We at Big Boy Games have finally decided to sell out!

You can expect all sorts of awesome microtransactions and expensive DLC goodies coming soon to a Starground near you! This update starts us out with:

Battle Pass

Our first new feature to start off building the Big Boy Marketplace is the Battle Pass! This lets you unlock a bunch of new skins (more on that below), and includes some premium items that require the "purchase" of Premium.

Radical Skating

Skateboarding in Starground is as gnarbuckle as ever broski! Skating scores and effects are active during April Fools', and can be permanently activated by holding the License To Skill artifact in your inventory (can be acquired from Toby Hawk by doing a sick trick for him).

Character Skins (not a joke actually)

Players can now select a skin from the main menu under the new Character Customization menu. There are currently 14 new skins to choose from, with 6 of those being unlocked through the totally real battle pass. These skins will sync with multiplayer, and unlocks are persistent across games. In the near future, functionality will be added to allow players to upload their own skins, and have them sync on multiplayer (like Minecraft). (And some real talk, there's no plan to ever monetize skins (or anything), but keep it completely free and unlockable in-game).

April Fools' content is only active for today, but can be accessed again by setting your clock.

We'll see you all in 2027 with the release of Starground: The Movie, starring Jack Black as John Starground

This is of course all an April Fools' joke by the way, incase it wasn't obvious except for the skin stuff, that's like real feature

Full Changelog

Additions

Added the Battle Pass
Added epic skating effects
Added the character customization menu
Added 14 skins
Added icons to the main menu buttons
Added Toby Hawk
Added the License To Skill artifact (can be obtained by doing some sick tricks for Toby Hawk)
Removed crypto-miner (sorry guys, I know it was a loved feature by many)

Changes

Increased the spacing between required materials on the research menu
Made it so the player can enable Smell O'Vision (not actually)

Fixes

Fixed an issue where using a skateboard would cause hands to be incorrectly positioned

Optimizations

Improved performance of various parts of the game by establishing a static reference to the world manager

[ 2025-04-01 12:45:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

WHAT IS STARGROUND?

Starground is a top-down automation dungeon crawler combo. Alternate between gathering and refining resources on your home planet, and venturing across space to fight through action roguelite-inspired dungeons. How you split your time is entirely up to you! There's no right way to play the game, and any path will progress the story.

MULTIPLAYER

Starground was built up with multiplayer from the beginning. Experience what Starground has to offer as a full co-operative experience with as many friends as you'd like. Invite your friends to work towards common goals, or divide and conquer each part of the game. If multiplayer isn't your thing though, you can play alone in single player too!

AUTOMATION

Develop and maximize an island of resources through automation. Work your way through a research tree filled with all sorts of unique machines and solutions to your logistical needs. Start humble by mining resources by hand and smelting manually, but soon build up to a formidable factory that can tackle anything you can throw at it.

DUNGEONS

If you're not into automation, or need to wait for your factory, then venture to other places in the solar system to explore and crawl your way through a variety of dungeons. Battle enemies, avoid obstacles, kill bosses, and reap the rewards of your effort. Take resources from dungeons back to your factory, or use rare loot to make yourself stronger and craft modular weapons. Make a spear, dual-bladed sword, or maybe a gun on a stick. The choice is yours.

Be sure to add Starground to your Wishlist!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: LinuxMemory: 1 GB RAMGraphics: Vulkan SupportStorage: 200 MB available space
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan Support
Storage: 200 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: LinuxMemory: 4 GB RAMGraphics: Vulkan SupportNetwork: Broadband Internet connectionStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Vulkan SupportNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

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