Raft (Franchise)

***Raft*** is an open world survival video game developed by Swedish developer Redbeet Interactive, and published by Axolot Games. The game was released as an early access title on 23 May 2018 on Steam. The game was taken out of early access and its full version was released on 20 June 2022 with the release of the game's final chapter. The game takes place in the same universe as *Scrap Mechanic.*

## Raft

### First Installment

Raft (2018) (Early Access)Raft (2022) (Full Release)

## Gameplay

The game is played from the first-person and third-person perspectives and can be played either in the single-player or multiplayer mode. With the latter, the server is automatically provided by the game and the game takes place in co-op mode.

After a world is created, the player starts on a 2x2 raft in the middle of an ocean. The player starts only with a hook that they can aim and throw to catch barrels, wood, palm fronds, plastic, crates, and other objects out of the water. The player can leave the raft and collect things while swimming, but must be careful as the raft is always moving due to the continuous ocean current. The player can also be attacked or killed by sharks that are always swimming around the raft. These sharks will also occasionally attack corners of the raft, destroying parts of it. Using a crafting system, the player can use the collected materials to assemble and research new items and to expand and improve the raft. For example, tools, weapons, and nets can be manufactured steering wheels can be made. These can be used to control and guide the raft, increase its size and stability of the raft, and defend the raft from sharks.

The player also needs to manage basic needs like hunger and thirst by catching or growing food and purifying water to drink, but when growing food, the player must shelter the food they're growing due to seagulls swooping down and eating the seeds. During the game, the raft may pass by islands that the player can explore to get special items and resources. The player can also dive into coastal regions and collect special items.

With the help of a two-way radio, the player 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 notebook the player acquires at the start tracks the story progression, with each major location visited marked with separate entries.

## Story

In the near future, the relentless onslaught of climate change has resulted in the catastrophic melting of the polar ice caps, submerging the entire planet beneath a deluge of water. As humanity desperately scrambles to find a solution to this global crisis, society begins to unravel and collapse. In the wake of this catastrophe, only two groups of individuals remain: the elite who have retreated to luxurious floating cities, and the desperate survivors who are left to brave the treacherous flooded world on their own.

Maya and Rouhi, two intrepid Forward Scouts, are among the survivors who venture out into the open sea in search of a rumored "Utopia" - a place where it is said that there is still dry land to live on. Armed with nothing but a makeshift raft, they set out on their journey, following a trail of radio signals with the help of a radio receiver.

Their first stop is a radio tower that used to be a nuclear reactor testing site. As they journey on, they come across a derelict luxury yacht, the Vasagatan, once owned by Olof Wilkstrom, a corrupt government official who had fled instead of working on saving his country from flooding. But their journey leads them to many abandoned places, uninhabited Balboa Island, and Caravan Town, which was once a bustling island town until its residents were forced to abandon it due to a salmonella outbreak.

As they explore the abandoned floating city of Tangaroa, they discover that the Caravan Town survivors attempted to board the city, forcing the captain to open fire on them, leading to violent riots among the Tangaroa's population, as the city's food supplies were destroyed by a beetle infestation, and the reactor failed due to stress caused by the captain burning out the engines in an attempt to outrun the Caravan Town survivors. With the city a lost cause, the entire surviving population had to abandon it.

The Forward Scouts then come across an unfinished construction site called Varuna Point before reaching a polar research station on Temperance Island. A search of the research station reveals the location of a major survivor settlement called Utopia, where the Caravan Town and Tangaroa survivors fled to. But when they reach there, they found that Olof has already reached the city and put it under martial law, locking up all of the residents and setting loose his army of mutated hyenas. But the Forward Scouts are able to defeat Olof and his hyenas and imprison him. The Utopia residents are freed and inspired by the Forward Scouts, declaring that they will do their best to rebuild human civilization.

## In Super Smash Bros. Multiverse

### Fighter

* Maya: The Forward Scout and one of the main protagonists in ***Raft***. Rouhi, Tala, Johnny, Elaine, and Shogo appear as alternate costumes

### Stages

* Raft
* Radio Tower
* Vasagatan
* Balboa Island
* Caravan Island
* Tangaroa
* Varuna Point
* Temperance
* Utopia

### Music

* Shark Attack
* Before the Storm
* Calm Water
* The Large Island
* Hope
* Endless Ocean
* Dreaming on Sea
* Salt
* Building and Crafting
* Voice of Ocean
* Big Island Ahead
* Paradise Under Water
* Sharks Just Wanna Play
* Wind in the Sails
* Thirsty
* Rhino Shark
* Alpha
* There is a Utopia
* It's Getting Serious
* The Rescue
* Can't Stop Listening
* Trade With Me
* Left Alone
* Llama Waltz
* Unwanted Adventure
* Dehydrated!
* It's a Wave
* Raving on Sea
* Funky Surfer
* Romantic Sunset
* More Metal!
* Summer Breeze
* Seagull Stole My Potato
* Smoke On My Raft
* The First Chapter
* Coming Soon
* The Final Chapter

### Spirits

* Maya
* Rouhi
* Tala
* Johnny
* Elaine
* Shogo
* Olof Wilkstrom
* Clucker
* Goat
* Llama
* Mama Bear
* Butler Bot
* Lurker
* Mudhog
* Poison-Puffer
* Screecher
* White Screecher
* Seagull
* Bruce
* Warthog
* Anglerfish
* Rhino Shark
* Scuttler
* Polar Bear
* Bear
* Hyena
* Alpha
* Bee Swarm

## Media with elements appearing in Smash

### Raft

* All fighters, stages, music, assist trophies, items, and spirits come from ***Raft***