Afternoon!

We’re back from the long weekend (hooray for bank holidays!). Tccoxon has been working some more on colonization features– in particular, NPCs’ ability to scan and analyze their environments. Last week I showed off a screenshot of a wizard scanning some walls to determine where the boundaries of the house were. This week, they can determine which objects are in the house, too!

Metadept‘s worked on adding projectile-shooting traps, which Armagon has been using in dungeons for added deadliness. Most of the art team is working on things I’m not allowed to show you just yet, but Supernorn is allowing me to show off these SPOOKY WEAPONS he’s been drawing for some unknown purpose. :O

A good start to the week, I think! Looking forward to the rest of it.

Talk to you later! <3

Afternoon!

One of our recent updates created a separate app for Starbound’s unstable/nightly branches, so now players can install that alongside the stable version. This is a pretty cool addition for those who want to check out the changes in the nightly without risking their saves in the current stable! However, some of you aren’t so into the idea of having two Starbound apps in your Steam library. Happily, there’s a fix for that. :)

In your Steam library, right click on the app you want to hide. Select set categories -> hide this game. Voila!

Today:

• Metadept finished working on changes to humanoids, which added additional ways to configure races and individual NPCs. Now he’s onto bug fixes and enhancements to the quest system.
• Most of the art team has been working with Healthire on various missions!
• Supernorn has moved onto overhauling swords.

• Tccoxon has been implementing/testing features for colonies. Here’s a test that shows a wizard scanning some walls!

In other news! — We’ve had a boring old table sitting around the office for ages and we weren’t quite sure what to do with it, until we remembered that so many of you have created incredible Starbound fan art over the years and not nearly enough of it was on display… so with a bit of spare time, we turned our super boring table into an awesome community collage.

Hark! A fan art table! The finished product is fun to stare at. It still needs a coat of varnish, and sometime soon I’ll grab a better camera and take some proper photos, but we hope you like it as much as we do. :)

That’s all for today. ‘Til next time! <3

Afternoon!

I hope yesterday’s stable bugfix patch is working out well for everyone so far. And in case you missed it, Tiy wrote a big post about colonies and the endgame. Excitement!

Supernorn’s been working to replace many of our existing weapons for the combat update, as well as adding new ones! Previously we’ve shown off the new axes, and now he’s replaced spears and hammers which you can see above (click for full-size). We think they fit quite a bit better with the theme of the game. :) What do you think?

EDIT: It’s worth noting that the colors shown above aren’t the only possible color combinations! They’re just an example.

Necotho’s been working on mini-dungeons for ocean biomes, and they’re looking awesomely eery. We’re all looking forward to oceans feeling a bit more mysterious and exciting!

That’s all for tonight. See you tomorrow! <3