The expanse of the cosmos is infinite, all-encompassing, and unknowable. The wonders it holds are as terrifying as they are wondrous. The stars silently look down at earth, always watching on at what's happening. They seem cold and uncaring, all the way out in the deepest reaches, and they are. There are few things millions of lightyears away that would even regard earth with little more than indifference.

All the way in New York, Evelyn Lima is your average 15 year old girl in high school, dealing with all of the usual trouble for someone her age: bullies, staying awake in school, trying to figure out her future, and what she'll do with her friends each afternoon. However, with a new year starting, she and her friends are about to have their lives irreversibly changed, and will have to figure out how to navigate their teenage years with incredible power and purpose bestowed to them.

The Bronx is the world she knows, with each and every place she goes to hang out with her friends, to pick up groceries, to simple walks to school all being familiar and safe.

The world, no, the universe is about to open up completely, and all of its mysteries and greater powers will be laid bare before her and her friends. Magical powers, mysterious enemies, and the terrifying realization that everything she thinks she knows will no longer be the same is fast approaching.

Eve's journey is just beginning.

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About

This download is for a demo of the first part of the first episode of Daughters of the Stars. Writing, art, and music are all subject to change with the final release. Warning: there are a few brief flashes in this game, as well as numerous mentions of food and eating.

Daughters of the Stars is an episodic visual novel starring Eve Lima and her friends, set in New York in the mid-nineties and heavily inspired by the era.

This game is something I've been thinking about and dreaming up, examining and reiterating on ideas in my head for nearly a decade now. After having started the prototype for this game back in June, I decided to work on a playable chunk to release and show people, featuring a sizeable slice of the first episode, with around 16k~ words (and featuring some very rough programmer's art). 

This is the start of my small contribution to the Magical Girl genre, one that I fully intend to continue working on and follow through to the end, and I hope you all enjoy not just this first look at it, but the rest of it as it comes to fruition.