Starbound

Starbound
Developer: Chucklefish Games Publisher: Chucklefish Games Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Released internationally: July 22, 2016 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has a prototype article

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To do: Tons of unused content from graphics to audio to code, etc. Since some unused content was removed in the 1.0 update, earlier versions should be observed too.

Starbound is an open sandbox adventure game about exploring procedurally generated planets and working with colorful NPCs to save the universe.

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Prototype Info

Alternate Glitch Portrait

There's a different portrait for the Glitch AI, which is similar to that of the Novakid AI and has a complete set of animations. This portrait was scrapped due to it being too ridiculous.

(Graphic Rip: Dazz)

Unused Background Files

The game directory parallax\images\tile\stalagtentacles\base contains two unused files for the backgrounds of an area, specifically an underground layer of the Tentacle biome.

This image titled "old.png" is likely a remnant asset from before the game's official release, as it looks very similar to generic assets in the surrounding directories.

This is a render of an Aseprite image file titled "2.ase" with all layers enabled (and whitespace trimmed). By default, the only visible layer is the rocky layer, which is the same as the used file "1.png". The "old.png" image mentioned above is included as well, hidden beneath the solid brown color layer, and was likely used as a reference for the artist. Various red scribbles are seen on their own layer, likely used by the artist to roughly position the holes in the background. Lastly, the solid horizontal pink line is on its own layer at the very top.

The original "2.ase" file with all of its layers intact can be downloaded here:

Download Raw "2.ase" file File: Starbound-stalagtentacles_base_2.ase.7z (50 KB) (info)

Hidden Developer Message

A developer's lament over changes in a Starbound mod can be found within the file penguin.species.

 monument to removed felin fur colors RIP 

Default Quest

To do: Find a way to consistently trigger this. Also, get a better screen shot, now that the string has been found?

Under certain rare circumstances, the game's stage and interface will load before the Quest Tracker can load up the correct quest to track. When this happens, the Tracker displays a dummy string, "Gather 8 Mangy Wolf Pelts," before loading the correct one.

Its usage seems to be as an error handler or debugger, used in situations where there are quests to track, but the game cannot load them right away. That being the case, the objective is not linked to any actual quest or item in the game. However, it appears to be referencing MMORPGs – most notably, World of Warcraft – wherein a player is frequently tasked with objectives such as "Gather X amount of Y."

The string can be found within the game's file, interface/questtracker/questtracker.config.

(Source: Original TCRF research)