You know what is REALLY missing from this game?

[Trinicrafter10]

CREATURES. I really don't like landing on hundreds of planets and the only life I see is plant life. Do they ever plan to add some sort of animal life to the game?

 

[rcmustain]

CREATURES. I really don't like landing on hundreds of planets and the only life I see is plant life. Do they ever plan to add some sort of animal life to the game?

Yes, this is a planned feature. Keep in mind that this game is a work in progress.

 

[kiddan]

An entire update just for Fauna (living creatures) that are procedurally generated from a library of parts is on the roadmap. Crew and quest updates are coming first I believe, then the Fauna update will have much more use.

 

[Aynslei]

There is still one creature in the games files, Old Spider Spawn
You can follow the instructions there to play around with them.

Edit: For those that want to know, you can force the old default stations to spawn by using a clean/empty default stations folder.

 

[GalactusX]

... if fauna is planned ... i want my personal space NyanCat ...

 

[kiddan]

... if fauna is planned ... i want my personal space NyanCat ...

Lol, you never know what the procedural generator might create! With enough searching, the virtually infinite possibilities would probably result in you finding one! :D

 

[kiraen]

An entire update just for Fauna (living creatures)

I very much doubt it will be completed in just one update.

Let's not forget the space whale, either.

 

[kiddan]

I very much doubt it will be completed in just one update.

Let's not forget the space whale, either.

I didn't mean the whole thing would be complete in one update, anyway. :p
Can't wait to see if the Space Whales will be ride/tame-able or not! There's gotta be some use for them.

 

[Trinicrafter10]

Wait, the creatures are gonna be procedurally generated? Why is this game forgotten unlike No Man's Sky?

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

... if fauna is planned ... i want my personal space NyanCat ...

you can have one today!

 

[Keptick]

Wait, the creatures are gonna be procedurally generated? Why is this game forgotten unlike No Man's Sky?

Advertising, mostly. There's also not much to do in the game besides building atm, so most individuals get bored quickly. Of course that will change once creatures and other stuff come out, but in the meantime starmade is more of a build game.

 

[Trinicrafter10]

Advertising, mostly. There's also not much to do in the game besides building atm, so most individuals get bored quickly. Of course that will change once creatures and other stuff come out, but in the meantime starmade is more of a build game.

Hopefully when the game is fully done, they can do something about that and spread popularity. I just hope when that time comes little kids don't call this a copy of NMS even though it came out a good while before NMS was announced.

 

[Saber]

Wait, the creatures are gonna be procedurally generated? Why is this game forgotten unlike No Man's Sky?

Procedural is *technically* an incorrect term. The first few creatures that will be released will be whole, one piece creatures. But after we have the system in place we'll have a Modular system. Basically think of Lego people, where you can use different legs, heads and torso's. With our modular system we'll be able to use different legs, arms, heads, wings, spikes, tails, etc. with a wide variety of other parts, creating a much greater diversity of creatures. It isn't exactly the same system as No Man's Sky or Spore, but it is similar in concept.

I just hope when that time comes little kids don't call this a copy of NMS even though it came out a good while before NMS was announced.

We're hoping people will say, when talking about NMS. "Yeah but you can't build like in StarMade."

 

[Shaker]

What this game is really missing is a reason to play multiplayer besides checking out other players builds

 

[kiraen]

What this game is really missing is a reason to play multiplayer besides checking out other players builds

Yeah, there are a few things that are planned to fix that. But you already know that.
We just have to be patient.

 

[Keptick]

Hopefully when the game is fully done, they can do something about that and spread popularity. I just hope when that time comes little kids don't call this a copy of NMS even though it came out a good while before NMS was announced.

NMS will have the better visuals, hands down (because all the models are made out of meshes, not blocks, which means that they look more organic and smooth). However, from what I saw you can't build in NMS, that's where starmade massively differs.

The exploration part will be similar, but the rest? In NMS you discover new modules for weapons and ships, in SM you build them :D (way more fun imo).

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

We're hoping people will say, when talking about NMS. "Yeah but you can't build like in StarMade."

Exactly why I am not even slightly interested in NMS