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Partially Stars - Introduction

You are found in a stasis crate on a derelict ship in the middle of nowhere. You have no idea why you were there or how you got there, and your memory of the last two years is completely blank.

You need answers.

Captain Akina, the owner of Adiona, the ship that found you, has offered you a place on the crew. Pull your weight on the ship, and Adiona’s crew will do whatever it takes to help you find what you’re looking for. And, if need be, help you clean up the fallout.

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Partially Stars is an episodic interactive sci-fi novel written in Twine about the families we build in the space between stars, and the lengths we’ll go to for them.

It is intended for ages 18+, and will contain violence, strong language, references to drug and alcohol use, and sexual situations.

Build relationships with Adiona’s crew of 9 characters. These relationships can be familial, romantic, platonic, or antagonistic - or, in some cases, more than one of the above.

Get to know yourself and what happened to you during the time you can’t remember.

Solve crimes. Cause crimes. Visit a hot spring. Start a bar fight. Make friends, enemies, or lovers all over the galaxy. Live - whatever that might mean for you.

It is still very early in development.

The first episode’s release date is TBA.

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Info about the crew can be found here

nsfw tag is #void where prohibited

#partially stars game #masterpost

Might I ask what the difference between Social and Insight are? (Feel free to talk about Physical too, if you would like!)

sure, I can do that! 😁 putting this under a read-more as well, for folks that don't want (minor) spoilers:

#partially stars game #behind the scenes #they're similar to the skills in speaker because I am who I am #but they work a little differently here because PS didn't start trying to fit the CoG framework like speaker did #a bit more nuanced and loosey-goosey

hello! do you have a link to your patreon you could post?

of course! it's right here 😁

#I should probably add that to the pinned post lol

im a patreon-user who just played the demo recently and just ahhhhhh, i fucking love Sun lmao thank you for their creation, their sharky grin keeps making my toes curl like Right, Right, Right, I Forget I Have A Type Sometimes lmao rip

(which btw, ive gotten into bfe (boyfriend energy) videos recently, and this one made me think of male!Sun with how ive experienced him in-game with also how you said Sun in general is clingy and very pda when romanced, and this felt very Sun×My Specific MC to me from what ive imagined from that ♡)

also, a bit unrelated, but i wanted to ask in regards to the backgrounds bc i have dsycalculia and chronic memory loss, i couldnt seem to parse through via the summaries (bc dyscalculia makes me avoid stat stuff usually) which option is high Intelligence + Charisma at the cost of Physicality? the best i could process was the Extranet Background or maybe the Professor?? but i cant be sure without processing the stats i have been avoiding (and even then, i process numbers unreliably and misprocess values all the time, so i doubly would want to confirm even if i did confront the stats and then try to write shit down so i didnt have to remember them mentally while comparing) bc a charismatic snd smart but physically weak MC would best fit the personality id want to play that is still malleable enough that i havent decided on much else to be set in stone (like. yknow. a background occupation lmao)

thanks so much for the help and the fun ♡♡♡

hi, I'm glad you're enjoying Sun! 🥰 They're a delight to write, very cuddly but in a dangerous way. like a grizzly bear. with a gun

I'll go ahead and make the notes in the game for each background more specific about what stats they increase to hopefully make that less confusing for you and anyone else who has the same issue, but I can go ahead and list them here too!

SPOILER WARNING under the cut for those who want to avoid them:

#partially stars game #fyi for those interested the demo is on patreon and updated as I get new scenes coded #it's up to 60k words as of right now

partiallystarsif

I’ve been quiet here a long time, huh.

I apologize for that, and thank you all for your patience. For those who don’t follow my other blogs, I got sick at the beginning of the year and have been fighting my way back to something that feels normal ever since. I think I’m close to it again finally, and have been trying to get back to work on both Speaker and Partially Stars.

As a peace offering and a gift for waiting so long for me, I present: a playlist. 26 songs, featuring 2 for each crewmember plus a few others!

