You're likely already already aware of our store pages launching for Battles in the Beyond. But did you know we'll be making physical Kickstarter rewards available again to celebrate? Check it out!

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Our store pages for Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond are now live on both Steam and GOG! Outgun, outfly, or outrun your opponent in fast-pa

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Dan promised to report back on the results of the optimization work. (uncompressed) Build size is down from 2GB to 1GB. We're going to miss all those textures.

Want to watch us quietly work? We're quietly working while the demo is nigh. www.twitch.tv/pebby

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Game developer and official channel for Free Stars: Children of Infinity, The Ur-Quan Masters, and Pistol Shrimp. https://freestarsgame.com/kickstarter

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Ready to play some local PvP with a friend? Do you play on a PC with an Xbox, PS5, and Switch controller all connected at once? Don't worry, you can pick your favorite controller(s) and we will help you find your button(s)! #screenshotsaturday #godot #ux

The secret to testing multiplayer is having help from another set of appendages. Thumbs not necessary.

while reading the list of game studios that reject AI, it was an absolute joy to see NOT ONLY that the makers of my favorite game, Star Control II (now called Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters) reject it AND that the game is now available on steam too store.steampowered.com/app/2645580/...

Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters on Steam

Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still r...

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👋Thank you for the kind words! We are here to *party* with *squishy* friends and not *frumple* robots.

Thanks @aftermath.site for putting this together. Check out what we and many others have to say about determining our own creative present and future. Give time, support, and energy to all these people who are doing the work that we think matters to us humans.

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All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

We can reply to a little B2B spam mail as a treat.

Our demo store page is now live on Steam as well. Wishlist it! Share it! Celebrate it! store.steampowered.com/app/4378070/...

Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond on Steam

Pilot over thirty unique ships with wild abilities in exciting 1v1 top-down space combat. Strategize your ideal battle roster with the classic ships from The Ur-Quan Masters and all-new characters. Pl...

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the melee demo, Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond, is officially coming soon!! they showed me the trailer they made with my BGM and I'm excited for folks to hear how that sounds Steam/GOG store pages in the video description. Go check 'em out

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The Ur-Quan Masters lives on! Our combat demo is coming soon to GOG and Steam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TgZ...

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Our demo page is now live on GOG with the demo coming soon! Check it out, wishlist it, and tell your friends and enemies! www.gog.com/en/game/free...

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Prepare for Combat Ready weapons and prepare for fast-paced 1v1 space combat in Free S

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Can't decide who to send into battle? Don't worry, we're providing everything you need to fuel your indecision engine. #screenshotsaturday #godot #gamedev

A little sneak peek just for our Patreon supporters: the trailer for Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond!

Sneak Peek: Battles in the Beyond Trailer | Pistol Shrimp

Hello Captains! We're getting ready to reveal our store pages on GOG and Steam for Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond and wanted to give you

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Does anyone in our network have an inside line to Steam/Valve for developers? Our store assets for Free Stars: Battles in the Beyond, were rejected for having extra text unrelated to the game's title. We asked what extra text they were talking about but have not heard back for over a week.

Some work in progress for the match results screen. After being destroyed by Captain Nooowwwwww after a brief comeback, the Cyborg player ragequit, ending the match early. #screenshotsaturday #godot

Oh I guess happy 🦅independence🦅day🦅 too, enjoy this commemorative fleet. Maybe we can use it to get our independence back.

Choose your fighter!! Preparing the perfect fleet in Children of Infinity. #screenshotsaturday #godot

Just another day piloting the cat ship.

Remember that you can always play Free Stars: Children of Infinity DRM-free and keep it forever on physical media which you own if you get it from @gog.com

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

"As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028."

New Patreon exclusive post on the making of our fleet configuration UI. Do you want to see trash turn into treasure!? Check it out!

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Spoiler warning: the images in this post contain alien (and ship) names from Children of Infinity! Just wanted to share a little itty bitty

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Godot’s policy addresses the all-important “your people want to feel valued” aspect of why things matter: “AI contributions have the added pain of being demoralizing. Reviewing PRs is already tedious work, but it is rewarding because … their efforts are contributing to educating a new contributor.”

Godot Engine@godotengine.org · last mo.

For years we have been overwhelmed by the volume of code contributions we have to review, especially from new contributors. AI has made the problem much worse. That's why we are taking steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while still welcoming new contributors: godotengine.org/article/cont...

New Patreon exclusive post! Dev Diary on making a trailer with our game assets and how we're crafting our UI to speak "game player" to bring more people into our universe.

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Spoiler warning: the images in this post contain alien (and ship) names from Children of Infinity! It's that time again. We have to explain

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Who's ready to party like it's 1992? The melee pros from The Ur-Quan Masters community are hosting a swan song tournament before our own demo releases. Get your battle stations ready and join them for some good fun! See plantmonster.net/uqm-league-2... for more info.

Lord 613 is live on the scene delivering their statement. They're not looking happy, Captain.

Pistol Shrimp Games@pistolshrimpgames.com · 2mo ago

Pistol Shrimp releases official statement on the non-use of GenAI in its games, including Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

Pistol Shrimp releases official statement on the non-use of GenAI in its games, including Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

Milestone 10 update has arrived! We cover the journey from the birth of the universe (abbreviated) all the way up to preparing our demo for release and the playtesting we've been doing. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...

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Spring turns to summer, and we celebrate our long days full of sunlight with blackout curtains so we can see our gaddanged monitors. It’s time for the next Milestone update! We’ll cover what we’ve bee...

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Patreon exclusive post is up with a little sneak peek for our extra special peeps.

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Greetings, phenomenal Patreon Pals! We have another monster progress update in the works, but we wanted to give you an early peek at our "he

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This whole entry way to my room shaped up nicely with the addition of the Netstorm ad and @pistolshrimpgames.com ‘s Star map for Children of Infinity!