Saturn's Rising Temperature
A downloadable visual novel
Saturn's Rising Temperature is a short visual novel made in 1 week for VNCUP 2022
Follow the life of Saturn, a warehouse worker living on the man-made planet of SD-1409-V2, in a universe where space travel is a fad that has long since came and went.
Recently, she's been having strange dreams about the moon that orbits this planet... But, it's probably nothing, right?
Features:
One ending,
~5k words consisting mostly of lesbian monologue,
original art and music,
incredibly light sci-fi worldbuilding,
40+ CGs of varying quality,
3 entire colors,
and a story about loneliness and what we will do to avoid it.
intended for older audiences due to some suggestive implications. does not contain any outright explicit content. note there are some themes of unreality and mental struggle.
the VN is free, but if you're feeling generous, donations thru ko-fi are appreciated!
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This is an awesome game and I had a ton of fun playing it on my channel! Definitely felt the cold draw alongside the main character and the lesbian monologue style was great! Literally recommend you play this game to experience it right now. Like download. Now... Or get it on the bundle as the art is gorgeous!!
Had a lovely time taking this in; definitely struck a chord or two ;w;
man i love the art of this. its just so tasty
thank you so much!
its a really nice game, also the music is so good, it gives this unsettling feeling but not too much:)
thank you :-)
not able to play this rn since kobolds confiscated my pc, but "~5k words consisting mostly of lesbian monologue" sounds good not gonna lie
I played this game a little while ago, I really liked it. The sense of unreality was very well conveyed, and a little unsettling but comforting at the same time. I love the colour palette a lot.
thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it
i just finished playing this, and i think this hits way too close to home for me. i think that fact should be concerning, but i'm glad someone somehow wrote some of my thoughts to paper, even though they didnt mean to or even know it. i think this is going to be stuck in my head for a very long time not just because of the story and how i relate to it, but the art and choice of color also.
i would like to give the biggest kudos and if someone is reading the comments lamenting if they should play this, this is a sign that you should. go ahead, it's great.
thank you so much, i'm really happy to hear it resonated with you
Really loved the visuals of this visual novels with the limited colors and whatnot and the ending was really sweet. Good stuff overall
i like this a lot
i loved the backgrounds and the story made me cry it was so cool!!!
Played this yesterday and I really loved it!
this is pretty good! Much like someone elses I like the limited colors, and how enjoying the vn is, and it's theme. Is it fine to post a playthrough/readthrough of this? I think my only main problem, would be censoring, since, welp yt and the likes and the stuff, even if it's just partial nudity. Again I'm sorry to talk something like this. Still overall, I enjoyed it! Hope to play more of your games later on!
Hi, thank you so much! I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Posting playthroughs is fine with me! I figured the doll-nudity the novel features would be fine for something like YT, but I don’t have any deep knowledge on that. You’re free to censor those parts if you feel like it’s necessary.
THIS WAS SO GOOD
Short, sweet, and ultra-cute. A simply stellar VN, heheheh~
thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it<3
When I first saw this browsing the submitters for vncup, I got really excited and hoped I would like it. This vn was surprising for its subversion of a few usual story conventions. The limited colour usage was such a great choice for this space-story, I really liked the details found in the backgrounds of scenes, and the character design was cute. To not spoil something I thought was done really well (yet still comment on it), the ending featured what was hinted at throughout in multiple forms, but remained a shock when it actually hit. The pacing of the several days of her work made it easy to follow her rhythm and take in her complicated dreams and visions. The music was neat and charming to fit with the space colony slice of life themes. Their feelings of being trapped in their life were easy to relate to, and made me hope there was a bright ending full of clarity for them...
a bit of a late reply, but thank you so much! you hit a lot of nails right on the head for what i was hoping would get across in this very short story, so i'm glad i was able to accomplish that in one way or another. Especially in regards to the 'rhythm' of Saturn's worklife being a way to put more emphasis on her dreams. thanks for reading! 💙
so good you get it