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Post by RedOranje Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:16 pm

Most of you have heard of Minecraft, I assume. For those that haven't, Minecraft is a 3D sandbox game game made by indie developer Mojang. It is based around blocks of materials that can be moved and craft to create vast and imaginative structures.


That isn't the game this thread is about, though. This thread is about Terraria, a 2D game made by Re-Logic. At first glance, Terraria resembles a 2D version of Minecraft. It also has an environment made out of block of materials which can be harvested and crafted to made just about any type of building you can imagine. HOWEVER, Terraria is also much more than that. Terraria incorporates elements of RPG's and platformer/action games into the basic sandbox set-up. There are NPC's that will move into your world once you have achieved certain goals and many more enemies to fight than in Minecraft, including several bosses (3 currently, but more coming). There are several "biomes" spread throughout the worlds that range from a hell-like Underworld with skeletal serpents and demons to floating islands with buildings made of gold and harpies. Terraria also includes a massive number of craft-able weapons for fighting off the monsters and bosses throughout the worlds.

Further, the game is constantly being updated and added to, with all updates being free-of-charge. In fact, 1.1 is set to come out in early to mid December and will dramatically increase the scope and challenge of the game, with several new biomes, bosses, and other additions. Many of these started off as suggestions from fans, as the developers regularly communicate with the fan-base via forums and IRC chat and are very receptive to input. For instance, there is a mace being added in 1.1 that was created solely at the request of one of the forum-users.

The game also supporters multi-player, though it is a bit hard to set up as you need the IP address of the person hosting it. The only other real issue is that it can be hard to know what to do when you're just starting out, but a quick google fixes that easily. Don't let the graphics and minecraft-ness fool you, it is a fantastic game and well worth a look, especially if you can find it on-sale on Steam (I got my copy for $2).



http://www.terrariaonline.com/


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Post by lszanto Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:56 pm

Great game, I bought this a little bit after it came out. The first week I got it I played over 45 hours according to steam Embarassed Haven't played it alot since though due to fifa 12.

Raged when then ruined rocket boots Sad
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Post by magpie Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:05 am

Maybe we should set up a Goal Legacy server? Maybe be fun to play with more people than just Red and our flat mate.
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Post by lszanto Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:26 am

magpie wrote:Maybe we should set up a Goal Legacy server? Maybe be fun to play with more people than just Red and our flat mate.

I'm not up to date with its current status, does it have linux server binaries yet? If so I own a vps I can use if it's not too resource intensive.
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Post by RealGunner Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:51 am

red is converting other people since his attempt failed on me :coffee:
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Post by magpie Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:03 pm

lszanto wrote:
magpie wrote:Maybe we should set up a Goal Legacy server? Maybe be fun to play with more people than just Red and our flat mate.

I'm not up to date with its current status, does it have linux server binaries yet? If so I own a vps I can use if it's not too resource intensive.

Here is some info on it, I know nothing of running Linux servers:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1949551
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Post by RedOranje Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:49 pm

On sale for 50% off on Steam right now. I'd recommend anyone considering it go for it now while it's cheap, since there is a massive, massive update coming on Dec 1.


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Post by lszanto Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:47 am

Very Happy Terraria > Minecraft
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Post by RedOranje Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:01 pm

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Post by RedOranje Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:53 pm

Bump for tomorrow's update.
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Post by lszanto Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:29 pm

December 2nd here and still not out Sad I haven't touched this for months and was hoping the update could get me back into it.
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Post by lszanto Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:44 pm

Released new update! Checking it now. Also it's on sale for $2.50 on team so no excuse not to get it!
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Post by RedOranje Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:49 pm

"Stop what you're doing immediately - we have very important news - TERRARIA IS COMING TO XBLA & PSN WITH BRAND NEW CONTENT"


No idea what the new content is yet but I hope it's made available to PC users as well.
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Post by McLewis Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:14 pm

I'm sure it will be lol.

I need some new material to play before AC III comes out so I'll have a look at this.
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Post by lszanto Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:06 am

Haven't played this in so long, have there been many updates over the past year?
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Post by RedOranje Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:06 pm

No, the development team split up so there haven't been updates since 1.1 back in January.


Have a look at Starbound, though. The spriter (and perhaps another member) from the Terraria team has moved to that group and it looks like it could be the spiritual heir to Terraria when it's released.
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Post by lszanto Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:59 am

Ah right, that does look quite nice and definitely looks very similar visually.
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Post by RedOranje Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:39 am

So, Starbound seems to be progressing steadily... very excited for it from the videos I've seen and content that's been mentioned.


Also, Terraria's rights were bought by a different company a few months back for porting to consoles, so it should be available with new content on XboxLive and PSN soon. As of yesterday one of the original developers also hinted that new content (i.e. an update) may finally be in the works for PC users as well. Chaka
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Post by RedOranje Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:43 pm

Computer update confirmed by Redigit (one of the original developers). He seems extremely excited and has suggested it will dwarf previous updates in size (other than 1.1).

http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Upcoming_features

http://rgz.ca/2013/03/interview-andrew-spinks/

More information is steadily coming out about Starbound as well... that game looks absurdly deep if/when it eventually gets completed.
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Post by RedOranje Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:01 am

Starbound pre-order is available now!
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Post by lszanto Sat May 11, 2013 8:01 am

RedOranje wrote:Starbound pre-order is available now!

Have you preordered it?

I'm fairly keen for the beta, it's looking really good.
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Post by RedOranje Sat May 11, 2013 8:45 pm

Pre-ordered it in the first week, yea. They've already had over $1.1m in pre-orders too.
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Post by lszanto Sun May 12, 2013 7:01 am

RedOranje wrote:Pre-ordered it in the first week, yea. They've already had over $1.1m in pre-orders too.

Yeah I saw that those numbers are crazy, it doesn't even seem like it's been marketed all that much.
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Post by RedOranje Fri May 17, 2013 2:19 am

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