Starmade (Alpha PC) Minecraft meets EVE Online (sorta....maybe)

I just posted this blog but thought I would toss it in here for any of you minecraft freaks :) that don't read my shitty blog (shame on you!).

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So imagine a game where you could design and build space ships, land on planets, create space stations, fleets of ships, align yourself with like minded people in factions, explore, expand, exterminate, exploit (well maybe...) on a dedicated server with potentially hundreds of other players and AI driven space pirates, shops and AI trading ships. Make alliances, infiltrate your enemies and take them down from the inside out.

It exists. It is real. It is only in alpha and you can already do ALL that and more.....and it's free (for now - or get in at the low low price of $3). It is greenlit on steam.....and it is madness!

So the graphics aren't great (I downloaded a skin mod which improved them a lot for me) the sounds are even worse (staticy cat farts) but the game play, building, destroying, harvesting resources, all works great. Similar to minecraft figuring out how to make certain things work and do things is half the battle - watch videos, ask in game, read the wiki. The game does offer some tutorials that will get you going down the right path.

Me and 2 other friends started the game last night. We managed to get into some losing fights with AI space pirates a couple of times....we found a remote ice planet where we have declared the planet ours (our home Faction) and setup a spawn point for ourselves on this ice rock. We have a couple of low level (i.e. wimpy) ships on the go - mostly being used for harvesting resources right now. I think tonight I'm going to explore the trade options (buying resources from space shops and selling to other space shops in need at a higher rate).....maybe we'll take down some space pirates and get some of their random loot drop goodness as we build our empire. Eventually I would like to plant a spy in another faction and take down that faction from the inside out. I know just the man for the job too.....(looks in mirror).

http://star-made.org/ Starmade home

http://star-made.org/content/starmade-texture-pack Starmade texture pack I'm using (256x256 with hud is the one I have)

http://star-made.org/content/serverstarjitacom-dedicated-professional-host Starmade server where my Hoth planet exists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VIJHM3a7JE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgHgcttS39w