Starbound

I was taking a break from the game when I decided to write this, which was when I found out about the stable build update. After that, I noticed that I was no longer able to play the nightly build. So, I switched to the stable build. I found the answer to the issue I had in the forums; "Nightly is going to be broken until stable is released. It's our staging branch and we're doing some layout changes."

I also read that some people were having some issues after the update, but Chucklefish was working quickly to get that issue resolved. After I switched to the stable version and the game updated, I decided to see if that issue was resolved or, in other words, if I was having the same issue. To my surprise, I did not have an issue with it. The launcher worked without issue, which it did not do with the nightly build, and it also showed that the game was updated to "Upbeat Giraffe" (the name of the latest build).

My point is, that I was surprised because I found my character there on the stable build that I was using on the nightly build. I remember Chucklefish saying something about trying to make it so that the "unstable" build characters would transfer to the stable build, once it was completed. So, I am grateful that they got that to work. I was able to continue using my character and my universe without any issue.

I might delete my character and universe and start fresh with the new stable update. I'm not sure how that nightly build will differ from the new stable version, but I imagine there is little to no difference. Obviously, as I stated above, the only difference I can see now from the two is that the stable build is definitely stable.

I may continue to make notes here in the comments as I think of things I left out in my post. One thing I wanted to mention is that the Matter Manipulator can now be upgraded multiple times. One upgrade will allow you to use it with liquid. This new feature is really handy, because at one point you're going to need to collect oil. Your ship's AI will further upgrade your MM, but that will require further materials.

Tech upgrades are available as well, as I mentioned. One of those is a boat. Another part of the tech upgrades is called "suit." You can get upgrades that will allow your character to breathe underwater or on planets that have little or no oxygen. There is also cold, heat, and radiation protection suits. These are now tech upgrades and no longer require you to craft and equip accessories.

The need to eat is temporarily no longer necessary. However, there are many new crafting/cooking recipes and plenty of things that can be used in a farm. Instead of replenishing hunger, food now gives various buffs. Harvesting crops will not only provide seeds and food, but also plant fiber. There are many other types of plants that will also provide plant fiber, especially vines that you will find in caves.

You can now also craft a bug catching net, which you will need as one of the first Outpost NPC quests will be to give the NPC a bug.

These things that I've mentioned are just a fraction of what has been changed or added in the game. Please see the link I provided at the top of my post for more information. I've pretty much only covered the things that I have noticed in my play through.

Pickaxes can no longer be repaired. There doesn't seem to be a good reason to make them anyway, since the Matter Manipulator can mine ore and provides some light. It also can reach places that are farther away from the character.

As I mentioned, there are now only two types of fuel for your ship. However, fuel is only necessary to reach a different star system. Travelling within your local star system requires no fuel at all. As for the Core Fragments, you will only need 20 and it seems you will never use them again.

As I mentioned, the Matter Manipulator can be upgraded to collect liquid. In order to create Steel, you will need to collect Oil on a desert planet with your upgraded MM. Initially, to upgrade your MM, you will need refined ore such as Silver.

I deleted my old character and universe and started a new game as a Novakid and I like it. The guns seem to be powerful. I still use a melee weapon as some are more powerful than the gun. Previously, I pretty much only created Avian characters and used only melee weapons. After my latest play through of the nightly build, I realized that ranged weapons can be so much more effective. You don't have to worry about ammunition as they use your energy instead. However, they will drain your energy, which will replenish quickly if you stop using your weapon for a few seconds. If you use too much of your energy, it will be depleted and you will hear a sound telling you that. You will not be able to use your energy until it refills, which you will also know because of a sound.

I am very happy with Starbound now. I was disappointed at first because I was just running around collecting ore to obtain higher-tiered armor and weapons, fighting some bosses along the way. Other than that, I felt like there was no other purpose to exploring the universe. Once I finally obtained the highest tiered weapons and armor, there was no longer a reason for me to explore or to play. That has changed thanks to the multiple quests given to you throughout the game by the NPCs at the Outpost. I'm happy to report that Starbound is a much better game than it was before this new update.

Oh my goodness! I just completed the first mission without cheating! They apparently nerfed the boss and made it's energy beam attack slower. I didn't even use my shield, but I kept healing myself after getting hit. I'm so glad they made that mission doable without cheats. This makes me very happy!

