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“THERE IS NO NIGHTMARE IN DAYBREAK. THE CITY IS ABSOLUTELY FINE. PLEASE FORGET THAT IT EVER EXISTED.”

Weird and unfortunate things are happening in the city of Daybreak. To the rest of the world, the city seems to have simply vanished, but inside, it has become a playground for mysterious beings who see humans only as hosts for their own amusement.



Alicia’s a bit strange. She still likes to wear her old baseball jersey, even though her team disbanded over a year ago. She can see otherworldly creatures that no one else seems to notice. She also has weird powers that she keeps hidden from the rest of the world. But when she receives a call for help from her niece in Daybreak, she’ll do anything to save her.

Caught up in the struggle along with Alicia are Miriam, a secretary and gun aficionado who only wants to escape the city, Lamar, an overworked middle school English teacher, and Dottie, Alicia’s niece, who has been captured for some nefarious purpose.

Explore what’s left of the ravaged city and find your way through surreal otherworldly areas that connect the broken urban shell. Encounter any other citizens who have survived and make contact with the strange entities that now inhabit this realm. Survive. Or be swallowed up by the city and forgotten forever.


  • Co-written and edited by Sooz!

  • Surreal tilesets by Roden!




  • Icons by unity and Caz!

  • Luna Engine Setup by BCj!



Controller Support: If you'd like to play this game with a controller rather than the keyboard, then press F1 while the game is running and select the "Gamepad" option. From there it should allow you to remap the controls to your controller.

I know not every controller works with RPG Maker but I've gotten both a wired XBox One controller and the wireless 8BitDo controller to work with it, just from my own experience.

Window Size: You can double the window size by pressing F6, or go fullscreen by pressing F5.

Warnings: Game contains flashing lights and swearing.

Content Warnings: *sorta-spoilers?*
Child death, sounds of babies crying, last moments of a parent, mentions of suicide, general creepy stuff

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NOW ON STEAM! Weird and Unfortunate RELEASE!

Click here to see Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening's STEAM PAGE!!!!

I finally pushed that big shiny launch button over on Steam, and now Weird and Unfortunate is up there and available to play, still for free!



I go by Sapphire Dream games over on Steam as a bit of rebranding, as I've been struggling for a while with the fact that "unity" is easily confused with the game making engine and I couldn't think of a way to remix it to sound unique.

This is my first game on Steam so I'm hoping I did everything right, but all my testing with the achievements and everything seemed to work, so fingers' crossed!

Huge thank you to everyone who wishlisted the game and promoted it on Twitter and itch and elsewhere! I really appreciate it!

Would you like to see any other of my games on Steam? I've already started tweaking Luxaren Allure for a possible Steam release, but we'll see how that goes.

Thanks again everyone!!! :DDDDDDDDDD

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This looks hella interesting. Definitely subbed. ^.^
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
It's here! Yes!!
Oh, it's already here! Insta-subbed! :D
charblar
"wait you made this a career?"
3574
That's one heck of a name. subbed!
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
I maybe-recall you talking about this game, and wondering about the title, when kentona jumped in, and was like, Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening.
Congrats on getting the page up!! It's nice to see things together in screenshots. :)

I'm having a lot of fun working on this; I hope people enjoy my contribution~ (can't wait to play it)
You know, the more I see it the more I can't help but to mention it - but it really looks like Miriam is either eyeing Alicia's breasts or very much judging her jersey.

Am I catching a hint of possible romance here~?
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks so much for all of the subs and enthusiasm, everyone! ^_^

author=Marrend
I maybe-recall you talking about this game, and wondering about the title, when kentona jumped in, and was like, Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening.

Oh yes, that definitely happened. I couldn't decide on a title, but in the paragraph where I described the game, I started off with the words "Weird and unfortunate things are happening," and kentona suggested I used that as the title, and it was just so strange and off the wall that I decided to run with it XD

author=MakioKuta
Congrats on getting the page up!! It's nice to see things together in screenshots. :)

I'm having a lot of fun working on this; I hope people enjoy my contribution~ (can't wait to play it)

I am so glad you're enjoying working on this, and thank you so much for working with me ;u; I absolutely adore how you've brought the characters to life with your art!

author=Liberty
You know, the more I see it the more I can't help but to mention it - but it really looks like Miriam is either eyeing Alicia's breasts or very much judging her jersey.

Am I catching a hint of possible romance here~?

Haha, Sooz pointed that out to me, too! When I placed the characters next to each other for that pic, I just wanted for her to be giving Alicia a weird look, but now it totally looks like she's checking her out XD

And the big question is, can I make a game without romance? XDXD For those who don't like that sort of thing, don't worry, romance won't be a major part of the game, but that doesn't necessarily mean there won't be any tension that could be construed as romantic >.> XD
Awesome to see my Luna Engine work in action! Can't wait to play it ;)

By the way, I put a tiny Easter Egg into Escalia, in one side quest the main character had to search for someone's dolly.. named Dottie ;)
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
i'm so glad you finally used that title
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
author=Jenbo
Awesome to see my Luna Engine work in action! Can't wait to play it ;)

By the way, I put a tiny Easter Egg into Escalia, in one side quest the main character had to search for someone's dolly.. named Dottie ;)


Neat, that's really cool! Thanks Jenbo! :DDDD

author=Craze
i'm so glad you finally used that title


Haha, me too ^______^
This looks fantastic and I adore the style. Insta-subbed B)
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
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Love love lurrrrv.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks so much, both of you :DDDDD
This seems very interesting. The setting reminds me of one of my game ideas where the game was set in a DMC-like universe with terrifying demons and whatnot. The second game would take place in a big post-apocalyptic city, after the "outbreak" from the first game.

Best of luck with this!
This game looks awesome. Subscribed.
Miriam is just adorable~<3

I like what I see, not that that's unusual from stuff Uni makes.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
;_; Thanks, you guys are the best! I really appreciate all the support and well-wishes ^_^
Holy crap, unity, you've assembled the super team for this one! This looks great!