[Starbound] The end is nigh, again.

Man in the Mists

Does that mean that the official PA Starbound server will be called "We Are Naughty Glitches"?

NEO|Phyte

Why would it be called that, when we are clearly nice glitches?

Man in the Mists

Because naughty is more fun.

Ov3rcharge

Hnnnnng.
I just started reading this thread and thought there would be a release date by the end.

Basil

hahahahaha, oh dear.

You poor sod.

Welcome to the fold.

spookymuffin

This is who we are.

Mostlyjoe13

Well now, that's interesting. The devs are actually using the word beta when they talk and the head dev threw November out there.

Hmuda

They also said "2013 fo'shure" so I won't believe anything they say until they actually deliver.

NEO|Phyte

With how much they've been stating that the beta is gonna be 2013 even after pushing full release to 2014, something would have to screw up real bad to make them miss that. I've said similar over on the Starbound forums, but as much as these delays hurt our gaming souls, it means they can deliver a quality product, instead of the usual publisher deadline approaches, your game had better be able to run by the time it gets here.

Hmuda

Nah, they said it will be 2012 December at first. Then early 2013. Then just plain 2013 with pre-orders making it even faster (reminder: 2 million dollars). Now it's beta 2013, full whenever. It's like the early years of Duke Nukem Forever.

Dark_Side

I mean, if you follow the road map and their updates, you can see that the team is making lots of progress, but it's mostly the nuts and bolts stuff of fleshing out the core game. I suspect that the "beta" is going to be as polished as most release games.

TheKoolEagle

I have a theory that terraria 2 will come out before starbound. I sincerely hope that isn't the case, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true. Relogic made terraria in like 6-9 months

JesDer

Dark_Side wrote: »

polished as most release games.

I don't think I even know what "release games" means anymore. They start selling them to you in Alpha now and you get bored of them before they hit beta and never look back.

Echo

Earlier, my Glitch was tragically accosted by bandits. All she had to defend herself with was a burrito. The bandits decided they really, really wanted that burrito– and who could blame them? Here is a screenshot from her final moments.

Henroid

Man in the Mists wrote: »

Does that mean that the official PA Starbound server will be called "We Are Naughty Glitches"?

No, it'll be named, "99 Problems But a Glitch Ain't One"

Zek

TheKoolEagle wrote: »

I have a theory that terraria 2 will come out before starbound. I sincerely hope that isn't the case, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true. Relogic made terraria in like 6-9 months

Yes and Terraria was a fundamentally limited game with a fair amount of jank and very finite supply of content. Making a game with real polish and production value takes vastly more time - I'll be very disappointed if Terraria 2 is just more of the same.

NEO|Phyte

Well then.

Hello,

Yup the title includes the word beta, that’s because it’s really not very far off now.
I wanted to provide some info on exactly how we’re going to run the beta and what you can expect if you choose to take part.
The beta will come in 3 main stages.

stage1

Progenitor

Stage 1 will be move at a breakneck speed. This will be the buggiest and busiest stage of the beta. A bunch of unfinished features will be disabled whilst we finish them up. Updates will come thick and fast, sometimes as often as multiple updates a day.

If you choose to take part during stage 1 you should expect bugs, lots of balance changes, you shouldn’t get too attached to your character or universe as we may make changes that require you to start from scratch. You should expect the game to be broken at points as we make sweeping changes but you’ll get to enjoy exciting new content added constantly. The engine won’t optimized during this stage of the beta so performance could be poor on some low end machines.

You’ll get to see a bunch of ‘behind the scenes’ content at this stage and provide feedback during this crucial period.

DO take part in this stage if:
- You enjoy testing buggy and unfinished code
- You enjoy providing feedback
- You want to leave your mark on the game
- You just can’t wait any longer
DO NOT take part in this stage if:
- Bugs infuriate you
- You don’t like spoilers
- You can’t stand losing your save
- You want the full Starbound ‘experience’ the first time you play.

stage2

Automaton

Stage 2 will be largely feature complete. You’ll still find the odd bug but they’re unlikely to be game breaking and the chance of you losing your character or save is minimal. The main quest line won’t be in yet but the sandbox experience will be near complete. All sectors of the galaxy will be available including sector X (End game content). Much of the focus in this stage will be on bug fixing, optimization and balance.

