03232020.rar: Starbound Build
: Players in this build would have access to the Peacekeeper stations, allowing them to track down intergalactic criminals, a feature that added much-needed "end-game" procedural content.
: By early 2020, the game was highly stable. Most of the game-breaking bugs from the early beta years had been ironed out. Starbound Build 03232020.rar
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By March 2020, Starbound had been out of early access for nearly four years. This particular build represents the game in its late-stage development lifecycle. At this point, the core "1.4 Bounty Hunter" update (released in mid-2019) was the primary content set.
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