Terraria

I'm so glad you created this post, after our discussion a few days ago! As I said, I've been checking every now and then on the status of Otherworld. We haven't had an update about it in about 8 months.

I didn't realize 1.3.5 until you told me about it in that discussion of ours. What has my mind cranking away though is why Redigit is coming back to work on this update. Does that mean Otherworld's development has progressed to the point where the lead developer can take off and work on Terraria's update? What about this update requires the work of Redigit. From what I read in the "upcoming features" section, it doesn't seem like a major update. Since Redigit is working on it, I think there may be something he's doing that they're not telling us yet.

Anyway, I can't wait for our next Terraria server! The memory of us playing 1.3 together is very strong, I think about it very often. We need to take on Expert Mode!

Oh and as for the game, I didn't know about it until you and Jon told me about it. You gave me a copy and I started out in 1.2, but I think 1.3 is my favorite update. Granted, I love what was added after I played it that first time, like fishing! It's exciting that the game is getting more attention and I'm eagerly awaiting the future of Terraria!

I don't think Redigit is the lead on Otherworld, but I could be wrong. It's a joint venture between two different game studios so they probably have a ton of people on it. In more exciting speculation, it could be that the 1.3.5 update will have some tie to Otherworld! But I'm not holding my breath. And honestly, the lack of updates on Otherworld is a bit concerning. I think they announced it way too early. It's Starbound all over again, in some ways.

As for those upcoming features, that's just what's known so far. There hasn't been much discussion about it at all, and that feature list will flesh out. The big ones don't get spoiled until closer to release, and there hasn't even been a discussion on when that might be yet.

> It's Starbound all over again, in some ways.

Well, no. I see what you mean, but it's not really. For instance they haven't promised much but a new Terraria game with a story mode. They also backed off the release date entirely and didn't take massive pre-orders. For me, those are really big differences and so far I think they've done fine on messaging and handling the community.

Right, I agree. That's what I meant by "in some ways." I don't think they have done poorly messaging and handling the community, but not great either. There were very frequent updates until suddenly there weren't, and there hasn't been any news for months. The things you said mean I'm not disappointed, just a bit concerned with the big gap.

> just a bit concerned with the big gap.

Yeah, that makes sense. I still hope it launches at some point, it would be sad to see it go away.

I assume it will at some point sure, I do wonder how the dev cycle has gone. It may be that there's uncertainty and they don't know what will make it to the final cut so they don't want to say much, or there's just nothing new to show.

So I finally watch the trailer and WOW the game has come a long way. I remember the 1.2 update and how massive that was and we created a new game to play the Crimson on. I think the Crimson area was my favorite until the...

https://media.giphy.com/media/dcubXtnbck0RG/giphy.gif

Update, which is the best update ever. 4K resolution will be welcomed as I have to have the game Windowed or it is a bit artifacty fullscreened on my monitor. It's amazing how they've kept the game updated so well over time and not let it be given to game rot and just made people get the sequel. Which i'll get the day it launches.

I KNEW that was going to be that gif. :D

I'm looking forward to the scaling, which is something Starbound has. Assuming I'm interpreting it right. In Starbound, at least last I played, you could have three zoom levels. On a smaller monitor the default would have been fine but on 1080p it seemed super zoomed in, and Terraria does a little as well. Plus it's nice to have a wider view when exploring and a tighter view when building.

Personally the clothing thing was really hampering my creativity.

/rimshot

Wait, we were *required* to have clothes? Huh. I just always happened to be dressed when we started filming. Good thing you mentioned it; that could've made the last episode awkward.

So, just removing the video aspect of the Roundtable and publishing the audio discussion?

Radio? Who needs a radio?

But seriously, I love the new name. Looking forward to listening!

> So, just removing the video aspect of the Roundtable and publishing the audio discussion?

