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P.S: As always, no, is not in game and is not something that's being worked on.

 But here you go, since you have kept at it for a long while.

Hello there,
both are the same, the same day this was posted on discord I posted a summary here. Is just not on the #news channel, just a simple update on the regular chat (also as to not cause confusion about the game releasing when tagging everyone).

 Fair enough on having an opinion—and yes, the release date has shifted on multiple occasions, for which a public apology has been made every time. Feedback about Arvus games is always welcome, but your comments aren't actually about the game itself; they're about demanding a timeline on your terms.

 Suggesting you'd "prefer cancellation" over waiting isn't constructive feedback—it's saying that if the timeline doesn't suit you personally, you would rather the game be abandoned and that no one else in the community gets to play it either.

 You are investing patience; Kal is investing time, labor, and resources that could be going into Roundscape, but is choosing to put them into Starmaker so the community gets a polished final product. Updates are delayed to ensure quality, not to "string people along." You are more than welcome to wait for the final release, but the timeline remains Kal's to manage.

Hello there,

there are no plans for a mobile port and it won't even be considered until after steam release BUT you can use things like Winlator and Gamehub to play on phone via emulation.

Alo,

se mantendra con los mismos requicitos, starmaker no es un juego que necesite "high specs"

Hello there,

If waiting for a release date stresses you out this much, taking a step back from it might genuinely be good for your health.

 The game doesn't have to be abandoned. Genuinely wishing a game gets canceled for everyone just because you personally lack patience is a wild level of entitlement.

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closer than it was yesterday, as advised before, no estimates given.

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she is not, just like others like Zuri and Yua(Ms. Kimura) aren't either, this doesnt mean no content of course.

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is actual information (except the time frame since we've only advised there will be a break period in which there won't be any side project work, but we don't specify time). There will be a rest period once Starmake is done with the steam release, after this period the next side project will be announced, one of the possibilities is a Starmaker Spin-Off, it wouldn't be with the same cast nor at the same place... so completely different cast and location. Then again, this is only 1 of multiple ideas for a side project.

Hello there,
sorry, no other languages are planned to be added, but the game will stay open for modding and there are quite a few translations out there.

Hello there,
is not about hurting anyone's feelings, is about being respectful, after you badmouth there is no point in keep reading any message you had sent. Criticizing in a respectful way the work through the user's own opinions and understanding is fine, that's why so many other comments about not liking the new visuals or others about dates and still present.

Anyways, ban again, but I guess if you are going to continue joining through different accounts to keep trying to be "harsh" or badmouth users and the dev... I guess you DO have a lot of free time that could be used to do something else to better yourself.
Good luck out there.

Hello there,

as advised before, starmaker will no feature animations.

Known information yes:
1. The loading of a save resetting the day is normal due to the way in which the variables are stored, this is something that was noticed since long ago but not much that can be done without an overhaul. Do note that is not that it advances a character by a week but that simply resets daily events, like Emma at the sauna, which gives that impression of advance.

2. Is a sigle time interaction, like telling Anna about Adrian. You need to have already done Anna raw at the studio and is only available for the slut route. This will be revisited.

3. The questlines do progress, but the issue is there was a mistake on the latest builds with relation to following of the variables for the log, which causes the log to either not be completed or be stuck on specific counts. Do note that the quests are still fine to be completed, but ofc you would need to know what to do. This is solved for the next version.

Kal is the sole dev, the sentiment is appreciated.

The share is basically completed once you see the scene at the bathroom after the for Friday visits. The other locations are just to advise places where there are scenes.

Hello there,

this is somewhat incorrect; we always advise starting a brand-new game each version as it reduces the risk of bugs to happen as well as to experience new content that gets added or modified in the early stages of the gameplay.

1.8 is a specific case and yes, no previous saves will work because the save system was changed with the release of 1.8, this change was advised from the beginning and is what allows the huge amount of save slots that are now available.

Hello there,

Both of you need to stop this comment line as it seems you both have an opinion and are not going to get to an agreement or understanding. The content will remain as IS, no changes and no alternate versions, all such content that is causing such discussion is fully optional.

Hello there,
 No, Chihiro is really just the town "shrine maiden"

Hello there,
 Is not "now" that is delayed, is one of the reasons it is delayed from the get-go, the community post was just not posted with the specifics of what was being done before. Even though this new visuals are indeed darker in some segments where there are shadows, it is far from "unclear" or from "losing emphasis", but that is more of an opinion which is fair as everyone can feel different about it, and yes there are as many people liking it as there are people who either complain about it or just disregard it as not needed.

