Sunrise on the Moon
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
On the moon, consecutive sunrises and sunsets occur approximately 29 1/2 days apart. For as long as Maria has lived in the Lunar Colonies, she's never failed in her tradition to watch the sunrises from the station's viewing platform. As she's waiting for her tram to arrive, however, she encounters a curious young woman that piques her interest. For once, Maria feels compelled to engage in a friendly conversation.
Maria
Maria is a strong-willed and hard-headed woman with many years and experiences under her belt. She's also perhaps a bit too intelligent for her own good, as she often has difficultly not letting her pedantic nature take over.
She jokes about her own age, but doesn't take kindly to others doing the same.
As per tradition, she plans to head to the viewing platform to watch the sunrise.
Aeda
Though ever-friendly, she also seems a bit airheaded.
Content Warning:
Mild swearing
Flashing Lights
Existentialism
Credits:
Made with Ren'Py
Music by Kevin MacLeod
SFX by dmochas
Special thanks to my editors, bug testers, proofreaders, and moral support Hollowmend and Brittany.
I couldn't have done it without you!
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Posting a comment here because Walt and I played your game (I forced him) and we almost cried.
The world-building is phenomenal...the puzzling together of perfectly laid out evidence, the slow realization that everything may not be as surface-level and innocent as it seems. I wish I could show this game to a million people. I played it a long time ago when it came out and thought it was fantastic! It's cool to replay it and experience everything again.
I'm so flattered that you played it not once, but twice! ;-;
This was the first real 'big' game I made and I'm still pretty proud of it to this day! (even though I've since learned a lot about stuff like layered images in renpy that would have saved so much time, haha...)
I think it's probably also no surprise to you that sci-fi is a setting I really like to work in XD Lots of room for good ol' introspection and existentialism
Yeah, well, this is phenomenal.
The writing is scaringly good. There are so many layers of excellence here, while I had originally intended to list them, I realized that I would need to turn it into an essay. It just has to be experienced.
We need laws to ban works this great, lest more people will die from being so in awe they will forget to breathe.
Oh my goodness, thank you!
I'm not even sure how to respond to such kind words! ;_;
By saying that you are proud of your work! You had better be – Sunrise on the Moon is a masterpiece! [standing ovation]
Haha, I am pretty proud of it! But mostly I'm happy to hear people enjoyed it =)
It’s amazing just how much a conversation with a complete stranger can do to and/or for someone, like, say, in the absolute gem of a visual novel that is Sunrise on the Moon.
https://www.wraithkal.com/sunrise-on-the-moon-review/
This game is so unbelievably good! Easily the best VN I've played on Itch so far! It's been on my list for sometime and I'm glad I finally got to play it.
This one's going on my favorites list. I'm looking forward to checking out your other stuff!
Edit:
I love the thought that went into all of the endings. Many VNs I've seen just add alternate endings for the sake of having them. These endings and the choices leading to them all felt really meaningful. And I like the fact that players are likely to get the "bad" endings first. It makes the true ending more impactful.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Truly! ;~;
This was my first 'big' (for me!) passion project, and I'm hoping to do more games in this sort of setting, including a NanoRenO project next month!
And this game definitely intended to sort of lead the player to the 'bad' ends first just based on what you would think would be the expected 'correct' choices. I've always been worried it's a bit obtuse, though! Especially getting Ending A.
It might be a bit hard for some to figure out how to get the good ending, but I think it's pretty standard to have to look up an ending guide for VNs anyway. I was able to get endings D, C and A with no problem though. I only had to use the guide for ending B (which was surprisingly creepy btw).
I'm definitely looking forward to your NaNoRenO entry!
posted this a while ago and forgot to let you know here whoops lol
Thank you for the support! I enjoyed the playthrough and learned a lot about Menards! =)
Boomer Maria finna catch these Gen Z hands
Haha, I hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for the support!
Thanks for such an interesting visual novel. Can't wait to discover Aeda furthermore! Here's my playthrought to Enjoy!
Thank you for the support!
Amazing Science-Fiction choose your own adventure game. I can't wait to see what you develop in the future.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! And thank you very much!
I hope to have more stories set in this world, since I've always been extremely interested in these sorts of topics!
that sounds great to have more stories like this :) i like SF :)
Really liked the buildup and all the endings. Really awesome work!
Thank you! The support is greatly appreciated!
This game was cute and we'll put together. Aeda is a mysterious young woman, I'm curious if she's AI or not. Good work.
Thank you so much for playing!
And the other endings might provide more clarity to your questions ;)
amazing visual novel :) if our world had such androids for family lot of them would probably follow the c ending.
not sure how many endings there is but i'm happy with ending b :)
ending c is quite sad
Thank you so much for your kind words! There are 4 endings total. 2 full and 2 shorter endings
looks like i will have to figure out how to get the a ending :)