Starside Weekly – 5.09.2025
BUILD NOTES | FROM THE DEVS | SPOTLIGHT | NEWS/PRESS | LORE
Screenshot of the Week: Dr. Julie Wanelight 🧬(G.U.N.C.)
Your weekly update on Stars Reach
- What have the players done this week?
- “That’s the craziest thing I have ever seen in any video game!” and he captured it on video: https://youtu.be/XTmaGQynIjg?t=52
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- Players are enjoying the “Physics Midterm” build and showing us how we can expect players to approach the game. This allows us to improve the path they are taking.
- Build update: Hotfixes
- Bug fixes: metal alloys and recipes calling for clay have been fixed
- Prospecting became inaccurate and that was fixed
- New recipe added: converting Clay Ore to Ceramics
- A Warm and homey blogpost by Matt Daly: New World Notes: Stars Reach: Why Raph Koster’s Upcoming Sandbox MMO is Already a Wonder-Full Escape from the Internet’s Gen AI Slop (Guest Post)
- Playable Worlds’ Eric Goldberg is teaming up with Mitch Lasky to present at GamesBeat Summit 2025 next week: “How to Navigate the Games New Normal” https://gbs.venturebeat.com/schedule/
- Developer interview with Sean Grady, Lead Simulation Engineer: https://youtu.be/9Y8pL7BQNFE
- Did you miss the Fireside Chat on May 3rd? https://youtu.be/COAl6gjGBf8?si=h7s_LPBX_e1v7d6c
- Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge. Almost all of the backers have submitted their survey, but if you haven't then search your email box. If you submitted your Backer Surveys before May 6th:
- New testers got 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 synch.
- 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
- You asked and we listened. The newest addition to the Infinite Worlds, Inifinite Possibilities merch line, a t-shirt! Now you can represent IWIP in the soon to come summertime heat! https://starsreach.com/product/infinite-worlds-t-shirt
