The Flood/The Corruption

How about a race that does not destroy or consumes... but but
It CREATE stuffs!
Originally designed to reconstruct a dead planet as proof of concept (or something like jurassic park), the organobot thingies had a error code loop and started spreading throughout the universe, literally "reviving" ancient, long-extinct species.
Be them old civilations or even great and mighty beasts

 

Well it would fit the non serious style of Starbound

 

Replace scientists with space hobos

Original story do not steal

 

It's a quest to find the cause of the outbreak.
And the reward is an NPC.

Indeed. Every game needs zombies.

 

I like that take when there seems to be a mind behind the Hive Mind. I'm personally tired of running around squishy hallways and all ways felt that just taking over organisms is just half of the equation when trying to absorb a species.

 

Sounds like A fun way to revive Cthulhu and friends.

 

I'm quite sorry... Sounded rather much like a dick didn't I, ignore my insesant ramblings

 

Yeah thats kinda the basic idea
People would go "Something that can revive stuff cant be that bad" at first but a second after they realize everything that might have lived and died will be revived, including all the horrible creatures of legends.

 

I like!

 

I like your idea but in a similar fashion i suggest the conquest of planets by a highly intelligent sentient species. Similar to Elites and Protoss that would at random start attacking and conquering your outer most planets then getting slowly closer to your homeworld if left alone.

 

Evil Parasitic Race is a good idea for the Main Enemy
but it would not make sense that your planet was destroyed instead of infested

 

Hmm, maybe something like: It starts to get infested but as the last leader of the world realizes what is happening he launches a mass destruction weapon against their own planet, turning the whole planet to a cloud of dust.

 

Honestly you can story away anything
not sure what I was thinking when I posted that earlier

 

But Im sure they already have a cool enemy designed out... So I see this thing more as a big side quest
I will work on it more since my entry to the contest is basicly this but more evolved.

Who knows, I might start working on a mod based of this, just gotta find a crew -.-

 

Wait until the game comes out first buddy one step at a time
it is still plausible that this will be in the game

 

True, but if its not it would be good to have a decent design document out incase I or someone else wants to mod it ^^

 

To be fair I think that modding will not begin right away
After all most of the modders would rather have a play of the game first if they cared enough to plan to mod it before even playing it
So there will be plenty of time to work out the details even after release

 

Yeah I aware of that but I have a OCD when it comes to creativity ^^

 

This sounds completly awesome. The only reason anyone could be able to say this was bad idea should be if they were tired fighting agains corrupt in Terraria. And i would rly understand if they are tired of corrupt.

 

I'm kinda on the edge about this, as if it were to follow regular Flood instincts, it would consume every sentient being on the planet, which would mean that either the planet would be dead(Cause the Flood ate everything). That could add another mission however, to rescue as many species as you can from every infected planet.
~Jake