(Here on Spotify)

The game should be along before much longer as well. Just a bit more coding to do 🖤

Track list below the cut:

#day time reblog for folks who aren't awake at 3am cst

I’ve been quiet here a long time, huh.

I apologize for that, and thank you all for your patience. For those who don’t follow my other blogs, I got sick at the beginning of the year and have been fighting my way back to something that feels normal ever since. I think I’m close to it again finally, and have been trying to get back to work on both Speaker and Partially Stars.

As a peace offering and a gift for waiting so long for me, I present: a playlist. 26 songs, featuring 2 for each crewmember plus a few others!

(Here on Spotify)

The game should be along before much longer as well. Just a bit more coding to do 🖤

Track list below the cut:

#partially stars game #the last two songs are just because they're fun #and so are the stowaway songs really #redacted will remain such until they're introduced in the first episode (SOON I PROMISE)#posting this at 2:30am like the vampire I am so I'll reblog later at normal people hours too

Who's the nerdiest of the crew? I just think they're all kinda nerdy and so am I, so I'm curious

you're right in that they're all kinda nerdy in their own ways, but if I had to give someone the title of Biggest Nerd on Adiona, it would probably be CJ, both in the "most academic" sense of the word and "very passionate about their interests" way

in particular, CJ is a big nerd about carapace racing, which is a type of racing where pilots build their own ships to race in different environments/atmospheric conditions. there's a lot of technical expertise that has to go into the designs and CJ follows the sport religiously

Ahmed runs a when-we're-in-town dnd-type game for Sun's younger siblings (and the crew, when they want to join in). Smith is very fond of the theater. Walker and Akina have a running competitive board game at all times (the game itself changes once in a while. sometimes chess, sometimes mahjong, sometimes go or backgammon). Q likes horror and true crime podcasts. Sun knits. Mack does old-fashioned film photography. Everyone's nerdy in their own ways

#partially stars game #the void answers #the crew #the mechanic #the xo #the doctor #the captain #the drifter #the mentor #the passenger #one of the background options you can be a carapace racer and yes CJ WILL nerd out about it #harper isn't mentioned here because she's still figuring her interests out #but being a sentient machine could be considered nerdy lmao

for the ROs, who is the most to least cuddly in bed, and do each of them have a favorite cuddling position?

most cuddly are definitely Sun and Ahmed. they can both be positively clingy if given the opportunity. Walker can also be fairly cuddly, but less in a “human octopus” way like Sun and Taj/Taara and more like “I’m gonna get the most out of this while I can, since we might not see each other again for a while”.

Least cuddly (besides Harper) is probably CJ. They love cuddles, but can’t actually sleep while cuddling, so when it’s time to sleep they need to have a bit of room

favorite cuddling positions (taking the names of them from elsewhere on the internet, for the sake of clarity):

Sun and Akina are both big fans of spooning. Sun wraps themself around you like a big, muscular blanket. Akina is fine with being big or little spoon.

Ahmed and Mack like a “honeymoon hug”. Face to face cuddles. Ahmed in particular will sleep like that every night if you let them. Mack can and will continue to pet your hair even after they’ve fallen asleep.

Smith, Q, and Walker like a “sweetheart cradle”. Walker because they like the weight of your head on their chest (or the sound of your heartbeat in their ear, either one). Smith because they like to have an arm free to grab a weapon if needed. Q just wants to bury their face in your neck and stay there forever.

CJ, when sleeping, prefers a “cheek-to-cheek” since they can’t sleep cuddled up, but before sleep they’re especially fond of the position that site refers to as “spoons in a drawer”. They want you laying fully on top of them while they hug you (or vice versa, but they’d be worried about crushing you unless you’re as built as they are)

Harper will eventually love to have you rest your head in her lap so she can play with your hair. It never stops being mind-blowing that that’s just... something she can do whenever she wants.

