Hello!

We’re in the middle of implementing some inventory changes that I think a lot of you will be super excited about (I know I am!) — if all goes well, I should be able to show them off tomorrow! For now, here’s some cozy cabin furniture.

We’ve had basic wooden furniture in Starbound since early development, but this set has a whole lot more character! I’m particularly fond of building little cabins in woods-y biomes, so I’m definitely using this set in my next build. :)

‘Til tomorrow! <3

Hey everyone! :)

Among the furniture sets implemented by our artists recently is the island-themed set!

I’ve been showing off a lot of purely visual stuff on the blog recently, and there have been a few concerned comments wondering why we’re not working on core features instead. I wanted to take a second to reassure everyone that we absolutely are working on core features!

Towards the end of each day, I ask everyone in the office what they’ve been working on. The programmers do amazing work every day! It’s just not all that exciting to talk about — or even easy to talk about — until it’s finished and there’s something visual to go along with it. Most days, the art team has finished up something cool enough for me to post about immediately, is appealing to most of the audience and isn’t difficult to explain.

At the moment, our coders are working on performance, inventory and quest improvements as well as  balance and polish in preparation for the next stable update.

I hope this has been helpful! Let us know what you think of the island furniture set.

Have a lovely evening! <3

We’re super excited to announce that Xbox One owners will be able to play Starbound on console via Xbox One Game Preview for the very first time!

Game Preview on Xbox One is a new way for fans to purchase work-in-progress digital titles and participate in the development process by giving feedback to developers as they continue to update their games.

Starbound has benefited massively from the community’s feedback since we launched on Steam Early Access, with so many of you helping our little team squash bugs and create an overall better sandbox game (thank you! <3). We believe Game Preview provides the best opportunity for us to make Starbound an amazing experience for console gamers as well.

This won’t distract us from Starbound’s continued development for PC, of course, as we’ll have an additional team working on the console version of the game. Ultimately, our goal is to launch Starbound in Game Preview and fine-tune the game for the best possible console experience. Once we reach Starbound 1.0, we’ll start working our way towards porting the game to additional consoles. :)