Come join the Lemmy Starbound Community! I’m the only poster so far 🥺
I used to be. With all of Chucklefish’s weirdness around its development, it’s hard to enjoy the game as much…
Have you tried any mods at all? There are so many, they really make it great! I didn’t start playing until after they had already abandoned it :( so I don’t know anything about their weirdness …
I didn’t even know they were weird about it. That’s a bummer it turned people off the game…
I played it a lot vanilla but I have been hesitant to try some of the bigger mods because I hear a bit too hardcore for my liking. I wish the game was more fleshed out, but I don’t want it to be a constant struggle.
I agree that most the added mods are too much – I absolutely do not recommend Frackin’ Universe, for example.
Buuuuut I have a small collection here that I enjoyed when I first started playing 2 ish years ago: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2718466911. Not too extensive!!
The controversy was one thing, but the game itself really could’ve used more optimisation. I played through once and now occasionally go back and play with mods on, and the performance issues really does make you wish the game ran better.
Have you tried the mods that attempt to optimize it? I use one called “more threads” or something and OptimizeBound.
Yes I remember playing this game since an early alpha. But it’s all so empty and sometimes feels pointless to wonder around a new planet. Btw Chucklefish made the game with unpaid child labor… I eventually returned to Terraria.
I really had no idea. Don’t want to get downvoted to oblivion for this, but this kind of stuff doesn’t erode my joy of the game, or make building my cute lil pixel homes any less fun and rewarding.
These days, in general, there’s lots of looking down / belligerent beratement of people who like things that were incidentally made by shitstorms. Sorry in advance I suppose.
‘unpaid child labor’ painted a nasty picture in my head. If you watch the video about it in these comments, it was more like ‘asked 16yr olds to make content and told them it wouldn’t be paid but they might get job offers later (but they never will)’.
I didn’t think a indie game development studio would have a sweatshop full of child slaves, so I think my first impression is pretty close to how it was, and that is unpaid labor. The only debatable term is “child” though they were minors. Pretty sleazy to take advantage of passionate teens like that.
Maybe that’s not so shocking to people when unpaid internships are a thing, but that’s not something I think should exist either.
It’s disheartening how dirty entertainment industries are on every level. You’d think works of passion would inspire people to treat each other right but if anything seems like the opposite happens.
I used to play starbound a ton, it’s been a few years. I stopped playing because all the planets just felt so lonely after a while. I remember seeing that the devs were planning on adding NPCs and maybe even quests or a storyline? Did any of that happen?
I loved Starbound and was really excided for its environment and style. I still think it has some of the best world generation, like a 2D version of No Man’s Sky. Oh, and the music just feels so right…
I had hoped it would grow beyond what Terraria was at the time, but sad to see that didn’t pan out and development has basically died. It feels like there’s still a lot of potential in Starbound but it feels unfinished.
Cool, thanks for the insight. I haven’t looked at the MOD scene on Starbound so I’ll check it out.
Any specific mod recommendations?
Yes, many. I have an old collection I first used and will be making a new one soon of all the mods I am using now :) Old collection here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2718466911
I love Starbound dearly. It has an atmosphere and sense of exploration that is just great. I go back to it for a while every year or so to re-explore and vibe, such a good game especially for the price
