Wai

Wai is a narrative adventure game with light survival elements such as hunger and thirst, which affect the character's perception system — the core mechanic of the game.

The story follows a character who wakes up in a forest clearing with no memory of their identity or how they got there. Alone and disoriented, the character must explore the surroundings to uncover clues about the place, their past, and the reason for being there.

Through interaction with objects in the environment, fragments of the story gradually emerge — revealing answers while also unlocking new questions. These discoveries drive the character’s progression and slowly unveil the lore.

How to play Wai

Pay close attention to your surroundings: exploration is key. Whenever an object of interest is nearby, a subtle notification will appear in the upper corner of the screen. This means there’s something important to the story close to you.

To recognize these objects, your character relies on Perception, which is directly influenced by hunger and thirst. That means you'll need to occasionally eat and drink to stay sharp.

There’s no map in Wai. You’ll need to mentally map out locations and resources as you go.

When you discover something meaningful about your past, your character will unlock an Insight. These insights reveal who you are—and why you’re there. You can review your insight progression by pausing the game and clicking the Progression button.

• Movement:
  • W - Move forward
  • S - Move backward
  • A - Move left
  • D - Move right
  • Space - Jump
  • Shift - Sprint, while held down and moving
  • Num Lock - Auto-move
• Actions:
  • T - Save the current player location to be able to fast travel to it later
  • Y - Fast travel to the last saved location
• General:
  • Esc - Pause the game, unlocks the cursor and shows the main menu
• Interactions:
  • 1, 2, 3, 4 - Interact with the options when the interaction menu is visible

Current development stage

• Wai is currently under development, and is both playable and stable.
• Players can experience nearly 50% of the progression content already implemented in the game.
• There is no way to reach the game's ending at this point — that content will be available in the final version, which is planned for release in late 2025.
• Currently supported resolutions are 1920x1080 and 3440x1440.
• Join the Wai community on Discord to report bugs, post comments and suggestions, or simply follow the project's progress.

Languages

Wai is fully available in the following languages:

• English
• Português
• 🔜 Español

Changelog

🔜 To be updated after the first patch. 

Credits

Wai is a game developed by a solo creator, made possible by the generous work of many individuals and teams who provided free or fairly licensed assets for low-budget indie projects. Below is the full list of these resources and their authors.

IM Fell English SC by Igino Marini licensed by SIL Open Font License | Merriweather Sans by Sorkin Type Co licensed by SIL Open Font License | Green leaf texture by boyarkinamarina licensed by Freepik License | Keyboard key (modified) by OpenIcons licensed by Pixabay Content License | Papyrus by Niedec licensed by Pixabay Content License | Wood Tree Texture by Engin Akyurt licensed by Pixabay Content License | Extenject Dependency Injection IOC by Mathijs Bakker licensed by Extension Asset | Fast Script Reload by Chris Handzlik licensed by Extension Asset | Serializable Dictionary in Unity by Eduard Malkhasyan licensed by MIT License | Audacity by Audacity Team licensed by GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE | birds_in_park_filtered.wav by jacobsteel licensed by Attribution 4.0 | Ocean gentle waves on beach fizzing bubbles.wav by jackmichaelking licensed by Creative Commons 0 | Wind.WAV by inchadney licensed by Attribution 4.0 | Grass And Flowers Pack 1 by Vladislav Pochezhertsev licensed by Extension Asset | Lemon Trees by NUMENA licensed by Extension Asset | Mountain Environment - Dynamic Nature by NatureManufacture licensed by Standard Unity Asset Store EULA | Nature Assets - Lake Plants by Lugia 3D licensed by Standard Unity Asset Store EULA | Outdoor Ground Textures by A dog's life software licensed by Extension Asset | Player capsule by Unity Technologies licensed by Extension Asset | Simple Water Shader URP by IgniteCoders licensed by Extension Asset | Tropical Island Vegetation by BSP licensed by Single Entity | Unity Terrain by Unity Technologies licensed by Extension Asset.