Unused Content - Tumblr Posts
So my brother was trying to mod Starbound and was looking through it's files when he found these undocumented assets that were unknown to the modding community apparently.
He doesn't like making such rumors so I installed Starbound again, unpacked the game as instructed through the official documentation and there it was.
plants\bushes\ground\fleshcorpse
His theory is that these were part of the unused Heck Caves.
so you know how in a couple of my earlier posts showing JJ promo art there's been appearances of this robotic hand in a few of them? like in a couple of the Easter ones it appears as like a prop or in the background. well, it actually originates from an early concept for Jetpack Joyride's UI that is seen in the The Art of Halfbrick' book in the section showing concepts for the games Barry's been in. it shows what a logo and UI system for a "2.0" of Jetpack Joyride might have looked like, and it's very... interesting.
i wonder what this robotic hand was meant for. does he have a name? on one of the Easter artworks (the one with Barry sitting on the floor and eating all the chocolate eggs), they have the acronym of EEDD written on him, but i think that was just for the art piece because the acronym doesn't appear anywhere else. what's this funky guy even meant for in the lab? i have so many questions about him and i kinda love him... also wtf does "seano" mean??? is THAT their name?? huh???
NEW UNUSED SUN VOICE LINES
STARTS AT 8:11 !!!!
YOU ROBBED US! Lego Producers! WE NEED THIS! It Fits Him Perfectly!
WE COULD HAVE HAD FIRE BREATHING NEZHA
THE DOG Island unused stuff
I've been digging into THE DOG Island's files for a while. It's a pretty precious game to me, so I've always been interested in its history - and now I actually have something to show for it! So in case anyone else is a fan of the game, or just curious, or both, I'll put some of it in this post c:
I've converted the entire "icon_dt" folder into png files and put them here. This includes not only item icons and enemy emotions, but also icons/artwork for animals and enemies (all of these go unused except for the bat, which is used in the final Minecart minigame). There's also some unused items - mainly pastries and drinks.
Here
Look at these little guys.......
Some fans might remember this old trailer from youtube.
This says a lot about what older versions of the game may have looked like, including a different health bar and a lot of changes to item finding and such. Puroro town seemed to have changed a bit - in this trailer, you look to be delivering milk to others, and the scene with Dr. Hill occurs during the daytime.
While trying to find something else, I stumbled across some unused Puroro Town dialogue which may have come from this stage in development and, surprisingly, was still translated into English. This confirms that the player was once intended to deliver milk, and that Emilio/Maria's sickness suddenly becomes worse *before* the festival instead of during. You also get the extra context that Mar (or "Maw", in this case) usually delivers milk, but can't because your sibling is sick. The scene with Dr. Hill also seems a bit more blunt.
here
Some script names indicate that there was once intended to be a hunger system in the game.
There's probably a lot more to see (and probably that I've even seen already), but can you blame me for forgetting when I've not been properly documenting it lol
If anyone has any questions or wants me to get/check something from the files for them then feel free to ask! There's no guarantee I can do it but it's always worth a shot.
EDIT: I made a video on an entire unused area in the game here!
I finally got into the unused area in THE DOG Island and made a video about it here!
If you're wondering why I was having trouble accessing it, the map was actually perfectly fine. I just panicked when I realised what I'd found and forgot one of the important steps in getting these things to work haha
