Sea of Stars Demo (H1)
Book One of the Horizon Series
It's been twenty-three years since the isolated Terran planets found themselves visited by extraterrestrials and joined a much livelier galaxy. While many have seen the boon, just as many have seen nothing but grief and heartache. You are one of those people. Your greeting into this world is one marred by blood and death, and little has changed since that fateful day. If you weren't bowing the knee to your trarkran masters, then you were to the notorious criminal organization that tortured you into submission. But for the first time in over a decade, a fortuitous kind of freedom finds itself just inches away from your grasp, ready to be claimed. The question is, what will you do once you have it, and what will come of those who would see you lose it once again?
- Create your unique character by choosing sex, pronouns, appearance, orientation,and different attractiveness levels.
- Specific traits that will change how you react to others. As well as traits that will change how specific characters see you.
- Choose between 6 romances: two females, two males, and two non-binary characters.
- Four different classes, along with an assortment of armor and weapons, each with its own benefits.
- And many other decisions for a unique, branching experience.
Determine for yourself if you will you go down the path that leads to your own redemption and growth or stay the course?
Relive your past and how it not only led you here but how it will impact your future.
For more information on love interests please visit this link.
Public Demo encapsulates the first three chapters.
There is no set date on the full upload of this story. At the moment the book is set to have two books. A cost has not yet been determined.
Any bugs can be sent to the email below or sent to Tumblr. Bug comments posted to itch.io will be deleted due to the fact that if the bug is fixed, then it's not helping me know if the bug is persisting or if the individual simply did not update.
Check the link here for some common issues that may be found such as the game not allowing you to save or a specific save error is appearing.
Alternative Link for iPhones
Email: 13leaguestories@gmail.com
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Development log
- Just an Itch.io SettingAug 01, 2023
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By the way. Link to the blog is too close to the back button. I noticed that on a lot of the 13 league IF's. This is especially a problem if on a tablet etc as it's way to easy to misclick/tap. (Unfortunately I don't have a working computer right now or I'd play it there. But I figure you should know about the issue. Otherwise can play it fine on an android tablet)
Anyways nice story. Look forward to seeing more
will the game be on steam? played the demo and i am so excited for the full book!!
There's no definitive yes or no. I would have to justify the cost of adding it to Steam so it mostly would depend on interest.
oh thats fair!! i was asking because itch.io games and patreon are very expensive for me due to the dollar conversion in my country, so the steam country conversion helps alot
Ive never heard of GB patch. What games from them would you rec?
Our Life: Beginnings and Always and the new one that is being worked on, Our Life: Now and Forever
No way. GB Patch has well-written, likeable love interests. 13Leagues makes you wait until like... the last two chapters or the last half of the final book until their love interests are even tolerable.
I don't like being compared to another writer period, but you can also leave me and my intolerable LI's and stories alone too lmfao. Go replay your favorite books and find happiness away from here. No one invited you hun. I am an entirely different style of writer with darker themes and this is not a fluff book.
were you born stupid or did you take lessons
why are you even here then if you dont like their writing style
Just finished the demo. Good work! A lot of thought and world building clearly went into this.
Tsering haunts my dreams.
I love this. I love everything about it. I love your narrative voice, I love your characters, I love the setting. I love my sweet, smart, wonderful, amazing alien dog. I love that I can be a kind-hearted badass, and I can be nice to my friends without automatically romancing them, as is the case in quite a few other IFs and VNs I have come across. (I like being nice to people. Doesn't mean I want in their pants. Unless they're Tsering.)
I also really like imagining that Tsering goes about his business constantly trying not to think about me. And failing so hard. Every day. All the time. Everything reminds him of me. Goddd I want to make him SUFFER but I also want to give him SO many hugs.
I also really want to introduce him to my dog.
I felt inclined to comment after finishing the public demo last night,
I got here after finishing the first 2 seasons of Superstition and playing Nour's route on the throne of ashes,
as always, I was not disappointed with your games,
I'm a big fan of a future techno world setting and you set out this world perfectly, all the backstory fragments carefully placed to build the character and their life all the while introducing new characters (with beautiful illustrations for each species!!)
I hope to see more in the future, amazing job as usual :]
13leagues, I have loved all the fantastical games you've made.
I love just how interactive your stories are, with the ways the worlds shift around the player's wide selection of choices instead of making them another bystander. Not to mention the various characters and their relationships with everyone, including the player, that successfully manage to be unique, separate, and likable in their own ways.
I always find myself engrossed by your soft magic (and tech now, nice!) systems that don't exclude the player from their possibilities while fitting right in with the narratives.
I have yet to find any writer (excluding RynGM), or, frankly, any game developer, that can keep me as excited or enthralled as you have.
As I have no idea where to find consistent updates for your games on a platform known for its numerous abandoned projects, and given their seemingly erratic development, I am concerned for their future. I don't know if this concern is unnecessary and that there are indeed steady updates one can read, and if so, I would love to be pointed in their direction. If not, would it be too much to ask for a monthly sit-rep?
I can wait years for all of these awesome tales, but I just need to know that they're coming.
- A reader.
Hello! Thank you for the kind word, reading things like this push me to continue on even more, truly. You are right, I do not post updates on itch.io as much because of the format but both Patreon and Tumblr (both links in the story description) have me giving updates. Tumblr, having a Story Updates pin post that tells you what is canceled and what is not. Sea of Stars, Throne of Ashes, and Superstition are the main focuses as of this moment but I do have a sporadic kind of updating process, but I can assure you nothing is dead and I am still hard at work.
Thank you, that's great to hear! I will be excitedly watching the updates!
