Environment Description

Backstory

The nations of Hlavia and Serova have been in escalating conflict for years. When a group of Hlavia soldiers crossed the border into Serova and got into a scuffle at a local bar, outraged citizens joined in the fight and beat the soldiers to death. The death of these soldiers sparked civil unrest in both territories, with politicians torn between keeping peace and listening to their people’s cries for justice.

Under tremendous pressure Serova’s representatives declared locked borders to all Hlavia citizens, refusing to take responsibility for the soldiers’ deaths, causing irreparable damage to Hlavia’s political and economic stability. Many Hlavian citizens were kicked out of the country of Serova, permanently damaging the relationship between the two nations’ people. Years later, Hlavian citizens grew increasingly desperate without faith in their politicians. Eventually, even the media stopped supporting the government, escalating the situation even further.

Taking advantage of this havoc, an ambitious presidential candidate made bold promises to resurface the case of the Hlavian soldiers, believing that justice was still to be served. Desperate to see change in their country, the people of Hlavia rallied to support his outrageous cries - he would not only get revenge, he would eradicate Serova as a nation for the offence they had done to Hlavia. Weeks after he won the elections, the first aerial strike was launched towards Serova’s capital city, and the bloody occupation commenced.

Description

Name: Serova

Geographical Location: Former Republic of Yugoslavia

Inspirational Cities: Belgrade (Serbia), Kosovo, Sarjevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The game is set in an imaginary Eastern European city in the Yugoslavian era, during the time of the most impactful conflicts in the 80's and 90's. This city will be an amalgamation of the cities of Belgrade, Sarajevo, and the country of Kosovo. It contains the modern aspects of Belgrade's architecture, as well as the wrecked aftermath of Sarajevo and Kosovo after the gruesome genocidal conflicts that occurred in the cities during that time. The capital city of Serova used to be a beautiful mountainside city, with its architecture built around green patches of trees. At the time of the story the harsh, snowless winter had just begun, so the only trees that aren't naked are pine trees.

Now, after the previously described events, the city is in ruins. Most buildings' scaffolding and innards are exposed from the bombardments. Darkened, burned patches in walls behind burning flames mark the paths of the invaders as they traversed through the city. Broken homes and stores, and bloody windows and doorways portray the brutality of the invasion. The little greenery that had survived the winter is now sprawled over the ground and crushed underneath debris. Abandoned soldier blockades and sandbag walls line the streets, creating the feeling of a concrete jungle.