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Eclipsing Binary Star

"If you were to share your night sky with me... would you see what I see?" You can see it in the distance. It's there, always present. A reminder. Towering in the background of the sparse autumn daylight, and a blinking, mocking beacon in the dark of night. It lies behind an ocean sea of trees, beyond the unused roads, beyond a chainlink fence perimeter. A radio tower. And below it, a nuclear bunker, built when the only thing on everyone's mind was fear. You lie there, listening to the radio. Waiting for nothing, I suppose. But that will come to change. Through the atmosphere, comes a signal, and a broadcast. One so innocent and benign. But the overcast sky masks something sinister. Beyond the clouds, beyond the static. Something ever present. Something that will chew away at your world. Eclipsing Binary Star is a linear visual novel told in NVL format. It was created over the course of three weeks for Denpa VN Jam 2026. This is my first visual novel and game in general, and the first game under circle [pathos softworks]. 15K+ words, and apx. 1 hour and 30 minutes of reading. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CreditsStory, art, photography, programming, by Nutritious Milk (me!) with some field/radio recordings & music done by me as wellVarious sound effects and audio samples from freesound: looplicator (industrial drum loops), SamplingSamTheMarylandMan (music track), & giddster (chimes), under creative commons Special Thanks:My partner, for their help with background photography, field recordings, and for their endless wellspring of support and love (and for making the road trips to the photography sites a lovely thing in of themselves).Diefenbunker in Ottawa, for access and cooperation with photography/references, education on historical contexts, as well as just being an awesome Cold War museum in general. Check them out!