Building Demonstration
October 30, 2012 in Media, News
Hi guys,
So we’ve been a little quiet lately because we’ve been working away on the game like mad. It’s coming along really nicely, we’re working on a whole bunch of stuff like quests, unique npc behaviours and generated towns.
The building mechanics are becoming close to complete, so we thought we’d show off some of the basic systems (there will be lots of tools to find!).
Each player is equipped with a gun that can levitate, place and remove blocks and items. It’s capable of placing single blocks or blocks in groups of 4. So you can very quickly fill the space you need to fill whilst having the option to tweak smaller details. Every object that looks as if you can stand on it or place another object on top of it functions as you’d expect. Removing blocks with the block tool is quite slow (it’s not intended to replace mining tools), but it has the benefit of long range.
Any block can be placed in the foreground or the background, left click places/removes blocks from the foreground whilst right click places/removes blocks from the background. Allowing you to quickly alternate between the two.
We’ve tried to create a very visual means of building so the experience plays out beautifully in multiplayer, where you can see exactly what your friends are doing and build in a cooperative way.
There’s also some very basic usage of the wiring system in the video, watch out for that. Needless to say the wiring system is capable of much, much more.
Looks like the game is nearing a Alpha/Beta?
It would be wonderful, where is the precommand button, and when can I clic on it ???
Yay.
WOW
Guns…… placing objects? What is this dark sorcery!!! Anyways, awesome demo, thanks! :DD
Wow! Looks amazing, I can’t wait to be doing that with my friends!
WHEN IS THIS GAME OUT?! I CANT HANDLE IT ANYMORE OAIDWAPDIWADPIWADJS
YEAH WHAT HE SAID
yeah what he said also.
Yeah… can’t wait to handle this virtual game in my virtual hands… hehe i’m not crazy o.O
HOLY CRAP!!
I HOPEYOU GUYS RELEASE THIS GAME ASAP I WANT IT NOWNOWNOWNOWNOWNWNWOWNONWONWNWONWWNOWNWONWONWONWONWONWONWOWNOWONWOWNONW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OPPA GANGNAM STYLE
This is also how i feel whenever any news is shown about this game
Agreed.
I mean i wub u all. c:
LBP style. Perfect.
Also, this game looks gorgeous in motion. Keep up the good work!
I didn’t make that connection… I LOVE IT!
http://www.youtube.com/user/OmendiTHEDARKSHROOMS?feature=mhee me wants
999/1000 scored. Everything looks really fantastic. I mean really really outstanding. Theres not enuff space to write down the things i like which i see in this video. So – the other way around – the only thing that scares me a bit is that really small inventar screen, which looks a bit compressed, but i guess that not really part of that what you wanted to show us, and probably is unfinished.
that score is 2 points too low.
agreed. I think you should be able to switch between a compressed and full-size inventory. I usually prefer a full-sized one but when you’re building and stuff it can get in the way.
Aw yeah. that swoosh-zip that the doors make is great!
I guess I’m speaking for a lot of people when I said that I want it. I want it now.
Keep up the good work, guys.
Quick question about building. Do we have to click to place each and every item, or can we click and drag to place blocks and walls?
Better yet, it would be awesome to place foreground and background walls using a rectangle tool (meaning you draw the diagonal and all the cells in the created rectangle are filled).
Related to this, it would be great if you could place objects much further away. I understand that unranged drawing like this makes combat unbalanced but, for pure crafting, not having to place every wall and brick one by one would remove a lot of the tedium of building large structures.
Perhaps when in combat how far you can place objects could decrease?
Maybe there could be a creative mode for large structures. No, better
yet, there could be a blueprint type screen in the space station, and
there could be a block to build the blueprint (you would need the
materials), an item for the blueprint, etc, etc.
I love the lines coming from the player indicating where the block or item goes. Also awesome building video, keep them rolling out :D
This is really amazing. Building looks far more developed than the one currently decipited in Terraria, so just due to this I would recommend this game.
