Synstoria

For the French people out there, I will be on the Women In Game stand the 9th and 10th July during the Japan Expo festival

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:33:36 +0200

Don’t hesitate to come say hi, I’m always happy to talk and I will distribute some free goodies <3

En Français : Je serais sur le stand de Women in Game lors de la Japan expo 2026, le 9 et 10 Juillet. N'hésitez pas à passer faire un coucou, je donnerais aussi quelques goodies gratuitement !

https://www.tumblr.com/synstoria/821206574670430208/this-is-the-only-kind-of-bug-i-accept-from-now-on?source=share MC: Ah, the heir to the Faraam Dutchy- where your clothes at?!

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:37:08 +0200

"I see Lord Faraam that you have up your tactical negociations skills"

This is the only kind of bug I accept from now on

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:13:38 +0200

Theo flashing his tits umprompted during a serious scene 😂

Will the digital version of the Lore Book become avaliable to buy before the game comes out? Or only after it?

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:08:08 +0200

Heyo, backer will receive it before, but it will be available for sale only after.

Typically on steam I can't sell it as a bonus as long the game isn't up for example, maybe I could on itchio, but it would feel a little weird?

Hello, new here but really want to get my hands on a lore book. Are they still available?

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:49:20 +0200

Hello! So the digital version will be available for sales with the game but the physical copies won't be available anymore.

I already ordered the books and printed all the worldwide shipping label (and believe me, it's such a pain, I have nightmare just at the idea of opening this forsaken website again 💀)

I do have a couple of extra copies available, so if you really really really want one and you happen to be French, maybe we can work on something out but otherwise the digital copy will have to do sorry!

It appears white/silver hair is a trait of the Calidya Imperial Family, do the Faraam’s have smt like that? Like, their memebers usually have dark hair/green eyes or smt

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:16:34 +0200

I do picture the Faraam with black hair, but it's not like an absolute rule.

Even the MC is not the only one with white/silver hair, like, it does represent the Imperial family lineage, since it's pass down through generations, but it's more widely spread in Vargas (where Magnus the First comes from) so there is actually a bunch of white hair people running around outside of Imperial family ^^

Before the start of the game: What were some juicy scandals that got the Court’s attention?

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:30:38 +0200

I mean the whole Faraam revolution started off as a huge scandal, the Emperor breaking off his engagement with a high end lady to mary Sofia instead. The only reason people stopped talking is because they were too busy on the war following his move.

On a lighter side, there a famous painting of Erin of Faraam (Theo's mom) tastefully naked that made the court go crazy and started a lot of rumors.

Huh, would our bastard brothers’s opinion on us be different if we were a man?

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:32:43 +0200

Not at all, Yacine play this card on you because it's convenient for his ambitions,if you were a man he would play a different card. But his mom was everything to him and he is super respectful with his step-sisters and women in general.

I think the only sexist sterotypes he has is the "girls are jealous and possessive" kind of mindset, since it's the reason he was kicked out of the palace with his mom. (But he blame his dad equally about it tho).

If you play the game right, he might even admit you are competent 😇

In another life, he would have been a really great big brother to the MC.

There’s this trend going on TikTok, where women use these filters to see what they would look like as a man and a fair few are horrified to learn they just end up looking like their brothers This would happen with MC and she would make this face 😒

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:44:26 +0200

YES. Especially with the default look (tan skin + straight hair), Yacine is basically her twin. There is actually a line about that in the game where Asha is like "damn, you too are so alike" and MC is like "NO WTF???" 😂

The artist even made a quick WIP with long hair Yacine (it's in the lore book wink wink) and it's even more obvious then 🤭

Update on the lore book and other merch, I finally received everything today. There were so much…

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:17:49 +0200

Update on the lore book and other merch, I finally received everything today. There were so much problems with the printing then the delivery, I was super stressed and forgot to also tell you here. 🙈

I’m very sorry about the delay, I will do my best to package and ship everything ASAP.

On a happier note, if you want to join, I will unbox most of the cardboard today at 4PM (UTC+2) on our discord, it will be story time if you want to know more about all of this or just chat!

I think option 1 is best, and could also make people replay to get the CG’s with different variations.

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:19:40 +0200

Hmm, I didn't consider the "replay part", but then, would the new unlock be added as variation or replaced the first one in the gallery? Also even without counting the eyes, it's 12 variation each time (4 hair x 4 skin color) if you want to unlock all them. Then you have to do that for all the love interest, in total it would be like 36 playthrough.... Even with how much choices the game has, I feel at some point it would become a chore for the completionist among us 🤔

Gallery and CG customization what’s best?

