The Space Between Stars
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As evening descends, you cross paths with a handsome man of indistinguishable origin who appears to have fallen from the sky. He is unwilling to divulge his name or his background... but perhaps there is something else he is willing to share with you this evening?
The Space Between Stars is a small-scale visual novel utilizing minimal assets to tell a unique and mysterious story in under 1,000 words. It was developed for the 2024 O2A2 Visual Novel Jam.
This game takes place in the same universe as Nameless - The Departed Cycle. While unrelated to enjoying this bite-sized biscuit, Nameless is a free dark-fantasy visual novel featuring 20k words, 5 endings, and a prominent male/male romance. You are encouraged to play it after experiencing this game.
The Space Between Stars incorporates suggestive themes including implied sex and death. The game does not contain visual or textual nudity of any nature.
1,000 words - The Space Between Stars is a short story digestible in under 30 minutes. With four potential endings, your fate is in your hands. Does the Traveler compel you enough to spend the evening with him? Or do his words wear thin?
Original illustration - The Traveler's unique character design laid over a lush, ethereal background set the scene for this dark fantasy fantasy. Check out our bonus offerings for even more of a visual treat. ;)
Original soundtrack - Hand-plucked sitar recorded by our skilled composer enhance the dreamlike quality of this short visual novel.
One super hot, very horny demigod - This one speaks for itself, doesn't it?
Terra Babcock - Story dev, narrative design, writing, programming
Johan Faulstich - Story dev, character design, illustration, copywrite
Walksoftly - Original soundtrack, miscellaneous
BaiYu - Social media, miscellaneous
TundraFlame - Audio editing
Nate Washko - Voice of the Traveler
For a $3 donation you can download the illustration pack, which includes two high-res images of the Traveler sprite: one in his in-game outfit, and the other in undergarments only... a scantily-clad version which does not appear in-game.
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I really like the guy. ^_^
For some reason the exit button was really, really slow to work tho.
(Might be my laptop running out of space, but it hasn't happened with other games before.)
All the endings are sad tho...
Unless this is the start of an epic journey where you seek to free him from his curse, so you can be together and finish his task for him. ^_^
...I make no guarantee for my sanity. Aherm.
But I did halfway think maybe you'd spend the night together and he'd end up leaving a piece of himself with you as a small way to spite the people who cast that spell on him, and maybe give him a way to escape, or at least partly escape.
Sadly that did not happen.
Nor did any NSFW content, which....c'm on! it was hinted at! *pouts cutely*
....or maybe I'm reading too much hentai. *sigh*
The artwork was very unique. And he was definitively hot.
But I admit some of that was his personality. lol
Again; I make no claims of sanity. ^_^
I'd love to see a longer version of this game tho.
I really loved this short VN! Certainly has made me interested to checkout Nameless!
Thank you so much! If you enjoyed TSBS, we definitely recommend checking out Nameless. It's a much longer investment, but well worth it!
This was a lovely experience with such a pretty demi-god!
I enjoyed all of the endings (even if some could definitely be considered bad) and the story was told very well even with the limitations of the VN jam.
I'm definitely going to have to play Nameless - The Departed Cycle sometime to see more of this universe!
(I also will have to donate for the illustration pack for this VN sometime 👀)
Thank you so much for playing and sharing your experience, Cryptid! We're thrilled you enjoyed this short little 'story.'
An additional thank you for the kind comment and positive rating. We look forward to your thoughts on Nameless, as well... it's a very different game! ;)
A+ will spend time with monster man again
Hot monster man, seductive voice acting, beautiful music. What's not to love?
Oh my gosh, thank you! I'm the voice of The Traveler! This was the best compliment ever!