Simply, yeah we are. More specifically we think that making a podcast will be a bit better for the kind of show it is and how people consume this kind of thing. For instance, it's hard for many to sit down and watch and hour+ show but it's not too hard to play a podcast while your driving, working or whatever.

When the show launched 5 years ago(it's really been that long) video streaming was a new thing. So new that I thought doing a game show that way would get us more attention and sort of ride the tech train to viewers. That... didn't happen so we are going Podcast because it's a better way to do what we do. PLUS we can publish to iTunes and the wide word of Podcasting sites to get, possibly, more attention. I also thought putting the videos on YouTube would get us some cross views, but YouTube has made it's search algorithms such that people simply never find our show.

Well that or it sucks and no one cares but it's my semi-solid belief it's a fine show that can find a bigger audience.

So in that spirit and trying to improve things, we are doing a Podcast.

> Radio? Who needs a radio?

Mock. Yeah. Ing. Yeah...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5f_gbzo4Q0

Will they happen more often now that you guys don't have to be camera ready?

At this point the plan is to keep doing them monthly. I'll admit this is might be more to my schedule than everyone else's.

Does anyone think we should do more than monthly?

The reason we ended up going from twice-per-month to monthly was because we were trying to find content. Monthly, there's always content for us to discuss.

Maybe that's a good question, too. What would you guys like to hear in a CG podcast?

I think what you guys already talk about is great. I didn't realize it was on a monthly basis. It would be cool if you guys could get some interviews during the podcast!

I agree, I'm pretty happy in general with the current content. I already use it as a podcast when I'm working, so no changes would be perfect for me :)

Will: I've thought about doing interviews and I think it will be easier in the podcast format. Thanks for bringing it up, i'll think more about doing them that way.

Awesome Jon!

Yes, that's a great idea Will!

@jon I've thought for a long time you guys should have done the show while also recording an audio track. then you have the live version which is great, you can stream it on youtube and twitch, then take the audio and publish it as a podcast. This coming from a podcast guy though... not a video guy. Either way, exciting to see new things!

and further Jon, as far as timeline. The schedule depends on what you want. Weekly podcasts seem to garner more followers. Having a lot of interaction with people (weekly) helps grow that. And when new people come on, they listen to a current episode, then start in on your back catalog. The more there is, the more they'll listen (i know, obvious). If it doesn't work with your schedule. You might try longer recording sessions once a month, and divide them into multiple episodes monthly. If you have a base that knows what you are doing, once a month is fine. But if a new listener joins the ranks, they may forget you in a month.

I like the idea of recording multiple things during a session. I'll think about how to do that.

> But if a new listener joins the ranks, they may forget you in a month.

How I listen to Podcasts is buy subscribing on iTunes podcast thingy and if I don't love, I unsub. People will also hear it embedded on our site. Maybe they will forget but it will be in their Podcast app, but I hear you that more regular content is better.

More Terraria content, yay!!!! :)

Awesome. Terraria getting even more content is awesome and I can't wait to try the new event. I imagine this will be hardmode?

I would imagine so. It has some goblins that look similar to the ones from the normal goblin invasion so it may just be a hardmode version of that.

A few more details to glean from the new screen shot: http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/a-distinctly-etherian-update-terraria-and-dungeon-defenders-ii-crossover-coming-soon.50844/

And the text-- the goal is Nov 15!

Update is live!

How can you trigger the event?

I did some Googling and found something on the Steam forums:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/105600/discussions/0/224446945208735669/

I haven't checked it out yet, but I'm very tempted to start up a new world, even though a new one isn't required.

I noticed the game got updated recently. I thought about posting about it here. When I saw that no one did, I thought, is no one here really going to mention it? As obsessed as we are with the game. LOL This is definitely one of my favorite games currently. I still want to play it, still love it, and can't wait to play with my fellow Cheerful Ghosts again. It is tempting to start up a new world to check out the new updates since I last played. However, there seems to be more in store! At the end of the post Safeman says, "we will now dive into our next update and get to work on some top secret cross-over action." So, what's coming to Terraria next? I have no idea. Does "secret cross-over action" mean Terraria: Otherworld? I certainly hope so!

