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On December 04 2013 21:32 Ramong wrote:
Not sure if I want to preorder it just to play in the beta, my experience with preorder betas aren't very good :/
A beta full of missing features and bugs is what I am fearing and a nearly release ready version is what I am hoping.
Would love to know if we could expect the full game to come out in the next couple of months or if we can expect half a year for it to be "finished".
I don't know, with a game like this it can be 99% playable and still be a long way from "finished," look at how much content Terraria ultimately ended up with. From what I've seen in streams/videos, there is already a lot to do in the game, and the "unfinished" part is manifesting itself in occasional client crashes and balance issues with some gameplay elements, i.e. what you would expect from a beta product.
There is some wonky stuff with the quest journal as well, i.e. the game implying you need a distress beacon in order to progress immediately, which isn't true. The distress beacon is one-use only and summons a rather high-level boss for where you are at in the game when you can first craft one, which means most people get quickly raped and lose out on all their materials, when they really should have been jumping offworld and improving their character on other planets before bothering with it.
So far it looks like an awesome experience, especially for $15, even in beta.
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10am and my DL link isn't working... grrrrrr.... Let me know when you all can DL it.
EDIT: Apparently playSB.com is completely down so I'm not the only one interested :-)
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Dunno if they have it outside of steam, but my Humble key just came up.
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Not in my library yet 
Though it's there in account details.. just gotta wait for Steam to do it's thing I suppose.
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Yeah, same thing, any idea how long it will take for it to turn up in the library now?
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On December 05 2013 03:31 Simberto wrote:
Yeah, same thing, any idea how long it will take for it to turn up in the library now?
Apparently there were some last-minute changes to the build they wanted to push to Steam, so I think it's still uploading.
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On December 04 2013 21:32 Ramong wrote:
Not sure if I want to preorder it just to play in the beta, my experience with preorder betas aren't very good :/
A beta full of missing features and bugs is what I am fearing and a nearly release ready version is what I am hoping.
Would love to know if we could expect the full game to come out in the next couple of months or if we can expect half a year for it to be "finished".
They said it's going to be a real beta, so expect it to miss features and have bugs. :p
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I think Starbound is in good shape. It's not like some of the "early access" things that are borderline scams, imo.
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Waiting for steam to upload the game
I've been waiting for this forever man
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Finally up on steam. Downloading as we speak
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I WILL SEE YOU GUYS ON THE OTHER SIDE. I AM LEAVING RL
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wow... the game feels exactly like Terraria. Looks and feels amazing except for the child friendly enemies.
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first early access game i bought on steam, this better not scam me.
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Cannot express how much I love this game so far.
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Omg... using the ctrl function to zoom in the direction you're heading is so nice...
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Just noticed the matter manipulator lets you see into the fog on mouse-over, anywhere on the screen. Is that intended?
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
Been playing this! I can't seem to restore health with cooked alien meat. And my wheat and carrots seem to be taking forever to grow. Also, how do I harvest crops? When I use the matter manipulator, they just give me seeds. So either they're not fully ripe, or that's not how you harvest them?
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On December 05 2013 07:53 ahswtini wrote:
Been playing this! I can't seem to restore health with cooked alien meat. And my wheat and carrots seem to be taking forever to grow. Also, how do I harvest crops? When I use the matter manipulator, they just give me seeds. So either they're not fully ripe, or that's not how you harvest them?
I haven't farmed anything, but I remember watching a stream where the streamer just pressed E next to the crop to harvest it. You can regenerate health alowly by sleeping in a bed.
Coal equals fuel for your ship. Good to know 
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
you restore health by using bandages or sleeping in bed.
press E to harvest crops when they are ready.
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