Starcyst | Game Handbook

Jamstroxian · June 28, 2024, 4:07am

Click the image above to check out STARCYST!

Official Sequel To Vile

STARCYST ALPHA IS NOW AVAILABLE

With existence itself at the mercy of a celestial corruption, you are sent on the trail of a lost scientist who may hold the key to turning the tides in humanities’ favor…

Journey across a familiar solar system twisting in the throes of corruption in Starcyst, an immersive, single player campaign story with rich lore and an original soundtrack.

Features:

2 Large & Highly Detailed Worlds to Explore
Over 100 Notes, Scans and Data Logs
Over 15 Entities and Characters
Many Weapons & Tools

World 1 - Earth (spoilers)

walk down the hill, towards the waterfall
enter the house, go up to the second floor
the code is on a wall on a yellow note
remember the code and go to the shed keypad, input the code
hop down the hole
reach the door
head left at the crossroads, facing the door
let the minecart free by breaking the plank holding it in place
pick up the amputation and activate the door again, opening it
break the floor beneath you in the pulley hole
navigate through the corrupt undergrounds
when you reach the first floating creature, there is a tendril blocked path way you must crouch through. go through that.
push through the rest
cross the ravine
entering the base, explore or head right
carefully navigate past the guard
when you reach the one in the chamber, try to hide behind the rotating panels to avoid getting hit
after the next section (you’ll know when you finished it), navigate your way up and around the room
break the panel and close off the guard’s chamber
make your way closer to the signal
in the final room, break open the cell and pick up the strange device. it makes a ticking sound, and also you’ll be bombarded with notifications saying how close you are to it.
then just survive! :]
epic win

World 2 - Jupiter (spoilers)

writing this later

(not updated for Update 4/5)

All Scannables

USATS

USATS T-MK-20
USATS T-SP-0 [COUNTED AS SECRET]
USATS SE-SCR-006
USATS BIO-DOOR
USATS Requisition
USATS Requisition Plate

Entities

Leaper
Aftonsparv [COUNTED AS SECRET]

VILE Entities

Gorss
Ghare
Ghotus
Vispit
Volt
Ghorr

VILE Environment

Vozz
Vile Liquid
Vile Growth
Corrupt Cyst
Corrupt Amputation

VILE Machinations

Gorss Exhaust Cell
Ghare Chamber
Vile Conjugation Chamber

Objects

Seat
Table
Storage Object
Keypad
Poster
Pulley
Minecart
Farm
Light Source
Pipe Network
Strange Device

Nature

Tree
Boulder
Stalagmite
Stalactite
Rejufruit Monolith
??? / FATAL ERROR [COUNTED AS SECRET]

OORT Scans (Require Gamepass)

Oort 1
Oort 2
Oort 3
Oort 4

All Readables

Earth Research
1/2/3/4/5 - House/Shed
6 - Shed basement
Earth Data Log Excerpts
1/2/3 - House
Earth Experiments
1/2/3/4 - Caves / Abandoned Mines
Earth Journals
1 - Corrupt Underground
2 - House
3/4 - Vile Crypt
Other
??? - Corrupt Underground
TODO List - Caves
Vile Ramblings
Corrupt Reverance - Vile Crypt

Specialized Requisitions

IMPETUS OM-0
The IMPETUS OM-O is capable of destroying large amounts of breakable objects with ease, as well as redirecting projectiles and moving personnel.

It utilizes powerful concentrated sonic blasts that can crack through breakable objects, or shatter brittle ones. It has an alternate blast activated by pressing Right Click, which will charge up a more powerful blast capable of redirecting and destroying pretty much anything.

The IMPETUS can be used to jump higher if timed properly with either the primary or alternate fires, with the alternate fire creating a much greater force.

The IMPETUS is very efficient at reflecting projectiles in either modes, with a larger area of reflection with the alternate fire, but will need to be carefully timed in order to maximise efficiency.

Few IMPETUS exist in USATS storage, so use it carefully. And well. And safely. And in accordance to USATS Procedural Guidelines.

