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### shadows
i was delighted to see dynamic shadows land in minetest, and i hope the implementation will eventually mature. however, as it stands, there are severe issues with shadows that make them essentially incompatible with complex meshes like the Starlit player character meshes. for the sake of those who don't mind these glitches, Starlit does enable shadows, but i unfortunately have to recommend that you disable them until the minetest devs get their act together on this feature.
## gameplay
the most important thing to understand about starlit is that is is [*mean], by design.
* chance plays an important role. your escape pod might land in the midst of a lush, temperate forest with plenty of nearby shipwrecks to scavenge. or it might land in the exact geographic center of a vast, harsh desert that your suit's cooling systems can't protect you from, ten klicks from anything of value. "unfair", you say? tough. Thousand Petal doesn't care about your feelings.
* death is much worse than a slap on the wrist. when you die, you drop your possessions and your suit, and respawn naked at your spawn point. this is a serious danger, as you might be kilometers away from your spawn point -- and there's no guarantee someone else won't take your suit before you can find your way back to it. good luck crossing long distances without climate control! if you haven't carefully prepared for this eventuality by keeping a spare suit by your spawn point, death can be devastating, to the point of making the game unsurvivable without another player's help.
starlit is somewhat unusual in how it uses the minetest engine. it's a voxel game but not of the minecraft variety.
### controls
summon your Suit Interface by pressing the [*E] / [*Inventory] key. this will allow you to move items around in your inventory, but more importantly, it also allows you select or configure your Interaction Mode.
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### shadows
i was delighted to see dynamic shadows land in minetest, and i hope the implementation will eventually mature. however, as it stands, there are severe issues with shadows that make them essentially incompatible with complex meshes like the Starlit player character meshes. for the sake of those who don't mind these glitches, Starlit does enable shadows, but i unfortunately have to recommend that you disable them until the minetest devs get their act together on this feature.
## gameplay
the most important thing to understand about starlit is that is is [*mean], by design.
* chance plays an important role. your escape pod might land in the midst of a lush, temperate forest with plenty of nearby shipwrecks to scavenge. or it might land in the exact geographic center of a vast, harsh desert that your suit's cooling systems can't protect you from, ten klicks from anything of value. "unfair", you say? tough. Farthest Shadow doesn't care about your feelings.
* death is much worse than a slap on the wrist. when you die, you drop your possessions and your suit, and respawn naked at your spawn point. this is a serious danger, as you might be kilometers away from your spawn point -- and there's no guarantee someone else won't take your suit before you can find your way back to it. good luck crossing long distances without climate control! if you haven't carefully prepared for this eventuality by keeping a spare suit by your spawn point, death can be devastating, to the point of making the game unsurvivable without another player's help.
starlit is somewhat unusual in how it uses the minetest engine. it's a voxel game but not of the minecraft variety.
### controls
summon your Suit Interface by pressing the [*E] / [*Inventory] key. this will allow you to move items around in your inventory, but more importantly, it also allows you select or configure your Interaction Mode.
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