A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux


A year ago, the Moon was sent violently flying off course by a catastrophic explosion, depriving Earth of its steady stream of resources. Less importantly, the two maintenance workers on there when the explosion occurred have been stranded ever since.

It's not so bad, honestly. The Heart provides for everything, a practically infinite source that gives them water, food, and powers their satellite as they wait with ever dwindling hopes for rescue. Really, it's boring, but there's no reason to stress out so long as-

The Heart has stopped.

A game about fear of the unknown.

A game made by Team Cetacity.

MOKADEVS
scenario, writing, programming, and audio work
KIRVIA
character design, character sprites, cg art, and coloring
QVEIIS
character design
RRO208
background design, ui design, background art
HAMBOREE
ui design, ui animation, programming
LOVELESSKIA
coloring assistance

Special thanks to

BEENA
space research and proofreading
C01A_
pc-98 game research
SILLYOWILLY
proofreading
MINISTARFRUIT
proofreading

Audio samples sourced from freesound.org
'Reflected Light' by SergePavkinMusic

TW: Unreality, implications of internalized transphobia and homophobia, descriptions of what could happen without your suit in space

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(85 total ratings)
Authorsmokadevs, kirvia, cain, 12THHOUSE, Qveiis
GenreVisual Novel
Tags2D, Lesbian, LGBT, Pixel Art, Queer, Space, Transgender, vn-cup, Yuri

Download

Download
themoonlooksbeautifultonight-pc.zip 52 MB
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themoonlooksbeautifultonight-mac.zip 46 MB

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so cute!

THIS WAS SO PEAK IM SOO UPSETETTTTTFGFTGFTTGTGTFTGTGD

The atmosphere of the game was great! The music, the pacing, the timing makes for a really great awesome experience that makes the final message hits hard!

And god, I love it so much! Rose's story, Violet's feelings, the final message, the tying back into the game's title, everything is so great!!

Absolutely beautiful!

is rose non binary or transfem ?

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Nonbinary!

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i love metaphors

when the messaging of this game finally hit me, it hit me. so incredibly hard.

so close to home. 

I adore those 3 characters, I adore the moon, I adore this visual novel! Thank you so so much for allowing me to experience such a beautiful story. ♡

Two astronauts get stuck in a space base after an accident on the moon. And it is supposed to turn into a romance huhuhu. The game is apparently not too long, 3-4h, so I'll be playing and uploading the next parts later this month. Enjoy! 💘💘🌙

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absolutely stunning, both writing-wise and visually. one of the most heartwarming games i've played in a long while! relationships and a world crafted with such love and care, you could feel it in every pixel. this game is gorgeous!

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really beautiful art & story which went some directions I wasn't expecting. From the UI, to the character designs, to the CGs, and the writing... you can tell everyone tried their hardest to make a specific vision come to life! I really love the vague yet purposeful language used in regards to identity; it's great. The thin lines and white dithering were also a really cool choice & feels like it combines nostalgic and modern VN aesthetics very well. Overall an A+ space yuri, great job

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this gameeeee it's so painful but so good??!?! i really love rose's development throughout and daisy's role in it overall... violet is also really cool i just adore everything about this! From the characters to the setting to the writing and music ouuughhh u guys did such an awesome job 

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i think this game just changed the trajectory of my life from here onwards. it's so beautifully done and i don't think i'll ever be able to forget it ..ueueue

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this game is amazing, thank you

I love seeing trans and lesbian representation

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this is very cool!

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FEEEEEELS!

But seriously tho, I thoroughly enjoyed this

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I have been going insane trying to remember what the main menu song is.

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It's from a recording of the IBM 7094 singing 'Daisy Bell'!

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LIBERATION

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Oh. Oh god this is something. I'm crying like a fountain and I just had electrolysis this morning so it really sucks. But it's ok. After all that hurt for Rose, all that, I didn't ever think it would let me see how normal it is to want the impossible. That it's not wrong to want, even if it's impossible. It doesn't have to be possible. It doesn't have to have an answer. No matter how many steps I take I still feel every moment that fear and that need to know and even worse the fear that don't know

But it's ok. 

They're ok. 

We're ok. 

Thank you. 

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This is the kind of game that deserves a 2 hour YouTube video essay analyzing bit by bit every element of its story. Amazing characters, artwork and interface! Props to everybody who worked on it! 

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This game is genuinely the most beautiful piece of media I have ever consumed. Everything from the art to the story and sound design was impeccable and I have never felt so much in this amount of time. There were so many details that all came together to make this one of the best visual novels I have read.

for real I don't know how to continue on with my day this was just an incredible experience. YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME 

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beautiful art; BEAUTIFUL ui; beautiful music; beautiful ending

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this is so tense. my heart was pounding throughout the story. with the horror of being in such a unhospitable space im so glad they had an angel.

the art is beautiful. especially how the dithered palette allowed the use of white all the way to the black outlines. incredible

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this was a really beautiful experience. there's something melancholy about this world in the bleakness of a broken moon and a stopped heart, but it's also full of life. the writing is beautiful, the art is beautiful (reminds me a lot of those PC-98 games), and the ambience is haunting yet fitting. rose and violet's dynamic is warm, with rose's witty monologues and violet's stubbornness to hide something soft. daisy is fantastic in their own right, and the use of daisy bell and the recounts of rose's bunny are very, very sweet. the use of heartbeats and temperature frame ren'py's UI in a way i've never seen before and am loving nonetheless.

this game is gay. gay as hell. its comforting in its flashbacks and in its presence. and i love it.