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Virginia at night: rooftops and a skyline with every window dark
A crew member on the roof holding up a cyan lantern
CHAPTER 01 PLAYABLE NOW

Virginiawent dark.

Somebody has to turn the lights back on. Start in your apartment, earn your tools and bring the city back, one district at a time.

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One window just came on.

Yours. Click it to go inside.Tap it to go inside.

Mayor DickensNobody asked you to fix my city.…Fine. Keep going.
01 / MEET THE MAYOR

District by
district.

What you repair stays repaired. The city remembers, even when the season turns.

✓ Your apartment✓ The quayCity Hall · nextCake Stake · later

Chapter 01 covers the apartment and the quay. Other districts are in development.

02 / EPISODE 1 BEGINS HERE

The lights went out.
The comic starts here.

Bill, Carl, Crazy Mary and a very nervous Mayor. Episode 1 is free to read. Every mission you finish unlocks the next one.

Virginia went dark: the city skyline in a blackout, a rocket in the searchlight
EP 01
Bill, Carl and Crazy Mary: pick your Virgin
Bill holding a birthday cake by candlelight: power's out, cake's fine
Mayor Dickens on a flickering TV: one job, then we talk about the rocket
Bill grabs a glowing alien blaster as three thugs close in: KLANK
Crazy Mary crashing a car through a fence with a cake on the roof
EP 02 · UNLOCK BY PLAYING
Locked · Ep 08Heaven GateTen levels. One guest list.
Locked · Ep 09Down BelowNine floors. No exits.
Locked · Ep 10Phobos or BustJapan went. Virginia's next.
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A message from Virginia

Apparently,
you’ve got mail.

Carl found your file. And several things the Mayor would prefer he hadn’t.

Keep scrolling. He’ll hand it over.

Virginia City HallDepartment of questionable decisions
1 / 2

To: the one who turned the lights on.

Your apartment
was just the start.

Outside your window: neon towers, questionable neighbours, and a diner that considers cake a food group.

We’re building streets, homes, and odd jobs the Mayor is suspiciously too busy to do himself.

Start with the apartment demo. The rest of Virginia is still getting its act together.

Yours, with plausible deniability,CarlRecords, rumours & miscellaneous disasters
Original file. Suspicious handwriting.
Virginia City HallThings we probably shouldn’t put in writing
2 / 2

Enclosed: a little local intelligence.

Mind the
neighbours.

The marina looks peaceful. The island has other ideas. If you hear hissing, it is probably not the plumbing.

Everyone wants a seat on the rocket. Nobody has read the safety manual.

Fix your place first. Even questionable adventures need somewhere to come home to.

A peek at the city in development. Your apartment demo is open now.

Skip to the city glimpse
Beyond your front door

Small apartment.
Very big plans.

The same misfits. A city full of bad decisions. Here’s a glimpse of the Virginia we’re building.

Development preview of Virginia: a layered neon city with high-rise districts, a lake and its marinaVirginia after hours.In development
Actual development capture. A glimpse of what’s growing beyond the apartment.

Start small.
Cause problems later.

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04 / THE MAP

Walk the city.
Go inside.

Where it all started. Explore the original Virginia artwork and peek inside its rooms. Your apartment over Rocket Comics is the playable demo.

Map of Virginia: City Hall on the square, Cake Stake, Rocket Comics and the hillside sign

Hover a building, click to go inside.Swipe the map, tap a building to go inside.

Room

03 / TAKE IT OUTSIDE

Light the
beacon.

The Splicer fixes the relay. The Visor finds the dry route. Either way, the quay comes back on.

Signal restored · Quay online
The quay relay cabinet
THE QUAY RELAY
01 / START AT HOME

Fix your
place first.

Clear the door, get the power back, build a bench. It's a dump. It's your dump.

  • Clear the entrance
  • Restore the power
  • Build the workbench
02 / PICK A ROLE

Earn the tool.
Use it.

Finish the signal dispatch and your kit opens. What's inside depends on who you are.

EngineerRelay Splicer

Relay Splicer

Fixes broken connections. Brings the power back.

Field kit caseEARNED

Never sold.
One per role.

RunnerRoute Runner Visor

Route Runner Visor

Reads hidden markings. Finds the safe way through.

The Registry: cyan-lit display cabinets and rows of old files inside a vaulted archive
Carl The Crooked, an original Virginia one-of-one
Inside Virginia / The Registry

Every misfit.
On the record.

Carl keeps the files. Whether he keeps them straight is another matter.

Carl The CrookedOriginal 1/1 · #007

“Name? Occupation? Reason you're still here?”

“Never mind. We need everyone.”

A glimpse of Virginia · district in development

Cake Stake diner: pink neon and circular windows overlooking Virginia at night
Crazy Mary, an original Virginia one-of-one
Bill The Eater, an original Virginia one-of-one
Inside Virginia / Cake Stake

Save the city.
Save a slice.

The lights are back. The regulars have a few priorities of their own.

Bill The EaterOriginal 1/1 · #004
Crazy MaryOriginal 1/1 · #008

Bill“You fixed the lights. Good.”

Mary“Now fix the fridge.”

A glimpse of Virginia · district in development

05 / SEASONS

Seasons reset the score.
Not your stuff.

Gear stays.

Every tool you earned comes with you.

Your place stays.

The workshop you built is still there.

0 XP

The race restarts.

Season XP starts again. Everyone's even.

NEXT SEASON 2

Same misfits.Bigger city.

Season 2, Bullies, brings new districts and a new crew. Your gear and apartment carry over.

Season 2 timing and supply are unconfirmed. No mint is live.

Season 2 art: placeholder

Still misfits. Still here.

The original Virginia crew: 420 characters and 19 one-of-ones from the first collection.

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