Protostar Twilight
A downloadable game for Windows
Who would have thought a simple letter from a "friend" would lead Tempus to their next great adventure? Not Regis Altare, leader of Guild Tempus, for sure.
Stumbling into the hands of a man simply known as "The Necromancer", Tempus finds themselves in a world of crystals and doom looming around every corner. As they traverse the maze of their captor, they begin to unravel a past long since lost to history.
Who is "The Necromancer"? What does he truly want from Tempus? Will these adventurer's be able to escape his plans and see the light of day together again?
Protostar twilight is a fan-made HoloStars EN SRPG inspired by Fire Emblem.
This game includes art entirely made by our extremely talented team, enticing battles, a completely original story, music, and items.
This game is available to play only on Windows. This game is best played with the BGM and Sound Effects set to 100.
Content Warnings
Flashing Lights - Violent Language - Distressing Themes - Body Horror - Claustrophobia - Graphic Violence (Such as Blood) - Gore (Written) - Swearing & Adult Language - Mention of Self Harm - Death and Torture
Head to our website to view a full gallery, team credits, and character information!
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Install instructions
Extract the zipped folder and open game.exe to begin the game.
Key mappings can be modified via game.ini.
For fullscreen, press F4. (experimental).
The intended difficulty for a first playthrough is Normal.
Enjoy.
IMPORTANT: Mouse input is not officially supported and WILL cause unexpected issues, such as potentially corrupting displayed data or displaying incorrect data. The intended method of play is through a controller. The game is beatable with mouse input, but many systems WILL be broken.
Note: If Microsoft Defender flags the file, press "Run Anyway."
Note: If capturing with OBS, capture as a window in order to show the credit sequence. It will appear as a blackscreen to the viewers otherwise.
Patch Notes:
1.0.1:
- Minor bug fixes
1.0.2:
- Minor bug fixes
- Updated title screen graphic
- Fixed writer credit for act 7
- Rebalanced audio (music and sfx should be softer, crit quotes should be louder)
- Adjusted difficulty of certain bosses
- Minor hard mode adjustments
1.0.2.1:
- Fixed soft lock for acts 3, 6, 7
1.0.3:
- Adjustments to cutscenes
- Added hidden boosts to certain tiles
- Added event for acquiring certain items on the last stage
- Fixed Hakka continually losing his spears
1.0.3.1
- Fixed Act 2 missing dialogue
- Fixed missing text box at a certain door
- Fixed Minotaur AI
- Fixed bug preventing follow-up attacks
- Misc. bug fixes
1.0.4
- Fixed Hakka's infinite loop preventing people from escaping Act 2
- Pulled Axel out of the whole in Act 5's talk dialogues
1.0.5
- Various bug fixes
- Adjusted balance of post-game stages
- Fixed controller mappings swapping around
- Fixed certain stat boost items to actually be consumable
- Updated final boss music
FAQ
Q: I have some issues with the mouse controls, how do I fix them?
A: Although allowed, mouse input isn't the intended method of play. The lead programmer apologizes, but any issues resulting from this will likely need to be resolved by the user. We recommend playing with a controller.
Q: What are the controls?
A: The gamepad layout defaults to a Playstation-like control scheme where, on the right side of the controller, skip is the start button, confirm is the bottom button (x), menu is the top button (triangle), and cancel is the right button (o). These controls can be remapped in the game.ini file (the one with a gear icon over a piece of paper, not the game.exe used to run the game). However, as even the programmer lacks documentation on what button represents which, it requires some experimentation.
Q: What kind of game is this?
A: Although a fan-game, this is a game heavily inspired by Fire Emblem. Specifically, the early GBA version of Fire Emblem. If you are familiar with them, you should be able to progress much more smoothly and pick up certain concepts. If not... the lead programmer apologizes in advance for the lack of helpful tutorials.
Q: How do I play in full screen?
A: You can try pressing F4, but SRPG Studio scales the game weirdly. It can't be fixed without rewriting a chunk of the engine or redoing quite a few assets, so sadly it stays the way it is now.
Q: Why does the save at the battle prep screen take me back to the beginning of the chapter?
A: No clue. It shouldn't, but that's the way it is. For now, press 'P' to skip previously seen cutscenes (or whatever button that it has been remapped to in the game.ini file).
Q: Why does Hakka keep multiplying his spears when giving them to Vesper?
A: This is a feature (half-joking). It doesn't really do much, but you can stockpile them if you want.
Q: How do I use the concept creatures?
A: They are auto-equipped on acquiring if there is space in the inventory of the corresponding member of Tempus. If there is not space, you can use it on the matching member in battle or from the convoy.
Q: The item descriptions and skills are unclear, how do I learn what they do?
A: Certain items and skills are meant to be cryptic (i.e. the six hidden pieces), but most item and skill descriptions can be viewed from the battle prep screen or in the unit battle menu. We have no idea why it does not show up in the actual item menu during battle, but will look into it.
Q: How do you get the true ending?
A: Recruit certain allies along the way.
