Moonman looks like the appetizer to a Starbound entr?e

‘He looks inside friends’ is the best euphemism

It feels like Starbound has been in development for a long time now. Sure, it’s playable, but it is not complete. Perhaps a similarly styled game that is not quite so ambitious may tide us all over. Perhaps we want to control a character who bears an odd resemblance to VVVVVV‘s Captain Viridian. Perhaps Moonman is just the game to sate those desires.

Moonman features a lot of the same stuff as Starbound (and its predecessor Terraria). There is digging. There is crafting. There is building. There is combat. There is procedural generation. There is “looking for moon fragments in friends.” Okay, I guess that last one is new.

Moonman has recently begun its Kickstarter campaign with a goal of $35,000 AUD. It is intended to release on Linux, Mac, and Windows this May.