The first alpha is here: a whole block-built solar system to explore, ships to build, nature to survive and friends to play with. Here is everything in this version.
Space and flight
- Fly from the ground to orbit and on to other worlds with no loading screen.
- Every planet is a giant cube you can walk around, edge to edge.
- A solar system at real proportions: planets orbit the Sun, turn on themselves, and create true days, nights and seasons.
- Hyperspeed: charge, jump, and watch the stars stretch into a tunnel.
- Re-entry: your hull glows with plasma as you dive back into the air.
- Launch a rocket carrying a telescope to discover the worlds around you and add them to your space map.
- A mysterious rift in space... keep your distance.
Worlds to explore
- Earth: continents, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, deserts, forests, mountains, frozen poles and coral reefs.
- The Moon, Mars and its giant volcano, a Jurassic world full of dinosaurs, a planet frozen in eternal twilight... and the Sun itself, a sea of lava.
- A distant galaxy lights up your nights.
Your ship
- Start aboard a two-seat shuttle, fully fuelled and ready to fly.
- Build your own ships block by block: thrusters, fuel tanks, landing gear, hatches, ramps, cannons, steering thrusters, cockpit glass with a heads-up display.
- Ships feel heavy: they bank in turns, take time to speed up, and a big ship needs more engines.
- Autopilot, cockpit view, and walk around inside your ship while it flies.
- Weld new parts with the gas torch, even in mid-flight.
- Shiny metal hulls that reflect the sky and the planet below.
- Too hard a landing... and it explodes.
Survival
- Health, hunger, thirst, sleep and cold.
- Sleep in a bunk or a bed at night and wake up at dawn.
- Poisonous mushrooms, spoiled meat, venomous snakes: watch what you eat and where you step.
- Four real seasons: autumn leaves, bare trees in winter, snow, frozen lakes, fruit that ripens at the right time.
- Clouds, wind, rain and snow.
Wildlife
- Dozens of animals that behave like the real ones: wolves hunt in packs, prey run until they are out of breath, boars and bears charge, birds take flight, fish swim in schools.
- Sharks in deep water, snakes whose danger depends on where they live.
- Bears and dormice hibernate, swallows leave before winter.
- Dinosaurs on their own planet, and a lonely rover on Mars.
Nature and resources
- Eleven kinds of trees. Chop them with your axe and watch them fall the way you cut them.
- Flowers, berries, mushrooms, nuts and fruit trees.
Industry
- Find oil the way geologists do, then pump it, pipe it and refine your own rocket fuel.
- Tap natural gas, fill cylinders, and power generators and heaters.
- A house to furnish: doors, beds, tables, stairs, bookcases and a real fireplace.
Multiplayer
- Dedicated servers for many players, with secure connections.
- A shared world: animals, items on the ground, felled trees, machines and ships are the same for everyone.
- Optional PvP, operators, whitelist and bans for server owners.
Steam
- Invite your friends and join their server in one click.
- Your friends can see where you are in the universe.
- Saves in Steam Cloud.
Mods
- Add your own blocks, items and creatures (that walk, swim, fly and hunt).
- A Blockbench plugin to model them.
Graphics and performance
- 3D clouds seen from orbit, image effects, render distance up to 256 chunks.
- Many performance improvements for smoother play.
Thank you for playing the alpha! Tell us what you think in the discussions: every report helps make Starjump better.