Shining Song Starnova

Take the stage in Shining Song Starnova!

Shining Song Starnova is a visual novel game developed by Love in Space and published by Sekai Project.
Released on September 13th 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 332 reviews of which 314 were positive and 18 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.79€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Shining Song Starnova into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Casual Story Rich Multiple Endings Choices Matter Kickstarter Crowdfunded Cute Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Dating Sim

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL or DirectX Compatible Graphics Card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 3 GB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Processor: Core 2 Duo or newer
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: Any OpenGL graphics card capable of running Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Storage: 3 GB available space

Linux

OS: Linux Kernal 3.2
Processor: i3+
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Graphics: GTX 460+ HD5700+
Storage: 3 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

havent even got to the H-Scenes yet, but i honestly love the development through the first couple chapters. pretty nice to have a nice story before everything turns to sex.

July 2024

Cute and sexy. Starnova is an engaging visual novel with an interesting perspective into the Japanese idol industry. It also has a spinoff business tycoon game that lets you manage your own idol agency.

June 2024

Why some idol producers get to be so lucky? Introduction Shining Song Starnova is a VN developed by Love in Space, and is the story of a group of idols, but it's not your typical garden variety idol story. This aspires to be a more mature, realistic version of a idol story. Did they achieve their goal? Let's find out. Worldbuilding Not much to say about worldbuilding. The game is set on Japan, and it doesn't have any supernatural, fantasy or science-fiction elements into it. It's as similar to the real world as it can be, so, it's very hard to break established rules, because the setting is consistent with how real world rules work. The plot The story is about a group of idols and their producer, about their ups and downs, the good, the bad and the ugly of the idol business. This is the weakest element of the game, because there are plot conveniences and contrivances, especially during Nemu's and Mariya's chapters, but, in the latter case, they aren't that important, because none of the big payoffs of the chapter relies on these conveniences and contrivances. In Mariya's chapter, though, the big payoff of her chapter relies on a contrivance, in this case, a character important to the storyline appearing at the right moment, with no foreshadowing whatsoever. That's certainly a way to damage, or even destroy any investment. The characters Just like the plot is the weakest element of the game, the characters are its strongest element. Each character is properly characterized, whether through their dialogue or their actions, each one has a set of goals, traits, flaws, fears and motivations, and their flaws are actual obstacles to their development. They pay the price for their mistakes (sometimes heavily), they learn, grow, and change for the better. Their arcs are well written and lead to satisying payoffs, with some exceptions (see the plot section of this review). I'm actually impressed how the writers nailed the character writing for this game, and it made me take notes to improve my own character writing. But I need to say it: the narration during H scenes is the most cringy I've ever seen on a VN so far. Gameplay Initially, I didn't want to assess gameplay, because it's the same way other VNs operate, but there is something I wanted to mention, and that is, in this game, routes can be failed. It's not like the typical romance VN when, once the player enters a route, it's smooth-saling from there. In this game, if the player makes the wrong choice(s), the game will present them with a bad ending for the route. Lastily, if you want to play Sasami's route, then you're in for the long haul, because you need to complete the other six routes, with their good endings, of course. Bad endings don't count. Presentation The art direction for this game is very detailed and well done overall, especially in the background CGs. Character design is an interesting mix between current anime and 60s and 70s anime, but I'd appreciate more detail in the event CGs. The voice acting is up to par with what's standard for Japanese voice acting, but, in non-critical plot points, the voice acting is similar to when main characters are talking to NPCs during side quests in some JRPGs, like Tales of Arise, for example. The music fits the setting and the context nicely, but it can be a bit overdone (the orchestral arrangement of Quasar's theme, Gravitation, wouldn't be out of place on a fantasy setting like Lord of the Rings). Technically, the game has some artifacts in transitions, there is a bit of flickering here and there, and sometimes the game blacks out momentarily when some elements of the Windows 11 overlay, like volume indicator, appears onscreen. I think the version of Ren'Py this game uses has some minor compatibility issues with Windows 11, or it could be just sloppy programming. Lastly, there are H scenes in this game, animated and fully uncensored (provided you have the DLC). In conclusion: Pros: -Impressive character writing. -Good presentation overall. -More grounded and mature idol story. -Uncensored H scenes. Cons: -Plot issues damaged some payoffs. -Some minor visual bugs and glitches. All in all, this game accomplishes what it wanted to do: to tell a more grounded and mature version of an idol story. The characters are the highlight of the game, and carried the weight of the story on their shoulders, but some plot issues damaged some big payoffs, and it's a shame, because Mariya's chapter is one of the best, along Aki's and Sasami's. If the writers paid more attention to the plot, I'd have put this in the same level as other great VNs, like Atri or Steins;Gate. But, as it is, this is still a very good VN which I can recommend to anybody who is a VN enthusiast.

March 2024

Pretty solid story and has enjoyable characters, but the abundance of dialogue can get overwhelming/annoying (especially during the POVs of the rival idol group and their drama). You can honestly skip most of the rival idol group's POV dialogue and still enjoy the story like I did. Looking forward to revisiting and playing the other routes when I have more free time (I've completed 1/7 so far). Also the porn is great lol

Dec. 2023

another solid VN. this one is about showbiz, idols, etc. lots of content, free H patch. what more do you need?

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-80% 28.99€ 5.79€

8.7

314

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Developer

Love in Space

Publisher

Sekai Project

Release 13 Sep 2018

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