Alma's Star Gathering

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Introduction

Alma's Star Gathering is a free browser puzzle from almastudiobynoah about guiding and merging falling stars. Players touch anywhere on the screen to move the star left or right from its current position, then release to drop it. When two matching stars meet, they combine into a brighter one. Larger stars appear as a round goes on, so each round reaches a natural finish rather than continuing indefinitely. Every day brings a constellation to aim for, and the shape produced can be kept in a star atlas. The design is intentionally spare: there are no rankings to climb, no shop and no account to set up. The game runs in a browser on desktop and phone and supports Japanese and English. The developer also discloses how it was made: the art for Alma and the constellations was generated with GPT and not edited by hand, the music was made with SUNO, and the code and in-game text were written with Claude. The credits list matter.js for physics and the Shippori Mincho B1, Zen Kaku Gothic New and Cormorant Garamond fonts, with license texts kept in the game's licenses folder.

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Who it is for

Good fit if you are:

• Fans of cozy puzzles
• Fans of merge games
• Desktop and phone players

May not suit:

• Leaderboard chasers
• Players wanting a shop
• Anyone needing an account

Highlights

• Touch anywhere to slide the star sideways, then release to drop it.
• Matching stars merge into a brighter star.
• Each day offers a target constellation for the star atlas.
• No rankings, no shop and no account.
• Runs in a browser on desktop and phone.

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