Pistol Shrimp Games
@pistolshrimpgames.com
Developer of Free Stars: Children of Infinity, sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters. https://freestarsgame.com/ | 🎮https://discord.gg/rasVCDmYKp | We are Fred Ford and Dan Gerstein @pebby.net
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Update 47: Milestone 8 Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity
While you get ready to count in the new year, we’re ready to count up our milestone numbers. We have less than usual in the way of flashy things to show for the game as we’ve been hard at work getting...
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Attention, Earthlings! See what we're wrapping up 2025 with in our Milestone 8 Update. We cover work for our standalone melee release, Kickstarter reward delivery, and plans for next year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...
Attention, Earthlings! See what we're wrapping up 2025 with in our Milestone 8 Update. We cover work for our standalone melee release, Kickstarter reward delivery, and plans for next year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...
Update 47: Milestone 8 Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity
While you get ready to count in the new year, we’re ready to count up our milestone numbers. We have less than usual in the way of flashy things to show for the game as we’ve been hard at work getting...
www.kickstarter.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Attention, Earthlings! See what we're wrapping up 2025 with in our Milestone 8 Update. We cover work for our standalone melee release, Kickstarter reward delivery, and plans for next year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...
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New post and questions just for Patreon subscribers. How do you want to see us handle "sneak peeks" when the peeks could be spoilers?
Spoilers, Patreon, And You | Pistol Shrimp
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December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New post and questions just for Patreon subscribers. How do you want to see us handle "sneak peeks" when the peeks could be spoilers?
Surprise and terror!!
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Surprise and terror!!
We finally know what happened to the Androsynth!
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We finally know what happened to the Androsynth!
Shipping update just shared on Kickstarter for all of our backers receiving physical rewards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...
Update 46: Shipping Update · FREE STARS: Children of Infinity
Hello, beautiful backers of our project who are receiving physical rewards! We wanted to share a brief shipping update with all of you. Starting next week, we’re going to be locking your address in Ba...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Shipping update just shared on Kickstarter for all of our backers receiving physical rewards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...
The competition for "silliest ship to play" in Free Stars: Children of Infinity is hot, and this might be our current heavyweight champ (piloted by the CPU and energy/damage values thankfully not tuned ;). #Godot
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The competition for "silliest ship to play" in Free Stars: Children of Infinity is hot, and this might be our current heavyweight champ (piloted by the CPU and energy/damage values thankfully not tuned ;). #Godot
New Mini-Demo and tech report just for Patreon folks: representing player UI focus across the network. www.patreon.com/posts/mini-d...
Mini-Demo: Sharing UI Focus Online | Pistol Shrimp
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November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New Mini-Demo and tech report just for Patreon folks: representing player UI focus across the network. www.patreon.com/posts/mini-d...
Our Starmap in physical form for the first time! This is just a proof, used for quality assurance before we run them all. The final version for backers won’t have a white border and a person holding it up.
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Our Starmap in physical form for the first time! This is just a proof, used for quality assurance before we run them all. The final version for backers won’t have a white border and a person holding it up.
We don’t get to meet up in person too often, but when we do we sure are happy. Now we just have to sign thousands of thank you cards!
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We don’t get to meet up in person too often, but when we do we sure are happy. Now we just have to sign thousands of thank you cards!
Happy Halloween! Hope we get some trick or treaters tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Happy Halloween! Hope we get some trick or treaters tonight.
This is what 2,000 Lorebooks look like.
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is what 2,000 Lorebooks look like.
Reminder! We will now be collecting funds for late pledges and add-ons only for backers receiving _physical rewards_! If you have any questions, please contact us from your BackerKit survey, and thank you all for the support. Excited to get physical backers their goodies!
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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October 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reminder! We will now be collecting funds for late pledges and add-ons only for backers receiving _physical rewards_! If you have any questions, please contact us from your BackerKit survey, and thank you all for the support. Excited to get physical backers their goodies!
Happy #portfolioday! Our talented artist @synchra.bsky.social created a portfolio of just some of her incredible work for Children of Infinity. www.behance.net/gallery/2359...
Pistol Shrimp Kickstarter - Mandy Draeger
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October 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Happy #portfolioday! Our talented artist @synchra.bsky.social created a portfolio of just some of her incredible work for Children of Infinity. www.behance.net/gallery/2359...
Did you check out our latest update? Lots of work in progress on display for Children of Infinity, especially Melee visuals! We only had room to share a few slices of this longer VFX reel. Audio is still in progress and includes placeholder mouth sounds: get 'em while they're ridiculous! #Godot
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Did you check out our latest update? Lots of work in progress on display for Children of Infinity, especially Melee visuals! We only had room to share a few slices of this longer VFX reel. Audio is still in progress and includes placeholder mouth sounds: get 'em while they're ridiculous! #Godot
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...
www.kickstarter.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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...
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.
Happy Friday, our usual Big Development Update Post is coming soon.
October 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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.
Happy Friday, our usual Big Development Update Post is coming soon.
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
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August 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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...
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The process is complete, and we have emerged.
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The process is complete, and we have emerged.
We like @godotengine.org. Dan even got to talk about it here!
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...
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
July 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We like @godotengine.org. Dan even got to talk about it here!
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I drew and animated this little weirdo!
Our reaction when we get to share new Children of Infinity details.
July 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I drew and animated this little weirdo!
Our reaction when we get to share new Children of Infinity details.
July 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our reaction when we get to share new Children of Infinity details.
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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July 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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