Awesome! I haven't played multiplayer in Starbound. Thank you very much for replying to my post. Are you enjoying the new update? I'm seriously loving it, the game is so much better now and it's wonderful!

Oh, I didn't have a problem with Dreadwing. For that, I was using a rocket launcher I found on the lunar base (first boss area). I didn't find any when I did the mission on the stable version, though. In the nightly build, I found rocket launchers and grenade launchers, which were very helpful in defeating the "infected miners." The good thing about them is that they can't jump, so they're easy to take out from a distance, some where they cannot get to.

I don't think the Floran "party" mission gave me much trouble either. However, the second boss that the penguin sends you to, the weapons test mission, was more difficult and I used the /admin command to beat that. I haven't made it to those missions yet in the stable release, so I'll see how it goes.

You're welcome and thank you for reading! I know my post was long and my commented additions are, too, but I guess that's just how I do it. Hahaha. I think this new update is exciting and there is so much that is new. That and the fact that I've spent some time with it recently has given me plenty to say about it.

I really hope you and others get back into the game and check it out. I think you will be delighted and have a much more enjoyable experience with the game now. I think this new update is very big, much like the much anticipated update coming to Terraria.

With that, I'd also like for us to discuss a bit about our experiences with both games and how differently (if so) we play them. For me, when I start playing Terraria, I start building a huge house for me and NPCs, then I start exploring. With Starbound, I don't build at all. I put everything I make (such as crafting tables, bed, etc.) on my ship. I'm wondering if you and others play these games the same way.

Yeah, that would suck, Travis. However, if you built something on a planet, you could set it as your home planet, I think that's done using the starmap. Then, whenever you went to your teleporter, you could select "beam to home." There are now moons that contain no creatures whatsoever, so they are perfect for building something and not having to worry about being interrupted by monsters. There is also a new tech which reverses gravity, making building much easier.

However, I came across an issue that I have not yet researched. When taking metal crates from my home planet to use on my ship as storage containers, I accidentally grabbed some pieces of the structure when are slanted in one direction. These pieces are made to look like wooden structural supports. Unfortunately, it seems that they slant in only one direction and I could not put the piece back as it was because I couldn't reverse the direction of the slant.. These pieces look like this: / and \

There is now also a Paint Tool, which can be unlocked via the ship's AI. In order to craft paint, you will need a Robotic Crafting Table and at least 15 pedals of the color you want. I didn't experiment with this on the nightly build, but I intended to paint the internal sections of my ship blue. I plan to do that as soon as I'm able to make a Robotic Crafting Table. I already have 15 blue pedals to do this with.

There is also an animation on the first link I provided in this post that shows improvements to turrets. Check out the link for more info.

Thank you all for the comments! Hardeyez, thank you for covering some of the things I didn't mention. I have not yet tried out the staves. I also remember the fact that they said they are going to add a teleport list.

One thing I wanted to mention, also, was that when upgrading your ship, you will notice the new parts of your ship are blocked off by "hazard" blocks. These can be taken away with the Matter Manipulator.

Yes, Tim, I highly recommend that everyone jumps in the game. The game is much different now and definitely worth playing. You have a good point that it is still a work in progress, but it's great to check out the amazing progress they've already made. I'm looking forward to seeing what a completed 1.0 version looks like.

I just defeated Dreadwing, though I'm kind of ashamed at how I did it. I noticed I could kill off the little penguins easily enough with my upgraded Novakid weapon (a gun). I also noticed that if I went far enough to the right and just a little bit, I could barely see Dreadwing's ship, but he couldn't see me. So, I kept shooting at it from afar. That is how I finished the mission in the stable build. When I played the mission with the nightly build, I had rocket launchers and didn't even die. That was definitely not the case this time. So, I took advantage of an obvious flaw.

While I've realized how beneficial ranged weapons are, I've found a minor annoyance with them. Sometimes vegetation gets in the way and instead of shooting a monster, I shoot a shrub or something instead.

Hardeyez, have you tried a Novakid yet? I think they're pretty cool.

Oh! I just noticed something today! You know how when you click "Play" in Steam, the Starbound Lancher loads and you can select "Launch Starbound" or "Launch Starbound (OpenGL)?" Well now there's a new option, "Launch Starbound (64-bit OpenGL experimental)." I've been using the new option today and I haven't run into any problems with it.

