{"id":6082,"date":"2025-09-05T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/starside-weekly-09-05-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:37:24","slug":"starside-weekly-09-05-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/starside-weekly-09-05-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Starside Weekly &#8211; 09.05.2025"},"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-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your weekly update on Stars Reach<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week was all about <\/span><b>Performance Improvements<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flora improvements (both visual and performance)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Item limits and lighting limits on homesteads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wipes of existing worlds and reseeding them better<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there were other <\/span><b>Game Improvements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing a new version of \u201ctailings\u201d ejected from your mining excavator tool. These new tailings are initially ejected as a slurry which moves like a liquid to fill in crevices and holes, avoiding piling up into an unsightly pile. Then they quickly solidify and begin to age into dirt with any nearby grass spreading on top of them. This should improve the landscape a great deal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meteor swarms were completely renovated to avoid leaving a mess across the landscape. You\u2019ll need to try the new ones and tell us what you think.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new player initial tutorial has been updated. Please create a new character and try it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What&#8217;s dynamic about <\/span><b>Dynamic Update<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wild wormholes are now a dynamic event instead of a static portal to a new world each day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wormhole will stay open a random amount of time each time it opens and even the Servitors don\u2019t know how long that will be. But the Servitors have tech to monitor the basic stability of the gateway and can give us some indication of its health on our HUD:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green = stable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow, blinking slowly = starting to destabilize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow, blinking moderately = becoming more unstable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow, blinking rapidly = wrap it up! Time to head home!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red, blinking furiously = the wormhole is about to collapse!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steady red = it\u2019s too late now. Prepare to go back the hard way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t make it back to known space before the wormhole closes, you are forced to reconstitute your life form to your last saved ReLife pattern back in Servitor space. You will find that you no longer have anything you collected on the other side.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot more to try out in the Dynamic Update debuting at the playtest on Saturday, September 6, right after the Fireside Chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Playtesting<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:1000px;--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\" style=\"border-radius:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Playtest-Schedule_9.6-9.11_v2-copy.webp\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">This is a 70-hour playtest, a short break on Tuesday &amp; Wednesday, followed by a 118-hour playtest, our longest yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fireside Chat<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Saturday, September 6, Dave Georgeson and Rick Reynolds will host <b>Fireside Chat<\/b> #47 to introduce the Dynamic Update. We have moved the Fireside Chat from the Discord auditorium to the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/\">Twitch.TV<\/a> channel. Please join us at 9:00AM Pacific\/Noon Eastern at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/PlayStarsReach\">Twitch.TV\/PlayStarsReach<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A Grand Tour<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Rod Haza jumped into Discord and took us on a grand tour of various build sites and constructions created by players for one last look before the wipe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:600px;--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\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Discord-Stream_ROD.webp\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Thomas\/Frommy took over yesterday\u2019s Thursday livestream for a look back at the evolution of art in Stars Reach. We started in 2019 and worked our way forward through Raph\u2019s art archive, looking at successive generations of videos, concept art, and screenshots. We\u2019ve come a long way, baby. Temporary VOD link here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/2558629154\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/2558629154<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The Stars Reach <b>Infinite Worlds series <\/b>merchandise has been a big hit. Check out our licensed merch in our Web <b>Store<\/b>! <a href=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/store\/\">https:\/\/starsreach.com\/store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:1000px;--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-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:20px;\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/store\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"IWIP_Collection Header_V2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"550\" 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\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Backer Invites + Discord Backer Badge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Almost all of the backers have submitted their survey, but if you haven\u2019t then search your email box.\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">New testers\u00a0received an invite from FirstLook with a playtest schedule and instructions. (Check your spam folder if you don\u2019t see it!)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Existing testers\u00a0will not get a new invite, your Discord role should now show a\u00a0<i>Backer<\/i>\u00a0badge. Not yet? Log into FirstLook.gg and sync.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Can\u2019t find it? Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@playableworlds.com\">support@playableworlds.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kickstarter late pledges<\/b>\u00a0are still available but this may wind down soon:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/starsreach\/stars-reach\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/starsreach\/stars-reach<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Screenshots of the Week:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Club Jericho is likely to be rebuilt once more:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:1000px;--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-4 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Club-Jericho_v2.webp\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":217806712,"featured_media":6051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1462,1459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-from-the-devs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Starside_Background_WEBSITE_09.05.2025.webp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdLeGO-1A6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217806712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}