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Starside Weekly – 10.03.2025

[p]PLAYTEST SCHEDULE[/p][p]We are currently closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but are open Thursday through Monday.[/p][p]
[/p][p]CONTROLLED CHAOS INTERVIEWS JUSTIN STREFLING
The craziest Controlled Chaos interview yet – this time he interviews Playable Worlds Human Resources Manager Justin Strefling. This interview sounds more like two friends having beers after work on a Friday. You will laugh. This is a long, fun interview.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]
RAPH KOSTER PRESENTS AT IGDA SD DEMO DAYS[/p][p]Raph presented a talk on the history of virtual worlds at the International Game Developers Association - San Diego Chapter’s Demo Days event held at Mesa College. [/p][p]Rod Haza also brought a demo computer and demonstrated Stars Reach for the attendees alongside other Southern California-made games. [/p][p]Special thank you to Justamirage for attending and taking photographs and letting us use them.[/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][p]KICKSTARTER LATE PLEDGES ENDED - THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT!
The late pledges had remained surprisingly popular after the close of the Kickstarter campaign but these have now ended. [/p][p]Be advised that for a period of time there will be nothing offered for sale other than logo merchandise. [/p][p]It is still possible to sign up for the waiting list for future invitations to playtest. Please visit https://starsreach.com to sign up.[/p][p]

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH LIGHT BATES
Last Saturday, Light joined us on stage to talk about the University Update, what each thing meant and sometimes a bit of why it was interesting. [/p][p]These features are not meant to be finished, shipping quality but are meant to be sufficiently functional for players to tell us what works and does not work about them. We are leaving space to adjust our design before finishing the features. This is an important part of how we want to partner with our players.[/p][p]Please take advantage of this temporarily-stored video on demand:[/p][p]https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2578742717[/p][p][/p][p]
NEXT LIVESTREAM THURSDAY OCTOBER 9[/p][p]Next Thursday we will be touring the buildings and homes on Akacala in a nod to EverQuest’s famous old home tours. [/p][p]You are welcome to join us in game and come attend (or guide) the tours with us. [/p][p]If you prefer to watch, join us on [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]. Thursday, Oct 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific / noon Eastern.[/p][p]

LOGO MERCH AVAILABLE[/p][p]We currently have three sets of logo merchandise in stock:[/p]
  • [p]The Transplanetary League set[/p]
  • [p]The Stars Reach logo set[/p]
  • [p]The Infinite Worlds se[/p]
[p][/p][p]You can visit the store here: https://starsreach.com/store/[/p][p] [/p][p]HOW YOU CAN HELP [/p][p]If there is one thing you can do to help us, you can wishlist us on Steam. This makes a difference for the algorithm and also helps on the day we eventually launch on Steam. Thank you for this support. [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]