About
Everything to know about this project!
Index
- About the Site
- About the guy running it
About the Site
Site formatting
The formatting of script pages more or less follows certain rules.
Basics
- Character names are followed by the respective portrait name in parentheses. These are always bolded.
- A new line of dialogue starts whenever a new portrait is called by the game's script, even if that portrait is the same as the previous.
- Siffrin's monologues are displayed in italics.
- Notes added by me to describe animations and such are not in italics nor parentheses.
- All instances of dialogue and monologue are separated by an empty line.
Variations on dialogue
When any text varies for any reason whatsoever, most commonly due to different acts, these variations are marked by a bold heading. The level of the heading varies on a case by case basis, though it is most commonly a heading level of 4.
- If only a single line is varied, variations are shown through a list.
- If multiple lines vary, variations are shown through headings and separate paragraphs.
Siffrin's dialogue portraits
Even if no dialogue variation occurs, it's still noted when Siffrin's dialogue portraits vary.
This is always done through a list. This list includes the conditions of the specific portrait, as well as the internal thoughts attached to the specific textbox of the dialogue.
If Siffrin does not have any variations, their speech is not separated by an empty line and simply integrated into other dialogue.
All of Siffrin's dialogue is in quotation marks for stylistic consistency within the game.
Dialogue choices
When a branching dialogue choice occurs, it is presented as a list with links to the choice-specific sections.
Choices may not have links if they either lead to no dialogue variation or lead to exceedingly short variation.
Sections for dialogue choices are marked by headings. The level of the heading depends on a case by case basis.
The Site's foundations
Construction
This page was made using the Sadgrl Layout Builder, though the layout has obviously been modified.
Javascript and many tweaks were accomplished with the help of Paskariu.
The RSS Feed was made using the Neocities RSSguide.
A vast majority of all images on this website are hosted on the In Stars and Time Wiki.
About ISAT
In Stars and Time is an indie game developed by insertdisc5 and published by Armor Game Studios, about a little guy (gender-neutral) trapped in the torment nexus.
Everybody should play it immediately.
It's also available for Switch and Playstation. FYI.
About the guy running the site
About me
Hi, hello! My name is Felix (though I mostly go by Feli online). My pronouns are he/him, I'm an adult, I cried four times when I played ISAT, and I followed the game's development since the days of the START AGAIN comics.
I first found insertdisc5's tumblr account through their amazing Kingdom Hearts comics, and have been taken by their work since. It manages to be both simple yet so vividly expressive and emotionally reasonant. (RE: I cried four times (minimum) when I played ISAT)
Once the game finally launched in November 2023, a mere eight days after my birthday (thank you, Adrienne), I descended upon it like a ravenous beast, and it has not left my mind since.
Congratulations, ISAT. You finally dethroned the fixation I've had for a full year.
My only experience in coding prior to this whole shebang was a rudimentary knowledge that CSS and Html exist thanks to some time spent editing on fanwikis. Including the ISAT wiki, who could've guessed?
Hence, this page is rather rough around the edges, but I try my best. Many thanks again to my wonderful sibling Paskariu for many a VC spent staring at my spectacular coding endeavors.
You could check out my socials, mayhaps?
The Script Project's goals
Please understand first and foremost that I am deeply, deeply in love with this game. Taking it apart by the seams like this, trying to figure out how every minor mechanic ticks, is a labor of love.
This script is intended primarily as reference for people who have already played the game. It is in no way intended to replace the experience of actually playing ISAT. I don't believe it ever could, actually.
The first inspiration for this was, ironically enough, me writing ISAT fanfiction. (a link, for those curious.) I had to reference canon quotes and wanted to be as accurate as I can, what with exactly repeated dialogues being one of ISAT's Main Things.
The only way to do that was to either boot up the game myself and replay to that specific point (good luck doing that with unique, one time only scenes or chance based dialogues), or trying to pick the scene I need out youtube videos. Both involved transcribing the dialogue by hand again, and both were a bit of a mess.
So, when I serendipitously gained access to the game files, a thought began to form: "What if I... just wrote all of it down?"
It wouldn't even be the first video game I've done this for, mind you. This is simply how I show my love.
And, as far as I can tell, this script is also only used by those already obsessed with ISAT. (It has also been used by at least two fic authors besides myself.)
In short, yeah.