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:49:50 +0200

Hello all, I have started thinking about doing the CG gallery for Imperial Grace, but I have a lot of questions about how I should deal with the customization? 🤔

Just register the CG with the customization it had when unlocked
Show the CG with the current customization (and default look if no game is loaded yet)
Default look on the CG + a customization button to be able to display any variation you’d like in the gallery.
Register whith the customization you had when unlocked by default + customization button
Just show all the customization like if they are CG variation
Something else? Comment.

How should we deal with customization?

Option 1 (look when unlocked)

Option 2 (current customization displayed)

Option 3 (default look + button)

Option 4 (look when unlocked + button)

Option 5 (Show all option like variation)

Option 6 (Something else? Comment)

See Results

While the programming require different layer of complexity, I think they are all doable (at least I see how to do it).

I find this staging bug hilarious

Thu, 28 May 2026 18:11:04 +0200

Hello everyone, I received the test copy of the lore book!✨ ✨ ✨ It looks awesome, the colors are…

Fri, 22 May 2026 08:37:52 +0200

Hello everyone, I received the test copy of the lore book!✨ ✨ ✨ It looks awesome, the colors are really deep, and the gold foil is so pretty 💖

I will order the whole bulk sunday, so you have until the 24th to place your order in our kofi before we close the shop!

I’m very happy how it turned out, it was my first physical print book but I managed to do everything properly except one little mistake ^^“

I added a blank page at the begining so all the pages are shifted (the one that should be on the left are on the right and vice versa), which is quite annoying because the whole book is made of paired pages that goes together, but that’s what a book test is for, at least it’s an easy fix :p Also please don’t mind the little dent at the top, I mayyyyy have been overexcited and drop it on hard concrete while I was showing it off to all of my coworkers. 😅

Bonus: My cat crashing the photoshoot

I apologized if you were asked this before but will Imperial Grace be playable on Steam Deck? I’m planning to get one in the future.

Fri, 15 May 2026 10:37:04 +0200

Hello I don't think it's been asked before and yes! I don't know if steam will verify our game (like give us the little seal of approval), but Renpy games can turn on steam deck, I do plan to have it compatible, one of the team member really love steamdeck so he will test the game extensively to make sure the experience is comfortable <3

Hello, a little update about the merch situation! I should receive the test copy of the lore book…

Sat, 09 May 2026 20:20:15 +0200

synstoria:

synstoria:
📢 Physical merch available now 📢
Hello, I’m thrilled to announce that from today to the 22th april we are opening a temporary physical merch ko-fi store!
This shop is the last chance to grab our physical art and lore book crafted with love <3
We are also selling stickers sheets (limited stock!) and a bookmark set with our gorgeous love interest🥰
Visit Synstoria’s Shop!
FAQ
1️⃣ Why are you opening a physical merch store when you haven’t even finished the game yet?
World scary. 😰More seriously, we promised those rewards during our Kickstarter, since then the price of production and shipping has considerably increase and Trump is regularly threatening to increase tariff or other crazy thing that might cut completely shipping to USA where most of our fanbase reside. So yeah, with everything going on we felt pressured to deliver those asap…
But before we order the lore book, we wanted to give a last chance to our more recent supporter (👋) to grab one! Given the hassle it’s unlikely we print more of those later.

2️⃣ When do you plan on shipping the rewards?
If everything goes according to the keikaku, here is our expected timeline:
22th April → Lore book and bookmarks are printed
02th May → Postal address locked to print the labels
06th May → Packaging and shipping starts
After that it should take around 2 weeks to receive your package, you will receive a tracking number to follow your order.

3️⃣Do you ship worldwide?
Yes, with the exception of North Korea, Syria, Crimea, Sevastopol, Yemen, Russia, Belarus, Haiti because of geopolotical shenanigans.

4️⃣ How much will the shipping cost?
Please note that we found a cheaper option for the small packages compared to our previous interest survey! <3

5️⃣ What if I want a digital version of the lore book?
People buying the physical version of the lore book will automatically receive the digital version of it the 20th May.
For now we are not selling the digital version only but it will be available on steam and itch.io when we release the game! 😊
6️⃣I already order a physical item during the Kickstarter campaign, do I need to do anything?
Your pledge is secure you don’t have to do anything except double checking on backerkit that your adress is up to date to make sure your package finds you well 🥰

If you have any other concerns or question, feel free to email me at mail@synstoria.com or ask on our discord, as always thanks for your support!
Hello, I forgot to announce it here, but I have decided to extend the shop opening until the 4th of May, we need to finish one piece of art, plus I realize now that opening a shop only at the end of the month was maybe not the most clever idea x)
Thank you for your support so far, have a great day everyone!

Hello, a little update about the merch situation! I should receive the test copy of the lore book 21th May along with Asha, Alex and Theo bookmarks.

If the test copy looks right I will order the right quantities for the lore book, if Asha bookmark is right I will order MM and MC bookmarks. I really did my best to make sure the color conversion from RGB to CMYK was done appropriately, but from experienced I know darker skin color can have printing issues, in consequences, since I had to do two orders anyway, I wanted to make sure Asha looks great first.

