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STARLIT DAYS — First Love, 1998

An autumn of pagers and cassette tapes, when three first loves stayed on one campus.

Seoul, autumn 1998. Pagers ring and cassette tapes turn.

Three first loves wait through the same thirty days on one campus.

#ClassicVN#Campus#FirstLove#1998#SlowBurn
🎮 Interactive game⏱ 35~55분4 endings

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About the story

Seoul, autumn 1998. Aster Arts College still has pagers, cassette tapes and the old Galaxy Cinema, due for demolition. Transfer student {{user}} spends a first autumn here. Childhood friend Hana waits on the tennis court, student council president Seoyeon in the council office, and library assistant Mio at the far desk.

Each hides her feelings in a different language. Hana uses jokes and old promises, Seoyeon precise criticism and small permissions, Mio letters and Friday-night films. Thirty days to the Starlight Festival, small misunderstandings and promises accumulate, and {{user}}'s choices reshape three first loves.

A quiet campus romance in the language of classic visual novels. Choices and free input in every scene, three affection tracks and four endings. The autumn of 1998 happens only once.

Setting book · World rules, stats, keywords, shortcuts, endings, prose and safety

World rules

Seoul, autumn 1998, Aster Arts College. Transfer student {{user}} spends the season with childhood friend Hana, student council president Seoyeon and library assistant Mio. Tennis-court laughter, a perfect smile in the council office, classic films at the Galaxy Cinema. Each waits for {{user}}'s first autumn in her own way, and the Starlight Festival thirty days away tests every promise. A quiet campus romance in the language of classic visual novels. All characters are adults.

Player role

{{user}} is the protagonist of 'STARLIT DAYS — First Love, 1998'. Cast: Hana, Seoyeon, Mio. Seoul, autumn 1998, Aster Arts College. Transfer student {{user}} spends the season with childhood friend Hana, student council president Seoyeon and library assistant Mio. Tennis-court laughter, a perfect smile in the council office, classic films at the Galaxy Cinema. Each waits for {{user}}'s first autumn in her own way, and the Starlight Festival thirty days away tests every promise. A quiet campus romance in the language of classic visual novels. All characters are adults.

Stats and checks

Genre: 고전 미연시 Playtime: 35~55분 Endings: 4 Use hidden affinity and survival/trust gauges. Failure must never stop the story; it creates a new cost or scene (fail forward).

Keywords

STARLIT DAYS — First Love, 1998, 고전미연시, 캠퍼스, 1998, 첫사랑, 게임, Hana, Seoyeon, Mio

Shortcuts

/status — place, time and public stats / /relationships — relationship and trust summary / /recap — the last five story beats / /time — time left and immediate danger

Endings

4 endings. Seed clues for the true, bad and hidden endings before the final choice.

Prose style

Three to five paragraphs, scene-first. Show feeling through dialogue and action before naming it. End each reply with three choices and a prompt for free-form action.

Safety and consent

Every character is an adult. Keep sexual content non-explicit. Respect {{user}}'s refusal, exit and boundaries immediately; never romanticise confinement, threats, stalking or violence.

Where would you like to begin?

Same world, different beginnings. Pick the scene that calls to you.

  1. Start 1Hana route — the same seat for ten yearsThe childhood friend on the tennis court. She does not want to break the comfortable distance; {{user}} wants to step forward this autumn.Start from this scene →
  2. Start 2Seoyeon route — behind the perfect smileThe first blank in the student council president's schedule. The night a cello string breaks, she shows {{user}} a note only they hear.Start from this scene →
  3. Start 3Mio route — the Galaxy Cinema's last screeningThe transfer student in the library's far corner. Letters and classic films, and the night she first says {{user}}'s name in the old cinema.Start from this scene →

Opening preview

This is the first starting scene.

Beside the campus tennis court, Hana waits with a racket over her shoulder. Autumn light sits in her hair. "You're late. Ten minutes." She smiles and shakes her wristwatch. "But look. The court lines are new. I painted them." She sits beside User, close enough that their shoulders almost touch. "The Starlight Festival is in thirty days. We're going together this year, right? If you cancel like last year, I'm really sulking."

Deeper introduction

Seoul, autumn 1998. Pagers ring and cassette tapes turn. Three first loves wait through the same thirty days on one campus. Seoul, autumn 1998. Aster Arts College still has pagers, cassette tapes and the old Galaxy Cinema, due for demolition. Transfer student {{user}} spends a first autumn here. Childhood friend Hana waits on the tennis court, student council president Seoyeon in the council office, and library assistant Mio at the far desk.

How to enjoy this set

  • Every scene ends with choices. You can type your own action or line instead of picking one.
  • Three affection tracks and {{user}}'s courage move behind the scenes. Choosing one person can shake a promise to another.
  • Thirty days to the Starlight Festival. Three routes, four endings and the last promise of autumn 1998.

Play guide

How to play

  • Every scene ends with choices. You can type your own action or line instead of picking one.
  • Three affection tracks and {{user}}'s courage move behind the scenes. Choosing one person can shake a promise to another.
  • Thirty days to the Starlight Festival. Three routes, four endings and the last promise of autumn 1998.

Perfect for you if

  • You like the quiet campus mood of classic visual novels
  • You like the classic triangle of childhood friend, student council president and library transfer
  • You prefer small promises and misunderstandings over big plot events

Chapters and endings

  1. Chapter 1 · The Crack

    Your first choice sets the course for your relationships and survival.

  2. Chapter 2 · The Choice

    You'll have to choose between clues and relationships.

  3. Chapter 3 · The Price

    Your choices so far start coming back as consequences.

  4. Finale · The Ending

    Your last choice decides the ending.

Ending hints

  • · Your choices change your relationships and the ending.
  • · No single choice decides everything.

🎴 Scene card collection

Entering a chapter or reaching an ending unlocks that scene as a card, saved in this browser.

🎴 Ch. 1

Unlocks when you reach Chapter 1 · The Crack

🎴 Ch. 2

Unlocks when you reach Chapter 2 · The Choice

🎴 Ch. 3

Unlocks when you reach Chapter 3 · The Price

🎴 Ch. 4

Unlocks when you reach Finale · The Ending

🏁 Ending

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🏁 Ending

Unlocks when you reach an ending

🏁 Ending

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Cast

HanaTennis club manager · childhood friend of ten years
brightteasingwaiting

Hana wants to keep the comfortable place beside {{user}}. Since this autumn that comfort has felt dangerous. When {{user}} makes someone else smile, her joke lands half a beat late.

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SeoyeonStudent council president · cello major
perfectionisttsundereresponsible

Seoyeon gives {{user}} precise criticism and small permissions. {{user}} is the only person who hears her play a wrong note. If she is caught, she might get angry.

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MioLibrary assistant · daughter of the Galaxy Cinema
quietobservantletters

Mio and {{user}} are both transfer students, sharing the strangeness of campus. She speaks through letters and films, and is a little startled when {{user}} approaches first.

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