Ok, I found out how to use the Paint Tool. You don't need anything other than the tool itself. Select the tool and right click to switch colors. Then aim it and click the left mouse button to paint the background of whatever you want. I painted my ship's internal walls blue. I remember some crafting recipe in the nightly build that used pedals, but I couldn't find it on the stable build.

Oh man, that "Mysterious Party" mission was tough this time! It's probably because I didn't have a rocket launcher. I did find a nice two-handed melee weapon, but I was also using a nice two-handed crossbow I found elsewhere. The crossbow was better than crafting the next gun for my Novakid, so I didn't craft that.

It's cool that I'm playing the stable build after playing nightly because I know some things the NPCs are going to ask for later. So, when I found these things, I was able to collect them ahead of time.

As I mentioned in a different post (by Jon), I was hoping for new music. I think my wish was granted. The missions seem to have new music and it's pretty cool. I had said I was tired of the music, but I'm not feeling that way now.

I'm surprised I finally beat the "Weapons Test" mission. This was one mission that I used the /admin command to complete when I played the nightly build. This was a tough mission. I think having a high armor rating is important, but blocking with a shield is pretty much necessary. This mission made me learn how to block with a shield, which isn't as simple as it sounds. When you block with a shield, you don't take damage, your shield does. That makes sense, but your shield can only take so much damage before it will not protect you. If it takes too much damage, it will need to "recharge," although it doesn't have to fully recharge before providing protection. You can, however, negate this damage by timing the block perfectly by raising your shield right before you get hit. Since I found a two-handed shotgun that does over 700 points of damage, I was not able to block and attack at the same time. I did, however, have my shotgun as my leftt-click and my shield as a right-click. So, instead I was only able to hold the shield when I was holding another item, which in my case was a Medical Kit. In order to craft a Medical Kit, you will need at least one Bandage and one Bio Sample. Bio Samples can be obtained from certain plants. If you are in a Radioactive star system and find yourself on a "lush" or forest planet, you will be able to find Bio Samples by breaking plants, either with your MM, melee, or ranged weapons.

Tim, I've never played multiplayer Starbound. I can hardly imagine it, because the universe is so big. Obviously, with the boss fights, I can see how helpful it could be though.

It'd be cool if Cheerful Ghost had some kind of access to game servers, so that we could set them up for games we want to play together.

*This comment may contain spoilers*
I'm finished with Starbound. I have completed every quest and have upgraded my ship to it's maximum limit. There are only a few "Missions" or boss fights. I believe there were more previously, but most of them have been removed. Hopefully, Chucklefish will add them back later.

One of the things that took me so long to do was one of the quests where you have to find an Avian Airship and take a Treasure Map from it. I had never seen one of them before, but you'll notice them on a planet by the anchor that sits on the planet's surface. Then you'll have to find a way to get up to the ship. I made some platforms with various materials I had (like dirt).

One of the upgrades to the ship required Plutonium, which I hadn't encountered in the new update. The reason is because I did not explore moons or asteroids. The good thing about moons, I learned, is that not only do they contain Plutonium, but they also contain Erchius Liquid. So, if you want free fuel for your ship and have your MM upgraded to collect liquid, go visit a moon.

Another quest took some time to figure out. The NPC gives you a blueprint for a kennel, which requires red dye, which you can't make. However, once you "learn" the blueprint, you can access the 3D printer from your ship AI and "print" the kennel.

Anyway, you probably don't want to know too many spoilers. All that said, the latest update is still a great improvement to the game. It's still in beta and it took a year for them to get this update out. We can only imagine what might later be added to the game and when it might finally reach version 1.0.

I understand. It's kind of hard to believe that a year later, the game still isn't up to version 1.0. I knew that they were having a difficult time with development because the staff were scattered, but I figured development would greatly speed up once they all got together. It doesn't seem like that happened, but I know they have been working on the game for a long time and they frequently post on the site to let us know what they've been doing and are working on. In the news that I posted, they did include a link to what show most of what has been changed with the game, you can check it out if you'd like (http://starbounder.org/Version_History/Nightly).

