#vn: a6

[amlovelies]

The best medic you could ask for 💙

[qkayoo]

sleepless nights.

happy episode 7 release ☄️🌟🪐

[infinitestarsdev]

Devlog 2024-02-09 (Episode 4 - Part 1 is out NOW!)

It's Friday! And this is a special Friday because it's a RELEASE Friday!

That's right! Episode 4 - Part 1 is now live!

Update Edit: It's also a sad day for my family. I lost someone dear to me this morning, someone even dearer to my loved ones, and my heart is aching with them for our loss. I wish things weren't the way they are. I wish I could do more to ease their suffering.

Project Details:

167,666 words in total. (That's roughly the same length as the first two Harry Potter novels combined)

825 possible choices.

Patrons can get their version over here (win|mac|lin) or here (android), and everyone else can get the full game on Steam or Itchio!

Episode 4 - Part 1 continues the story after the dramatic conclusion from Episode 3.

It introduces several new characters, several new and redrawn backgrounds, several new portraits, several new music tracks, an overhauled story controller, a new free-roam mechanic, a new star system navigation interface, a lore gallery with unlockable entries, a system for players to load custom-made stories written by other players into the game, a seasonal event (Spooktober Heist), and nearly 40K additional words of content (some being intimate content for Kiaria, Lochem and Khalil).

It also includes two very special player portraits! Thanks to the amazing ladies from Wanderlust Games, you can now play your Mah'Abeu as a younger version of Damon or Ayame from Andromeda Six! (Seriously, if you're hearing about Andromeda Six for the first time– You're about to fall in love. Go check them out and support them if your wallet allows!)

We've been working extremely hard to bring this release to you, and while we've added a ton of new things, we would have loved to add more. Sadly, we had to draw a line in the sand and release what was available.

Some of the things that we could add before the deadline that were requested by our beta testers:

MC is more knowledgeable about the Cephilusk.

Added a location hint during free-roam sequences.

Made Kiaria more Kiaria when dealing with current events.

Your Mah'Abue now crafts the notice being sent to the crew.

Several more personality options (with more on their way)

Most free-roam scenes now have the crew members touching on or hinting at the current situation.

Fixed some logic bugs with Sonia's scene.

Adjusted Andreas' scene with an additional choice if he becomes too much.

Added some additional logic and checks to the response you can give when the crew/your LI asks about how you are coping. (Might still expand on this.)

Your Mah'Abue now has more control over how they handle Nikau.

Added Lindi's music track.

An additional intimate scene for Khalil

Some of the things that we couldn't add before the deadline that will be added very soon. (over the next week or three):

Implementing some more of the Beta Tester feedback requests.

The start of Tabitha's character arc.

A free-roam scene for Lebeny, along with an additional intimate scene.

Adding a semi-intimate, more risque scene with Matthias.

Adding additional character expressions to some of the free-roam content.

Additional music tracks where there is only silence.

Missing Lore Descriptions, replacing the WiP notice with actual content.

The new trailer for Episode 4.

Some of the things that we couldn't add before the deadline that will be added down the line. (more than a month from now)

Additional backgrounds and characters.

Continuing Episode 4, including the much-anticipated Matthias Elevator scene.

Additional Lore items to unlock.

More free-roam content, more character content (Reyna and more), more intimate scenes.

Character relationship arcs (and intimate scenes) for Raymond, Matthias, Veera and Tabitha as a prioity.

Character relationship arcs (and intimate scenes) for Cephilusk, Andreas and TBD a little further down the road.

As always, despite the hours and hours and heaps of financial resources poured into the project, Infinite Stars is still entirely free! If you like what we are doing and can afford to show your support, please consider joining one of our paid Patreon tiers!

Infinite Stars wouldn't be nearly as cool as it is without the support of our amazing Patrons who believe in us!

If you can't afford to support us, that's cool. We still love you, and having you enjoy our game fills our hearts with joy! If you like the game, share it with your friends or give us a positive review to help with the visibility algorithms.

Have a peaceful weekend, enjoy the release, and go hug one of your loved ones!

[thelikesoffinn]

You play visual novel! Can you give me recommendation? I just started playing them and I'm looking for good once

Haha, yeah I do. Occasionally, at least.

I really enjoy the "Our Life" games by GBPatch Games - they're probably my all time favourite. Trouble Comes Twice by Foxglove Games, something I played recently, was also really fun.

If you can get your hands on it really dirt cheap, maybe check out Bustafellows. It's not that good, but the art is great and it does have its moments!

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is also amazing, if you're into a little law and order gedohns.

If you like Scifi, maybe check out Andromeda Six by Wanderlust Games - also a game I hold really dear - or Infinite Stars.

If you're into vampires, I'd 100% recommend both Vampire The Masquerate - Courteries of New York and Vampire the Masquerade - Shadows of New York. Thinking about it, I should probably replay those...