Not sure what cross over stuff they have in store but I am looking forward to it!

They also just released a new hotfix!

http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/pc-1-3-3-changelog.48916/page-18

Also. I'm still mentally preparing for a holiday CG server. If Travis doesn't run one, i'll host it locally here :D

Yep, holiday CG server is a must! I dig the incremental updates. This one doesn't even require a new world to see the changes. 1.3.2 worlds can get all the goodies.

Cross-over action could mean a lot. They have done that in the past with other games like Edge of Space getting a Terraria boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pS6zOG3kc

And things like real yo-yos being included. But Greg, an Otherworld item or two being thrown into Terraria would get the hype up for Otherworld so that definitely could be it.

> Yep, holiday CG server is a must!

Get hype kids.

>> Yep, holiday CG server is a must!
>Get hype kids.

Looking forward to another CG Terraria server! All aboard the hype train!! I think it should be an Expert Mode server. Pre-made structures would be good to include, too, so we don't have to build a lot. You could copy the arenas and places we had on the last one, that would be cool, IMHO.

> I dig the incremental updates. This one doesn't even require a new world to see the changes. 1.3.2 worlds can get all the goodies.

I didn't realize that, so thanks for sharing. I wonder when the next update will be, what's in it, and how many more updates the game will get, especially before T:O.

>Cross-over action could mean a lot. They have done that in the past with other games like Edge of Space getting a Terraria boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pS6zOG3kc

Yeah I got Edge of Space. Steam says I've played it for a whole whopping 25 hours! I may have to try it out again, I wasn't very impressed with it.

You and apparently everyone else. I haven't played it, but Steam buyers don't seem happy with it.

I just re-read this: http://cheerfulghost.com/Travis/posts/1425/interview-with-andrew-spinks-creator-of-terraria

That was over three years ago, after the surprising announcement that 1.2 would be release, which itself was after a year or so after the player-base mourned the announcement that development had halted at 1.1 for good.

And look at how far we've come since then! I'm shocked, amazed, and grateful that we're still getting updates over five years after release.

LOL @Travis, you are the cross-posting-of-your-own-posts master! I'm not sure if I remember seeing that interview before, but I think it's amazing that you got to interview him. How'd you manage to get that interview? It is interesting to see it now knowing we're still getting updates.

> I'm shocked, amazed, and grateful that we're still getting updates over five years after release.

They made a mint on Terraria. If they can keep making a mint and update the game, why not? Seems like a great model to me.

1.3.5 update is live. Mostly fixes but some features too.

https://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/pc-1-3-5-is-live.56657/page-14#post-1314564

Yeah. I watched a few of ChippyGaming's videos. 1.4 is in the works!

I'm not really interested in the party update, but I really like this picture! I also love the "when we run our next server" part of your post here! I miss playing Terraria with my fellow Cheerful Ghosts. Our next server should definitely be on Expert Mode. I'm confident that we can handle it together.

Yeah, expert mode isn't a bad idea BUT the downside is it discourages a bit more casual play as it's hard as hell. PLUS if people come in after we've played for a bit, they will get steamrolled by hardmode.

That said, expert would be fun!

Well me and Vinny together have done pretty well on our Expert mode world, surprisingly. I've enjoyed almost all of the Expert mode rewards, but not all of them. The Slime mount most definitely helps against Eater of Worlds, although that's not the Expert mode reward. That one makes slimes friendly, even if you attack them. The Bee Gun is a great weapon against Skeletron, although again not an Expert mode reward. I've defeated some of the Expert mode bosses on my own, but not all of them. We haven't gone up against the Wall of Flesh yet, but they're definitely tougher. I think we were only able to defeat King Slime because we had a nearby hole in a hill where he couldn't get to us, but we could hit him with boomerangs, although his slime companions came after us. Still, with two or three of us with the right gear and the arena we usually use, we should be good. But yeah, it would be more difficult for casual play and those who join in late or don't play much, I can see that as an issue.

