In Stars and Time is a time-looping RPG out on PC and Nintendo Switch! Free the land from a terrible curse with your friends, while making sure they don’t notice the time loop you’re trapped in…
If you’d like to experience In Stars and Time’s previous game, its demo that grew wings and has its own self-contained story, START AGAIN: a prologue is out now!
I also have a truly absurb amount of digital comics for you to peruse on ITCH.IO !
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i get this question all the time. here are some tips
now you might say, “adrienne that’s not a lot of minutes”, and you would be right. but it’s not about working only ten minutes. it’s about actually getting yourself started.
starting to work is hard. who wants to work on anything?? so give yourself a small goal. ten minutes. that’s easy. and then, most of the time, you’ll find out that you do want to keep working longer than ten minutes…!!! and so you work for longer. and you are doing it. and you’re happy.
and some days, you might really just work ten minutes. and that’s great, because you’re ten minutes farther than you were before
sometimes your idea or project might seem really big. there’s so different ways this could go! the vastness is scary!!! what should you do?!?!
and the answer is to give yourself some constraints. some rules to follow. maybe a run of your game can only be 5 minutes long. maybe you can only make sound effects with paper and nothing else. or maybe. your game can only be in black and white
and from those constraints, 1: you’ll feel like you have a path to follow, and 2: your project might??? usually be cooler??? because you’re trying something new!!! you’re doing something weird!!! you gave yourself a weird challenger or theme, and you’re building on top of it!!! maybe the whole world in your game sees in black and white. what does that mean about your world. wow
working on something in your corner might be fun. but sometimes it’s a bummer. and you might need some feedback, or at least some compliments…!!! then show it to your friends. there’s nothing better than getting excited about you and your friends’ projects
take breaks
like mine. look at this i have some helpful tutos. ok now go forth
Some beautiful merch dropped out of nowhere...!
-fixed an issue with mirabelle’s hand
-fixed an issue with isabeau’s hand
-fans’ wallets now empty as they should
Some beautiful merch dropped out of nowhere…!
A lot of people seemed to want an Amour edit after the Betz one, so I guess I had to make one 😐🤷🎥
Will people please wishlist Truth Scrapper now? 😔🙏🗒️
do you know i have a newsletter of news. this one is so good. i have nothing to talk about so i talk about stuff i watched/played/listened to recently
We now have the trailer edited for a vertical format! 🤓📐📺
Have you wishlisted Truth Scrapper on Steam yet?🤔 💭📝
Made a (relatively) short analysis of the meta elements of In Stars and Time by insertdisc5 because I am nothing if not predictable.
beneathsilverstars asked
i'm so curious about your character gender reads now tho 👀👀
(You enter the kitchen and see me, eating shredded cheese out of the fridge by the handful)
(I turn around to face you.)
Hi. Do you want me to sell you on amab NB Siffrin? I’m going to try and sell you on amab NB Siffrin. And maybe even a little bit of tranfem siffrin and/or loop. as a treat. just for you.
So, (I put the cheese back in the fridge.)
This read of mine comes from a number of things, a lot of them to do with the game’s themes, and to do with Siffrin being a narrative foil to the other characters. And Vaugarde as a whole.
(READMORE WARNING: THIS IS LIKE 6K WORDS LONG. YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW BY NOW I DON’T MAKE POSTS WITHOUT UNCONSCIOUNABLE AMOUNTS OF EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATION. IF ANYTHING I’M BEING RESTRAINED HERE. THUMBS UP.)
(Pre-readmore note: this is in response to me having given an analysis of how I personally percieve Sifloop in relation to asexuality and shipping. Which you can look at here. (x))
It is however, not what my like, no-holds-barred no-rules just-for-me headcanon for Siffrin would be. (which is intersex ‘head empty no thoughts’ siffrin, for the record). This is instead my close-reading-of-the-text-and-themes interpretation of Siffrin.
This is why I’m gonna be saying Read and not Headcanon, to distinguish the two. (Anything I consider a little bit too much of a stretch vis a vis interpretive hard reads I will call a headcanon. But those are for the last bit of this post.)
Happy New Year.
In case you just stumbled upon this devlog, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I am the creator of timeloop RPG In Stars and Time, and now am working on my next game, memory visual novel Truth Scrapper. It’s gonna be a good one.
This month, I WROTE SO MUCH. FIND OUT MY SECRET BELOW. NOT CLICKBAIT
I learned how to use this "video editing software" called iMovie! What do you think? I think Betz is the best! 🌹💞💘
it stopped snowing. thank you for distracting me everyone. ASKS CLOSED, GOOD NIGHT
Anonymous asked
You mentioned that you worked on isat while also having a full time job. How did you do it? Are there any specific time budgetting tips you have etc?
being unbeliveably fast at doing my fulltime job 👍 (i usually finished my quotas in like half the time)
divinity-dragon asked
MISS DISC!!! while you're here. as far as fanmade games go (and i DID read the FAQ but i wanted to CLEAR THINGS UP JUST IN CASE!!!!):
i've had the need to make a post-timeloop sequel for where they Try To Kind Of Find Things Out About The Country Because I Am Obsessed With Writing The Country And I Need To Get It Out Of My Head Immediately. for like 2 years now
i intend to format the name like "Blah Blah Blah Probably Gonna Name It The Island North Of Vaugarde Because I Am Not Good At Naming Things: a fanmade sequel" and i intend to put like 6000 warnings in the splash about how you HAVE TO PLAY ISAT FIRST!!!! and its FANMADE!!! and i intend to make all of the assets myself and give these guys some SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOKS!!!
so tl;dr. does a free fanmade post-timeloop sequel with totally original assets with the aim of Throwing My Ideas At People still follow your terms properly!!!
YEAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO FOR IT 👍
