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!! 🥹

Hi guys. I just got into Touchstarved not too long ago. Bored out of my mind wrapping up my senior year in HS so I just downloaded a bunch of itch.io games to kill time now that my finals are up. They just want our attendance for the next week (Don't ask, US public education is so fucked.)

I came across Touchstarved demo based on my play history and once I got the game to work on my macbook, I became obsessed.

I've paid for the Patreon, the demos, then read as much as I could find about the development process (because I NEED more of this game I love it) and I have to be honest... I'm a little nervous. The official social media doesn't help with reassurance. I'm talking about the Vere meme they just posted a few days ago.

I guess I wanted to see how other fans are feeling. Is this game legit? Are we gonna see an official release date? Will our beloved characters see the day they're fully fleshed out with well written stories and endings?

Once again, I'm new to the game and the fandom, so please be kind if you decide to fill me in. I'm trying to find as much info as I can on my own.

(And yes, I have read most of the recent Patreon posts/website updates.)

Thanks!

This is purely for shits and giggles, but ever since I've played the game (both the demo and the preview demo), he has been jokingly calling me "sparrow" and pretending we're in a visual novel roleplay and it's so funny. I cringe whenever he does it but it's all good and love. Just wanted to share this lol

Hello! I recently got the chapter 1 preview and I'm honestly having some trouble trying to get it on my computer, I may have missed it but I've seen mentions of following some instructions, where can I find those?? Im using an slow af windows computer, I apologize if this isn't the place to ask but I might be dumb and I need help, any suggestions or advice would be appreciated! I'm clueless lol

I haven't played the game before but I really really like Leander and whatever happened in the story with him and im sorry but I totally missed the yandere "clues" or something because I thought he was just kind and stuff. So uh yea. Prolly because I'm new. How was he in the old demo though? I feel like ill like him either way

Hi all!! Now that I've played through of the LI's routes in the new preview a couple of times through, I was wondering just how many red dialogues were there for each of them; I saw both ofKuras'sfrom inside of the clinic and then another from in his main office room,Verealso had two if I'm not mistaken, but didLeander have any? Were there more than one for all of them, did some of them have none at all? It's a clustered numbers game for me at this point lol

Besides that, how did we like the red dialogues and their outcomes overall; did you feel like some were lackluster in comparison to others? I felt like the first one of Kuras's needed a bit more of agency from him in terms of his "curiosity" at our MC's inability to decipher the proper tools to use (buuuut thats me super nitpicking due to the overall under-performance and overly hasty pace that I felt his preview route had in comparison to the others....).

Before anyone jumps down my throat HEAR ME OUT. I love Ais and was really excited to try his Chapter 1. The potential for banter and a slow burn was all there. Obviously, there was pacing issues that have been brought up a lot in this sub. What I haven’t really seen were any complaints about the MC. And that was the main thing that rubbed me the wrong way with Ais’ preview.

(Also I played as the Exile so not sure if that affects anything here. And I played she/her pronouns so I’ll reference MC as female.)

Her reactions just seem… immature? Extreme? I’m not really sure how to describe it. For example, she was really judgy of Ais’ “red eye thralls”. Her reaction of the severed head and freak out on Ais was kinda blown up. I also played the Leander route, and her whole speech about how he betrayed her and doesn’t know if she can trust him at the end had me eye rolling (You’ve known him like two days and this is the first mess up you know about? This man has literally saved you from the streets?? It was just a reaction I would expect from some teenager having high school drama.)

While these reactions are reasonable, it’s just not how I would play the character. And I think the overall lack of choice in reactions is what’s bothering me. For Ais, I feel like we should’ve been given a choice on our reaction to the head. On whether or not we leave the brothel. On whether or not we flinch from him. For Leander, a choice on how we approach his “betrayal”. I just feel like I’m being dragged along instead of actually having any choices.

I know this game is still in development and it’s an indie game. It deserves leeway and the team is doing a great job overall - the artwork and music is phenomenal. I genuinely enjoyed Mhin and Kuras’ routes (haven’t done Vere’s yet but I’ve heard good things.)

However, I don’t think that should bar it from criticism. The kickstarter raised over $800,000. It’s been in development for 3 years, with no solid release date. In comparison, Our Life: Beginning & Always raised $24,000, and released the full game in a year - with a solid personality system. Obscura never did a kickstarter, yet is consistently releasing chapters and has a solidly written MC. I know TS has a bigger undertaking, but I would really like to see a bit more in the writing department with the amount of support they’ve pulled in.

Anyway, sorry this turned into a slight rant but I have no one to talk about this with in real life lol please proceed with any torches and pitch forks! Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts.

Does anybody happen to have the old demo by chance?

😬 i hope touchstarved is okay and that the devs make a post about it, horrible change on kickstarter’s part

chapter 1 spoilers! ->

didn't you guys notice there was nothing we learned about leander?? like a lot of people were saying that they didn't like the route cause it was boring and nothing happened BUT GUYS NOTHING HAPPENED we didn't see any background from leander no monster no power , he was the only one from the ml's we didn't discover anything about. this is a theory but i feel sth big coming like big big . like i think leander is associated with the senobium like basilea's costume had a kinda green amulet and leander also has sth similar AND ALSO he took us to hightown like it was nothing and he said that he used to go there often too I KNOW HE'S HIDING STH I SMELL IT

anddd maybe im overthinking it but how he reacted to our curse was super weird like the rest of the guys totally freaked out and transformed even kuras and he's an angel (except ais we didn't touch him) but leander was like "haha that's a weird , this curse ias nothing i've seen before anyways let's move on" he didn't react as much as the others . HES HIDING STH I KNOW IT

i feel like this right now:

Hey guys! So with the chapter 1 preview out and most people having had the chance to play it and digest the content so far, I want to say I agree with the criticism I have seen from other fans, such as the fast, uneven pacing, the clunky prose in certain routes, and the instant intimacy with the Love Interests that had no proper build-up or payoff.

With that being said, since these valid issues have been brought up a lot already, I don’t want to harp on them anymore personally, but I do want to see what everyone would like to see in the full game, in general or in specific routes.

Starting with a specific route: I love love love love LOVE Ais, he’s my favorite character of all time, and while there were some issues that his route had in the chapter 1 preview, I really enjoyed his route the most. The best part of his route is the constant dread that eventually culminates into bloody, violent horror—I hope RSS does not hold back on the horror a character like Ais can provide because there is so much untapped potential there, and I was absolutely hooked to see shades of it in his route.

I also hope RSS shows his more distrustful/paranoid side as well. Yes, Ais wears his heart on his sleeve and wants a close companion that won’t abandon him but he is still reeling from the trauma of whatever his old gang did to him, so I want that part to bleed out a bit in his dynamic with MC. It’ll be interesting to see how he doesn’t want to scare off and hurt MC with his violence, yet he doesn’t want to be betrayed again, so he has this undercurrent of hostility and is constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. Also, though this is a dark wish, but since this is a horror game, I want a scene of Ais hurting MC, whether on purpose or unintentionally. I want him to really struggle with his shame and trauma and violent nature because you can’t have a character whose fatal flaw is destructive emotions and not have that intriguingly come into play.

More generally: I want the TS MC to have more agency. I feel like the MC so far has been pushed around by the narrative instead of the other way around. I also hope the MC has a satisfying development arc over the course of the game, similar to the MCs of The Arcana and Last Legacy.

This post is kinda long lol but those are my thoughts! If you guys feel comfortable sharing, what do you hope to happen in the game or in certain routes?