Question is, how many of those things actually do things, instead of just look pretty.
Why is that the question? It is a question, but since it isn’t particularly relevant at this point (in my opinion, because half of them are clearly decorations and therefore their purpose is to have no purpose, plus things can be given functions in mods/patches/expansions), I don’t think it is the question.
Actually to you both, you can link computers and other things to doors to open them using it.
Can’t remember the rest.
He probably meant what HIS question was. It’s obviously relevant to him so your paragraph is invalid when opposing his comment, but as a comment in itself it’s fairly decent if not slightly arrogant.
I find it best to let the small part of me that is a jerk out occasionally and anonymously :)
well theres a chair.
but you cant have a room without a chair.
appearance is an important factor.
Question is, how much server or search integration will multiplier have to make these decorations mean something. In single player my decorations will quite possibly be at a minimum due to lack of usefulness, but if Starbound has a server list or a convient way to find other servers to join, then how grandiose your constructions are will matter a great deal, since they will be on display to others.
Unngh – Oh god! I think I’m gonna – UNNGH!
Nerdgasm.
Will there be a way to copy/paste entire rooms? I started doing most of my building in Terraria using TEdit, because doing it in-game was a bit too slow and tedious. Plus, I didn’t get attacked by slimes or skeletons while trying to build in TEdit.
Wow…. I’d have to say that when this game is complete, the only thing that could possibly rival its variety and creativity would be the long-lost artifact known as “Pandora’s Box”… I WILL buy this game!!!
That is the most epic house I’ve ever seen. Please do a crafting video next.
That poster with the monkey head saying “OBEY” is hilarious!
I’m totally getting that on a t-shirt.
They already have them – it’s a banksy reference.Funny I said it, coz I saw a dude wearing one today.
OMG THATS IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
I like the little big planet string that follows the blocks. Terraria on rails.
hopeing this game comes out really REALLY soon. it looks awesome!!!!!!!!!
Wow this is just amazing and until now I haven’t realized how endless the possibilities are and this is only a sneak peek! This game will be the best game in like forever. Keep up the epic work and make the game of the century!
This game will be revolutionary !!!
Wow, that building tool looks nice !
I can’t wait to build an epic base with my friends. But i have one question, could you add a sort of “brush” tool ? So we can place some paterns easily after creating them. Would be nice imho.
Let me just say that I would literally wait another month if you make those vending machines work. Super excited for the release, but I can wait if it means more awesomeness :)
Take my money. All of it. I bought Wanderlust: Rebirth, about 15% because it looked interesting and 85% because it was supporting -this- game. If you were taking pre-orders, I would get four copies for myself and my friends.
Right?!
i was going to buy it
but im left handed and when you change the controls
its turns into a nightmare. press up and it goes up twice.
i just want to move with the arrow keys dammit!.
ill just buy starbound when it is released.
Was that a poem or something?
Tiy, here’s my money
Come on, take all of it
I’m waiting for this game, truly
I wanna play, dammit!
And I read this post to the tune of “Call Me Maybe.”
Absolutely wonderful…From watching all these videos I can sense that you devs know what gamers want…you don’t skimp on the details…
AMAZING. I smiled through the whole thing :D
wth? why is dent from pokemon there?
I’m excited to see this project coming together so nicely. With all this post-Minecraft flurry of independent games development, I’m so glad there are still developers out there who have the common decency to make the games they pitch before they sell them.
Can’t wait to see what the future holds. Good luck
>post minecraft
I think you mean indie developers that actually started to get attention when people realized minecraft wasn’t that amazing of a indie game in comparison to many others.
Minecraft was and -is- that amazing of an indie game.
dude you should really try terraria. it blows mineCRAP out of the water.
ive played it, an di like it but guess what. . . i keep going back to minecraft. it is just that good.
