Starbound Beta Is "Not Very Far Off"

[Steven Bogos]

Starbound Beta Is "Not Very Far Off"

Chucklefish has detailed how each stage of its impending Starbound beta will go down.

Starbound, the "not very far off" [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/123265-Update-Pre-Orders-Open-for-Starbound]. In the post, he detailed how each of the beta's three stages would work, and offered some advice on what players can expect from them.

Here's the breakdown of Tiy's suggestions as to when and why fans should participate in each stage of the beta:

Stage 1: Progenitor
Do take part in this stage of the beta if:
You enjoy testing buggy and unfinished code
You enjoy providing feedback
You want to leave your mark on the game
You just can't wait any longer
Do not take part in this stage of the beta if:
Bugs infuriate you
You don't like spoilers
You can't stand losing your save
You want the full Starbound 'experience' the first time you play

Stage 2: Automaton
Do take part in this stage of the beta if:
You enjoy reporting bugs/bughunting
You have a low spec computer and want to make sure the game is optimized for it
You want a complete sandbox experience
You tried to wait a bit longer but failed
Do not take part in this stage of the beta if:
You want to play through the main quest line
You want to be a Novakid

Stage 3: Bio-organic
Do take part in this stage of the beta if:
You want to give feedback on what will become the finished game
Do not take part in this stage of the beta if:
You'd rather wait a litttttle bit longer and play the polished final version
You're still busy playing Pokemon X/Y

Especially given that Pokemon X/Y comment at the end, it looks like the beta is just around the corner!

Check out the full blog post here [http://playstarbound.com/how-the-beta-is-going-to-work/].

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[TheEvilCheese]

So, release in late 2014 then?

I kid, I kid. Going to try the beta, always enjoy playing games when the possibility of randomly flying into space because the gravity broke is a thing. Only a few days ago there were whisperings of another delay announcement, it's nice to see this was unfounded.

 

[hickwarrior]

You know, I'll still be busy playing X or playing monster hunter or etrian odyssey or... I'll wait for the terrible lets play from TB and jesse.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I love the game Devs humour about the Beta.

I wonder if some of that kickstarter money had to go toward securing the domain name from a Celebrity impersonator BDSM website.
OT: Good thing I'm not currently playing Pokemon X/Y too bad I don't have a gaming rig

It's okay, I game on a mid 2012 13" macbook pro with 16 gb of ram. #intergratedgraphicscardmasterrace.

 

[Xaio30]

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I think it's safe to say that you messed up quite a bit.
Give the blog post another read and correct the article, please.

 

[Steven Bogos]

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I think it's safe to say that you messed up quite a bit.
Give the blog post another read and correct the article, please.

Hey friend. Can you help me out a bit here? I've just re-read the blog post and can't seem to find any errors in my article.

 

[Slash2x]

I think it's safe to say that you messed up this article/post quite a bit.
Give the blog post another read and correct the article, please.

Here you go missing a noun for your adverb, quite.

Hey friend. Can you help me out a bit here? I've just re-read the blog post and can't seem to find any errors in my article.

So fur I failz 2 c whut dey is yalking bot.

OT: I am excited to see this game is soon to be in beta, for the people willing to play a beta.

 

[weirdee]

they still have a lot of stuff to work on

i mean, come on, torches on a ship? oxygen isn't free in space!

i can only imagine what this all looked like BEFORE they had most of the systems in place, it must have been madness and items dropping outside of the ship would just sink into oblivion

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I think I'll wait. I'm not much good at code, and I have barely any luck finding bugs, unless I'm playing a Bethesda game.

 

[Xaio30]

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I think it's safe to say that you messed up quite a bit.
Give the blog post another read and correct the article, please.

Hey friend. Can you help me out a bit here? I've just re-read the blog post and can't seem to find any errors in my article.

Your article looked scrambled to me, but seems to be fixed now.
The errors were, for the record:

First off, you put the stages in the wrong order. You wrote them as 3,1,2.

Secondly, the first 2 bullet points leading up to Stage 3 are supposed to be under the "Do not" part of Stage 3.
The third and fourth bullet points are supposed to be under the "Do not" part of Stage 2.

Thirdly, your article ended abruptly with "Do not take part in this stage of the beta if:".