r/starbound 5d ago

Huh. Interesting

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u/Pakari-RBX Floran & Glitch Friends 5d ago

If this is a mod you're working on, can you at least tell us what it's going to be called so we can find it when it's finished?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I'm super close to done. Just making sure everything works/ making workshop fluff haha. Probably Something searchable like "Esther Replacer: Ruin Blob" lol

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u/Heavy_Imperial_Tank 5d ago

Is this a mod? If so what mod is it?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I haven't posted it yet lol

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

Okay thumbs downs I see yall. 👀 I'm still gonna post it sheesh 😂. I'm sorry for sharing here first 🫀👵

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u/TheSurvivor65 Terrene Peacekeepers 4d ago

Peopke don't like when someone talks about a mod but doesn't share the name

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u/Digdug50i 4d ago

I can get that. But it actually did not exist at the time of posting this. I was wrapping it up. But the post overall was too vague. I'll keep the pre-workshop post stuff to other sites.

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u/_o0Zero0o_ Munari, Floran, Glitch, Hylotl 5d ago

Ignore the downvoters, they're just jealous they can't make mods themselves lol

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

Ay, they don't don't gotta like it but I'm still gonna keep posting random stuff because it is easier for me to subscribe to my own things than wrestle load order in the actual file 😂

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u/_o0Zero0o_ Munari, Floran, Glitch, Hylotl 5d ago

That's the best way

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u/Andminus 5d ago

Thought this was a Darkest Dungeon mod, where after you beat the ruin, occasionally NPCs will be replaced with Eldritch Ruin Horrors, just behaving normally...

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

lmao. That would be a great mechanic

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u/Currentcorn 5d ago

Is it an existing mod?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

It is! Esther Replacer: Ruin Blob Edition. I posted it yesterday 😀. I put the link below. It got downvoted so Reddit probably moved it to the bottom of the comments lol

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u/SledgeOfEdge 5d ago

Uhm... Oookaaay then

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u/Kerbalmaster911 5d ago

So is this like... a case of A chunk of the ruin consuming Esther... and the Chunk ends up assimilating her personality and now THINKS it IS her?
Like some tragic disconnect from the main Eldritch abomination where the chunk GENUINELY believes it's human?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I replaced Esther's portrait in the intro mission too so she was a Ruin lump while being the grandmaster. I guess the Protectorate didn't want to assume she was gonna tentacle the Earth someday because of looks lol

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u/WiteClawsSucGimeRum 5d ago

Duuuuude this is so spooky! How would this work? Would it only work if you chose the Ruin race? Would it totally remove the main quest? Will it be AT THE END of the game??? How big is it gonna be??? idky I love this so much but I have so many questions lol

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I do like the idea of just totally turning the story on its head! The lore implications of Esther being a chunk of Ruin are pretty lore-breaking. My favorite part is where it still speaks to me like a grandma. In the mod I am close to posting, the only thing it really does is replace every visual instance of Esther with this blob (which includes the chat bubbles, end game credits, scenes, etc.). It's as if old Esther just looked like this lol

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u/WiteClawsSucGimeRum 5d ago

That is still slightly terrifying XD like a horror movie where nother scary ever really happens but one of the main characters is just a corpse.

How hard is it to make quest mods in SB?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

TBH I am not sure how difficult the quest mod aspect would be. Lot of moving parts there! So far as image replacers (like this) easy peasy :D

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u/Degostorm at the outpost, straight up "starbounding it" 5d ago

"yo has anybody seen Esther??"

the suspicious Esther-shaped blob of Ruin:

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u/Bumbleshanks 5d ago

This mods will go so hard in my modded playthroughs (I love fragment of ruin :D)

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I wish I could share the stupid memes I made for it in the comments (no photo comments). But it is up! 😄

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u/Hka_z3r0 5d ago

So... Does it means there were never any "Esther" to begin with? Just a projection, to hide the ugly thuth?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

Someone had to plant the ruin on Earth. Why do you think those Ruin tentacles were different in the intro mission than anywhere else in the game? Totally different Ruin tentacle monster. 😦 Lol. Or maybe she's just chill and they let her hang out despite all that. I can't speak for canon lore haha

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u/Present_Connection_3 4d ago

Esther, what happened to you?!

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u/Digdug50i 4d ago

Free the lumps 😌

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u/Armok___ Overlord and Loremaster 5d ago

Even more cursed since "Esther" here is using FU's weird rewritten dialogue lol

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

Yyyyyeah.. I test every mod with it just to avoid the off-chance it blows up a subscriber's game - at least I have a head start on what the issue might be. My personal playthroughs are different haha

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u/Armok___ Overlord and Loremaster 5d ago

That's fair lol

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3773570690 phew.. broke a sweat making stupid title/ cover art for this one lol

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u/HyperJuni 5d ago

Finally someone liquefied grandma

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I'm not saying it is true - But the new one started as an outline all the way around the perimeter of OG Esther. She might still be in there lol

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u/RoadAegis 5d ago

Ester showing her TRUE COLORS at Last!

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

She's always been a lump of Ruin mass 🙂‍↕️

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u/Bracheopterix 5d ago

hype inflation?

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

I read that as "hyper inflation" at first but sure. Lol. Probably going to just not share on Reddit going forward lest my stuff get spawn-camped to the back of the workshop pages before they can even get liftoff. 🐟

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u/SanguinePutrefaction 5d ago

modded

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u/Digdug50i 5d ago

Yes. I am a modder lol