Oh and since we're talking about our Terraria server again, I have to ask, "when?" LOL

> Oh and since we're talking about our Terraria server again, I have to ask, "when?" LOL

I'm not sure. My first off the cuff thought is sometime this holiday. That seems to be a good time for folk, but i'll defer to Travis here.

Honestly I just don't have the interest yet. Holiday sounds like a good time, but maybe sooner?

The ACTUAL andrew spinks was bad at making the update with the solar eclipse because I've waited 18 days (on console terraria) and still NO SOLAR ECLIPSE

terraian_warrior: The console versions and updates are handled by an outside company so Andrew isn't directly involved with that. Plus, I think he is working on Terraria 2 or another Re-Logic game and isn't on Terraria proper anymore.

*facepalm*oh, ok

SANDSTORMS! https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/761230973090533377

Oh wow, I can't wait for those!

An interesting environmental change. I wonder if they'll just be purely cosmetic or if perhaps they'll give a debuff. It does snow instead of rain in the snowy biomes, but a blizzard would be cool. Maybe they could add hurricanes for the beaches, too.

I know the next update has to do with the underground desert as can be seen in one of her other tweets, perhaps even on the forum and wiki.

Hurricanes at the beaches? How bout a TSUNAMI? Not that I spend a lot of time on the beach in Terraria as its so far over to the side.

Looks like they are adding more weather effects.

https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/762695240264192001

Haha @TheFluBomb tweeted: @Cennxx @Terraria_Logic is this gonna be the "Stuff Blowing In Your Face" update?
They should give the other biomes similar treatment. Equality for all! It'd be cool if they did some leaves for the forest biome, maybe that could just be a Fall holiday environmental event.

Stuff blowing in your face update? Ha. I'm ready.

Still impressed how much work this game has received post launch. I wonder when they will consider it "done?" I'm not complaining, it's just that all this new content is usually saved for the sequel.

Annnnddd Sandnado: https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/763832293077188608

I guess it's like a regular Sharknado minus the sharks. And more sand.

I wonder if it throws you above the world like the one in Super Mario Bros. 3?

But damn, those particle effects! With these new weather effects and the stuff surrounding the Moon Lord, they've kinda gone up a generation or two in graphic styles. It almost looks a little weird to see that high def (for lack of a better word) sandnado in the pixelated world.

Yeah it all looks good, but I agree with Jon's comment after mine. I was going to say that all this is nice, but I'm more eagerly awaiting Terraria: Otherworld and Terraria 2. I want more Terraria damn it and other games just aren't up to par. LOL

Interesting. It looks cool and has a cool death scream. Another thing I found interesting, that I didn't know about, was that there are mob-only activated pressure plates. That could come in handy. Honestly, I don't think this new update fits my kind of Terraria gaming. I'm not much of a builder. I imagine that Travis could probably make something really cool with these new tools. Who knows when it will be, but I'm still looking forward to another CG Terraria server. I think we should do it at least once more, if for nothing else than for completion of Expert Mode, which I don't hardly dare try alone.

The mob only pressure plates could make arena building much nicer!

This update came out two days ago, anyone play yet?

:)

Not yet!

Oh and in case you're hoping to snag the new Companion Cube, you're going to have to dish out 5 platinum for it!

Money is so plentiful these days, that doesn't seem too crazy anymore.

Yeah, agreed. That's a couple higher level boss runs.

Me and Vinny have been playing on a new Expert world for the last two days. I don't know exactly how much he has, but I think it's less than one platinum where as I have about just less than two platinum coins. We have defeated King Slime twice and we did finally beat the Eye of Cthulhu after I used TEdit to copy over the boss arenas from our last CG Expert World. Maybe I see the price of the new pet as expensive because we're still a bit early in the game. Five platinum coins just for a pet just seems a bit ridiculous.

