Starbound - Space-Terraria in Space [Steam Early Access]

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Kernel Monsoon: Jul 18, 2006

endolithic posted:

Sandmining stuff

As far as I know, It's going to stay the way it is at the moment, but there's some plans to look at it in more detail later.

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so if nova kids are a post beta thing does that mean this upcoming release really is going to be ver 1.0? is 1.0 going to be released without a menu option to rebind keys?

With Novakids we thought it'd be worthwhile to have them in sooner rather than later. Lots of people wanted to see them, and I like them a lot personally. I just spent some time today giving them their own name generation, as they were borrowing the human names up till now (which I've also changed). The next release isn't 1.0, and I believe we'll have the rebindable keys in for release.

# ? Dec 3, 2014 15:21

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# ? May 28, 2024 07:01

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

Supernorn posted:

The next release isn't 1.0, and I believe we'll have the rebindable keys in for release.

Wow only one year to get something that has been a standard feature in computer games since I had my Amiga in the 1980s

# ? Dec 3, 2014 15:25

Kernel Monsoon: Jul 18, 2006

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Wow only one year to get something that has been a standard feature in computer games since I had my Amiga in the 1980s

I am sorry that you can't rebind your keys yet. There is a way to do it manually, but having it on the GUI is where it counts.

# ? Dec 3, 2014 15:41

AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

wildstarbound

# ? Dec 3, 2014 15:53

Blackheart: Mar 22, 2013

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

it was supposed to be a gift

Punch your friend next time you see him/her.

# ? Dec 3, 2014 17:23

Bob NewSCART: Feb 1, 2012; Outstanding afternoon. "I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

We fucjed up a lot of out previous estimate dates but the game will be out by 2013! :lol:

# ? Dec 3, 2014 20:32

Kly: Aug 8, 2003

Supernorn posted:

The next release isn't 1.0, and I believe we'll have the rebindable keys in for release.

can you bookmark planets and poo poo in the next release or is that going to be a bonus feature saved for v1.0 like rebindable keys?

# ? Dec 3, 2014 20:38

ColHannibal: Sep 17, 2007

Key rebinding and planet bookmarking will be in the new stable release micro transaction store. 99 cents for a single key and 1.99 for a planet bookmark.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 01:58

Brainbread: Apr 7, 2008

ColHannibal posted:

Key rebinding and planet bookmarking will be in the new stable release micro transaction store. 99 cents for a single key and 1.99 for a planet bookmark.

See, they won't do that!

You'll have to first spend $20 on 5000 mega-gold pixels, which then you can use to purchase Key Rebinds (only 250!) and Planet Bookmarks (500!). That way they can obscure the actual costs, make people buy currency in bulk that they might not ever spend, and entice more spending by offering "sales" on the currency that you spend to buy things that should have been included anyways.

On top of a monthly subscription.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 02:40

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

# ? Dec 4, 2014 02:56

Kernel Monsoon: Jul 18, 2006

Brainbread posted:

See, they won't do that!

You'll have to first spend $20 on 5000 mega-gold pixels, which then you can use to purchase Key Rebinds (only 250!) and Planet Bookmarks (500!). That way they can obscure the actual costs, make people buy currency in bulk that they might not ever spend, and entice more spending by offering "sales" on the currency that you spend to buy things that should have been included anyways.

On top of a monthly subscription.

Don't be ridiculous. Although you won't be able to open 70% of the chests you find, unless you're signed into our companion app..

# ? Dec 4, 2014 09:49

AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

Hey starbound team, this is how you do a release schedule...

From the Prison Architect thread

The Deadly Hume posted:

I thought it'd be interesting to list and summarise each alpha so far.

code:

 1 - 25 Sep 2012 - First public release
 2 - 18 Oct 2012 - Deployment mode. Intake options.
 3 - 01 Nov 2012 - Fog of war. CCTV. 
 4 - 19 Nov 2012 - Fog of war overhaul.
 5 - 14 Dec 2012 - Staff only sectors. Firemen in emergencies. Foundation tool improvements
 6 - 30 Jan 2013 - Prisoner risk categories, traits, rap sheets and history. Security zoning. Intake control.
 7 - 21 Feb 2013 - Only guards can open doors. Lockdown and bangup modes. Mary Sue biographies from backers.
 8 - 20 Mar 2013 - Steam integration. Planning mode. More doors.
 9 - 24 Apr 2013 - Jobs for prisoners, including cleaning, laundry and proper workshops. Visitation.
10 - 30 May 2013 - Steam workshop for sharing prisons. Anger management including riots. Linux version. laundry refinements.
11 - 28 Jun 2013 - Performance optimisations. Land expansion. Prisoner releases. Dirty laundry riots no longer a thing.
12 - 31 Jul 2013 - Contraband. Search powers. Optimisation of the needs system.
13 - 29 Aug 2013 - Escape tunnels. Punishment policies. search refinements.
14 - 02 Oct 2013 - guard dogs and kennels. Sale of prisons.
15 - 29 Nov 2013 - Mod system improvements. Performance optimisations. staffrooms for exhaustion
16 - 27 Dec 2013 - Wood industry. Steam workshop for mods. Medium sec level segregation (before just Max, Min or general)
17 - 31 Jan 2014 - Armed guards. Forestry zones. Further mod system improvements.
18 - 28 Feb 2014 - Reform programs. Prisoner experience. Armoury upgrades.
19 - 27 Mar 2014 - Financial system improvements with more grant types. Game rebalancing. Exports zone.
20 - 29 Apr 2014 - Prisoner and prison grading. Failure conditions. Finance tweaks to curtail share tanking using riots etc.
21 - 30 May 2014 - Narcotics. Advanced regime control. Language selection. Prisoners surrender (sometimes).
22 - 27 Jun 2014 - Bug bash and general tweaking.
23 - 31 Jul 2014 - Remote access. CCTV overhaul. Advanced logic! Contraband smuggling refinements.
24 - 29 Aug 2014 - Mod system upgraded. Confidential informants. Remote access refinements. Canteen spoon nerf.
25 - 25 Sep 2014 - Reputations (i.e. Strong, Cop Killer, etc.). Protective custody and supermax categories. More CI refinements.
26 - 30 Oct 2014 - Bug bash II, focusing on kitchen annoyances.
27 - 28 Nov 2014 - Food supply/demand system. Reform program scheduler. Phone tap object. Reporting for awful contributed bios.

