Starside Weekly – 08.01.2025

Your weekly update on Stars Reach

• Updates and fixes to Brave New Worlds were announced this week. The list is longer than expected here.
• In Thursday’s livestream, we showed some tips and tricks for capturing video in Stars Reach and some behind-the-scenes on the making of a new trailer. Watch the recording here.

• Our reporter on the street, Carneros, interviewed several players to ask their thoughts about the Stars Reach community: Player Spotlight: Part One 2025.07.31 – Stars Reach
• MassivelyOP had great comments on the last Fireside Chat:
  • https://massivelyop.com/2025/07/30/stars-reach-smooths-its-latest-patch-talks-opt-in-pvp-and-preps-a-lot-of-game-for-24-7-testing/

This weekend’s playtest schedule includes one 11-hour test, one 16-hour test, and one 46-hour test running from Saturday morning to Monday morning!!

• Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge. Almost all of the backers have submitted their survey, but if you haven’t then search your email box.
  • New testers received an invite from FirstLook with a playtest schedule and instructions. (Check your spam folder if you don’t see it!)
  • Existing testers will not get a new invite, your Discord role should now show a Backer badge. Not yet? Log into FirstLook.gg and sync.
  • Can’t find it? Email support@playableworlds.com
• Kickstarter late pledges are still available but this may wind down soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach
• Check out our licensed merch in our Web Store! https://starsreach.com/store/

• We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store

• Screenshots of the Week:

  Chayce views the landscape of Akacala.