I enjoyed the game when I first played it, but I reached a point where all it seemed that I was doing was looking for higher-tiered ores to craft higher-tiered gear. I was disappointed a few times at least with the nightly builds. I remember the time they took out the vines that were so abundantly found in caves, which made it much harder to get plant fiber which is an important ingredient in the game. It took me a bit of time to realize that I could get plant fiber by farming, but it was still less abundant. I also remember the game crashing at moments, like loading a saved world or character with a new version of the nightly build. Also, visiting some planets contained nothing but sudden death. Still, I understood that the nightly builds are a work in progress. They've added a new race and some more quests. They've made changes to the game's progression, so I think it *could* be more fun and worth it when they release a new update to the stable build. I may have to pop back into the game's nightly builds to see what's changed since the last time I played (months ago). I do hope that a new stable build is "nearly complete" as they say (also note that on the site "nearly" is written in italics) and not something that we'll have to wait another 6-12 months to see. My impression of this news was that we could definitely see something soon.

This kind of ties in with Terraria. Right now, I can't wait for 1.3 to be released, I'm VERY excited about it and have said so on this site numerous times. Unfortunately, we still haven't been told when that will come. I think I saw a post from October that said it wouldn't come "within the next two months." They also seem to be saying that it will be released when they finish with it, but don't want to put the pressure of a time-table on the developers because they want to make sure everything works well.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that while waiting can be disappointing, it can also be worth it. A better game can be created or updated if developers have enough time to make sure that the game functions very well and is as bug-free as possible. Terraria developers have done a good job at posting some spoilers and updates in the forums, but I think the developers of Starbound have shown much more transparency in regards to what they've been doing. They update their website frequently, which is great because it lets us know that they're still working very hard on additions we expect to see that will (hopefully) make the game much better.

On another note, wow I'm really good at exceeding that 3,000 character comment limit! LOL

Travis, where did you find more info about what else they have to do on the game?

Tim, I know the feeling! Since characters were constantly wiped, I didn't really face that problem in Starbound, although I do have that issue in Terraria.

Oh yea, duh! I forgot all about that. Thanks, Travis! =)

The unstable (not referring to the nightly build) branch has received the Winter Update. I watched a video about this last night. It is expected that this update will reach the stable branch in the next few weeks (probably before we see Terraria 1.3).

I had my copy of Starbound configured to received the nightly builds branch. Unfortunately, the last time it updated, I got an error about Steam failing to update it due to a "disk read error." I ran a scan disk check, which resulted in no errors for my hard drive. So, I re-installed Starbound. I decided to leave it on the stable build, since it should be receiving the Winter Update soon.

That's cool. I'll share some thoughts with you that I had last night. I'm impatiently waiting for Terraria to update, both mobile and PC versions. Yet when it comes to Starbound, I can definitely wait. It's not that I don't like Starbound, I do really, but "like" is an understatement of how I feel about Terraria. Also, both games have good music and I'm sure I've spent more time playing Terraria than Starbound. However, I grew tired of Starbound's music, whereas I don't feel that way about Terraria. Is that odd or understandable? Maybe it's because both games have their own individual sound, I don't know.

Thanks for sharing the "roadmap," Jon, I nearly forgot about it. That helps show that there is still work to be done with the game. It's been a long time since I looked at it the first time, so I'm not sure how much has changed since then. Many areas do seem to be nearly complete.

I've apparently spent 170 hours into the game and I enjoyed it the first time around. At one point, I lost reason to keep going and playing, but knowing that the game's progression would change. So far, despite the issues I posted above, I really haven't had much trouble playing the game. Those issues were easily resolved. As for it's development, I think of it as a beta and a pretty good one.

Yes, I've gotten my money's worth! It cost me a whole $0. As for game play/progression, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. But, I usually do the tutorial stuff and then craft what I can or want, especially weapon and armor upgrades. Eventually this process requires exploration of more difficult areas (planets in other sectors). It didn't seem to take very long to finally gain the highest gear and therefore diminished my desire to continue further exploration.

So far, my biggest pet peeve with Starbound is the new death penalty. When you die, you lose an amount of pixels and drop all the ore you were holding. Supposedly, you can go back to the spot and pick it back up, but it also, supposedly, despawns rather quickly. This is something I wish I could turn off.

I've recreated my character and world a few times for numerous reasons. The new death penalty alone is something that takes some time to get used to and therefore alter your strategy. So far, I haven't found very much copper, iron, or higher grade ore. I think most of the time, I end up finding bars in a chest.

Recently, I noticed that stairs were invisible and then I noticed that they became visible again with the new "nightly build." I thought that was a bit of a quick fix, but I also keep in mind the purpose of the "nightly builds" and what developers are doing with them. Still, so far, the game seems pretty stable as it has since I first started playing it.

