Starminer - First Look HANDS ON - Plus Dev Interview

[@ObsidianAnt]

Let's give Rok some thumbs up for the interview! Check out Starminer here: play.paradoxarc.com/ObsidianAnt

[@SharkStrikeAC]

As a Space Engineer player, I'm happy to know that this game will be based on the physics of ships and moving stations.

[@GordonWrigley]

It always bugged me that the Space Engineers game engine doesn't care about thruster placement. You can keep the control scheme as is, so it's "you want to go left, we're going to go left with everything I can give you", but still have it so if the thrusters are imbalanced and you don't have enough gyro's to compensate then "everything I can give you" might only be half throttle. The math to work it out isn't even that complicated.

[@Chipchap-xu6pk]

You had me at 'Large wessels'.

[@tver]

Are they nuclear?..

[@shawnp6653]

I flashed to Chekov :)

[@CybearBox]

@@tver No. Nukular.

[@splatterkat3838]

Single player Eve. Yes please

[@KalishKovacs]

X3 is Eve Singleplayer.

[@ElTuristaTravel]

@@KalishKovacsso is x4 like eve 2 singleplayer?

[@GordonWrigley]

Something about it does remind me of when I first started playing eve. I'm not sure what. That aside I do like the idea of modular ships that are less detailed than space engineers (limitations are good, if I wanted 100% flexibility to draw spaceships I'd go play with blender), but with a more realistic thrust / flight model.

[@qa1e2r4]

Eve had multi-player?

[@krasje28]

@@qa1e2r4 Multi pvp?

[@Nodux359]

This game needs more publicity.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

lots of games do... 1 game closes its doors tomorrow. and sadly it jst never got the backing i feel it deserved.... Skye: the misty Isle bt that is the norm. market is just saturated with games. many could be good-great games. but sadly the shit games like ea, and newer bethesda games, along with shit live service games are what win out. teling everyone to not be innovative or creative. just keep making same bs because u can mostly copy paste and sell it for profits.

[@GordonWrigley]

I've been seeing ads for it daily for months.

[@drakedge2000]

Really looking forward to this game. Thank you for showing it off.

[@gubstorm3518]

Thank you for the interview you did. These gameplay design choices sound fresh and interesting!

[@nnm711]

Yeah, okay, I am putting it on my wishlist. It being backed by Paradox makes me cautious, but I want to be optimistic. Especially the screenshots of the stations makes me remember the old X3:Terran Conflict aesthetic.

[@elandthirkhaoth4718]

A delayed game can still be good, a rushed game will remain bad(at least in the public mind, even if it does get fixed, like No Man's Sky or Cyberpunk 2077)

[@lixnix2018]

Paradox has some good games in work partnered with companies

[@Lazy-Monkey]

Yeah, I hope this game doesn't end up with hundreds of dollars of DLC adding in mechanics that should have been there from the start. But I'll hope for the best.

[@3komma141592653]

@@Lazy-Monkey True, Pdx DLC policy in EU4 is fairly toxic, like a hell lot of basic functions ended up in DLCs like upgrade your ships and have troop templates and what not. On the other hand Surviving Mars was only published by them and it is fairly OK even with only the base game.

[@3komma141592653]

Hope you haven't skipped X4, it is in great shape and there is a great Star Wars mod too.

[@mikael2670]

Thanks for the interview and game-play video, will definitely look it up when its in early access!

[@gravity00x]

EXCITE!!!! the game looks SO, SO!!! good! Been patiently waiting for this to come to light.

[@StarContract]

Thank you! Stay tuned for updates; Early access Q2 2025 and there's a Neuralink version in the works. Gregory (devteam)

[@platinumpus]

It looks so good and i love the creativity you can have with your ship

[@mrfawkes9110]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Looks like the space genre is finally coming back, slowly but surely.

[@Tank16365]

Its been on my wishlist for months, I can't wait

[@riyko3283]

A fantastic peak, my hype for this game has been quietly simmering away but this has brought it to the boil. Very keen to get hands on.

[@Eyeslayer]

this game sounded like fun and now with what all you are showing and saying about the game. I can't wait to play it.

[@newblood5]

The longer I watch footage and hear about this game the more excited I become! It's up there with other titles I'm very excited about in the space genre, like Falling Frontier and Fragile Existence who have both dropped the ball on their release goals :(

[@roberthpilesund384]

Great questions and great answers.

[@Hazzard65]

I really appreciate their resisting the temptation against AI art. That alone will encourage me to buy.

[@TheCephalus]

I feel the opposite, AI art is for the win

[@Hazzard65]

@@TheCephalus With that rock solid argument you've convinced me... anyway you are right it is a win - for large multi-billion dollar companies.

