Starside Weekly - FEB.13.2026

[p]From our current location on the moon called Haven, we can sometimes see the planet Crucible below. We’ve heard from the advance team that Crucible is an uncommon planet and we look forward to our first visit.[/p][p][/p][h3]WHAT’S NEW [/h3][p]Here are a list of things that have entered internal testing phase:[/p]

[p]Advanced training missions on the planet Crucible[/p]
[p]Names that include spaces[/p]
[p]Keymapping (a very common request)[/p]
[p]Revised movement speeds (walk, run, and sprint) for players and creatures and even projectiles. Trees have once again been left behind.[/p]
[p]Improved targeting by the Healix tool[/p]
[p]Chat customizations and colors[/p]
[p]New creatures[/p]
[p]Fixes to soft grouping[/p]
[p]A new weapon type: the Battle Rifle[/p]
[p]Survey maps[/p]
[p]New modularity for all weapons and tools, making them more interesting and flexible to craft[/p]

[p][/p][h3]CONTROLLED CHAOS INTERVIEWS WORLD DESIGNER MEGHANN[/h3][p]Controlled Chaos brought a list of questions for our world designer Meghann Bledsoe. [/p][p]He asked about the planet Jotania and its erosion issues and she explained how the biome system interacts with the materials system, etc.[/p][p]He asked about cave dynamics, erosion, rain cycles, the return of giant stone mushrooms from Pyromycis, and much more.[/p][p]He asked about Crucible and Meghann explained how she made a dangerous planet to match the name, and how the terrain can teach players about movement and how to handle lava. You should expect this planet to be volcanically active.[/p][p]You’ll want to hear the parts of the interview about exceptionally alien looking planets and possible timing for larger play areas.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]PLAYTEST SCHEDULE[/h3][p]The playtests have resumed their usual Thursday-morning-through-Tuesday-morning cadence.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]LOGO MERCH AVAILABLE[/h3][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 set[/p]

[p]You can visit the store here: https://starsreach.com/store[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]HOW ELSE YOU CAN HELP?[/h3][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]
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