Here's an idea I'd love to see: (I'm sure it's been done in some form, everything has)
Dev Gods - Think of shows/movies Upload meets Tron meets American Gods meets Cabin in the Woods; maybe some Mr. Robot and West World
- Virtual people want "treats" from real world operators, so they try to please them; performing, entertaining, etc, (sacrificing)?
- Different devs like different things; some reward wholesome behavior, some want you to be bad...
- Relationships of real-world devs mirrored in virtual world by their "followers" / factions
- Virtual "flock" tries to help their Dev IRL; Devs can visit the virtual world as Avatars
- 2 sides to the show: real world life of the devs, and the virtual world of their followers
- Devs have usernames like Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite, etc