Said the Stars

Devlog

• Added the arrival to the wellspring
  October 08, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  This is the spot where the story will start to diverge with your romantic interest from the others; if you see wrong names in your path, please let me know! Also for those who have only recently joine... Continue reading
• If you write drunk...
  September 01, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  ... make sure you have an editor who reads it sober. Fixed some VERY brainfarty typos... Continue reading
• Chapter 4 Concluded, Chapter 5 Starts
  September 01, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  A bit longer update this time, just to properly wrap the Chapter 4, at last. Enjoy! So there are still the following chapters to go: The Finale The Ending The Epilogue As you can determine from the na... Continue reading
• Added conclusion to the Shaman Dream
  August 09, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  We are back! And we are back with the story picking up speed. I took a bit longer with this update than the previous ones, for several reasons. I will not list all of them here, but the relevant ones... Continue reading
• Added Dream (beginning)
  June 15, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy Pride Month, you all! For once I am hoping to push out an update without a day zero fix, as this should be fairly straightforward. In my next project, I will endeavor to take into account the fa... Continue reading
• An update - Fixing Tala's Route
  May 19, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  There will be only a brief continuation of the story for those of you on anyone else's route, but those of you who are on Tala's route and could not continue past the point where you met with Ulrich:... Continue reading
• Added Radio Tower Scene
  May 01, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy May Day! I did some pruning in the upcoming things. So many things I could still fit in this story, you know? But I checked the word count, and this is getting already to be quite long, so inste... Continue reading
• Added arrival to the radio tower
  March 17, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  Happy March, and thank you for the ko-fi donation enabling this update to come out sooner than it was going to! <3 Ah man, what to say about this update? We're steadily starting to move towards the sp... Continue reading
• Added the Post-avalanche Scene
  February 18, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Thank you to the kind person who donated to STS on itch.io! This update goes out for you <3 I did not, in fact, reach my goal of writing 25k of words for this project in January - however, I did get h... Continue reading
• Valentine's Day Update! (Avalanche)
  February 14, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy Valentine's Day! Sorry for the cliffhanger, I was going to post this on Monday already, but was having difficulties with making it work properly. Huge thanks for those who have supported the gam... Continue reading
• Added a romantic scene in a tent
  January 14, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  I think this picture kinda summarizes what to expect of this update: The story now has an approximate of 10k new words published in January! We are about halfway through the story, too. I had a lot of... Continue reading

  
• Fixed NULL paths on CH 4 and Weylin romance on CH 3
  January 09, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #bug fix

  Thank you to the person who posted the NULL path error message in the comments! It was thanks to this that I managed to finally fix broken passages on Weylin's route that caused his romantic scene aft... Continue reading
• Added departure to the Woods
  January 09, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  The updates that I put out this month and the next month will most likely be a bit longer than the ordinary ones, because I am (as I mentioned previously) on a goal of trying to add 25,000 words to Sa... Continue reading
• Fixed a broken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  January 06, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #bug fix

  So as per usual... Fixed a broken passage that prevented the player from completing Chapter 3. For some reason, these just keep eluding my best attempts to test them before release. We continue! Leave... Continue reading
• Chapter 3 is completed!
  January 06, 2024 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy New Year, everyone! This January I set out a goal for myself: write 25,000 words of Said The Stars before the month is over! To start things off I wrapped up Chapter 3 for your pleasure (Dreamwa... Continue reading
• Added Lucid Dreaming
  December 13, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy December, everyone! I was really, really hoping I could wrap up Chapter 3 before the year ends, but what with having started a new job and wrapping up my Uni studies for the year, there's still... Continue reading
• Added the Ice Run scene
  November 02, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy November, everyone! I am back with a new update - this one has Tala and meeting ice run, but also some minor fixes. A bug announcement: in the previous scene, at the townhouse with Sabina and We... Continue reading
• Fixed a broken passage on Weylin's route
  September 30, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  As mentioned in my previous devlog, I fixed a passage on Weylin's route which had two exits where it was just supposed to have one. And uh... yeah. That's the tweet. That's the update. Carry on?... Continue reading
• Added Weylin/Sabina routes for Chapter 3
  September 30, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  So first of all, I found a broken passage (had more than one exits) on Weylin's route where you are cleansing his wound - there's gonna be a bug fix update on that very, very soon, right after I finis... Continue reading
• Concluded the Ulrich scene
  September 12, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  As is my way, again - there was a donation yesterday, so there is a new update today. Thank you for supporting the development of Stars! As is also my way, this was going to be "just concluding the cu... Continue reading
• Added the Scenic Route scene
  September 10, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  As is my way, I woke up to a ko-fi donation for Stars, and immediately got up to put some finishing touches on the next update so I could immediately publish it - thank you very much for your support!... Continue reading
• Quick first hour bug fix (as per usual)
  September 01, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  For some reason, the file had not saved correctly, and the maintenance sequence was empty. So NOW there is the correct version of that! I apologise for having so many same-day fixes; I don't currently... Continue reading
• Chapter 3 Beginning added (and faulty flags fixed)
  September 01, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  I was going to not make an update before the anniversary of this game in one month - but I did keep writing it, and then I realized some flags at the end of chapter 2 were not working correctly at all... Continue reading
• Fixed passages on ending of chapter 2
  August 23, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  And literally just as I was testing my own update, I noticed that every passage was assigned to wrong character (Weylin had Tala's passages, for one). It's fixed now! I hope nobody got the wrong versi... Continue reading
• New update (and the requested art of Weylin!)
  August 23, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  I posted a new update just now, which actually concludes chapter 2! It looks like we might get chapter 3 in before the year ends, but I will make no exact promises of it. Also, since you asked nicely... Continue reading

