Random events!

Will random stuff that happens rarely be implemented in Starbound? Like Blood Moons in Terraria or rare encounters like the Spider Jockey in Minecraft.

 

Yes, there will be planet based random events.

 

I don't completely get what you mean by this, do you mean just rare things or actually random events such as someone teleporting you to somewhere else and getting special things for completing these events?

 

This isn't Runescape.

He meant something like a Blood Moon.

Something like, every once in awhile, there would be an alien invasion or a blackout or a meteor shower.

 

Yeah, something like an old man teleporting you to a giant maze and giving you a box as reward so you can summon a genie to give you a lamp. Just kidding!

Thanks for the information

 

Then, what would the lamp have in it? As said, this is not runescape, it is not a completely online game that someone will come and steal your friends randomly. The blood moon most likely will still be in this but, there should be more things.

 

I like the idea of a planet wide blackout, where all electrical stuff just ceases to work for a day/night

 

yeah like a blackout that wouldn't let you use anything except like melee weapons

 

Well I was thinking more light switches and machines, so you have to use torches or a table, and weapons that don't use batteries

 

How exactly would a planet just not have electricity all of a sudden? The only thing that would make this possible is an EMP.

 

What so a planetwide blackout isn't possible but penguins living on another planet is?

 

How bout an electromagnetic force that emanates from the planet at random working like a constant steady EMP there you go a logical way for this to work
Also devs already confirmed there WILL be random events and quests, plus they'll have the directors edition they hope to put in the game post launch which allows mods and admins on servers to create quests and events and control NPC's and stuff, kinda can't wait for that.

 

I think it is most likely events comnpared to the blood moon from terraria will occur.

 

can solar flares cause blackouts to happen?

 

Yup

 

I love the idea of an Invasion or World wide blackout or meteor shower!

 

A world wide blackout would be awesome. We need events that induce some fear. Anyone remember how scary the blackout was in Luigi's Mansion?

And probably some good random events, too, like a friendly NPC shows up that sells cool stuff.

 

yes, hopefully it wont be something that can kill us

 

Yes. I'm 100% sure.
"There are random events for each planet, so something may randomly fall from the sky for instance." (Dev)

 

Me too!