GeorgeV submitted a new blog post: 20th of July - Itty Bitty Critters! Continue reading the Original Blog Post
@Varixai has been doing a super job of starting to outline details about these new critters on the wiki....spolers obv
Eek, just so everyone knows, they aren't really that spazzy ingame. As @Katzeus mentioned, I've been updating the Critter wiki page with gifs that are relatively accurate to how they move around ingame. That page also has spawning information and where each critter is found. I have added the details of the latest 28 of them, but not the gifs yet, as those take a bit longer to make. Hopefully soon though. (There are now 59 total) The new ones in this blog are: Slug: Tritrots: Breaker: Glowing Ball: Winter: Hylotl Scab: You can spawn them in and place them on your ship. See the wiki page for details. (can't use a capture pod on them though) As for other news: On Thursday they moved on to the Colourful (Rainbow) mini-biome, as well as making new Ocean microdungeons. On Friday they worked on both of those and the Bones mini-biome. (Expect to see Colourful and Bones blogs this week) See the Hylotl Scab critter above? There are walking skulls for all playable races and penguins that appear in Bones mini-biomes. They have also kept adding biome-specific tenants as they go. And of course, work continues on NPC AI/Behaviors. Adding new animations and interactions with objects. In a roundabout way, it sounds like Starbound has a new artist. Here is the announcement chain of that: Tweet One >> Tweet Two >> Tweet three >> Artist's Tumblr
These critters look amazing... But did it have to be seagulls?! Just joking of course, seagulls will make ocean worlds feel more alive... Together with that other new ocean stuff.
Why can't we catch them and put them on our ships? I want the penguin head. Actually, I want them all (except the birds). Great job with the artwork.
Oh... my god. I could have met one of the Starbound artists IN PERSON at Anime Expo this year! Dammit! (If you don't understand what I am referring to, check the Tumblr link and scroll down a bit)
Am I the only one that wouldn't mind a few hostile critters? Not that I expect to be insta-killed by an alien slug that looks at me funny or anything like that. Just maybe something like alien mosquitoes or bees or something.
Bring this little fellow along with piggie to Jungle biome plz. Also, all pets to be met in the wild for a capture.
Its great these are not hostile creatures but why not make some that are challenging and can do harm? It would be great to have more monster diversity of shapes and sizes.
I think it would be cool if there were interaction that you could do with them, or even NPC actions they would do, like petting them, or playing with them. I think that would make them even better.
Will we be able to get these for our pet slots? (Or are they taking pet slots out since they added the mandatory on board pet?) I really want the little skull-crab guy following me around he's the tits!
