[QUOTE=benji2015;37447781][url]http://playstarbound.com/introducing-the-apex/[/url][/QUOTE]
Very interesting.
"get your stinking paws off me you damned [B]dirty [I]ape[/I][/B]"
Very subtle Portal references there :v:
[QUOTE=windwakr;37457775]
That's not subtle at all.[/QUOTE]
I once heard a wise man say..
Sarcasm doesn't translate over the internet well.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/d78Gx.jpg[/img]
New random monster. Looks like "Mario meets pokemon" to me :v:
Wounder if it pops out of the shell when jumping on it :v:
I bet it explodes and sprays around gallons upon gallons of toxic blood that turns everything into zombies
[QUOTE=Kumagoro;37493369][img]http://i.imgur.com/d78Gx.jpg[/img]
New random monster. Looks like "Mario meets pokemon" to me :v:[/QUOTE]
:tinfoil:
what the christ am I looking at? :pwn:
[QUOTE=Kumagoro;37493369][img]http://i.imgur.com/d78Gx.jpg[/img]
New random monster. Looks like "Mario meets pokemon" to me :v:[/QUOTE] BULBAKOOPA!
[QUOTE=elowin;37499184]Koopasaur.[/QUOTE]
Koopamon?
That one was bad, I'll admit.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZvmSj.jpg[/img]
I wonder how they manage the whole random monsters thing, tech wise. It's fairly easy to make static randomized monsters by having a bunch of pre-set sprites in images of legs, heads etc but it would probably get a lot more complex with animation, especially when decided what draws on top of what and the such.
[QUOTE=Tommyx50;37501901]I wonder how they manage the whole random monsters thing, tech wise. It's fairly easy to make static randomized monsters by having a bunch of pre-set sprites in images of legs, heads etc but it would probably get a lot more complex with animation, especially when decided what draws on top of what and the such.[/QUOTE]
Uhm....no?
As long as they have some sorting system in or items/parts designed only to be matched with others.
So for example, there is set of 20 four legged creature's main bodies, and to it, there is possible 15 different pair of legs, 30 different heads, 50 misc items (ie. Shell on the back), 32 tails.
You just set specific "point" on the main body, where all of additional things will be glued together.
Then, randomized hue selector comes to game, deciding what color it will be.
Things like layers (what goes on top of each other) is pretty obvious now.
Thats how it works imo.
Very simple.
[QUOTE=Tommyx50;37501901]I wonder how they manage the whole random monsters thing, tech wise. It's fairly easy to make static randomized monsters by having a bunch of pre-set sprites in images of legs, heads etc but it would probably get a lot more complex with animation, especially when decided what draws on top of what and the such.[/QUOTE]
Could also be size/color variations.
[QUOTE=Kumagoro;37493369][img]http://i.imgur.com/d78Gx.jpg[/img]
New random monster. Looks like "Mario meets pokemon" to me :v:[/QUOTE]
This creature looks like a potential mount. I can see the Avians or a lizard race using them like humans would use horses.
[QUOTE=Avager;37502000]Uhm....no?
As long as they have some sorting system in or items/parts designed only to be matched with others.
So for example, there is set of 20 four legged creature's main bodies, and to it, there is possible 15 different pair of legs, 30 different heads, 50 misc items (ie. Shell on the back), 32 tails.
You just set specific "point" on the main body, where all of additional things will be glued together.
Then, randomized hue selector comes to game, deciding what color it will be.
Things like layers (what goes on top of each other) is pretty obvious now.
Thats how it works imo.
Very simple.[/QUOTE]
No, not so simple. How would it work well with animations? If a creature has a natural "bob" to it when moving, for example, it'd look very weird when the legs and arms are statically animating in relation to the main body.
Also, how do you make sure problems with the legs being higher up than another body part? Depending on the scale of each piece it could be easy to end up with such a problem. It gets endlessly more complicated when you consider things like have creatures with any number of legs, needing to sync the animation times to create a realistic trot, or having 1 leg placed in front of another in proper walking style when bipedal instead of hopping with animations playing at the same time.
How could an attack animation be achieved? Depending on the size and shape of the creature it could look very out of place.
Another major question is things like AI. If you could randomize a creature to be any size and shape, and change it's abilities, you are going to need to have an AI that can compensate for this.
Perhaps each piece of the monster dictates part of the AI, wings call use of a flight programmed AI while legs will denote walking.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZZXge.jpg[/img]
From Dev's stream
[QUOTE=Blueplastic;37510579][img]http://i.imgur.com/ZZXge.jpg[/img]
From Dev's stream[/QUOTE]
Good taste in music based on that album Image there.
[url]http://playstarbound.com/guest-wallpaper-for-september/[/url]
[img]http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dragonithwall-1024x768.jpg[/img]
Higher resolution versions of this are in the Starbound post above.
[QUOTE=NateDude;37510632]Good taste in music based on that album Image there.[/QUOTE]
I think I heard a few of the HS musicians are gonna be making the music for this game, like Toby Fox.
[QUOTE=Blueplastic;37510579][img]http://i.imgur.com/ZZXge.jpg[/img]
From Dev's stream[/QUOTE]
Can i have a link to this Dev Stream please?
[url]http://www.twitch.tv/bartwe[/url]
[QUOTE=benji2015;37514818][url]http://playstarbound.com/guest-wallpaper-for-september/[/url]
[img]http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dragonithwall-1024x768.jpg[/img]
Higher resolution versions of this are in the Starbound post above.[/QUOTE]
Most of those look like deformed/mutated pokemon. :v:
Especially the one in the bottom righthand corner.
I hope you can export a terraria save into starbound and you'll find ruins of your terraria world in starbound, since it seems to be so similar in looks.
Don't know why or how it would happen.
[QUOTE=Skyward;37514866]I think I heard a few of the HS musicians are gonna be making the music for this game, like Toby Fox.[/QUOTE]
confirmed a while ago, radiation and solatrus from HS are working on starbound's music
[QUOTE=helpiminabox;37515363]Especially the one in the bottom righthand corner.[/QUOTE]
The one in the top right looks a lot like a fusion between zubat and magnemite as well, just recolored.
is it me or the stream is down?
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