Two things from Rho. ;)

No, the generator does it all by itself.

Almost none of the monsters are pre-made, and are instead randomly generated by the monster generator. After their appearance is generated, they are given a behavior based on their body parts (such as flying with wings), which helps make the monster even more "random". After that, it's presumably named, perhaps based on a system of adjectives.

So, in fact, it's hard to get any more random than the monster generator already is.

 

She posted on Page 1.

 

How do you know the excat implementation details?
Also, if you do it like this all the parts have to match and the monsters (and Bosses) are going to look very uniform.

 

Everything except the naming process has been said by the Devs.

Here are the randomly generated monsters that they've shown so far (if you didn't know, they show one or two every Friday, starting about two weeks ago).

As you can see, there's quite a variety, and they all look good, in my opinion. Judging from their lucks, two of them run (the first and third), one of them rolls (the second), one of them stomps (the fourth), one of them scuttles (the fifth), and one of them charges (the sixth). That's just movement; their behaviors and attacks could be quite different yet still fit the monster.

 

Every one of thpse, except the third, looks very uniform in the appearence of their body. Matching colors and themes.

 

Sure it does, a diving helmet with tentacles erupting from the sides and suction cups for feet screams uniform to me.

 

Oh yeah, I love it when my fish have spider legs.

Oh, and when my bulls have devil horns and a blue tail.

While the colors do match, the body parts certainly don't.

If anything, the colors help the parts blend.

 

That's why they're called, "Monsters."

 

You do know that all bulls have horns?
That was a fish? Oh.. Or maybe you just thought it would be a fish. Looks like an alien to me.
The colors are the only abnormal thing. (Just like in BL).
We haven't seen the game yet though, so we should stop making vague assumptions.

Read my previous post again.

 

So theres a 1% chance turrets wont be in the game the engineer would be sad
jk
Can't wait for random gen bosses though hope that the drops will be different based on what parts they have

 

Uh.. Well... I knew it...! ha.. haha..
Still, we can congratulate him

 

I have seen complaints that the monster generation will be too random and make monsters look bad.
I have seen complaints that the monster generation won't be random enough and make monsters look 'uniform'
Both in the same thread.
OH, INTERNET.

 

Randomly generated bosses, and turrets as well?!
Well at least now my legion of cat underlings will have something to do...

As in blow away enemies!

 

I am 99% not worried about that 1%.

 

you never know !% is still a possibilty

 

Dat shift key.

 

nope its just an excited 1

 

Also, this was on Rho's DA:
I'm not sure if it's Starbound related, I don't think it is, but... ya never know.

 

its the pinkie pie intergalactic vespa, the player's first vehicle !