List of Announced Game Information (Retired due to release)

Something to add from the IRC channel:
[08:23:02] <@Tiy> our building system is really streamlined
[08:23:09] <@Tiy> if youre holding a block, left click places it in the foreground
[08:23:12] <@Tiy> right click places it in the background
As well as the post about combat shield combat:
http://playstarbound.com/combat-part-1-shields/

 

great catch man 10 's for u

 

Thanks for this.

 

Interesting additions (blocking and enemy attack) -sounds like the game will be more strategic then Terraria ever was.

 

Blue, in the screenshot of the penguins, the torches are placed directly on the background/wall. I haven't seen that mentioned before, so I thought I'd point it out.

If I simply missed the post, sorry.

 

so it's probably save to assume there won't be a for-forground-type layer? like fences, or similiar object in front of everything?

 

Tiy did a bit of Q&A session just now, but I haven't had time to dig through the entire log. Here it is if anyone wants to have a look (Note: it's lengthy as I didn't remove all the non-Tiy stuff, maybe try CTRL+F).

Edit: Petelectro was kind enough to provide a cleaned-up version below.

 

Alrighty, I'm gonna post all the information Tiy talked about in the IRC today

<@Tiy>You can also crouch in starbound

<@Tiy> Kiofspa, griefing will be much less of an issue in starbound. The space station is essentially not griefable. There will be an option to disable things like explosives on homeworlds. And regular planets you won't really care so much about

<JermEx> Tiy will shields be procedurally generated as well?<@Tiy> JermEx, yeah

<XZolon> Tiy: Are you looking at possibly having cast-time/charge-time based weapons? Like an energy cannon that takes two seconds to fire<@Tiy> yeah

<@Tiy> there will be tools that are useful in combat

<@Tiy> this is the system I'm considering at the moment. Enemies have a "line of sight" (already in the game), so they can "see" you and become aggressive. When an enemy is aggressive you can't just walk by them, they push you back. But if you have the correct stealth items, you can hold shift (which makes you walk, already implemented) and go into sneak mode, in which case you can walk right by an enemy. If the sneak items are good enough

<@Tiy> LadyAijou, I think you should be able to walk past passive creatures

<JermEx> Tiy are Quests going to be procedurally generated as well? are there a limit to the NPC's you can find?<@Tiy> JermEx yes and no

*Speech Bubbles from NPC's will be seen by all players

<@Tiy> LadyAijou the way its going to work at the moment (although i might change it) is quests are assigned to a party, rewards are assigned to a player

 

Some ones you missed Jermex:
<LadyAijou> Tiy, can you answer the food meter question? It's been a big argument on the forums now for awhile
<@Tiy> i think food meters are attrocious
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<Kiofspa> @Tiy is the currency called Pixels?
<@Tiy> yes Kiofspa

 

So to me it seems that the block by block building will be its own mode, something that you would switch between (combat or building mode)

 

Really long filtering of everything Tiy said. For the completionists around here!
Now edited and sorted!

NOTE: I somehow deleted one thing Tiy mentioned after being asked about alchemy. There won't be alchemy but something they haven't announced that is similiar and interesting.
Also I didn't include all the things posted right above this but maybe I'll add them if Blue doesn't update the first post right away.

Shield Combat
<@Tiy> So guys
<@Tiy> lets talk about combat
<@Tiy> give me your thoughts on the shield stuff
<@Tiy> I kind of want to slow the game down a bit more than your usual platformer too
<@Tiy> I'd like the combat to be more methodical and thoughtful
<@Tiy> than run and gun

Shield Push-Back-Option Question
<@Tiy> If the shields pushed enemies back, you wouldnt be able to counter attack them though right?
<@Tiy> I mean, maybe we could make that an optional button you hold
<@Tiy> to make the shield do that
<@Tiy> its an interesting idea

