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Starbound announced - new game from Terraria artist + new studio
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TouchMyBox
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Why is Pinkie Pie in this game?
So apparently I'm purchasing this game with all of my money.
Vasili2K38
Member
O.O.. after the 100 hours spent in Terraria like a drug addict, this game sounds very cool. Terraria concepts expanded with Sci-Fi and space exploration?.. omg. And the spritework is very good.
Femmeworth
Banned
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Will buy to support games with Mega Man jumping
perfectnight
Banned
Neat. Now I'm interested.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Good lord this sounds like the type of game you dream up of as a kid. Day one!
Franklinator
Member
This is the best day of my life
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
It would be amazing if those tentacles move.
perfectnight
Banned
I was thinking the same thing. Would probably be a bitch to animate though.
Femmeworth
Banned
Looking at the level of detail, that's highly unlikely. If anything, maybe some simple animation.
Night_Trekker
Member
First I was going to post something snarky like, "Which game will this one be ripping-off?"
Then I saw the screenshots and thought, "Wow, looks a lot like a more visually impressive Terraria."
But then I read the details... and I'm sold, assuming impressions are good. Terraria is a fantastic game despite being a completely shameless 2D clone of Minecraft, so I assume it will be awesome.
Yeah, I've always had a baseless but nagging suspicion that Terraria contains heavily modified RPG Maker (PC version) sprites. I've always gotten that feeling looking at and playing it.
Then I saw the screenshots and thought, "Wow, looks a lot like a more visually impressive Terraria."
But then I read the details... and I'm sold, assuming impressions are good. Terraria is a fantastic game despite being a completely shameless 2D clone of Minecraft, so I assume it will be awesome.
Yeah, I've always had a baseless but nagging suspicion that Terraria contains heavily modified RPG Maker (PC version) sprites. I've always gotten that feeling looking at and playing it.
Night_Trekker
Member
I am not at all surprised to hear that. Terraria is a great game, and some of the greatest games/series in existence are clones of other games (like Streets of Rage)... but, that said, Terraria is really, really shameless about it.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Mmmm can't wait for this.
â Narayan
Member
Sold.
Gamz_Gernaliz
Banned
Was so excited when I saw this thread, Terraria was one of my favourite games of 2011. But then I saw those jiggling breasts and canceled my pre-order.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Awesome. Look at these guys going all big. This should be a no brainer day 1.
ElectricThunder
Member
Well damn, onto the wishlist this goes.
The guy who did the art for Terraria is the designer on this; he has other people doing the art, as near as I can tell from their site.
Blue was mostly a producer/bug fixer who disappeared for personal reasons.
Re-Logic is taking a vacation because he's having a child, so Tiy is the only one who is still active right now.
The plan is for Terraria to continue as well though when Re-Logic comes back.
Going to bump this since people might be wondering where one of them went with the other thread.
They did add in space hobos and hoverbikes however: http://playstarbound.com/some-things/
They did add in space hobos and hoverbikes however: http://playstarbound.com/some-things/
-Deadpool-
Member
Totally missed this announcement. Makes me feel a little better about the continuing development of Terraria being abandoned.
Can't wait for this. Wow.
Can't wait for this. Wow.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
space hobo hover bike gangs confirmed
They had me at Space Hobo. Can't wait for this.
Nirolak shared this with me earlier: http://www.indiegamemag.com/starbound-to-be-limitless-first-huge-details-arrive/
It's a really interesting article with summarizes what we know about the game so far. It definitely sounds similar but yet very different from Terraria, especially in terms of narrative and scope.
