Hamomoru Tachibana, une clergywoman sérieuse, se perd dans une forêt proche d'un sanctuaire de Kyoto lors d'un festival nocturne du début du XXe siècle. Elle y rencontre Chuuya Shingoh, un passionné de science qui lui présente le Bassin d'observation des étoiles, capable de faire pousser des objets célestes comme des étoiles. Sans son portefeuille, elle se joint à ses recherches pour modeler le ciel nocturne avec des cailloux et tester leur impact sur la ville via la divination onmyou.
Les joueurs guident Hamomoru dans cette simulation indie de croissance céleste, où ils façonnent des étoiles dans le Bassin et explorent les rues de Kyoto aux côtés de Chuuya. La boucle principale mêle expériences dans le Bassin et balades dans le monde réel pour observer les effets. Les amateurs de simulations réfléchies apprécieront son rythme posé et ses expérimentations mystiques.
"The idea of creating a box of jewels, each filled with life... doesn't it give you a little bit of a thrill?"
This Starry Midnight We Make is a celestial growth simulation game wherein the protagonist, Hamomoru Tachibana, creates celestial objects using the mysterious Star-seeing Basin.
Hamomoru Tachibana, our protagonist, is an overly serious, easily-flustered clergywoman. While on vacation in Kyoto, Japan in the early 20th century, she went to visit a night festival at a local shrine. While enjoying one of the local specialties, she found herself lost in a deep forest road near the shrine.
In the depths of the forest, flanked by a trio of archways, Hamomoru meets Chuuya Shingoh, a curious, self-professed student of sciences. Chuuya shows Hamomoru the "Star-seeing Basin", wherein one can seem to "grow" stars and a model of the night sky using pebbles, and invites Hamomoru to join his experiments. She is hesitant at first, but her missing wallet compels her to remain in Kyoto regardless.
Ultimately accepting Chuuya's offer to help with lodging, she agrees to assist him in his "research" in return. According to Chuuya, the stars created in the Basin may be able to influence the rest of the city in a manner similar to what is often described in onmyou divination. To confirm this, Hamomoru and Chuuya shall walk the streets of Kyoto, all while creating stars within the Star-seeing Basin...