#partially stars game #the void answers #the crew #the captain #the doctor #the passenger #the pilot #the drifter #the mechanic #the mentor #the ai #the xo

will there be poly romance options?

probably, yes

I’m still working out the details on how I’d implement them, since PS isn’t route-based like my other story Speaker, and so romance flags might get complicated, but I love polyam romances and I would like to have them if I can figure out the pesky coding nonsense. But assuming I get it figured out:

I know for sure that you can be in a V with Sun and Smith. They are good friends and will never be romantically or sexually interested in each other, but they are comfortable with you being in a relationship with both of them.

There is also a pair of crewmates that can potentially become involved with each other, if the Stowaway doesn’t express an interest in either of them, and you can start a triad relationship with them if you choose to pursue them both. I don’t want to say who they are, though, because in my experience whenever an author says “these characters get together if you don’t date them” they get hatemail ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

there could potentially be others too, depending on how the relationships among the crew start to develop. Sometimes chemistry happens where you don’t initially expect it

The only characters who I am 100 percent sure are monogamous are Mack and Captain Akina (the Captain will also become unromanceable if you choose to sleep with any of the crew, even if it’s a purely sexual relationship with the crewmate in question)

#partially stars game #polyamory #if someone really wants to know who the potential pair is ask me on discord

Small detail, but I'm very curious the crews' opinions on coffee? Or whatever's replaced it if it doesn't exist in this galaxy bc humans gotta have their caffeine somehow 😂

oooooh, good question 😁 coffee does exist, as you said, humans need their caffeine! it was a high-priority crop in the early days of colonization of the system

Coffee drinkers: Sun, Akina, CJ, Ahmed, Harper

Harper counts here, because even though she doesn't drink any of it, she loves the smell of fresh brewed coffee.

Sun drinks their coffee with too much sugar, but no milk. Prefers to drink it quickly, before it has time to cool off.

Akina drinks theirs black. Needs it to function. Purely in it for the caffeine intake, not the enjoyment of it.

CJ likes flavors, and is always picking up new ones to try anytime they stop in a trading post. Mostly prefers decaf.

Ahmed will drink whatever you put in front of them, with a dash of cream and sugar. Thinks coffee tastes best in the middle of the night, especially from diners or fueling stations.

Tea drinkers: Q, Mack, Walker, Akina again

Akina makes this list because they drink sweet iced tea. Yes, it counts.

Walker is also a sweet tea drinker, but for hot teas they prefer greens. Makes an excellent macha.

Q likes a nice, simple black tea. One cream, two sugars.

Mack mostly drinks herbals and blends. Sometimes makes their own blends - to mixed results.

Neither: Smith

For caffeine intake, Smith prefers energy drinks. They find both tea and coffee too bitter.

#partially stars game #the void answers #the crew #the mechanic #the xo #the captain #the doctor #the mentor #the drifter #the ai #the pilot #the passenger #(not to play favorites or anything but I may have gone YAY when I saw who this question was from shhhh)

I'm sending a few asks bc I'm already so curious about this game / character, feel free to ignore all or any! But: Which ROs are resistant or susceptible to puppy dog eyes?

Completely immune: Harper, Akina, Q

Thinks they’re immune, but isn’t: Sun, CJ, Smith, Mack

Completely susceptible, gives in immediately: Ahmed, Walker

inversely, from best to worst at doling out puppy dog eyes:

Q - Ahmed - Smith - Walker - Akina - CJ - Mack - Sun

Harper doesn’t count since she kinda doesn’t have eyes 😂 I guess that makes her the worst by default

#partially stars game #the void answers #the crew #the doctor #the captain #the passenger #the pilot #the drifter #the ai #the mechanic #the mentor #the xo

I know you just got back, but those Q fun facts were really nice, so maybe you could do some for CJ as well? Thank you 💜💜💜

best cook on the ship by a wide margin. everyone looks forward to CJ’s cooking nights

used to be a fairly well-known race pilot, but retired before joining Adiona’s crew. they realized their favorite part of racing was building the ships, so they wanted a career just doing that.

