Starlight Express (prototype)

Starlight Express is a story-driven sci-fi life sim culminating in a climactic interdimensional crisis, basically Mass Effect 2 meets Stardew Valley. Manage a shipping company in space, explore the station and interact with a diverse cast of characters, use the relationships you've made and resources gathered to go back in time and face a cosmic cataclysm!

How to Play:

Movement	W,A,S,D / ↑,←,↓,→
Run	Shift
Interact	E
Advance Dialogue	Space, E, Left Click
Menu/Dialogue Selection	Left Click
Pause Menu	Esc
Respawn/Reset Position	R
Speed Up Cutscene	Control & Q
Skip to following day	Interact with office couch

Credits:

Max Hooton

Lead Developer

Joaquim Pinkalsky

Lead Artist, Pixel Artist, 3D Artist,  Lead Animator

Chris Weber

Lead Writer, Narrative Designer

Stefano di Pace

Game Designer, Creative Director

Theodore Matthews

Concept Artist, Digital Illustrator, Animator

Bárbara Victória

Pixel Artist, UI Asset Designer

Viviane Barbosa

Sound Designer

Original Music by CAIMANS

As you are handed the Starlight Express Employee Handbook, you notice it has been defaced and vandalized by its previous owner. Lewd doodles and extraordinarily colorful language have been scribbled over the rules, safety protocols and disclaimers, making them illegible. 

On the last page, you find what seem to be handwritten notes. They read: 

 "Those ********* told you they'd provide you with room and board, right? *******.  Pro tip: you can just crash on the couch in the office. It stinks but it's weirdly comfortable so you'll sleep right through to the next day (there's an alarm that goes off at 6am, though, couldn't figure how to turn that off). 

If you need a stiff drink after work (and you will most days), you'll find the station bar on the lower level. Don't get cute with the owner though, just pay for your drink and behave... I've seen her stab a dude once, true story. Gilli, is a regular there but he's a tough nut to crack, so choose your words carefully with that one.

Shun only communicates via messages so be sure to check the office terminal for mail if you're up for some less than legal work.

And always remember to check up on folks after you've done a job for them, some people may want to show you their appreciation but sometimes they'll just talk your ear off about whatever nonsense is bugging them. Barry... that one is a talker, you can't get him to shut up."

Special Thanks to

Fardeen Chowdhury

UI/UX Designer

Willy Mercier

Developer

Sabien Jarmin

Mentor, Senior Developer & Consultant

Tony Li

Creator of the Dialogue System for Unity plugin

Vextin

Loving and supporting Caos Creator

We are Team Croissant, an international team based in Brazil, the US and the UK. Our mission is to create games that bend genres and explore issues impacting our players’ lives.

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