Starside Weekly – 07.03.2025

Your weekly update on Stars Reach

• Our first long playtests!  In preparation for our game going live 24/7, we hosted 2 playtests this week that ran longer than 12 hours each. We are testing the performance of our worlds over time. What did you think? 
• We celebrated the one year anniversary of the announcement of Stars Reach with a livestream and a giveaway. 
• We added four more moderators: Sukie, Ryan, Marko and Muirghen.0! Please be extra nice to the new folks.  🙂
• Controlled Chaos interviewed John Brown, Stars Reach animator:

• Controlled Chaos also interviewed Avi Khetarpal, Stars Reach senior engineer:
  

• GUNC made a mining guide for Stars Reach including how to collect everything you need to build your Grav Mesh, Reflection Shield, Gravity Gun, and Healix.

• GUNC made a fan-made trailer for Stars Reach!

• 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 July 3rd:
  • 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
• Check out our Web Store! https://starsreach.com/store/
  • We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store