Terraria!

Wahad

Wahad

I just want to plug a addictive little game called Terraria. It is a 2D platformer with lots of elements of minecraft, but a more progression-to-goal style of gameplay. I.e. there's tiers of armor, weapons and enemies, there are boss monsters and high-level, very dangerous biomes to explore (such as the hellworld). Once you've built your hovel, you can build additional rooms and after you have met requirements, NPC's will move in such as a merchant, a nurse (heals you for a fee), and others. Additionally, there's guns, jetpacks, grappling hooks, magic and magic items, and loads of other stuff! The developers have also promised to add tons of other biomes and respective items and enemies in the future, so you can be on the lookout for that as well.

Gameplay trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7uOhFTrrq0 (advice: if you don't want to spoil the entire game, click around to random times to see some different things rather than watching the whole 5 minutes, which will show every biome and boss, as far as I know)

Not yet convinced? Watch this instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ObeTJ7jow

There are also numerous let's plays on youtube, including one of an early alpha version by the devs themselves.

It is available on Steam for 8-10 euros/dollars/pounds. The main Terraria site with an FAQ is here.
 
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Chibibar

steam is down? :(

edit: nm. It just came back up! yay!

edit edit: such a good review. I bought it :)
 
C

Chibibar

I play for like 3 hours (didn't even know I lost that much time) it is pretty simple and fun. I got a question. If I build an underground kingdom, can NPC still arrive to your place? How does it know it is your "home"? (there isn't a marker per se like "This is your home marker") right now I just build near the Guide guy, but I'm thinking of expanding and go underground.
 
Wahad

Wahad

An NPC house can be made by making a room that is at least 5 blocks high on the inside and has:
- a wooden floor or better (without any wooden platforms, although you can put those in once the NPC has moved in if you wish)
- a back wall without gaps (careful with this one, it can get pretty hard to see the smaller ones)
- a door that is reachable from the outside (without other doors in the way),
- a table, chair and light source.

If you plan on building an apartment complex for your npcs, make sure to make the floors between rooms at least two thick, as they can't share a wall vertically if they are to be considered a room. Then, once the requirement for the NPC is met (i.e. 50 silver coins for the merchant to show up) they will move in.

It can be a bit tricky to get the NPC to the room itself, since they need to physically walk into the room. They won't drop more than 3 blocks and won't jump up more than 3 blocks (in one go), either. However, if you are way offscreen (say, about 100/200 feet away) when you get the message ''NPC has arrived!'', they are usually in the room when you get back.

As a final note, remember that the guide will take whatever room you first build, because he is a jerk.
 
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Chibibar

I notice that. What I did was a single layer with 6 homes. I just want to make sure if I can built it underground or not. I guess I could test this ;)
 
C

Chibibar

Tomorrow we are going to see Pirates! (free) compliment of our Project A-Kon director. wifey really wanna go see it so won't be home till late (9:30pm showing CST)

plus I suck at this game :) I just started yesterday and trying to learn all about it. I think I like the 2D better than 3D minecraft :)

I am not too sure on co-op yet. Gonna tinker some more until I am more comfortable with this game hehe.
 
Wahad

Wahad

I would love a coop game, but I am not sure if should set up the server, since my internet is unreliable at best. We'll figure something out.
 
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Chibibar

What I have discover so far: I read the release notes somewhere that the spawn point not "suppose" to destroy stuff, but it did on my game. I accidentally made one of the house right on top of my spawn point. Each time I log in, it blew up part of the house (remove the tiles) So now I got a sign and a space saying "Spawn point" hehe
 
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Chibibar

Also, it was a pain in the butt to get the NPC into the house. I try to do the underground, but didn't seem to work. (I got impatient) but I got a new project I want to do with Terraria :)
 
Wahad

Wahad

Terraria updated to 1.0.3.

Changelog:

Player

* Players can no longer repeatedly double jump after touching the top of the world.


