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Game Modding & More Game Development Progress

If you are curious how difficult it will be to add items to Starbound after launch a recent update from Starbound developer Mollygos should interest you. Outlining the step to easily create in game items I am thinking of a few I would like to add to the game when it ships. Like a placable Cheerful Ghost framed portrait for starters :D

Tiy also posted a few short blog posts about the new stuff that was added to the game last week as well and I have them linked below for your enjoyment.

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/basic-object-implementation-a-tutorial.21463/
http://playstarbound.com/a-brief-look-at-what-weve-been-working-on-this-week/
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I was the Sun (Before it was Cool)

Last week I published an interview with Curtis Schweitzer, one half of the amazing composer duo working on the Starbound score. In the interview I posted a question tossing out names for possible songs about the Novakids, one of the in game playable races.

One of the new Cues uses a name I suggested in the interview "I was the Sun (Before it was Cool)." I am very happy to see this happen and want to thank Curtis for using it! Curtis, if you need any more song titles, hit me up!

Check out the recent blog post about it as well as the other track Hylotl: "The Eternal Tide"

https://curtis-schweitzer.squarespace.com/blog/postid-5

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Starbound Chronicle May Edition

New issue of the Starbound Chronicle has dropped that covers some interesting game bits. They cover how your player race choice effects your ship layout and feel.

"Each of our races are pretty distinct from one another, and of course their ships should reflect that! From the wildly overgrown design of Floran ships to the cold ultramodern vessels of the Apex, the unique design of each starter ship may give players reason to reconsider their character choice!"

The issue also covers a few new tracks by Curtis Schweitzer and Solatrus and how to nab them for your collection.

http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sbchroniclemay2013.html

Starbound has reached $1,000,000 in preorder sales

http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1milparty.png

In just a few weeks, Chucklefish has sold over a million bucks in preorders.

An indie game that very few people have actually gotten to play has generated this amount of interest just through videos and screenshots. At the risk of sounding cliche, this is a testament to what the indie gaming scene can do, and to what highly creative ideas can accomplish.

The title says it all, so I don't have much else to say except WHY DON'T I HAVE THIS GAME YET!?

http://playstarbound.com/thank-you/

Starbound Updates: Spaceship, Planets and Guns.

Starbound is currently hovering at $979k of pre-orders. If the number tips to a cool million the pets goal will be unlocked. Tiy and team have been posting some awesome updates lately and as such, needed to share them with you... Because. I have to.

In the past few days they have dropped some awesome pictures of a new monster and Castle design.

http://i.imgur.com/SX1GMmG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qMJ0bU8.gif

But they posted some super-radery this morning in the form of two Twitch.tv videos. The first one is a game starting from the character creator taking the player to a few planets and it stops in a cave. The Twitch quality isn't great, but what is shown looks fantastic.

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What Is Starbound? New Video Explains Much.

YouTuber's VenGoose Gaming just released a video cut up of all the released Starbound information. Its a really good primer on what we know the game will be and comes with some really nice in game visuals to give you a good picture of it.

Apparently I need to post every bit of Starbound information imaginable so bear with me until launch. During that time I may also rename the site to Cheerful Ghostbound, but you know, I might not... :D

http://www.youtube.com/user/TFGoose

Starbound Pre-Order Just Dropped: Heart Explodes

The Starbound pre-order just dropped and the minute I heard about it I pre-ordered my copy, downloaded the soundtrack and put it on my phone. You should too, the game looks wicked awesome.

The first few pre-order levels:

Pixel Tier:

Copy of Starbound + Steam Key

Beta Access

Soundtrack

Silver Tier:

Copy of Starbound + Steam Key

Beta Access

Soundtrack

Tier 1 Forum Badge

You can check out the rest on the pre-order site. It goes up from there and maxes out at the Impervium Tier that only costs $2k but you get an in game statue, name in the credits, tier 6 forum badge & your name in the NPC generation routine.

It's only been available for a few minutes and they have... Read All

IceMice wrote on 04/13/2013 at 01:14pm

so this is the project they dropped terraria for? (or am i confused with another game?)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/13/2013 at 09:13pm

So some of the developers are from Terraria but in what capacity were they involved with Terraria I am not sure. Travis might know more about that.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/14/2013 at 02:28am

I do. :)

Tiy, the guy who started Starbound, was on the payroll with Re-Logic (the Terraria people) only for part of the development of Terraria. He signed on to do the sprite design for the last big update (the one that added all the new content after the Eater of Worlds), but shortly thereafter he left to do his own thing.

Redigit (Andrew Spinks) is the lead at Re-Logic, and currently I think the only employee. He decided to stop development of Terraria because he had a baby and wanted to spend time with his family.

But since then, Redigit has announced that he's started development again. In a few months, we should be getting an even bigger update than the one I was just talking about, so that's amazingly exciting!

So you're thinking of the right game, IceMice, but not the right circumstances. Terraria wasn't dropped for another game, and (as far as I know) there's only one common developer between the two games. The teams who do Terraria and Starbound aren't affiliated in any way, except that one person happens to have worked at both.

IceMice wrote on 04/14/2013 at 02:35am

o ok thank you for all the info :D the style seemed very similar and i hadn't heard the details about terraria before (i had heard the devs had dropped it to create another game, hence my confusion) but that does clarify a lot and i can't wait for that terraria update ^-^

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/14/2013 at 02:53am

I can't wait for the new Terraria update and Starbound!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/14/2013 at 03:16am

Oh and thanks for the update Travis, wondered that myself :D

Travis Admin wrote on 04/14/2013 at 04:41am

I'm active in the Terraria subreddit and I see a lot of misconceptions. Once the Terraria forum got word that development was stopping, everyone felt betrayed and all kinds of rumors started flying. I thought a year of post-release content updates was pretty amazing as it was, and taking time off for a newborn is about as good a reason as possible, but the Internet loves its pitchforks

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Starbound Releases Awesome Roadmap

Totally can't wait for Starbound to drop later this year. Heralded as a spiritual successor to Terraria in space with quests, planet exploration and a ton more awesomeness this game looks to be completely bad-ass. Recently Chucklefish released the Starbound Roadmap as well as added lots of information about its current completion level with all the games features.

Some of the larger features are mostly complete such as World & Universe Generation, Dungeons and Villages, Items & the User Interface. Many of the remaining items with much to go have quite a bit complete already.

When a more formal date drops for Starbound ill let you know. Can't wait to try this... Read All

The Starbound Chronicle: Issue 1

Starbound is a really exciting looking upcoming open ended sandbox in space. You can read some of my thoughts about it here as a primer:

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/1020

Recently the Starbound folks have released The Starbound Chronicle: Issue 1 that highlights some of the recent activities in how the game is progressing. In this issue they talk a bit about how in game Armor mods work:

"The effect of armor mods varies hugely. From armor that glows in the dark, to armor with a built in defib that activates if your energy bar is full when you die, shocking you back to life."

The game seems to be taking a turn to allow the game world a bit more depth by allowing... Read All

A 2D Open Ended Sandbox in Space

"Starbound begins with you fleeing your homeworld in a space shuttle, just as it’s destroyed by an unknown enemy. With nothing to guide it, the escape pod shoots into space without direction, becoming hopelessly lost in a sea of stars. As luck would have it, the space shuttle makes contact with an abandoned space station and an adventure begins that will take you hurtling across the universe. Starbound contains both quests and story driven missions, buried inside its vast sandbox universe.

So basically Starbound is a 2D sandbox in space with limitless procedurally generated planets to explore. They also mentioned you can "take over" certain planets if you want to,... Read All