Post 1.0 Updates

Hi
I'm a big fan of Starbound and I am pumped for the release of 1.0. and I watched the stream and I the devs talked about themed updates. But I also play Terraria and while neither of them copy each other they are both sandbox games. The 1.3 update for terraria totally expanded the story so do you think that something like that would happen for starbound and be good for it?

 

in the past 3 years StarBound has grown so much. I get the feeling ChuckleFish isn't a cash grab company. My steam game list is full of games that are perma stuck in alpha/beta. this is the first to come out. So by that.. I honestly feel they meant it when they say "1.0 is just the beginning"

 

Yeah i would agree

 

Well since the game in my opinion has been getting more improved over the years, I'd say the same as Ellary, that the stepping stone they are about to hit will finally throttle their things they continue the shuttle run in the stars. I mean Terraria 1.0 I hear was not all that much, as I have only played something a little after that was on console. Still entertaining, and only had wall of flesh with the mech bosses. But in 1.0 for Terraria I think was the wall of flesh was the last boss... Both games have come a long way in their own way.

I love them both. I have quite a few games in my library, but it is quite a variety mix... I just like a lot of different genres. Anyway I have faith that they will continue adding for a while. With the Starbound 1.0 that means the engine for the game will finally be finished; in turn meaning quicker additions in content and the like.

 

Actually, 1.0 Terraria's last boss was skeletron. So it had even less than what you remember. Hard mode wasn't a thing until 1.1. Starbound definitely exceeds Terraria's 1.0 release with its own 1.0 release, though I am not sure how it holds up to 1.1-1.3 since I am not that far in nightly yet, haven't even gotten to eccentric stars yet.

As for stuff past 1.0 starbound, didn't the devs say they were looking into a space battle system similar to FTL? They said 1.0 just means the base game, mainly the game engine and similar stuff, being finished and additional content would be the next focus.

 

The beautiful part about games like SB is that the bones (i.e. 1.0) is just the groundwork for something beautiful if they keep at it. Now that the primary engine will be finished they can actually PLAY with it, and that could be bloody brilliant & terrifying to behold.

 

I think they planned to add events that occurs in space, like boarding and such.

 

How much success does CF expect to get on release though? I'm sure the game is going to be great, but I wonder if everyone and their dog who has wanted to play this game has already bought it.

DLC may be the way to go. Of course, I prefer free updates, but I'm just sayin'.

 

Ah... Kind of hard to remember something I have not experienced. I started on console when the 3 mech ones were out... something like that. I have only heard of versions prior to it. Reason I am not familiar personally with the update. Going on hearsay I tend to forget a lot of things. However what I do remember is what I played on console and don't know what version that was. I just know there were mech bosses when I played. Regardless, thank you for pointing that out; I was wondering which was first...