Meta Star

Meta Star is currently a single-arena shooter in which you control a mysterious figure on a mysterious mission. You use an Energy Rifle to fight aliens and make choices that can significantly change how the game plays. Its storyline changes with each update, as does the game’s set of features.

Player-requested features

The first player to beat Meta Star during each release cycle gets to request one feature for the next release. Other players who complete the game are entered into a drawing, whose winner also gets to describe a feature for a future release. Community members may receive smaller tweaks for finding bugs, contributing art or music, or other acts of kindness.

Meta Trophy

Meta Trophy is accessible from within Meta Star. It is an earlier experiment with the feature-request system applied to a static fantasy RPG, and shows how player input can lead to quick changes in a game.

Release updates

Each release cycle also includes developer-led updates. The initial plans include general polish, the ability to skip cutscenes, a new weapon and story updates. Releases are intended to differ in both their stories and how the game is beaten.