#starbound modding

[ryophi-mod-dev]

Finally! It took a few months of working on and off (I don't do this all the time, unfortunately), but I have made a good dent into the Armor Tiers for Ryophi!

This one's Tier Two, the set made out of Tungsten- Tier One was already complete before I made this blog, but the Iron set is in the mod, too!

Designing armor for a large tail, on a snake-like body is REAL hard- Requiring a fair number of straps to keep it attached, but I think it's still really fun to make!

The spriting, however, is AGONY- Agony I am willing to endure-

NOTE: I always use the ""Female"" model for designing the armors, because "Female" isn't actually... "Female" in the game- I might explain how the Gender options in the Species mod actually work... sometime-

But! The changes are now updated on Steam, so have fun with it!

[pentag]

Steam Workshop::Colorful light rays

For the first time ever, you can have light rays coming through your windows in Starbound!

Modular system, meaning you can make it fit pretty much any window shape (except maybe sloped) and size.

9 colors, 2 directions, 3 variants.

[gloamfall]

made a new mod on impulse, based on a discord chat, as one does

this is uploaded to steam workshop under "Novacats!" (tumblr doesnt like links, sorry)

Novacats are simply cat-beings composed of hard light energy, like Novakids. They're fullbright, meaning they appear bright in the dark, but they're not light sources in and of themselves

they are not capturable pets, but rather spawnable (using an invisible spawner object) and they behave as a ship pet :3

[autumnalmoth]

finished all the petalbug variants i wanted to make i added 2 more than originally planned tho but im happy with them :3

(gilded was originally just another body colour i considered for the "bold" variant, but i decided i liked them both too much lol)

Note: these are part of a future update! these will be the new lepidoptian ship pets later

[durasposts]

@ingo-in-places-he-shouldnt-be ingo shouldn't be in starbound.

[prophet-of-fire]

i sprited the prophecy masks for the starbound mod :) the eyes and halo even glow

[nutmidge]

midge's weapon overhaul (mod concept)

adds NEW item types for mod-generated weapons (instead of replacing the old ones - for the sake of maintaining compatibility)

this mod concept aims to give individual weapons more personality and utility, possibly even incentivizing the player to own and use multiple weapons at a time. most of this mod is cosmetic changes

part 1: weapons' metadata

each weapon has a set of defined characteristics that factor into generating the rest of the weapon. these are:

theme: dungeons, biomes, and species included; maybe relates to object 'tags' like the ones you use to spawn tenants

traits: think like terraria's quality system but a little extended. 'antique' may make your weapon sell for 50% more money, 'swift' could increase attack speed, 'hunter' weapons will drop meat like the hunting bow does.

source/purpose: determines the palette of 'parts'; whether they're more industrial, fantasy, futuristic, etc, or 'military' (more generic-looking parts, like vanilla game)

element: much like base-game, but now it factors into the design of the weapon as well

part 2: display traits

weapons' random-generated names depend on the source, element, and weapon type; thunder weapons might have some electricity pun for an item name, and industrial weapons often have the name of the company that made them.

descriptions will reflect the traits of the weapon, highlighted in orange

the individual parts are selected based on weapon source, and the palette is based on theme and element, sometimes the source as well. an ocean sword might be very coral-pink and blue, while a jungle weapon a mix of green and other bright colors.

part 3: wild shit

higher-tier weapons might have particle effects, inflict status effects, or do other crazy shit . havent thought much into it yet but it will be fun.

ancient vaults will spawn these weapons too and these weapons, being in these sorts of 'pocket dimensions', will be EXTREMELY wild and less bound by procgen categories; e.g. really bright colors

i need to think more on this but this is just what i wanna integrate. so far

[kathunim]

Why must one actually play starbound?

Is it not enough to spend half an hour downloading mods and coming up with ideas and scenarios in your head about what you’d do with all these mods?