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"Where were you when the universe ended?"

I Miss the Sunrise is an all-new prequel to 2009's The Reconstruction. Featuring strategic battles, player-created weapons, and unique gameplay around every turn, I Miss the Sunrise is an RPG experience like no other. The full game is available as of July 22nd, 2012.

Version 1.51 released August 12th, 2012.

FEATURES
-No typical HP & MP drudgery. Instead, all battlers have Hull, Systems, and Pilot ratings that serve as both health and fuel for weapons. Reducing any of them to 0 means defeat, so spacefarers beware!
-Create your own pilot. Give 'em a name, then choose your gender, race, and customized personality, all of which determine how you interact with other denizens of the universe.
-Get to know your allies better through dialog interaction and performance in battle. But be careful: some allies may be less receptive to your chosen personality.
-Assemble your own weapons. Use salvaged components to customize and outfit your own weapons, name them whatever you want, and use their blueprint codes to share your creations with other players!
-Fast-paced, strategic turn-based battles reward careful positioning and targeting over brute force. Exploit your enemies' vulnerabilities while covering your own!
-Random exploration maps let you take part in battles and exploration any time you please.
-Customizeable AI lets you determine just how ruthless the enemy can be.

TV Tropes page available here! Spoilers ahoy!

Unofficial Wiki available here! Spoilers here too!

New! Fanfiction!: 1 | 2 (Spoilers, of course!)

Latest Blog

Out with the Old

Happy Nauruan Independence Day, everybody!

For anyone still watching, I've expunged my old site in order to concentrate on my new one (Sungazer Software) full time. Plus, I had a lot of insane rambling from 2009 or so that I didn't want hanging around, so it had to go.

If there were any posts you absolutely cannot live without, or if you object loudly enough, then I could be goaded into having a "greatest hits" archive left intact somewhere. Swayed, even. Until then, though, consider any links to Tilde-One.com to be defunct. (Actually they'll just redirect to the new front page.)

Good night, and keep watching the skis! Uh, skies.

Posts

Good, that's a relief.

By the way, on your blog, you said that the title "I Miss the Sunrise" was named after a random snippet of conversation you had years ago. Will it ever have actual significance to the plot at large?
Deltree
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Directly; sort of. Otherwise, it's just appropriate to the theme of scope again (but instead of going small to big, it's big to small).
Good to hear. I place a heavy importance on titles and names, so I'm very disappointed when titles of stories have no real significance. D:

instead of going small to big, it's big to small


Ah, that's interesting. I guess this game is the second half of the message, then? The Reconstruction shows that you need to know the full truth to make the correct decision, and I Miss the Sunrise shows that you need to do so without losing sight of what's really important? Once it's finished, I will have to fire up my literary analysis skills and do a replay like I did for TR.
This game was featured as a development in the homepage. Awesome.
Oh by the way, Deltree, a belated compliment: integrating such a powerful moral decision with the final boss of this episode in the way that you did was brilliant. Moral choice systems in games and their shortcomings have been discussed often, but I definitely think that integrating that decision into the gameplay so seamlessly gave it an impact greater than many I've seen.
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I'm glad! That was the first one I really planned out ahead of time (which is why the other comparatively minor ones are just seemingly obvious either/or choices), so I will say the choice made there will have consequences that carry into the rest of the game.
Oh, really? Good to hear. I was worried it was going to be one of those one-off things that doesn't affect much, seeing how

everyone talks about how the Inquiry pilots are murderers

no matter what you do.

I assume that episode 4 will give payoff to a number of the super-important decisions? It seems to be the climax of the story, so it seems like the perfect time to resolve those loose ends. I will keep my eyes peeled.
Dunno if this has already been reported, but rummaging Luke Martinez locker gives you infinite Pristine Uniforms.
Or maybe he just likes having lots of clothes, can't blame him for that.

Couple questions:
Where does Jazzy usually hang about in the Inquiry? Perhaps I'm blind but I can't find her.
Is it possible to reach the Containment Vessel in the first orbit?
Does your position on the fleet determine your position in battle?

I still haven't figured out what the deal with Ivoronus is, does it like/appreciate the consequences of the Shine (from what I understood it removed the mental suppression/brainwashing) or does he miss the balance of the society? Don't answer if it's spoilery! XD
Also, the game is awesome and reptilians lacertians are kind of cute! Are they based off of the real aliens or you just like lizards that much?
Deltree
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Hi! That's almost funny enough to leave in, now that you mention it! But I'll make sure it's fixed for the next release.

She should be in the external communications room on Ring 1. The containment vessel always escapes the first time around. Positions in battle are randomized, except the leader, who is always in the far back.

His deal will be revealed eventually!

Lizards are indeed awesome (I have an entire spare room in my house full of geckos/beardies/whatnot, so I have a slight bias), and it also works as a play on the whole "reptilian agenda" thing as a bonus. Of course, in this universe, it's the humans who came to their world first.

I'm glad you are enjoying it! Please pass along any more bugs you stumble across! (They are DELICIOUS)
Hi! That's almost funny enough to leave in, now that you mention it! But I'll make sure it's fixed for the next release.
Alternative hypothesis: Luke's mom always sends him new uniforms for christmas so that's why he has a locker full of them. She's that kind of mom.

She should be in the external communications room on Ring 1. The containment vessel always escapes the first time around. Positions in battle are randomized, except the leader, who is always in the far back.

Thanks! Oh, Jazzy wasn't that hard to find at all.

