The game features a brand-new original story where the player takes on the role of a Producer tasked with assembling an all-star unit to compete in the "Starlit Season"—a massive idol tournament. The gameplay loop combines managing the idols' schedules, building stats through lessons, interacting with characters to raise affection, and performing in rhythm-game-style live concerts.
Bach’s Goldberg Variations are built on a simple, beautiful ground bass: the Aria that opens and closes the work. Between these two statements lie 30 variations, each exploring a different musical technique (canon at various intervals, overture, French overture, quodlibet). The structure is cyclical, obsessive, and cumulative. the idolmaster starlit season v161goldberg exclusive