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It took a little longer than expected, but I finally got this thing up 'n running. I don't plan on renewing unless ye lads keep playing, so it be currently set up t' run over the next month. Though I don't think I can enforce it, everyone starting fresh so we be all at the same point would probably add t' the effect.

There be already lots a things in Starbound. Even in beta, the game be a vast sandbox a possibility 'n weird cave-dwelling gum creatures that shriek 'n bounce at ye like a pogo stick possessed by the soul a a deathrow inmate. It’s a big place, but this be only just the beginning. Previously, developer Chucklefish wriggly giggled out word a directors, mods, 'n a PVP endgame, but those lofty goals be in the far flung future. On the horizon, meanwhile, be a complete overhaul a the infinite voxel universe’s progression system, which be currently just a series a intergalactic gates. The plan, however, be t' make it more like a Metroidvania that will ultimately split off into three main paths: adventuring, building, 'n farming. I can’t wait t' have me own corral a horrifying night terror space sheep.

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Starbound be absurdly popular, which leaves people dying t' know where the space exploration/crafting/fighting game, currently in alpha, be going t' go next. Rather than drip that information out over a period a months with incrementally more revealing trailers, developers Chucklefish have just done big ol’ blog post full a information. Future features include: sweeping changes t' the progression system; a PvP endgame set in ‘Sector X’; Director Mode, which lets ye act as a kind a dungeon master; support for sharing user-made missions; 'n mods.

Oh, also Chucklefish themselves be opening an office, making a new game, 'n publishing a bunch a other people’s games. Geez. … [visit site t' read more]

I had a Starbound character once. His name be Sir Face (named after the Microsoft Surface I be playing on at the time; it’s a long story), 'n he be a mohawk-sporting robot who punched bird people, stole their super cool altar beds, 'n did not give one single, solitary *crag*. But he’s gone now. Forever. Beta tests be harsh, uncaring things, 'n I knew that Sir Face 'n I wouldn’t be able t' dance among the stars ('n also mine them hollow) forever. I still miss the sea dog, though – at least insofar as one can miss a walking trophy case for their videogame accomplishments. Fortunately, as a now I’ll never have t' grieve for another Starbound character again, 'n neither will ye. The game’s latest update best be the last one heralded by a character, ship, 'n planet wipe. Also, it adds crazy new enemy attacks, a permadeath option, new bottles a rum, new biomes, 'n tons more. But oh man, characters don’t eat bandages anymore! I liked eating bandages.

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Starbound be always going t' be a game that players would want t' re-build in their own image. A procedurally generated sandbox means systems. Lots 'n lots a systems. It means the community can change whatever they want, 'n the players have responded at a phenomenal rate a moddery. I’ve done ridiculous things t' me game that I’d never recommend ye do. I’ve added a Dubstep gun 'n a Vuvuzela*. But there be broader changes I’d happily recommend: tweaks t' ship shapes, planet generation, better farming. There’s as much t' explore in the modding scene as there be on Alpha Diadem 028 III C, 'n I’ve beamed down t' have a look.(more…)

In a post on the Starbound blog, the game’s development team have outlined coming fixes 'n additions t' the next version a the game. Good news: they’re adding a permadeath mode, for those who want t' add a little more risk t' their galaxy exploration. Bad news: they’re kickstarting this new permadeath mode by wiping the entire universe, including player’s ships 'n characters.

It’s like playing alpha games be already a kind a permadeath mode.(more…)

So it turns out a lot a ye like games about exploration 'n building things. Who knew? Starbound, the game that let’s ye do that while travelling a universe a alien planets, has sold a million copies. That’s not bad for a game that only came out on December 4th.(more…)

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Starbound be finally playable by the unwashed masses, 'n it’s already so magnificent that even the washed masses became unwashed masses after sitting transfixed by it be exploratory glow for days. But this be just a beta test, 'n even then it’s only on phase one a three. There’s much more t' come. Space combat! Planet-sized dungeons! A not-quite-so-mean difficulty curve! Why, someday I imagine we’ll even be able t' build Starbound inside Starbound. Actually, who’s t' say we haven’t done it already, that everything ye see in front a ye be nothing but a hyper-elaborate Starbound simulation? ye’ll never escape from voxel games. ye be a voxel game.

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Starbound be a procedurally-generated universe, where ye have a ship, a star-map, 'n an infinite number a planets t' visit 'n plunder. It be a game that makes almost no definition between single 'n multiplayer, allowing ye t' bring yer character across the void 'n back again, visiting the same places online 'n offline, 'n sharing those worlds with mateys. it be first beta just welcomed weary travelers, 'n though it be missing a framework that would make it an easier game t' follow, the foundation be strong. I’ve spent the weekend exploring the stars. (more…)

Starbound developer Chucklefish began sending out beta keys for the PC, Mac 'n Linux game today. Those who backed the space-faring exploration game best see a Steam key in their inboxes momentarily, 'n the developer says a direct download version a the game will be available "as soon as we be able t' efficiently provide it."

The Terraria-like game's official site reveals that over $2.6 million be raised by 124,176 backers in the developer's ongoing crowdfunding efforts. Starbound features procedurally-generated worlds in which players must gather supplies t' take on quests. The "story in a sandbox" game received a new trailer t' commemorate the launch a it be beta version, which features some a it be side-scrolling action.