A MAZE. / Berlin 2020

9th International Games and Playful Media Festival

Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star

MILKY WAY PRINCE (TRAILER VIDEOGAME 2020)

by Lorenzo Redaelli (Italy)

Genre: Interactive Visual Novel

Milky Way Prince is a first person Interactive visual novel about an abusive relationship with a partner who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder. It's a Love/Erotic story, between a guy and a "shooting star" that follows player's decisions. Falling in love with people with BPD is like falling in love with a star. The more the love grows the more unstable they become.
The main themes are idealization, self-annihilation/sacrifice for the beloved one and codependency.

Reaching the Milky Way with the Prince is the main goal of the game.

What's the Milky Way? It's unclear. Something good for sure. How can you reach it? Helping the Prince/ giving love to him. What's the price to pay? It slowly consumes your inner star.

Platform: PC, Mac