STREAM THE TEST. RECORD IT. UPLOAD IT. Hypno-toad merchant commands you! Also, brilliant idea on unlocking recipes as you gain materials. That's way better than having to ask the Guide.
Dammit! I was gonna make that joke. Anyway, I hope that merchant sells "a lot of good things". Or even better; He/She/It appears around every corner in the game and somehow manages to meet you several times in your journey even though you've crossed multiple lakes, and climbed incredibly high structures all the while still fighting hordes of corrupted humans... err, I think I'm confusing Starbound for something else. "Whatta ya' buyin'?"
If I'm not mistaken, the Frog Merchant is the first sentient humanoid we see that is not one of the playable races. Interesting.
I hope starbound comes out tomorrow. i can't wait any longer. definitely going to explode sooner or later ;_;
Will there be a fox NPC that has to keep saving the frog? And will the frog have a really annoying voice?
Why should they waste hours upon hours for making only one race, when they could make other updates? Chucklefish is going to have infinite time to do whatever the hell they want after the full release of the game. They'll still have other updates they can do and should do, rather than wasting time on one completely unnecessary and inefficient update.