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The Formless Star, a mysterious planet whose surface constantly changes...

You're Anemo, a field researcher for the Space Archives!
Your assignment is to travel to the Formless Star and gather data on the animals that live there.

Each time you step out of your spaceship, the land will change. A new world just for you!

Discover 60 different alien creatures, all with with unique behaviours and descriptions.


Features an original soundtrack with songs from songs4lizards, Imogen Mangle, Monkey KG, and me!

Length:  1 - 2 hours.

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StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(272 total ratings)
Authorsplendidland
GenreAdventure
Tags2D, Aliens, Animals, Cute, Exploration, Funny, Pixel Art, Procedural Generation, Sci-fi, Singleplayer

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Formless Star.zip 30 MB
Formless Star-mac.zip 33 MB
Formless Star-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 30 MB
formless-star_2025.05.16_amd64.deb 29 MB

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Very nice, I had fun

A really nice and cute game :)

wow this was so cute! even though i didnt manage to find the one in disguise i rlly liked it<3 

I was feeling pretty down tonight and this ended up being just the thing I needed. Thanks for making and sharing such a lovely game.

excellent game, creative and wonderful

do you ever play a game so charming and sweet that you shed a tear? thank you for yet another rpg banger, splendidland o7

this was so so cool to play through, i absolutely loved the design of all the different animals! the music was so fun to listen to, there were points i had to stop playing to just appreciate it. such a great game

really whimsical and perfect scope to play in one session i feel!
i also really loved the writing, cute music and the animations

This looks nice. Would there be a way to release a 32-bit executable for Linux?

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very gorgeous n cute game that i rly enjoyed <3 beautiful ending and i love how all the animals look ^_^

so magnificent!!

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Sylvia sold me fent.

the sylvia song made me so so so happy... i wasn't expecting it... sylvia IS a wonder <3

This game is just so friggin cute and weird. I had a blast playing it on stream, as my chat was loving the creatures and the overall vibes. (So was I, of course.) They had endless praise for the creature designs and were wishing there were plushies for all of them. (Again, so was I.) Also shout out the great tunes!

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Very wholesome little adventure. It was like walking through an artbook. Had a lot of fun! <3

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The little worlds you create are always such a joy and a delight. They make me wanna make my own little worlds full of interesting animals to find.

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making little animals i think is one of the biggest joys in life!! you gotta

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i love this game so so so much

played this last night with my partner ( but they fell asleep before i found all the animals and saw the ending )

the vibe and presentation is just immaculate and silly. and the lil speech when you first talk to Shape really spoke to me. ive been kinda struggling with my creativity lately and it was just the thing i needed to hear and just the little game i needed to play. thanks for making this :D

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I can only echo all the the positive comments here. Absolutely beautiful design, cozy game. My favorite (so far) is Glaseer.

A beautiful little game and a lovely experience! I had a lot of fun running around the Formless Star looking for all the animals. :3 I hope you have fun making many more things!

I'm glad I came all the way to see your formless little star :) keep making things, shape!

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Beautiful game! Makes me want to make my own little world to explore.

awesome game !!

Took a couple weeks but I finally got around to playing it! It was such a pleasant little time, loved the heartwarming ending :)

best game ever ! It was so fun and cozy !! I'm happy that I found all of the animals ! I was struggling at first since at the time I only needed five more and was taking breaks throughout the weeks to complete it-- but after using Sylvia it was much faster and made the game even better ! (love Sylvia and her song in general, the dialogue for her was so heartwarming and made me smile <3) love the game so much, the art + animation is so amazing ! 

Really cool game! I had a blast playing it. Thank you for making it :)

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Pretty nice game!

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Very sweet game! I loved the anticipated final ride on Sylvia and special dialogue and song for her. I've only recently played your games but seeing you make things with such heart is very inspiring to me, I'd love to try my hand at something half as good as this. Thank you

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I found it attractive. It's something I could see myself playing for hours. I wish I could disable the built-in controller support. If I could, the number of controllers this would cleanly work with would be way higher.

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Thank you for making my day brighter with this sweet game :-)

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Incredible game, the dialog when you find all the animals made me tear up a little. Such a heartfelt reminder to be kind to yourself and your art i loved it!

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This was made in what engine?

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it's made with OHRRPGCE!

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Lot of heart in this game, also the perfect game for me to play after I did a bunch of work on a game jam game n' needed somethin' cozy <3

I also really like the heart-to-heart with the player at the end, thank you for sharing your planet n' I hope to get to share more of mine someday!

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Lovely game ! I'm a huge earthbound fan and I felt right at home with the funny descriptions :) The characters are cute and the pixel art looks lively and playful. Great job ! :D

really lovely :)

thank you for making this!!! genuinely so inspiring and made me really want to just open a sketchbook again and make a little world and embrace the beauty of creation!!!!!!!!!

i first saw this by happenstance because of some fanart i saw on tumblr and i'm so happy that it crossed my path because it is such an absolute delight to look at, to listen to, and to experience. all the animal interactions are so fun and sylvia was a really endearing and practical addition ! thank you thank you thank you !

HEAD OVER HEELS in LOVE with the animation!!!! the characters are so charming, the music is whimsical and lovely!!! one thing that slightly bothered me was the font, which i found a bit hard to read. i also felt myself craving something more?! combat, story, idk. but it was a lovely game and a super cute story!!!!!

I loved this game so much! It was super fun and I loved the story. I do have a few suggestions for future games. There wasn't really a menu section while in game, I wanted to change the controls but I wasn't able to. You can't skip the dialogue I tried to replay the game but had to go through the story again. Also when you enter the game there is no main menu, I tried to go in to see the credit section again but wasn't able to without going through the whole thing. Other than this I loved this game, music and the plot.

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This was so charming and fun to play, in and of itself its such an innovative way to approach design, the world feels so alive and the characters are so sweet. I loved every aspect of this game.


The animations are perfect and I felt more and more touched by the game the closer I got to finding all 61 animals, thank you so much for making this beautiful masterpiece.


P.S. I love you sylvie <3

I'm so charmed by this game; my heart is so touched that I'm at a bit of a loss for words. What a lovely little (and genuinely inspirational) experience. Thank you Shape, and a big thank you to each and every person who contributed to this game- I'm so grateful for your efforts, your creativity, and to have been able to play it!

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