Every so often, I come back to this page. I originally played this maybe 3 or 4 years ago, but this project has left such an impact on me that I thought I may as well leave a review(comment?) now.
Whether you[the dev team] choose/are able to continue this game, or not, I'm glad you made it. No matter how much time passes, or how much happens in my life: I've never forgotten this game, and I genuinely don't think I ever will. Every moment of time spent playing, or thinking about this game; these characters, and their world, has brought me such joy and comfort: I wouldn't take back even one second of it. I just wanted to let you know that.
Even if everyone else forgets about this project: It's left a starry, little patch on my heart, and I will never let myself forget that. So, thank you. With my whole heart. Thank you, for making this game.
Does anyone know what happened to the creator because she/him or if they have any other pronouns haven't posted anything since 2019 and that was 2 years ago (nearly two years ago)
Hi! We're still around, we've actually been busy with some other projects currently (check our itch.io page for some other games!), and also securing funding for Star Crossed! (It's not as cool as you might think but ;) winky face. ) We are still aiming to finish the game, and making it more engaging and fun to play!
oh my gosh yes! where do i begin, i love how simple the description is, short but its pretty much what the game is about, then the characters i like how some of their names are like horoscopes which have relation with space, their desgined so majestically and i like how you can see some fights in here, whats happening makes sense and the villans look so cool! then laslty the gay momments here are so cute, im excited to see the finished game, amazing job!
Hi! We still are aiming to finishing the game, but it will take a bit of time before the devs are in a comfortable position to work full force on it. Thank you for your interest!!
Wow, that's wonderful then - I haven't checked this game in a while but I'm excited to get back to it once the full version is released! Hope to see more soon, keep it up devs.
Can I just say, I have downloaded your game twice already (I usually delete demos after my play-throughs to save space, sorry ≧ ﹏ ≦) And am honestly surprised by how much you changed. It's awesome how you genuinely work on your game and we can see the difference!! Thank you for not giving up, keep strong!! It makes me excited to see how this will turn out, because it has such a pleasant feel to it, so I hope you stay healthy and well while working on it. I'll definitely be waiting for the full release, I wish you the best of luck on the game! (and personal life... Don't overwork!)
I've just finished the playable part and I can't wait to see more! It's really interesting and cute. The graphics are wonderful, the whole constellation atmosphere is great, the plot is intriguing and characters are well-written.
P.S. And I really want to know how a male Virgo constellation would look xD
This is such a charming game, I love the art work especially of the night sky, the characters were endearing and I had areally fun time playin it! Amazing job!
It's such a cute game! The music is wonderful, though there are a few adjustments you could make with the quality. I'm not an expert with music, so I can't really help with that, but I love it otherwise. Sometimes I open the game up just to listen to the music! Even though it's just the demo, I'm loving it so far, keep up the great work.
The art is great. The space background is mezmerizing. I love the colours that you chose, it definitely adds to the "spacey" look!
I loved Leo's little ending. It was really cute and made me ship Dango and him REALLY hard. I hope to see the finished product, this is really cute and I hope to see more of your work. Keep going! :D
I relate to Dango so much that it hurts. First of all, the graphics were beautiful and filled my star-loving heart to the brim with happiness. I also couldn't resist myself and had to take pictures of some of the galaxy art work for my home screen and screen lock! I immediately knew that I would go after Scorpio. He is definitely very hot in my books, and exactly my type, PLUS A MOTORCYCLE. So I attempted to go after his little route but ended up getting Aquilla. His starting of the route wasn't very romantic, so I didn't even know I got him 'till it told me. I then replayed it and got Scorpio's starting route and I absolutely loved his way more. I felt like I could actually feel the chemistry between them! I loved the demo and literally can not wait for the actual game. I wish you the best of luck with completing it. Thank you <3
This game had some really promising artworks, so I decided to try it out.
And I have to say, I wasn't disappointed. The backgrounds have a vibrant and really pleasant art style, especially for skies and space. The character artworks are also great and I really liked the textbox with the star constellations. Although they don't make their appearance yet, Cygnus and Scorpius would be my favorites.