Early on it is really high priced for sure. But once you have one, you can carry it over to new worlds. I don't think it's cheating to start with a cosmetic pet or whatnot.

Good point. Vinny knows how to cheat in Terraria and I basically told him "no cheating" in our playthrough. A cosmetic pet, sure that's fine, but everything else I'd like for us to obtain by playing. However, one could say we're "cheating" by using TShock and I've "cheated" by using TEdit to put in those arenas. After doing that, I thought about writing up a quick post about both of those programs. I know Travis is more familiar with them than I am, but I've found them both surprisingly easy to use!

Yeah they're both very simple.

Oh come on, Doom, Far Harbor, and now a new Terraria update? I don't have that many hours!

Also what are the deets on campfires? I haven't read anything about that yet and the sources don't have anything.

Never mind, found it: https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/702878946094944257

Here's a full list of known changes: http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Upcoming_features

> Oh come on, Doom, Far Harbor, and now a new Terraria update? I don't have that many hours!

LOL I have Ark, FFX/X-2 Remaster, Far Harbor, and the last Witcher 3 DLC....trust me, I feel your pain, Travis.

Yeah, the source lists the kinds of new campfires but not what they do.

Jon-- the gamepedia article only lists the kinds of campfires currently in the game. Cursed, demon, frozen, ichor, etc... those are currently there.

The new campfire in 1.3.1 is a skull campfire which you can see in the twitter update from Cennxx

Ah, thanks for the clarification Travis!

@Travis Ready for another server? :)

Not in 5 days! :D

I think I might have time in December... which is what I say every December but I think I could make time for one then

Terraria does seem like a natural fit for the Wii U and 3DS.

So, my son's birthday was a few days ago and Terraria for the 3DS seems to be one of his favorite gifts. I also got him the Legend of Zelda Windwaker HD and Twilight Princess HD for the Wii U. He's enjoying all of them.

I found out that the 3DS version of Terraria saves your characters and worlds on your system and not on the game itself. This means, for example, my son can create characters and worlds in the game using his 3DS and I can do the same on mine. So, his stuff isn't on the game when I'm using my 3DS.

One of the things I took notice of when looking into the 3DS version is that the 3DS really isn't very powerful. However, the "New 3DS" has better hardware than the previous models. It seems that they *might* create a version of the game specifically for that 3DS model, but we'll just have to wait and see.

The Wii U version will be here in a couple of weeks, it seems. However, since I've now played the game on my Kindle, PS3, 3DS, and PC, I can say with certainty that the PC version is the ultimate one. Using the keyboard and mouse just makes everything better, to me, particularly switching between a tool and a weapon. I like using the touch screens to mine, although the mouse does a great job of that, too.

I may post later after I've tried the Wii U version. I expect it will be very much like the current console version, yet a combination of that, the mobile, and 3DS versions.

> I may post later after I've tried the Wii U version. I expect it will be very much like the current console version, yet a combination of that, the mobile, and 3DS versions.

FULL REVIEW! FULL REVIEW!

Thanks a lot!!! I really like having all the worlds. I really don't like building and I'm not very good at it, so it's awesome to have some buildings I can use. The arenas are extremely useful, too. It also helps to have these for when I want or need to go looting. Thanks again! Oh and I also appreciate that you've updated them all for 1.3 compatibility. This is something I end up doing on my own as I've kept most, if not all, of the worlds in a back up folder, which means I have to fix them, which is actually easy enough.

They fixed that bug in one of the updates to 1.3 that was preventing older worlds from getting imported, but it might strike again in 1.4 so I figured it couldn't hurt to bring them all up to current.

Look at Travis, "with arms wide open!" LOL

Undeeeeeearrr the sunliight!

