Starbound: 'Spiritual' successor to Terraria

[Metro]

Did a search but apparently it doesn't have its own thread yet. One of the guys who made Terraria has been developing a game called Starbound which is fairly similar except it's set in space where you explore various randomly generated planets with randomized populations, loot, etc.

Couple of blog entries on the development so far:

Dungeon generation - http://playstarbound.com/dungeon-generation/

Procedurally generated guns - http://playstarbound.com/procedurally-generated-guns-pewpew/

 

[felipepepe]

Wasn't a similar game kickstarted?

EDIT: Yeah, Moon Intern.

 

[tuluse]

I loved Terraria, looking forward to this.

 

[Jasede]

While I don't think much of these games in general I found Terraria a lot of fun to play with friends and so am following this with vague interest. Good for him.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Ended up playing Terraria for 20 hours, mainly playing a bunch when it first launched and seeing most all of the content available at the time. Poked my head in a few times during subsequent patches and it looked like it was improving nicely and certainly adding a lot more content but I just never really got in to it again at that point.

That said, assuming this is reasonably priced like Terraria was ($10, and with a 4 pack for more discounts) I'd probably grab it on launch.

 

[Jasede]

I got Terraria after it was fully patched and had all the content it was going to have, sans mods.
I also co-oped the thing with usually one, sometimes more friends.

We tried to craft everything, kill everything and see mostly everything. I've made it to 53 hours with that; they must have added a whole lot of content later on to make it have so much playtime.

 

[Metro]

I put about 50-60 hours in, too. The free content patch they last pushed out was pretty significant. It added another tier of bosses, ores, armor, and a ton of other items both functional and decorative. They could have easily charged $5 for it as an expansion. I only got through about half of it before I moved on to another game. Such is the time we live in where there's not enough time and a lot of stuff on the backlog.

 

[potatojohn]

I thought terraria was a good idea with a shit execution. I mean, can you name another platformer where 1/2 the enemies and projectiles can go through walls? Cause I sure can't. Because the idea is fucking infuriating in practice.

 

[SuicideBunny]

ah, the fun times i had building obsidian and glass floating castles with lava cannons of doom in terraria....
anyhoo, starbound looks cool (especially the video with water physics) but it's still ages away from release.

 

[Father Walker]

Hm, I skipped Terraria for some reason. Any features worth noting in comparison to Minecraft?

 

[TripJack]

in comparison to minecraft? it is nothing like minecraft

minecraft isn't even a game

 

[Bruticis]

I liked Terraria this much!

 

[tuluse]

Hm, I skipped Terraria for some reason. Any features worth noting in comparison to Minecraft?

It has an actual game built around the crafting mechanics. Real enemies, NPCs you can interact with, etc.

 

[General Maxson]

Yeah, Terraria wasn't bad, and this sounds even more interesting to me. Will keep an eye out for it.

 

[Achilles]

I skipped Terraria because it didn't intrigue me, Space Terraria however is going to get my money.

 

[Metro]

Hm, I skipped Terraria for some reason. Any features worth noting in comparison to Minecraft?

Whereas Minecraft is basically just a construction/builder game Terraria has that and an actual game, too. It's sort of a Metroidvania type where you can improve your character, hunt for loot, craft stuff, fight enemies and bosses for more loot, etc. I'm sure it'll drop to $2.50 in a Steal sale soon and I'd highly recommend picking it up. I actually grabbed it at that price when it first went on sale as a glitch -- crazy bargain.

 

[SwiftCrack]

Terraria is a great game, looking forward to this one.

 

[Turjan]

I'm sure it'll drop to $2.50 in a Steal sale soon...

That happens quite often, and I bought it for that price, too. Great game!

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Why do the exact same thing twice in a very short timeframe only with an added gimmick?

 

[Metro]

One of the Terraria guys simply took a break/retired. This is made by the artist and some other people. I'm guessing he wanted to continue Terraria but couldn't since the other guy wasn't up to it.

 

[tuluse]

Why do the exact same thing twice in a very short timeframe only with an added gimmick?

Is a timeframe announced?

I would be very happy with another game with the same basic mechanics and more content. No one complained about Doom 2.

 

[Metro]

I wouldn't expect it for another year at least.

 

[The Glitterdust Golem]

It's now up for Pre-Order in a Kickstarter style tier system. Pre-ordering promises access to the beta, which they seem to want to get to quite soon!

 

[Metro]

They made a rough progress tracker so you can get an idea of their development time: http://www.playstarbound.com/roadmap/

Lowest tier is $15 which also gets the Soundtrack along with the beta and eventual Steam key. There's also a 25% discount for a four-pack making it ~$11 per person.

 

[The Glitterdust Golem]

You can get a clue for some of the things to be expected in the soundtrack here: https://soundcloud.com/curtis-schweitzer/sets/starbound

As far as I know these are still currently experimental tracks, but they're included in the bundle along with the confirmed tracks, of which some are here: http://playstarbound.com/soundtrack/

The pre-ordering is done through the Humble store. They're also about to pass the $100k mark in, I think, a little under six hours. Exciting!