The Complex, officially Garganta, is the main setting of GTFO. The Complex is an enormous, sprawling facility constructed deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Background[]
The Complex began as a mining operation by Santonian Industries, intending to extract the rare element Iridium after it was discovered in considerable quantities inside the Chicxulub crater.[1] Iridium being, at the time, a exceptionally valuable commodity.[2] The Complex contains many different locations, including work areas, mineral & ore processing, reactors, laboratories, and research facilities. It is not apparent if The Complex had always been intended for purposes other than mining, but it is likely the operation expanded as exploration of the crater continued.
The Complex would later house facilities necessary for the management of Kovac Security Operatives (such as KDS Deep), artifact processing, and research into inter-dimensional travel.
Location[]
The Complex's location was first hinted as 21°08'57"N 89°29'32"W,[3] resolving to the impact zone of the Chicxulub crater, in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. This has since been confirmed across the in-game logs.[which log?]
Development[]
The complex is littered with Santonian logos, as well as some other containers with minor company names on them.
| “ | The underground complex has been abandoned for many years and has been overrun by flesh-eating, grotesque monsters, and um, you wanna get out of there. | „ |
| ~ Simon Viklund |
The developers use potent colors to differentiate between areas, taking inspiration from the first Alien movie.[citation needed] The style of the environment is intended to start as something understandable, and have a bridge between what the environment was, and also root it in some sort of reality, and according to Ulf Andersson, become weirder and weirder.[citation needed]
Trivia[]
| “ | The low-pitched howling sound heard from the shaft where you’re dropped off in every expedition, is actually the sound of wind passing through the slit of my front door right as you begin to open it. It’s a creepy sound that I discovered as I was hunching close by the door because I was going to open it for my 3-year-old daughter. Once I pitched it down two octaves, it sounds like an ambiance from hell. | „ |
| ~ Simon Viklund, 2019-11-11 |
- The Complex's official name, "Garganta", means "throat" in Spanish and Portuguese.
References[]
- ↑ ALT://Rundown_6.0_Logs#BKS-BTP-FD9
- ↑ [ALT://Rundown 4.0 Logs#276-908-7U8 276-908-7U8] and [ALT://Rundown 6.0 Logs#CJ9-GVT-ERB CJ9-GVT-ERB]
- ↑ 10 Chambers Collective: GTFO - Gameplay Trailer (The Game Awards 2017)