Wherein I Replace a Jellybean with an Existential Dread

A jaded programmer gets his just desserts when he's trapped inside the sickeningly sweet puzzle game he despises-as the final boss. Armed with licorice hands and a deep knowledge of the game's code, he decides to stop playing by the rules. His new mission: break the game so completely that his creators are forced to pull the plug. But when the game's AI hero starts having an existential crisis and the developers send in their own player to stop his savory sabotage, his chaotic quest for freedom uncovers a twist he never saw coming: What if the "real world" was just the tutorial?