  
• Added an encounter; fixed typos, phrasings and formatting
  August 21, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  Them's the rules: new record in daily views (over 100 - you guys are amazing!) means I am posting a new update. Enjoy <3 Everyone seems to like Weylin a lot... perhaps I'll need to soon make some art... Continue reading
• Bug fix: missing passage on Weylin's route
  August 17, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  And, just as per usual, I'm releasing a bug fix right after I release a new part - there was a whole passage missing from Weylin's route (if you chose to suture his wounds). Also: it has come to my at... Continue reading
• Added: Campfire scene
  August 17, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  New update - the most complex one of Chapter 2 - is out now! I worked on this in some small amount almost every day for the past three weeks, and still it took this much time to get the new update out... Continue reading
• Fixed a variable bug!
  July 23, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Thank you for the commentors for pointing out that I had, in fact, failed to use my variables correctly! There was a bug on a critical path and it prevented you from proceeding in the story if certain... Continue reading
• Added River encounter
  July 21, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #interactive, #fiction

  100 followers! Thank you so much for your interest so far <3 I wrote and added a new scene which is different depending on your choices thus far. Right after publishing and proofreading I did actually... Continue reading
• Added an encounter
  June 09, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  I tried to be very mindful with names, but this update had a lot of those - I hope there will be no more null path encounters for the readers, but if you do encounter a NULL path (marked conveniently... Continue reading
• Chapter 2 Beginning added!
  June 01, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  Okay, I was going to head to my summer holiday already, but someone decided to donate to Stars on my ko-fi page and I am extremely motivated by money. (THANK YOU!) So here you go - a new update! This... Continue reading
• (Hopefully) fixed a bug!
  May 29, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  An eagle-eyed reader informed me that they managed to find a Null path on Ulrich's route. There is one single error message you can get while playing this game, so if you do find it, please let me kno... Continue reading
• Intro and Chapter 1 done!
  May 28, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  Thank you for your patience, and hoping you're all having a great start to the summer! The Prologue and First Chapter are now completed, Sabina has been added as a romantic interest, and I am about to... Continue reading
• A little update
  March 30, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #dating sim, #post-apocalyptic

  A very brief update that concludes the townhouse scene. There is only one bigger scene left in the current chapter!... Continue reading
• Added a new townhouse scene
  March 23, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog

  Happy March! I have tried to make it so that there would be at least monthly updates, and so far I've kept it up! Wouldn't want to make you all feel neglected. Let's see, new additions, uhh... first o... Continue reading
• Added meeting romantic interest after Sabina
  February 02, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #dating sim, #post-apocalyptic, #said the stars

  Happy February! I did manage to make some good progress on the game, and with that there is now a new update. After meeting Sabina, you will meet your romantic interest - Tala, Ulrich or Weylin - for... Continue reading
• Added meeting Sabina
  January 07, 2023 by Ylvanaar

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  And now we're getting comments, too? Hi! Welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying the story so far, and I hope you will continue to enjoy it! I have now added all the functionality to the game, which is var... Continue reading
• Variables work, added cycling links
  December 27, 2022 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #part 2

  One massive thing I have not fixed yet but will fix in the future; there are inconsistencies with the usage of "village" and "town" somewhere in the text. I genuinely hope this is not a major issue fo... Continue reading
• Prologue completed!
  December 24, 2022 by Ylvanaar

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  Bet like half of you thought I have disappeared somewhere. Surprise! Merry Christmas! And Happy - Chapter 1/Prologue now 100% done! - Fixed phrasings (added hand-holding) - Added variables; the game n... Continue reading
• Added a new scene
  November 26, 2022 by Ylvanaar

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  #devlog, #chapter 1

  - Chapter 1 approximately 60% done - Fixed phrasings As I was working on NaNoWriMo this month I did not get much updates done here, but now that I actually have few more clicks to share, I figured I'd... Continue reading
• 50% of Chapter 1 done!
  October 22, 2022 by Ylvanaar

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  - 50% of the first chapter is now done and out, I'm lowkey assuming Chapter 1 will be concluded at earliest around November and at latest by the end of the year - Fixed some phrasings I'm contemplatin... Continue reading
• Added meeting Weylin
  October 18, 2022 by Ylvanaar

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  Wow, this game is getting already some views. Hello? I hope you'll enjoy your stay. Anyway, three out of four romance options are now in the game; Weylin, Ulrich and Tala. The fourth option we won't m... Continue reading