THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 01:16:59 PM

Title: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 01:16:59 PM
Basically space Terraria with a greater emphasis on exploration and waaaaay prettie. Beta starts today for those who preordered. Just waiting for the game to go live on Steam.


Oo pretty.
(http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/uhu3C.png)
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 04, 2013, 01:42:56 PM
Can you still get in the beta if you preorder now?
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 01:43:51 PM
I think so. Go through the Humble store if you do. Their site is getting hammered right now.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 01:46:06 PM
They've got a weird twitch stream going where they're updating people on the beta progress. Apparently they're just waiting on steam right now.
http://www.twitch.tv/chucklefishlive

Edit: It's up now.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 04, 2013, 06:17:31 PM
Couldn't figure out how to get plant fiber fast enough and got killed by some creature :(
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 04, 2013, 06:54:38 PM
The default name generator has some ... unusual choices.

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/901015155359485109/433DA384A0A0ECDC219443D0736FFCA452B82DBC/)
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: magus on December 04, 2013, 08:39:18 PM
it's your fault for playing a furry monkey in the first place :holeup
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 04, 2013, 09:38:35 PM
I hope you kept that.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: Freyj on December 04, 2013, 10:11:38 PM
Terraria pulled me in hard, but I really hated how quickly I reached the limits of exploration. Going to let this cook for a while longer before jumping in.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 10:46:56 PM
It's ridiculously feature rich for a beta, I will say that.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 04, 2013, 11:44:31 PM
I just found and looted the shit out of a cool research facility. Pimped out my spaceship with TVs and shit.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 05, 2013, 10:14:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0SORStw68
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 08, 2013, 07:16:56 PM
Anyone manage to get guns yet? I've been roaming around and found a few places with enemies toting guns... but they never drop them.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 08, 2013, 08:01:01 PM
No luck on that front. If you do some googling though people have posted coordinates with gun dealers.

Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHESlJ-N27E

FYI, the next update is going to entirely rework the weapon damage and armor systems, and will likely require character resets. Don't get too attached to anything you've got right now.
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 08, 2013, 08:49:13 PM
Great!

I found a weapon dealer and bout some guns and they end up being shitty and can't damage the fucking space ship and now I have to mine materials again to make the fucking beacon!
Title: Re: Anyone care about Starbound? The beta starts today.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 08, 2013, 09:10:18 PM
If you haven't already, build the leather armor you can make at the weaving thing or whatever it's called. They made a typo and it's actually way better than it was meant to be. It's super easy to craft and will make you way OP (until they nerf it next patch).