Playable Worlds Shows Off Big Stars Reach Visual Improvements Since the Initial Announcement | MMORP

System · September 13

Playable Worlds Shows Off Big Stars Reach Visual Improvements Since the Initial Announcement | MMORPG.com

Playable Worlds is showing some big visual improvements in Stars Reach in the time since the game was announced.

Zandog · September 13

Keep going Raph! You've got a simple approach to how you explain this complex project. We know it's a long ways off but if developed efficiently and passionately, we can see this could and likely will be something special. Don't let us play until you know it's feature complete.

elric_of_melnibone · September 13

Damn that's a pretty big improvement actually. Looking good.

Wargfoot · September 13

One thing I love in these game is mining to great depths.
I want to be down near the fire and ogres.

CardLife did a great job of making me feel like the surface was so very far away.

I'd like more information on mining and underground building for this title.

Brainy · September 14

Very smart move improving those graphic visuals.

Slapshot1188 · September 14

Nice improvement but I wonder why they went and announced with the first version if this took just a few weeks to upgrade?

Raph · September 14

Slapshot1188 said:

Nice improvement but I wonder why they went and announced with the first version if this took just a few weeks to upgrade?

We needed to start testing the game. Which meant we needed to announce in order to get interest to gather up a group of testers. Waiting would actually have worked out at a three month delay. Instead, we're a month into testing, which is great. We don't have infinite money, and have to make forward progress on scalability, networking, and so on. And we also want player input on systems early.

Asm0deus · September 14

Looks interesting, will keep an eye out for this one and for alphas or betas.

Eldrach · September 14

I like the idea of grass freezing over, wish more games addes foliage states as well. Wet grass, snow gradually building on ground, trees, roofs, roads etc. Roads becoming muddy, not just texture wise - but harder to traverse.

Anyways, point is - physics is fun

OldKingLog · September 14

Eldrach said:

I like the idea of grass freezing over, wish more games addes foliage states as well. Wet grass, snow gradually building on ground, trees, roofs, roads etc. Roads becoming muddy, not just texture wise - but harder to traverse.

Anyways, point is - physics is fun

Now they need to add physics where a player can slip on that ice and fall on their arse. Would be a hoot.

Scot · September 14

As someone who does not bother too much about animations I am not too excited, but I know many, many gamers who will go on no end about how the grass behaves. I was mostly concerned about the garish colouring, I couldn't be sure about the avatars (too dark) but the landscape seemed to look better?

Anyway looks like SR is shaping up nicely and we have no one posting yet who wants to dismiss the game and everything he has done! Maybe Raph actually knows what he is doing?

olepi · September 14

Eldrach said:

I like the idea of grass freezing over, wish more games addes foliage states as well. Wet grass, snow gradually building on ground, trees, roofs, roads etc. Roads becoming muddy, not just texture wise - but harder to traverse.

Anyways, point is - physics is fun

Ryzom took this a few steps further. There are 4 seasons, and the foliage changes for each. Snow in the winter, flowers in spring, fall colors in fall, etc. Plus a day/night cycle. Plus weather.

Herds of mobs migrate according to the season. In spring they might be here, but in winter they move off to another area. The carnivores follow their migrations.

Resources are also available depending on season and weather. You might only be able to harvest that particular item in winter at night, for example. Or it's only there in spring when it is raining.

Raph · September 14

OldKingLog said:

Eldrach said:

I like the idea of grass freezing over, wish more games addes foliage states as well. Wet grass, snow gradually building on ground, trees, roofs, roads etc. Roads becoming muddy, not just texture wise - but harder to traverse.

Anyways, point is - physics is fun

Now they need to add physics where a player can slip on that ice and fall on their arse. Would be a hoot.

You do slide around on it. You don't fall, at the moment.

Raph · September 14

olepi said:

Ryzom took this a few steps further. There are 4 seasons, and the foliage changes for each. Snow in the winter, flowers in spring, fall colors in fall, etc. Plus a day/night cycle. Plus weather.

Herds of mobs migrate according to the season. In spring they might be here, but in winter they move off to another area. The carnivores follow their migrations.

Resources are also available depending on season and weather. You might only be able to harvest that particular item in winter at night, for example. Or it's only there in spring when it is raining.

We are planning to do all of that, and already do some of it.

lahnmir · September 14

Raph said:

olepi said:

Ryzom took this a few steps further. There are 4 seasons, and the foliage changes for each. Snow in the winter, flowers in spring, fall colors in fall, etc. Plus a day/night cycle. Plus weather.

Herds of mobs migrate according to the season. In spring they might be here, but in winter they move off to another area. The carnivores follow their migrations.

Resources are also available depending on season and weather. You might only be able to harvest that particular item in winter at night, for example. Or it's only there in spring when it is raining.

We are planning to do all of that, and already do some of it.

I have left MMOs, and PC gaming, completely. Not planning on coming back either. If you make a modern day Ryzom however I will gladly change that stance. Very gladly.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Scot · September 14

lahnmir said:
I have left MMOs, and PC gaming, completely. Not planning on coming back either. If you make a modern day Ryzom however I will gladly change that stance. Very gladly.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

I can understand leaving MMOs even though I think its a drastic move, but leaving PC gaming baffles me.

lahnmir · September 14

Scot said:

lahnmir said:
I have left MMOs, and PC gaming, completely. Not planning on coming back either. If you make a modern day Ryzom however I will gladly change that stance. Very gladly.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

I can understand leaving MMOs even though I think its a drastic move, but leaving PC gaming baffles me.

