Protocol: Daybreak is a browser-based social deduction game
for a group of 4 to 10 people. It grows out of what is usually called “Bunker”:
a group of survivors takes a shelter, there are fewer places in it than there are
people, and deciding who stays inside is left to you.
How it differs from other “Bunker” games
In most versions the game ends with the vote and a short epilogue. Here the vote is
only half of it. Once the doors close, those left divide the duties between them and
live through three nights — and people really do die in those nights. The outcasts
are not eliminated either: they keep playing outside, helping the shelter, harming it
or looking for a refuge of their own, and their story gets an ending of its own.
What you need to start
Nothing to install and nothing to pay for. The game opens in a browser on a computer
or a phone. One person creates a room and sends round the link with its four-character
code; you can also skip gathering a group and sit down in someone else's open room
through “Find a game”. Text chat and voice are built in — no separate Discord or Zoom
needed.
What is free
Everything that affects the game. The points you earn with levels buy decoration only:
frames, name styles, avatars. No purchase gives an advantage at the table, and places
in the season rating cannot be bought either.
Getting in touch
The project has a Discord — that is where people look for a group for the evening,
report bugs and complain about obscene nicknames in the game search. The link is on
the front page and at the bottom of every screen. There is no separate contact form on
the site, so this is the way to reach us.
Who made this
A small independent project. The game is written from scratch: its own story, its own
text, its own mechanics — only the idea of the genre is borrowed, and that belongs to
nobody.
“Bunker” is the name and the trademark of a board game published by someone else.
Protocol: Daybreak is not affiliated with its rights holders, holds no licence from
them and uses none of their material — no cards, no text, no artwork. The word
“bunker” appears on this site only in its ordinary sense, and where we need to explain
how we differ from them.