[@TheCephalus]

@@Hazzard65 Actually, it's the opposite. AI art tools are overwhelmingly open source and free, making them a massive advantage for smaller developers, indie creators, and hobbyists. These tools allow anyone, regardless of budget, to produce high-quality visuals and level the playing field against big corporations. This democratization of creativity puts more power in the hands of independent creators, challenging the monopolistic hold that large companies have on expensive art production resources. Take AAA gaming, for instance-art production has traditionally acted as a 'moat,' a high-cost barrier keeping smaller developers out of the market. AI tools disrupt this by drastically lowering costs and empowering smaller teams to create at the same quality as the big players. The claim that AI art is 'bad' often comes from those who want to maintain the status quo, where only large companies with huge budgets dominate. Ironically, these companies benefit the most from blocking AI art because it preserves their monopoly on expensive resources. When used ethically, AI art promotes diversity, fair competition, and creativity across industries. And to address the idea that AI art is a threat to traditional artists-it’s not. AI models rely on constant training and inputs from artists to remain relevant and innovative. Without the creative works of traditional artists, AI art tools would stagnate and lose their ability to evolve. This means there will always be a place for traditional artists in the ecosystem. In fact, AI art tools could provide new opportunities for artists by allowing them to produce more, experiment, and even monetize their styles in ways that weren’t possible before

[@dcsblessedbees]

100%

[@dugandaniel165]

@@TheCephalus No. Absolutely not!! AI destroys creativity and human touch. We should strive for genuine 100% human creation assets and everything. AI is just garbage at this stage...it should remain in scientific and engineering verticals

[@noLimitGamer-fe7tr]

O7 ObsidianAnt 🙌 O7 Commanders 👋 Thank You for Insight of the Starminer! If Starminer has 1st Perspective Mode like Elite Dengerous Odyssey. I give it a Try! Othervise, I love ED:O too much for Content and VR Experiance. We ended 2nd Thargoid War and soon expand our Bubble, throgh an Collonisation Update. Cudos to Developers for develop a Space Game 👊 Sorry for Comparicemen with ED:O it's complete other Gener, but it is Space-Game. Good Luck 🖖 to All of You. O7

[@mrfrenglitch2172]

Very nice! I was already intrigued by this game a while back but now I want to buy it!

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

really looking forward to this game, it looks to have lots of potential.

[@ThatMatt]

REALLY patiently waiting for this (impatiently).

[@Cramblit]

I been so excited for this one, and this made me even more!

[@wilsonbriggs1614]

This and Falling Frontier are the games I'm looking forward to.

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

This looks promising, I'll add my sub here to follow the progress, since I already have this wishlisted.

[@lixnix2018]

Looks good reminds me of single player eve in some way and 4x. Could be very interesting

[@LogI.Q.-Tech-Gaming]

Wow, this looks very-nice!

[@JSRJS]

This looks like its goiing to be a great game. Looking forward to picking this up in early access.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

I cannot wait patiently.

[@simonpotter7534]

I have been a looking forward to this game. I used to be a Carebear Eve miner and it looks like this game was made for me.

[@Hammerhands30]

Amen miss my hi sec orca drone mining

[@BlackLethalDragon]

Its a game with alot of potential, will keep an eye on it and wishlist, its about economy and building while having combat so its a definate highlight to me

[@kearseymorton2078]

looking forward to this one

[@Benzin0]

This game is right up my alley, will be an instant buy if the reviews are good.

[@lordflashheart3680]

Looking forward to trying this one myself.

[@darknetworld]

If they detect thermal energy right there should be shield technologies to create anti thermal energy. For example human body can be detect by thermal camera. To block by using the umbrella to block thermal. Since those module create heat. Then use the panel or asteroid since it block heat right? Just thinking if your using real physics you should able to counter. But the cost should either cheap or high depend on the material. But the umbrella is cheap to make to block it?

[@bencitak3124]

Interesting idea, but I don't think an umbrella would work in space. It would heat up via radiant emissions from the ship. It works on earth because of the air gap. Air keeps the umbrella at ambient temp which outweighs the effect of radiated heat absorbed. At the same time, the body is cooled by air which dulls the radiant effect. Since there is nowhere else for the heat to go in space, it will be absorbed by the umbrella, and then it won't work for its intended purpose.

[@darknetworld]

@@bencitak3124 Oh what about the carbon I wonder if absorbed it and asteroid? I did notice the those space station destruction. So could be use as cover or over thinking things. Well as long you find anti heat as there should be some materials to deal with detect. But guessing need balance do research and cost right. Since it sci fi world there should be bandit should have this technologies in stealth to hide those alien attacking them right?

