WIP Timelord Race mod - with Regeneration

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  Description

  Timelord Race mod aims to bring the Doctor Who experience to Starbound by immersing player in the everyday galactic life of a Timelord. While Timelords may look like humans, they have capabilities far greater - they can live eternally, as long as they have the regeneration energy within then. Upon death, they will be reborn into different form and continue living as such.

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  What is currently in the mod

  • []The mod is currently at a very early stage with only one core mechanic implemented - regeneration. This is done to give a taste of what it’s like to have the concept of “more lives” in Starbound and also to kick off the main development.

    []Timelords are themselves a selectable race when creating a new character that for now remain to be full copies of humans except for regeneration buff they are given in the beginning of the game.

    What is planned further down the road

    I want to be very optimistic but the scope of such project is extremely large. There has been previous attempts to bring Doctor who universe to Starbound and so far the most successful was the Whobound which introduced a lot of cosmetic additions.

    What I am trying to achieve is to introduce a lot of Timelord mechanics to Starbound to make it a full present race in the game. In the ideal world, this is what is planned further down the road:

    []Add Tardis racial ship (of course) which will not necessarily be in “Space” which is its main difference from other ships in the game. It will be more like a separate location where the navigation occurs.

    []Add Tardis beam down technology - when you exit your ship as a Timelord, you simply exit the door of the Tardis on the plane (rather than being beamed down)

    []Improve the animation of regeneration (to make the moment memorable), along with extra effect like explosion that kicks out all enemies in radius of regeneration, etc.

    []Introduce physical change on regeneration - that something, like hairstyles, would change upon dying. With current Starbound modding capabilities it is very difficult (if not impossible) to achieve, although I have some fun ideas about changing hairstyles

    [*]Introduce a peaceful gameplay style with non