This Starry Midnight We Make Demo
More and more Japanese games are getting released on PC in the west. In recent years we have had some Nihon Falcom games like the Ys series released on Good Old Games and Steam has seen a surge in visual novels and even Valkyria Chronicles. Fans of Japanese games on PC might want to keep an eye on the site, Rock Paper Shotgun who reveal news on these releases. The latest Japanese game anime fans may be interested in is This Starry Midnight We Make. The game is being localised and published by Carpe Fulgur, a game-localization studio that releases independent Japanese games in the English-speaking world. They are the guys who brought us Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale.
Here’s the trailer and a synopsis of the story of This Starry Midnight We Make, their latest release:
Synopsis
“The idea of creating a box of jewels, each filled with life… doesn’t it give you a little bit of a thrill?”
This Starry Midnight We Make is a celestial growth simulation game wherein the protagonist, Hamomoru Tachibana, creates celestial objects using the mysterious Star-seeing Basin.
Hamomoru Tachibana, our protagonist, is an overly serious, easily-flustered clergywoman. While on vacation in Kyoto, Japan in the early 20th century, she went to visit a night festival at a local shrine. While enjoying one of the local specialties, she found herself lost in a deep forest road near the shrine.
In the depths of the forest, flanked by a trio of archways, Hamomoru meets Chuuya Shingoh, a curious, self-professed student of sciences. Chuuya shows Hamomoru the “Star-seeing Basin”, wherein one can seem to “grow” stars and a model of the night sky using pebbles, and invites Hamomoru to join his experiments. She is hesitant at first, but her missing wallet compels her to remain in Kyoto regardless.
Ultimately accepting Chuuya’s offer to help with lodging, she agrees to assist him in his “research” in return. According to Chuuya, the stars created in the Basin may be able to influence the rest of the city in a manner similar to what is often described in onmyou divination. To confirm this, Hamomoru and Chuuya shall walk the streets of Kyoto, all while creating stars within the Star-seeing Basin…
A demo for the game This Starry Midnight We Make is up on the game’s Steam page and the game’s site. It looks like the game will get a release on May 25th through Steam and GamersGate for the price of $10 (about £6.50).
