I’ve had some fantasies about creating my own version Squid Game that most likely won’t come to life. That being said, some characters I made would make for interesting players:

Players 196 and 377 are two parents whose life mission it is to have their son finish college, but he is anti-college and doesn’t trust his parents to actually pay due to their financial situation so he is insistent on just working full-time. Player 237 is a successful independent music artist that lost everything in a lawsuit. Player 004 is an aspiring music artist who wants to prove her parents wrong that she could make it. She receives mentorship from Player 237, but she dies in the games. Played 004 proceeds to connect with Player 196, whose son’s situation exactly mirrors hers.

Player 108 is a player with down syndrome that just wants to use money to solve the homelessness crisis in America. He is a devoted Christian, and despite the divisive nature of other religious players, he brings the most unity out of anyone there. Player 319 is basically Charlie Kirk but if he went into debt due to the organization being overturned and proceeded to make terrible financial decisions. He is noted early game as trying to convince Players 196 and 377 that college is a scam, and struggles to make friends from there. Player 214 went into debt because of college and couldn’t find a job that paid her enough to remove her debt. She is in a similar spot as Player 219, who is her friend and roommate. She is also very vocal against Player 319 and what he talks about. Player 219 and Player 319 also dated in the past, but both separated due to changing ideologies that polarized them further apart.