Starside Weekly – 07.03.2025

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• [p]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? [/p]

• [p]We celebrated the one year anniversary of the announcement of Stars Reach with a livestream and a giveaway. [/p]
• [p]We added four more moderators: Sukie, Ryan, Marko and Muirghen.0! Please be extra nice to the new folks.  🙂[/p]

• [p]Controlled Chaos interviewed John Brown, Stars Reach animator:[/p]

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• [p]Controlled Chaos also interviewed Avi Khetarpal, Stars Reach senior engineer:[/p]

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• [p]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.[/p]

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• [p]GUNC made a fan-made trailer for Stars Reach![/p]

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• [p]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:[/p]
  • [p]New testers got an invite from FirstLook with a playtest schedule and instructions. (Check your spam folder if you don’t see it!)[/p]
  • [p]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.[/p]
  • [p]Can’t find it? Email [/p]

[p][email protected][/p]

• [p]Kickstarter late pledges are still available but this may wind down soon: [/p]

[p]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach[/p]

• [p]Check out our Web Store! [/p][p][/p]

[p]https://starsreach.com/store/[/p]

• [p]We also have late pledges available on payment plans at our store[/p]