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Starward comes from the slogan of Star Rail: May This Journey Lead Us Starward, which is very suitable to be used as an app name.
Starward is an open-source third-party launcher developed to address the shortcomings of HoYoPlay (miHoYo Launcher). It supports all PC games on of HoYoverse and aims to completely replace the official launcher. In addition to the basic functions of a launcher, I will also incorporate some additional features based on individual needs, such as:
- Record game time
- Switch game accounts
- View game screenshots
- Save gacha records
More features are left for you to explore...
First, your device needs to meet the following requirements:
- Windows 10 1809 (17763) and above.
- WebView2 Runtime installed.
- WebP Image Extension installed.
- For better experience, please enable Transparency effects and Animation effects in the system settings.
WebP Imaging Extension is typically bundled with your system. If the application isn’t displaying background images correctly, please ensure it’s installed.
Next, download the package for your CPU architecture from GitHub Release. Extract it, then run Starward.exe and follow the prompts.
Starward uses Crowdin for in-app text localization work. You can contribute by helping us translate and proofread content in your local language. We look forward to having more people join us.
To compile the project locally, you need to install Visual Studio 2022 and select the following workloads:
- .NET Desktop Development
- C++ Desktop Development
- Universal Windows Platform Development
Development is not easy. If you think Starward useful, you cloud donate me at https://donate.scighost.com.
First of all, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to all the contributors and translators of this project. Starward can only become better because of you.
Then, I want to express my special thanks to @neon-nyan. The inspiration and design for this project come directly from his project Collapse. I have gained a lot of knowledge from the Collapse code, and with such a valuable reference, my development process has been much smoother.
Next, a big thanks to the main developer of Snap Hutao, @Lightczx. His assistance has been invaluable during the development of Starward.
Additionally, thanks CloudFlare for providing free CDN services and SignPath Foundation for providing free code signing for open-source projects.
And the third-party libraries used in this project.
