The Starbound Chronicle June 2013

It seems a lot of people aren't getting the newsletter in their mail, so I'm just going to post it on here.

Intro Cinematics​

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Another thing we've been working on recently is our cooking mechanic. Each race will start out with its own lore-friendly menu of recipes-- entrees, side dishes, desserts, snacks, drinks-- but eventually you'll be able to learn to cook other races' food too! Not sure why you'd want to swap a burrito for a Glitch's automato soup, but the option is there! Can't guarantee Avian food will agree with Human stomachs, either...
You'll craft food at culinary tables, from produce, meat and other ingredients that you can harvest yourself, buy in a shop, or trade for. The more rare and expensive the ingredients, the bigger the benefits.
On top of health and status effects, food can also be placed around the world as decorative objects. Set a table fit for a kin

Space Cakes!​

Another thing we've been working on recently is our cooking mechanic. Each race will start out with its own lore-friendly menu of recipes-- entrees, side dishes, desserts, snacks, drinks-- but eventually you'll be able to learn to cook other races' food too! Not sure why you'd want to swap a burrito for a Glitch's automato soup, but the option is there! Can't guarantee Avian food will agree with Human stomachs, either...
You'll craft food at culinary tables, from produce, meat and other ingredients that you can harvest yourself, buy in a shop, or trade for. The more rare and expensive the ingredients, the bigger the benefits.
On top of health and status effects, food can also be placed around the world as decorative objects. Set a table fit for a king!

Fan Art​

We've got some awesome fan art submissions this month. This one above, called Race to the Bars, was submitted by community member Bietol. And it's conveniently 1920x1080! You can find more of Bietol's work here!


We've also got this lovely, barbaric Floran submission from Shardival, called The Great Race! You can find more of Shardival's work here. Thanks for the submissions, guys!

Short-Term Memory Loss​

Credits:PFlute for the lines + story, Mhindman for the background colors!​

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Bonus! Here's Rho's WIP Floran respawn animation.

 

Could a mod be so kind as to remove the "Thread" part of the title? Thanks.

 

Nice floran respawn animation. The Aliens nod was a nice subtle touch. And I haven't been paying much attention to the cooking stuff. I guess it makes sense that each race has its own food and recipes.

However, no mention of Beta so...definitely not June and another one of my guesses is blown.
*throws claws up* I give up...on guessing.

 

I just want to say that "automato soup" is the best food-based pun.

 

Cool beans, thanks for posting this.

 

Floran edit:

 

Kakacarrot cake!

 

I am tired of waiting for this frikkin game.
When this comes out, it had better be the best game ever or I am going to FLIP SOME TABLES.

 

Do you have tables?

 

Rofl holy molly. Ive been a lurker in this forum for quite awhile now but I just have to post this after a sudden realization that "Bietol" is actually "JohnSu" from deviantart this whole time. I use to follow him when I was like 16. . .