I recently created a new character and world in Terraria. I got so far as having platinum armor. I've fought the Eye a couple of times, but it always ran away as night was ending. It's interesting to see the little changes since the last time I played it for a long time. I'm interested in new content and also wishing all versions could have the same content, or at least let us on the PC have the console content, too. =)

Ugh, this game has gotten brutal! Today I have been completely unable to find any vines at all! These are needed to create bandages. I can't tell you how many times today I've deleted my character (which is now an in-game option) and recreated a new one. Still, I find the planets to seem to have no open caves near the surface. I thought that maybe I would find some on another planet, but to get my ship repaired I need Core Fragments, which are supposedly very far down beneath the planet's surface. I haven't found any yet, but I haven't gotten very deep yet as I'm finding that I have to mine my own way down looking for caves. This is probably one of those "nightly build" issues where bugs and issues are to be expected.

Another issue I've found is that the manual doesn't work right. You can click to read something, but you'll only see the very bottom of the text, not the full text. I've already said it, but I have to say it again, I hate the new death penalty, particularly that you drop the ore you were holding. It is the reason I have begun to back up my character and universe folders. Kind of like how I did with Minecraft, where I constantly backed up and reverted to backups upon death.

I'm thinking about posting in the forums about these issues, although they may already be known. When I first tried to play it today, it crashed. It would not load my character. Although I searched for a resolution to the particular error I was having, I found that deleting my character resolved the issue.

Still, I keep playing. I want to see how the game has changed. I like the feeling I have now that I'm participating in the beta version of the game now that updates are much more frequent with the "nightly builds." This has peaked my interest in the game and given me more reason to play it.

Yeah, I mean at least they came out right and said that. I do expect some things may be broken. Some times it seems minor and doesn't really matter and sometimes it just bites. I've found an underground cave system connected to the usual underground "base" that I've been finding. While exploring one section of the cave, I noticed there were no vines hanging from the cave ceilings like usual. Near-surface caves seem to have pretty much vanished. Originally, they weren't so hard to find as there were multiple cave openings on the surface. Now, I can't even find one. Maybe it's a world-generation issue that will be resolved soon.

It's official. I have spent only 1 hour more playing Terraria than Starbound. Steam says I've spent 203 hours in Starbound now. It's kind of hard to believe, but then I think the counter starts when the launcher is opened, not when you click to finally get in the game.

I've spent a lot of time lately playing Starbound with the nightly builds. I've been following some messages on the forums about them as well, particularly regarding issues I'm having. Yesterday, I finally was able to get some fiber from thorny bushes deep underground where I also finally found some core fragments (needed to repair ship). With my ship repaired, it was time to move on to another planet, hopefully one that contained vines for fiber farming.

Unfortunately, that's about as far as I got. I traveled to one planet, some how completely ignoring the danger level and was killed quickly by aliens. After repairing the ship, the computer tells you to check out a gate. It seems it was referring to an outpost, there are currently two of these in my system. Unfortunately, beaming to the surface is basically a death wish as it is made up almost entirely of lava with no safe place to land and no room to move. The player can then die or beam back to the ship. Sometimes, beaming to the surface of an outpost also crashes the games. Sometimes, also, it will be completely void except for stars in the background. So, while outposts have been created or added, they are currently broken.

Outposts are now important for game progression. Also, in order to exit the current system, the player must repair the ship's FTL drive with moonstone. I tried to fly to another planet, but the ship kept moving or "jumping." It made the sound that it makes when it finally arrives to the planet, but it didn't stop or land.

It seems to me that the nightly builds are released at 2am EST, so I look forward to new updates. In fact, I think I now have more reason to look forward to them in hopes that the major issues I've found are fixed. Also, I'd like to note that I'm not trying to use this space to complain about the game, more of that I'm reporting the progress of the game regarding the new nightly builds. =)

While I've complained about the lack of near-surface caves and vines, I finally found some vines growing in a cave. They just aren't as common as they were. It also dawned on me to farm for plant fiber. This has been successful and cool because I hadn't really bothered with farming much until I needed plant fiber.

I read that the infinite FTL jump bug was fixed, so I'm hoping to be able to visit another planet. I already know where some Core Fragments are, I just created a silver pickaxe to mine them. I believe outposts and asteroid belts are still death traps, from continued reading of posts in the forums. Gates have apparently appeared, too.