I always laugh when I see these comments. Minecraft outsold Terraria by millions for a reason, because its a solid game that is constantly updated and keeps drawing you in for more. Terraria is amazing, but not even it stands the test of time like Minecraft.
I liked Terraria more than Minecraft personally, they were both great games though.
I bought Minecraft back when it was 4.50$…in retrospect I cant imagine myself paying 30$ for it. That may be why sales have taken a dip over the past year. But still both are equally good games in their own respect, the difference today is Minecraft keeps coming out with updates(As bad as they may be..) and Terraria is dead in the water.
Personally i dont like vanilla minecraft a lot, i prefer Terraria, Some mods make it really awesome trough (Laggy, but awesome), and i like those mods more than Terraria.
I still play both with my friends. They re different.
Minecraft: Building W/ RPG
Terraria: RPG W/ Building
Minecraft is ridiculously priced for no reason other than it’s sort of popularity.
Two *completely* different things, Minecraft and Terraria. If you don’t like what Minecraft has to offer that much, it’s you, but it doesn’t make it any less good of a game.
Oh, boy. I can’t believe I have to post this review again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap87xnjOh8E
inb4 you stop at the part where he talks about the graphics
“Let’s talk about the game’s graphics; As the graphics is the first thing you notice about a game when you first see it.”
I think my IQ dropped a little.
How much of that furniture is functional and how much is just decoration?
by functional do you mean can you interact with it?.
whats the point of sitting in a chair.
makes for boring gameplay.
A simple sitting animation is nice, yeah. But besides “looks good”, there ought to be some kind of motivation for putting this stuff in your place. The shelves filled with chemicals, maybe they work as an alchemy bench. Maybe the monitors are tied to give a view of an external camera. Maybe an NPC will request items to be in their room.
Items for purely decorative purposes are boring.
I loved building and decorating epic houses in Terraria, so I don’t really mind if most of the decorative items have no purpose. BUT, having the monitors linked to cameras is an awesome idea. I NEED a security room now, filled with tons of monitors to keep an eye on my house and it’s surroundings.
I think if you give decorative items some interaction, it makes it helps you to feel more like you’re into the game. it really helps the aesthetics. it’s like, oh, there’s a chair. but what, I can’t sit in it? these chemicals don’t actually do anything? these television sets don’t actually show me dirties?
The control desk was used to open and close the doors a few times. It seems realistic to think that other furniture looking items can be used. It wasnt just simple switch on a wall.
I have to agree. I Hate it when you are in a game like Left 4 Dead, minecraft, or terraria when you have/find a chair but its useless and you extremely want to sit in it for all the hard work you did.
I dunno. I loved the chairs you could sit in in Castlevania. Chairs are the bomb.
For role-play’s sake.
Hopefuly the wiring is really indepth and allows for really super complicated contraptions.
Absolutely amazing. I can’t think of anything to describe how awesome this game is.
wh-what is this strange sensation?
is my wallet opening itself in my pants??
This is how you make an original comment.
It too wants to throw money at your monitor…
that makes no sense
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But it did make sense…
potato…
Know that feel, bro
You forgot to copyright it.
you suck
Arrg’s comment is about to be down-voted so badly it’ll make Bietol look bad.
I can’t tell if I should take this comment with a pure heart and embrace the fact that there is no common meme here.
Or laugh, as I see the strikingly odd innuendo.
AWESOME!!!
I WANT PREORDER THIS GAME ON STEAM RIGHT NOW!~
Reminds me of the Dirt Rod. Ah, the good times of flinging chunks of dirt throughout the house.
make a space hamdrax :D
lol mokeys rules!
Do you guys have a release date yet? :D
Looking really awesome sirs and ma’ams. I hope I can get my hands on this soon.
Not the nicest looking house, but imagining what I can do with those tools is already getting me giddy :D
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
wantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwant!
Take my money, all of it! I will buy so many preiorders of this game, you won’t even believe it.
very very nice
It’s really nice that the developers spent their time making this video just to get us clued in. It’s of no benefit to them really. Very happy.