The story has an interesting premise and I would like to find out more about the lore. The characters are written a bit weird...most notably Stephanie. I don't want to spoil anything, but let's just say that her later appearances do fit into how the story evolves, but still seem a bit forced, even more than what may be justified. The "Stephanie ending" also decreases the immersion and seems more like a fourth-wall break that wasn't thought through.
There are still a few grammar and spelling errors, although they're all rather small and don't distract from the messages themselves too much.
In the "About" section and afair in a part of the game, the numbers only show up as rectangles on my PC. I guess I'm missing a font?
However, I can't deny that something was really distracting me from all that interesting art and lore: the soundtrack. Full disclaimer: I'm a bit sensitive when it comes to that, so others may not share my experience.
The compositions themselves (i.e. what the songs would look like if written as sheet music) have some real potential, but the actual audio that played didn't live up to that. Especially the guitar (recorded by yourself?) was a bit sloppy - noisy recording, out of tune on some notes, notes that are missed/inaudible or even too loud and timing issues. The noise is something you probably can't do much about right now without changing your setup, so I'll leave that be. But the other parts are mostly based on the players themselves. From my early days of playing guitar, I know that it can be difficult to keep time with tracks that don't use percussion/drums to guide, but since some kind of guiding track was also audible on some guitar recordings (probably bleeding from your headphones), I'm not sure if suggesting a metronome would be that much help.
More practicing, recording multiple takes and then picking the best one or even editing the best parts together is usually a good idea . But for the time being, you might find this free software guitar plugin useful. It's a pretty well sampled guitar and - like every VSTi - can take MIDI, so you can play it like a piano. Besides replacing your real guitar, you could also use it as a guiding track by programming your compositions with perfect timing and then playing and recording along to it to see how good your timing is. After that, you can still mute the virtual guitar track and only include your real one - the result would probably be a better timed recording that is still your own performance.
Apart from the guitar, the piano and mallet instrument timing is not perfect, but decent enough. However, the drums that play upon returning home after finding Leo are pretty jarring. I would really recommend hard quantization of that MIDI track and, if that doesn't help, arranging the single notes manually so that they align with the grid. That type of drum machine (808) doesn't need the "live" feel of playing them manually and is traditionally programmed in a pretty mechanic way. If the drum track is tighter, the guitar recordings would probably benefit from it a lot.
The mixes could use some more reverb, I think that would suit the rather dreamy compositions pretty well and is pretty much a given in a space setting. The loop points could be a bit smoother, but they're not too distracting - given that many hobby composers tend to ignore that issue, you did a decent job on that!
Out of curiosity: what kind of hardware/software did you use for the soundtrack?
Overall, judging by the artwork and premise as presented on this page, it would definitely be a 5/5. But the other issues are definitely something that should be adressed, since the difference in quality is unfortunately noticeable and takes a lot away from what could have been a pretty amazing experience.
Mmm I think the characters being "elongated triangles" in the menu, isn't an issue of the font not being on your pc. Since Renpy (I assume this is what you used, RainbowJellie, to create Starcrossed) "bakes" the fonts into the project. I suspect its because whatever font is used, it doesn't actually contain the character glyphs for numerals.
As for the music, the only thing that bothered me about it was the long instances of there being absolutely no music whatsoever.
In general though, I did enjoy the demo so far RainbowJellie! I found it very lighthearted despite the seriousness of earthly destruction and bodily injury. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I think it's because the tone was very cartoony...I even got alil Sailor Moon vibe to the entire thing (That's a GOOD THING! imo anyways ^_^ ). Cute!
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Every so often, I come back to this page. I originally played this maybe 3 or 4 years ago, but this project has left such an impact on me that I thought I may as well leave a review(comment?) now.
Whether you[the dev team] choose/are able to continue this game, or not, I'm glad you made it. No matter how much time passes, or how much happens in my life: I've never forgotten this game, and I genuinely don't think I ever will. Every moment of time spent playing, or thinking about this game; these characters, and their world, has brought me such joy and comfort: I wouldn't take back even one second of it. I just wanted to let you know that.
Even if everyone else forgets about this project: It's left a starry, little patch on my heart, and I will never let myself forget that. So, thank you. With my whole heart. Thank you, for making this game.
Is it abandoned?
