[Starbound] Terraria in space, or something.

Echo · April 2012

jothki wrote: »

a modular API would have been awesome. Modders should have been able to easily rig up entirely new content up to new region types, with adding them to your game as simple as copying over a folder and then checking it off in a list. Instead, everything was locked down, wasting a ton of potential.

The Terraria source code was leaked shortly before its launch (and it probably made them rush the launch too). From what I've heard, it's a horrible mess.

Decoy · April 2012

Kris_xK wrote: »

Definetly looks interesting.

I played a bit of Terraria but never touched it after that week long orgy of chopping down trees and building 2D castles.

But a space station?! Sign me up.

Yeah, I fell into this category as well. Other than the rare MMO phase, I generally fall into one/two week marathons with games. Sadly, anytime I've tried turning this one back on, I've just kinda ran around debating where to build my fort and eventually just closed the game. But that's really my problem with sandbox games. Once I've rubbed the shine off of it, there's really no going back.

I'm not really expecting a full blown narrative with SB, but something more than resource progression would be nice.

jothki · April 2012

Echo wrote: »

jothki wrote: »

a modular API would have been awesome. Modders should have been able to easily rig up entirely new content up to new region types, with adding them to your game as simple as copying over a folder and then checking it off in a list. Instead, everything was locked down, wasting a ton of potential.

The Terraria source code was leaked shortly before its launch (and it probably made them rush the launch too). From what I've heard, it's a horrible mess.

Yeah, that's a waste in of itself. If I had been designing the project from the start, knowing what it turned into, I'd have basically made the entire thing a mod of itself. Have the base world just be a solid undifferentiated block, and then script in layers and regions. That way if a modder wants a layer to be radically different, they can just toggle the vanilla layer off.

Echo · May 2012

Still not much to look at.

Mojo_Jojo · May 2012

It's a shame the torch doesn't illuminate the undersides of the tree branches preferentially.

That said, I am interested in the backdrops and whether they represent actual parts of the world.

turtleant · May 2012

My biggest problem with Terraria was that the mining and construction felt super slow and clunky to me, so much so that I gave up on the game rather quickly. If this improves on those areas, then I will be super excited, but if it doesn't then I will skip it.

Henroid · May 2012

Mojo_Jojo wrote: »

It's a shame the torch doesn't illuminate the undersides of the tree branches preferentially.

That said, I am interested in the backdrops and whether they represent actual parts of the world.

That's because the trees are flat background objects and not 3D objects. I don't mind either way, but if they can't do the latter properly, just stick to the flat background method.

Garthor · May 2012

Just because it isn't a 3d object doesn't mean you can't fake some 3d-looking lighting. It would probably be possible with a specialized shader and some normal mapping, which probably wouldn't be a major performance hit. It probably would be a wee bit of creativity good bit of work they may not have any experience with, though.

Henroid · May 2012

Well sure. But this wasn't a final product video to begin with.

pablo_price · June 2012

some of the music for the game was found: http://soundcloud.com/curtis-schweitzer/sets/starbound/

also, they posted some nice pictures of generated worlds last week: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/some-pretty-worlds-i-found-this-morning-whilst-testing-rain.6766/

Echo · June 2012

Still undecided about the art style of the characters, but damn if it isn't a good-looking environment.

MrVyngaard · June 2012

Agreed. I'm very curious to see the range of props and costumes for characters.

Gandalf_the_Crazed · June 2012

Please tell me that water in the trough is from the rain collecting in the valley.

Ianator · July 2012

Echo · August 2012

87 gazillion guns

urahonky · August 2012

I'm very interested in this game. It's looking really good so far.

Foefaller · August 2012

Just saw this thread. Why didn't I hear of thise before??

My only beef with Terraria was the fact that there was little point to building/crafting/monster hunting beyond it's own sake (which is still more than with Minecraft, which is why I've never gotten into it) so the fact there is a plot/direction behind it is the best thing.

Dirtyboy · October 2012

Starbound Building Demo

Gandalf_the_Crazed · October 2012

Dirtyboy wrote: »

Starbound Building Demo

Oh hells yes.

anoffday · October 2012

Damnit I want to play this game. Do we have a release date?

Echo · October 2012

That's already looking more awesome than Terraria.

SammyF · October 2012

You know what's awesome is that as cool as this is, it's also the part of Starbound I am looking forward to least. Exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations is more than enough for me. Building a base when I get there is icing on the cake.

Shimshai · October 2012

I hope the music used in that video is what we can expect in the game proper. It fits the theme and mood perfectly.

Zek · October 2012

why does this game look so

fucking

good

Henroid · October 2012

Zek wrote: »

why does this game look so

fucking

good

Because space is awesome.

Dram · October 2012

This seems to be the only game I'll ever need to play again.

Vive la Terran Empire Galactique!

Penumbra · October 2012

I remember how much I went back and forth about buying Terreria. I will not have that problem this time.

Dram · October 2012

Did you get it in the end? Because it's a good game....but the devs just gave up on it. A true shame.

Steel Angel · October 2012

Dirtyboy wrote: »

Starbound Building Demo

Woah. Stairs that actually function as stairs.

Penumbra · October 2012

Yep. I ended up getting it eventually. And until recently, it was my second most played Steam game. Even though I hadn't played it in roughly 3 months.