"Don't tell me this will make it even worse", again, your own opinion but this was one thing Kal wanted to do for a while and was finally able to do it, people tend to forget this is not just "cgs collection #25" is also a game and Kal has a vision to the polish level that it should have. You can argue "yes, but is a porn game, the focus is the porn, and it should be perfectly visible"... it is, and the new effects while not work perfect in every cg, it does give the scene more volume, like when comparing the flats vs render of a drawing.

About the minigame, same thing, is a game and even if a lot of players don't do the minigame because "oh I just need to play it 3 times to get the Amelia storyline, and it give an insignificant amount of money, so who cares". A lot of people enjoy the minigames, and again it's a matter of wanting to increase the overall quality of the game, not everything is just more and more scenes.
"This seems like such a headache and so much extra cleanup"... because that's the point, making the whole game more polished and not just a "list" of cgs to go through.

Not really, as always Kal is the solo dev.

But I'll upload a pic or 2 later.

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70% as to content. I don't expect months, hopefuly and no more feature creep hits us, but we shall see.

Hello there,

having an opinion is ok, calling something that someone worked for shit just because you dont like it is just rude. Many people like the new look, is it unanimous? No, but nothing ever is most of the time.

In regards to the second statement, many people also enjoy the minigames, this is not a slideshow to view nsfw images nor is a simple visual novel. As to why... really simple, Kal wanted to increase the quality of the minigames, and so he did.

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The post cannot be public, that's why I made one here with the same information, Patreon doesn't allow nsfw to be public content. There are some nsfw pics on the post. I was busy with other things, hence why it wasn't released at the same time.

Hello there,

 First of all, sorry for the away time and not much information outside the fact the game is still being worked on. Anyways, moving along.

 Development efforts have continued steadily across both of our active titles. The majority of recent development time has been dedicated to Starmaker 1.9, the largest update in the project's history (comparable in development scope to the original 1.0 release). The update is currently approximately 70% complete.

Starmaker 1.9 Feature Breakdown (What is completed thus far)

1. Reworked CGs

Complete overhaul of every CG in the game (over 1,000 in total).

Integration of dynamic lighting matching background environments to seamlessly integrate character models into scenes.

2. New Content & Expansions

Introduction of brand-new locations alongside new events integrated into existing areas.

Narrative additions featuring Alice, Norah, the Canyon, and more cryptid-hunting content with Emma.

Significant reworks for existing characters, including a new bust and design for Leilani, as well as a visual overhaul and new scenes for Nurse Nina.

3. New Endings System

Endings are now dynamically tied to player progression and choices rather than a static presentation.

Players can select one of four residences (forest home, beach house, skyscraper apartment, or mansion) to initiate the ending sequence.

Characters romanced or befriended throughout the game can be invited to move in, resulting in over 1,000 unique combination variations featuring custom dialogue and slides. (Do have in mind is not a just anyone with anyone).

4. Minigame Overhauls

Tower Defense: Expanded significantly, featuring over 10 new towers with dual upgrade paths (totaling over 70 tower variants) and over 20 new enemy types (swapping insect enemies for bean-based adversaries).

Reward Integration: Most minigames now award Love Points, which can be exchanged at Tasha’s store for special items.

Most minigames have also received quality-of-life and structural reworks.

5. Technical Updates (Shaders)

Character shaders have been updated to react to surrounding environmental lighting, creating a pseudo-2D global illumination effect.

Plans are underway to open-source the shader system later this year for people that would like to use it.

Thank you for your continued support. Additional updates will be shared. Here are some sneak peaks of the content to come, changes done and views of the tower defense. Though there's plenty more in 1.9 we are leaving for you to find.

There are not really instructions, winlator might not always work, other ways is using gamehub

hello there,

At the studio with Anna.

Hello there,

as of now no. Though wait for 1.9 and ask me again.

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Kal is the solo dev, but thanks, the sentiment is appreciated.

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studio and some stuff like the gold bikini.

Hello there, 

there wont be dlc, BUT just wait for it and see.

Is repeatable as well. But need 3 things:

1. Slut route (for now)

2. She will only be able to "thank him", if the dialog happens after you already did Anna raw at the studio, if you get the dialog before that the dialog wont happen.

3. Nyx needs to either be sealed (you lose her scenes)  OR BETTER CHOICE, seal her powers and set her free, this way you get both contents.

Hello there,

not really, but you can use proton to run it. Add the game as a non-Steam game into Steam, and set the compatibility layer to Proton 10.0-4.

