Hey Undine š happy STS! I miss hearing about Project Vestige, so I thought I'd drop an ask about it - are there any specific places/settings IRL that inspired some of the places (or the general aesthetic) in the WIP?
Antium and the aesthetic of Project VestigeĀ is largely inspired by Arcadia Bay, another fictional town in Life is Strange. Arcadia Bay was based off of Garibaldi, OR, so Antium was inspired by it as wellĀ ā albeit indirectly.
I got the name Antium after looking through Shakespearean settings for inspiration. I thought it sounded pretty cool, and as far as Iām aware, thereās no other modern towns named after it which was really great. The deciding factor was the history of Antium. It was a wealthy coastal resort town in the Roman Empire, that eventually was abandoned, which I felt really lined up with what I intended myĀ Antium, OR to be. (It was also part of several conflicts against the Romans which is interesting, but unfortunately not as relevant).
When it came to researching towns in Oregon so I could worldbuild for Antium, I looked into Seaside OR, Bandon OR, and Brookings OR specifically so they inspired Antium as well!
Out of the existing towns though, the biggest inspiration was Bayocean, OR. Bayocean was a community in Oregon that was a planned resort community in the early 1900s. However, it eventually became a ghost town after coastal erosion caused by its residents, and is said to haveĀ āfell into the seaā. I thought this all felt thematically appropriate!
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