Missing / Unrecoverable Caretaker Assets

So this page is basically where I'm keeping track of all the stuff we know *should* exist in Caretaker, but for whatever reason isn't in any of the files anyone has. Basically some of these are confirmed through screenshots, some through old forum posts or weird metadata, and others are kind of educated guesses based on how Unity projects usually look.

Note: A lot of the filenames here came from scraps of metadata or comments from people who still had old builds. There is a potential for some of them to not be correct. I tried my best to figure them out, and they’re honestly pretty close enough so like you can kind of tell what they were supposed to be. Sometimes there were multiple versions floating around, so I grouped those together.

Category A - Missing Caretaker Assets

• unused_room_01.unity
  Only referenced once (in a leftover text file??) and seems like it would've been a counterpart to the “unused_room_02” area people actually found.
• unused_room_01_preview.png
  The thumbnail for it. The preview is broken everywhere it shows up and only loads as a half-corrupted header.
• unused_room_02.unity
  We know this existed because the room itself is in the leaked build, but the original Unity scene file isn’t in any archives. Probably got overwritten.
• test_smoothcamera_03.scene + smoothcamera_anchor_a.prefab
  From the whole “spinning marker” camera thing people used to talk about.
• musicroom_crank_old.fbx
  Early version of the crank in the music room. Someone said the hitbox used to be weird, so that checks out.
• musicroom_crank_old.mat
  Material for the same crank model, also referenced but not present anymore.
• door_green_locked.anim
  Whatever animation the green door was supposed to have. Never seen in-game.
• door_green_locked.controller
  Something to do with the door’s logic. Probably scrapped early.
• basement_lowerlevel_navmesh.asset
  This is weird because the game doesn't even have NPCs, but the metadata still references a navmesh for the basement. File itself is gone. No idea how that works.
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• level_selector_unused.unity
  That unused level select screen that only shows up if you glitch out the UI.
• hiddenmessage_sign_set1.png
  Seems to be the sign textures from that “three sign” room. Only the text transcript survived.
• hiddenmessage_sign_set2.png
  Probablhy used for some other thing of signs but I have no idea other than that.

Category B - RealmWalker Assets

A bunch of these are from Magic’s old RealmWalker project. People recognized them because they don’t really match Caretaker’s style, and there were posts about Magic just copying whatever he already had lying around.

• rw_beast_idle_v1.fbx
  The “thing” people swear they saw in the bedroom area. Only the thumbnail name exists.
• rw_beast_idle_v2.fbx
  Slightly different rig maybe? Hard to tell.
• rw_firehydrant_prop.fbx
  Shows up in the Level 3 debug scene listings but not in the final game.
• rw_blackflower_diffuse.png
  The black flowers that appear in that grassy zone screenshot.
• rw_plains_grass.mat
  Grass material that probably came from an outdoor test map.
• rw_ruins_stone_64.png
  Stone texture that doesn't show up in any available builds.
• rw_vfx_motes.particle
  Some small floating particle effect. No surviving version found.
• rw_npc_placeholder.prefab
  Might’ve been a RealmWalker default NPC used as a dummy.
• rw_ambient_loop_v1.ogg
  Outdoor ambience loop. Not the one in Caretaker proper.
• rw_road_sign_textures.dds
  Matches the signs in the “street of houses” screenshot.

Note: I do want to mentiom that out of all of these things I've been trying to find an acutal RealmWalker file, as in a version that's actual playable. As of now I haven't been able to.

Category C - Random Downloads / Placeholders

These are the funniest ones because they’re just blatantly pulled from random sites or tutorial packs Magic must’ve used back then. Some of the filename references come from Unity’s old import logs.

• brickwall_texture_free.jpg - generic old brick texture.
• brickwall_texture_free_v2.jpg - slightly darker version.
• placeholder_sign_DDS.dds - the “ABC sign” culprit.
• stock_floor_tile_2006.png - very tiled and very ugly.
• tutorial_sphere_model.obj - Unity beginner tutorial stuff.
• default_promo_skybox.hdr - probably a stray file.
• oldschool_checkerboard_normals.png - normal map example file.
• ambient_loop_short.mp3 - free mp3 loop (no idea where he might have got it).
• furniture_stubset.fbx - placeholder furniture bundle.
• signpost_nosign_texture.png - fallback sign texture.
• old_tutorial_pack_readme.txt - the readme for one of these packs, missing.

Category D - Developer Files & Logs

• devlog_magic_2007_notes.txt
  Mentioned in a thread but never actually posted anywhere.
• project_settings_backup_v1.asset
  Probably from before Magic switched machines.
• mac2win_texture_map.csv
  Some kind of mapping file used during the migration.
• realmwalker_pitch_nightfall.doc
  Nightfall's concept doc. People swear they saw it.
• credits_unused.txt
  Listed a few names that didn’t make it into the final credits.
• debug_camera_log_042013.log
  A camera test log, probably from early prototyping.
• levels_meta_v0.2.json
  Corrupted JSON referencing Level 2 and 3 toggles.
• shader_stockpack_pre2008.shader
  Old shader file Unity complained about a lot.
• asset_import_report_2007.txt
  Import errors from one of the early builds.
• release_notes_draft_r1.md
  Draft notes for a release that never happened.

Preview / Thumbnail Issues

A couple of preview images technically exist as filenames, but the data is totally unreadable. Stuff like unused_room_01_preview.png and realmwalker_beast_thumb.png only show a few bytes of header info and then nothing. So they’re basically lost.

General Notes on Recovery

• A lot of this was pieced together based on old screenshots people dug up.
• The RealmWalker stuff matches what players remembered from that other project.
• Magic’s switch from Mac to Windows definitely wiped out a bunch of asset paths.
• Some filenames might be slightly off, but close enough to identify them.