Ukraine War Stories - developing a game about the war around us

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Starni Games builds a free visual‑novel anthology, Ukraine War Stories, that combines verified eyewitness accounts into dramatized episodes, uses photo‑based oil‑painting backgrounds and a minimal UI, and ships a playable demo in two weeks to meet a publisher bundle deadline. The project stays non‑profit, adds a sources tab linking reputable reports, coordinates volunteer localization into 12 languages, launches on Steam (Russia region blocked), leverages Steam Next Fest and broadcasts to drive thousands of wishlists.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 6:39How the Ukraine War Stories
3. 15:14Step 2
4. 23:13How 8 languages become 12
5. 28:28Art review
6. 31:33Marketing review

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