{"id":2120,"date":"2024-08-14T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T00:00:41","slug":"who-is-stars-reach-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/fr\/who-is-stars-reach-for\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO IS STARS REACH FOR?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Raph Koster<\/em><\/p>\n

I think this may actually be the last of the posts outlining the high level goals of the game! And just in time too, because the very first Reachers are going to be landing on a planet in <\/span>\u00c9toiles \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main<\/i> this weekend<\/b>. That\u2019s right, it\u2019s time to start testing! If you\u2019re interested, be sure to <\/span>go sign up<\/a>, and <\/span>join the Discord<\/a> et <\/span>wishlist on Steam<\/a> while you\u2019re at it.<\/span><\/p>\n

THIS IS A SANDBOX GAME<\/span><\/h3>\n

As you have maybe read from the other articles in the series, SR is very much a sandbox. That means that <\/span>it is about living in another world, not just chasing XP pellets to complete gear sets.<\/b> There is no single goal that a player can pursue, except perhaps to work together with other players to try to solve <\/span>the large scale thematic problem the game presents<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In many ways, then, SR is more about <\/span>play<\/span><\/i> than it is about <\/span>advancement<\/span><\/i>. Advancement runs out or becomes an infinite treadmill; whereas if you get bored of playing one way, you can go play in another way and keep having fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

This means that there isn\u2019t any one journey through <\/span>\u00c9toiles \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main<\/span><\/i>. Instead, players choose their journeys. <\/span>So how do we pick what features we will have?<\/b><\/p>\n

In themepark games, you build one feature \u2013 player-vs-environment combat, usually \u2013 to a huge degree of depth, with a ton of progression and advancement in it. You then spare a thought for everything else, because progression is what holds the player.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in the day, we used to speak of \u201celder games,\u201d which meant features and subsystems that were not dependent on content treadmills: stuff like economic play, social play, PvP, and so on, which were much more about interaction with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, with themeparks having dominated the landscape, we instead speak of \u201cendgame.\u201d Levelling up \u2013 the journey \u2013 has come to be thought of as the obstacle in the way to getting to \u201cthe real game,\u201d which is increasingly group raid coordination.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnd\u201d isn\u2019t really a word you want sitting next to \u201cworld\u201d though. Raids are another form of content treadmill, just they call for groups. There are gear sets and color coded items and all the same jazz that there is around the basic levelling game. Very much more about <\/span>advancement <\/span><\/i>than just <\/span>play<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

SOME THINGS TO DO<\/span><\/h3>\n

So what are some ways we want you to play? Well, here\u2019s a list from our early design documents:<\/span><\/p>\n