Now that about half of our lovely LI's voices have been announced, I felt compelled to open up a discussion about what the collective thinks in regard of the casting choices. I have my own opinions about it, and i'd like to see who differs, or perhaps is more-so on the same page as me!

I'm sure over the past few years of TouchStarved's development, we've all formed our own mental head-cannon for each of the LI's, and how we see their voices being portrayed down to a tee. For long time fanatics of TouchStarved such as myself, i've always wanted to give the benefit of the doubt to Red Spring, as I know that they went about this casting carefully, and have been undoubtedly meticulous to the game's development— however, I cannot help but feel that the reveals are just... off.

I entirely see the approach that the studio is taking with this, however I don't know if I necessarily agree with it, personally. Obtaining brilliantly talented, A-list voice actors within the industry is something to be extremely proud of as an independent studio, however after hearing what has been released and taking a few days to attempt to adjust, I genuinely cannot place the voices to our characters, literally at all.

This doesn't effect the adoration I have for the visual novel what-so-ever, as it was built on the already ever-present storytelling and world-building that the team has worked diligently on up until this point. But, upon release if there is an option to play the visual novel without voice-over, I will most likely be taking that route!

I'd love to know what you all are thinking, too!

He somehow sounds a little like the vtuber Vantacrow Bringer.

It doesn't sound like I imagined, but I like it!

Edit: It was Ray Chase!!! https://x.com/redspringstudio/status/2112938592066732135

I imagined his voice even more sly and smug, but I really like it!!!!

Opinions???

GUYS WE HAVE THE FIRST VOICE ACTOR REVEALED!!!!

What do you think? Personally I didn't like it at first, I imagined Kuras having a softer voice, but I ended up liking it after listening to it a couple of times

So I downloaded and played the Touchstarved demo from steam and since the beginning my Title screen from the game looked like this (my pc runs on Linux) so I just wanted to ask if it's supposed to look like this or if anyone else also sees it like this? Otherwise it's probably just the Proton layer being weird.

Also everything else runs completely fine.

Ais' comment is a reference to this other comic I made. He wants petty revenge lmao.

I still can't believe the game is coming out next year. The hype continues!

(Un)Fortunately, He will be real soon.

I am sad about the release date.

Hi everyone
So it’s been a while and I was wondering if anyone had any news about a possible release, please ?
I’m not subscribed to their Patreons so I’m just waiting but damn it’s been quite a while 😭

Thank you!

By me 🥰

I’m calling it right now, one of these bad endings for all or one of the love interests routes is the MC’s curse killing them.

I think it’s heavily implied that the MC’s curse is way more powerful than they realize, thus with this limited knowledge, they might end up losing control of their abilities.

We know that it causes humans to go mad, reveal the true forms of some Monsters (Vere and Kuras for example), and nullifying other curses potentially (like with what happened after the end of Mhin’s route in their Ch.1 route)

But why do I have this irking feeling that the MC’s power can do more than just those things? Like it pushed so far, we end up killing anything that breathes with a single touch.

I saw an old post on here talking about the relationships in this game and it mentioned Leander having a crush on Mhin. I looked at the relationship charts and I didn't see anything like that so im confused where people are getting this from

Mhin come back to me

Im sure people have discussed it on here before but I just discovered this game and that they were "friends with benefits but got attached later on" I wonder how thats gonna go later on in the game. Because we're romancing them will they get feelings for the MC and loose those other feelings for each other later on? I know some people want a poly route and others don't.

I'm new to this game so I don't know if im missing something or what

A general note to be made about the MC is definitely their personality. Ie; being annoyed by Ais wayyy more than a "blank slate" character should be, putting a tremendous amount of faith/trust in the Lls at the very beginning of the game is absurd, the MC and Lls falling for each other too quickly is a huge turn off.

For Kuras: I just love him. I love his true form and his abilities that we've seen thus far. However I don't think I fully understood how the MC was able to see his true form. Did Kuras reveal himself? Was it because he touched the MC's hand? He touched the MC's hands before while stitches their arms back on I'm assuming but the MC was unconscious at that time.. If Kuras revealed himself wouldn't that be dangerous? People die when they see his true form. Idk I'm just confused by that part. Other than that, I genuinely like Kuras many expressions and dialogue.

For Ais: I see some people complaining about the MC going into Ais' room and not facing any consequences. This is a point where I feel people don't pay enough attention to the smallest details. So I started going over the game again and I realized...first in the demo the MC burst into the Seaspring after running from the Soulless so that means the doors to Seaspring are ALWAYS open for anyone to just walk in and the MC did this twice! While I understand wanting some kind of push back from Ais, his doors are literally always open. Another thing has to do with the MC's extremely annoyed personality towards Ais. I wish there was a way of developing the MC's personality the way we'd like in regard to that point. I get Ais likes the MCs "shitty attitude" but for the rest of us it's just off putting. I also saw complaints about the severed head and MC's reaction. I do get why people are upset. With MC's curse, you would think they'd be a bit more hardened/seasoned in a world of monsters, curses, and killing. I might be willing to give the reaction the benefit of the doubt if the MC's chosen background was anything but The Exile but idk (the only wiggle room explanation I could imagine is if the MC was a bit sheltered in some way). Pacing is an issue even down to the errors of the days. Other than that, I'm glad I chose to bite him in the demo. I liked the teasing when Ais pulls the MC's hood down and that his lifestyle seems kinda gruff. I do want to see him help Kuras at the clinic, I'm definitely looking forward to that.

For Vere: I enjoyed Vere's story. I like that the MC is able to use their curse on the Soulless. The fact that Vere is sneaky enough to slip out of his room is interesting. I always imagined him having some sort of fight back against the Senobium so he's not completely bound to them even if it's small. The red text from Basilea saying Vere is always secured after midnight makes it seem more plausible for Vere to slip out at times. Basilea being so lax around Vere makes me believe that she's fully confident is the strength of the Senobium's magic.

Now as for Leander and Mhin... I still have to play through their stories. They were at the bottom of my list to begin with so I'll get to those stories later.

Since we did see a short glimpse of him during Chapter 1 Preview of Ais Route- what are your impressions/ headcanons about Elyon?
Could even be general thoughts about his origin, lore etc.

I‘m excited to see what exactly he is searching for „what money cannot buy“

I saw people had made their own but never posted any clean template so I Frankensteined one. Both one with the basic 3 relationships statuses and an extended one for your complex needs. The art of the characters, logo and general text elements of course belongs to Red Spring Studio, I simply put it together.

I’m currently replaying chapter 1 and trying to get the red choices for Leander rn. I know that Leander has 2 red choices, one during breakfast at the cafe, and one related to the backstory you choose. I’ve mostly just struggled for the first red option that should pop up 💔 So perhaps if someone could list down the choices it would be greatly appreciated!! 🥹