Far Away is a port city cluster text adventure produced by Yimei Studio. Ordinary working girl Corosa unexpectedly gets caught up in gang conflicts and criminal conspiracies in Bejan City; Players can switch perspectives and gather intelligence within the same timeline, gradually piecing together the city's secrets. The work presents the style of Hong Kong-style police and gangster films through extensive branching, Cantonese dubbing, and dark humor.
| Title of the work | Sea sands and storms |
|---|---|
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2021-08-18 |
| Platform | Nintendo Switch / PS / iOS / Android / PC |
| Genre | ADV Visual Novel |
| Also known as | Far Away / Haisha Storm |
| Development | Yimei Studio |
| Release | XD Network |
| Script | Executive Screenwriters: Quan Shi, Yun Juan Chinese Book, Jia Luo, hanging on the wall and swaying |
| Key animation | Nuclear Fuel Black Cat, Kobai, Zhang Zhengkuan (scene key animation) |
| Music | Zris |
| Producer | HJL_Misaki |
| Character design | Sam Ashton, Nuclear Fuel Black Cat |
| Game engine | Unity |
| Website address recorded by the source | https://weibo.com/hongchagames |
| External links to source records | https://vndb.org/v29371 / https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250760/ |
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The undercurrents of the Port of Bejan
Corosa was originally a working girl living an ordinary life in the port city of Béjan, but she gets caught up in gang struggles, criminal conspiracies, and family feuds. Beijan faces the ocean and backs onto the desert, with its superior geographical location attracting the attention of various factions; Beneath the surface calm, the conspiracies of the underground world gradually surfaced. Players follow Corosa into the Old Town and other corners of the city, and the story expands with the people and factions she encounters.
Corosa and various forces
Corosa is not an experienced detective or police officer, but an ordinary citizen. During her adventures, she interacts with gang members, city residents, and various interest groups, and her choices will influence whom she forms relationships with, which faction she joins, and the course of her roles and the city's situation. The work employs ensemble portraits, scattering the characters' motivations and secrets across multiple chapters; The protagonist's ordinary identity also allows players to gradually understand Béran's social network from an outsider's perspective.
Multi-point intelligence puzzle
According to official store information, the game features nine main storylines, sixteen branching endings, and over three hundred options. Choices will lead Corosa to different factions and urban areas; Multiple perspectives unfold on the same timeline, with players gradually gathering fragments of information to piece together the full plot. This narrative mechanism makes the route not just a list of different romantic endings or a simple ending list, but also serves to supplement the causality of events and the characters' positions. The entire Cantonese dub, dark humor, and scattered memes in the text enhance the tone of Hong Kong-style cop films.
Production and distribution
Yimei Studio developed the game under the English title "Far Away," and the Steam version was released on August 17, 2021. The store page lists Greteca as the developer and publisher, and notes that the script exceeds 500,000 words. The entire Cantonese dubbing and multi-perspective branching together form the narrative style of this work.
Port work and postwar cities
Corosa works at the port of Béjan, using robotic arms during work. Bejan is located on the edge of the desert on the continent of Corseth. Twenty years after the war ended, it regained a surface of calm, but its strategic position continued to attract competition from various factions.
Tracy Heath's profile and subsequent comics
THE ART OF FAR AWAY, published on March 17, 2022, uses the summary report by Lady Trixes as a framework to organize Béjan figures, transportation and economy, Corsese continent and urban history, as well as old photos and development drafts. The dataset also includes five uncollected short theaters, two uncollected endings, and short comics following the Corosa Adventure.
Original soundtrack and music composer
RCwoad listed Haisha Fengyun as a representative piece of game music production in his personal work introduction. The 24-track soundtrack community catalog was released on November 15, 2022, featuring artists Zris, RCwoad, veilrain, and Ray. The track titles include Bejan, City of Sea and Sand, Corosa, Red-Haired Hero, and Tears of Corseth.
Illegal drugs and old police case cases
New illegal drugs link the Iliza trade, Enzo's expansion of power, the Wolf faction's resistance, and police actions. Miller witnesses the harm of violence and drugs to residents in the slums and, together with Corossa, sets out to resist Enzo. Pitt advocates for a complete overthrow of the gangs, while Tim is investigating the police leak from nine years ago. Deputy Chief Berwick is resolute and adaptable. Rad accepts Corossa's request to show Tim the complete chain of evidence from the old case.