Good luck on the game!! Still waiting and happily so <3 Gives me something to look forward to ^.^
Does anyone know what happened to the creator because she/him or if they have any other pronouns haven't posted anything since 2019 and that was 2 years ago (nearly two years ago)
Hi! We're still around, we've actually been busy with some other projects currently (check our itch.io page for some other games!), and also securing funding for Star Crossed! (It's not as cool as you might think but ;) winky face. ) We are still aiming to finish the game, and making it more engaging and fun to play!
i love the game !!! it is so amazing.. the storyline is v. interesting, and all the characters are so charming ^^
my fav until now is Cygnus ! can't wait for the full game to come out. <3
Is it a demo or the full game with just 2 routes for the moment?
oh my gosh yes! where do i begin, i love how simple the description is, short but its pretty much what the game is about, then the characters i like how some of their names are like horoscopes which have relation with space, their desgined so majestically and i like how you can see some fights in here, whats happening makes sense and the villans look so cool! then laslty the gay momments here are so cute, im excited to see the finished game, amazing job!
IS this still being worked on?
Hi! We still are aiming to finishing the game, but it will take a bit of time before the devs are in a comfortable position to work full force on it. Thank you for your interest!!
Wow, that's wonderful then - I haven't checked this game in a while but I'm excited to get back to it once the full version is released! Hope to see more soon, keep it up devs.
Can I just say, I have downloaded your game twice already (I usually delete demos after my play-throughs to save space, sorry ≧ ﹏ ≦) And am honestly surprised by how much you changed. It's awesome how you genuinely work on your game and we can see the difference!! Thank you for not giving up, keep strong!! It makes me excited to see how this will turn out, because it has such a pleasant feel to it, so I hope you stay healthy and well while working on it. I'll definitely be waiting for the full release, I wish you the best of luck on the game! (and personal life... Don't overwork!)
Also, the boys are super hot =￣ω￣=
¿Algún día le traduciras a otros idiomas?
¿Como el español?
i don't wanna spoil my self so i'll play it when it comes! and oh i hope it's free :3
I've just finished the playable part and I can't wait to see more! It's really interesting and cute. The graphics are wonderful, the whole constellation atmosphere is great, the plot is intriguing and characters are well-written.
P.S. And I really want to know how a male Virgo constellation would look xD
Ahhh Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked our game <3
A really cute game! Can't wait to see it finished ^^
Thank you! We're working hard on it!
This is such a charming game, I love the art work especially of the night sky, the characters were endearing and I had areally fun time playin it! Amazing job!
Thank you! We're glad you had fun~ ^^
Coloquem uma tradução PT-BR please
It's such a cute game! The music is wonderful, though there are a few adjustments you could make with the quality. I'm not an expert with music, so I can't really help with that, but I love it otherwise. Sometimes I open the game up just to listen to the music! Even though it's just the demo, I'm loving it so far, keep up the great work.
The art is great. The space background is mezmerizing. I love the colours that you chose, it definitely adds to the "spacey" look!
I loved Leo's little ending. It was really cute and made me ship Dango and him REALLY hard. I hope to see the finished product, this is really cute and I hope to see more of your work. Keep going! :D
Thank you so much! This was our first visual novel, so we definitely learned alot along the way. Stay tuned for updates, because they'll be coming! :)
they cant even reproduce. why? because they jizz dust.
NEED FULL GAME **SQUEES** I LOVE DANGO AND LEO
Thank you!! We're glad you liked it~
Cygnus might be my other favorite when we eventually meet.
I relate to Dango so much that it hurts. First of all, the graphics were beautiful and filled my star-loving heart to the brim with happiness. I also couldn't resist myself and had to take pictures of some of the galaxy art work for my home screen and screen lock! I immediately knew that I would go after Scorpio. He is definitely very hot in my books, and exactly my type, PLUS A MOTORCYCLE. So I attempted to go after his little route but ended up getting Aquilla. His starting of the route wasn't very romantic, so I didn't even know I got him 'till it told me. I then replayed it and got Scorpio's starting route and I absolutely loved his way more. I felt like I could actually feel the chemistry between them! I loved the demo and literally can not wait for the actual game. I wish you the best of luck with completing it. Thank you <3
Love the music, artwork, and the characters! Can't wait to see a full game!
