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The Storm

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the night of October 25th 1977, the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea, witnessed one of the most powerful storms ever to hit Alaska.

With a low pressure of 926, wind speeds reached up to 130mph, ocean waves averaged a height of 30 to 48 feet, and swells lasted 12 consecutive hours. This record colossal extra-tropical category 4 storm, 43 years ago, was only recently surpassed by the 2014 Bering Sea bomb cyclone.

Upon learning about this storm, my questions (let alone my imagination) went into overdrive. What would it feel like to be out at sea in those conditions? What would horrendous gales, giant waves, combined with temperatures below -10°C feel like?

Well, hell I imagine.

Mother nature unleashing the impossible, fascinates me to the core.

As a kid, I had a book called 100 Disasters That Shook The World by Nigel Cawthorne. There was a section on the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa. I must have read that part over a dozen times. The loudest and one of the most destructive volcanic eruptions in recorded history, occurred in 1883. Mankind observed it up close, and its effects, the world over.

Humans in the midst of natural disasters and extreme events, is where the idea of D_ROGUE came to fruition. It was in 2015, while watching Deadliest Catch, that I was inspired by both the show and the 1977 storm to create an early concept of what is now D_ROGUE.

So, with all the above facts and figures, my motivation continues with this unique concept of a survival mystery video game, set on board a fishing vessel caught in a storm.
Thanks for reading :)

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