DO take part in this stage if:
- You enjoy reporting bugs/bughunting
- You have a low spec computer and want to make sure the game is optimized for it
- You want a complete sandbox experience
- You tried to wait a bit longer but failed
DO NOT take part in this stage if:
- You want to play through the main quest line
- You want to be a Novakid

stage3

Bio-organic

Stage 3 is largely about prepping for v1.0, this means finishing up the main quest line and implementing the post beta content. i.e. the Novakids, fossils. By the time stage 3 is complete Starbound should be ready to launch as a finished game. Worry not however, we plan to keep adding new content for at least a year after release, perhaps a lot longer.

DO take part in this stage if:
- You want to give feedback on what will become the finished game
DO NOT take part in this stage if:
- You’d rather wait a litttttle bit longer and play the polished final version
- You’re still busy playing Pokémon X/Y

——————–

So it won’t be too long now guys, I just wanted to clue you in on what we’re planning. We’re all pushing as hard as we can to start this up as soon as possible.

Out Of Context

Sounds like they've changed their minds about having a mostly polished beta. Can't say I mind that much.

Henroid

It's sad that they have to remind people that playing in a beta test consists of testing the beta of a game.

Lanrutcon

Loved the added touch in those notes:

- You’re still busy playing Pokémon X/Y

SkutSkut

Mockball confirmed.

playstarbound.com/5th-6th-november-progress/

linkmockball

NEO|Phyte

Uh, you may wanna link that instead of putting it in-thread, a while back the thread got slapped around a bit by a mod because we were showing off their gifs, which in fact violates the don't be a dick rule by way of being over 500k

PLA

- You have a low spec computer and want to make sure the game is optimized for it

Hmm, maybe.

Delzhand

SkutSkut wrote: »

Mockball confirmed.

playstarbound.com/5th-6th-november-progress/

Clearly that's not a mockball, just a normal morphball - the character isn't jumping or running!

NEO|Phyte

Remember kids, never build your base out of wood! (linked due to filesize)

Out Of Context

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBszNP-MODQ&feature=youtu.be

Out Of Context

So this may be of interest, here.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starbound/comments/1rfu9a/beta_release_conspiracy_theory_10293490123b/cdn794e

NotoriusBEN

so I'll follow the other reddit comments, "Is this for real?!"

Echo

They confirmed it on Facebook: beta on December 4th. (Or at least aiming for that date.)

SkutSkut

Title edited to reflect this.

Penumbra

Well that is wonderful, if true.

I just "finished" up Terraria and needed something else to consume my gaming time. I hope it ends up on Steam.

DiannaoChong

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I will have a dedicated server for this for sure for all of us. We can assign mods however, probably based on attitude/time spent in game(this was an issue with the minecraft server when I stopped playing as often ).

edit: if the server runs on linux.........

Lanrutcon

So, do all the preorder people get access to the beta?

NEO|Phyte

Lanrutcon wrote: »

So, do all the preorder people get access to the beta?

Yes.

Lanrutcon

NEO|Phyte wrote: »

Lanrutcon wrote: »

So, do all the preorder people get access to the beta?

Yes.

Sweet. More games to cram into December

Man in the Mists

If my other computer can run it, I can set up a server. Assuming the server functionality is in the beta. I'm leaning towards "99 problems but a Glitch ain't one", but I can be convinced to use a better name. Easier said than done though.

PLA

Other than the Glitch- and Hylotl-ships, these look kind of dull: http://i.imgur.com/SPzdgzl.jpg

DiannaoChong

I am worried about bandwidth, I have a VPS with plenty of power/bandwitdh, if it doesn't need much bandwidth I can also run one from home. but if the VPS can handle it, I haven't run into player cap issues with stuff yet, where my home cable line used to shit out at around 6-8 people in minecraft.

Forever Zefiro

PLA wrote: »

Other than the Glitch- and Hylotl-ships, these look kind of dull: http://i.imgur.com/SPzdgzl.jpg

Only one I'm really disappointed in is the plant ship being just a normal ship covered in vines. The ship itself should be a giant plant thing.

NEO|Phyte

Forever Zefiro wrote: »

PLA wrote: »

Other than the Glitch- and Hylotl-ships, these look kind of dull: http://i.imgur.com/SPzdgzl.jpg

Only one I'm really disappointed in is the plant ship being just a normal ship covered in vines. The ship itself should be a giant plant thing.

The florans aren't terribly advanced, they don't make ships so much as loot the ships of people they've eaten.