Timeline

This is a comprehensive timeline of the shared universe of Stress Level Zero games, from cataclysmic events to mundane footnotes.

## 1800s

* Sabrelake is founded.
* Sabrelake partners with branches of the U.S. Government to seek out and destroy cryptids.

## 1940s

* Alex Jordan climbs a mountain and builds a resort on top of it, known as the House on the Rock.

## 1960s

In the 1960s, Monogon Industries (then known as Vocal8) began to make strides in the audio and educational scenes.

1960

Vocal8 is founded as an edutainment company that releases learning cartridges for home computers.

### 1964

Vocal8 releases the My Audio Pal player, which becomes the most popular kid's gift that Christmas.

### 1965

Vocal8 distributes the most Stereo 8 tape cartridges in North America.

### 1968

Eight-track magnetic tape becomes the preferred method of educational information storage for mass consumption.

### 1969

Vocal8 becomes known by inventing a way to transfer audio data from magnetic tapes to short-form video. They display the technology by transcoding the Apollo 11 moon landing.

## 1970s

In the 70s, Monogon began to become more and more popular and began to experiment and influence the development of audio formats. It also saw the founding of Gammon.

### 1972

* Vocal8 begins experimenting with compact cassette tape. The company splits into two seperate entities - Monotape, which focuses on cassettes, and VC8, which focuses on existing systems.

### 1977

* VC8 encounters financial hardships after a series of poor business decisions and technological investments, such as rejecting home arcades and computers. Monotape, which embraced these innovations, thrives in making hardware addons to cassette play integration for home computers.
* Super Movie Productions releases *First Encounter.*

### 1978

* David is born.

## 1980s

The 1980s saw the great Console Wars, of which Gammon was a major player. Gammon's competitors at this time are unknown, since Monogon did not enter the gaming industry until the late 1990s. The fierce competition of the Console Wars saw great leaps in gaming innovation, with devices such as holographic projectors becoming common. This decade also marks the first known discovery of the Voidway by Gammon.

### 1980

* Monotape begins early development into disc-based laser readers.

### 1982

* The Media Board of Canada Groups declares in council magnetic tape media should be phased out of circulation in favour of a more stable information storage format.

### 1983

* Monotape rebrands to MonoDisc to preemptively distance from magnetic tape format, preparing for a transfer to fully optical-based media.
* The film *Ghouls!* is released.
* Midnight Media Group releases *Gomlins.*
* Wormhome Media releases *Radical Racers.*

### 1984

* MonoDisc continues to release cassette media, most notably audio books on tape.
* Wormhome Media releases *Bootloose, The Eternal Story,*
* Mega Movie Media releases *The Ninja Kid.*
* The film *Time Buddies* is released.

### 1985

* Stress Level Zero releases the horror film *Some Dogs go to Hell.*
* Wormhome Media releases *The Goofies.*

### 1986

* Stress Level Zero releases *Hover Junkers* for the Kingbit System.
* Gammon releases *Pizzaboy* and *Triple Tiger* for the Kingbit System.
* FeelGood RomCom Media releases *There's No "I" in Iowa.*
* MonoDisc begins development on OldMyth, an optical format of home entertainment and education.
* By 1986, Gammon has started the monthly magazine *Kingbit Force.*

### 1987

* *Dessert Boss* and *Final Fiesta II* are released on the Kingbit Game System.
* The Turbo Duo game controller is manufactured and released.
* Sea monkeys become popular.

### 1988

* A series of killings in homes with a Kingbit Game System makes national news.
* David's mother rents *Duck Season* for a day. David encounters a cryptid known as the Dog, who kills his mother. David defeats the Dog but flees, knowing that authorities will believe he killed his mother.
* The Televocolor 24" is released.
* By 1988, virtual reality is an established industry in gaming, enough for magazine articles for newcomers in the industry.
* By 1988
* *Final Fiesta IV* is released.
* The soft drink Ghoul Juice 2.0 is on shelves.
* The second GGG global conference is held, including virtual exhibits that required VR to experience.
* A dog is sent to space and returns safely.
* An incident involving 'mole men' causes international attention.
* A mining company begins launching boosters to grab nearby asteroids and pull them into Earth's orbit for mining.
* A robotics company (most likely TOTOL Robotics) moves north to the Arctic Circle.

## 1990s

The 1990s saw the rapid expansion of Monogon from an edutainment and audio company into a global conglomerate, largely due in part to the discovery of the Voidway. Throughout the nineties, Monogon began to develop the BONEWORKS engine, which interlaced with the Voidway to create immersive virtual experiences. They also began to construct MythOS.

### 1990

* **The BONEWORKS Security Incident** - a security director known as Arthur Ford of Monogon Industries initiates a lockdown of MythOS by installing a Gammon virus. With void leakage rampant across the simulation, he makes his way to the System Clock and ascends to the Voidway. This causes catastrophic damage to MythOS City, pushing the release date further back. Posthumously, Monogon increases surveillance of MythOS and its partners.
* Stress Level Zero moves their office from District 06 of MythOS City to a warehouse near the BONELAB to avoid scrutiny from Monogon.
* Stress Level Zero begins conducting secret research and stays 'off the radar' of Monogon. To do this, they utilise Bodylogs to disguise themselves.

### 1997

* Fantasy Land finishes development and is released.
* A subsection of Fantasy Land, Heaven's Reach, is put under quarantine by Monogon after the NPCs begin to gain sentience for an unknown reason.
* Monogon experiments with Heaven's Reach, granting gifts via prayer. Eventually, the scientists damage the simulation by introducing violence, causing the inhabitants of Heaven's Reach to become militaristic and cult like, declaring the gifts of the outsiders as witchcraft.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *International Traveler,* Jan 1998
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 History of Monogon, Museum of Technical Demonstration, *BONEWORKS.*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Kingbit Force* #27
4. ↑ *Kingbit Force #*20
5. ↑ *International Traveler,* Nov 1987
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Duck Season*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Kingbit Force* #22
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Kingbit Force* #26
9. ↑ *International Traveler,* Mar 1988
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *International Traveler,* special issue
11. ↑ SLZ Office boards in BONELAB