Items

* NEW ITEM - Black Lens.
* NEW ITEM - Sunglasses.
* NEW ITEM - Jungle Armor (This has replaced Cobalt Armor.)
* NEW ITEM - (RARE and SECRET Item for casters) Go on! Find it!
* Fixed a bug that prevented Underground Jungle Seeds from spawning.
* Using the Cloud in a Bottle will now correctly reset fall distance.
* Set bonuses that provide more defense, now correctly match their tool-tip.
* All armor inventory icons have been improved.
* All player armor graphics have been improved.
* Iron, gold, meteor, and bone helmets have been changed graphically.
* Molten armor’s overall defense has been reduced.
* Meteor armor’s set bonus now reduces Space Gun mana cost to 0.
* Several magic items have had their damage increased.


NPCs

* Added two new rare enemies that can both be found underground.
* The Demolitionist is now also triggered to arrive when the players have Sticky Bombs and Grenades in their inventory.
* All Skeleton graphics have been changed.
* The Guide now has hit and death effects.
* The Guide can now be killed by hostile NPCs.


World

* Trees now become corrupt instead of being destroyed when touching the corruption. And the new corrupt trees become un-corrupted upon purification.


Server / Multiplayer

* Created a console server with no video card requirement. Type help in the console for a full list of server commands.
* Increased client side multi-player security, this should help in the battle against broken character files.
* There is now a host and play option in the client, that will auto connect you to your own server world upon its creation.
* Corrected a bug that was causing the Server to send out liquid as water when it should have been lava.
* Clients are now able to connect to ports other than 7777.
* Slimes are synced better on multiplayer games.
* Accessories now correctly sync between players.
* Fixed a bug that would cause the player to get stuck on "Receiving Tile Data" when their spawn is placed near the world edge.
* Added -join <ip>, -port <port>, and -pass <password> command line parameters to the client to enable auto-join of servers.


Misc.

* The game window is now re-sizable while in windowed mode.
* Full-screen resolution can now be changed in the options menu.
* Pressing alt+enter to toggle full-screen mode will no longer bring up the chat window.
* Fixed several bugs that would crash the game during world generation.

With the improvements to multiplayer and the ''host&play'' option, making a coop game for the three of us should be much easier.
 
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Jiarn

I want to get this for my and my gf. Problem is $20 is too much for us to drop at at time. If this ever hits the $4.99 mark, we'll pick it up.
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
Jiarn said:
I want to get this for my and my gf. Problem is $20 is too much for us to drop at at time. If this ever hits the $4.99 mark, we'll pick it up.
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Will they be on the same or different computers? IIRC they have a deal where if you buy one you get the second discounted - as long as it's a gift for someone else. It may have been a Steam deal for that day but I remember wishing I had a friend to send a gift to when I bought mine.
 
Wahad

Wahad

I am not sure, but the 4-pack deal might still be going if you can find two other friends to split the costs. It'll be slightly cheaper.
 
Wahad

Wahad

1.0.4 is out! Huge content update! :aaah:

Updates to Terraria have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Items
Added Feature! - Social Slots. All normal armor and vanity items can be placed here to use their graphical appearance in place of equipped gear without overriding their stat gains.
New Vanity Items - Tuxedo Shirt and Pants
New Vanity Items - Plumber Outfit and Hat
New Vanity Items - Hero Outfit and Hat
New Vanity Item - Bunny Hood
New Vanity Item - Fish Bowl
New Vanity Item - Top Hat
New Vanity Items - Archaeologist's Outfit and Hat
New Vanity Item - Ninja Outfit.
New Vanity Item - Red Hat.
New Vanity Item - Summer Hat
New Vanity Item - Robe
New Vanity Item - Robot Hat
New Vanity Item - Gold Crown
New Item - Leather
New Item - Green Dye
New Item - Black Dye
You can now wear the Jungle Rose in your hair
The Water Candle’s enemy spawn rate increase effect now works correctly when held
Some items that were missing ‘lore text’ in their tool-tips now have them.(Breathing Reed,Grappling Hook Jungle Rose.)
Ammo items are now listed as Ammo in their tool-tip and Equipable Items that offer no stat bonus list as Vanity Items in their tool-tip. Items used in any recipe now list as Materials, in their tool-tip.
The Magic Hat now offers 2 Defense to its wearer and the Empty Bucket now offers 1 Defense to its wearer.
Dungeon Blocks now require at least a Nightmare Pick to mine, unless they are near the spawn location, where they can be mined by any pick.
Phoenix Blaster has had a reduction of stats to balance better with other items of its tier.
Gem, Mushroom and Bottle sell values have been reduced.
Hell Forges above the rock layer can be moved with any hammer, but below require a 60% power hammer or stronger.
Angel Statues are now more rare of a find.