I love that default video pic there. I just need a bigger beard.

I am currently playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Starbound is much better than when I first played it. That crystal boss was tough! Yes, the penguin is still there!

Games coming out in upcoming months I'll be playing: Fallout 4 and Starcraft II: LotV. I plan to start out with Fallout 4. Then I intend to play Starcraft II from the beginning and work my way towards the new expansion. Otherwise, I have no idea what else is coming out that I'd want to play

Years ago, I posted in a video games group on Facebook asking for suggestions on a game to play. Travis then told me about Terraria. After looking at the videos, I thought it didn't look too appealing, but once I jumped in, I was hooked! The updates keep us coming back, but there's so much greatness in the game. The game play, music, everything. What is there not to love about it? I haven't created everything in the game. I'm also not very creative with building, but it's cool to see what others come up with.

The Moon Lord was tough! I'm so glad Travis made that arena! I'm still not sure how I'll do that boss fight on my own. I imagine I'll copy over the arena Travis made. Duke is tough! I was so glad when I finally beat him. I was so intimidated by that boss! Fishing is cool! Yeah, those mine cart tracks were pretty much every where!

I usually progress through the different tiers of metal gear. However, on the new Expert Mode server, I got my first Ebonwood armor set and it looked awesome. Ultimately, I get Platinum, even if it didn't spawn in my world (I use silt and slush to get it if it's not there). Also, I pretty much almost always go with melee weapons.

I don't think I fought any of the Expert Mode bosses. So, I didn't get any of the special loot. Listening to you guys talk about Terraria is making me want to play again! I agree with us starting our new server on Expert Mode, especially since I haven't spent much time with it.

Yes, Travis gave me a copy and I greatly appreciate it! I bought a copy for my son recently. Honestly, it's because of Terraria that I got on here at Cheerful Ghost and "met" you awesome guys (I already knew Travis because we were college roommates)! I love this site!

I have the mobile version of Terraria, yes for my Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" tablet. It's good, but unfortunately the Kindle version is way behind every other version. I thought the touch controls were cool. I liked using my finger as a replacement for the mouse, but I thought it was harder to get used to switching the auto-cursor on and off on the PS3.

Soon, maybe we can talk about what's in store for Terraria's future.

Yes, Cheerful Ghost "drink and play!" I can get my favorite red wine, Riunite Lambrusco! =)

(This comment has been edited to fit the 3,000 character limit....you're welcome!)

For those concerned: everyone survived the fire, but my eyebrows look a little different now.

Great show, guys! Tim, I'm so glad you made the correction on Yogi vs Pooh. Jon, love the new digs (or at least the new office!). Travis, I'm convinced now that Hangouts has an arm fetish.

Oh, and Drink & Play?! Yes, yes, yes!!

My standings:

1. Terraria: 755 hours


2. Borderlands 2: 133 hours


3. Batman: Arkham Origins: 81 hours, but this was when Steam kept thinking I was playing games when I wasn't, so it's way inaccurate


4. Really number 3: Assassin's Creed 3: 77 hours

That said, including more than Steam, Fallout 3 over all my playthroughs would probably be number 2, I estimate it at about 600 hours, and Skyrim would probably be number 3, I estimate it at about 500 hours.

Here's my Top 6 (everything else is less than 100 hours)

Game Hours
Terraria 712
Starbound 295
ARK: Survival Evolved 240
Oblivion 141
Skyrim 108
GTAV 107

Yeah, those are my Steam only numbers. I've played Skyrim, Oblivion, Terraria, and GTAV on the PS3, so you could probably add 100 hours to those games (maybe not Terraria). Fallout 3 could make this list if I added my PS3 hours to my 71 Steam hours.

Travis, I'm not surprised at your Terraria hours, but I'm impressed that I've come close to catching up with you.

My 77 hour game, which is right below GTAV, is Salt. I decided not to include anything that was less than 100 hours.