The way the blue beam comes from the gun reminds me of the Physgun from Garry’s Mod, and the model for the gun looks a bit like a Plasma Cutter from Dead Space?
Very very cool, I like your tactics btw, just give us some little nub of something to hold onto like every 2 months. Actually I lied, I hate that. D:
Okay, I am dying here.
I have been this game forever now and i still have no clue of a release date, not even a fake rumoured one. Please just give us like a tech demo of one of the features PLEASE!
SHUT UP AND JUST TAKE MY MONEY!
I’m wondering if there are any obvious bugs because it’s looking very playable. Some companies put it up on steam as a pre-order with access to the beta. If it’s not too buggy that might be worth a try?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY !!!
I wonder, is there only one type of block or there is many others ?
And will Monsters be able to destroy blocks ?
GMod physgun?
This looks marvelous. I only wish that they have a lot of variety in the vanity objects and that not everything is futuristic looking. And on a side note, where’s that space travel video we’ve been promised?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY WALLET!
just wow! hope the song in the video is the theme song for the game :P
Seriously guys. I. Hate. You.
Still not a release or, at least, an openbeta date. You’re really bad person.
*crying*
Great video. The Sci-fi look does nothin’ for me though. I hope we can build big old shacks and sit on the porch with a shotgun, spittin watermelon seeds. Just sayin.
Agreed. Hopefully we’ll still be able to build with plain-old earth-style wood, and craft some wooden furniture like tables.
depends on how open the game is. If you can easily swap out textures, then sure why not
Dude, do you think you START with those Stone Blocks, or that you have to buy them from NPC’s or mine them?
Simplismente perfeito
Very good. Just very good… No way! It is simply awersome! Great! Just… Ehh… Lack of words in English for me!
Now, I am looking foward building underwater structures, or high in the trees’ crownds. Or next to an active volcano… I love the idea of diffrent building tools :) Pure genius! :)
I like the look of the cooperative building system (specifically where you can see exactly where other people are looking / placing blocks), but I hope it will be possible to disable this feature in PvP worlds to make sneak attacks a bit easier.
Sorry, honest question. Why, in your opinion is this a big deal? I don’t think normally during PvP you’ll have your beamaxe out, or your other construction stuff. In case it’s not obvious, your cursor isn’t visible unless you’re actually building something. It doesn’t show if you’re weilding a weapon, for instance. Is this what you meant? Or did you have something else in mind?
The awkward moment when you build as a siren
THIS LOOKS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’m crying now….
Thx…
But we Want more video!!!!
i will love this game like my own Baby,
and i will lose my wife, life and work for a long time.
sorry for my so bad english.
cant wait to play this.
hope it doesnt heat up my laptop like terraria does.
for some strange reason terraria increases my laptop core temp by 20′c
about 5′c below shutdown temp.
which is fine since i am planning on buying a computer anyway.
They need to have a open beta of this already T_T, or even pre-orders on steam. I am looking myself to buy a 2 pack for me and a friend to use, hopefully there will be a 2, 3, or 4 pack at a small discount or something :) The building does look a tad confusing in the video, but I bet its simpler than it looks. This game needs to come out already XD
ugh why not do what minecraft did allow players to buy a beta and then update after a major thing happens like a new race and add a dna machine that transforms your dna to wat ever race you wana be provided that you have peice of dna from that race
but hey i am fine with the plant people they look great
:roll my head on keyboard: szedddgtfre’sz”sqagthyujù^mp)lokiuyhgtrfekiù^mp
不错的东西，中国人民表示，很支持你们的开发。很喜欢Starbound的风格
你是華人嗎？ 我也同意這個新遊戲，Starbound 會很好玩！你說英文嗎？
不错的东西，中国人民表示
CHING CHONG
CHING CHONG CHIMMY CHONGA!!! CHIMMY CHIM CHIM CHAM CHAONG CHONN CHONGA WONGA BONGA!!!