We also sit down with the publisher to do all the other administrative stuff in prevision of the shipping (like customs registration and stuff) so everything should be smooth sailing from now on!

I’m letting our kofi shop open until I make the final lore book order with the final quantities, because I realized there was no reason not to ❤️

Mon, 04 May 2026 20:12:09 +0200

arimiadev:

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The Time Has Come. The Finale for When Stars Collide has released on Itch.io.

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:42:09 +0200

steamberrystudio:

When Stars Collide by Steamberry Studio
The Time Has Come.

The Finale for When Stars Collide has released on Itch.io.
Through the distractions, the interstate move, the drama, the random attempt by my body to self-destruct, the sleepless nights, the random and intense flare ups of chronic pain….IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED.
The finale includes Chapters 11, 12, and 13 for each character. 2 endings per character + two tragic endings lurking in there.
113,000 words of content, bringing the game up to about 670,000 words total including the bonus scenes.
This will be the last major content update for this game. It is finished.
You can find the new update over on Itch.io.
the guide is not yet updated. I haven’t had time but I think most people will be fine without it by using the status metres and other features.
I do not have an ETA on the Steam release yet. It is planned still but again…time and distractions have just made it more difficult.
Thanks to everyone who supported the game during the serialisation. I appreciate you!
And now on to the next!

Hello, I forgot to announce it here, but I have decided to extend the shop opening until the 4th of…

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:10:10 +0200

synstoria:

📢 Physical merch available now 📢
Hello, I’m thrilled to announce that from today to the 22th april we are opening a temporary physical merch ko-fi store!
This shop is the last chance to grab our physical art and lore book crafted with love <3
We are also selling stickers sheets (limited stock!) and a bookmark set with our gorgeous love interest🥰
Visit Synstoria’s Shop!
FAQ
1️⃣ Why are you opening a physical merch store when you haven’t even finished the game yet?
World scary. 😰More seriously, we promised those rewards during our Kickstarter, since then the price of production and shipping has considerably increase and Trump is regularly threatening to increase tariff or other crazy thing that might cut completely shipping to USA where most of our fanbase reside. So yeah, with everything going on we felt pressured to deliver those asap…
But before we order the lore book, we wanted to give a last chance to our more recent supporter (👋) to grab one! Given the hassle it’s unlikely we print more of those later.

2️⃣ When do you plan on shipping the rewards?
If everything goes according to the keikaku, here is our expected timeline:
22th April → Lore book and bookmarks are printed
02th May → Postal address locked to print the labels
06th May → Packaging and shipping starts
After that it should take around 2 weeks to receive your package, you will receive a tracking number to follow your order.

3️⃣Do you ship worldwide?
Yes, with the exception of North Korea, Syria, Crimea, Sevastopol, Yemen, Russia, Belarus, Haiti because of geopolotical shenanigans.

4️⃣ How much will the shipping cost?
Please note that we found a cheaper option for the small packages compared to our previous interest survey! <3

5️⃣ What if I want a digital version of the lore book?
People buying the physical version of the lore book will automatically receive the digital version of it the 20th May.
For now we are not selling the digital version only but it will be available on steam and itch.io when we release the game! 😊
6️⃣I already order a physical item during the Kickstarter campaign, do I need to do anything?
Your pledge is secure you don’t have to do anything except double checking on backerkit that your adress is up to date to make sure your package finds you well 🥰

If you have any other concerns or question, feel free to email me at mail@synstoria.com or ask on our discord, as always thanks for your support!

Hello, I forgot to announce it here, but I have decided to extend the shop opening until the 4th of May, we need to finish one piece of art, plus I realize now that opening a shop only at the end of the month was maybe not the most clever idea x)

Thank you for your support so far, have a great day everyone!

Information about headcanons, playthrough etc.

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:47:55 +0200

Hello everyone, just a little message to say from now on I will not answer asks about headcanons and the likes (my MC is dating XX and she is doing YYY, or what if ZZZ was in this universe etc.)

I want to reiterate there is absolutely not problem with you doing that at all, in fact I love the fact our players are already invested in the characters and universe even so the full game isn’t realeased yet, I just don’t have much to add to this kind of asks, I feel redountant saying all your ideas are cool and/or lovely so I prefer to not say anything. I don’t want people to think I don’t like their specific thing, I just received a lot those past few days from various people, there is like 3 sitting in my inbox right now and I think it’s important I cater my energy toward something else <3

Anyway, you can go wild on the fandom if you want, do your headcanons, your crossovers, your extra roleplay, fanfic, fanarts, anything really, you can do it publically on your own blog or platforms, I just won’t interact much with this particular kind of content for the time being^^

Take care everyone and have a lovely day <3