After stepping down as the chairman and co-founder of miHoYo in September 2023, Cai Haoyu entered the workforce with a focus on emerging technologies. He founded a new interactive entertainment company called Anuttacon. The company’s purported mission is to create personalized experiences that adapt to different player styles and preferences. Anuttacon recently announced its first project, an upcoming mobile game called Whispers from the Star.
Whispers from the Star is a self-proclaimed interactive storytelling game that lets players communicate with Stella, an astrophysics student stranded on an alien planet named Gaia. This communication is conveyed through AI-enhanced text, voice, and simulated video messages. Choices made by the player directly affects Stella’s likelihood of survival as the game’s narrative unfolds in real time. Messages are sent to the player through the game throughout the day, fully immersing them in the game’s projected reality.
Anuttacon announced Whispers from the Star’s development via a post on “Stella’s” official X (formerly Twitter) account. The post explains that as player, “you are the only person she can contact through her [Stella’s] communicator.” Every message you send, and voice call you make “guide her through a gripping story where every response could mean life or death.” The post concludes by encouraging potential players to sign up for Whispers from the Star’s closed beta, as well as sharing an invite to the game’s official Discord page.
Anuttacon also released the game’s official announcement trailer on March 14, 2025, via the company’s YouTube channel, @404Stella. The trailer begins by playing an incoming transmission from Stella, who declares that she is broadcasting directing from the alien planet Gaia. It then simulates a video call between Stella and a player, who uses the game’s text-to-speech feature to speak to her directly. The player asks if Stella “can override the system,” to which Stella responds by saying that she “can try to override the escape hatch, but no promises.”
There is no official release date for Whispers from the Star as of yet, but anyone interested can register for the game’s closed beta on iOS devices.