders Studio
Mainly focus on the development of RPGs
Released large quantities of non anomalous games
The group exist in a large scale, but over 80% of the employees know nothing of anomalies, only working as normal game developers
The core of the group has cutting edge technology of electronic-thaumatology
Putting their effort in achieving the goal of "letting players live in the game happily", but its means have potential dangers
Once caused a minor reality alternation with SCP-CN-795 in the Yangtze River Delta region (details in CM-09002-3 accident report)
In Accident CM-09002-3, core members of Reality Rebuilders Studio are determined as dead. The reorganization of its normal development employees is being worked on.

R&R has produced the following games: SCP-CN-790, SCP-CN-794, SCP-CN-795

Planes Studio

Early missions are to provide technological outsourcing services for Letters Entertainment, now developing electronic games and gaming equipment independently
Its productions often denies almost all instinct and usual practice for game designs, relying on large amounts of details, unique perspective and rare ideas to make up for flaws such as inhumanity and lots of bugs
Most of the investments for the studio's first production did not actually come from the gaming industry, but shared economy instead, as the gaming industry were not optimistic on the rule-breaking game project
Other than maintaining updates for release productions, the Planes Studio has an unchanging operating belief of always putting most of their profit and effort into the development of their next generation of productions
Has mature cross-universal teleporting technology and a group of programmers that codes even when sleepwalking. Therefore as a technological company, the Planes Studio is known for its severity. But as a game studio, it is notorious of its irresponsibility. Its games has lots of bugs, furthermore, it never considered about the chaos its games may cause within parallel universes.

Planes has produced the following games: SCP-CN-617

2B Studio

Full name: Battle&Bio Studio
Develops physical games related to living creatures, which usually are expensive with advanced biotech, and will provide additional services such as self-repair and strengthening the physique
Game rules are usually simple, and games do not cause permanent damage to players' body, but most games have effects directly on players' bodies, hence requiring a strong will to continue playing
There has been collaboration with different governments or non-governmental organizations in the area of biological research, holding some patents related to biology and nanobots
Seemed not to have any contacts with other studios, the most mysterious of all studios
Have some understandings on the Foundation, and have applied for co-operation with the Foundation, but rejected due to security reasons
Its members seems to not care that the Studio's initials may be misunderstood
The income from games are ranked low among the studios, but main profit comes from co-operation projects, therefore the total income is at a high level
The person in charge is Nan Huanbin（南桓彬）

2B has produced the following games: SCP-CN-1710

O&F Studio

Full name: Observer&Five Studio
Suddenly appeared on the studio list within the Management Department with their related information out of nowhere, with no one knowing where the studio came from nor finding any of its members
According to the information, they have only produced a management simulation game that was released on the Steam platform, but there were not a single proof that their game had existed
It is suspected to have relations with the Foundation due to its full name, but this suspicion cannot be verified due to security reasons
There is a comment on the remarks of information, saying "The worlds joined forces through a game, to open the gates leading to the future. I have left this comment here so as to create a monument of the unknown history to the future." It is believed to be left by the one who also left the information on the O&F Studio

The only game produced by the O&F Studio is named 2300

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Q: May I create my own studio(s)?

A: For Sure! In fact, until now, most of the writers have chosen to create their own studios. But I suggest that before you start writing, you can think about how this new studio is different from the previous ones, and ideally to not only have minor differences in the types of games. If possible, I suggest that you can also complete its historical position within Letters Entertainment. Was it one of the studios within the first alliance? Or acquired afterwards? Do they originally have the ability to produce anomalies, or have they learnt it at the Headquarters?

Q: Is there any rules or restrictions on using the currently existing studios?

A: Usually not, you may go ahead and write it yourself! If you are uncertain about it, you may ask the creators of the studios.

Studio	Creator
C&C	Huskar_CN
A&A	breaddddd
R&R	Infas12
SSWork	Tnsbilws
F&F	zuo_si_tu
Bookworm	W Asriel
G&G	Minagawa Mamoru
I&I	EDGE_chi
M&M	Arthur_Evoluna
B&B (J)	Huskar_CN
V&V	breaddddd
N&N	Infas12
Planes	forgotmydrug
2B	Nan Lihua

Q: Are things other than electronic games available from the company?

A: Yes, there are. In fact, C&C Studio mainly produces board games. As to products other than games, we currently have a non-studio “Letters Gaming”, a team widely involved in most kinds of competitions. There are also things such as games spin-offs, livestreams, etc. that no one has written, but also suitable for writing!

Q: If I want to write a tale about Letters, what should I do?

A: I don't know! Because no one has written any for now……but if you really want to, you can cut in from the internal operations of the company, the stories between studios, or the containment of games and the sweeping of studios from the perspective of the Foundation. (You can refer to Infas12's CN790 and CN795)

Q: How do I add my original studios onto the list of studios?

A: The current situation is that you write it, you passed the line, then you may add it. The ones not on the lists now either we can't contact the creator, or the creator is too lazy to write it……

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Establishment of Letters Entertainment

Structure of the Headquarters

Overview of Studios

Distribution Channels for Games

Relationship with the Foundation

Connections with other anomalous groups

Q: May I create my own studio(s)?

Q: Is there any rules or restrictions on using the currently existing studios?

Q: Are things other than electronic games available from the company?

Q: If I want to write a tale about Letters, what should I do?

Q: How do I add my original studios onto the list of studios?

Q: What does Letters mean?

Q: Will the Headquarters release games?

Q: Does the studios accept outsourcing?

Q: Is there a pattern in naming the studios?

Q: How does the Foundation deal with Letters?

Q: I have more questions!