The Kent family's father and son, and brothers
Leo is the father of Enzo and Miller. After leaving the Kent family, he lived in the wealthy merchant family of Elisa and changed his surname to Yang; Enzo stayed with his grandfather Albert and grew up, while Miller grew up in a different environment. At first, Miller admired his brother and served him, but what he saw on the police line led him to question Enzo. Pitt was once sent to the Kent family as a backup heir, but later returned to the Watts family. The past of the three has also influenced their current rivalry.
Journalists, caravans, and the underworld
Caravan girl Ava and underground big sister Rika introduced Corosa to different branches. In the reporter route, Corosa collaborates with Tate, who also acts as a spy, and secret passages lead them to the sewers and the airport. Guy was taken in by Andrew in his early years, later turning to Enzo. His near-death experience made him obsessed with others' will to survive. In the databook event storyline, Corosa later travels with Ava to Stamino, and Rika spares Andrew during the prison operation before leaving.
Small theater and finale performance
The nine mini-theaters use dual progression conditions, requiring you to complete both the corresponding death ending and the designated ending simultaneously. For example, the Rudd route's 'The Night the Comet Came' demanded 'The Lady and the Killer,' while Enzo's 'The Sin of the Father' requested 'When the Rose Bloomed.' Unlocking After Story also requires watching the full finale performance; If all flowchart nodes appear but you exit midway, you may still lack the required progress.
Sea sand auction and two battlefields
Enzo obtained a new type of narcotic sea sand produced by K.M. Company through the Central Prison Pharmaceutical Center and attracted other gang leaders to the Sea Sand Hotel through auction. He planned to burn down the restaurant and then escape through tunnels left by the pirate war toward the airport; At the same time, they use the Stamino Railway for trial operations to attack the prison, attempting to eliminate former president Andrew. Different routes lead Corosa and the police, journalists, and gangsters to intervene in two battlefields: the hotel and the prison.
The reason Rika's father was hired
Rika's father, Hyakume Mukaiharu, was hired as a bodyguard for the Herrera slave caravan to treat his wife's macular disease. Andrew attacks the caravan to rescue trafficked children; The Elisa people detonated their ships, disrupting Xiang Chun's sword drawing technique and causing the rescue to fail. Rika is raised by her adoptive father Wolf and comes to Belan to search for Andrew; Unable to stop the duel from the branch, she sets aside revenge and chooses to return to the Far East.
The Daughter of Sand's breakthrough and awakening
After experiencing the Rika Duel branch, the option to prevent the duel is unlocked, and you enter the "Sandstorm." The group evacuated along the planned route but was ambushed by Gain. Corosa used it as bait to enter the desert through the prison train tunnel. Seven days later, she woke up at Ava, and the necklace was back in her hand; Ava told her the legend of the Narba people about turning flesh into sand and souls returning to the sea.
The siege four years later
The side story arrives in November of the Stamino calendar year 998: the railway invasion and three-month siege have turned Bejan into ruins, the town hall is abandoned, and the Caleva guerrillas and the police remain in resistance. In the ruins of the Milner restaurant, Corosa meets Trixis again and is invited to break the siege of Béran together and change the continent's future.
Two rescues from the Miller branch
In the Miller branch, Corosa gets into danger while helping the restaurant owner, and Brian breaks his leg while trying to save her. Later, during a gunfight at the prison gate, she saw someone get shot, rushed out to cover and rescue them, and was once again in danger, only to be rescued by Miller. These actions also force Miller to confront his identity as a police officer and his ties to the underworld.
Tate's assistant made an agreement with the school
Corosa became Tate's assistant due to the need for income, learning investigative skills under his guidance. On the night the dock manager dies, she asks about Tate's past, and the two gradually build trust; Later, Corosa infiltrates as a waitress but is exposed, and Tate is willing to give her a chance to survive. Before the final action, he proposed that after leaving, he would open a school so that orphans could earn a living. In the ending, Corosa runs a school, but the two first experience years apart.
Lard's rescue with snowflakes in prison
In the detective route, Corosa witnesses gangsters committing murder and dumping bodies, is caught by Gain, and Lader arrives to rescue her; She later became Rudd's assistant. The prison route also features a segment: Corosa enters the prison junkyard, becomes the leader of Snowflake, one of the three major gangs, and meets Trixis there.
Actions controlled by Enzo and different destinations
In Enzo's route, Corosa is arranged to deceive the Wolffists, using the lives of dockworkers as guarantors for the scam. She manages to keep the worker alive but fails to save Lika. She then becomes Gain's assistant, monitoring Enzo on his behalf. In a submissive branch, Brian dies, and Corosa is ultimately killed by Gain; In another path of resistance, Gaine helps her act and takes her along to escape.