Facing Right Direction
<@Tiy> Agronis, you have to face the correct direction

General Combat Pace, Tactics and Player Choices
<@Tiy> WelshPixie, methodical and thoughtful will scale with multiplayer
<@Tiy> something im really trying to do, and part of that is slowing the game down, will be giving players a role to play in a team
<@Tiy> i dont want to say "classes" because there wont be classes
<@Tiy> but
<@Tiy> one of the choices you have to make is
<@Tiy> Should I be an all rounder? Or should I be one component in a team
<@Tiy> For example, you could equip lots of healing items, and armor that gives you healing bonuses
<@Tiy> and play as a healer
<@Tiy> its not a class, but the role is there
<@Tiy> yeah bFusion
<@Tiy> I don't like the idea of sticking a role to a player
<@Tiy> because i think thats just an artificial way of making the player play the game again
<@Tiy> you can also crouch in starbound
<@Tiy> so crouching behind cover is a tactic

Switching Roles
<@Tiy> NaturallyMade i dont want players to switch *rapidly* between classes
<@Tiy> by that I mean
<@Tiy> i dont want a player to have
<@Tiy> different armor sets in their inventory
<@Tiy> and flick between them, so one second theyre a healer, the next they're a tank
<@Tiy> so my solution is
<@Tiy> make playing a role require a lot of items
<@Tiy> so youll need to stash your other items back at base
<@Tiy> so effectively you can bring a new build to each new planet

Cooldowns
<@Tiy> Agronis I think cool downs are just kind of annoying, personally
<@Tiy> I mean it works
<@Tiy> but its something the player shouldnt have to consider

Planet Preperations
<@Tiy> I want prepping for a planet to be a big part of the game

Bosses
<@Tiy> i cant talk about bosses too much yet, but they will be there, and they will be fun

Storage
<@Tiy> LadyAijou, player storage is small but implemented in a unique way

Microtransactions
<@Tiy> no microtransactions

Q&A Stuff
<@Tiy> I'm sorry if I'm not answering everyone, its sometimes hard to keep up
<@Tiy> also there are some things i dont want to discuss yet, because we're still experimenting with features on some things
<@Tiy> and i dont want to say "hey yeah this is going to be like X" and then when we're done its like Y
<Agronis> So you mean you don't want to be like peter molyneux?
<@Tiy> Agronis, pretty much

Collecting
<@Tiy> LadyAijou, collecting is a bigggg part of the game
<@Tiy> we're putting in all sorts of things to encourage that
<@Tiy> its a balance between, allowing players to collect everything they want to collect
<@Tiy> and not allowing them to have access to everything at once

Drill Vehicle Suggestion
<@Tiy> Hug_, drillcars are cool

Dev Planet
<GenC> @TIY have you guys read the thread about you Devs having your own planet and have a Precense literally in the game (like how the Ancients are to Star Gate )
<@Tiy> GenC I saw that yeah, fun idea
<@Tiy> I'll be like
<@Tiy> a level 1
<@Tiy> piglet
<@Tiy> called Tiy

Combat Strategy (!)
<@Tiy> well
<@Tiy> the strategy I HOPE to get in
<@Tiy> revolves around team synergy, good movement and placement and using the right tools at the right time
<@Tiy> An example might be
<@Tiy> lets say you have a team made up of ranged soldiers and a support medic
<@Tiy> the support medic tosses down a force field that boosts the power of the soldiers guns if they shoot through it
<@Tiy> that sort of thing
<@Tiy> I'm basing it on the RPGs I used to play
<@Tiy> stuff like guildwars

Cannon Suggestion
<Hug_> Tiy. What if there were a cannon that shot out eletric balls that would expand until it came in contact with a creature and it would electrocute them?!
<@Tiy> sounds cool Hug_

Multiplayer and Server Stuff (!)
<Arcore_> @Tiy , How is the multiplayer gonna be? Do you need to invite people to your singleplayer world or like you need to startup a server and that stuff?
<@Tiy> Arcore_ at the moment, multiplayer revolves around space stations. When you start a new game, you start a new space station. You can invite players to that station and visit worlds together
<@Tiy> a server hosts a station save
<@Tiy> and the server will have options for allowing character imports from local files
<@Tiy> or forcing players to start a new character on the server
<Kiofspa> @Tiy what kind of things will large public servers have to protect against things like griefers?
<@Tiy> Kiofspa, griefing will be much less of an issue in starbound. The space station is essentially not griefable. There will be an option to disable things like explosives on homeworlds. And regular planets you won't really care so much about
<@Tiy> I want each planet to be a throw away experience
<@Tiy> not something you become attached to
<@Tiy> that way, I can do all sorts of hilarious things with planets
<@Tiy> like blowing them to pieces
<@Tiy> Arcore_, we're considering a whole login deal
<@Tiy> but
<@Tiy> its a complex thing to set up, and it can be quite costly too
<@Tiy> I think the most important thing is making sure cheaters don't ruin
<@Tiy> it's not a huge deal if they want to ruin their own

