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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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unity
You're magical to me.
12540
author=aceina
whats with the title i got at the end of the demo

It's based on how many secrets you found ^_^
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21806
The title you get at the end? It's an indication of how many secrets you've found. The best rank is ACE SECRET HUNTER, if memory serves.

*Edit: Oh, hi, uni!

*waves*
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21806
How is this not on my recommendations play-list? Fixed!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Yay! Thanks, Marrend! :D
NeverSilent
Got any Dexreth amulets?
6299
Would it be considered rude to ask how this is coming along? I'm pretty excited to see how the game is going to continue. Any sneak peeks you can sacrifice to the hungry masses?
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
author=NeverSilent
Would it be considered rude to ask how this is coming along? I'm pretty excited to see how the game is going to continue. Any sneak peeks you can sacrifice to the hungry masses?

Sure! :DDDDD Here are some areas I've been working on, under the hide tag!





The tileset on this one was made by Pizza! Much thanks for that once again! ^____^


Full disclosure, Sooz and I have been working on a game for the second ILU Game Jam, that runs for this month. But don't worry, I'll be back on Weird and Unfortunate after the game jam is over.
NeverSilent
Got any Dexreth amulets?
6299
Ooh, that looks good! I'm glad you've made some progress even though you're preoccupied with another project. Good luck with that as well, by the way, and I hope you're going to submit that game here on RMN as well.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks a lot, NS! We certainly will be posting it to RMN when we're done! :DDDDD
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21806
That game-jam's theme seems right up your alley, too. Good luck with that, uni and Sooz! You've got my support!
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
Yeah, best of luck to you both! Really interested in how that game will turn out!
... Did you know that the title appears nowhere in the summary??

author=unity
Weird and unfortunate things are happening in the city of Daybreak.

Also, starting a TvTropes Page, 'cause if I did it for Luxaren Allure, might as well do it here?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/WeirdAndUnfortunateThingsAreHappening
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Wow, thanks Malandy! :DDDDDDDDDDD
I was waited the whole age then Elothu, who had finally enough of this shit, would torn off Alicia's swearing head then take Miriam to the moon and have weird and unfortunate space-sex.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
author=Dragol
I was waited the whole age then Elothu, who had finally enough of this shit, would torn off Alicia's swearing head then take Miriam to the moon and have weird and unfortunate space-sex.


Guess I'll have to think up a new idea for the sequel, then XD
author=unity
author=NeverSilent
Would it be considered rude to ask how this is coming along? I'm pretty excited to see how the game is going to continue. Any sneak peeks you can sacrifice to the hungry masses?
Sure! :DDDDD Here are some areas I've been working on, under the hide tag!





The tileset on this one was made by Pizza! Much thanks for that once again! ^____^



No one's commented on these pics yet?

So, based on those file names, the first one is one of the secret one-time-only areas? ... And the second is a UFO Area or something... That's likely not in Daybreak? Or it's in one of those nearer to Vedim Space zones like where you go after the demo?

... How to pronounce Vedim?
Erick totally looks like Nicolas Cage.

I like the clinic BGM when you first meet Erick & co. Very sweet. Graphics are snazzy, I like all the graffiti & the enemy type icons. Battle animations are really cool.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks a lot! I'm super glad you enjoyed it, suzy :DDDDD
I played this a couple of weeks ago, before your new update, but I was entertained. Looking forward to seeing more gameplay added when you have the opportunity. :)
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks! I'm still working on it :D
Cap_H
DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS
6625
It's lovely to hear that! I played it on Monday and it is so good! And I want moar! This is so sleek and engaging! I just want to see you in person to shake your hands and tell you how much I like it.
(It has nice atmosphere btw)