[@JFitable]

Conservation of Energy demands that the heat energy goes somewhere. A more reasonable "heat cloaking" technology would be huge reserves of high specific heat mass that you put insulating shielding around. You would eventually need to get rid of that heat, by either huge thermal mass dump (spray the material out) or eject the whole module far away from you. Water happens to be an extremely common material found everywhere in the universe and has a high specific heat. Shielding that heat becomes a bit difficult because water is usually contained by metal which has high thermal conductivity. Module would hold a lot of heat, but is also fairly good at giving it away. Maybe some like... vacuum tech or something.

[@darknetworld]

@@JFitable oh but how bandits hide from alien? XD? They should be hunted as well right? There should be battle with them right or the build rock base. Just the thoughts.

[@Lestat070707]

Wow this game seems awesome! More videos about it, please!

[@Pengman19]

Nice interview!

[@stepwiseurchin5355]

I am a very excited man right now.

[@themajormagers]

This does sound interesting. Make sure to make a multi-player setup and make it easy to mod. This looks like one my friends would like to play together

[@uar7776]

Wicked looking game 🤩

[@Grimfanden]

Cant wait for this, its good to be old and slow :) ... On a note i think it would be fun if wrecks you find can be Other players ho failed or lost a station/ship's ... The exploration would be endless. Reason is in Rimmworld you have a mod that makes you find other player saves ruin's :)

[@zrbytegmail]

What's the mood called? I couldn't find it in rimworlds workshop.

[@kearseymorton2078]

Slovenian devs, interesting!

[@Rogers319]

I’ve been so excited for this

[@Alexandragon1]

YAY! Thx for the video!

[@AlyxCrouch]

Looking forward to this. Seeing as falling frontier is still a ways off this will definitely scratch my RTS space itch!

[@bobykim5311]

I cannot hear what he says at 5:53. Does het say: "Combat does unfold in realtime" or does he say: "Combat doesn't unfold in realtime"?

[@Tentacl]

I really want to try this one.

[@Tubeinnit]

Looks great ✨

[@Alexandragon1]

22:06 Shields. Thank God they will be in this game. 22:55 sniper. >_< 23:47 so the shields go KABOOM instead of just shutting down? Thx for the Interview!

[@zolika893ify]

One question tho... Just how big of a combat ship will you be able to build? Will those ships have thier specific modules in the tech tree?

[@panagiotisgalinos]

That was... unexpected

[@astrayamatu]

please do enlighten me what was so unexpected about a video on a up coming game ? or did you mean this video popped up in your list out of nowhere and that was unexpected?, please do tell me dont let us hang on nothing like That was... unexpected

[@panagiotisgalinos]

@@astrayamatu I mean the game is just a copy of the game 'Rings of Saturn', but in 3D mode instead of 2.5D

[@Lord_IBR]

@@panagiotisgalinos I disagree. It is incredibly difficult to offer great differences in space games with major focus on the mining gameplay loop. DeltaV: Rings of Saturn did a great job already at single ship mining. It's got some great lore and gameplay but many people have been wondering if they could have multiple ships with them on a dive. That's unfortunately not possible. Neither is having your own stations or multiplayer. I think Starminer will be more of a mix of DeltaV: Rings of Saturn, X4:Foundations and maybee (not sure) Factorio/Satisfactory (depending on how crafting/construction and inventory management will be implemented). I've played DeltaV for about 40hours now and I really enjoy it. I am however looking forward to Starminer and am glad we're getting another game in the space mining genre.

[@justinmeader]

You got The Rock sounded different in this interview but maybe it's research for a new role. Either way, game is wishlisted!

[@MichaelRewald]

Yeah nice! Rock and Stone! xD

[@CoperliteConsumer]

Oh crap this looks really good, i hope it doesnt suffer from crappy advertising. This is what a lot of gamers want right now but i havent heard of it at all and thats not good

[@jcgamer892]

On wish list, but I will wait until the 1.0 release

[@greenfoxgrasstail2534]

Just give it to me already xD...i can take early acess bugs.

[@mykolaholyutyak5467]

when release?

[@drink15]

Next year. He said it 4 seconds into the video

[@whiskeyjack6668]

So in 2 days 😊

[@slinkerdeer]

Not far off the top comment has the answer to it 4 seconds into the video. It's a good job I have already gotten to the point of having zero faith in people, because this would be a surprise. But it's not.

[@daftpunk672]

If you had to ask that then maybe this game isn’t for you

[@limpanskok]

GOTT NYTT ÅR 👍💪

[@nemoralis4713]

Enjoyed the video and have already wishlisted it. One thing I'd like to mention, and I apologise in advance for any offence, is that "refinering" is not a word, it should be just simply 'refining'.

[@DocHogan]

The year is 2256, nine years after the end of the Earth-Minbari War. Babylon 4 has mysteriously disappeared shortly before going online. Construction of Babylon 5 nears completion. You are an aspiring miner, near League of Nonaligned Worlds space.