Interface and UI Stuff
<Kiofspa> @Tiy can you explain why some of the screenshots have different interfaces, like some with the hotbar on the right - is it customizable?
<@Tiy> Kiofspa, because we updated it a few times

Weapons
<@Tiy> there are going to be alllll kinds of crazy weapons and tools
<@Tiy> there will be tools that are useful in combat sure

Falling Damage
<Agronis> Will monsters/enemies take falling damage Tiy?
<@Tiy> you know we havent discussed falling damage yet
<@Tiy> they probably will
<@Tiy> theres no falling damage in the game atm
<@Tiy> need to implement it
<@Tiy> i dont see why we would limit it to players

2D Games and Combat Inspiration (good clue about pacing?)
<@Tiy> If you had to pick one game with the best 2D, side view combat
<@Tiy> what would it be
<@Tiy> fighting games dont count
<@Tiy> <JermEx> tiy I would say castlevania SOTN
<@Tiy> that's one of my picks too

In-Game Currency Name
<Kiofspa> @Tiy is the currency called Pixels?
<@Tiy> yes Kiofspa

Sneaking in PVP (PVE already posted three posts above)
<@Tiy> hmm sneaking in PVP
<@Tiy> who knows

Passive Creatures
<@Tiy> LadyAijou, I think you should be able to walk past passive creatures

Quests
<@Tiy> i want quests to be per person though
<@Tiy> you know how borderlands does it?
<@Tiy> you just take the same quest
<@Tiy> LadyAijou the way its going to work at the moment (although i might change it) is quests are assigned to a party, rewards are assigned to a player

Durability
<@Tiy> durability sucks too
<@Tiy> time sink
<@Tiy> grind
<@Tiy> blerhg

Minigame Question
<@Tiy> I'm not sure if you would call them mini games JohnDevince
<@Tiy> but there will be arenas
<@Tiy> and a bunch of other stuff

Voice Acting(!)
<@Tiy> <nuthulu> So I take it there won't be voice acting Tiy?
<@Tiy> I'm aiming to do a special
<@Tiy> made up language
<@Tiy> you know how it works in the sims, etc
<@Tiy> and the idea will be
<@Tiy> that you have a translator device
<@Tiy> and yeah
<@Tiy> XZolon, probably not dialogue options
<@Tiy> just an option to accept or decline quests

Time For Quests
<JohnDevince> Tiy, shouldn't the effect of how long you took to finish a quest make the quest npc give less reward?
<@Tiy> nah
<@Tiy> dont want to rush players

 

Thanks for doing that.

 

Ack! I JUST finished reading through the entire log, and come back to see your handy dandy work...

 

You're welcome

I just edited it a bit so people who aren't used to IRC tags can read it without problems.

Edited spoiler tags. Didn't make it shorter one bit though
Think I'm gonna take them out again.

 

Petelectro, thanks for not voiding my post as well, I noticed you covered everything that I didn't ^_^
Thanks.

 

No problem

This Q&A's always make me feel sooooo hyped for this game. Can't remember the last time I was looking forward to something so bad

edit: oh and btw, I'm a big fan of your blog

 

Transfering all that stuff to the list, thanks guys!

 

yall forgat

1. <Agronis> Will there be unblockable attacks and/or attacks that you won't be
2. able to shield Tiy?
3. <Tiy> yeah there will be Agronis

 

yeah, you're right! thanks for pointing that out ( :

edit: and thanks for the fast edit Blue! You're the man!

 

Well it's a good thing enemies can fall soon!