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PRE-ALPHA PLAYTEST SCHEDULE: 4.20 - 4.26

[h2]TUESDAY April 22nd[/h2]
  • PLAYTEST 10:30am - 2:00pm PST


[h2]THURSDAY April 24th[/h2]
  • STREAM 9:00am - 10:30pm PST
  • PLAYTEST 9:00am - 12:00pm PST
  • PLAYTEST 5:00pm - 8:00pm PST


[h2]SATURDAY April 26th[/h2]
  • PLAYTEST 10:30am - 2:00pm PST


THE STARSIDE WEEKLY – 4.18.2025



  • The first waves of Kickstarter backers have now come into the game.
  • Most people have filled out and returned their Kickstarter Backer Survey. Check your spam filter if you can’t find the survey. We need this to fulfill your rewards.
  • Instructions for joining the playtests will come in an email from FirstLook.gg, not from PlayableWorlds.com.
  • Our next new playtest build is expected on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
  • What is Hortus Renovare? A celebration of the origin of chocolate-covered strawberries? GUNC will explain! This is our first Stars Reach holiday-themed celebration and the players created it.


  • Content Creator Burke Black had his first Stars Reach livestream last night. You can catch the VOD here:

  • Dev Interview with Engineering Director David Pitkin:
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  • Controlled Chaos interviewed Carneros:
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  • Kickstarter late pledges are still available but this may wind down soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach


  • Screenshot of the Week: hooby is building hanging gardens (work in progress)

GUILD SPOTLIGHT - THE TRADE FEDERATION

Guild Name: The Trade Federation

Guild Nickname: -TF-

Founding Date: March 6, 2025

Guild Specialty: Trade, City, and Planet development

Current Leader: Pintu (Lead) and Muirghen (Co-Lead)

Game History: Star Wars Galaxies, SWTOR, WoW, EVE Online, Star Citizen, and Foxhole

Guild Motto: Our motto is to be the unrivaled leaders in intergalactic trade, delivering superior goods across the stars with unmatched speed, reliability, and excellence.

Guild Inside Joke: The real leader of this guild is Pintu's Golden Retriever (As per the pets channel in our discord)

Recruitment contact info: https://discord.gg/ucy8BFCdDv

FIRESIDE CHAT: WHAT'S NEW? WITH RICK AND DAVE

What's coming soon and what to expect from the next build(s)?

Check out the latest Fireside event hosted by Rick and Dave, and get ready for something... new!

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THE STARSIDE WEEKLY – 4.11.2025

  • Kickstarter Backer Survey has been sent out! Check your spam filter, etc. You will want to fill this out.This helps us fulfill your rewards.
  • Tomorrow, Saturday at 9:00am Pacific/ noon Eastern we will have our Fireside Chat #41. We will be talking about our new build of the game.
  • Yesterday we debuted our newest build of the game entitled World Reset.
  • Cool new trees! New clothes!
  • Playable Worlds held a leadership offsite this week to plan the next section of our game development journey. We are excited to jump in.
  • Roadmap planning – the next four updates are planned
  • Incorrect waypoint bug is fixed
  • Artisan crafting: new gameplay prototype created to iterate on for the next update
  • Dev Interview with HR Manager Justin Strefling – and no, Justin doesn’t just do HR – not in our startup.
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  • Kickstarter late pledges are still available but this may wind down soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reach