New Spaceships

that Emerald reminds of Sonic for some odd reason.

 

Oh my god those ships looks so fuckin epic. The choices. THEY ARE TOO MANY !!!! >.<

 

Like the glitch right mix of futuristic and middle ages.

 

So many awesome designs! I'll be going Glitch first though, a medieval ship sounds epic.

 

Yeah its.. sorta the only thing I strongly dislike about the new avian ship. Can they go super chicken?
At least they knew the job was dangerous when they took it.

Floran ship needs a bit more beefed up plant motif. I know its stolen, but it doesn't look as integrated as the old one, which was an awesome look.

Human and Apex need to switch ships. Apex are big brother like, but the ship seems .. less then oppressive compared to human.

 

I made the Glitch, Human and Avian ones.

There's still some stuff I'd like to do to them (I still think they're kind of WIP) but they're okay for now.
The insides need to be sorted out but that can wait too. Only doing stuff that is needed for the Beta right now.

 

Will we be able to obtain a different race's ships, and are you still planning on having them be upgradable?

 

Actually could you vaguely outline the plan for ships in general George? We knew a lot more about the old designs and upgrading/how things where going to work for them. This shift in style seems to suggest things might be going in a new direction. These don't look as easily expandable as the old designs, but from how you could remove the background panels in one tweeted image.. are they build-able on with special ship blocks or parts?

 

Who was it that made the Floran ship, then?

 

The thread I was writing this to got closed, so here's my response to Shiokuri.

I fail to see the joke. I hate fish, I have a phobia of them, but I honestly still think that the Hylotl ship looks cool.
Not the coolest, but still pretty great. The one thing that I think would make it better, is if they changed the eye to go from "True fish" to "aggressive dragon".
In order from best to not the best, but still good, here are my choices:

Glitch: I can just hear the gears grinding, and the turret clanking into place... The cannon fire, both from friend and foe alike... Shells, rockets and lasers, all deflecting off of the iron and stone hull... Oh, I just adore this ship. It's a frickin' flying fortress!

Human: There's a first! Humans rate pretty high this time! This ship looks so awesome, the fins on the front remind me of so many sci-fi races, but in a good way.

Avian: Weird, but in a good way. Interesting, powerful and beautiful, it's truly not a ship to scoff at.

Floran: Thorns. Enough said.

Hylotl: A shimmering copper-colored ship, true to many Chinese decorations. Like I said before, I think the eye could be improved, though. The rest, stunning. It looks like part of an Imperial fleet. Whatever that means.

Apex: Only because it's the most generic, and the Floran ship has thorns. Still cool though.

 

So my three most liked ships are all your work. ALLOW me to give you my utmost thanks for your amazing work!

 

*sigh*

I will add more to this mess of a thread.
All the ships in easy to view form: Ships

• Apex - Clean, advanced, good complexity on the hull. Well done. Disappointed that many of the other ships use this basic form.
  
  
• Avian - Strong Stargate themes going on here. AKA pyramids and crystals. It's ok, don't care for the swept back, but hard to avoid when shaped like a pyramid.
  
  
• Floran - SeaQuest called and is inquiring about Season 2, episode "By Any Other Name". While I can see how it fits the lore of Starbound, I'd prefer more of an organic ship or at least having the organic parts better integrated with the ship. Weakest design imho, even with it fitting lore. Needs better integration with the ship it took over.
  
  
• Human - Nice because it is so different from the others. The base shape looks different from the Apex. It does have elements of a CR90 corvette from Starwars. There is a more recent ship that is even closer but I can't remember the source. Someone mentioned a Dyazanak-class cruiser, that is closer to what I was thinking... although I believe it was not part of the Starwars universe... anyhow.
  
  
• Hylotl - Good integration of fishy components with the ship. The front however look like something out of a Richard Scarry Busy Town book.
  
  
• Glitch - Good integration of culture components, but I don't care for the bricks. Would be interesting to see more technologically infused bricks.

 

New ships look great. I think the extra sections and more prominent locker/teleporter/fuel controls go a long way to solving the problem of new players being confused on where the controls are.

Some suggestions though:

1. Diversifying the interiors (already acknowledged by GeorgeV). At least bring back what was already diversified in older designs (cockpits, pilot seats, window shapes)
   
2. I understand the Floran ships are hijacked from other races, so it's OK for it to look like an overgrown Apex ship. But I think the overgrowth should be a lot denser. The older Floran design was better in this regard, IMO)
3. Diversifying the nose shapes of the ships is in order. They all look the same right now, and I miss the diversity such as the old beaked nose of the Avians or the old rounded nose of the Hylotl. These shapes can be integrated into the otherwise new themes, for more unique looks.

Of course, these are all incremental improvements, and none of these should be blocking the Beta!

 

Avian ships are powered by CHAOS EMERALDS

 

The human ship reminds me of the Ebon Hawk

 

If you don't mind me asking, how many colors did you use for the exteriors of the ships?

 

Floran ship needs a greener tint. Add some moss and lichen to that hull.

 

The new Human ship looks phenomenal George. Can't wait to see any future additions.

 

Well that explains why those were the only ones that actually interested me. Who ruined the look for the other ships?