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[Sirus]

My dream: Get a bunch of those gas cloud aliens together to play Green Grass and High Tides.

[hemmingjay]

I dream of having a group of NPCs that follow me playing my theme song while I dish out beatings to intergalactic punks.

[Devling]

Can we just get floating programmable robots that play music?

[freeformschooler]

"Portable band" is probably going to be the first mod made.

I'm very interested in the song creation feature. It sounds kind of like Animal Crossing's song creation. Wonder how it'll turn out.

[miauw62]

I wonder what the first ABC will be posted on the starbound forums.

Rickroll?
Trololo?

[Chattox]

I wonder what the first ABC will be posted on the starbound forums.

Rickroll?
Trololo?

Rickroll, but labelled as Trololo so it's actually a Rickroll.

Also, this game does still have randomly generated items, right? Because they seem to be handcrafting most of the game besides planets at the moment.

[freeformschooler]

Also, this game does still have randomly generated items, right? Because they seem to be handcrafting most of the game besides planets at the moment.

Yes. Watch the PVP stream. I've noticed Tiy doesn't call the random stuff "random" much, instead referring to them as "generic."

[hemmingjay]

I look forward to a radio mod that will allow people to submit their songs to be added to a playlist for the radio modd.

[Sirus]

I look forward to a radio mod that will allow people to submit their songs to be added to a playlist for the radio modd.

Presumably the mod would add a slightly static-y effect to all submitted songs for that authentic feeling

[freeformschooler]

Complete with a spaceship DJ.

"Hey, everyone. This is DJ Meteo, here with your classic mix from the good ol' days of 2040. We're streamin' live for the next hour, so if any of you have a long-range satellite, just send in your requests and I'll make it happen. Now for a timeless piece, you know. One of my favorites..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4

[Neonivek]

What I love is I bet Starbound will be sued for the in game instruments.

[Frumple]

... why? Pretty sure they're no more of a violation than any music-related program. Digital keyboard can't be sued 'cause of what's made on it, s'far as I'm aware. There'd be issues if the Starbound folks themselves included any ABC notation that's copywritten, but user generated stuff is pretty much free game.

[Flying Dice]

... why? Pretty sure they're no more of a violation than any music-related program. Digital keyboard can't be sued 'cause of what's made on it, s'far as I'm aware. There'd be issues if the Starbound folks themselves included any ABC notation that's copywritten, but user generated stuff is pretty much free game.

This. It's the same as any other game with the ability to create songs via an in-game system, what users do with it isn't attributable to the developer or publisher. Just like how Gibson can't be sued if someone covers a copywrited song using one of their guitars.

[Knight of Fools]

You think that'll stop them?

A while back Putt Putt, an American miniature golf course company, tried suing Mojang because people were using the name "Putt Putt" in their game. Their research was basically limited to Googling "Putt Putt Minecraft", since most results were user generated videos labelled "Putt Putt Minecraft".

Mojang essentially just laughed at them, but that doesn't mean that it won't happen again.

[hemmingjay]

You think that'll stop them?

A while back Putt Putt, an American miniature golf course company, tried suing Mojang because people were using the name "Putt Putt" in their game. Their research was basically limited to Googling "Putt Putt Minecraft", since most results were user generated videos labelled "Putt Putt Minecraft".

Mojang essentially just laughed at them, but that doesn't mean that it won't happen again.

It was just a cease and desist motion. Basically stating that they need to remove putt putt references from the website and game or legal action would be taken. It's a simple matter of making sure the images are not on Mojang websites and explaining the user license to Putt Putt Attorneys. If they then tried to pursue legal action against Mojng, they would open themselves up to several counter suits.

It was merely a publicity stunt for Putt Putt.