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The March Across

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A story-driven 2.5D third-person action-stealth adventure with authentic melee combat grounded in HEMA and a skill system deeply integrated with combat and narrative.

Premise
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In the year of our Lord 1911, the kingdom of Sjenovska is a bit burdened. There's the famine, and the war on the Eastern front, and the chronic economic squalor of an agricultural nation surrounded by production powerhouses... actually, things are looking terrible.

They only get worse after a peasant revolt kicks off and princess Lucija's loyal bodyguard Petar and his squire, Ivica, need to whisk her away and flee to a cousin nation. The way there, across the shaded woodland expanse, isn't made any easier by the revolutionaries looking to "take care of" one loose end: Lucija, the remaining legitimate successor to the throne... and potential vector of royalist galvanization.


"So we're at an impasse. How apropos - because when I step forward, I step along with you."

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