Stellar Reflections

Stellar Reflections is a short story visual novel set in a dystopian future, within a sprawling space station governed by a singular world government. In this bleak era, personal freedoms have been suppressed, and life choices are dictated by the all-powerful regime. Delve into the narrative through the eyes of the protagonist, Aurelia, a nobody spending her days at her junkyard job, in a bar, or holed up in her cabin. She'll come to face a life-altering decision that will challenge her perception of the world.

Characters

Aurelia, the protagonist,  is a nobody living out her life at a space station orbiting the Earth. Spends her days at her junkyard job, drinking at her favoring bar, or playing video games.

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A young graduate of a machinery school, who finds herself in a particular predicament. Can Aurelia and Pixie help one another?

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Bartender at Aurelia's favorite bar. As a man significantly older than her (although his exact age is not known), he offers advice and listens to her whining.

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Length

Stellar Reflections is a short story, consisting of about 17000 words, divided into 15 bits. Reaching all endings takes about 1h and 20 minutes.

Audio

There are 16 original tracks created specifically for this novel.

Endings

The novel features a couple of choices which  lead to one of three possible endings: bad, neutral, or good.

About the novel
Originally envisioned as a part of NaNoReNo 2023, Stellar Reflections took much more time to create than a month.  Mainly due to the fact that the idea evolved into a slightly longer short story than planned, and that it's made almost entirely by one inexperienced person (who got some invaluable support in the form of beta reading and playtesting though) rather than by a team.
In the end, the novel was created purely as a free-time hobby project, as  a means of  learning the basics of the Ren'Py engine, but a lot of care was put into making it - hopefully - a good read.

Content warnings
The novel does not present depictions of any risqué content, however readers may find certain sound effects disturbing, and the story contains potentially controversial subjects, such as alcohol abuse, drug abuse, sexual references, self-harm references, rape references, other crime references, as well as strong language.