History VideoGame / Starbound

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Played straight if you just dig down to the core of most planets where the LavaIsBoilingCoolaid. Volcanic planets on the other hand have a cinder shower weather that sets fire to blocks (and you) touched by the cinders and you must also have a cooling system in your backpack to avoid taking continuous damage from the heat.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Currently played straight but, with the temperature system included in the game this may change with future updates. Overheating is currently not in the game due to complications of implementing the system and concerns over gameplay and balance issues.

* BurnTheWitch:
** The Glitch [=PC=]'s origin has them being declared a heretic after becoming self aware, and being forced to flee the planet to escape execution. You can find a codex in Glitch villages of a local authority declaring self-aware Glitch to be victims of a "plague of madness" (actual medieval societies did believe insanity to be contagious), and another from a self-aware Glitch urging others to escape to the stars to avoid this.

** If you count the AI that places landmarks like houses and such, that one's also a little stupid every now and then. A good part of the time, [=NPCs=] can't get home because it's flat out ''impossible'' without digging, techs or a grappling hook, as the generator placed it on some chunk of rock suspended on background terrain on top of a mountain, or buried it into a hole so far inside the ground it looks more like a bomb shelter than a house. The idiocy part comes when you consider it's the ''[=NPCs=]'' that are supposed to be placing these houses, so you just can't help but wonder what kind of moron would build it that way.[[note]]This was later fixed in an update so that houses and buildings are nearly always properly accessible.[[/note]].

* AlienLunch: A given since you're now living among the stars and likely hunting and gathering when you start off. Some foods are more alien than others, like Oculemons (fruits that look like eyeballs and are poisonous to non-Florans when eaten raw) and Automatoes (metallic tomatoes).

* EarlyGameHell: Your starting multitool takes about 15 seconds to chop down a tree, and that much time to mine out a single block of cobblestone. Your only early means of self-defense is a [[WithThisHerring broken sword]], and if you go to any planet with a threat level higher than your armor, [[OneHitPointWonder monsters kill you quickly]]. Once you craft an axe and a copper pick, things go much more smoothly.

* AbusivePrecursors: The Glitch are a remnant of an experiment that made artificial societies. All the other simulated civilizations developed advanced technology which inevitably led to them wiping themselves out. [[MeaningfulName The Glitch]] survived because they developed a glitch that trapped them in MedievalStasis.

Beta was released on December 4th, 2013 for all who preordered the game, and the final game was released on July 22nd, 2016. The game receives semi-regular content updates and bugfixes. Expect frequent changes of page content to reflect game changes. Keep tabs on [[https://twitter.com/StarboundGame the official Twitter feed]] for sneak peeks and other minor updates.

[[http://www.playstarbound.com/store/ The game can be bought here.]]

Has a separate [[ShoutOut/{{Starbound}} Shout Out page.]]

* RainbowPimpGear: Optional. Each character has eight equipment slots for armor: four for the armor to actually use and get stats from, and another four for the armor to display, so you mix and match gear to play it straight, or dye them so they at least are color-coordinated.
** There are certain cosmetic items that are chromatic and sparkle when you run with them. So it is played straight. The problem is finding them...

* {{Wutai}}: Hylotl appear to have this as their other [[PlanetOfHats hat]], the first one being fish people and everything that implies. Their default clothing resembles Japanese clothing, and their spaceship seems to take off both the Chinese koi and Japanese dragon. The ship's default interior has strong resemblances to eastern housing as well, complete with lanterns. Hylotl cities mostly take after Japanese culture, featuring advertisements for popular cartoons, childrens toys and plushies, night clubs, and living areas that are fairly small for their size.

** Apex are ape-men who seem to follow the government strongly. They are a blend of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' and ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes''. Their furniture tends to be more centered around the 70s and their "music" seems to indicate that they have regained some bestial instincts despite remaining intelligent.

* Retcon: The story in general changed fairly drastically between the beta and version 1.0.
** The tone is a bit LighterAndSofter after 1.0.

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Prior to the Cheerful Giraffe update, Plutonium ore could be found in fairly large deposits on dwarf planets. Plutonium is currently found only in pitchblende in amounts too tiny to be used, and must be actively manufactured.

* SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology:
** The Glitch spaceship looks like a castle.
** The Ferozium weapons are this: super high technology made to look like magical staves.

* FunnyAnimal: The Avian race, with a [[MayIncaTec Mesoamerican]] FeatherMotif.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The end of 1.0's story is definitely this. You destroy the Ruin, [[TakingYouWithMe but die in the process since you can't teleport away]], [[HeroicSacrifice and the Cultivator uses the last of its power to bring you back to life]]. Earth is also still gone and the Protectorate in is disarray, and [[KarmaHoudini Asra escapes justice]] until the end of the Bounty Hunter questline in 1.4.]]

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: The Glitch speak in the exact same manner as [=HK-47=] from the Franchise/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series, declaring precisely what sort of sentence they are about to say before speaking.

** They don't even know they do it,One of the Lore Books states that a visitor tried speaking that way to them thinking it was the polite thing to do, but they just got confused as to why he was doing it

** Some Glitch have four or even six eyes. And because in the sprite they look the same, some have [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eye]]-[[MemeticMutation nipples]].

* TokenHeroicOrc: The Florans are Type A, with shades of Type I, although it's unclear how much of a hive-mind they might have.

** NPCs will happily let you ransack their chests and crates, but flip out and call the guards the second you dig up some sand too close to their house.