Enter Retro, a rusty, yellow-and-copper Class-C Submarine. In v1.0 of the Levantia operating system, Retro was considered "legacy hardware." He didn’t have the sleek chrome of the newer Mag-Lev models or the hyper-speed turbines of the Deep-Divers. He ran on a mix of coal, steam, and an old, dusty spellbook his captain, Mara, kept in the engine room.
Mara was a Channel-Historian, one of the few who believed the Subs were alive. While the rest of the fleet evacuated to the surface, retro-fitting themselves for air travel, Mara and Retro stayed behind. They had intercepted a distress signal from the Heart of the Current, the mystical source of the Channel’s power. Save the Subs- Magical Levantia Channel- -v1.0....
.save) or Multiplayer Campaign Snapshot.The Magical Levantia Channel was not just a stretch of water; it was the luminous artery of the world. A place where the ocean floor glowed with bioluminescent cities and the currents were literal streams of mana. For centuries, the Subs—sentient, steam-and-spell-powered submarines—ferried passengers, cargo, and dreams through these radiant waters. Subject: Analytical Report on File: "Save the Subs-
But the Channel was dying.
A phenomenon known only as "The Static" had begun to rise. It was a creeping, colorless sludge that drained the magic from the water. Navigation systems flickered, the coral turned grey, and the great Subs were grounding themselves on sandbars that hadn't existed the day before. Probable Game: Barotrauma (2D co-op submarine simulator)
In patch notes labeled "Magical Levantia Channel - v1.0," the developers introduced three hidden variables that casual players miss: