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to abandon dry land altogether to live in floating cities, while the rest of the population is left to fend for themselves in a flooded world. The player (named Maya) unveils the game's storyline, in which the world has been deserted, while the player character is searching for her husband and daughter. On her journey, she discovers various locations, such as a crashed yacht, a large land mass that seems to be a wildlife reserve, a shantytown built out of scrap metal, and a large dome-like structure floating in the ocean that served as a haven for civilization. The
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