What really struck me was that, month after month, they've put an update out, usually with something new or improved that's worthwhile. The only time they took a longer break was between 14 & 15 when one of the devs' partners had a baby.

It's a pretty good game too, you all should go play it.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 10:57

Kernel Monsoon: Jul 18, 2006

AceClown posted:

Hey starbound team, this is how you do a release schedule...

From the Prison Architect thread

It's a pretty good game too, you all should go play it.

Different teams vary wildly in size of number of developers, resources etc and have different methods of delivering updates. Right now we're updating every day. Prison Architect also been available in Early Access for a year longer than Starbound, and they might have been further along in development when they started taking pre-orders. There's a lot of factors to take in here, and I'm not going to say we didn't make mistakes along the way.

Kernel Monsoon fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Dec 4, 2014

# ? Dec 4, 2014 15:12

Bitter Beard: Sep 11, 2001; I don't even know what the fuck I'm doing!!

Supernorn posted:

Don't be ridiculous. Although you won't be able to open 70% of the chests you find, unless you're signed into our companion app..

YYEESSSS! Let the in-game purchases rain down upon us!

# ? Dec 4, 2014 17:34

Holepunchio: May 31, 2011

Anniversary Dev Post http://playstarbound.com/one-year-later/

mollygos posted:

Happy Anniversary!

A year ago today, we launched Starbound on Steam Early Access to more love and support than we could ever have anticipated.

Starbound�s development has had its ups and downs (as all game development cycles do!), but we�ve been able to work far more efficiently together since settling into our little office space. We�ve been super hard at work on a very large update that changes and expands upon the progression system and it�s nearly ready for unstable.

If you�ve been keeping track of our updates and the nightly build, you�ll have seen just how much has changed since the last stable update. If not, never fear! In lieu of 10+ pages of text outlining all the changes, we�ll be posting a trailer next week highlighting all the biggest features we�ve added to the game. In the meantime, Katzeus at Starbounder has neatly summarized most of the changes here.

We really can�t thank you enough for your continued patience, feedback, supportive messages and contributions to the community. I know a lot of you have been waiting aaaages for a stable update before diving back into the game, but I think you�ll find the wait worth it.

A new unstable build is nearly there! Ha...ha ha ha... :suicide:

# ? Dec 4, 2014 19:25

victrix: Oct 30, 2007

Holepunchio posted:

Anniversary Dev Post http://playstarbound.com/one-year-later/

A new unstable build is nearly there! Ha...ha ha ha...

This thread is the best RoI on any early access/kickstarter I've :homebrew:

# ? Dec 4, 2014 19:54

IPlayVideoGames: Nov 28, 2004; I unironically like Anders as a character.

The only times I actually remember Starbound exists is when I happen to look in games and see 50 new posts in this thread.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:05

fuepi: Feb 6, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

Chucklefish: putting the "dead" in "no deadlines."

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:09

Kly: Aug 8, 2003

whoever said it wouldve been less embarrassing if they HAD just taken the money and run was right.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:11

IPlayVideoGames: Nov 28, 2004; I unironically like Anders as a character.

In other news, Stonehearth looks pretty good so far. One of the reasons they didn't do an early release on Steam is because of the reaction to Starbound.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:18

Cicadas!: Oct 27, 2010

Gollymos posted:

Starbound�s development has had its ups and downs, and downs, and downs, and downs, and

Cicadas! fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Dec 4, 2014

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:29

LazyMaybe: Aug 18, 2013; oouagh

We really can�t thank you enough for your continued patience, feedback, supportive messages and contributions to the community.

I know a lot of you have been waiting aaaages for a stable update before diving back into the game, but I think you�ll find the wait worth it.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:33

Jackard: Oct 28, 2007; We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Wtf is an unstable update and why would you want one when they already have nightlies

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:45

Blhue: Apr 22, 2008; Fallen Rib

this thread has a lot of downs too

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:49

Afraid of Audio: Oct 12, 2012; by exmarx

Holepunchio posted:

Anniversary Dev Post http://playstarbound.com/one-year-later/

A new unstable build is nearly there! Ha...ha ha ha...

This game is never going to be made.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:51

Kly: Aug 8, 2003

i like that the list of changes is basically a list of items that modders couldve added to the game in 3 or 4 months, if this game still had fans dedicated enough to mod it.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:52

victrix: Oct 30, 2007

Afraid of Audio posted:

This game is never going to be made.

You don't understand, we're playing the game right now.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:52

Skyl3lazer: Aug 27, 2007; [Dooting Stealthily]

AceClown posted:

Hey starbound team, this is how you do a release schedule...

From the Prison Architect thread

It's a pretty good game too, you all should go play it.

Hey you can't compare PA to any other ea game except for kerbals, it just isn't fair.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 20:57

dont be mean to me: May 2, 2007; I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars

Kly posted:

i like that the list of changes is basically a list of items that modders couldve added to the game in 3 or 4 months, if this game still had fans dedicated enough to mod it.

I think the modders figured that after Chuck changed the mod format, there'd be something to mod against sometime in the following eight months.

# ? Dec 4, 2014 21:03