We are investigating difficulties moving between zones.

Small update: Jotania has caused problems and we have had to reclose the portal. It will be available intermittently while we work on the soil simulation.

That’s No Moon Update 7.1.2 short version notes:

We have fixed one or more significant GPU memory leaks
We have improved our exception logging
We have reduced the overall logging to slightly improve performance
The wormgate to planet Jotania will be opened but we invite more testing

Fireside Chat tomorrow as we introduce and explain the That's No Moon update and also talk about our roadmap. As usual, we will take lots of great questions from the audience. Join me and Game Director Dave Georgeson at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern on Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach tomorrow.

We are installing a new patch today and it should debut tomorrow about this time. The patch notes should go up today. I'm excited to get new players in to try it and give us feedback.

Oops! Temporal Anomaly!

An Elioni is gazing out over the main square of Baracatis III.

Join me Saturday, Jan 3 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern/18:00 CET for a special community-led livestream and magic show called: A Farewell to Baracatis on Twitch.TV/PlayStarsReach.

Going to start in about 30 minutes. If you're bored, get a beverage and come join me.

Twitch Twitch is the world

I'm going to solo-stream Stars Reach on Christmas in our usual time slot at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern/19:00 CET. You can find me in a silly hat at twitch.tv/PlayStarsReach

Twitch Twitch is the world

In about 4 hours, we are hosting a little holiday fireside chat on twitch.tv/playstarsreach with Raph Koster. Come by and say hi and ask questions about Stars Reach or even other topics. Happy Holidays from Playable Worlds.

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.

Twitch Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.

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/

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

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...

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

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.