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Star Solo Update Coming on June 27th!
Star Solo will get an update coming on free RPG day, June 27th!
This update is a long time coming. A quick history of how we got here:
- Star Solo playtest version was released during covid
- Star Solo received regular but slow updates for the next 4-5 years, including more job options, more space events, the full Kote Revolution storyline, gambling locations, and gold rush rules on Coronado.
- In 2025, Microsoft decided they would stop supporting Microsoft Publisher. With Star Solo being developed through Microsoft Publisher, I paused game development to determine what I should do next.
- By the summer of 2025, I decided to move forward with Affinity Publisher 2 as my publishing tool.
- By June 2026, I’ll be done transferring Star Solo from Microsoft Publisher over to Affinity Publisher 2!
With some ambitious plans on the horizon, it is time for me to start getting this game back into my design and development process! Here’s how you can help.
Star Solo Survey
I would love your feedback in this quick, 3 question survey! The results of this survey will let me know where I should focus content development for Star Solo updates in the future.
Next Steps for Star Solo
Here is a brief roadmap for Star Solo over the next few months:
- Star Solo will be fully transferred over to my new publishing software by June of this year.
- I’ll be releasing an update on Free RPG Day on June 27th. This update will will include rules streamlining, some content changes (Kote is getting a new name), and some content additions based on the survey results.
- After the June update, I’ll start putting together a timeline for more updates. I’d love to get the game close-to-finished by 2027, but I cannot commit to that at this time. We’ll see!
If you have friends interested in staying up to date with the game development, please share this email list with them!
I am excited to begin designing one of my favorite games again! I’ll see you out there among the stars – thank you for being a fan of games!
-James
Paper Dice Games 