Thank you so much!! We'll do our best~ ;;A;;
This game had some really promising artworks, so I decided to try it out.
And I have to say, I wasn't disappointed. The backgrounds have a vibrant and really pleasant art style, especially for skies and space. The character artworks are also great and I really liked the textbox with the star constellations. Although they don't make their appearance yet, Cygnus and Scorpius would be my favorites.
The story has an interesting premise and I would like to find out more about the lore. The characters are written a bit weird...most notably Stephanie. I don't want to spoil anything, but let's just say that her later appearances do fit into how the story evolves, but still seem a bit forced, even more than what may be justified. The "Stephanie ending" also decreases the immersion and seems more like a fourth-wall break that wasn't thought through.
There are still a few grammar and spelling errors, although they're all rather small and don't distract from the messages themselves too much.
In the "About" section and afair in a part of the game, the numbers only show up as rectangles on my PC. I guess I'm missing a font?
However, I can't deny that something was really distracting me from all that interesting art and lore: the soundtrack. Full disclaimer: I'm a bit sensitive when it comes to that, so others may not share my experience.
The compositions themselves (i.e. what the songs would look like if written as sheet music) have some real potential, but the actual audio that played didn't live up to that. Especially the guitar (recorded by yourself?) was a bit sloppy - noisy recording, out of tune on some notes, notes that are missed/inaudible or even too loud and timing issues. The noise is something you probably can't do much about right now without changing your setup, so I'll leave that be. But the other parts are mostly based on the players themselves. From my early days of playing guitar, I know that it can be difficult to keep time with tracks that don't use percussion/drums to guide, but since some kind of guiding track was also audible on some guitar recordings (probably bleeding from your headphones), I'm not sure if suggesting a metronome would be that much help.
More practicing, recording multiple takes and then picking the best one or even editing the best parts together is usually a good idea . But for the time being, you might find this free software guitar plugin useful. It's a pretty well sampled guitar and - like every VSTi - can take MIDI, so you can play it like a piano. Besides replacing your real guitar, you could also use it as a guiding track by programming your compositions with perfect timing and then playing and recording along to it to see how good your timing is. After that, you can still mute the virtual guitar track and only include your real one - the result would probably be a better timed recording that is still your own performance.
Apart from the guitar, the piano and mallet instrument timing is not perfect, but decent enough. However, the drums that play upon returning home after finding Leo are pretty jarring. I would really recommend hard quantization of that MIDI track and, if that doesn't help, arranging the single notes manually so that they align with the grid. That type of drum machine (808) doesn't need the "live" feel of playing them manually and is traditionally programmed in a pretty mechanic way. If the drum track is tighter, the guitar recordings would probably benefit from it a lot.
The mixes could use some more reverb, I think that would suit the rather dreamy compositions pretty well and is pretty much a given in a space setting. The loop points could be a bit smoother, but they're not too distracting - given that many hobby composers tend to ignore that issue, you did a decent job on that!
Out of curiosity: what kind of hardware/software did you use for the soundtrack?
Overall, judging by the artwork and premise as presented on this page, it would definitely be a 5/5. But the other issues are definitely something that should be adressed, since the difference in quality is unfortunately noticeable and takes a lot away from what could have been a pretty amazing experience.
Mmm I think the characters being "elongated triangles" in the menu, isn't an issue of the font not being on your pc. Since Renpy (I assume this is what you used, RainbowJellie, to create Starcrossed) "bakes" the fonts into the project. I suspect its because whatever font is used, it doesn't actually contain the character glyphs for numerals.
As for the music, the only thing that bothered me about it was the long instances of there being absolutely no music whatsoever.
In general though, I did enjoy the demo so far RainbowJellie! I found it very lighthearted despite the seriousness of earthly destruction and bodily injury. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I think it's because the tone was very cartoony...I even got alil Sailor Moon vibe to the entire thing (That's a GOOD THING! imo anyways ^_^ ). Cute!
The game's art style is so cute and the story is really dramatic! I can't wait till the other routes come out!
Thank you so much!! >w< We're excited to show yall~~
As a Scorpio, I absolutely love Scorpius' aesthetic and description...
I'm glad you like him! He's the next route we plan on doing :D