The
Starbound website has details on the next patch for the space game,
offering a detailed change list on what this adds, including a permadeath
gameplay mode (thanks
PCGamesN). The update also reveals this will include the last planned
character wipe, though it's possible another world wipe will come. Here's
word:
Of course, there’s also the highly anticipated/possibly feared
final character wipe– this patch contains a fix for save files so after
this, you won’t need to worry about our patches destroying your characters or
ships. This patch will wipe everything– characters, ships and worlds. It will
definitely be the last time we’ll need to wipe characters or ships, and will
hopefully be the last time we’ll need to wipe worlds. This explanation from
Kyren should help clarify things a little:
“The problem is that the organization of planets may change so if they go muck
with a planet, how do we put it in the celestial map? Or if they build on a
biome we remove, or something. So no promises, but we’ll try. But promises on
the player / ship.”