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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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CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
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Hey y'all!

I will be streaming Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening in half an hour, on the hour - 5pm PST. It's my first time playing this game, and developer unity has made some awesome stuff in the past (Luxaren Allure, Remnants of Isolation) so I am really excited for this! Hop on through and chat with me :grin:

Here's the link!
unity
You're magical to me.
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Yay! Thanks Cash :DDD
Watching the stream... Wondering about a pronunciation guide... And I think we already had one, but I dunno.

Vedim: I say "Vee-dim", but I guess "Ved-im" is sensible too?

Elothu: L-oth-oo

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... Wait, Healy Mouth water "wells up from the realms beyond"... What realms are those??

We've only known of Vedim Space and the Derleth Expanse, right? ... There's other realms out there? I guess the same place as the positive energy of the wisps?

Well, Elothu and the other have to come from somewhere...

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The ability to change difficulty after choosing, seems to be need to be said?

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Psychic Energy is needed to escape Daybreak... How many Evocations worth?

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Oh, right, Alicia's psychic ability is a PubertySuperpower. Given Dottie's age, it's implied that's how it's working for her, too?

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Ugh. I gotta sleep. Bye. There was a typo found in the stream, if it hasn't been reported:

"Activite" from Elothu's explanation of Skill Space.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
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A+ stream, would squabble about grammatical nitpicks again.

Edit:
author=Malandy
... Wait, Healy Mouth water "wells up from the realms beyond"... What realms are those??

We've only known of Vedim Space and the Derleth Expanse, right? ... There's other realms out there? I guess the same place as the positive energy of the wisps?

Well, Elothu and the other have to come from somewhere...

Elothu and the other Evocations are from the Derleth Expanse. There are other places that aren't involved in the goings-on here. Other than offering weird water that gives you strawberry burps.

author=Malandy
Wondering about a pronunciation guide...

They're pronounced however you want to pronounce them TBH.

I think of them as "EE-low-thoo" and "VED-ihm" but y'all pronounce them however sounds right to you. We'll worry about standardizing it when the Saturday morning cartoon adaptation happens.
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
Love this game! <3
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Yay! <3 Thanks :DDDD
I have a question circling for hours cannot find school where Dottie is supposedly is?
How to access it from fulgham grove location?\

edit: nevermind found it yay!!!

P.S great game, enjoying playing it, my favorite would be Mirian feisty fellow
unity
You're magical to me.
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author=Fanatik007
I have a question circling for hours cannot find school where Dottie is supposedly is?
How to access it from fulgham grove location?\

edit: nevermind found it yay!!!

P.S great game, enjoying playing it, my favorite would be Mirian feisty fellow


Sorry for the late reply, but very glad you found your way and that you're enjoying the game! :DDD Thanks very much for playing!
Hey unity, I'd like to say, this game was amazing, that which I've played so far at least. And adding on to the Nautilus boss idea, perhaps it shoud have different portraits like the hosts do? Perhaps the red turning green?
unity
You're magical to me.
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author=TMTTMG
Hey unity, I'd like to say, this game was amazing, that which I've played so far at least. And adding on to the Nautilus boss idea, perhaps it shoud have different portraits like the hosts do? Perhaps the red turning green?


Thanks very much! :DDD I'm happy you're enjoying the game! As for the Nautilus, do you mean like the red dots on it turning green?
Unity, I just wanted you to know I played through the demo again over Christmas break and had a blast. Can’t wait to see what strange things come in the new year!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Thanks so much and so glad you're still enjoying it! :DDD I'm working on it nearly every day so it'll hopefully be done soon! ^_^
What script did you use for the character portraits?
unity
You're magical to me.
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author=todpole
What script did you use for the character portraits?


Galv's Message Busts :D
unity
You're magical to me.
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Just a small thing, but I added maps to the School dungeon. It's probably the most confusing area in the entire game so it really needed them. In the final build, you'll be able to check the map at any of the four big hallway intersections. I hope that'll make that part of the game a bit smoother for everyone!
author=unity
Just a small thing, but I added maps to the School dungeon. It's probably the most confusing area in the entire game so it really needed them. In the final build, you'll be able to check the map at any of the four big hallway intersections. I hope that'll make that part of the game a bit smoother for everyone!


Thanks!

... Lol that a mundane area is the most confusing area in this game.
Hi Unity. I've played about 5 hours so far and got to the school. I'm really enjoying the game so far, but was just wondering if the save file from the latest 60% version would still be compatible with the final version. I don't want to keep playing if I will have to start over once the final version comes out.
unity
You're magical to me.
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author=meteomage
Hi Unity. I've played about 5 hours so far and got to the school. I'm really enjoying the game so far, but was just wondering if the save file from the latest 60% version would still be compatible with the final version. I don't want to keep playing if I will have to start over once the final version comes out.


Hello Meteomage! :D The save file should be compatible! You should be able to download the final version when it's done, move the save file over, and continue with no issue ^_^
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
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If I recall, there was an in-game message saying that save-files were compatible between the 60% and 100% releases at EndOfDemo. Pretty sure?

Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
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i will not be looking to see how many others have already made the "this is actually a fortunate thing that is happening" re: the 1.0 release

congrats <3