Star Birds

Dear stargazers and space travelers,We want to name our monthly challenges after constellations. Got any suggestions?12 Cosmic Seasons for Free Play ModeFor the Antimatter Update this October, we’re planning something special: Cosmic Seasons!Starting with the update, Free Play Mode will feature a new challenge each month. Every player will get the same seed, defining the star system, environmental conditions, available resources, and buildings for that month. There’ll be 12 different Cosmic Seasons (= monthly challenges) every year. Each one will have its own leaderboard, where you can compete against other players. Those of you who played Dorfromantik might already be familiar with this concept from our previous game.And this is where you come in!WANTED: Submit Your Names for ConstellationsWe’d love to name our 12 monthly challenges after 12 star constellations.But rather than going with the usual suspects like Aries, Leo, or Gemini, we want something a little more unusual. Something worthy of the creative minds of our bird crew.So now it’s your turn:Tell us in the comments 👇 what constellations our 12 Cosmic Seasons should be named after!Funny ones, inspiring ones, obscure ones,

There’s a lot happening on the road to the Star Birds grand finale! We’re expanding our plans for the Full Release, preparing the fifth and final Star System, and working on bringing Star Birds to even more platforms. And before we get there, you can look forward to another campaign level and a brand-new way to play every month.Big news for all console fans! We’re squeezing in another update in October to use Level 15 as the setup for a technical spectacle in the final Star System. At the same time, we’re giving our indie team a few extra months so we can launch 1.0 on many of the platforms you’ve been asking for.For us, that means there’s still a little more work ahead but we’re convinced the end result will be all the better for it.And there’s no denying it, the finish line is coming into view:Antimatter Update: October 2026Star Birds Full Release: Q1 2027Image: Early Access Roadmap, August 2026If everything goes according to plan, the 1.0 release will bring Star Birds to Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. And as a plus, we’re also planning to make the game available through the Epic Games Store and GOG.Until recently, we were considering a full release as earl

Patch 0.3.9☀️ Fixes & Improvements Based on Community Feedback☀️ Fixed a bug that could block critical progression quests after reloading a save, particularly in Level 11.☀️ Fixed a progression blocker in Level 10 that could occur when placing a Yumberry before advancing the dialogue.☀️ Fixed invisible excavation quests and stuck tutorial dialogue in older saves.Fixed scores displaying values above 100%. Scores now update dynamically, including when discovering secret resources.☀️ Fixed empty or broken station module quest offers.☀️ Fixed phantom or broken pipe connections blocking building functionality. These connections now repair themselves when loading a save or reconnecting pipes.Fixed ramps being recallable while a rover was still on them.☀️ Fixed ramps not being recallable because phantom paths or pipes were still occupying them.Fixed pebbles not appearing around artificial craters when placing explosives on an asteroid loaded from a save.Fixed artificial craters created by explosives not being highlighted automatically.Fixed stale explosives not being removed when quitting immediately after placing them.☀️ Fixed the Continue button not working after switching save prof

Patch Notes 0.3.8☀️ Fixes & Improvements Based on Community FeedbackSteam Deck & Controller SupportAdded a floating keyboard for entering text with a controller.Added UI scaling for building-button tooltips. ImprovementsAdded sunray visual effects when placing solar panels in areas with high sunlight intensity.Improved visuals for high sunlight intensity spots.Improved error handling in the bug reporting tool.Pressing Esc now cancels building placement before opening the in-game menu.Improved the visuals of slime areas.Implemented several additional visual-effect fixes and improvements.Added visual feedback to working energy producers (i.e. Solar Panels).☀️Added special visual effect on the star map for asteroids that have a strange object. Bugfixes☀️Added several potential fixes for Free Mode challenge progress being reset after restarting the game, including the Prime Slime and Crater Caterer challenges.Fixed a game-breaking issue that could occur when starting the game offline before connecting to a Steam leaderboard for the first time.Fixed an issue in Free Play where Ice Extractor research could request resources that themselves required an Ice Extractor to obtain.☀️Fi