Starside Weekly – 08.01.2025

• [p]Updates and fixes to Brave New Worlds were announced this week. The list is longer than expected here.[/p]
• [p]In Thursday’s livestream, we showed some tips and tricks for capturing video in Stars Reach and some behind-the-scenes on the making of a new trailer. Watch the recording here.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
  • [p]Our reporter on the street, Carneros, interviewed several players to ask their thoughts about the Stars Reach community: Player Spotlight: Part One 2025.07.31 – Stars Reach[/p]
  • [p]MassivelyOP had great comments on the last Fireside Chat:[/p]
  [p]https://massivelyop.com/2025/07/30/stars-reach-smooths-its-latest-patch-talks-opt-in-pvp-and-preps-a-lot-of-game-for-24-7-testing[/p][p][/p]
• [p]This weekend’s playtest schedule includes one 11-hour test, one 16-hour test, and one 46-hour test running from Saturday morning to Monday morning!![/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.[/p]
  • [p]New testers received 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 sync.[/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 licensed merch in our Web Store! [/p][p]https://starsreach.com/store[/p][p][/p]

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

[p]Screenshots of the Week:
Chayce views the landscape of Akacala.[/p][p][/p]