As a person that truly enjoyed the superstition series so far and throne of ashes, I'm excited to try this demo out! But knowing 13leagues it's going to be great! I Wish you luck on further development!
here i am. clawing my way out of real life/hell. scrabbling across the ground like a roach to log into itch.io so i can devour this content like a starving beast.
i will DIE for zihr please and thank you.
This is so graphically explained, that I can actually visualize a roach scrabbling out of pure desperation.....I love it
I was pleasantly surprised to see this come across my feed and man was I not disappointed. I'm excited to see where the series goes :)
Your works are always out of this world and every time you write something I am so happy and excited to read it. Thank you very much, you made my evening after a long and gloomy day ❤
I absolutely love this game. So far I have only played a character with evil tendencies but I was impressed how cohesive it all felt in the grand scheme of things. I was not punished for my decision, but rather given different opportunities to exploit. By the end of the demo, I felt both immersed and a force to be reckoned with.
My character was not above ending lives or using others to further her own goals if the benefits outweighed the cons. She's not destructive for the sake of it, but values her own survival above most - a useful, if somewhat callous, trait she inherited from her tumultuous past. Currently, her hound is the only friend she would fight to the bitter end to protect. Time will tell if the same courtesy will extend to her new allies...
Beneath the mask she dons, rages turmoil between what has been done and what needs to be done in order to achieve her goals. She dreams of normalcy and innocence - that which was robbed from her - and is envious of those who have it. She's rational, confident and flirty, with a dash of mirth. She's dangerous, but more than mere cockiness, she has the skill to back it up.
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I only have one small thing to point out. Seben's portrait describes her as someone with "no sense of humor" and "playful" at the same time. Doesn't that seem a bit contradicting?
Your story never disappoint. I put off reading this (saw it on patreon for ages) because Alien and Sci-fi aren't really my thing. But damn, you really changed my mind! Thank you for being born and blessed us with these amazing works. 🪄✨️
When Neo called my character ugly I literally burst out laughing, haha. There's so much great content here! And personally I cannot wait to follow this series further into development. Congratulations on the latest addition to your collection of golden creativity!
HELLO THIS IS LITERALLY SO GOOD IM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH ALSO IDK IF I WANT TO PUNCH TSERING OR KISS HIM (both)
I'M GOING TO BEAT THE HELL OUT OF TSERING THE MOMENT I SEE HIM, IT'S ON SIGHT (I may or may not rizz him up🧍)
"BEAT UP" (with rizz) LMAO BUT SAME
Beat him (both meanings/j)
Why don’t you make an iphone link like you did for superstition,please
omg yasss it’s finally here AHHHHHHH I LOVE IT SM
Really liked what I managed to read for now !
Would it be possible to change the background of the light mode by a plain one, or add a third mode ? The background is making it really hard to read for me, especially when scrolling. With light mode off, it’s even harder to read because of the font effects and neon white background.
Hope it make sense lol
It has been fixed, all white background now.
Sorry to bother you again! I have astigmatism and it's still hard to read after the fix T.T
I don't know if it's a device issue but the text is in a very faint grey color on white background so it's hard to read. Could I suggest a mode with black background and white font just like here ?
Edit: Thank you for changing it, it's perfect now :)
SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD
also i can definitely take Tsering in both ways
ALIEN FUCKERS GANG RISE UP
Hahaha 😂. Our thirsts shall be clench 😩😍.
WOOHOO!
so real
can't wait to meet Seben! my stony little woman hehehehe looks like Sydero isn't the only one now I'm gonna adore!
Another Syd stan!
As always, you never disappoint; your IF's are definitely the best I have ever read. and every bit as addicting. Thank you for blessing us with your amazing creativity and stories<3
i love the art its amazing ^^
my question is we are a hybred of what exactly ^^
Dang, author you never disappoint. I aspire to be like you. I keep imagining things just don't know how to express them. Keep it up, 🥰.
Even if they don't go as far small little snippets or one-shots, write em down and see where they go. Get that outlet going and that creativity flowing!
Thanks a lot for the advice author 🥺🥰. Also love Tsering character so much, i think there would be a lot of angsty between him and the mc 🔥😍.
I'm beating that fucker up the moment I see him (False friends to enemies to friends to lovers possibly? Most confusing shit ever but it'll be cool)
Hello! As many of the other comments have mentioned, I'm afraid that I am unable to play the game because I can't scroll down. However, from what I have already been able to read, I already love it!
It is not my intention to be rude here, so my apologies if this sounds like it, but please patch this! No rush needed, take your time. We can all wait. Thank you! :)
It's already fixed lol.
Would really love to play, but I am experiencing the same thing others are. However, I can't even get past the first page. Hopefully, this gets fixed soon. I absolutely adore Sci-Fi :)
Somehow every link that is in the game will not let you scroll up or down.
I cant scroll? But from what I was able to read, It is really good so far!
same here
I’m not able to scroll down
Oh lordy! I cant wait to read this!!
some of the pages don't fit on my screen and the game won't allow me to scroll so the game is difficult to play
Had the same issue in the web browser. I tried downloading it and now I'm able to scroll. You should try that if you haven't already.
how did you download it? there is no download link for me.
It's the support the game link. I would love to be able to download it, but money is tight for me.
You can download it for free using the itch app.
thx
I need to check on that. Forgot that there's is an app.
Oh mah lordy! Another IF from lovely you? No way! I'm super excited!! I love your IF's! :D
Edit: I will need to get my head in a different mindset on this one. Woo man.... big tears happened for me. But, I have to say it's very good so far!
Just as I was about to go to bed- you blessed us with a new IF and a sc-fi one at that 😭👌❤ Can't wait to get reading!