I finally made a dialogue-enabled version of Skippy from Cyberpunk 2077 in vanilla Starbound.

This time, Skippy doesn’t just shoot — he actually talks during combat.

Different dialog lines can now trigger while firing, and Skippy also reacts differently depending on whether enemies are nearby or not. So the weapon has separate dialogue behavior for combat and non-combat situations.

The weapon still includes two gameplay modes:

Smart Bullet Mode
In this mode, Skippy behaves more like the smart weapon from Cyberpunk 2077.

Pistol Mode
This mode works more like a regular handgun. Skippy switches to a different set of actions and animations to match the pistol behavior.

Everything was done through JSON editing and vanilla Starbound behavior systems — no external framework required.

I’m still experimenting with more reactive dialogue behavior and combat interactions.
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First question: I drew them nude because I was trying to 'find' the characters and translate them into my style. Pixels only give you so much to work with. And understanding the body helps you understand how apparel would hang off of them.

Just facing that one off immediately, because I know it will be asked.

Anyway -- I got my hubby to play Starbound lately, and have been having FUN with it. He adores Novakid, so he made himself a space-bandito, featured center. The other two Apex are my characters, one with a prosthetic to replace a leg she lost in the crash, and the other a big male rebel. I find it difficult to play any game without placing some story behind my characters, and hubby is the same way... and so this is how we ended up with a Novakid captain with two monkey crewmates. Wooo \o/

(I adore the Apex story of struggle against oppression. Fight the good fight, my good apes.)

EDIT: I'm suddenly unable to respond to comments for some reason -- my apologies! Not sure what's preventing it 😞

Completed my big colony! Every room has its own theme. Only thing I forgot to take down in the screen shot is the little mobile construction area with the shops I carry around to get the assets for the rooms. Next the Farms beyond the big bridge with areas dedicated to every farm beast I've found.

If you want check my vlog series! I am doing a metagaming series combining games to starbound with the same persistent character!

https://www.youtube.com/@TheNyxChronicles

This mod adds a playable Space Invaders arcade machine driven by Starbound’s own runtime systems. Invaders, shots, effects, shields, the cannon, and the board presentation are not just a flat mockup: the game is hosted by a live Starbound vehicle and rendered through real in-world entities and projectiles.

Features

• Play a faithful Space Invaders cabinet inside Starbound
• Real Starbound monsters/entities and projectile carriers drive the action
• Destructible shields and board damage preserve the arcade feel
• Source-shaped timing, scoring, rack movement, saucer behavior, shot rules, and collision footprints
• Classic rack speedup, fleet sound cadence, saucer scoring, player death timing, and GAME OVER sequencing
• Configurable cabinet DIP-style settings for starting lives and extra ship threshold

Fidelity

This port prioritizes preserving the original arcade behavior wherever Starbound allows it. The invader rack advances per live invader instead of moving as one simple block, shields are authoritative damage surfaces, alien shot behavior follows the original shot families, and many original timing quirks are intentionally retained.

Steam Workshop Link

I made Skippy from Cyberpunk 2077 in Starbound, using only JSON files, so it should be fully vanilla-compatible. Once activated by firing, Skippy will keep following the player and disappear after the weapon has been holstered for a short period.

The weapon has two different modes:

Smart Bullet Mode
In this mode, Skippy behaves more like the smart weapon from Cyberpunk 2077.

Pistol Mode
This mode works more like a regular handgun. Skippy switches to a different set of actions and animations to match the pistol behavior.

I tried to make the weapon feel close to the Skippy while still fitting naturally into Starbound’s vanilla system. Since everything is done through JSON, there are no Lua scripts or external dependencies needed.

1st The entrance, with a little guard tower. The odd towers with bridges where largely inspired by Dracula's Castle from Castlevania.

2. More spooky towers, with one dedicated to the Madness tech tree.

3. The smelting and tier one crafting area with a little prison below it.

4. The foundry with mech and ship component crafting stations. Below it is my long series of treasure rooms with various projects devoted toward vanity. Among them being a gold room, a silver room, hall full of Floran artifacts, art gallery ect...

5. Above the Foundry is a smithy and a big library.

6. Far above the library a series of towers that make up my home. First area is a teleporter with a tenant.

7. Kitchen, living room and dining area with a balcony.

8. Home.

9. Across from the Foundry a storage area and more treasure rooms, with some areas below dedicated to various precurser races. Also pictured is the start of my colony.

10. Tenant rooms will all have their own theme. Artistically I know this entire tower is a mess of inconsistency. That is partially on purpose. I'm just messing with the different assets to see how they look and work together.

11. All that space dedicated to tenant housing with a roof that will be dedicating toward gardening.

12. A Dining area for tenants, a bath house, public bathroom, and library. Bridge leads outward toward what will be a guard tower that will mark the boarder of the colony. Below the bridge is an apple orchard.