We can't get this on Steam soon enough.

Darkout has released on Steam today in a transparent attempt to steal sales away from their declared competition SB which will undoubtedly be a superior product. It's already rising to the top seller list and most people don't even know what SB is. I'm sure if they did, they would choose SB instead.

In light of this, I think the release on Steam needs to be expedited today!

 

It's up to Steam when they release it. Out of Chucklefish's hands now.

 

Well, it'll be on Steam in an hour and a half.

Sorry that a Terraria clone with the depth of a kiddie pool came out a bit earlier. That said, all it has going for it is environments. Proper buildings and everything look just.. awful. It'll be fine.

 

You know, all those space 2D platformer releases are mildly infuriating.

Still, Darkout looks pretty uncanny valley. I am certain it will die down soon enough...

 

I had to come back and fortify my statement.

Someone please try to convince me this works. It's HIDEOUS. That wood background. That character model not blending with anything at ALL. The massive difference between outlined and non-outlined objects.



Oh, by the way. Darkout is singleplayer only according to Steam. So yeah, no multiplayer in it unless it's there and not advertised. HUGE loss for it. You absolutely MUST advertise it in a game like this - it's not a great thing to play solo during the entire time.

 

why you gotta hate on other games? just dont buy them for gods sake

 

You're all weird. I picked up Darkout on indiegogo long before Starbound could even be pre-ordered - and Edge of Space on kickstarter. It's not like Starbound now owns the concept of a block-based platformer, guys.

 

you should stop making the work of others bad... there is no competition.

 

This thread sounds really fanboyish

 

Could not agree more. Let games be games no matter if it's the same genre. There are games that is just a plain ripoff usally found
in the app market but this is not a plain ripoff. Just...let it be.

 

Darkout is a mixed bag for me. The gameplay looks decent enough, but their art design choices are horrible. There's no blending or natural flow, it's hideous.

Granted it still looks interesting enough that I'll pick it up during a Steam sale, but for now only Starbound has my attention.

 

Indeed, because a 2Dish space platformer releasing in the same day as Starbound is certainly a coincidence.

OP was a bit agressive, I agree, but apparently you want more idiots calling Starbound a rip-off. Go ahead, be my guest.

 

clam down, man

 

The devs for Darkout have openly stated that they are trying to compete with Starbound. This is absolutely no coincidence I can assure you.

 

Like this?

 

Okay, even if they released on this day to try to compete with Starbound...so what? I mean, Starbound already has a bunch of backers already.

Really, I wish both games luck.

 

Is anyone really worried about this game being outsold by a single player game anyway? I mean when i look on steam for games now if it doesn't say multiplayer i don't look any further. In any case it will be up on steam at 1pm eastern, a few hours wont make any difference.

 

I honestly like darkout and I would pick it up if I had any cash left.. Game looks extremely creepy ish and I hope they make it creepier in the future

 

*C

*Cyber high fives*

 

But Starbound invented space!