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Starri 2.0: Our Update Plan

See CEO David’s post about Starri 2.0 on Reddit or Facebook.

Tracking improvememts

It was bearable before Starri 2.0, but now I think it's worse. I'm talking about having my young kids (3, 5 and 7) standing 5-7 feet in front of the TV to get the camera to pick and track their movements. Prior to the latest update, the system would read them at 7-9 feet, but it's a no go post update. I grew up with the understanding prolonged screen viewing and close viewing is going to increase the likelihood children will be nearsighted and need glasses. I also understand there is a genetic disposition for this, but I'm talking about things that we can control for our kids. I'm thinking the camera is the key here, ie using a long cable to put the system further in front of the table. Beyond that, are there software or camera things that can leave kids further away from the screen. Also some games allow for a camera reset, wonder if this could be implemented as a system wide setting.

David Pham 1 day ago

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August 2026 Starri Update

I know I lot of time, effort, and money goes into gameupdates, but I'm sorry, the starri update is a no for me. My kids are so upset, they don't want to play it anymore. It was their favorite game. It was my favorite as well. It just doesn't feel the same. And there is way too much going on now. I saw other posts about making it an option to go back to the old version. Please do so! We miss the old one!

Aleesha Haskett 2 days ago

Triage

No Starri 2.0

Oh wow, I just emailed and was sent this link. Glad I'm not alone. Was this actually tested before it rolled it out? I'm sorry to say, but it's just a total miss. Nothing about the experience has improved. The UI, gameplay, graphics, timing, everything is worse. We too are devastated and just want the original Starri back. It was our favorite game just the way it was. Surely you had statistics around this. I understand software needs updates, but for the premium associated with playing, it's tough to just up and lose a favorite game all together. Hope you guys can repair quickly!

JL 2 days ago

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Starri 2.0 - loss of gameplay & addition of sensory ovefload

I am writing to express my incredible dissatisfaction with the Starri 2.0 “upgrade”, which has made the game unplayable as compared with the original. Specifically, selecting songs is now a sensory overload experience. The screen is filled with extraneous information (why take up screen space with a barcode) and the sound effects are unnecessary and loud, as is the animation. This sensory overload experience continues throughout the new version of the game. In addition, while playing the game, there are huge losses in the gameplay itself — the inability to change the character location between near and far (instead defaulting to making the character GIANT, thus obscuring the incoming notes) and the very stilted dancing gameplay by forcing the balls to remain at the end of the hands are two examples of huge losses that I cannot improve by simply turning down the volume or turning off the irritating, overpowering sound effects and cut scenes. The new symbols are also a loss. The new red X manages to simultaneously be jarring, contributing to sensory overload, and also less clear as where to avoid. The replacement diamonds for the prior “sticks” are harder to recognize and differentiate from the other symbols. I discovered that I am apparently just one of the many, many angry Nex customers whose postings I found online when I searched Starri 2.0 after discovering that my favorite game had morphed into a sensory overload experience that was more difficult, less smooth, and much less fun to play. This is not an issue of change being hard, which it is — this is an issue of the fundamental components of the game being left on the cutting room floor by a company from which I expected much more. I have been singing the praises of the Nex Playground, and my family is directly responsible for at least 4 other families purchasing one in the past 8 months since we got ours. However, unless Starri is returned to a more playable game, quickly, the instead of promoting the Nex to others, I will become someone who lets our play pass expire. I hope you are hearing, loud and clear, how many components of Starri the company fundamentally broke in the 2.0 upgrade, and that you return the essential components of Starri 1.0 to the “new” version promptly.

NexPlayerFam 3 days ago

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Hi Nex Team, I'm writing about the recent Starri2.0 update. My family loved the original version, but the new update feels much easier and less engaging, and so it's just not as fun.” “We'd love to see an option to play Starri Classic, or ideally a ‘Classic mode’ toggle, or at the very least harder difficulty settings that bring back the challenge we enjoyed.” That way, newer players can enjoy the updated version and long-time players aren't left behind. Thank you for listening and for considering a classic option.

EShepp 3 days ago

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Starri

My children are literally crying

We just updated to Starri 2.0 and let’s just say that it has not gone well. We thought it’d be cool based on the description, it is not. My eldest who loves the game is staunchly refusing to play it now. I kid you not she started crying because she was so sad and disappointed. I am also a huge fan of the game and have noticed that the notes are hitting different. Songs where I easily hit all the notes I am now missing or not getting them perfectly anymore. She hates the avatars, the overall background update. She prefers the simplicity of Starri 1.0. Bring it back, or at least give us the option.

Regina Tam 4 days ago

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