Unified handling of audio assets
Chunci's interview with Misaki and the team recorded that the dubbing team submitted over 26,000 voice lines during a tight schedule, with the creative team mainly correcting tone and emotional expression. The team also established unified specifications for audio assets, covering loudness, volume, and compression modes to coordinate the sound performance of the entire work. The 2020 production introduction listed the main music director as Zris; RCwoad stated at the official release that it contributed to a small portion of the soundtrack.
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Related entries
- Characters:Corosa (Sea Sand Storm)
- Development and Release:Gratesca
- Stage:Beiran (Sea Sand Storm)
- Stage:Corses Continent (Sea Sand Storm)
- Game System:Routes and Choices (Sea Sand Storm)
- Related versions:THE ART OF FAR AWAY
- Characters:Cui Xisi (Sea Sandstorm)
- Related Records:Sea Sand Storm Original Soundtrack Collection
- Original Album Artist Roles:Zris
- Original Album Artist Roles:RCwoad
- Original Album Artist Roles:veilrain
- Original Album Artist Roles:Ray
- Game Music Production Lead:RCwoad
- Related songs:Carefree
- Related songs:On the black stage
- Related songs:Start working
- Related songs:The sky inside the high walls
- Related songs:An offer that cannot be refused
- Related songs:The wind blowing from Cantrica
- Related songs:An ominous aura abounds
- Related songs:Beiran, the capital of sea and sand
- Related songs:Smile and applaud
- Related songs:A sleeping cat
- Related songs:The girls' daytime
- Related songs:Determination
- Related songs:Clues, analysis, intuition
- Related songs:Terrifying
- Related songs:A desperate situation reverses
- Related songs:Fearless charge
- Related songs:The decisive battle before dawn
- Related songs:One last desperate attempt
- Related songs:Corossa, the red-haired hero
- Related songs:Corseth Tears
- Related songs:A moonlit night
- Related songs:Uneasy
- Related songs:Countdown to the adventure
- Related songs:Not lonely rock
- Characters:Ava (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Lika (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Enzo Kent (Sea Sandstorm)
- Characters:Miller (sea sand storm)
- Characters:Pete (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Tim Chuck (Sea Sandstorm)
- Characters:Berwick (sea sand storm)
- Characters:Leo (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Albert (sea sand storm)
- Characters:Tate (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Lade (sea sand storm)
- Characters:Derek Gain (Sea Sands Storm)
- Characters:Andrew (Sea Sand Storm)
- Setting and Setting:Kaleva
- Setting and Setting:Wolf school
- Setting and Setting:Béjang Police Station
- Included chapters:The Béjan police department leak from nine years ago
- Game System:Dual unlock conditions for the small theater of Sea Sand Storm
- Included chapters:The night the comet arrived
- Included chapters:The sins of fathers
- Included chapters:Lawless people
- Included chapters:Zombie World War
- Characters:A Hundred Eyes Toward Spring (Sea Sand Storm)
- Characters:Wolf (Sea Sand Storm)
- Setting and Setting:Sea sand
- Setting and Setting:Sea Sand Hotel and Pirate War Tunnel
- Included chapters:Woman of the Sand
- Included chapters:An additional story set four years after the Sea Sand Storm
- Characters:Brian (Sea Sands Storm)
- Setting and Setting:Snowflake Gang
- Setting and Setting:The orphan school of the reporter line
- Original Partial Music Contributions and Responsibilities:RCwoad
- Main music leaders during the 2020 production period:Zris
References
- Bangumi entry entry: Sea Sand Storm
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Steam 'Far Away' product page
- TapTap official reservation page for 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Gratesca: Sea Sand Storm Shop
- Gratesca:THE ART OF FAR AWAY
- Bangumi: Sea Sand Storm Original Soundtrack Collection
- RCwoad: Personal music works page
- MarvinZ: Signed hands-on review of 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Chang Ye: Reflections, interpretations, and conclusion summary of 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Hongcha Games/XD Network: Official introduction and reprint of 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Hongcha Games: Explanation of the ending and mini-theater unlock for 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Wings for gaming enthusiasts: "Sea Sand Storm" — sea and sand, police and criminals, past and future, all intertwined here
- Playing games until you don't know what heaven and earth are: Sea Sand Storm Gameplay Record
- Spring Ci hands-on and producer interview: Audio management standards for Haisha Storms
- RCwoad himself posted on Weibo in 2021: Participated in a small part of the soundtrack for 'Sea Sand Storm'
- Introduction to Youyan Club 2020: Zris, the main person in charge of Haisha Fengyun Music
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