Hamomoru Tachibana, una clériga seria, se adentra por accidente en un bosque cercano a un santuario de Kioto durante un festival nocturno de principios del siglo XX. Allí conoce a Chuuya Shingoh, un entusiasta de la ciencia que le presenta la Star-seeing Basin, un dispositivo para cultivar objetos celestes como estrellas. Sin su cartera y varada, se une a su investigación para modelar cielos nocturnos con guijarros y probar su impacto en la ciudad mediante adivinación onmyou.
Los jugadores guían a Hamomoru en esta simulación indie de cultivo celestial, forjando estrellas en la Basin y recorriendo las calles de Kioto junto a Chuuya. El núcleo del juego fusiona experimentos en la cuenca con paseos por el mundo real para observar los efectos. Los aficionados a las simulaciones reflexivas disfrutarán de su ritmo pausado y su experimentación mística.
"The idea of creating a box of jewels, each filled with life... doesn't it give you a little bit of a thrill?"
This Starry Midnight We Make is a celestial growth simulation game wherein the protagonist, Hamomoru Tachibana, creates celestial objects using the mysterious Star-seeing Basin.
Hamomoru Tachibana, our protagonist, is an overly serious, easily-flustered clergywoman. While on vacation in Kyoto, Japan in the early 20th century, she went to visit a night festival at a local shrine. While enjoying one of the local specialties, she found herself lost in a deep forest road near the shrine.
In the depths of the forest, flanked by a trio of archways, Hamomoru meets Chuuya Shingoh, a curious, self-professed student of sciences. Chuuya shows Hamomoru the "Star-seeing Basin", wherein one can seem to "grow" stars and a model of the night sky using pebbles, and invites Hamomoru to join his experiments. She is hesitant at first, but her missing wallet compels her to remain in Kyoto regardless.
Ultimately accepting Chuuya's offer to help with lodging, she agrees to assist him in his "research" in return. According to Chuuya, the stars created in the Basin may be able to influence the rest of the city in a manner similar to what is often described in onmyou divination. To confirm this, Hamomoru and Chuuya shall walk the streets of Kyoto, all while creating stars within the Star-seeing Basin...
