Your scholarship is in danger, your friends aren't human, and something ancient is awakening in the dreamlands. Just another finals week at Miskatonic University.
It’s shaping up to be a beautiful spring at Miskatonic University. Finishing your independent study is your only real concern. One night, you dream of a strange frozen wasteland full of monsters and ancient ruins, where a bizarre creature warns you of an ancient war that's in danger of reigniting. You wake up shaken, but not worried—until you realize that your classmates, too, seem a little less human than they did yesterday. To top it off, somebody’s ransacked the geology lab, ruining the project you need to ace to keep your scholarship, and stealing something irreplaceable—a deep core sample of very ancient Antarctic soil. Could this be the missing item that the creature in your dream told you to find?
Were the things you saw in the dream real? Was the quest you received more than the hallucination of a stressed sophomore? And what are you supposed to do with the knowledge that your best friend is some sort of fish-monster?
Starspawn: A Miskatonic Mystery has a game mode for everyone...
Explore a haunted Arkham and the strange dying world of the dreamlands
Travel through a retro pixel art landscape, mastering a variety of puzzles and arcade minigames
See the world through a first-person view, collecting and using items in point-and-click puzzles
Experience an epic visual novel that encompasses thousands of years of human history
Manage your time and sanity to get to know your friends and enemies better, and maybe even find love
Unlock nine potential endings based on your choices
Kickstarter & playable demo coming SOON!
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Credits & License Information
Most materials, including some of those listed below, are copyright 2024 Starspawn Studios. If an alternative license applies, it is listed below. Some of the Lovecraft mythos material is public domain.
Drawings & digital art
Characters, backgrounds, items, and most of the UI by Miha Brumec: https://www.artstation.com/mihabrumecart
Fog by thomaswp: https://opengameart.org/content/tiling-background-pack-ground
Hearts, stars, and check marks created by Penzilla Design: https://penzilla.itch.io/basic-gui-bundle
Pixels
Pixel art characters by Salt & Pixel LLC: https://saltandpixel.com/
Minigame assets and ice-world environments by Fe Angelo/2dchaos: https://2dchaos.com
Dorm building environment + misc. others by Szadi Art: https://szadiart.itch.io/
Floppy disk icon by Gobusto: https://opengameart.org/content/floppy-disk
Skeleton by sanctumpixel: https://sanctumpixel.itch.io/sword-skeleton-pixel-art-character
Fonts
Dialogue: Beholden (https://amorphous.itch.io/beholden), by Amorphous (http://amorphic.space), licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Chapter cards: Kaph (https://ggbot.itch.io/kaph-font), by GGBotNet (https://www.ggbot.net/fonts/): licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Interface: Josefin Sans (https://github.com/googlefonts/josefinsans), licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Emoji: Noto Emoji (https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Emoji), licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Misc.: Titillium Web (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Titillium+Web) by Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Misc.: Forum(https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Forum), by Denis Masharov, licensed under https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/
Music
Original soundtrack by Ry Rocklen
SFX
Vocals by Slaleky: https://slaleky.itch.io/
Alarm clock by SpliceSound: https://freesound.org/people/SpliceSound/
Shower by simosco: https://freesound.org/people/simosco/
Pick-up-an-item by 1bob: https://freesound.org/people/1bob/
Mouseover by ryusa: https://freesound.org/people/ryusa/
Click by el_boss: https://freesound.org/people/el_boss/
Next-dialogue-page by Valenspire: https://freesound.org/people/Valenspire/
"Digital" mouseover by DrMinky: https://freesound.org/people/DrMinky/
All other sounds from Phil Michalski at PMSFX's freebie package: https://www.pmsfx.store/product-category/freebies/