Holy cow guys, that's a lot of hours! Is that actual play time on Terraria, or do you sometimes leave it running when not playing? Technically Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is my most played game, but many times I've found the computer still logged on by my daughters and the game sitting on pause lol

According the the Steam Calculator, my most played game (that only I play) is Dota2 at 66 hours. I played Skyrim on my Xbox 360 back in the day, and I probably put 60-80 hours on that.

I would imagine my most played game ever is probably NFL Head Coach 09. I loved all the data mining that game entailed. I've written up a lot on the game back when CG started, so I won't go into it now on how much I love that game, but it is super detail oriented. (This doesn't take into account my childhood playing days when I had limited options and practically unlimited free time lol)

There was one Friday night that I played Terraria, went to visit family on Saturday, and came back to it Saturday afternoon still open. Other than those probably 12ish hours, everything is legit.

> Holy cow guys, that's a lot of hours! Is that actual play time on Terraria, or do you sometimes leave it running when not playing?

Nope, my hours are "too legit to quit." =)

Name Time
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 173.3h
Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition 102.9h
Dragon Age II 70.3h
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition 59.2h
Terraria 58.9h
Fallout: New Vegas 57.9h
Mass Effect 2 52.1h
Mass Effect 47.7h
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition 43.0h
Jade Empire: Special Edition 38.7h

As others have mentioned, these are just the games I have on Steam. I'm pretty sure my Oblivion and Mass Effect 3 times are up there with Fallout 3 and my Witcher 3 (which I haven't come close to beating), and Dragon Age 1 & 3 times are approaching my other Witcher/Dragon Age games.

That said, nothing comes remotely close to the time I spent playing World of Warcraft. I know I had well over a year of played time on just one character in that game. I'd bet that in actuality, second, third, fourth, and fifth place are probably all MMORPGs (Everquest, Rift, Star Wars: The Old Republic, maybe WildStar).

So yeah, I've spent a halfway decent amount of time over the years playing a video games and I do not regret it in the least.

Here's my steam profile:

https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198027651522/?cc=us

As mentioned, MMORPGs though yeah... I played a solid 4 years of Dark Age of Camelot and had 200+ days played on my main character, 100+ on another, and on average another 30 hours played on 20 other characters.. Some of those were dual or triple booted though (I owned 2-3 accounts at most times) and I did buy, sell, swap accounts a few times. (Although my main characters were all mine from beginning.)

Aside from that, I'd have to give honorable mentions to games like FFVII where at least one play through I maxed out the hours at 99 and of course I played through multiple times, so probably 200ish hours there. Probably (definitely) more on FFTactics.

I played a lot of Madden games too, from 2004-2009 I played a lot of seasons. I mean, it took 30 minutes a game, 13 games a season, plus playoffs, plus off season managements and player management and etc etc... Definitely a lot there.

Hearthstone would be interesting to see. Been playing that every day almost for a year and a half.

On average another 30 DAYS, not 30 hours played on those other characters...

Hey Jon, why no edit button??

JaBo: Basically because I don't want people to "ninja edit" posts. At some point i'll allow editing with some kind of history of edits, but it hasn't come yet

Gotcha, yeah typically I just highlight my post, copy it, delete my post, paste and correct it lol

My wife and I use to play FFXI, and we each logged in well over 100+ days each.

Other than that, I've maxed out the timer on FFTactics several times. :P

That's a good point. FFXI is probably my top game. Guild Wars 2 might be close to Terraria and Fallout 3.