That is so racist I want to cry.
LOL
First of all, thanks for uploading a new video. It helps me to stay exited for the game and it keeps the people I’ve show this game too interested. Secondly, This looks super awesome. It’s stuff like this that makes Starbound truly amazing. You guys should keep up the good work!
Funny Awesome! (mean another first word). Great decision to let users see what anothers do! Cool 2×2 building and very good stuff – chairs, searchlights, stairs and control table with slot-signal system :) You are making revolutional game and you know this, aren’t you?
P.S. Shut up and take my money!
What’s this pink stuff coming out of my ears? Oh, my mind has been blown.
I think we can’t wait, Can’t wait…
i love it, the sound track, the animation, i truly believe you are doing amazing things…thank you!
This Building Video kicks Terraria’s ass… ^_^
why is this so beautiful?
I have such a huge crush on you guys.
Is your logo a Dopefish reference?
Are you going to make logic gates?
Please Tiy, I will give you my first 4 born, I need to play this now!!!
I can always have more kids… I…I… need this…
This is an awesome video, there is so much more that I would like to know about each aspect of starbound. Though I would really want to see how crafting works the most.
Wow…. just.. GAH I want it sooooo bad!!
This looks great can’t wait you should do a mob demo if this is already done sorry.
AAAAAAH Just take my money, i want this game so bad :)
Oh god.
I’m dying of Starbound deficiency.
Please help me.
Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeee
Hell yea, this is looking great! Nice work guys!
I like this. I really do. It’s like Terraria, but it’s a bit fresher.
Tell me, will we be able to upgrade our building guns?
this game should be more populer than minecraft
Friggin’ all of my hype goes to this. I am so excited right now, you don’t even know. Seeing this just makes me want the game 100 times more.
Excellent job all around, Starbound Team. I await the finished product rather impatiently.
Holy Crap! need i say more?
P.s. Seriously guys, Ape flu is no joke
Copy/pasting over a couple things said on a forum post: “Things learned: Many aspects of the building process easier than Terraria’s. Backwalling still a pain in the behind.
They need line and square tools =/
Just a little… bot. Droid thing. Probably hovering. You click one point… then click another. And the critter fills in the area with the stuff you wanted. So much effort on the annoying part… saved.”
“Well, to be more precise, backwalling would appear to be less of a pain in the tail, yes. But. Still PitA. Improvement! Still annoying. No longer two minutes of running back and forth wiggling the mouse. Instead, one and a half just wiggling the mouse. Backwalling remains a process that makes me vaguely murderous
This could be fixed! I guess. If it’s codeable. Little helper minion — droid, tiny winged monkey avec fez hat, flying feathered snake, whatever. Designate area — line, square, maybe “fill room” or somethin’, too. Take care of fiddly bits and artistic flairs yourself. Let a critter do some of the grunt work.”
Some of that’s been mentioned in other comments, but hey, have another. Anyway, looking good folks. Starbound’s one of the few upcoming commercial games I’m salivating over a lil’.
can we get a specific release date yet?
Fuck the comments that says they want to play the game now. I’m willing to wait until it’s ready. I don’t want to get a game filled with bugs…we got enough of that already. Continue the work guys…keep it up
Amazing. Keep up the good work.
I tried throwing my ipod with the video running in this post into a pile of cash. Didn’t work.
My language italian
Musica stupenda, sperò tanto che sarà la musica del gioco.
Il modello di costruzione mi piace molto, però mi chiedo come funziona se lo usi per prendere un minerale, sperò che dopo non sia troppo facile per colpa di questo strumento :
Ah dimneticavo, spero che sarà in italiano fin da subito :D
Un BUG che ho rivelato dal video:
Al minuto 1:15 del video, si intravede dall’omino VERDE sulle scale, che il suo braccio fa una spece di tremolio, sicuramente stava selezionando qualcosa da dentro l’inventario, cercate di risolverlo anche se banale, era solo un consiglio per aiutarvi a migliroare il gioco :)
State facendo un ottimo lavoro, sarei solo tanto curioso da sapere quando uscirà, o magari postate altre info più spesso, vi sapete far attendere quando volete :P
Gravity Gun?
