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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨

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Freshly-kneaded and bespoke indie games made just for you. Currently working on #StarbrightAgency, a queer-friendly, city-pop inspired, romantic visual novel. Play the FREE Demo: https://linktr.ee/StarbrightAgency

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · May 21

Navigate fake romance and secret identities in Starbright Agency: Our queer-friendly, city-pop, romantic visual novel about magical heroes!

🪐 Play our Free Demo : thoughtfulbread.com/demo

💫 Wishlist Us on Steam: thoughtfulbread.com/wishlist

✨ Join our Newsletter: thoughtfulbread.com/newsletter

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 2d

Citrine is one of the ✨ six routes✨ in Starbright Agency, and will be introduced in the next demo update!

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 2d

She's here! The Crystal Butterfly herself, Citrine! 🦋 💎

Neo Seattle's favorite popstar and social media sensation, Citrine, is known for her hot tracks and hot takes. As one of the few non-combative scouts, she uses her power of Crystogenesis to create incredible performances 🎶 💃

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 4d

Orion has a terrible knack for showing up when he's least wanted (Unless you dig the whole cowboy thing...🤔 ) #screenshotsaturday

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 6d

Are you ready for the show? The CRYSTAL BUTTERFLY, Starbright Agency's sixth routed character, is about to make her shining debut. 🦋💎✨

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CeeBee's Demo Dive @ceebee514.bsky.social · 7d

About two and a half hours away from the Demo Dive, where we'll be streaming the demo for Starbright Agency, a romance visual novel by @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social - which gives Dream Daddy meets Sailor Moon meets the Romantice Fake-Real Turn trope vibes. Come check it out! www.twitch.tv/ceebee514

CeeBee514 - Twitch

Little trash goblin dumpster-diving for demos so you don't have to.

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

That's all for now! ✨ We are grateful for your support so far, and can't wait to show you more over the next couple of months! 💫

ALSO: If you want early access to our builds and a first look at these updates, hop over to our Discord! We are a friendly crew!

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

💫 When can I expect this new demo? 💫

Currently we are targeting January 2026, only 3 months away! (Crazy how time works.) We will be sharing new art, progress updates, and more exciting goodies until then!

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

🖌️NEW Art For Current Demo🎨

In addition to new CGs and backgrounds for the new content, we are adding intro CGs for all our route characters. Check out the work in progress peek at some of that art below!

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

📱 NEW Feature: Chat with your fellow Scouts📞

🗨️App: Chat💬
Receive and reply to texts from your favorite Scouts, the team, and other Neo Seattlelites. Will you accept Orion's late-night DMs or set up a secret rendezvous with Eclipse?

A prototype mockup of Wishbright's phone (aaah!) : a pink y2k esque device with a chat screen in it. Currently the player is receiving a late night DM from the menace, Orion Jackson and given a choice of how to reply.

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

📱 NEW Feature: Get Messy on Social Media!📞
The new demo of Starbright Agency will finally bring Wishbright's Phone into the game. We have two apps to share today:

🪐App: Astro🪐
Neo Seattle's favorite social media platform! Make posts on your profile and engage with other users' content!

A prototype mockup of Wishbright's phone (aaah!) : a pink y2k esque device with a social media screen within it. There are a series of posts made by a variety of users.

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

🦋NEW Character Intro: The Crystal Butterfly Steals the Show! 🦋

The second half of the common route will finally introduce our sixth routed character. She's Neo Seattle's most beloved popstar and current tabloid scandal. The Crystal Butterfly's design will debut this weekend - stay tuned!

A silhouette of the newest character for Starbright Agency. At the moment she appears to have a huge butterfly as part of her hairstyle.

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

📖NEW Story Content: Fake Dating for Fame?📖

While our current demo is about a 1/3 of our common route, our next demo will put the entire route in your hands. Currently, we are clocking in at about 40k words or 2-4 hours of gameplay! This will also include new backgrounds and CGs!

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 7d

✨HUGE Announcement!✨

Fall in Love Festival is over, and we have some massive updates to share! A new Starbright Agency Demo is heading your way with more story, characters, and features!

Check out the thread below or our devlog for all the deets!

thoughtfulbread.itch.io/starbright-a...

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Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · 7d

It's the final 2 hours of our visual novel Steam festival! Take a look one last time at all of the games on sale, free games, and demos you might want to try.

Who knows...you may find your next favorite visual novel 💖

store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

Fall in Love VISUAL NOVEL FESTIVAL
SEP 24 - OCT 1
presented by Studio Elan

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a wild ricebits 🎮 pre-odyssey!~ @ricebits.bsky.social · 8d

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Every time I see a VN dedicated to superheroes, you have me by the hand. How high can I fly~?

🎮: Starbright Agency by @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social
🕗: 10pm, GMT+8
🗓: 30 Sept, Tuesday

🌠: twitch.tv/ricebits

#StarbrightAgency #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 9d

He's your go-to guy whenever you are in trouble!

Ollie is a bit of a workaholic, and it's unclear if or when he takes time off. But whether it's managing fan discourse or booking appearances, Ollie is your guy. Plus, he makes a great cup of coffee. ☕

Let us know if Ollie is your number one? 💖

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 10d

Stormlight is a rookie Scout working towards his big debut! What he lacks in skills, he makes up in heart, and he's certainly got a lot of that! 💖

Are you a Stormlight stan? His official fangroup hasn't been created yet, but he'd like them to be called the SPARKS ⚡

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 11d

(Wishbright wrote that pun, I'm just the messenger🙏😅)

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 11d

Our UI Designer asked if we would share our History Log for #screenshotsaturday, but we weren't sure if it was something "U" or "I" would be interested in.

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 12d

Don't worry, she's here 👀

Eclipse is a renegade scout, a villain who always seems to show up and ruin Wishbright's chance at the Top 50! Why? Uncertain - but we do know she looks freaking good doing it. 🕰️

Are you an Eclipse fan? She has no formal fan group name - she's too underground for that 😏

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 12d

Tune in at 3PM CT to see Starbright along with some other phenomenal games from the Fall in Love showcase! ✨💕⭐

Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · 12d

Join us at 3PM CT for a showcase of 20 romance-themed visual novels from our Fall in Love Festival, hosted by @lirie.pink and @ghostess.net !

💖 Watch it here: www.twitch.tv/lirielirie

Fall in Love VISUAL NOVEL FESTIVAL showcase
presented by studio elan

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 12d

Starbright Agency will be showing @qgcon.bsky.social this weekend! 🌈 💖

Our team couldn't make it to Montreal this year (and we are so bummed about it 😞), but if you are there, please check it out along with some other fantastic queer games! 💞

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 13d

Oh yes he is. And he knows it too 💅✨

✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 13d

Hail and well met, 'tis the Prince of Petals! 🌱 ✨

Romantic, Bombastic, and radiant, this legacy Scout in Neo Seattle is quite the character. Are you one of the Prince's Verdant Vassals (They call themselves Verdants for short!) 🌼 🌸

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✨ Starbright Agency 🪐 Play our Free Demo ✨ @thoughtbreadgames.bsky.social · 14d

During the Fall in Love Festival we want to hear from YOU! Who is your favorite character in Starbright Agency?

Let's start with the number one hero in Neo Seattle. Could you be the "Yee" To this cowboy's "Haw?" If you are a Buckaroo (yes, that is his official fan group name) let us know below!🤠💫🌌

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