Ok then, you want to bring Final Fantasy into this, fine! LOL FFVIII is my king of hours. I remember playing it so many times while I was at college (with Travis). I even began to play it at least once every year. I'd spend about 100 hours on it each time and I still never did everything! I've played FFX and VII multiple times, too, but probably not even close to as much as I played FFVIII (my all-time favorite). I wasn't going to mention it because we were talking Steam hours. LOL

I think Steam is something we can get actual numbers from so I listed mine. From there is a mixture of games that do and don't track that, but I imagine our college years had us playing other games longer as we had way more time on our hands. At least I have way less free time now

Actually, now that I'm back in college I have way less free time than I did before. Go figure :D

Yah hah, same. But then I'm working full time while going to school and have 2 little kids. I still jam game time in at night though damn it!

Hearthstone is a really great game to play if you are busy. Hearthstone

Indeed, and that's why I don't mind spending money on it. It gets me better things which increases my enjoyment and I spend a lot of time on that game

At this point I don't have a reason to spend money on it because, I think if I did it might lessen my want to play it. I've heard friends spend money in game then wonder what there is to do. I don't think that way, but I can see what they think. Like part of the game, for me, is the time I spend collecting gold and unlocking stuff. Then again after I unlock all the adventures it's all opening packs then as I only have a few more tiers till I unlock Blackrock finally.

Ya, I've done that in other games, spend money to unlock stuff then been like well, what am I working towards now?

But for me, I'm not working towards getting things unlocked, I'm unlocking things (or new legendary cards) to let me make more decks and let me play in higher quality matches against ranked opponents.

So if I had all cards unlocked as golden versions, I'd still be playing as there are just so many decks to make and play and my objective is to get my heroes to 500 wins and climb the ranked ladder. I also still really want to get a 12 win in the arena. So, spending money increases my enjoyment and puts me more on track to play for my goals rather than negate one of my goals.

That makes sense.

Awesome interview! Wow, more for Terraria?! That's truly exciting! I recently thought of something I'd like to see in the game, but cannot currently remember what that was.

My son keeps asking if "creative mode" was coming to Terraria, especially in 1.3. I told him there isn't a "creative mode," the game is in "creative mode." Perhaps there is more to it, as in being able to build without any mobs. That makes sense.

As for mods, that brings me to something I was thinking about recently. I don't think I'll include those thoughts here, though. Again, my son mentioned mods for Terraria, which I haven't tried and I really don't have any desire to do so at this point. However, that's only true if you do not count TShock as a mod, although perhaps it is. Still, it could be interesting to see what modders come up with, perhaps it could lead to further things being included in the game.

Yeah that's what creative mode in Minecraft is, isn't it? Just building without enemies, etc?

TShock is a mod, but a different one from usual. It's a mod of the server instead of the client. If mod support opens for both server and client, TShock's development would be much smoother, and could be way more modular.

One thing I'd love to see came up in a discussion on the Terraria subreddit. Once you've done everything, beaten the moon lord, vanquished all the foes, the Dryad then gives you quests to clean up the world. She already tells you the corruption percent as it is, so she could give you markers to patches you may not know about. Once you completely clean the corruption/crimson (and maybe hallow) out of your world, a new NPC moves in: The Mayor.

The Mayor gives you certain quests like getting resources, etc, and as you complete more of his quests, new NPCs move in that may be just normal people, may sell things (choosing from the pool of the other NPCs), some may be builders. You can set certain areas to be construction zones and your town will grow and more people will move in.

Since anything you could possibly do after getting all the Moon Lord drops would be creative/completionist, why not give something to go along with that? At this point there's no real endgame, and this would add onto it.

I doubt it's within the scope of Terraria. As Andrew said, the engine is reaching its limit. But it would be nice for Terraria 2.

Oh that would be sweet!

Still, if it's reaching it's limit, I wonder how much more can be added or done. It seems like enough (as he said) to provide some updates ever 1-3 months, but for how long? Also, could the engine be upgraded? Maybe that's Terraria 2. I'm still wondering about Otherworld and how that will be, but I'm sure I'll jump on it when it's ready.

I'm glad he created the game and that he decided to "finish" it. I've been loving the updates I've seen and I look forward to more. I like that he's still working on things and planning on continuing with the game as a series.