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                           ATHANASY

NOTHING HERE DIES COMPLETELY

Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.

NAME: Athanasy

DEVELOPER: Wirion, Russia

RELEASE: 2022

PRICE: USD 10

PLATFORMS: Windows, Linux, MacOS

LANGUAGES: English, Russian

LENGTH: about 10 hours

                             Demo  

Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1769320/Athanasy/

Itch.io https://wirion-games.itch.io/athanasy

GameJolt https://gamejolt.com/games/athanasy/682748

Demo size: ~ 230 MB

Demo length: 1.5-2 hours

                            Contacts 

AthanasyVN@gmail.com

                            Description

It doesn’t have a name. The locals simply call it the City. Lilies do not bloom here and the sun does not shine. There is no fresh breeze blowing here and you can’t hear the birds singing.

Josiah Kaviani, a young mathematician and statistician, starts his journey in this underground maze of cramped streets. He is talented and intelligent, but he has one terrible drawback – he is unbearably alone. But soon, Josiah will have a fateful encounter that will turn his whole life and make him break the shell he used to live in. A meeting with someone or, perhaps, something that is hidden in such depths that even the horrific City cannot reach them. Something so secret that the very knowledge of it can be deadly. Something truly monstrous.

                              The world

Many of the technologies used by city dwellers in their daily lives have real prototypes at the implementation or design stage. For example, alternative biotechnologies for synthesizing food, fuel, and building materials; bioluminescent lighting; computing systems using the synthesis of living nerve cells and electronics; biopixel screens, and much more.

The site itself is inspired by the real-life Mir diamond mine and the architectural project of its transformation into a city, as well as the model of a closed ecosystem, Biosphere-2.

Based on these ideas, a huge and complex world was grown, which unique features permeate every part of the game, every illustration and every line of dialogue.

                            Characters

Josiah Kaviani is the protagonist of the story. His powerful analytical mind and methodical approach do nothing to cope with the daunting task of communicating with other people. Trying to survive in the gray underworld, Josiah encounters his greatest weakness: he is drawn into a whirlpool of horrific events that cannot be handled alone.

Polyanna - No story about a young boy can do without a girl. But Polianna is not just a doll for the protagonist’s romantic interests. She is dangerously smart, suspiciously good at social interactions, and full of ideas of her own. But even such an energetic and strong girl is still as fragile and mortal as any other inhabitant of the City.

Anselm Diodato is a born bureaucrat. Anselm wears the mask of a cold-blooded functionary; but from under this mask bursts a flame of devout religious faith. Is this faith not just another mask? What are his true aims and motives? Much trouble awaits anyone who tries to find out. For example, a tedious sermon and an order to stay at work overtime.

                            Features

A well-written world that you’ve never met before.

A dark and frightening science fiction story based on real study.

Complex, adult characters, each with their own motives, aspirations, and skeletons in the closet.

A variety of difficult choices that might lead the story to an unexpected end at any time.

A full range of endings – from bad to awful.

An atmospheric soundtrack specially written for the game – it is blood music.

Special art gallery where the player can check their progress.

Some of the author’s ideas were censored as to be found too dark and cruel…

…but most of them remained.

                            Full game

• About 10 hours of exciting gameplay

• 60 unique backgrounds

• 70 CG and 22 sprites

• 1 main character and 21 others without whom the story would not have happened

• Many choices, each of which can change the course of the story.

                            Credits

Wirion – An indie team from Russia.

The author of the original idea and composer is Egor Efremov. We also thank Cult Black Venus and Sal Solaris for the provided tracks and samples.

Screenplay by Mikhail Kryzhanovsky and Vsevolod Egorov.

Programming of the interface and basic functions - RUZURA Interactive.

Script, direction, 3D modeling - Evgeny Makhnyov.

Artists - Taya Rostovtseva, Daniel Gorbunov, Kardalak, Evgenia Shpakovskaya. We also thank Ivan Stan for his help.

The name of the team was born from an idea of Egor Efremov for an uncreated 3D quest - the sinister biocorporation “Wirion” behind the events in the game’s universe. The similarity of the corporation’s name to the name of a viral particle, virion, reflects not only its grim nature, but also the contagiousness of its ideas. These ideas was so contagious that we gave this name to the development team when registering on Steam.

Made on Ren’Py.

                             LOGO

Link to the file https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vH-BY-FY7z1Pv3-AaWQpuEw2tzeMUNMR/view?usp=sharing

                            Screenshots and arts

You can download screenshots and art from the game here in zip-archive format https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T9qr9eB8mSwtRY9uahWWTTAhLmTh_G-W/view?usp=sharing

                            Demo gameplay