Sensible Erection | Starforge!

Sunday, 26 August 2012

quote [ StarForge is a game about gathering resources, building bases, crafting anything you want, and surviving on an alien planet. Earth's star is dying and humanity transferred as much technology and resources as possible and left on a one way mission to populate another planet. ]

Anyone plan on playing this? Is it a Minecraft killer?

http://www.starforge.com/

[games] [by Urzazero@5:38amGMT] [+7 Interesting]

Comments

ENZ said @ 5:51am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:3 Insightful]
I think if I tried playing that my processor would burst into flames.

arrowhen said @ 6:15am GMT on 26th Aug
Yeah, I tried an early alpha a couple months back and got about 12 frames per minute. :D

lilmookieesquire said @ 6:39am GMT on 26th Aug
So this is a FPS starcraft?

lilmookieesquire said @ 6:44am GMT on 26th Aug
That said, (I think) I'd love a game that combines all my favorites.

Star Control 2/Homeworld on a space travel level
Minecraft on a colony building level
Halo etc on a FPS defense/invasion level

How awesome would that be to colonize space from travel to colonies to survival and exploration?

arrowhen said @ 9:49am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:2 Underrated]
If we're talking dream games, I want a sandbox Thief game with decent melee combat in a city the size of the entire Skyrim world map.

EPT said @ 11:12am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
I'm jonesing for a Thief game. One where combat isn't particularly easy - that was the point of Thief. The mistake Deadly Shadows made was that it was Thief... until you got caught, then you could kill whoever saw you and carry on with no penalties. Didn't really make sense - you could quite happily hack and slash your way through the game.

chold_numa said @ 12:42pm GMT on 26th Aug
I'd like a Star Control done by the original creators that was a sequel to Star Control 2. I don't think the formula needs too much tweaking, the 4E adventure game plus the space melee combat is pretty much perfect.

The only thing that it could perhaps do would be to a) add Internet/network melee combat, b) randomise the item locations, c) modernise graphics. Even voice acting detracts from it slightly.

lilmookieesquire said @ 4:02pm GMT on 26th Aug
HVAve you seen the fan remake?

lilmookieesquire said @ 4:59pm GMT on 26th Aug
The Ur-Quan Masters: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/info.php

chold_numa said @ 9:46pm GMT on 26th Aug
Yes, of course. But it's just a remake. I've played through the game probably at least half a dozen times, so what I'm asking for is more of the same with new plot, new characters, and new graphics. That's about it really.

Sadly, Disney Skate Adventure or whatever the original creators are doing now just does not interest me. It's sort of like if The Cockroaches were a decent band which had a cult following, and then became The Wiggles. Hard to see them going back.

mechanical contrivance said @ 4:12am GMT on 27th Aug
Unless there's a way to make my landers take less damage, I'm not going to keep playing.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 4:43am GMT on 27th Aug
The planet landers can also be upgraded. Technological advances bought from the Melnorme for this include double cargo capacity (this does not affect biodata capacity), greater rate of stun beam fire, greater speed, protection from alien life attacks, heat shielding, lightning resistance, and earthquake shock protection.

chold_numa said @ 8:17am GMT on 27th Aug
Also, you can work out roughly how dangerous the planet is going to be based on the temperature, seismic activity, and weather numbers on the planetary scan. You'll probably also want to avoid fast moving creatures initially as well.

Later on, you'll need the lander upgrades to get a special item, which leads to a fairly important improvement to the Starbase. This isn't essential to complete the game, but it makes your life much easier.

iosef said @ 7:53am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
Here you go.

bluemonkey said @ 10:36pm GMT on 26th Aug
Damnit I need to buy that game but just can't bring myself to do so... I was a HUGE natural selection fan.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 8:02am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:4 Funny]
FPS Starcraft is a nice idea, but doesn't stand a Ghost of a chance of ever being made.

ENZ said @ 12:40pm GMT on 26th Aug
How about a third-person Starcraft?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft:_Ghost

Oops, nevermind...

