New Trailer

[Edymnion]

Its been 2 years since the last trailer video.

It was made before rails, and had to use "faked" elevator lifts to get some of the footage it did (don't get me wrong, that was genius, but we can do it for real now).

Think maybe its about time we got a new trailer that shows off our rails, our fleets, and all of the fun new stuff and progress we've made in the last couple years?

 

[kiddan]

I feel it would be best to wait for the NPC/Crew and AI Fleet updates before a new trailer is made, giving it more stuff to showcase to newcomers.

P.S: With a new trailer make sure to showcase walking mechs and skid racing, they really help Starmade stick-out!

 

[jayman38]

Right now, I feel like the future (features, look, etc.) of Starmade is either in too much flux, or is in too much secret to really build a good trailer that will last for many years. I'm not sure what the dev team has planned versus what they are making up as they go along, and they aren't giving the community a lot of details, opting instead to drop surprises in the releases. As it is, I think the current trailer still does a good job of showing off the game.

So let's get specific. What specific features and "Oh-wow" moments would you want in a new trailer? Examples: Massive rotating iris doors that look good, Fleets of 100-m ships flying in formation across a massive shipyard, when suddenly, a 500-m ship launches from the shipyard, dwarfing the fleet, rail trains rolling around a city when the camera pulls back to reveal that it is all on a flying titan, docking and launching a large fleet of fightercraft, a mining fleet wiping out a large asteroid, then returning to the mothership and docking nicely. You know, all the great stuff that was out-of-reach when the first trailer was conceived.

 

[Lecic]

Any new trailers should probably wait til we get out of alpha and into beta. Things like crew, creatures, AI faction improvements, and RTS-like features should be in first.

The current one is fine. Sure, rails and shipyards weren't in yet, but you've got the fake rails, which still show there's moving parts, and that's all that's really needed, and the station has things that look like a shipyard on it. It's got "fleets" in it, too.

 

[hzzzln]

The most important things missing for a new trailer are in my eyes a complete audio overhaul and rework of weapon projectiles (no more 1 block wide, 100000dps beams).

 

[Reilly Reese]

We should definitely hold till the new default NPC stuff is implemented.

 

[Crimson-Artist]

i believe that duke did say that a new trailer is in the works since alot has changed. I might be some time before they do one as they got their hands full with alot of big features.

PS. i hope they consider involving me next time

 

[Edymnion]

PS. i hope they consider involving me next time

That would be cool. Open submissions for having your ships/stations/whatever in the trailer.

 

[Crimson-Artist]

That would be cool. Open submissions for having your ships/stations/whatever in the trailer.

I was thinking more along the lines of helping with the filming and editing. I would love to teach schine how I do my filming

 

[HolyCookie]

So let's get specific. What specific features and "Oh-wow" moments would you want in a new trailer? Examples: Massive rotating iris doors that look good, Fleets of 100-m ships flying in formation across a massive shipyard, when suddenly, a 500-m ship launches from the shipyard, dwarfing the fleet, rail trains rolling around a city when the camera pulls back to reveal that it is all on a flying titan, docking and launching a large fleet of fightercraft, a mining fleet wiping out a large asteroid, then returning to the mothership and docking nicely. You know, all the great stuff that was out-of-reach when the first trailer was conceived.

Don't forget to include some crazy gigantic logic apparatus!

 

[Lone_Puppy]

How about NPC's doing stuff. I would love to see things like, them manning stations in ships and stations or doing a task like farming, interacting, etc. Just doing stuff on planets, stations and in ships.

 

[Edymnion]

That would be neat scene. NPCs lounging around at a bar, then the white main lights turn off and flashing red lights turn on as a red alert and the NPCs all start running for battle stations, jumping into turrets, etc.

 

[jayman38]

The "NPCs" at the bar are one of my favorite highlights from the current trailer. Having them react and move due to an event would be neat.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

You could fake it with multiple players. I hope the NPC skins will be possible so we can have crew uniforms. Could fake that to.