Lizards are indeed awesome (I have an entire spare room in my house full of geckos/beardies/whatnot, so I have a slight bias), and it also works as a play on the whole "reptilian agenda" thing as a bonus. Of course, in this universe, it's the humans who came to their world first.

I used to have a room full of geckos in my old holiday house. Funny times, looking at the ceiling and fearing for geckos to fall on your face when you sleep!

Please pass along any more bugs you stumble across! (They are DELICIOUS)

i c wut u did thar
New Makin' It Up! :D Very vague descriptions you got there. You sure know how to build intrigue. I'm quite curious as to how multiple endings will be possible, though, given that this is a prequel. I suppose we will see!

Also, even though I normally hate rougelikes, I must say that I am very excited for The Drop. It sounds quite original -- I like the concept of stealth and varied environmental-based tactics.

(Unfortunate that the wiki still isn't getting much activity, though. I was hoping that the new release might amass some new editors, but no dice it seems.)
Deltree
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Thanks for reading! I might remove the login requirement on the wiki, or else put the password right on the front page. I edited the .htaccess to block a bunch of spambot-heavy countries (they frequently hit my contact forms and a couple of commercial sites I host out of the same server (yes it's bad practice but I'm cheap okay)) and I am cautiously optimistic that it's working.
Hi!
I'm a big fan of this game so far. I love the stories and the characters involved. I really don't want to say too much until the game is over.
I wanted to say that I'm having problems playing episode 4, as it often causes my computer to freeze. This never happened with the previous chapters, but it's happening a lot with this one. (Nowhere in particular. I try to talk with Makh, the game freezes. Marie tries to explain the first mission, the game freezes...)
When I reset the computer and start again I can usually play through those scenes with no worries. I apologize for how vague this sounds, but it's what happening right now. O_o

Thank you very much for making this game and sharing it with us.
In the very little progress I've made in episode 4 (downloaded it yesterday) I advanced enough to be SERIOUSLY WORRIED about Chac. It's bad enough that I've spoiled myyself silly through the wiki and know he won't return Roxita Ouranos` feelings. I'll survive that. But if he deletes his memories like I think he just hinted he'll do, I`LL CRY SO HARD, AND THOSE WON'T BE HAPPY TEARS T_T. Break my heart, but don't step all over it, deltree!!!

Oh, you read the wiki? Good to know that it's spoiling at least one person silly, I was worried no one read it! :p Oh, and that reminds me... (don't read this if you haven't already tried to profess feelings to him)


To be honest, I actually like the reason for why he turns you down. So many stories (and dating sims) have the tragic widow/widower abandoning their first love so they can be with the main character. I find it to be pretty protagonist-centered and quite unrealistic, so I actually did like the fact that Chac chooses to be faithful to his wife, even if she is no longer with him. Also scores Deltree a feminist point, since the widower forgetting his wife is the most common of the two variations, I find.

I'm completely aromantic and don't care about any of the romance options, though, so maybe I'm just biased. :p
No, I haven't had any option to profess (Ouranos') feelings
to Chac
or anyone. I didn't even know it was a possibility until I read your wiki. You sunk a ship I didn't know could sail. Some ship sinker you are. So I'll try to be strong and not read this spoiler. XD

Of course, I'm staying away from your wiki now because I don't want to know if my second choice would also reject my poor, unloved main character. It'd serve her right, because he's her second choice, and it would totally fit his character to be very passive agressive about it. "Oh, NOW I'm worthy of your attention?"

Deltree, my deepest apologies. A good game attracts all kinds of fandom, and sometimes fangirling happens? XD
I'm an even bigger fangirl of the Reconstruction, if that is some consolation. Though I guess it isn't. XD
(Everyone! Open your eyes! DEHL IS FEMALE! -why, yes, this is a tinfoil hat I'm wearing, why do you ask?
Deltree
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Y'all are silly.

I'm glad you're liking it! As I recall, you did some keen fanart for the last game, so you are already well within the realm of fan-ism. Sorry you're having technical issues; I've had a very small (like one or two) people having similar issues in Windows 7. I don't know if that's a contributing factor (I am running Windows 7 too), or maybe the program's running out of memory (which is why a restart fixes it), but do let me know if you notice any common trend or pattern to the hang-ups.

Dehl is not a lady, although in retrospect that would have been a neat twist (it's not like anyone knows what the females look like anyway). Jossing ITT.
It's me again, with more romantic trouble! (I was really thinking of writing this post as if it were a "Dear Abby" letter, but I don't know Deltree that well. His avatar has a gun. I'm easily intimidated.)
So! My problem!

Is Mahk romanceable? I've got him at 250 trust (personal and battle). He's at rank 18 right now. I've recruited Ivoronus and raised him up to personal trust 250 (battle will take me more time, I guess)
I've run out of story for episode 4, and I've got no clue of what I'm supposed to do. His dialogue right now says he "appreciates (Ouranos') company, and that he hopes (Ouranos') does the same."
I wouldn't be surprised to hear he's so high maintenance that I have to be level 20 or something. XD

So, Deltree...or Argh...or anybody reading this. Could you help a gamer out? ^^
Deltree
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He is, but

he plays for the other team, so to speak.


C'est la vie.
You know what? That makes a LOT of sense.
Thank you for answering. :D



Somewhat offtopic, but:

Oho, so that's what you meant when you said the final boss music will be "special". Very intriguing indeed.

(Also, is it exactly the same, or is it slightly remixed? I think there was another beat layer that wasn't there before, but that could just be my memory playing tricks on me.)