S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl – the cult computer game released in 2007 the Ukrainian developer company GSC. In this shooter the player is submerged in the fantastic world of the "Exclusion zone" formed in the neighborhood of Chernobyl after the well-known nuclear catastrophe.
Instruction
1. Active development of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl began in 2003, and its initial name was S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost. Later the decision on change of the name was made for increase in recognition of a game and its concept in foreign countries.
2. As the idea of creation of a game the well-known fantastic novel by brothers Strugatsky "The picnic on the roadside" and the movie "Stalker" by Andrey Tarkovsky served. Besides, developers several times personally visited Chernobyl and its neighborhoods to get necessary inspiration.
3. Since 2004 a game passed to the modern graphic engine, the managing scripts were abolished and interaction with other stalkers (hunters for valuable artifacts of the Zone) is added. Date of an output of a game was planned for the same year, but as a result the release nevertheless did not take place because of "dampness" of artificial intelligence and complexity of implementation of several ideas. Also the release of the edition was postponed in connection with emergence on counters of several cult games, including Half-Life 2 which promised the strong competition.
4. In 2005 the concept of a game was strongly processed. Many initial ideas, including full simulation of life, lack of boot zones of levels, some locations and characters were cut down. Active work on elimination of a huge number of bugs began.
5. Further, in 2006, in design team reductions began. Only the most resistant and specialists devoted to the project continued work. After a while on the Internet several rollers with a gameplay and even the beta of a game appeared. The office of GSC was actively visited by journalists from around the world who were offered to test the prerelease version personally.
6. At last, exact date of an output – became known March, 2007. Developers kept a word and released S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl in the promised terms, having avoided a fate to turn a game into one of many unfinished projects existing at that time.