At first glance, when I saw the title image at the top of the Starbound homepage I assumed it was another image of work on Starbound. But then it became obvious it was a scene from Witchmarsh. Am I the only one who was a bit disappointed when that realization hit? It looks gorgeous - much moreso that the background we have for the Forest biomes or even most other biomes. What's the likelyhood any of the biome backgrounds we have will get a noticable "facelift" or variatiations/versions before the final release?
I agree with you.This is a 2d game thus it takes a hit in depth, or so it used to. This would bring out the depth in any 2d game, definitely. where do i sign the i want this button?! : p
I'm under the impression that the background for witchmarsh would be made specifically to fit the scene and look pretty, but in starbound they have to fit on a planet (not one scene) that loops round and has to work in the planet generator (hues, working with other variations etc) So while it would be brilliant I'm not sure there's much that can be done, not without tons more effort than they already put in.
i believe this is another thing that is easily modded let the devs work on new engine features i may actually have a go myself after mid years.
Definitely support more beautiful background drops! and while makes sense, i think that it could be easily done so as long as you don't have any ridiculously large attention-attracting objects (For instance, the trees in the witchmarsh screenshot).
