It's the Little Things that Count

So, this was posted in the middle of another thread, but I think it merits its own thread. Also, even though it should be obvious I'll say it anyway: this is from the IRC. You know, if you care. Also, credit to Kiofspa for being smart enough to save this.

<@Tiyuri> It's true that the end of the year is a goal that may or may not be reached, because we are perfectionists
<@Tiyuri> however
<@Tiyuri> the game is so far along, so many systems are done, its essentially very playable already
<@Tiyuri> theres no chance of it fizzling out
<@Tiyuri> we just put insane levels of detail into everything
<@Tiyuri> and i dont do videos on anything until that insane level of detail is realised

<@Tiyuri> to give another example of our attention to detail
<@Tiyuri> every single material in the game gives off its own footstep sounds when walked on
<@Tiyuri> or jumped on
<@Tiyuri> a largeeeee number of objects in the game make sounds
<@Tiyuri> when someone accesses a chest, it opens in front of them, when they leave the chest screen, it closes
<@Tiyuri> a lot of objects are interactive just for the sake of being interactive
<@Tiyuri> see a gong in an avian temple? you can go and bang it
<@Tiyuri> every block and every object has a description
<@Tiyuri> you can examine everything
<@Tiyuri> and whilst its very easy to say that these things aren't essential, just release the game already.
<@Tiyuri> I disagree, I think putting this all together gives you more than the sum of it's parts

<Arpege> Can you only beam to planets Tiyuri, or can you beam into an asteroid belt as well? Just a bunch of large chunks of rock floating about in space with rare materials in them, but extremely dangerous and difficult to move from asteroid to asteroid
<Arpege> Sort've like sky islands but in space :B
<@Tiyuri> by release youll be able to beam onto planets (done already), moons (done already), asteroids (not done, but actually very easy to do, just havent gotten around to it), and ships in flight (done already)
<@Tiyuri> and possibly some more
<@Tiyuri> also friends ships
<@Tiyuri> you can go there
<WarStalkeR> Tiyuri: you said ships in flight... Then it means possibly an space ship battles too?
<@Tiyuri> not for release
<@Tiyuri> but i have an idea on how space ship battles will work
<@Tiyuri> for post release

<@Tiyuri> I need to do a video of the building system

Cool stuff, eh? Well, I think it's cool that they're putting this much detail into the game. I would like to declare it official as coming directly from Tiy that the release may be pushed into 2013. Now, before anyone starts complaining, you need to know that they are only doing this because they want the game that we buy from them to be as perfect as possible. And the only way for them to accomplish this goal is to take as much time as they need. It'll be released when it's ready. Even then, there's still a good chance they will make the end of the year deadline. Hope this helped.


Edit: Here is the full conversation that the above came from right here. (This one also comes from Kiofspa)

 

O.O
Okay, so I was alright with waiting, until I read this. Now...
But, I guess the whole point of this was to make us less impatient, right? Ah well, I have things to occupy myself.

 

In consolation, (my) reason dictates that the avatar creator should be pretty close to done by now. I'm sure you'll be able to waste a lot of time with that.

 

Way cool... SOOO glad to see the Devs are putting all their time and effort into everything, I ALWAYS have been a sucker for little things like interactable objects

 

insane detail? ins.. ane.. INSANE DETAIL!

 

This is good news for a dwarf fortress fan like myself.

 

I am very much pleased by this.
This is like a godsend for roleplayers ;_;

 

My god I am so excited, I could naw off my own leg,
but that won't make it any closer to the game's release, so I won't.

 

I will bang every gong I see. All shall feel my wrath. Also I wonder how many of the objects cause interactions. It'd be fun to attract/piss off everyone on the planet with my gong's tremors.

 

I love it when Development teams invest time in the smaller details, it is somewhat comforting.

 

ZOMG ship battles. Just keep the game tiy, keep doing what you're doing. OCD developers are the best developers.

 

I want it I want it I want it.

 

I approve of this, it will help with immersion.

The question on my mind now is: do metal boots make a different down on all these materials compared to say plastic boots?

 

well,
if you go into a coma from blood loss,
you COULD wake up closer to the relese date of starbound.
but you could also go PAST it.
careful.

 

oh, great,
now starbound will be releaced in 2014.
hope you are happy.
(jk)
would love to wear rubber shoes and hear
+squeek, squeek, squeek+
when ever i walked.
tho, i may start to think i'm waring mouse shoes.

 

true dat,
but what if you go so far past,
starbound pulls a terraria?
(not that this'll happen, but still.)

 

hey, man.
that's mean.
i'm just saying,
what if you go so far ahead,
starbound is forgotten?

 

Derp, Tiy has a good attention to detail it seems, derp.
Derp, i like him, derp.

 

It's nice to see that Chucklefish know the gamer's psyche