We’ve resubmitted Starship Breakers: Alpha for the Sunofes jam 2025!

The new demo includes 1 new scene (for a total of 10 out of 13) and 1 new puzzle (the last one), as well as puzzle UI improvements.

I’m really happy to finally introduce the new puzzle. If you explored every room, it should be quite easy, but… what will happen if you manage to solve it without using every resource available?

Unfortunately, this version doesn’t have all branches implemented, still features prototype art and above all doesn’t have the last 3 scenes.

Since I quickly made a patch to add missing credits, there are two versions v0.5.0 (Aug 30) and v0.5.1 (Sept 1), but differences are minor, so I just made the latter available on itch in the sunofes-jam channel.

Screenshots

Changelogs

v0.6.1 - 2025-09-01 - September update 1 (sunofes-jam channel)

• UI
  • StaffRoll: add “Character design (Worker, Coddy)” to komehara’s roles

Known issues: same as v0.6.0

v0.6.0 - 2025-08-30 - Sunofes release (sunofes-jam channel)

• Story
  • Add new scenes: Corridor 3, Computer Room, Puzzle 2 (this new demo stops after the end of Puzzle 2) and associated art/audio
  • Update Tracey’s name based on situation
  • Improve script based on proofreader’s feedback
  • Improve script for consistency with new scenes
• Puzzles
  • Puzzle 1: Added extra step to retrieve tokens
  • Puzzle 1: Improve interactions by allowing to select two tokens and swap them, or move a token back to pool (by either selecting pool or using middle-click). This new system is reused in Puzzle 2.
  • Puzzle 1: player must close the panel to confirm solution
• Art
  • BG: Replace proto assets with production assets for: Escape Game Entrance (with trap door Open/Closed), Van Back Inside (with light layer)
  • BG: Set Match Mode to Custom: Match Ratio 1 (only consider height). Will show black bars on the side if not aspect ratio 16:9.
  • BG effects: Flashback to Van: fixed blur rarely sticking on MainBackground
  • Character: Added Patricia without bag
  • Character: Apply cryogenic room blue tint to character sprite from any debug warp point, and reset it when light goes back
  • Improve animations and transitions overall
• Audio
  • New BGM: Action, Staff Roll
  • SFX: Replace proto assets with production assets: OpenDoor (sliding door), OpenAndCloseDoor
  • SFX: Added proto SFX in previous scenes: Voice Patricia Gasp, Panel Falls, Run
  • Improve BGM transitions
  • Improve SFX timing
  • Misc SFX cleanup (stop them before proceeding to next phase)
• UI
  • Title: New title logo
  • Title: Show game build and Naninovel version in bottom-right corner
  • Text printer: Added avatar frame
  • Improved Caller UI: can skip fading
  • Fixed avatar face not showing in Windows build
  • Prompt: increase opacity
  • StaffRoll: show puzzle completion times
  • StaffRoll: improve timing
  • UI: support different aspect ratios than 16:9 (don’t stretch the UI widgets)
  • UI: Fix unwanted panels appearing when entering Save, Q. Load or Load
  • UI: Fix unwanted SFX when displaying Load panel
• Save/Load
  • Saving and Loading into/out of a puzzle will not completely break the game (will load/unload scenes and enter a valid state), but it will still not restore the state of a specific puzzle

Known issues:

• All the issues from v0.4 and v0.5, except avatar texture issues
• Save/Load doesn’t restore a specific puzzle’s state (for the same reason, we disable rollback entirely during puzzles)
• It’s not clear that player must close panel to confirm solution in Puzzle 1
• Puzzle 2 completion time in Staff Roll is always 0:00