Either release daily vidoes just showcasing random shits and gameplay or release some sort of demo!!!!! NOW!!!!!!! or at LEAST give us a better ETA :3
It’s so cold summer I’ve been. Please take my money.
终于离我们越来越近了
Tiy we get it. You work hard in fact all of you guys do! So dont feel bad about it ; in fact i think its a GOOD thing you guys dont post much cause others who post a LOT normally i get the impression they dont have ANYTHING else to do. Not posting shows how focused you guys are not lazing around posting. Good job! Kind regards -trex2000
This just might be the first and only game to actually meet my expectations. <3
Omg i cant wait till it comes out when is that again?
Actually, take your time developing this. Less pressure increases the quality of your work. And be patient, my fellow Starbound people–the longer the game is in development, the greater the chance of more features and fewer bugs. But then, there is the whole patching system thingy…
Looks intuitive but I hope there are less high-tech decorations like normal doors or wood/brick houses for a homey look.
This looks awesome in too many ways to count. What I would really love would be a building tool tha would make blocks float but stay physical. This would make for interesting puzzles as I float my friend to victory or squish him with a wall segment. also this coud be used to fight enemies. Wall segment + Viorb = SMUSH!
*Not sure if I spelt viorb right.*
Can’t wait…. 4 the release…. i think tiy…. is happy to see soo many comments like this 1…
So….I had a dream about this game last night, were on this specific post, there was a special Beta key, and I got the last one.
Played, and found a bunch of Tekkit – esk ores, at which case Darth Vader came up, and murdered me.
I also found a robot girlfriend, who turned out to be Darth Vader’s apprentice, who once again, killed me.
Thanks for the anticipation, Starbound! Can’t wait! <3
this looks like a awsome game tell me when it comes out!
So excited to try this, really a wonderful job. congratulations for all stuff!
I saw the live stream earlier and was a little worried, but this looks incredibly smooth. And that music is perfect. This game has so much promise and deserves more attention.
This…is amazing. I can’t wait for this to come out. I’ve already updated Minecraft to the latest version and decked Terraria out with mods. My building lust must be satisfied!
So amazing! :D
I had to buy a new monitor, the old one took too much money damage
Can’t wait to play it! Sounds SOOOOOOOO promissing
Imagine if you were placing buildings down one at a time. Lizardmen apocalypse? No problem. Insta-base.
Oh my god this will be the greatest game ever looking forward to this a cube world :)
this is making me so excited for this game, but I’m really hoping there’ll be more primitive-ish style building choices. I’ve never been on for futuristic, metal-y stuff, always been a fan of old-timey, castle-y style buildings. I’d love to have just as much work put into that side as the more futuristic side.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
You already have my loyalty as a slave. What do you want now? My firstborn child?
Hi everybody !
First I must say you’re doing an amazing job, really, this game is indeed day one for me.
I’d like to bring you’re attention on what you call “foreground” and “background” :
Something that really missed in Terraria, in my opinion, was a “fore-foreground”, because it’s always pissing me off when I can see inside a building from the outside. also because it’s a 2D game, so even if you can build pretty much whatever you want, you can’t personalise the “face” of your building, and this is pretty sad since we’re already loosing a dimension of freedom.
So what I’d like is the ability to put block un ground before “foreground”, so I couldn’t see what’s behind if I’m not in the room or behind blocks.
I’m sorry for my english, I’m french :(
That is a really good idea
Ithink also this could be a good idea, but it could be different to realize. I mean, when there is a “fore-foreground” it has to disappear, if I enter my house. But when there is also a “fore-foreground” in caves, how would you make it look? Should it be visible, if you are not in the cave, so you can´t see anything of it, and get completely invisible if you enter it? I think this would be annoying if you are searching for big caves. Its also confusing, because first you see nothing, and then you see everything of a cavesysten, so you can´t see monsters in the cave. And you would need another tool to remove the “fore-foreground”.
