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In Stars and Time
A downloadable game for Windows
What would you do if you were forced to relive your failures over and over again?
In Stars and Time tells the story of Siffrin and their adventurer friends—a found family bound together by fate in order to end the tyrannical reign of an evil king. But as victory is just within the party’s grasp, a tragedy occurs, the clock resets, and they have to do it all again.
As Siffrin’s the only one who notices this loop, each new start wears away at his cheerful veneer, yet he keeps going in hopes he can end this temporal tragedy once and for all.
In Stars and Time is a time-looping RPG adventure. With each loop, Siffrin gains a new perspective on the world around them, opening up new solutions to puzzles and allowing them to make better choices in conversation. Equip memories as armor, pray to the Change God to improve your team’s capabilities each loop, and challenge deadly foes to Rock, Papers, Scissors as Siffrin seeks the truth.
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If any of this interests you, you might also want to play the game’s initial prototype, START AGAIN START AGAIN START AGAIN: A Prologue. While you don’t need to play it to understand In Stars and Time, it’s fun to see the game’s roots!
✦ Our Adventurers
- Siffrin (he/they): Stressed, depressed, and under duress. (Don’t worry about it. They’re doing fine.) The punmaster protagonist of our neverending tale.
- Mirabelle (she/her): A caring and nervous housemaiden mysteriously blessed by the god she so ardently follows.
- Isabeau (he/him): Defender with a heart of gold. Cares dearly for his people and his friends.
- Odile (she/her):The mature and nonsensical researcher studying…something. (No, she will not tell you what it is.)
- Bonnie (they/them): Wait a minute, who brought this kid along???
✦ Features
- Save the world through the power of Rock, Paper, Scissors in strategic turn-based RPG combat encounters.
- Ignore the limits of time and space to fix your past mistakes by repeating the same two days over and over again.
- Equip the memories you have of your friends to make your party stronger in combat.
- Watch the fate of this world unfold as you escape the twists and turns of this endless(???) loop.
- Eat samossas with your friends!
- Get heckled by a cheeky ethereal being of infinite starlight.
- Pray to a god for good luck in your travels. You’re gonna need it.
✦ Content Warning
This game contains mentions of struggles with depression as well as infrequent written and implied mentions of death, suicide, unreality, and self-harm.
Play with care.
Updated | 8 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Publisher | |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (43 total ratings) |
Authors | Armor Games Studios, insertdisc5 |
Genre | Role Playing, Adventure |
Made with | RPG Maker |
Tags | 2D, Hand-drawn, LGBT, Pixel Art, RPG Maker, Singleplayer |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any) |
Links | Steam |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $19.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- LOOP PLUSHIE!!!!8 days ago
- Patch Notes v1.0.6.368 days ago
- House(of Change)keepingMar 30, 2024
- Patch Notes v1.0.5.1Mar 06, 2024
- Patch Notes v1.0.4.1Dec 14, 2023
- In Stars and Time is ✨OUT NOW!!!✨Nov 20, 2023
- Devlog #19: THE LAST DEVLOG BEFORE RELEASE.Nov 01, 2023
- Devlog #18: Antici and PationOct 29, 2023
Comments
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Will there be a mac version?
will there be a mac version available any time soon? really want to play this but i dont have access to windows software :*)
In Stars and Time, also known as Am I making it worse? STARS I think I'm making it worse???? the game.
this goes among my "games I scoop up gently and hold close to my heart" <3
other notes:
- when I grow older still, I want to be more like Odile <3
- the build-up for horror was very nice! and it was impressive how some small details were genuinely unnerving (being vague here so as not to do a spoilerfest). I also enjoy fiction that alternates between tugging at my heartstrings and utterly shredding them (I should join Mirabelle's book club lol) and the worldbuilding was engrossing, and the exposition and and [insert extended excited rambling]
- Sif, my sib from another crib. Many of the misunderstandings/miscommunications were achingly familiar T^T Also they have just the greatest sense of puns.
- glad to have played the game!
my favorite game. absolutely beautiful words cannot express how much i adore this game i am holding my siffrin plushie right now, siffrin is 100% the best and most relatable character i have seen in any media by far thank you insertdisc5
Watching Siffrin’s smile slowly fade away and becoming forced is so heartbreaking… why do you need to do this to me game 😭
A wonderful game. I smiled, I cried, I felt extremely seen and also more than occasionally called out. This was wonderful, absolutely my favorite game of the year.
Well about 2 hours left on steam
I NEED MOARRRRR TAT
*emotionally devestated*
yessss i loved the prolouge so bad this is gonna be epic swag
YES!! I'm so excited, I loved loved playing the prologue <3 <3
OMG!!!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!
Should I buy it here or Steam?
I am so happy, Thank you<3
I need a ending (A HAPPY ONE) for Siffrin and their friends (T_T).
HELL YEAH!!!!! I can't wait for this!!!
AAAAAAAAA ITS FUCKING HEREEEEEEEE IM READY TO BAWL MY EYES OUT LETS GOOO