Starside Weekly – 01.02.2026

[p]Thank you for taking this journey with us![/p][p]Some of you will remember every item below. You lived each of these moments with us. We started the year with simple game features, placeholder graphics, and prayers that the servers would stay up. We ended the year with some features refined, more user selectable options, better visuals, improved performance, and better onboarding for new players. We are excited about 2026.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]JANUARY[/p]

• [p]January Game Update (before we started giving them fancy names)[/p]
• [p]And the mad scramble to get ready for a recently decided Kickstarter campaign[/p]
• [p]We enjoyed Beanstalk City on Gaiamar[/p]

[p]FEBRUARY[/p]

• [p]Escarion & Quality-of-Life Update[/p]
• [p]Kickstarter Launched and reached its goal in less than one hour.[/p]
• [p]Many new reveals with the Kickstarter stretch goals[/p]
• [p]Megarock City was established on Rodin IV[/p]

[p]MARCH[/p]

• [p]Seasons, Skies, and Public Events Update[/p]
• [p]Procedural Creatures Update[/p]
• [p]Kickstarter officially closed – late pledges remained open[/p]
• [p]Rodney’s Western Town was established on Zaraxa[/p]

[p]APRIL[/p]

• [p]World Reset Update[/p]
• [p]Infinite Worlds merch collection released[/p]
• [p]GUNCTown was built on Rodin IV[/p]

[p]MAY[/p]

• [p]Physics Midterm Update[/p]
• [p]Better Homes & Gardens Update[/p]
• [p]Eric Goldberg spoke at GamesBeat Summit 2025 in Los Angeles[/p]
• [p]And who could forget Mycityum on Pyromycis, the amazing mushroom city?[/p]

[p]JUNE[/p]

• [p]Wild Wormholes Update[/p]

[p]JULY[/p]

• [p]Cosmic Calibration Update[/p]
• [p]Brave New Worlds Update[/p]

[p]AUGUST[/p]

• [p]Twilight Update[/p]
• [p]Niina Fujioka spoke at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne[/p]
• [p]The Transplanetary League merchandise collection launched[/p]
• [p]The GAIA Ship was first seen in deep space – the escape from the planet wipe[/p]

[p]SEPTEMBER[/p]

• [p]The Dynamic Update[/p]
• [p]The University Update[/p]
• [p]Raph Koster presented at IGDA SD Demo Days 2025[/p]
• [p]A new Stars Reach logo debuted with supporting merchandise[/p]

[p]OCTOBER[/p]

• [p]Vendor Kiosk Update[/p]
• [p]Recently begun Akavegas expanded dramatically on Akacala.[/p]

[p]NOVEMBER[/p]

• [p]GovBot Update[/p]
• [p]Four planets were claimed and developed at the same time in a first for Stars Reach.[/p]

[p]DECEMBER[/p]

• [p]Hidden Fog Update[/p]
• [p]We were mentioned in more end-of-year roundups and lists of MMORPG coming in 2026[/p]

[p]Our small team kept working hard all year, putting out game updates every 24 days, on average.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]MASSIVELY OVERPOWERED REMEMBERS OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN[/h3][p]In a series of articles, MassivelyOP has been remembering important moments and stories from 2025.[/p][p]In a roundup of MMO crowdfunding stories of 2025, they remember the Stars Reach Kickstarter campaign as a standout, positive moment.[/p][p]Read it: Here[/p][h3]PLAYTEST SCHEDULE[/h3][p]Our playtest schedule resumes a more “normal” rhythm of Tuesdays & Wednesdays off, Thursdays through Tuesday mornings servers available.[/p][p][/p][p][/p]