{"id":6060,"date":"2025-06-27T11:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/starside-weekly-6-27-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:06:48","slug":"starside-weekly-6-27-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/de\/starside-weekly-6-27-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Starside Weekly &#8211; 6.27.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"300\" title=\"SR+Starside Weekly_Banner-no drop shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4479\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow-200x31.png 200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow-400x63.png 400w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow-600x94.png 600w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow-800x125.png 800w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow-1200x188.png 1200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SRStarside-Weekly_Banner-no-drop-shadow.png 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1324px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your weekly update on Stars Reach<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0; padding: 0 16px; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n  <div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 800px;\">\n    <iframe\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8WNkzIGOjT8?si=gmDszMhr9jvCvSXb\" si=\"wSbTHp66_3uVVdMr\"title=\"YouTube video player\"      frameborder=\"0\"\n      allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n      referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n      allowfullscreen\n\n      style =\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 20px; display: block;\">\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-line-height:0.5em;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenshot of the Week: GUNC (Galactic Union of Natural Conservation) <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gives us a beautiful, time-lapse view of a gorgeous planet reached through a wild wormhole: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Change to Playtests next week! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In preparation for our game going live 24\/7, we have a bunch of work to do. And it\u2019s time for an extended test to help us get ready. So next week we are doing <\/span><b>14-hour playtests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday, July 1, and Thursday, July 3. Both tests start at 8:00am Pacific and end at 10pm Pacific. Our playtests are posted in the Events module of the official Stars Reach Discord for your convenience. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/starsreach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/starsreach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We interviewed <\/span><b>Playable Worlds animator John Brown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yesterday on livestream. The recording is available here:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0; padding: 0 16px; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n  <div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 800px;\">\n    <iframe\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkbz8q9LjmA?si=faDyzl5VaEZRhCd8\"si=\"wSbTHp66_3uVVdMr\"title=\"YouTube video player\"      frameborder=\"0\"\n      allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n      referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n      allowfullscreen\n\n      style =\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 20px; display: block;\">\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controlled Chaos interviewed Toster, a Pre-Alpha playtester of Stars Reach:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0; padding: 0 16px; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n  <div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 800px;\">\n    <iframe\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u92YN_w0xN8?si=oRLtI-UTIPx-W6Jh\"si=\"wSbTHp66_3uVVdMr\"title=\"YouTube video player\"      frameborder=\"0\"\n      allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n      referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n      allowfullscreen\n\n      style =\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 20px; display: block;\">\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our next livestream is Thursday, July 3, at 11:00am Pacific. We have <\/span><b>another giveaway<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> planned for a Reacher Tier package on stream: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/PlayStarsReach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twitch.tv\/PlayStarsReach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge.  <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all of the backers have submitted their survey, but if you haven\u2019t then search your email box. If you submitted your Backer Surveys before June 24th:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New testers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> got an invite from FirstLook with a playtest schedule and instructions. (Check your spam folder if you don\u2019t see it!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existing testers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will not get a new invite, your Discord role should now show a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> badge. Not yet? Log into FirstLook.gg and synch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can\u2019t find it? Email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:support@playableworlds.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support@playableworlds.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kickstarter late pledges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are still available but this may wind down soon: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/starsreach\/stars-reach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/starsreach\/stars-reach<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out our Web <\/span><b>Store<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/de\/store\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/starsreach.com\/store\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also have late pledges available on 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