While much of the information about each planet seems to be missing, outposts are no longer death traps. On some of them, there appears to be a gate, but nothing of use. Others looked like what you'd expect in a space-age outpost with a fuel station and NPCs. Other than storing items, I'm not sure that anything is useful in them yet, but it's cool to see some progress.

I seem to have unlocked some other necessary items, like a Metal Working Station, which help in crafting better gear and using better materials. So, today's nightly build seems to be showing some improvements.

On the tentacles planet, I managed to find myself in "Heck." So, I guess I've gotten kind of deep on a planet. I did take a sign that says, "Welcome to Heck." I did finally leave the planet after needing more Titanium, which I wasn't finding. I did find plenty of other rare materials, like diamonds, which I now have little use of.

I am now on an Asteroid mining Cerulium. I like that I've unlocked new ores to mine and things to craft, it's still what's pushing me to other planets or sectors.

Feel free to say as much as you want. Yeah, I've read about the sectors being redone and maybe at least one final world wipe. That just gives me more reason to explore and look forward to new updates.

I think it's cool finding random chests and things around.

Awesome, I haven't used any guns. I've been sticking to heavy damage dealing 2-handed weapons. I've probably found about half of the amount of instruments as you have. I haven't been doing much farming, but I have a chest full of various seeds. I also haven't been building, but I do have a Skyrail Station. I captured one creature, but an asteroid is no place for them as mine ended up falling and I lost it.

So, I'm currently working on crafting the final tier armor for my character. This makes me feel a bit disappointed in that I've gotten so far in the game in so little time. I know I spent more time in Terraria before getting top-tier armor, there was so much to do in order to get the necessary materials. In Starbound, I cam currently on a tundra planet with a threat level of 9, so I can get Rubium (and mix it with coal for my armor). This planet is definitely hard even with the second best armor in the game and a powerful weapon.

I've found a couple of prisons on this planet, but I didn't survive in them long enough to fully explore them. I'll need to revisit them when I have better armor. I believe I also made it to the planet's "Heck" layer. As I was mining away in a cave, I noticed lots of pixel capsules, which lead me to those small houses you can smash for pixels, too.

After I get the last armor pieces that I need, I'll do a bit more exploring. I want to visit at least one planet of every biome and I feel like I've already visited most of them. Still at this point in the game, I'm wanting more. I'm going to want more reason to move on to other planets as I'm not sure how long my desire for exploration will last.

Well I have my top tier armor and weapons. I went back to the prison I found and cleaned it out. It wasn't as difficult this time, although I did rest in beds often as I found and needed them. I thought I had found a second prison, but I didn't realize that it was one prison and that I had wrapped around the world, thinking there was a prison to my left and right.

That is interesting that skyrails were in a mod and are now included in the game. I haven't done much with mods at all in any game. I haven't even tried out any for Minecraft. It's just one thing I haven't gotten into or too interested in, I may eventually look in to it.

So now it's time to do some more exploring. I think something I'd like to see in the final game is perhaps some more difficulty in obtaining higher armor and weapon sets so it takes longer to obtain them. As I've said, I spent a lot of time in Terraria to get them, which made the game more fun and enjoyable. I want to spend more time with Starbound, but am having little reason other than some exploration. I like when I'm exploring because I need something, which pushes me forward.

Because I kept dying on the tundra planet, I got to experience more of a variety in the music, which I really appreciated and enjoyed. That was something I wanted to see when I first played and spent so much time alive that the music didn't differ very often. I have the music stuck in my head.

Steam is telling me I've spent 153 hours playing Starbound, I hardly believe it. Granted I've been playing for long hours at a time, but it doesn't feel like I've spent that much time in the game. Steam says I've spent 188 hours playing Terraria and I thought I played it longer.

I think those Starbound hours include time having the launcher open, but not actually playing the game, as I've left that one open for a long time. I created a Steam account for my son and added my account to his Friends List and it said I was playing Starbound, when I actually only had the launcher open. I'm trying to figure out the Family Library Sharing part of Steam so that my son can play Starbound, but then again as long as I'm playing he won't be able to play it unless I get another copy, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

Cool. I found out that my issue with getting it working is because I can't enable Steam Guard until I get that email address verified. Howevver, I have not yet recieved the verification email for that account. I may have to contact Steam support, it's probably an AOL issue (since my son's account is using my very old AOL email address).