I react to this news with mingled happiness and disappointment.

Disappointment at the delay, and happiness, because I hadn’t heard of Beyond These Stars before.

The creature is named Kewa, and its hide is rich in resources and buildable terrain.

A zoomed-out view of a landscape on the back of a huge star whale in Beyond These Stars

Being a literally living, breathing world, however, it will be affected by your presence.

This extends to the choice of resourcing and building options.

You’ll have to think about irrigation and topsoil quality while maintaining tree populations to cultivate a healthy atmosphere.

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This isn’t space colonialism, the developers insist.

The planets in question once “belonged” to the ancestors of your citizens, aka Peeps.

“Because of this, our initially projected 2024 release date has had to shift.”

While you wait, you might want to check outThe Wandering Village.