Your weekly update on Stars Reach PLAYTEST SCHEDULE We are currently closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but are open Thursday through Monday.   CONTROLLED CHAOS INTERVIEWS JUSTIN STREFLING The craziest Controlled Chaos interview yet – this time he interviews Playable Worlds Human Resources Manager [...]

NEW: UNIVERSITY UPDATE There are a number of new features in this update including a new way to measure planetary ecological health, but what really caught peoples’ attention were the changes to skill trees. Built into this update is a way to view our [...]

Your weekly update on Stars Reach AMAZON WEB SERVICES CASE STUDY ON STARS REACH How can one offer engaging gameplay across space and worlds, with significance and permanence, at MMO density and scale, without requiring that players own powerful computers? Playable Worlds worked with [...]

FROM THE STARS REACH LABORATORY We have uncovered an experimental concept that may or may not have involvement or funding from the Transplanetary League. The technician we questioned called them “turrets” or “turret concept”.  We are excited to bring you this video:   [...]

Your weekly update on Stars Reach This week was all about Performance Improvements Flora improvements (both visual and performance) Item limits and lighting limits on homesteads Wipes of existing worlds and reseeding them better But there were other Game Improvements as well! Testing a [...]

Your weekly update on Stars Reach   Playtesting There is currently a 96-hour playtest running – our longest yet. These longer tests are a kind of stress test that teaches us valuable information in advance of moving into 24/7 continuous operation. The current test [...]

Your weekly update on Stars Reach More changes to the Twilight Update! – We found a netcode issue and it was a biggie. Fixing it allowed us to improve your framerate. You should see some significant improvements to your frames-per-second. Tools and Weapons Refactor [...]