{"id":6054,"date":"2025-06-13T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/starside-weekly-6-13-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:05:03","slug":"starside-weekly-6-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/starside-weekly-6-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Starside Weekly &#8211; 6.13.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background 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-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--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<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our next <\/span><b>Fireside Chat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is tomorrow, June 14, 2025, at 9am Pacific\/ noon Eastern. Come hear more about our new update entitled <\/span><b>Wild Wormholes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about our Wild Wormholes update here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wild-wormholes-update\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wild-wormholes-update\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Play with the Devs\u2026and Win a Kickstarter Reward!<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us <strong>Thursday, June 19th at 9 AM Pacific<\/strong>, for a special Play with the Devs event during our public playtest! From 9:30-10:30 AM Pacific, most of the Playable Worlds team will be hopping into the galaxy alongside you, building, exploring, and causing just a bit of chaos. Devs will be tagged in-game so you can spot them. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Want in?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re opening up <\/span><b>limited-time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> playtest access for new players. If you haven\u2019t joined a test yet, this is your chance to dive into Stars Reach for the first time. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stars-reach.firstlook.gg\/signup\/event\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/stars-reach.firstlook.gg\/signup\/event<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>And while you\u2019re there\u2026We\u2019re giving away a Kickstarter Reacher Tier live on stream! <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tune in to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/playstarsreach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twitch.tv\/playstarsreach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Thursday morning for a chance to win. We\u2019re giving away the Reacher Tier, which includes access to all testing phases including Early Access, an exclusive in-game title+discord role to be delivered at launch, your name in the credits, and more. You must be present to win. If you win and want to upgrade your tier, we\u2019ve got you covered! To be eligible for this giveaway, you must not already own a Kickstarter tier. This includes both new players and current testers who have not backed yet. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controlled Chaos interviewed Playable Worlds technical designer Light Bates: <\/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\/FGGZRJXHTVQ?si=bEeS2-3fvvugEfhH\"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\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We interviewed Playable Worlds client engineer Nathaniel Doldersum: <\/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\/1O2m0Oowuyg?si=KNvgUAcf7mX3R_0l\"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-3\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MassivelyOP writes about our Wild Wormholes update: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/massivelyop.com\/2025\/06\/11\/stars-reach-opens-wild-wormholes-to-randomly-generated-planets-in-latest-playtest-build\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/massivelyop.com\/2025\/06\/11\/stars-reach-opens-wild-wormholes-to-randomly-generated-planets-in-latest-playtest-build\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge.\u00a0 <\/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 10th:<\/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\/es\/store\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/starsreach.com\/store\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--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-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"550\" title=\"IWIP_Collection Header_V2\" src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-5109\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272000%27%20height%3D%27550%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202000%20550%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272000%27%20height%3D%27550%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2-200x55.jpg 200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2-400x110.jpg 400w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2-600x165.jpg 600w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2-800x220.jpg 800w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2-1200x330.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IWIP_Collection-Header_V2.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1324px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenshot of the Week: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese trees are crazy tall. 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