Starbound: 'Spiritual' successor to Terraria

[Zarniwoop]

At this point the content being added isn't 'extra' as the game has yet to be released. That said, what is in-game now is probably not even 50% of the planned content. And the stuff that is there is very bare bones. Right now I'd say the biggest problem is the inability to use wood as fuel. It's basically impossible to travel past your starting system without massive amounts of tedious exploring for small pockets of coal.

The ships use COAL as fuel? Futuristic as fuck. I never got to the stage of flying anywhere since I had fo make a distress beacon, for which I need 2 silver, and my starting planet had exactly one unit. I decided to wait for another patch or 2 before restarting.

 

[Sycophantic Noob]

At this point the content being added isn't 'extra' as the game has yet to be released. That said, what is in-game now is probably not even 50% of the planned content. And the stuff that is there is very bare bones. Right now I'd say the biggest problem is the inability to use wood as fuel. It's basically impossible to travel past your starting system without massive amounts of tedious exploring for small pockets of coal.

The ships use COAL as fuel? Futuristic as fuck. I never got to the stage of flying anywhere since I had fo make a distress beacon, for which I need 2 silver, and my starting planet had exactly one unit. I decided to wait for another patch or 2 before restarting.

You can make the beacon after flying to another planet. Yeah this hasn't been made clear enough in the game.

 

[Zarniwoop]

You can make the beacon after flying to another planet. Yeah this hasn't been made clear enough in the game.

Well i assumed the next step in the tutorial quest would be how to get the ship flying, and probably building some kind of antimatter converter or fusion reactor, but what I didn't see coming was ye olde steamboat tymes.

 

[Sycophantic Noob]

Another stupid gating mechanism is the second boss:

1. You build an inactive robot completely from scratch.
2. You kill it.
3. It drops a processor which you need to progress.

Couldn't I have just built a processor without going through the hassle of building a robot and killing him? Clearly I must have made a processor at some point, else the robot wouldn't drop it.

 

[Zarniwoop]

I just nothing something really retarded super interesting. The arrow keys change your character's facial expression, much (or exactly) like the arrow keys on the PS3 controller does in Little Big Planet 2. And it seems to be just as pointless here. Huzzah!

 

[Turisas]

Some upcoming shiznit:

• Fixed game crash when overing some items (Bubble gun!)
• New Items
• Drills now dig 3x3 instead of 2x2
• Fixed birds: less angry at player, no more super-damage when hit by a falling dead bird
• Fixed monster projectiles not balanced
• Fixed fall damages
• Fixed shotgun energy usage
• Fixed low tier armors not feeling different
• Shields are more powerful
• It's now impossible to be hit by multiple projectiles at once
• Gun balancing
• Backpack Lanterns
• You can now make coal by smelting 10 wood (Basically charcoal)
• Search feature no longer default input in crafting view
• Maybe more, remember that it's only based on what Tiy said

 

[Zarniwoop]

Fixed birds sounds nice because these ultradeathparrots keep costing me pixels, where other creatures can't even touch me before getting speared

 

[Metro]

Quick someone respond to this post in an antagonistic tone!

 

[sexbad?]

Quick someone respond to this post in an antagonistic tone!

kike

 

[Metro]

Spoiler

In before the brofist

 

[subotaiy]

So this will have some form of automatisation, like in Tekkit, FTB mod packs for Minecraft or you will still need to mine/cut trees individually like in Terraria (or at least in what i played of Terraria)?

 

[Turisas]

You mean, leather armor is worse than metal armor?! Oh, what a world!

It's a specific set meant for snow planets only.

 

[Turisas]

Consider the fact that it's a glorified alpha and drops/ore distribution are out of whack and recipes aren't finalized, either. Plus in every RPG ever made, iron>leather unless it's some faggoty druidic moon leather or some shit.

 

[Turisas]

That energy dash tech is absolutely stellar for avoiding fall damage altogether, I was lucky enough to find one on my first planet. You can sprint mid-air and it cancels out your current fall speed whenever you do, so you can jump any height you want without taking any damage at all.

 

[Surf Solar]

So, I got the game. Artstyle, atmosphere and sounds/music are top notch.
The speed to mine stuff is horribly slow though. And I can't find iron ore anywhere. I dug deep on different places, everywhere just copper or coal..

 

[Zarniwoop]

So, I got the game. Artstyle, atmosphere and sounds/music are top notch.
The speed to mine stuff is horribly slow though. And I can't find iron ore anywhere. I dug deep on different places, everywhere just copper or coal..

As long as you've got coal, you're good. See, these here futuramistic intergalactic spaceships run on fossil fuels from the 19th century. As long as you've got plenty of coal to shovel into the boiler, you can travel to any planets in the solar system and eventually the alpha sector and search them for what you need. I found a "USMC penal colony" yesterday on a desert planet for example. Only the prisoners had taken over, Chronicles of Riddick style. And as luck would have it, all the prisoners were stupidly rich for some reason. Before I found that place, I never had more than about 200 pixels but I got thousands off the prisoners, as well as platinum and gold ore.

The "moon" type planets/moons seem to be the most metal-rich so far. Fortunately our brave hero doesn't seem too bothered by the complete lack of atmosphere on those planets.

 

[Surf Solar]

I guess you are right. Was retarded enough of me wanting to complete those tutorial quests instead of just playing (you need to create somethign with iron to progress, dont remember what it was)

This prison planet sounds awesome! :D

 

[Echo Mirage]

One Glitch planet I discovered before the wipe was a little weird. The mantle and the core was constructed out of...mucus.

 

[Metro]

ITT people complain a beta is unfinished. ^ Re that: Yeah last night I found some alien/ooze biome underground.

 

[Drax]

Adding the wood->coal recipe is a nice touch.
I think right now I need only one change, make bows SHOOT FAZTAH!

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I always forget you can make charcoal from wood in Minecraft. I just dig into the rock. 15-20 minutes later I am throwing stuff into the furnace and realize I didn't really need to spend the first night in the dark.

 

[Drax]

The conversion is 10 wood for 1 charcoal I think, it's not that gay.

 

[Metro]

Adding the wood->coal recipe is a nice touch.

huh? elaborate

Patch notes, you mofo.

 

[Dire Roach]

your mom's patch is beneath my fists

Fixed

 

[Zarniwoop]

Adding the wood->coal recipe is a nice touch.

huh? elaborate

You can use 10 unrefined wood to make 1 coal in the smelter. People on the forums were bitching quite loudly about wanting that. I think I have to stop playing this game for now. I'm getting to a point where my inner autist would get a bit pissed off about my savegame being wiped.

Found a merchant on some forest planet. Just chilling there, no other intelligent life, just the usual Pokemon wildlife. Why would a merchant set up shop there with no customers? It can't be an easy life, especially after some intergalactic douchebag with a diamond pickaxe started chopping his house up for building materials.