I am lead Starbound developer and head of Chucklefish games AMA

Are you planning on creating a more dynamic and diverse combat? The current one (even though the changes you already did made it way better) is still quite same-y and doesn't provide much variety in possible approaching tactics.

 

Hhi Tyi, have you a new personnal project for a new game ?

 

Where do you see starbound head into the future? Are you happy/content with the progress so far?

 

Hai Tiy, I was wondering.. once Starbound is completed one day, do you have plans for another game in the future?

 

when are you guys going to add more insterments?

they are my fav part of starbound and i want more

 

Do you think the characters will get some more options for clothes in the future? I know it's early yet, and there's armors and some costumes, but I wonder if there's not some more plans for more customization within the game without mod support? Maybe a revamped creator or the like. Either way, I am loving the game. And I like you guys are up front about what you're working on. It's refreshing to see it evolve over time. Even when I can't play, I can see new things.

 

Will there be NPC followers? Not just pets but people too!

 

When you are in a creative slump, what do you like to do to reset and recharge?

 

Let's talk sub-Biomes. Are you looking to add new ones to "old" planet types in the future? Like, currently Desert planets can only spawn Tar and Oasis sb-biomes. Think we'd get another one or two later on, once the rest of the planets are filled out? Like say "Greek" ruins or a withered forest?

What of sub-biomes on Ocean planets of various types? I think it'd be interesting for those worlds to have some larger landmasses with a little difference.

Will we be hearing new background musics soonish? I mean, what we got is lovely and all, but... repetitive. Really, really repetitive.

And in less-suggesty stuff... what fan-stuff has surprised you the most so far?

 

Any plans for planet/biome events and happenings?

Any plans to improve the navigation/starmap aesthetics?

Will there be more ship pets/a way to change ship pets?

 

Marvel or DC? Favorite character? Any particular reason why?

 

Seems neato.

While I know that for the most part Starbound is a lighthearted platformer/Sandbox game, will we be getting some more darker themes in terms of the Lore and the story mode?

And if ya wouldn't mind a second question, is there any plans for some new tracks for the OST?Perhaps I just listened to it too much, but many of these feel so out of place, yknow?As much as I like it, sometimes getting Psyche while mining, or a M54 out of nowhere, its just kinda odd, same with certain songs, they just feel too "epic" or set up for a somewhat mellow to melancholic tone that, to be perfectly honest, most of Starbound does not have.

You know Sunless Sea Tiy?And how much of its atmosphere is of despair and fear, with its lowest form being of a sad melancholy?And then you have a song like Submergio Voil, that never fails to bring your hopes up, and always gives ya the chils or waters yer eye?

Starbound could use a Submergio Viol.

 

What are you gonna do about the creatures? I see that they are still very much bland :/ Have you thought about adding passive behaviors to mobs? Something to make them feel more unique.

 

What would you say your biggest challenge with Starbound has been so far?

 

Will there be any bosses that aren't limited to mission instances? Building arenas for that home turf advantage is really fun -- and I'm a little saddened we can't do that with the current bosses.

 

How do you (As in ChuckleFish) start a typical day? Do you hold daily meetings, or are they weekly? Generally what is your process like for making sure everyone is on task and work is appropriately divided?

 

Are you planning to add more wide scale planetary terraforming?

For example building structures on the surface allowing you to change the atmosphere (thus changing the sky color and or weather).
Or/and allowing you to use a virus/bacteria/whatever to remove a tree type on a world and then seed said world with a new tree type, including the background tree's (same could be done with creatures off course).
Or/and Orbital bombardments to level a world (basicly turning a world into a "barren" world).

(Just a side note, having for example orbital bombardments and seeding worlds with capsules as optional side upgrades to the ship would be neat).

 

What kind of plans do you guys have for future implementation of vehicles in Starbound? I have played around with the mech tech in the past but that was very underwhelming.