Reaching for the Stars but Bound to the earth

bza · Last edited by bza on Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:33 pm; edited 3 times in total

Hey! Starbound early access beta unlocked today! It's like Terraria in space but... better?

I haven't had much time to try it out yet but I wanted to make a thread to see if anyone else nabbed it and wants to try multiplayer. Will update this post when I have more feedback to give. For now check out my hobo hut and tiny farm~

Ok so after playing for probably a decent bit I'm feeling a lot of promise for the game but it's not quite there yet. I can see why the team didn't want to do an early release so soon, but in its current form it's perfectly playable. Some are reporting crashing or failure to launch but I haven't had either issue so far. It might not even run on Windows XP, if that applies to anyone thinking of getting in on this early.

I'll be posting screenshots here: http://steamcommunity.com/id/rawket/screenshots/

Some gameplay footage, streamed for ~3 hours with cactusfriend: http://www.twitch.tv/bizzuh/b/485017726

bza · Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:24 pm

Check your Humble account before you do though, I never got an email but my key was waiting there for me.
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bza · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:35 pm

You can jump to any planet on a server, and if you're in a party you can also beam up to your friends' ships so everybody can jump to the same planet at once. You don't jump between random servers, but they did talk about some PvP modes for the future that sound interesting...!
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bza · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:37 pm

Am I really gonna have to moderhate my own thread?

The update tomorrow is revamping the damage system in favor of a straight up damage and health boost for tougher enemies rather than the current nebulous armor penetration system, e.g. a 10 damage 10 armor penetration sword does normal damage to a level 10 or below monster while a 10 damage 5 armor penetration sword does almost nothing to a level 10 monster. There will also be a character wipe, so I hope nobody got super attached to their first characters!

I can't really say much about progression yet as it's actively being worked on but we did fight the first boss and move on to the next sector, so it seems that each sector of space is guarded by a specific boss that unlocks new technologies, planet types, possibly even biomes and dungeons too!

The quick patches and open development discussion makes me feel pretty confident that the game will end up pretty great when it reaches full launch.

bza · Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:35 pm

Hey there was a big update today adding variable gravity, weather effects, and different atmosphere types among other things. Gonna check it out later and probably update this topic with some screenshots and a better OP.
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