Superscout

Superscout is a first-person dating and love-puzzle game, and the first entry in the Star Scout series. You play a protagonist who trades their future wealth to Xiubi, the so-called god of entertainment, for the ability to scout others’ potential. The deal makes Zhou Yang, your first love, a superstar, while leaving you penniless: every penny you earn through the ability brings a hundredfold loss.

The women you meet

You uncover the secrets of the women you meet, whose stories are tied to your destiny. Your choices affect the fate of your loved ones, and the world-line changes through the people who love you. The characters include:

• Zhou Yang: Your first love, a star and the beginning—and possibly the end—of your career as a star scout.
• Duo Duo: A game streamer and the daughter of a philosophy professor, whose innocence may reflect either naivety or seeing through everything.
• Lin Qian'er: A former girl-group idol whose parents abandoned and despised her. She speaks of equivalent exchange from FA but lives by the chivalry and bravery of Chinese culture.
• Xu Qingfeng: A high-achieving modern physics researcher, the child of a nanny and the pride of her village, who enjoys wearing traditional-style Han clothing.
• Tang Xiaolan: From a wealthy family that fell into depression and has since recovered, thanks to you.
• Lin Jia: Your childhood neighbor, matchmaker, poverty alleviation officer, tutor and protector, among many other roles. She is described as your “godfather” and as a sister who shares neither parent with you.
• Ye Shu: A young boss and single mother, and the final character introduced.

Scout their potential

You can use your superscout ability to assess someone’s potential. If a woman’s star-potential index meets the criteria, you can begin a fortune-awakening ritual to help her activate her fortune and set her on a path to stardom. Each person has a unique fortune-awakening and fortune-operation process.

Choices and secrets

Intimacy provides direct feedback on your choices and determines whether you can “Public Distribute Affection” or “Hand Out Clues.” The more important story value is Yuan: intimacy is the surface value, while Yuan is the core value that influences the storyline.

In fantasy sequences, passing a quick-time event lets the fantasy continue, though you can opt out. The game also includes interactive actions with the women; these may instead appear as a chapter-ending easter egg. In the final chapter, you unlock the heart scout ability, which reveals secrets about the women that relate to you. Spending more time with a woman and having higher intimacy lets you uncover more of her secrets.