[@paulsim7589]

Its next year now! hurrah

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Looks like a good game

[@Daimo83]

I read that as 'Starminator'

[@cut--]

I loved EVE mining but once you left sec space you were gank meat. Even if you had a huge ship you were doomed. HUGE teams would just camp on a gate and crush anything that came through. A really stupid games design for players who want some multiplayer but not constantly earning money to rebuild everything and eventually give up

[@DEZERKER63]

So im wishlisting this immediatly but i do have szoem questions, is their a variety of mega structures to build or are we only building a dyson sphere? can we build any mega structure weapons or defences? what is colonization like are we building (hopefully) complex production chains to feed and deliver goods to colonies?, am i able to build massive carriers and battleships? what kind of long range weapons and defences can we build? can we set up fleets and have them patrolling our empire, and how large are the solar systems and will get exploration beyond 3 systems?? I'm very curious to see what multiplayer will be like, it would be fun to be able to trade and fight with my friends and i cant wait to take the fight to the Alien!

[@Lord_IBR]

Hey maybe you'd enjoy playing X4:Foundations! It's a great space empire management game. I don't think Starminer will actually get too much into the empire management and world domination gameplay loop with it mainly being focused on mining.

[@NFawc]

"Refinering?" AKA refining ;)

[@berkinburduroglu2406]

ui looks like eve online but in a good way

[@eyewitness4560]

Wishlisted yay

[@fosnez]

Paradox? Yeah I'll wait a while methinks.

[@HardCoder01]

shut up and take my money!

[@AvantNovis]

nice!

[@maxkopfraum]

1:10 just a random megastructure being an orbital hazard o_O

[@winnythekahuna8073]

I wish the dangers in space like radiation ,micro meteorites, air leaks, the fragile human body and poor inadequate technology could be integrated as game mechanics in space games that have Newtonian physics. I like the idea of mining space but add some danger and mitigation to it.

[@MisterNightfish]

It looks interesting, but I gotta be honest, the flight system sounds too complicated for me. This isn't really something I want to micromanage in my space games.

[@Stormcrow_1]

Paradox published game, dread to think how much stuff will be locked behind dlc.

[@danilooliveira6580]

I really hope this game becomes successful, the world need more capitalist empire simulators.

[@IRMentat]

looks interesting.

[@bogdanrotaru6101]

do we have VR?

[@davewills148]

Is that still a thing, i mean we have Tobi, just upgrade to Tobi?

[@pdunn211]

Not sure how you would implement VR for a game like this

[@Dutchfal]

I realy hope it will be singleplayer😮

[@mazepilot]

Obsidiant literally leave with his head in the moon. 😂 😂 😂, happy new year , friend.

[@rafaelgoncalvesdias7459]

Paradox games are really good. I love mechabellum. The only problem is that they have too many on going early access parallel project's and that worries me. I

[@GordonWrigley]

This looks really interesting and I'm very keen to give it a go. The one thing that concerns me is the advertising spend they've been running for literally months now. How do they have so much money to throw at ads and why do they think doing so prior to having anything purchasable is a good idea? makes me wonder if they have their priorities right.

[@SirStefanGaming]

@youtube.com/@ObsidianAnt Thanks for the video and the effort to share more in-depth info about the game!

[@weswheel4834]

Is it just me who read the title as Starm-iner?

[@niemand123]

Yes

[@Axonteer]

Wonder if this will have >20 dlc's true to paradoxes style :3

[@Zielgan]

Thankfully this is Paradox Arc instead of Paradox Interactive. Games published under Arc don’t seem to have the dlc situation going on.

[@dcsblessedbees]

🤨Interesting.😏

[@steak-a-potamus6231]

Almost perfect, just wish it wasn't published by Paradox!

[@lasvista2tech]

Looking forward to it but will be skipping the early access period, I'm over it with early access nonsense

[@ChiyoBebe.]

It’s got paradox in it. Stay away unless you want to lose money

[@arfazero1]

dam i wish i had a beta key

[@raycapetillo5569]

This looks fantastic!! Any chance of getting multiplayer? I really enjoy space games with friends.

[@beachdanny]

Second! Woooh!

[@AlexanderLeister]

Looks nice but it is Paradox, so I am not convinced right now.

[@yafes_han]

There is a paradox problem with this one

[@845SiM]

Still waiting for falling frontier if i am hinest

[@friendlyspacedragon7250]

This does sound like something I'd play but I still have some reservations. Guess I'll wait and see where it's going once it's out.

[@chonky2129]

scummy paradox releasing another 5,000 DLC cash grab

[@juan-pierreleroux8323]

Paradox is a huge redflag...but cautiously optimistic

[@davewills148]

Interesting vid, hope to see this in 2026, as it looks far to much of a concept atm, very pretty though.

[@kidm0bius190]

paradox = dlc/ cut content hell..