SMASH CITY // 8801
BROADCAST CORE 88
THE FEEDNetwork headquarters, live studios, ratings control, the Tower 88 transmitters and the main broadcast switch.
TTD PRESENTS // DEATH CHANNEL 88 // TRANSMISSION LIVE
SMASH
CITY
POPULATION: TEMPORARY.
A fully televised corporate death game disguised as a metropolis. THE CAMERAS NEVER STOP. SURVIVAL IS SPONSORED.
ONE CITY. ONE CHANNEL. NO SURVIVORS.
FILE 01 // THE METROPOLIS
SIX DISTRICTS. INFINITE RATINGS.
Nothing here is zoned for safety. Every train stop, shopping arcade and block of apartments can become tomorrow's live competition.
02
SPONSOR STRIP
BUY. WATCH. DIE.Skull Juice markets, subsidised weapons, corporate product testing and billboards the size of apartment buildings.
03
CONTESTANT ROW
ALL HOPES REPORT HERE.Registration pens, gear issue, training compounds, live odds and the unbelievably short-term accommodation.
04
ELIMINATION BLOCKS
MISTAKES END HERE.Sealed neighbourhoods, death mazes, rotating hazards and entire housing complexes repurposed between commercial breaks.
05
DEAD AIR HEIGHTS
HIGHER RATINGS. HARDER FALLS.Rooftop arenas, relay towers, pirate signals and industrial skyways hanging over the city.
06
PRIZE GRAVEYARD
YESTERDAY'S DREAMS STILL ROT.Retired sponsor prototypes, wrecked champion vehicles, obsolete television sets and prizes nobody survived to collect.
SPECIAL TRANSMISSION // HOST HEXX
YOUR NEW MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
TONIGHT'S FEATURE BROADCAST
HOST HEXX HAS THE FLOOR.
And he's already counted the audience. Broadcast live from the dead centre of Smash City, Channel 88 announces the next generation of television: paid for by sponsors, scored by screams, and guaranteed to void every warranty.
MEET THE CONTESTANTS ↗FILE 02 // LICENSED BROADCAST ASSETS
THE STARS. THE CARNAGE.
The original six faces of Channel 88. Every character gets a plate, an identity, a weakness and a reason to fear the ratings department.
HOST HEXX
THE BROADCASTER OVERLORDA skull-faced, CRT-crowned announcer with a microphone wired into the citywide kill switch. Ratings are his religion.
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL. CHANGE YOUR WILL.
JACK VANDAL
THE WALKING JACKPOTReckless punk fighter, weaponised bat and a grin that outlived three sponsorship deals. Refuses to read the rules.
I CAME FOR THE PRIZE. STAYED FOR THE DAMAGE.
SISTER STATIC
BEAUTY IS A BROADCAST WEAPONMagnetic, dangerously glamorous and highly intelligent. Magenta-black battle couture, luminous hair and a hacked signal visor. She can hijack a thousand screens with a smile—and never needs rescuing.
SMILE. YOU'RE ON MY CHANNEL NOW.
SKULL JUICE REXX
CONSUME. MUTATE. REPEAT.A radioactive heavyweight grown by a promotional formula nobody agreed to test. Drinks the product, destroys the evidence.
THIS IS WHAT PERFORMANCE TASTES LIKE.
LADY LOCKJAW
THE QUEEN OF NO EXITSImmaculate armour, a monstrous shark-jaw shield and absolute control of every arena gate. Every escape attempt is good television.
YOUR EXIT IS IN THE HIGHLIGHTS.
BONUS BRUTE BARRON
THE FINAL PRIZE IS PAINArmoured sponsor juggernaut with a rotating cannon and prize-wheel shoulder. The network calls him a bonus round.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU WON ME.
FILE 03 // CHANNEL 88 OPERATIONS
SURVIVAL IS SPONSORED.
The network owns the cameras, controls the hazards, bankrolls the weapons and edits every episode. Skull Juice restores contestants between waves. The audience votes to make things worse. Lord Von VHS's connection to the channel remains classified.