Starside Weekly – 5.23.2025
BUILD NOTES | FROM THE DEVS | SPOTLIGHT | NEWS/PRESS | LORE
SCREENSHOT OF THE WEEK: Waboba (SHAPE)
Your weekly update on Stars Reach
- Better Homes & Gardens Update just launched and there’s a lot to tell you about.
- Full version https://starsreach.com/build-notes/
- XP refunded and reset so you’ll be able to respend your XP differently
- Full flora reset and respawn due to changes in flora behavior
- Soft grouping added – including loot sharing
- Player movement changes: sliding
- Harvesting updates
- Xyloslicer updates
- Forestry and farming changes
- Cooking and crafting changes
- There will be a Fireside Chat on Saturday, May 24 at 9:00am Pacific/ noon Eastern with more details: https://twitch.tv/playstarsreach
- GUNC has done amazing things with their skyscraper mushroom building Mycityum.
- The Homeslices Space-Faring Tea Shoppe is another must-visit landmark – this time in space:
- We interviewed Playable Worlds President Eric Goldberg on the state of the games industry: https://youtu.be/zq-9NY2Vi-E
- Join the Moderation team: we are recruiting more moderators to join us as we ramp up to 24/7 operation. If you are interested, send us an email about yourself and your experience with moderation to community@playableworlds.com. We especially need folks in Asia/Pacific time zones.
- 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 May 6th:
- 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
