Races...The More the Merrier!

Demonotrons, a race of robot-like creatures, with squid-like tentacles, horns, and wings. I doubt this would ever be added lol.

 

Tentacles? Count me in! Maybe their homeland could be the planet with tentacles we see in one of the screenshots.

 

In Starbound, I could believe alien ''races'', but this isn't your run-of-the-mill RPG where you roleplay as a woodland elf who is an expert at archery.

This is a galactic/futuristic-themed game, not Dungeons & Dragons.

 

Well I understand where you guys are going with this...but remember, angels and demons don't HAVE to be overpowered. Sure, they may fly cause they have wings, but they would be FAR more susceptible to environmental conditions and/or day/night (just throwin stuff out).
Plus, I just like elves...I mean...what's wrong with DnD elements. It can be a bit MMORPG AND galactic//futuristic. I (or we) could have the same beef if someone said we should add Vulcans or Wookies... <.<

ALSO, what do you guys think if there were items that TRANSFORMED you into other races (like mentioned in the OP), like the shell in Terraria that turns you into a merman. Thoughts???

 

What angels and demons. I must have missed them.

 

Goo. yes Goo.

a planet covered in goo. a microbe that makes you sick, stronger, or even kill.

 

When it comes to sci fi I don't feel like I can make exact suggestions for what kind of races or creatures I want to see...

I want aliens and I want them to be alien.

Surprise us.

 

Your rainbow "raccons" is a fail.

 

I still think that you should start off as human (or a race that is human~ish) and then go int o a test chamber and change your race if possible what do you all think?

 

Choosing your race in the character creation part, a few classes available, others you would "unlock" with research and stuff and do as KKslida said, about the test chamber and all. The races would become available for new characters though...

ideas ^^

 

Not a fan of races. so many games have elfes, orcs and etc. i'll be happy playing a human

 

What about only NPC has different races?

 

Considering how much work goes into making a set of armor (animations and all!) for humans, I honestly can't see races being implemented, unless it's something that wouldn't require changing the sprites for the armor.

So basically it'd have to be the same size/shape as the human. Nothing like dwarves/penguins/giants.

The only other way I can think of to handle it would be like in Terraria, with the Werewolf form.

But hey, who knows!

 

Raccoon: Earth animal that looks like a... You know
Raccon: Very similar to a raccoon but smarter, sneakier, stronger, faster and in SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!!

 

Well, I understand that it can be a lot of work...I mean A LOT! But for example, the game could start off (whether in alpha or beta) with just humans, then as time progresses have patches with the races...like you said, you never know

 

I'm not entirely convinced a satisfying space themed game can result from that approach. When it comes to the universe and sci fi I think of a wide variety of body shapes and appearances, not just human shaped. (like in mass effect you have the asari but you also have the krogan and Hanar, although to be fair the Hanar don't really do any combat) It would seem sad to just see all "aliens" (sentient) being strictly human shaped.

Are you just talking about playable characters? Or any sentient species you come across on your travels?

 

I'm talking about playable characters. There's so much work that goes into making a full set of armor, complete with animations, that making many different versions of an armor type that accommodate a wide variety of body shapes would just be really time consuming.

Might not be as bad with just NPCs, but I can see it being a huge pain to do on playable characters.

It WOULD be pretty cool though, especially if it ended up being something that was implemented in the far future.

 

I'd like to see occasional NPCs that would be really off the wall sorts of aliens, I'm talking tentacle beasts and all sorts of non humanoids, but they'd be a lot harder to recruit, and they'd be more limited. To offset that, they'd specialize in one thing and be really good at it.

 

Well, if everyone saw the new info on the main page today...I think there is a chance ( a SLIGHT chance but still a chance) that we will have races in the future and will have different attributes for each one not just aestetics

 

Ya know, Anthropomorphic races'd be awesome. Or maybe just one race, but many customization options to make them seem different?
Like, they could look like bats, foxes, lizards, etc?