---
title: Patch Notes
description: What shipped on Star, week by week.
url: https://buildwithstar.com/patch-notes
date_modified: 2026-08-13
---

# Patch Notes

What shipped on Star, week by week. Big launches live on the changelog:
https://buildwithstar.com/changelog

## Star Patch Notes · August 13
*2026-08-13*

Hey all! Here's what we've been shipping.

**New**
- **The free plan is back, by popular demand.** New accounts get credits to build a game and make a few changes, no card needed: [buildwithstar.com](https://buildwithstar.com)
- **Two new models: GPT-5.6 Luna Max and Sol.** Luna Max is our cheapest model ever, about ⚡0.13 for a typical change, and what free accounts build on. Sol is the heavyweight for the toughest builds. Both are in the model picker on paid plans.
- **The Studio is now everyone's workspace.** Games, images, sound, voices and 3D models, all made and edited in one place: [buildwithstar.com/studio](https://buildwithstar.com/studio)
- **3D models are in the Studio.** Describe one or upload an image, get a low-poly model with animations and colliders.
- **Send a creator private feedback.** Asked for by @Drax: a Feedback button on game pages opens a private thread with the creator. Replies arrive in-app and by email.
- **See who built on your game.** Game pages now show their remixes, and you get a notification when someone first publishes a remix of yours.
- **Publish your own template.** Turn on "Let anyone remix this game" in game settings and it appears in Templates.
- **Upload files into your game.** Drop any file into the chat and your game can use it: video, fonts, binaries and more.

**Fixed**
- Long chats got stuck answering the same thing no matter what you wrote
- Gamepads didn't work in any game on Firefox or Safari
- Multiplayer rooms could quietly hand hosting to a player's tab and drift out of sync
- A negative credit balance was hidden instead of shown

Thanks to @Neo Games, @Crawlspace Games, @Drax and @Cooper from the Star community for the reports behind these fixes!

**Known issues**
Multiplayer is still in beta. If a room acts weird, report it in Discord before spending credits asking Star to fix it. If it's our bug, we'll refund the credits.

**Summer Party Jam winners drop very soon** ™️

## Star Patch Notes · July 20
*2026-07-20*

Hey all! Here's what we've been shipping lately.

New
- The Lobby: See who's playing right now, rooms you can join, who beat your score, and what the creators you follow have shipped: http://buildwithstar.com/lobby
- Sliders: On games you own, drag to tune gravity, speed, jump height, colors, difficulty, and more—and watch the game change as you drag. No prompt. No credits.
- Brainstorm before you build: Hit Brainstorm in the editor to talk through an idea and sharpen it before starting your build.
- Fullscreen game pages: We rebuilt the game page to be faster, cleaner, and put the game front and center.
- Follower updates: Publish a game with a status update and everyone following you will see it.

Multiplayer beta fixes
- Republishing mid-match stranded players in dead waiting rooms
- Rejoining put you in a random seat instead of your own
- Ready-up sometimes didn't register for everyone
- Three people hitting "Find Match" at once created three empty rooms instead of one full one
- Star sometimes chose the wrong template for turn-based games

Other fixes
- Controllers didn't work on the edit page
- Creating a custom character voice silently failed

Huge thank you to Cooper, Drax, Brainbender Records, Crawlspace Interactive, and Neo Games from the Star community for the reports that led to these fixes!

Multiplayer beta note
If a room acts weird, please report it in summer-party-jam in the discord before spending credits repeatedly asking Star to fix it. If it's our bug, we'll refund the credits.

Summer Party Jam update
We're extending the jam through August 2 to give everyone another week to build, test, and polish their games now that these multiplayer fixes are live.

http://buildwithstar.com/jam/summer-party-2026