All Scars and Starlight
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
Yuel was born to be the king of Indra.
Ascending to the throne at a mere eighteen years of age following his father's death, Yuel is tasked with running the whole country without being amply prepared for such a massive undertaking. A series of poor decisions damages Yuel's popularity with his people and his own advisors, until Yuel's own cousin, Tavi, leads a rebellion to depose him.
Tavi's rebellion is a success, and little over a year into his contentious reign, Yuel is toppled from his position of power and influence. Brought down in the world, Indra's former king is imprisoned in the palace's prison and left to rot.
Convinced that his life is over, Yuel insists that his older cousin should hurry up and execute him. Indra does not need two power-hungry men vying to be the country's king, and leaving Yuel alive would only divide the country further. Why can Tavi not finish what he started?
Tavi finds himself paralysed, however, with indecision. Incapable of killing his own family member, Tavi chooses to keep Yuel hidden away inside the palace, after convincing all of his advisors that he has put him to death. Tavi wants to treat his younger cousin with a degree of kindness, but Yuel is unimpressed. How dare Tavi try to extend the olive branch after effectively ruining his life: stripping him of his dignity in the process?
Is it possible for the two estranged cousins to ever see eye to eye — and why, despite everything, has Tavi come to care for his younger cousin so intensely?
- About 120,000 words of text (approx 4-8 hours of reading)
- A branching story with five different endings
- Several miserable endings (and one happy one!)
- Detailed background and character art
- A custom soundtrack
- Several consensual BxB sex scenes
- A dark, angsty romance story full of drama
- Handsome (and very unhappy) men! ❤︎
Writing/programming: ebi-hime
Sprite/CG art: Vel_kia
Extra art: Elduator
Background art: Fuyunokawa, Foxeleos
UI: Sasquatchii
Music: yuzuki
Opening video: Phinalgo
Purchase
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Development log
- Small update84 days ago
- All Scars and Starlight has been released \o/Jun 03, 2024
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Honestly and genuinely I love this game but I sort of wished there would have been an option where you could reject him every time he tried to make an advancement on you because I feel like tavi never deserved him look at what he did he took his life away stripped him out of his title and whenever he slit his throat for the first time and he was saved he became obedient to tavi and it really didn't make sense because how could you just let somebody sit there and try and take advantage of you after what they have done to you that's not right in my books I just really would have loved to see a way to reject him every time ( i loved the art in this really well done phenomenal storytelling honestly) and p.s I'm not trying to take away the sexual content it's just something that would have been a interesting concept I think
Unfortunately I ship these two characters too much and I still want them to be together to some degree even when put into a grim scenario like this, so it was inevitable each route would have a bit of 'romance' (no matter how twisted and unhealthy) sprinkled in. The relationship is meant to be pretty dysfunctional and depressing, though.
Like "All Ashes and Illusions", this is dark, but in a thoughtful way, thinking about how to accept and make amends for one's misdeeds. Good stuff, as always. Also, I really do recommend playing this after Ashes; you should be able to figure its plot out fine but I do still think that it hits different having experienced Yuel's screw-ups first hand.
i cant seem to get the final memory, and the last 3 cgs. could you tell me how to get them? thank you <3
This how you get the neutral, good, and 'final' ending (the 5th ending is not particularly happy lol so if you only want to read the best outcome you might want to skip it...)
He still wanted to have hope
He admitted he was to blame
He made light of the topic
And so he did Tavi argued against the physician’s cautions
Try to reason with Yuel
He wished that he could help Yuel
No matter how much it hurt
Uncomfortable
And he gave in to that temptation
Logical
Begged Yuel desperately
He was kind to Yuel because nobody else had been
Before he relented (if you press on you’ll get the neutral ending)
For this last choice, you'll either get the final end or the good end based on what you pick.
It's possible to get railroaded into only getting the final end from this choice if you picked other stuff earlier, but if you follow the guide the narative will branch here
He promised Yuel he would always be there for him (gives you the final ending)
He would have to be careful but… (gives you the good ending)
tysmmmmm <333
np!
Thank you! <3
np! i hope it helps!
So... I thought I was gonna have a good ending my first playthrough, went through the credits and then Salim pops in. I cried.
My second playthrough I purposefully chose different choices, another bad ending that made me cry harder... Seriously Yuel, while Tavi is SLEEPING NEXT TO YOU?!? Ffs... What a horrible wake up call...
Finally got a good one my third time. Though geez these historical ones just rip my heart out. Things aren't much easier for them in modern times, but at least they don't have to deal with the royalty thing hanging over their heads. "Must produce an heir" my ass. Let Khalil's bloodline END, man!
Haha this story is a bit sadistic...
Although, in the original draft of the story, there was only one ending, and it was a bad ending, so at least there's a possibility of things working out now!
I hope the story was still enjoyable and/or interesting despite the various Horrors I subjected my boys to haha 💦💦
Oh, of course it was. I'm not usually a fan of historical... Well, anything, but I'm a huge sucker for Tavi and Yuel, no matter the environment. The bad endings make me wanna replay Unluckily in Love though lol.
I was writing some more cute fluff set in the Unluckily in Love universe, so there will be more things to look forward to on the horizon 👀
Yaaayyyy!!!! That's my favorite of the games with them so far. Mostly because To Have and To Hold felt kinda rushed with them getting together. I actually think of that one as a sequel to Unluckily in Love, like they lost contact for a while and then meet again a decade or so later. The only inconsistency of thinking that way is Khalil's time of death because it's current in both games lol.
I like UIL a lot too, it's very cute and fluffy! It's also the easiest setting to work with to do side stories or spinoffs, which is what I've been doing. I'm probably going to release a few short stories set in the UIL universe, though it might take a bit to finish them; I'll have to see how it goes!
Would you mind spoiling it for me please, how do I get the good ending?
Sure, just gonna drop it so others don't see it immediately.
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You tell Yuel you have to be careful, rather than that you'll always be there.
Thank you!
If it's not too much of a bother, do you remember all the options you chose to get the good ending?
I'm halfway through the game and so far there have been so many distressing scenes (Yuel attempting to take his own life twice). I'm just wondering if there's a way to avoid these scenes (they're seriously too difficult to read) and if I'm already heading towards the bad ending.
Yuel's two attempted suicides take place regardless of what choices you pick, since the story doesn't banch off into the different endings until about 70% of the way through. A lot of the grim content here is unskippable, though the darkest content is in a couple of the bad endings.
If you want I can tell you all the choices you need to pick to get the good ending, if you want to ensure that things end happily.
please cuz i cant get the good ending either lol
LOL looks like you should put in a walkthrough for those that need it.
Omg T__T
Please do tell us all the choices needed for good ending! Thank you so much! <3
Is ML a switch or pure bottom
Only a sub in this story.
Thanks Game very pretty keep up the work!
Thank you!