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One neighbourhood, top to bottom.

Haret el-Waz is a made-up Cairo quarter: nine zones stacked from the roofs to the drains.

On the roofs

  • Cairo rooftops with laundry lines at golden hourRooftops At launch

    Laundry lines, water tanks, pigeon lofts and the best view of everyone's business.

  • Rooftop Gardens Season 8

    Green roofs, a gardener who means well and the pigeon towers.

In the street

  • Café Court At launch

    Tea glasses, tawla boards, a waiter with a tray and an owner who has seen it all.

  • Bakery Lane At launch

    Racks of fresh bread, flour sacks and a courier with a tray on his head. Dawn is its moment.

  • Car Wash At launch

    Foam, buckets, a coiled hose and a tuk-tuk with a horn. The dog's playground.

  • A busy street seen from above, with awnings and tuk-tuksMarket Alley At launch

    Orange pyramids that roll, a foul cart, a sugarcane press and striped awnings.

  • The Corniche at night, lit windows above the NileCorniche Season 5

    The Nile, winter gulls, a corn seller, a jogger and sweet-potato carts.

  • A museum hall at night, with a statue behind a ropeMuseum Season 4

    A cat statue wakes up. Night openings, sleepy guards and a sealed tomb, where any mummy is a costume.

Under it all

  • A brick tunnel lit orange, with a pipe along the wallThe Under Season 2

    Cool tunnels, pipes and drains, with street grates that drop you in and pop you out.

  1. A street dog stands in the square, ears up
    The street dog has opinions.
  2. Two old men argue over a tawla board at a café table
    Now everyone’s arguing.
  3. The waiter holds a tray of glasses and looks worried
    The tray wobbles.

  • The street remembers you

    People, animals and places keep a memory of your animal from one session to the next. The baker knows what you did.

  • A clock that runs

    Shifts change, traffic moves and the light goes from dawn to night. Vehicles always stop for animals.

  • People, not enemies

    Humans get exasperated, never hostile. Nobody is hurt, nothing is thrown at animals. If the van catches you, the worst you get is a silly cone collar at the vet’s back door.

  • Inside and hidden

    School courtyard rooms, museum halls, the old cinema, the pigeon towers and a sealed tomb all open with their seasons.

Pictures are from the game in development.

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