they’re currently working on their thesis. none of the crew know that except the Captain (and Harper, but CJ doesn’t know that she knows)

great at impressions. like, scary good at them

#partially stars game #the void answers #the mechanic

Oh I loved those fun facts about Q, so could I have some fun facts for Mack maybe? Thanks!

proud fashion disaster. the crew used to compete to see who could buy Mack the ugliest shirt, but stopped when they realized they were actually wearing all of them 😂

can and will climb on a chair to properly chew out taller crew members when they get themselves injured. your height will not save you from their wrath

jokes aside, they have a fantastic bedside manner. gentle and patient and kind. they just get annoyed at people who refuse to take care of themselves properly and that’s when the yelling starts.

has a young nephew (Callum) who is the light of their life. they show off pictures of him at every available opportunity.

#partially stars game #the void answers #the doctor

Happy to see that you're back!! May I have some fun facts about Q please? Thanks!!

they have the voice of an angel, if you can get them to sing for you

(good luck with that)

while Q doesn't do any of the ship's maintenance, CJ is convinced that they are Adiona's favorite and sometimes asks them to frown disappointedly at whatever's broken so it starts working. (Q thinks it's just superstition, but the ship's still flying, so who knows?)

they don't like cooking. they aren't bad at it, they just hate it. Q has a standing deal with Sun to swap chore rotations. Sun does the cooking, Q does the cleaning, everyone's happier

wardrobe consists mostly of pajama pants. there's no one they need to impress in the cockpit and they don't often go planetside, so why bother dressing up?

#partially stars game #the pilot #the void answers

speakergame

I’m back!

hello and happy September!

I hope you all had a great August! I’m back from my self-imposed break and I am very glad I decided to do it 💙 If y'all remember that cold I had in the middle of July, it turned out to be a sinus infection that haunted me for nearly a month, so I wouldn’t have been able to do much for the first couple weeks of the month anyway! After it cleared up, I made myself take it easy. I played a couple video games I’ve been really wanting to check out, and did some writing just for fun, which is something I haven’t done much of in a long time.

All in all, taking a month off has given me back my passion for writing, which was starting to wane over the summer (which it usually does, summer is a hard season for me) and I can’t WAIT to get back to work! 💙

I have some great stuff already brewing for what happens next in Speaker, which will update at the end of the month as usual, and I’m looking forward to getting the first episode of Partially Stars finished and shared too! My goal is to get it out before Halloween, but we’ll have to see how big it ends up being.

Tomorrow also happens to be the one year anniversary of Speaker! I first shared the prologue on September 2nd, 2020 🥰 what an amazing year it’s been! I can’t wait to see what the next year brings!

I’ll be back on Tuesday with my usual progress update, but until then I hope you all have a fantastic week and thank you as always for reading!

partiallystarsif

for those of you who don’t follow my main project Speaker, I’ve been on a writing break for the last month, but I’m hard at work on the first episode of Partially Stars and hoping to have it out before Halloween!

#partially stars game #announcement

interact-if

Hi everyone!

As most of you know, we’re doing tons of work here in order to create a space in the interactive fiction and to give a voice both to newcomers and people belonging in plenty of minority groups!

However, even if there’s 5 of us, most of us are in university or got jobs, and on top of that, we’ve got projects we’re devoted to that take plenty of our time! For that reason and many more, we encourage every one of you to support us for the work we do. Even if it’s completely voluntary, the work here does become overwhelming and we have to force each other as mods to take breaks.

It’s been a delight running this blog and meeting/interacting with new creators and readers but it does get a little overwhelming sometimes. Just consider this to be a small motivation to keep us inspired to make these efforts for you! There’s no obligation, of course, but we’d be forever grateful. Thank you for supporting us this far!

If you want to buy the mods a cup of coffee, here’s the link!

#interact-if is the best

Does MC age in stasis? Like if they were put there at 30 would they be 30 or 32 when taken out?

they didn’t age while in stasis, but they will notice that they look older than they remember 👀👀

#partially stars game #inch resting #wonder what that could mean

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