New Spaceships

Ooh, I like the iconography on the locker, starmap, and fuel tank! All are easy to figure out at first glance, I'd say. The teleporter being in its own room is likely to help out newcomers as well. ^_^

 

And then appears the battle theme ;p

 

You'd think the fuel box would be at the back of the ship near the engine? Would be cool if we could move the features around

 

Im pretty sure its a Upgraded Human ship, because in Barts Stream, we saw a new Apex ship, it looked SWEET,

Here is a pic http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/remodeled-spaceship.31753/

In barts Stream we saw a new Apex Ship, so i think this is a new Human ship, as the old ones do seem.... bland...

Here is a Pic of it http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/remodeled-spaceship.31753/

 

Everyone! This seems like a new re-skin of the human ship!

Because in Barts Stream we saw THIS Apex Ship! A re-skin of it!

 

Damn, love this new look to the ship... Now if only we are able to select ship design to our preference later in the game... Like if you want to use a apex character but want a glitch ship design, or want to use a human character but want your human character to use a hylotl ship design...

Edit:
I'd want to change that cockpit chair though Hope you can switch it up with any chair you want

 

That's just the one in this thread, but in blue (and a slightly different layout, and background)...
Wait, does that mean we can eventually change the colour of our ships?

 

It's an Apex ship at the moment.

Legris made the outside. I made the inside stuff.

You cannot move these objects around but we're still trying to find the optimal way to organize them (and they are in fact organized different in-game right now).

 

These new ship designs are bloody EPIC!

 

I love the design, for a tier 1 ship, good work yeah.

to shamelessly add a comment on it, think there's any chance to variety the cockpit up? the cockpit itself looks kind of bland. just my five cents.. .which aint worth much at all, because your spaceship already rocks.

 

I LOVE it! I really hope this ends up being the direction that they go with a lot of the art. And I would totally be fine if this is a choice for a replacement ship instead of being the new ship altogether for a race (I'm guessing humans, makes the most sense). That way there can be choices.

 

The artist confirmed that's a Apex ship.

 

Wait, is there lore already posted? I need to keep up with this man.

 

I recall seeing a proper post about them on the forum somewhere ,but here a alternative with the lore http://starbound.gamepedia.com/Glitch

 

Aww maaan. I don't plan on playing Apex ever. Oh well, thanks for telling me. It's still a cool ship.

 

Earlier comparisons between the old and new Apex ships were tainted by the fact that the old ship was drawn at a higher zoom level.

Below is a superposition of the old and new Apex ships scaled to the same size(e.g. to same zoom level, based on pixel size as well as common features such as window size, cockpit size, etc). This is a true comparison of the relative sizes of the two ships:




It is clear that the new ship is significantly bigger. It is 25% longer, has 25% more main cargo bay space, and is on average a bit wider too.

All other ships we saw in earlier screenshots (such as those listed here) match the old (green) ship, rather than the new (white one), in size and proportions.

This leads me to believe that this cannot be a one-off replacement, lest the Apex ship is now for some reason bigger than all the others. Instead, I suspect one of the following:

1. All the ships will be re-modelled to the size of the bigger white one, and what they used to look like was just an early draft, or...
2. We just saw a new tier of Apex ship, which presumably would exist for all the other ships as well!

I'd be more excited if the second option was true. It makes sense in the story plot sense (you start as a runaway in an obsolete ragtag ship, and can build better and more modern ones later), as well as the general tier progression sense (newer ships give you more abilities and cargo space).

 

Looks like a big chunk of polished scrap.

 

I am thinking that the first option might be the thing that is actually happening, they might just update the graphical design of every ship, perhaps they want to make each ship look significantly different from one another.

 

you both done a great job looks really good

 

There is a loading period before you reach a new planet, so I think the teleporter is best placed as far from the cockpit as possible. Even if it is just to reduce confusion for new players, the first thirty minutes of gameplay are so crucial to hooking the player that I think it is worth it. Even so, it would be nice to have the option of moving it just because customization is always nice.