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is set in what feels like the distant future, with ruins of what once was a blossoming community. In the game, you will embark on a bike ride and learn about the people of Tieng Valꦛley, as well as those who suffer from a mind sickness.
What year does Season: A Letter to the Future take place in though? This isn't clearly stated during the game, but there are a few context clues that provide a bit of information. Additionally, we are going to look at the potential of the game being set in our own world.
When Does The Game Take Place?
The exact year that you ar👍e in is not mentioned, but thankfully, we have tons of clues. At the start of the game, a timeline of past seasons is added to your journal. This shows all the known sea⭕sons, as well as when they ended.
The War season lasted ten years, ending in 780. While playing, we learn that one day, the war just abruptly ended, with peace sweeping across the land. From there, the current season began, so it's safe to say that it is at least 780.
When visiting Tieng Valley, you can visit Sophon and Kochi at their house on the fruit farm. On the back door of this little farmhouse, there are marks on the wall depicting Kochi's height as the years go by, with 820 being the most recent date. With this information, we now know that it is at least the year 820; there are markers for each year, so it's safe to say that it's either 820 or 821.
Throughout the valley, you can also find more items that have a date on them, ✅all being around 820. From 780 to 820, we have 40 years, which is roughly the length of the Golden Season, which lasted from 722 to 770.
Is Season: A Letter To The Future Set In Our World?
The answer to this question is a𒀰 bit ambiguous, but we can theorize based on what we know. First, take a look at the timeline from the previous section. It begins with the Olden Days, starting at an unknown time and lasting until the year 500. From here, the next season began.
There is not much information on the time prior to year 500, but what if this was our current time? Earth in 2023 may very well fall into this 'olden' time period. As the season changed, the method for counting years may have changed as well.
Tieng Valley
Tieng Valley is not a real place, but it has roots in the Vietnamese language. Tieng means language, voice, or sound. This could potentially place Tieng Valley somewhere in Asia. Since a long period of time has passed since the Olden Days, the location of Tieng Valley doesn't look like the Asia that we know today.
The religion in Tieng Valley is similar💛 to eastern religions in our world. There are three gods, each a symbol of a certain concept, as well as gate-like structures and prayer slips that residents write their prayers on.
Further evidence that shows this potential real-world location is the name of Kochi. This name does not have one specific meaning, but it has roots in the Malayalam language. This is𓄧 a language spoken mainly in Kerala, which lies at the southernmost tip of India. Here, you can also find a city called Kochi.
What c🐲onnects these two facts? Both Tieng and Kochi have south Asian roots, meaning that the game may take 🐼place in a distant version of this land.
Of course, take this with a grain of salt! We are just speculating, as other cha✱racters that you encounter are named Easel, Sophon, and Matyora, which🐬 are Russian names.