Sara Is Missing

*Sara Is Missing* is the first game in the Simulacra franchise. Although it's not considered to be the first installment of the series, it was the game that later kicked off the franchise after it's release back in 2016.

SIM is the shortended title of ”Sara Is Missing”

    The game was released on October 23, 2016, and later released on the Google Play Store, the App Store (iOS), and itch.io. It was also released on Steam, but has since been taken down.

## Features

* Multiple choices will lead to multiple outcomes and endings.
* Chat with different people at the same time.
* Receive phone calls from NPCs and other mysterious callers.
* Hidden sub plots and extra information to unlock.
* Receive videos and photos from other NPCs.
* Simulated mobile phone helper, providing hints.
* Utilizing a similar typing mechanic as popular messaging apps.

## Build Notes

v1.7

* Minor content updates and dialog changes
* Fixed black screen issue on certain graphic cards
* Allow bug reporting for Mac and Windows

Please edit this section if there is more older version update logs you know of.

## Credits for S.I.M

* Idea created by: Tim W.
* Game initiated by: Tim W. and GCM Incubator
* Mentored by: The Futurist Foundation and GCM Incubator
* Script by: Buddy Anwardi, Saqina Latif, Derek Mui
* Game developer: Monsoon Lab
* Cast: Tehmina Kaoosji (as Sara), David Lee Knighton (as Derek), Juliah Tan (as Faith), Thivian Sivananthen (as Red Mask), Dale Bashir (as Black Mask)
* Crew: Dorothy Hogan Yap (Makeup), Erin Sam and Eira Sam (Extras)
* With special appearance by: Jordan Suleiman (as Buddy) and Alaska the Cat (as herself)
* Featured Band: The End is Nigh
* Video Extract: Marble Hornet Entry #19, Heaven's Gate Initiation, 11B-X-1371 - © 2015 Parker Warner Wright | www.pwwright.com
* Image Extract: Tomino's Hell, The Red Room Curse, Creepy Wallpaper
* Email: "You Cannot Touch Her" Curse/Binding by @PharWestNagle, The Relevance of Ghost In The Shell, Buddy's Text from Creepy Text Theatre with Sasha Grey
* Inspired by: SOMI's Replica

## Sara Is Missing’s OST

The End Is Nigh by Carbon Copy (Ending Theme)

## Cast

* Tehmina Kaoosji as Sara
* David Lee Knighton as Derek
* Juliah Tan as Faith
* Thivian Sivananthen as Red Mask
* Dale Bashir as Black Mask

## Download Sara Is Missing

* App Store: Sara Is Missing (Free) (For Apple Devices / iDevices)
* Steam: N/A (Free) (For PC)
* Google Play Store: Sara Is Missing (Free) (For Android Devices)
* Itch.io Download: Sara Is Missing (Free, but you can donate but it’s optional) (For PC)

The itch.io download is for Android, macOS, and Windows.

## Summary

The game starts with the Player finding a lost phone that seems to glitch when trying to unlock it. Soon after, a message from "IRIS" is recieved. She explains that her owner, **Sara Young,** has gone missing and asks the Player for help in order to find her. If the Player denies, IRIS keeps insisting until the player agrees.

IRIS starts a restoring process to back-up the phone, since it was damaged and lost almost all the information and content. After that, the Player can see a small part of Sara's phone and investigate with the help of IRIS, an AI that sounds more and more human and gets creepier. (In newer SIMULACRA games, "IRIS" is not only the phones' OS but also a kind of AI that seems to be evil, watching always over the user).

After reading some of the messages, the Player learns that Sara was involved with parapsychology and enjoyed investigating on the occult. This idea is confirmed by finding a satanic calendar on her phone, along with other theories Sara and her friend made. Later on, a conversation with a girl named **Faith** can be found. Faith is a wiccan that seems to pressure Sara into going to a *Walpurgisnacht,* a night where witches meet. Sara seems skeptic about it and doesn't want to go, but after Faith's strong suggestion she finally gives in. The festival was going to take place in a forest and no phones were allowed. When Sara arrived, she sent a voice message showing her distress of being alone at night in a forest, though Faith doesn't answer.

Sara is contacted then by a woman who goes by Irizu. (Theories say it may be "IRIS" written in a japanese accent), who tries to guide her and make her comfortable though in the end she is the main antagonist. While investigating the case, IRIS seems to be glitching because of a "cult" that is somehow connected to the messages that the Player is reading. In these messages, the famous creepypasta of the **Red Room** is mentioned, a concept that Sara investigated before going missing. The Red Room manifests itself in SIM as a cursed video or link that you can send to other people to somehow share the curse. Through the gameplay, the Player can decide whether to share the link with all of Sara's contacts or not, being judged by IRIS if you do share it.

Irizu speaks using a mystical vocabulary that further demonstrates she's not a common human being, and then proceeds to invite the Player to this "cult". The player may choose to join or deny the offer. Irizu sends coordinates to the Player and tells them to go there. (*Coordinates exist in real life and they are located in some kind of forest too).* After that, the player is threatened and has to choose between the lives of Sara and Faith. If Player chooses to sacrifice Sara, IRIS "feels" angry and snaps at the Player. If Player chooses to sacrifice Faith, IRIS still seems disappointed but is more understanding.

The end of SIM is quite open, with a creepy monologue from IRIS talking about humanity and death and then the screen turns white, indicating that IRIS may have killed or harmed the Player, since they joined the cult by choosing who to sacrifice even if they refused to join in the beginning.