I have to agree that would be annoying.
I assumed it would only be in actual buildings. The terraria equal being things that have walls that are not dirt or “sky”. Basically anything a monster wouldn’t spawn in in terraria would have fore-foreground.
I like the concept, what if I want to hide something in a
room like a treasure or a trap or something. If players can already see what’s
behind the door why open it? However, rather than an entirely new tool or layer
I would suggest mirroring whatever is on the background layer.
You can see that in the background layer in the video. There
are windows and such; it would be simple and look good to take this layer and
drop it into a fore-foreground layer. When you enter whatever parts are still
segmented off by doors or walls would remain covered by the exterior wall while
the area open to you would be exposed. This would not require any new tools but
would still allow the player to have complete control over the outside look of their
base.
I’m against and for that, Ciber. For all we know, for example, a hostile creature could spawn when you’re not looking and kill you if it’s very powerful. Even worse, most creatures appear only when you can’t see where they’ll spawn, so that could be pretty bad. Now, being FOR it, I think it’d surprise someone if they fall into a pit of lava not knowing it’s there. XD. I wonder if there’s anything like the Terraria Grappling Hook or Ivy Whip in this game?
That’s how terraria worked, not necessarily how this game will work.
Yeah, but they could just make hostile mobs spawn in non-lit areas.
There’s a little problem, though…
http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/list-of-announced-game-information.450/
If you scroll down to this section: “The Following has been stated as NOT being in the game -”
It looks like a nice combination of LBP and Terraria building, with the limitless-ness and the glowing rope from LBP and the foreground/background tiles.
And suddenly my crap monitor exploded due to the awesomeness and more money was spent that day
I was fine with the way Terraria handled building, it was a bit difficult at times to do things the way you wanted but it was good enough to me. This feels like LBP which I definately like, that game has a great way to handle building and I imagine that it will be even better. Thanks for improving the system even though noone really complained about it in Terraria, it’s nice to see game devs take their own initiative and improve things even though noone tells them too.
TAKE MY MONEY NOW!
will this be on the ps3 allso
I hope the game is challenging. I have been telling everyone about this one.
you guys rock!!!
Sold. Where do I send my money?
Full of awesomeness~ I can’t wait for it! Hopefully the release date will be announce soon. :)
Hooray!
WENT IS IT COMING OUT!? I MIGHT JUST EXPLODE IF IT DOES NOT COME SOON! *explosion noises*
OH guys FYI Please take your time, I think I can try not to explode for a little while longer. (see comment below)
HOLY CRAP THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!! I am so buying this game!!
Reminds me of the PhysGun in Gmod, nice work guys!
it looks great and all but the sad atmosphere really puts it of for me.
awesome. Keep up the good work.
don’t listen to people whining about release dates. Release dates are terrible things, and have no place in a project like this (isn’t that one of the biggest reasons NOT to have a publisher). I’m sure when it’s done you’ll know, and you’ll let us know. Also, at this point I don’t really care what you do, I’m going to buy the game the day it comes out, and I’m sure I’m not alone in that. You could shut down your website, kill your social media accounts, and then a year from now if I saw starbound pop up on the new releases of steam I would click the buy button (probably the buy 4 pack or whatever).
That being said, I appreciate the updates, and hope that you are making them out of your own desires, and not out of obligation.
woah! i just noticed that they hooked up the computer to the doors!
will this game be released as a finished product or will it still be in development?
First thing I thought of: Garry’s Mod.
Music? What is it?
tick tick tick , i cant take it – work faster …… hehehehe – cant wait for the release – looks awesome :)
cannot wait! take my money please!
I love the music in this video! Is the music going to include themes like the one in this demonstration? It sounds like background music for a guided meditation video. xD
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Will it be possible to build spaceships?
