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Samurai Unicorn

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Harness the power of Samurai Unicorn and fight to save Sydney3 from the Dream Eaters. https://linktr.ee/samuraiunicorn Business Inquires: [email protected]

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Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jan 10

The only way to survive is to rely on each other.

Enter the Goliath Offices, become the host of the Parasitic Gauntlet, and fight back against the Dream Eaters.

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Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · 2d

Getting some stuff ready for the SXSW Sydney Games Showcase. If you're gonna be there, keep an eye out for our booth and say hi!

Game art inspired by PAL region PS1 cases featuring Lowpoly art of Unicorn backlit by a glowing red sun. White text with no-fill reads: Samurai Unicorn.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · 1d

When it gets printed I'll crack it for an authentic touch!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · 2d

Getting some stuff ready for the SXSW Sydney Games Showcase. If you're gonna be there, keep an eye out for our booth and say hi!

Game art inspired by PAL region PS1 cases featuring Lowpoly art of Unicorn backlit by a glowing red sun. White text with no-fill reads: Samurai Unicorn.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Sep 4

It will be slightly more effective against single targets in the next update!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Sep 4

It is doable (aside from the first boss), but you'll be doing it for a while!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bare fists don't do much against VRmin, but a three hit combo will knock them down and give you an opportunity to take aim with something more lethal.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Sep 1

The new opening for the game is shaping up to be pretty fun! Just got the music and I am in love.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 17

It's been a long time coming, but we are finally updating the website to represent where the game is at right now. Still a work in progress, but the Sydney3 page has some new city shots and a bit of backstory.

www.samuraiunicornps1.com/sydney3

Screenshot from Samurai Unicorn - Establishing shot of the monolithic Goliath Towers standing alone in the Sydney3 CBD, the ominous red sky is filled with Advocate surveillance drones.

Screenshot from Samurai Unicorn showing the upper walkways of The Pitt Street Housing Complex, looking towards the old Harbour Bridge.

Screenshot from Samurai Unicorn showing a bustling black market hidden in the Industrial Sector with homeless citizens and stall owners walking about.

Screenshot from Samurai Unicorn showing the imposing S3PF Command in the police housing district.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 16

You should check out the Sydney3 page... Got some first looks at future areas of the city and some more backstory.

www.samuraiunicornps1.com/sydney3

Sydney3 — Samurai Unicorn

www.samuraiunicornps1.com

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 16

Time to update the website and make sure all the bits of story and game details are actually relevant to where we are at with the project these days...

Hopefully a bunch of new stuff to see later this week.

White text on black:
The year is 1998

Sydney3 is struggling under the oppressive rule of the Goliath megacorporation and the merciless S3PF

A dangerous parasitic plague is sweeping through the lower levels and rogue hacker groups are threatening to tear the whole city down

In the depths of an abandoned research facility, a young detective becomes the unwilling host of the Parasitic Gauntlet...

Granted the ability to summon Samurai Unicorn, Klo Mitchells has become the only one capable of fighting back against the Dream Eaters

Master the power of Unicorn and save Sydney3 before it's too late

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 13

There's still time to completely reshuffle the game once we finish it to make that happen!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 13

I hope with the full scene this is clearer 😅

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 13

Auto-moderation jumping the gun a bit 😏

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 13

Damn, that auto-moderation is on-point. But also spoilers, Klo doesn't actually shoot herself in the head, that would be a crazy way to start Samurai Unicorn!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 13

New opening to the game is coming along nicely... What's a hacked neural mod amongst friends?

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 5

For clarification: update won't be ready until we get the new cutscene looking right and with some appropriate music from the game's composer Darren Lim.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Aug 5

Next build is going to open with a bang... Patrons, please keep an eye out for big updates coming to the playtest.

Jordan Turner @itsgotstealth.bsky.social · Aug 5

Finally getting round to the proper opening cutscene for SamUni and gang... This game is really cool. The scene is a heavily reworked version of the Mass Hack short that takes advantage of much stronger writing, character motivation, and world building for the game.

Screenshot of Samurai Unicorn: Lowpoly graphics portraying drone/news broadcast footage of S3PF patrol officers corner a member of Faux/Pass.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks for playing the demo, looking forward to checking out your playthrough!

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Pecan-San🧟‍♂️🏷️ @pecansan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Figured I'd toss up the playthru I recorded over here as well lol
Sorry it's kinda all over the place at the start, I forgot to trim it down.
www.twitch.tv/videos/25182...

Wake Up Samurai [JUST THE SAMURAI UNICORN PART] - pecan_san on Twitch

pecan_san went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Samurai Unicorn VOD now.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jul 18

Looking forward to checking out your playthrough! Thanks for taking a look and I'm glad your experience was mostly positive!

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jul 17

Avalanche Reviews played our Goliath Offices demo and made a video about it. I think it might be the best overview of what we're working on available right now and gives some fair critiques for the early build.

youtu.be/Cndu7a0mvf4?...

Samurai Unicorn is Peak Cyberpunk Horror : [DEMO]lition

YouTube video by Avalanche Reviews

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🔞NyxDiscordia | VTuber | Vamp-Witch🔞 @nyxdiscordia.bsky.social · Jul 13

huge shoutout to @samuni.bsky.social for dropping me a game key to check out the early playtest of Samurai Unicorn

game was a blast, had a lot of fun with it

I plan on uploading a cut-down version of the VOD, but I do have this for now to showcase my time <3

www.twitch.tv/videos/25105...

Twitch is the world

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𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲🔥💀 @spicyskelly.bsky.social · Jul 12

Dropping the link to my own vod here!

www.twitch.tv/videos/25056...

from 10:45 to 1:59:21 is where I showcase the game with trailers that are out currently, and a full run through of the playtest!

I yap alot so feel free to skip through long yap sessions lol

Really great first experience!

Wake the heck up samurai (unicorn) | Artfight afterwards :] - spicyskelly on Twitch

spicyskelly went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Samurai Unicorn VOD now.

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jul 12

I've been slowly catching up with the playthroughs of the Goliath Offices demo that people have been sharing with us and having a great time.

We always appreciate when people stream or make videos about Samurai Unicorn, but I always forget to search for them, so please tag us!

Klo sitting at a cubicle desk in the Goliath Offices looking at an old monitor. Basically a recreation of "wow, this is doin numbers" meme

Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · Jul 10

Excited to catch the VOD and glad to hear you had fun with it!