Play 2 Surview

2021 by Vladimir Budaev

Background

In the near future, the perma effect – has taken over the Earth. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. However, over time, people have adapted this effect to their advantage. People with disabilities transfer their minds to the game world and live full live, people with fatal diseases get a second life with the help of the perma effect, old people merge consciousness with online games and become young again.

However, the perma effect can be used not only for the good. Totalitarian governments use the perma effect to put unwanted people to digital concentration camp for ever and organized crime has adapted the perma effect to use it for human traffic.

Story

The main character Baldan was arrested by the Russian Special Forces for participating in an opposition rally. He was sentenced to five years, but in the colony, he was forcibly connected to an online game. Now he is forced to survive every day among people like him, as well as criminals.

Soundtracks

1st song – The main theme of the protagonist presents his gamer side. The music starts when the main character walking through obstacles.

2nd song – The boss theme starts when protagonist start fights with NPC Bosses. That music has 8-bit sounds witch supposed to represent NPC bosses as part of the game.

3rd song – Romantic music stars when protagonist finally meets his family in the game. Soundtrack romantic and energetic at the same time, because this situation happens during biggest battle in the game.

4th song – The last soundtrack starts during credits after the game ends. Soundtrack is energetic and at the same time sad, because at the end protagonist finds out that there is no escape from the game, so he, his family and friends are stuck in this world forever. However, there’s still hope.