"Episodes: Shadow of Chornobyl" is a documentary about the creation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In 2001, young Kyiv developers led by Serhiy Hryhorovych decided to create the most complex game with realistic graphics, an open world, and an unusual plot revolving around the Chornobyl zone. With the launch of the promotional campaign, tens of thousands of people worldwide were waiting for STALKER, but the developers became hostage to their ambitions. They endlessly improved the game, postponing its release date every year. But at one point, the American publisher's patience ran out.
This story is about the video game industry, love for what they do, and a project that went beyond the screen and became a pop culture phenomenon. On the screen, the direct participants of the development and people who watched the process from the outside share their memories of working on STALKER and the Ukrainian gaming industry of those times: Andriy Prokhorov, Oleg Yavorsky, Oleksiy Sityanov, Oleksandr Kokhanovsky, Volodymyr Korchakun, Oleksandr Novikov, Oleksandr Maksymchuk, Oleh. Danilov, Dean Sharp, and others.
The film about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and the developers from GSC Game World is a part of the new documentary series Episodes dedicated to the stories of independent Ukraine. They all seem so different, but at the same time very similar: naive, sad, ambitious. The series combines first-person accounts with archival footage of events that whole generations grew up with.
On the Kyivstar TV movie and TV platform, you can watch the "Episodes: Shadow of Chornobyl" movie online in good quality.