Starbound fans rejoice! The beta is nearly ready (warning, multiple images)

Arkitech

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http://playstarbound.com/


This easily will be game of the year for me when the final version is released. There is so much to do in this game that I'm shaking in anticipation.


For those who are'nt familiar with SB, it's similar to Terraria but obviously with a scifi setting. In addition to the building, exploring and fighting aspects of Terraria, the game will feature procedurally generated galaxies, planets and enemies. There is also a quest system and a story line as well. There is much more that will be featured in the game, overall it's a very ambitious project that has gotten a lot of favorable attention so far. Pre-orders sales reached over a million in less than a month, without the help of being Greenlit or a Kickstarter project.

The Starbound roadmap has details about some of the elements that will be present in the game.

http://www.playstarbound.com/roadmap/


Here's a few screenshots

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JamesV

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First time seeing this; looks like a Terraria mod or re-skin, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

This may sound stupid, but my final buying decision will rest solely on the ability to remap the keys. One thing that drives me nuts about Terraria, is that I can rebind my move/etc keys, but not direct selection keys (1,2,3...0). I can't count the amount of times I've died trying to next/previous select things with the mouse wheel.
 

CPA

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I hope they do a spellcheck on the game - "embarrased"?