NPCs
New NPC - Bunny
New NPC - Goldfish (Is also an Item)
New Enemy - Corrupt Bunny
New Enemy - Corrupt Goldfish
New Enemy - Piranha
New Enemy - Harpy
New Random Mini- Boss - King Slime
New Enemy - Bat
New Enemy - Jungle Bat
New Enemy - Jungle Slime
New Enemy - Snatcher
New Rare Enemy - Dr. Bones
New Rare Enemy - The Groom
New NPC - A Clothier will now move into your town when the conditions are met.
Enemy spawn distance has been pushed back to the maximum resolution to ensure that they will never spawn on the screen.
Enemy spawn rates have been adjusted to account for the increased spawn distance.
Enemy projectiles no longer drop hearts or stars when killed by the player.
The Eater of Worlds now has Higher HP, Def and Dmg, making battling him more difficult.
Hornets no longer appear as if they are about to flip over while flying.
The Dead Miner is now a bit stronger.
Tim’s spawn chance has been reduced.

Player
Players now have 1 second of invulnerability after they spawn.
The eat/drink animation now plays correctly.

World-Gen
Surface Jungle’s are now possible on mud that is on the surface. Jungle trees will auto-grow on their own, as acorns are not usable on the jungle grass.
Chasms are now less frequent to appear, but always have an orb.
Mud now ‘blends’ graphically with dirt, rather than stone to add for a more crisp look in Jungles.
Jungle plants now grow underwater.

Multiplayer
Increased client side security.
Selecting summon items will no longer cause monsters to summon.
Players with a name over 20 characters will now get booted from the server.
Added some minor anti-grief protection.
Fixed a bug that would cause the client to attempt to summon an NPC during a multiplayer game and crash.
Added the -host command line parameter to the client.

Server
Improved server timing, which should help reduce lag.
Added several new command line and config options. These are listed in serverconfig.txt
Servers will now output to crashlog.txt before crashing, allowing for more specific bug reporting.
Clients will now output to client-crashlog.txt before crashing, allowing for more specific bug reporting.

Misc.
Screen resolutions now have limits of 800x600 minimum and 1920x1200 maximum.
Added an option that will pause the game while talking to an NPC or opening your inventory in single player. It defaults to off.
Added an option to automatically save the world every 10 minutes. Defaults to on.
Added a prompt to load a world backup if the current world is corrupt.
Added a check to determine if a world file was loaded successfully.
Attempting to Launch the game from the Terraria.exe, will now inform you to launch via Steam rather then doing nothing at all with no indication of why.
Backing out of the port selection screen now plays the correct sound.
Setting options now correctly align with the center of the screen in all resolutions.
The settings menu has been reorganized. All video related options have their own menu
The “Tink” sound now has a more dull sound.
The Re-Logic splash screen, now scales correctly in other resolutions.
 
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Jiarn

I love how a game like Terraria does "Cosmetic slots" like so many MMOs but WoW still refuses to do it. Hilarious.
 
Jay

Jay

So I'm bumping this shit.

It's 2$

Who wants to play coop with me.

I barely played and only accept to play with other noobs.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

I tried playing Terraria. It felt like a 2D minecraft, but I couldn't figure out how to do anything, and then I fell down a dark hole that I couldn't see, couldn't find a way out of, and drown. Twice.
 
Jay

Jay

Ravenpoe said:
I tried playing Terraria. It felt like a 2D minecraft, but I couldn't figure out how to do anything, and then I fell down a dark hole that I couldn't see, couldn't find a way out of, and drown. Twice.
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Let's play COOP my bearded friend.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

I got gifted Terraria on Steam, fired it up and got confused as hell, and decided to go play something more suited to my level of intellectual ability. Like Call of Duty.

One of these days I will give it another shot.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Apparently over a year ago I promised I would give Terraria another shot. I have yet to follow through on this promise. I am ashamed
 
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