Unforeseen Incidents
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. When small-town handyman Harper...
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.9 or later
Description
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. When small-town handyman Harper Pendrell meets a dying woman in the street, he unwittingly stumbles into a diabolical conspiracy – a mystery only he can solve.
An unknown disease is spreading across the country, and between them a scientist, a reporter and a reclusive artist hold the key to stopping it. A perilous journey awaits, and every step brings Harper closer to a cabal of dangerous fanatics. Before he knows it, he finds himself in a fight for the future of humankind armed only with his trusty multi-tool.
Can Harper find the courage to expose the truth and prevent an epidemic, even if it means succumbing to contagion himself? Join Harper and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game from Backwoods Entertainment and Application Systems Heidelberg.
Features
• Uncover and solve the dark mysteries behind the ongoing catastrophe and try and save the human race!
• Explore plenty of intriguing locations with challenging puzzles
• Listen to an elaborately arranged soundtrack and full English or German voice acting
• Enjoy a classical style mystery adventure game
• Behold beautiful, lovingly hand-painted 2D graphics with over 60 backgrounds
• Meet lots of interesting characters
WHAT’S NEW
Version 1.9:
• Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
REQUIREMENTS
• Intel, 64-bit processor
• OS X 10.9 or later
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Size
– 1.02GB
Previous Versions
Editor-checked details
Recommended for players who enjoy hand-drawn narrative, conspiracy mysteries and traditional inventory puzzles and can play in English or German. When stuck, rescan scene edges, revisit dialogue and test whether the multi-tool logically combines with the current item before using a walkthrough. Safe order: backup; 1.9/SHA-256; OS/storage; Rosetta; English subtitles; new save; hotspots/items; dialogue/transitions; autosave; long-term progress.
Pros
- More than 60 hand-painted 2D backgrounds give the game a distinctive comic identity. A small-town handyman pulled into an epidemic conspiracy ties inventory puzzles, investigation and character dialogue into a long-form adventure. The multi-tool fits both protagonist and puzzle design. Full English/German voice acting, arranged soundtrack, 18 achievements and focused single-player storytelling reward immersion and observation rather than blind item combinations.
Cons
- Classic point-and-click pacing means extensive dialogue, backtracking and inventory combinations. Some prerequisites are subtle enough that a tiny missed hotspot can stop progress. The story is largely linear and choices have limited main-plot impact. Chinese, Japanese and Korean text is absent, making English comprehension part of puzzle difficulty. Publisher and Steam requirement tables disagree, and Apple-silicon support is not explicit, so modern Macs need Rosetta, scaling and save checks.
Installation steps
- This page covers channel version 1.9. Use the current Steam Mac baseline: macOS 10.11+, 1.2 GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB VRAM and 6 GB storage; the publisher’s older 10.9, 2 GHz Core 2 Duo and 5 GB figures are historical. The Steam client itself requires a more modern OS. Back up saves and record SHA-256. With a new save, check menu, subtitle language, hotspots, inventory, multi-tool combinations, dialogue, scene transitions, autosave and reload. Official languages are English, French, Italian, German and Spanish; among the five article locales, only English is available in-game.
Uninstallation steps
- Before uninstalling, return to an interactive scene or menu and let autosave finish; do not force-quit during transitions, dialogue choices or inventory-combination animation. Back up saves, settings, chapter, 1.9 and SHA-256, and remove user data only after confirming a recoverable local/Cloud copy. After reinstalling, use a copy to pick up and combine an item, complete dialogue, change scene and save/reload before restoring progress.
Common errors and fixes
- For launch failure, use Steam’s 10.11+/4 GB/1 GB VRAM/6 GB baseline rather than the old 10.9 copy, verify files and permissions, disable overlays and retry once. Native Apple-silicon support is not promised; M1/M2/M3/M4 may depend on Rosetta 2 and need per-device validation. Missing hotspots usually mean a prerequisite dialogue/item was skipped. For combinations, select the tool before the target rather than treating a story gate as a bug. Reload the preceding autosave for black screens or stuck transitions. Chinese, Japanese and Korean are unsupported; English/German have full audio, while French/Italian/Spanish have interface and subtitles.
What changed in this version
- The channel version is 1.9, but neither the source listing nor currently verifiable official pages provide itemized notes tied exactly to “1.9”, so fixes are not invented. Acceptance focuses on displayed version, launch, hotspots, inventory, multi-tool, dialogue, transitions, subtitles, autosave and reload; treat the packaged behavior as authoritative.
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