Some interesting points I particularly liked, there are a TON more at the link though:
Net Code
- Our test server is running on a terrible connection and weve had around 10 people in with zero troubles
- Latency is pretty well handled at the moment; I play with a friend from Australia and Im in the UK
NPC Escort Quests
- There are times you will have to actively carry NPCs off of a planet with your hands full, so you wont be able to use your guns. Your friends will really need to help you
Weapons
- The game even procedurally generates the graphic used for the guns, right now there are 21,000 different visual styles for rocket launcher. Then, each of those styles can be coloured individually. By release time, there will be many, many more; thats just for rocket launcher
- You can use any weapon you find but can only manufacture ammo for a researched weapon that lets us place things at key locations for missions and set pieces
Building/Crafting
- There will be a UFO attached to the players home world which can be used to pick up and place NPCs, as well as terraform on a large scale
- There will be tiers of crafting most of it will be done via the manufacturing facility on the station, which will reflect the various tiers of crafting, i.e. it will have levels
Monster companions
- You will be able to capture enemies, take them around with you and train them to fight for you (think Pokemon)
- We wanted to keep the monster system relatively simple to start with. Most monsters can be trained to use ranged/melee attacks, some can be taught to fly or swim. They have inbuilt stats like defense, attack damage, speed, etc that will increase with kills
Quest/Story
- Story missions take place on pre-generated worlds hand crafted for specific gameplay we want some really good platforming/combat gameplay during the missions
- Quests are different from story-based missions, quests will take place on random planets
Mission Editor
- Were looking for a really easy way for players to create their own missions, in the engine
- There will be an in-game mission editor, that you can use with your friends (think Little Big Planet)
- Created missions will be playable online
Steamworks
- If it happens, Steam release will come with Steam support, Steam friends, achievements etc
It's a really interesting article with summarizes what we know about the game so far. It definitely sounds similar but yet very different from Terraria, especially in terms of narrative and scope.
Some interesting points I particularly liked, there are a TON more at the link though:
Net Code
- Our test server is running on a terrible connection and weve had around 10 people in with zero troubles
- Latency is pretty well handled at the moment; I play with a friend from Australia and Im in the UK
NPC Escort Quests
- There are times you will have to actively carry NPCs off of a planet with your hands full, so you wont be able to use your guns. Your friends will really need to help you
Weapons
- The game even procedurally generates the graphic used for the guns, right now there are 21,000 different visual styles for rocket launcher. Then, each of those styles can be coloured individually. By release time, there will be many, many more; thats just for rocket launcher
- You can use any weapon you find but can only manufacture ammo for a researched weapon that lets us place things at key locations for missions and set pieces
Building/Crafting
- There will be a UFO attached to the players home world which can be used to pick up and place NPCs, as well as terraform on a large scale
- There will be tiers of crafting most of it will be done via the manufacturing facility on the station, which will reflect the various tiers of crafting, i.e. it will have levels
Monster companions
- You will be able to capture enemies, take them around with you and train them to fight for you (think Pokemon)
- We wanted to keep the monster system relatively simple to start with. Most monsters can be trained to use ranged/melee attacks, some can be taught to fly or swim. They have inbuilt stats like defense, attack damage, speed, etc that will increase with kills
Quest/Story
- Story missions take place on pre-generated worlds hand crafted for specific gameplay we want some really good platforming/combat gameplay during the missions
- Quests are different from story-based missions, quests will take place on random planets
Mission Editor
- Were looking for a really easy way for players to create their own missions, in the engine
- There will be an in-game mission editor, that you can use with your friends (think Little Big Planet)
- Created missions will be playable online
Steamworks
- If it happens, Steam release will come with Steam support, Steam friends, achievements etc
It really does look like some of the things they wanted to do in Terraria is going to be used in this game. In any case, w/ the current state of Terraria, I'm just going to unofficially acknowledge this as Terraria 2.
-“The game even procedurally generates the graphic used for the guns, right now there are 21,000 different visual styles for rocket launcher. Then, each of those styles can be coloured individually. By release time, there will be many, many more; that’s just for rocket launcher”
-“There are so many different visual styles for armor (we’re using the same random generation system as weapons) that you won’t need “costumes” as such, because armor will cover everything. But! You can equip armor to be purely visual, just like in World of Warcraft”
I'm guessing that where those Deathstroke and Superman outfits in the OP come from. Dat user generated copyrighted material.
Tiyuri demoed the game's lighting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5d-USf69SU&feature=youtu.be
