Hey everyone!
As a result of working on Solarium tier pre-order backer weapons, Starbound now has whips!
Necotho has implemented some really pretty new Floran villages, too. Click for full size!
‘Til next time! <3 Post your comments here.
Hey everyone!
Last week I was able to show off the Hylotl villages that Necotho had been working on, and they were awesome and beautiful but a few people were like, “Where are the underwater cities?!” which was totally understandable because I mean… underwater cities, right? Anyway, here’s a tiny bit of an underwater Hylotl city in action! You can see a few more screenshots here.
Tccoxon has been traversing the stars with his ship crew. Sometimes they’ll examine objects they see in the world and let you know what they think of them! For some reason, the Glitch have strong feelings about paper lanterns.
I’m happy about this little feature, because we’ve almost finished going over all of the item and object descriptions in the game! Each object you can place in the world has seven different descriptions (one for each playable race). You can learn quite a lot about the Starbound universe just by inspecting objects with the magnifying glass, and now your companions may give you their perspectives once in a while, too.
Novakids are made of star-stuff (even more-so than the rest of us), so it’s always made sense that they should glow – even if only a little! And now they do, and all is right with the world.
That’s all for today. Leave your comments here and let us know what you think!
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Happy Friday!
Following up on Tuesday’s post about ship crews, I wanted to go into a little bit more detail!
When an NPC asks to join your crew, they’ll have a particular role in mind for themselves – they may be a medic, or an engineer. Once they’re aboard, they’ll have a passive effect on you and your ship. A medic will heal you, a biologist will give you status effects, and an engineer can increase your fuel efficiency.
You can take crew members with you to explore planets or complete missions, but you won’t get their passive status effect while they’re in your party. When a crew member dies, they respawn on your ship. Look at how happy Tccoxon’s crew is! It’s almost as if they don’t realize how much he hates NPCs. :(
If you decide you don’t like someone in your crew, you can give ’em the boot! Goodbye Wesley, you slacker.
And hey, look! We’re implementing loads of new dungeons! Hylotl villages are here and they are so pretty.
That’s all for this week. See you on Monday, folks! <3