PC gaming simply doesn’t have anything to offer me anymore. All my favorite games are on console as well and I no longer care about the latest technical advancement or best input peripherals ( its a controller Scot, a controller

). I cut down my screen time drastically anyways and found my groove in board gaming mostly. All of it just doesn’t seem that interesting anymore, and that started with MMOs and then spread.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Wargfoot · September 14

Raph,

Like what I see so far, but for me one of the important things in a sandbox is mining and underground base building. Will Star Reach have depth in the planets, or caves/dungeons that can be found and explored?

-Miner

Slapshot1188 · September 14

Raph said:

olepi said:

Ryzom took this a few steps further. There are 4 seasons, and the foliage changes for each. Snow in the winter, flowers in spring, fall colors in fall, etc. Plus a day/night cycle. Plus weather.

Herds of mobs migrate according to the season. In spring they might be here, but in winter they move off to another area. The carnivores follow their migrations.

Resources are also available depending on season and weather. You might only be able to harvest that particular item in winter at night, for example. Or it's only there in spring when it is raining.

We are planning to do all of that, and already do some of it.

Al that stuff is great. And I actually have a very high degree of confidence that you will deliver. But what is going to make or break the project is whether or not there is an actual game as opposed to a nature/physics sim.

I'm rooting for you, and will be an early backer for sure, but it's a super small needle you have to thread here.

PS: Again suggest you use MMORPG as a launching ground for some of your outreach. Let the staff get an exclusive interview each month or two. Do an AMA on here...

Lot's of possibilities!

Raph · September 15

Wargfoot said:

Raph,

Like what I see so far, but for me one of the important things in a sandbox is mining and underground base building. Will Star Reach have depth in the planets, or caves/dungeons that can be found and explored?

-Miner

Yup. I will paste something from the Discord just now:

My son was watching me dig tunnels and you could see the light turn on when he asked “wait so you could dig your own hobbit hole???” I replied “yep, or make a replica of all of Hobbiton”

A reply from one of our team members:

Not only possible but I was doing something similar yesterday in an internal playtest - I made a secret tunnel base with a little home cavern with a few small rooms, then dug further and made a statue chamber and tried to get other folks to find me. L------ actually succeeded, and R------ cheated and teleported to me via dev command and dug a new exit out of my tunnel to the surface, which caused dirt to spill in and kill L------ on the way out and nearly trapped me in. I don't even like building or digging in games usually

Raph · September 15

Slapshot1188 said:

Al that stuff is great. And I actually have a very high degree of confidence that you will deliver. But what is going to make or break the project is whether or not there is an actual game as opposed to a nature/physics sim.

No question. We aren't testing that stuff yet, but that's what we have built atop the sim. Today in the playtest the final moments saw the testers exterminated by carpet bombing skysharks. They tried to fight them off with heat and cold beams, but we hadn't given them weapons...

PS: Again suggest you use MMORPG as a launching ground for some of your outreach. Let the staff get an exclusive interview each month or two. Do an AMA on here...

Happy to do that. We already did do exclusive interviews and whatnot here.

Slapshot1188 · September 15

Raph said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Al that stuff is great. And I actually have a very high degree of confidence that you will deliver. But what is going to make or break the project is whether or not there is an actual game as opposed to a nature/physics sim.

No question. We aren't testing that stuff yet, but that's what we have built atop the sim. Today in the playtest the final moments saw the testers exterminated by carpet bombing skysharks. They tried to fight them off with heat and cold beams, but we hadn't given them weapons...

PS: Again suggest you use MMORPG as a launching ground for some of your outreach. Let the staff get an exclusive interview each month or two. Do an AMA on here...
Happy to do that. We already did do exclusive interviews and whatnot here.

@lotrlore ; Ball's in your court.

This makes too much sense not to make it happen!

mitech616 · September 15

I signed up to test this as soon as I could. Once I saw Raph was in charge, it was 100% trust from me. I just really trust that the guy knows what gamers (and MMO players) want/need.

So far, I really like what I see.

kitarad · September 15

Raph said:

No question. We aren't testing that stuff yet, but that's what we have built atop the sim. Today in the playtest the final moments saw the testers exterminated by carpet bombing skysharks. They tried to fight them off with heat and cold beams, but we hadn't given them weapons...

Carpet bombing skysharks sounds like a deleted scene in 'Under Paris".

Scot · September 15

lahnmir said:
PC gaming simply doesn’t have anything to offer me anymore. All my favorite games are on console as well and I no longer care about the latest technical advancement or best input peripherals ( its a controller Scot, a controller ). I cut down my screen time drastically anyways and found my groove in board gaming mostly. All of it just doesn’t seem that interesting anymore, and that started with MMOs and then spread.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

I have no issues with controllers these days, maybe I will do a thread about that sometime. I have had to cut down my own screen time but did this by just playing on the PC less. Anyway keep us updated on what you are playing, after all in a few years time it could be on the PC for me to play.

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