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What do you do next in Stars Reach? One option is gathering resources. This Thursday we will do a livestream to tell folks which tools to use and which resources to target if you want to spend some time gathering resources. 9am Pacific/noon Eastern on twitch.tv/playstarsreach

We are going to livestream a Fireside Chat next about the Hidden Fog Update. Game Director Dave Georgeson will join me in 30 minutes. Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach

We are going to repeat this on Thursday. If you know any new (or returning) playtesters, please invite them to watch or participate.

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We've invited thousands of new playtesters into Stars Reach. I'm going to try something new on Thursday morning. My livestream will be a briefing/guided tour/onboarding for new players. Join us at 9:00am Pacific/noon Eastern at the TPL station in game. Or watch twitch.tv/playstarsreach

We've had our new #starsreach Roadmap up for one week so far. We've also updated it four times during that period. Yes, it's a living, active document. starsreach.com/roadmap

In a little more than one hour at 9:00am Pacific/noon Eastern, I will be hosting a Fireside Chat livestream with Game Director Dave Georgeson. We'll be talking about the GovBot Update and our development roadmap moving forward. Questions welcome. Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach

Roadmap The Stars Reach Development Roadmap is our way of sharing the journey as we build this universe together. Games grow through exploration and iteration. You’ll see features move forward, change shape, ...

Delayed, second announcement is now ready: a public roadmap. What do you think? starsreach.com/roadmap/

YouTube video by Stars Reach The Servitors - 🧪 Stars Reach Lab #004

This was _not_ the other announcement which hit a technical difficulty related to two stylesheets disagreeing with each other on a web page... <sigh> But watch this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq92...

GovBot Update The GovBot The GovBot is a Transplanetary League construct that serves two purposes: It’s a sequence of tasks that a group of planetary pioneers can use to establish a township on a new planet, and...

Here's the first one -- update notes for the GovBot Update! Launches tomorrow at 9am Pacific. starsreach.com/govbot-update/

Two big posts coming today. One is expected (update release notes) and one is not expected.

Today is the last day to record the terraforming and construction on our current planets in advance of tomorrow's full wipe -- like this fountain on Baracatis III.

Oh dear...

Next week we will deploy a new content update with a big, new game system. We are introducing the beginning phase of planetary government. This will require us to wipe all characters and worlds. You'll need to create your character again. Don't skip the preamble in the hallway.

MassivelyOP keeping an eye on us. It's nice. It's a warm feeling. massivelyop.com/2025/10/31/b...

YouTube video by Code & Craft The Logic Behind Star Reach’s Great Game Design with Light Bates

Code & Craft podcast interviewed Playable Worlds Technical Designer Light Bates recently and posted this recording to YouTube. Thank you to Light and Dane for this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlVt...

playstarsreach - Twitch It’s a single galaxy of living planets to explore, settle, and rule with your friends. Stars Reach is a massively multiplayer sandbox RPG with a deep skill tree horizontal progression system, dozens o...

Starting up a livestream on www.twitch.tv/playstarsreach. If you haven't seen the game, pop in and check us out! Thanks.

Stars Reach visual upgrades For months now, we have been working on a big overhaul to the visuals in Stars Reach. This has involved redoing most of the shaders in the entire game, and going back and retouching every asset. We…

And Raph wrote a personal blog about the visual updates here: www.raphkoster.com/2025/10/29/s...

Next month Playable Worlds President & Co-Founder Eric Goldberg (aka my boss) will be moderating a Games M&A panel at GamesBeat Next in San Francisco. The panel is noon on Thursday, Nov 13. Hoping to get my hands on a recording.

Last week, we put out a "Stars Reach Labs" video on visual upgrades. We looked at the Jungle Biome. A new part 2 video will be released today. It's gorgeous.

Spent a week working from Hawaii, then a week recovering from Covid. Now back on the hamster wheel for a normal week. Gorgeous moon tonight worth stopping to appreciate. Have a great week.

The best laid plans of mice and men... tomorrow we will need to pivot. Still having a livestream in the morning but the plan is changing. The plan outlined above will move to next Thursday.

Have you gotten into a Stars Reach playtest yet? Did you wish you had friends in the test to help you achieve goals? Join us tomorrow morning in game. We are repeating last week's play-with-the-devs at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern on twitch.tv/playstarsreach

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Rod will be taking folks on a tour through some significant construction and homes in Stars Reach in advance of the server wipe. Come see the Maze of Herastag, Club Jericho, and other significant construction projects! 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern on Discord discord.gg/starsreach

In about one hour, we will take a look at the progression of the visuals in Stars Reach over time. I will be there, but Frommy's taking over the show this week with some help from Voodoo to show how far the game has come visually. Join us at Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach at the top of the next hour.

Twilight Update Notes UPDATE TO THE UPDATE NOTES (Thursday, August 21, 2025) Frame rate improvement! We found a netcode issue and it was a biggie. You should see significant FPS improvements when you get into the game. Th...

We have a pre-alpha playtest starting in about one hour. The performance will be spotty. I recommend not looking at the Gaia class starship. New patch notes for the new build here: starsreach.com/twilight-upd... Also, we have a livestream starting at the same time twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach

As you can see from our playtest schedule, our tests are getting longer to help us prepare for the shift to 24/7 operation (and eventual debut on Steam Early Access.) Wish us luck!

Hmmm... is the graphic artist teasing me? But I'm looking forward to Saturday's livestreamed Fireside Chat. Join us on Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach to hear about the Twilight Update for Stars Reach!

Saturday, I'm hosting a Fireside Chat about our new Twlight Update to Stars Reach. We will go over the whole, wide update. Tomorrow will be a preview of Twlight looking at just one new feature: long-range scanning for resources. Both streams start at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach

Starting a short stream in about 20 minutes. Moderator's Roundtable to talk about readiness for going 24/7 and about the current stability problems for different planets. Not picture perfect, but honesty and transparency. Come by and have coffee with us. Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach

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In about 90 minutes, we'll be streaming a Fireside Chat with Game Director Dave Georgeson talking about our latest update for Stars Reach entitled Brave New Worlds. Come see the progress. twitch.tv/PlayStarsReach