Tamagotchi meets the birth of a star.

In this game you take care of a new-born star – and your main goal is to nurture it and keep it alive for as long as possible. Every real life second, in the virtual space one-thousand earth years (a millennium) pass, and if the star is still alive after 115.741 real life days, then it will die of old age. Upon death either by neglecting the star's needs or reaching the end of its lifetime the end screen will show a supernova or a black hole. Once you reach the game over screen, you are then presented with a highscore based on days (in-game years), that the star lived and whether the star was well kept as opposed to barely staying alive.

How do I take care of the star?

• Feeding: The age of the star limits what it can eat, for example an infant star can eat small asteroids and other debris, but nothing too substantial – whereas a 'red giant' can consume planets
• Temper: Stars can get very hot-headed and upset, this is presented as aggressive solar flares. To take care of this issue, the 'parent' can play with the star, put it to sleep or give it a few millennia in a time out.
• Growth: If the star is content when a growth cycle comes around, then it will increase in size and strive towards becoming a 'Blue Super Giant', however if there are issues with its happiness, then its growth may get stunted and forever remain a dwarf star, only increasing in heat with age, but not so much in size.

Intended either as its own handheld device, reminiscent of the Tamagotchi or made for mobile devices (iOS and Android).

Main Features:

• Astronomy facts and terminology
  • You can feed it planets, moons and asteroids from the solar system
  • Presented with names of real stars
• Interactivity with raising a new-born star
• Diverse range of sizes and colours depending on star's well-being, ranging from brown dwarf to blue super giant
• A series of mini-games can be played with the star, to boost happiness

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