Fantasy-wise I really enjoyed When The Night Comes by Lunaris Games.

Scarlet Hollow and Slay The Princess by Black Tabby Games are really neat if you're into horror. And Touchstarved by Red Spring Studios is still a Demo for now, but it's already super neat! Oh and XOXO Blood Droplets by GB Patch Games is also fun to play if you like whacky, horror-leaning stuff!

And I guess that's all I have so far! Sorry it's not more, I'm sure you've heard of most of those already. I'm super picky with my visual novels so I don't play a whole lot of them, haha.

[rainidayss]

plz dont come for me

[thornaelle]

Cassian Peg'asi for @highwayphantoms!

[quadrupleangst]

I SHOWED HIM TO MY PARENTS AAND THEY BOTH SAID HE'S HANDSOME 😭😭 MY DAD WAS SMIRKING AND CHECKING HIM OUT?????????

[thisghosts-obsessions-again]

When you ask your sister if she's dating the scary second-in-command and she admits she does then proceeds to ramble about her boyfriend's qualities to you:

[kirnet]

help i forgot the whole 'tragic backstory/exposition dump while aya dances on the pole' scene

[aceduchessdragoness]

This is hilarious! Hope you’re planning on playing Ch 7!

ANDROMEDA SIX

FOR THE FIRST TIME

(spoilers ahead, major story beats) made this in an hour... sorry it's sooo scuffed.

Enjoy!

[winged-self-indulgence]

I literally just finished playing A6 like 30 minutes ago, only to enter the tags and find people acting entitled that the MC isn't the prettiest, most special revolutionary princess in the whole universe and therefore the game is bad and the writers are bad and everything is bad.

Obvious statement here but it needs to be said again: the game is free. If you don't like the story, stop playing. Your personal dislike doesn't make it objectively bad.

The game isn't done. It's going to be 10 chapters long and we're on chapter 6. If anything, Nerissa being alive gives us more options since before the MC was pigeonholed into being the ruler and sole reformer of a super corrupt system.

It's a VN. The plot is more or less set in stone. Yes your choices can influence the story, but you aren't the messiah protagonist come to save the galaxy. If you want that experience, play Mass Effect like the rest of us.

TLDR: you're basically the MC from Twisted Wonderland, hope this helps

[itsu-saragi]

Devlog #5 - Celebrating the Little Things.

Good timezone, here’s my June progress update.

Unfortunately there isn’t much to inform. Most of this month was spent running around preparing for my move to another US state, and dealing with the stress that came out of it. So not a lot of progress has been made on the VN.

Instead I thought I’d share something a little different.

Back in August of last year, when I first decided I’d start this silly VN project, I bought myself a little notebook. An A6 spiral notebook with 120 pages, so I can write out and discuss my thoughts. Now, almost a year later, I’m five pages away from filling up the entire thing.

I think that’s pretty fucking cool.

(Tuna decided to intrude as I was taking photos of my notebook lmao)

——-

Most of the contents aren’t useable considering I scrapped the VN premise midway through, but there’s still some character/worldbuilding/story notes in here that I know will be important to the final product. And most of all, I like how I can see my thought process written out. Even though I may not have an outline or a script, I’m happy this serves as a reminder that I’ve still made progress on this weird little project.

I’ve already bought a second pocket notebook, and I’m looking forward to filling that one out as well.

That’s all for now. Next month will also be a short update as I’ll still be in moving hell, but I’ll make sure to post my progress update nonetheless.

Thanks for reading! I hope you have a good timezone :)

[thelikesoffinn]

I can't believe you played a6! I loved that game at first but something about the devs was super off putting to me that I dropped it a few years ago and haven't played it since. Is it worth it even?

Hello there, duck!

Yeah, I do think the game is worth it in general, yes! The story is nice, the world they created is awesome, I really really love the characters a whole lot, and the art is beautiful!

(Especially the backgrounds. I'm not lying when I say that this game has, by far, the most stunning backgrounds of all the VN's I've ever played.)

But I have to admit that I do see where you're coming from with the devs. I'm sure they're very lovely people IRL, but to their followers, they seem...distant and occasionally, in some situations, a bit hostile.

I'm not sure what exactly it is, but devs like the fellas of GBPatch, BlackTabby, and Foxglove seem a lot more welcoming in comparison, so I do see why that could be off-putting!

But in the end, it doesn't matter that much to me personally. Yes, a nice and welcoming atmosphere helps keep the excitement up - especially when paired with well written status updates - but in the end, I'm not conversing with the developers. I'm just playing a game, and I never minded separating art and artists all that much.

[rainidayss]

inspo

ester be sending this to zovack

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[thisghosts-obsessions-again]

Nerissa as soon as she arrives at the gazebo: "You look different. Did you change something?"

MC, who spent the night shagging Damon: "Uhhh... Nothing." ╮⁠(⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)⁠╭

My brain: *cue Someone cook here meme*