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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · 15h

Milestone 7 update is available for your sensory organs' pleasure. We discuss the plans forward for release, our work on Melee, and our Kickstarter reward manufacturing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...

Update 45: Milestone 7 Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity

Humans of Earth! It is that time again, or possibly past that time. No matter: grab your favorite liquid, prepare a good repast, and buckle your eyeballs into their sockets for the thrilling text adve...

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · 4d

Its bark is worse than its bite at the moment.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · 6d

The lander glitch will not be available, but we hope to create even more exciting glitches which will make you wish for the lander glitch! Wait... no... those are bugs. We have to fix them before launch. (favorite bug of the moment is that a CPU Chenjesu will attack its own DOGI in confusion)

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · 6d

We made this! You made this! We can't wait to share it with everyone who backed our Kickstarter for it.

Happy Friday, our usual Big Development Update Post is coming soon.

Hand holding a booklet titled Free Stars: Children of Infinity - Official Lorebook. An image of several aliens in an auction house is printed on the front, with a Thraddash pushing down on the Utwig before they can don their Mask Of Outbidding.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Sep 9

🦀rise 🦞 up 🦐

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Sep 9

Could do that too! They're actually both being pitched here, but the whirr is just a not-awesome placeholder sound and kinda hard to hear.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Sep 9

"Haha this rules"
#Godot

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Aug 29

New video demo up of our UQM1 ship VFX in Melee as a an exclusive for our incredibly attractive Patreon supporters. More to come in our next honkin' (in size, not gooseitude) blog post! www.patreon.com/posts/uqm1-s...

UQM1 Ship VFX Demo (Aug 29, 2025) | Pistol Shrimp

Get more from Pistol Shrimp on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Aug 29

Everything old is new again!

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Aug 25

Unsure. I'd say we have... insufficient Data. 🥁

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Aug 25

Introducing the Pkunk Good RNG Choir. #soundon #godot

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Aug 5

The process is complete, and we have emerged.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 18

We like @godotengine.org. Dan even got to talk about it here!

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · Jul 17

How are things going with Godot?

Indie developers flocked to the open-source engine after the Unity runtime fee saga of 2023. Now, the Godot Foundation, Pistol Shrimp, Bytten Studio and Walaber Entertainment explain what has happened since.

www.gamesindustry.biz/two-years-af...

Two years after the Unity controversy, how are things going with Godot?

Two years ago, Unity's missteps prompted a wave of interest in the open-source Godot engine. Here's what happened next.

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Robert @krejall.bsky.social · Jul 17

I drew and animated this little weirdo!

Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 17

Our reaction when we get to share new Children of Infinity details.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 17

It's 2025 and we still have no idea how a transparent gif/apng/whatever is going to appear to anyone on any website.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 17

Our reaction when we get to share new Children of Infinity details.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 16

They are not, but now I want to see baby Melnorme. Awww, honey come look, Trademaster Buubububuu just made his first trade! They exchanged a small rock with me for their dinner, they're learning!

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 16

Do you like jams? Tunes? Bops? If you haven't read the latest update, be sure to at least check out a little demo of what we're cooking for Free Stars: Children of Infinity. vimeo.com/1101654555

Free Stars: Children of Infinity MS6 Music Showreel

A few of pieces of music for Free Stars: Children of Infinity alongside static images for where they'll be playing. Follow the project on Kickstarter. All…

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Robert @krejall.bsky.social · Jul 16

Now that @pistolshrimpgames.com has revealed more stuff in their latest dev blog post (www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...), I can share some of what I've been working on lately. #starcontrol #freestars #uqm

An earthling cruiser starship navigates through a dangerous radiation storm.

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Robert @krejall.bsky.social · Jul 16

More work for @pistolshrimpgames.com's Children of Infinity. A mysterious ringed gas giant! #freestars #uqm #space #planet #ring

An unknown starship approaches a mysterious purple gas giant with a saturn-like ring system.

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music for Free Stars: Children of Infinity @crillwave.bsky.social · Jul 16

Now It Can Be Told: the big news I had been barely kinda keeping under wraps is finally out.

The big music project I've been working on is the soundtrack to Pistol Shrimp's upcoming videogame, Ur-Quan Masters 2: Children of Infinity!

You can hear a little of it in this link below:

Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 16

Milestone 6 Update is available on Kickstarter! We share where we are with the game, some sneak peeks into the music, details on our VO process, and our plans for what's next. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...

Update 44: Milestone 6 Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity

“Here comes the summer!” I sing, moments before being torched on the surface of an alien planet by the 1000 degree centigrade sunrise.Speaking of “centigrade,” if you are well versed in counting to te...

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 16

Milestone 6 Update is available on Kickstarter! We share where we are with the game, some sneak peeks into the music, details on our VO process, and our plans for what's next. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...

Update 44: Milestone 6 Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity

“Here comes the summer!” I sing, moments before being torched on the surface of an alien planet by the 1000 degree centigrade sunrise.Speaking of “centigrade,” if you are well versed in counting to te...

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 7

That's how you know it's a placeholder. You wouldn't want to accidentally ship a real Melnorme captain with your game.

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 6

What do you mean, this is PART of Frungy!

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Pistol Shrimp Games @pistolshrimpgames.com · Jul 6

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