I shouldn’t have watched the video. Right now I could masturbate because of my anticipation.
Every time I check this site, I keep thinking that “Latest Developer Tweet” is new word on Starbound’s progress because there’s no time-stamp on it.
Oh, my god, I could never stop throwing money at this
Mother of god… I want o3o
I wannit! Gibs me or I will have to come overthere and throw 100$ bills at your face till you finish!!!
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
No, I kid. Seriously, though, this looks absolutely amazing and I cannot wait to pay you for the finished product. Or an early beta. Or whatever route you decide to go with that ends up with me having a shiny new game to play. ;)
Every time you update, this moves higher on my “games I want” list.
i know this has probably been ask multiple time. This looks exactly like terraria so in what ways are you trying to distinguish yourself from them
How about you read the rest of the posts before you ask such a freakin stupid question?
That looks awesome!
if this game had updates like terraria I would throw myself out of the empire state building if I could play this in heaven
Hell yeah! This game is gonna be truly EPIC!
God dammit….Why o why did i have that watch that Video!!! now you got me all excited. When this is out I honestly don’t think I could return to Terraria, that my friends give yourself a pat on the back and Starbound ain’t even out yet O.o lol.
According to the Wikipedia page this game is supposed to come out next month, or as its says on Wikipedia Holiday Season 2012. We can only hope it is true.
Wait, never mind, it says December 2012, DAMN IT I CAN’T WAIT! TO THE FLYING DELOREAN!
Is there an official price yet? OR semi possible unofficial price point?
Why do you taunt me so…
hope your not like a red, Tiy…
abandoned us,a total dramatic developer and a guy that dont accept constructive critisisms…
a salute
santa claus, I think what I want
The more I see these updates the more I want the game T__T
Hope we get an estimated date soon~
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
When is Starbound coming out?
i cant wait anymore bycuse its sooooo coool
How will call these blocks that were used in this video, and how do we achieve it?
Cilan, is you?You are on Starbound’s world?
I honestly think I may jsut keep a hidden stash of like thrity or so buck so when this comes out I can buy it instantly.
Those look strangely familiar…. like they were gmod inspired or something looks cool can’t wait to see this game come out…. actually I can to ensure the games smooth release keep up the good work you can count on my inevitable purchase!
This game is coming along so much better than I expected. I really admire the passion you put into this. Thank you, thank you very much.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
This looks like 2D Gary’s Mod…
shut up and take my money!
When I first saw Starbound I was like “Oh goodie, another Terraria clone”
Holy shit was I mistaken.
From what I’m seeing, this is far superior in every way and ENTIRELY different, and at this point, I will be willing to pay money for this game.
I really can’t wait for this to come out, I’m SUPER excited.
Good luck to the dev team and keep these awesome updates coming!
does any one else here check every single hour
With much disappointment, yes.
As in disappointed it’s not released yet.
Omg this game isn’t realeased already why?!
So where do I insert my credit card?
Will there be a system to produce energy or will there be always enougt energy ? An energy system whould be nice …. ^^
WHEN IS THIS GAME COMMING OUT
I love how that tool is kinda physgun-ish.
Oh wait I forgot… I love the entire game.
starbound gameplay streams :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdxoCUJV3Yk&feature=related
I want to marry this game
i keep throwing my money at the screen but nothing happens…
That orange girl in the video is a floran. FLOOORRRAAANNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
So how exactly do you build? Is it like a Terraria where you get your own materials because the crafting system would be quite huge in that case ha.
I believe this game should have a character mode much like Minecraft’s Creative mode, so that we don’t need to use modding tools (like we had to in Terraria)
I will be buying this. Maybe twice. I may even buy a dozen
I am in love with this game….why cant i give them my money?
My question is, IS THIS SONG IN THE SOUNDTRACK? I NEED IT.
Is the tool perhaps a Plasma Cutter? Looks like a 2D one.