Nyx’s scene is repeatable, after setting her free she is at the sex shop.

Alo,

Las opiniones son permitidas, siempre y cuando sean dadas con ejemplos y explicaciones o preguntas relacionadas y no solo hablando mal del creador o empezando a regar mentiras, so no te preocupes puedes dar tus opiniones de esta manera.

Para aclarar algunas cosas en cuanto a los puntos y por que no se han echo, y sin entrar en cosas especificas ya que no por secretismo sino por querer mantener la majoria de cosas nuevas como sorpresa.

1. No solamente tiene que contar con la trama, sino que aunque muchas de las chicas estarian bien con un trio con Anna o haciendo un porno casero con MC hay dos cosas que no estas llevando bien, Anna misma no le gusta compartir a MC. Este es uno de los aspectos que te dejan entender Anna le gusta ser el centro de atencion de muchos, esta bien siendo compartida, pero a exception de una u otra chica (mayormente Charlotte y Liz, puedes incluir Freya pero esa es mas una compensacion y en las vacaciones) a Anna no le gusta compartir, con el mismo ejemplo de Toni, hemos explicado que siendo como es Toni, ella estaria bien haciendo un porno casero para MC pero se sentiria rara integrando a Anna ya que ella trabajo como niñera de MC, y Anna misma se queja y no le gusta que MC se fije en ella durante la escena de fin de año. Otras como Kirby no estan interesadas para nada en la pagina o la fama, o simplemente no quieren ser reconocidas por eso (habra un cambio con las fotos de Charlotte en la pagina para arreglar esa incoherencia). Pero si hemos explicado otro personaje sera añadido al estudio a travez de una mision. 

2. Chloe sigue viva y vera cambios, pero seguira siendo un plot menor en la trama. La historia entre Toni y la familia ya se ha dicho y no es nada mas "secreto" o "profundo", simplemente fue niñera de MC. En cuanto a Anna y Amelia, si pudiese ser que se arreglaran de alguna manera PERO es la misma situacion antes descrita, Anna nunca guiaria a ninguna chica para ser la "pareja ideal" de MC, ya que todo jira a travez de ella tratando de hacer que el MC la "seduzca" mientras que en realidad es ella la que ala los hilos. Himari y Yua(Ms. Kimura), asi como Alice y Norah no tendran escenas juntas ya que estas son madre e hija (diferente de Ken y Emma los cuales solo copian la relaciones de MC).

3. La pagina de starmaker es un objeto secundario, si, el juego se llama asi, pero el centro en el cual jira no es la pagina, sino Anna. Starmaker es solo el medio por el cual Anna desarrolla sus intenciones y plan para sentirce deseada por todos, ser el centro de atencion, y juntarce con MC. Siempre se ha explicado este caso, ya que si se enfocara en la pagina seria mas como un juego de "management" en vez de lo que es. Esto es una de las ideas que se han tenido para el spinoff si se decide de hacer, pero no es garantizado ni es que se haya pensado mucho fuera de un "quizas".

En cuanto a la version final, no, esta planeado todo terminarce este año, Roundscape necesita ser terminado y hacer release luego de starmaker. El juego como antes dicho, una vez hecho el steam release sera dejado abierto a si personas quieren hacer mods. El apoyo es visto, pero no deja de ser projecto secundario y hecho por una sola persona. 

En cuanto a los "avances", si, se han enseñado reworks, pero tambien se han enseñado buen multiples de cosas nuevas, como algunas imagenes de los finales, asi como el cambio en diseño de Nina (lo cual les da a entender habra contenido nuevo para ella), asi como tambien una de las paginas de seleccion de finales ( la cual muestra algunos(no son todos) de los personajes que seran capazes de ser invitados y por ende tendran escenas). Tambien se ha informado algunas de las missiones que seran continuadas asi como que habran nuevo contenido para la ruta de amor de Anna y alrededor de 10 nuevos outfits(no para manejarlos).

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... maybe.

Hello there,

 In case this post was not a mistake when you were trying to suggest it for other game, which i think it is solely by the "heroines" part but anyways just in case.

 No, none of this changes will be made.

Hello there,

you can still do the same even if letting Nyx go, BUT only if you sealed her powers before letting her go.

Hello there,

you can play on phone via emulation, but a mobile port itself is unlikely to happen. This will be revisited after steam release, but again, highly unlikely.

Hello there,
Still some work to be done, if you are on the discord there is no need to check daily, everyone gets notified there on the news channel