Barnabas_Truman said @ 5:35pm GMT on 26th Aug [Score:5 Funny]
Blizzard already made a third-person Starcraft. It's called Starcraft.

spite48 said @ 9:58pm GMT on 27th Aug
Okay, fine. How about a second-person Starcraft?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 2:06am GMT on 28th Aug
I'm guessing that would mean a game in which the character that you control is always facing directly into the camera.

mechanical contrivance said @ 3:24am GMT on 28th Aug
There was a game like that. A shooter for Sega CD, I think. Don't remember what it was called.

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 10:44pm GMT on 26th Aug
You mean AvP 2?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 6:44am GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Funny]
Another DOOM clone? Meh.

iosef said @ 7:42am GMT on 26th Aug
game obviously borrows a lot from Minecraft. Whether it can also add something unique and worthwhile to the sandbox crafting / procedurally generated genre will be interesting to see.

schatten00777 said @ 10:40am GMT on 26th Aug
The main differences I could see:

Prettier graphics
Guns
Physics
No caves

If they had procedurally generated cave systems to go spelunking in, yeah, I think this could kill minecraft.

-_- said @ 10:59am GMT on 26th Aug
Every time I watch the 3D Pipes screen saver I dream of FPS death matches in randomly generated tunnel systems.

CapnSilver said @ 10:25am GMT on 26th Aug
But what about hats?

-_- said @ 11:00am GMT on 26th Aug
The game is free ... right now ;|

azazel said @ 12:34pm GMT on 26th Aug
Speaking about games, BBC had an amusing bit on the Commodore 64 turning 30 years old: Commodore 64 turns 30: What do today's kids make of it?. It's better than all those "Kids react to..." videos on youtube, but I guess it's nothing special. I liked it.

Urzazero said @ 1:42pm GMT on 26th Aug
I <3 the old Commodore system (and am still looking for one to purchase because I have my old disks still). Thanks for the link!

KingPellinore said @ 4:47pm GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Underrated]

Shrike96 said @ 4:45pm GMT on 26th Aug
The game I'm waiting for is Starforge. It's basically going to be a sci-fi themed Terraria, with many of the original Terraria crew involved.

Shrike96 said @ 4:46pm GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Interesting]
Hurpaderp. Sorry, mean Starbound. Too many Star* games.

the circus said @ 8:14pm GMT on 26th Aug
I'm still eagerly awaiting this game:

Galley said @ 5:28pm GMT on 26th Aug
OK, so I played it for about 5 minutes. Here's some knee-jerk reactions.

- Your guy moves around like Michael J. Fox in low-grav. Standing still is somehow a challenge.

-I tried to cut down a tree and get wood. I punched out a chunk, the tree fell, and I chased chunks of tree around, punching them to try and get some crafting materials, only succeeding to throw tree around.

- It's pretty. And confusing. Giant, neuron-like growths all over the surface, the impressive interstellar scenery, trees and grass (???).

- I got stuck in a pit. I had to do zero-G MJF-parkinsons parkore to jump out. I wanted to punch at the ditch and dig a hole out. I guess they disabled digging? Whatever.

-I pressed '7' and I dropped something. Not sure what it was. I pressed 7 a bunch of times, and launched myself from the collision. Also, apparently you don't need to be near anything to place items. Items many times your size and weight. From your pocket (?!?). I also placed a spotlight on a hill. It gave me a very good look at the grass 3 feet away, uphill. Nothing more.

Overall, this game is VERY alpha. Not sure I'll keep following it though. Despite being 'sandbox', it feels like there's a very big limit on what goes where and how. That's why I like Minecraft, because it deals in a static proportion that is a constant (the Block) that everything is based off of. This feels more like trying to build with lubed-up jello.

Michael J. Fox said @ 9:04pm GMT on 26th Aug [Score:1 Funny]
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Mr. Langosta said @ 3:20am GMT on 27th Aug [Score:1 Funny]

Mr. Langosta said @ 5:54pm GMT on 26th Aug
Machine guns and generic spaceman armor!? Wow, this game has both things needed to make a game!

clair7857 said @ 9:04pm GMT on 26th Aug
Well, it has hydralisks in it. I'm sold.

Gamith_UK said @ 7:42pm GMT on 27th Aug
For PC only :-(

Lets see how it does in wine on ubuntu 64-bit - I'm guessing not good.

Yep - no mouse view, very slow response to keyboard. I can't say I;m too surprised, but without a linux client I don't think I'll be that bothered.

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