More extensive update logs can be found in the updates channel of the Discord Server
Dates are written in DD/MM/YY

V6

Alpha 6 - Update 11/4/26

New Stuff

ENDLESS MODE
New Enemy : || VILCH ||
New Tool : || SOPHIA ||
New Scans : || SOPHIA , VILCH, JOVIAN POWER CELL, PERPETUUM CRATE||
New Data Logs : ||C4 - First Contact||, ||C2 - Famous USATS Agents||
New Readables
New Badges
Wall Jumping
Long Jumping
Stamina

Improvements

Crouching smoothly moves camera
More enemies now have a neutral sfk
Pulse hit & kill sounds are better
Vispit weakspot hit sound changed
Reset Data will reset your loadout & gear
2x enemies will show a reminder if it’s on
Added Tutorial for Endoxa, Phronesis on pickup
Settings : Show Tutorials, Show Controls, Single Input Long Jump, Screen Flashes
Headings for settings menu
Better dmg flash
L2A3 ventspikes are now brittle

Tweaks

Phronesis Heavy Attack Delay | 0.4 → 0.3
Player Walk Speed increased | 18.5 → 20
Endless Mode enemies can track down player
Ghare DMG Resistance | 2 → 4
Impetus Alt Fire DMG | 2.5 → 5
Vuke Damage | 3.5 → 2.5
Ghorr helmet weakspot easier to hit
Jolter Arc DMG | 0.6 → 0.85
Drone Area Scan Range | 50 → 150
Weakspot Changes
Ghorr :
[ Additional Effects Added
- Helmet : Makes Ghorr fly closer to ground
- Tendril : Makes Ghorr bleed faster if Helmet is broken
- Gun : Makes Ghorr bleed slightly faster if Helmet is broken
Volt :
- Core : Changes projectile to Gorss projectile
Gorss :
- Helmet weakspot slightly increased in size
Vimott :
- Mouth : Bleedout starts after 0.5 seconds

Changes

Swapped L1A1 teleporter button & health

Fixes

Fixed Voll attacking when dead
Fixed Voll flinging players under it
Added anti fling measures to hopefully stop spontaneous interstellar travel
Fixed Spade only being able to parry once
Partially fixed Specialized Requisition hotkey not working sometimes
Fixed Spade breaking when unequipped sometimes
Fixed picking up a tool also swapping any tool you decided to keep

V5

Alpha 5 - Update - 13/2/26

New Stuff

New Specialized Requisition : BACKHAND
New Tools : EPISTEME & SPADE
New Enemy : VOLL
New Environmental Hazards
New Scan Logs : [ Endoxa, Spade, Voll, Jovian Wiring, Jovian Arc Tower, Vile Sharpvines
New Data Log : [ Clearance 1 : Specialized Requisitions
Respawn Ui Sequence
Unique Material Footstep Sounds
Fall Damage
Character gets Avatar Clothes & Head Colour
Insulated Wires / Cables (cannot be jolted)
-# - a secret system you cant see that does nothing right now but will eventually

Enemy Weakspots!

Leaper [ eyes, make it panic
Ground Jovian [ gem, prevent them from respawning + reduce lifespan
Gorss [ head breaks aim + bleeds, tendrils bring them downward
Vispit [ yellow eye, neuter the sploint
Volt [ central, prevent vozz clouds
Ghorr [ upper helmet for bleed at 50% hp, gun to modify attacks, tendrils to slow
Voll [ central, bleed + high dmg
Vimott [ top to bleed, eyes for extra dmg

Improvements

Hatch & ladder added to L1A1 Shed
L2A3 tower first switch area expanded
Intro sequence gets music
Tab menu consistent after dying
Better Cordial pull sound
Store slightly resized
HP bar displays # of HP
Better brittling fx
Settings will now save and load
Dialogue option menu shows more options
Added A Cons¦stency to Leve¦ 2 ¦ha¦ was ¦n Leve¦ ¦
Some Scan Logs have additional sections

Tweaks

UVATS Drone Range | 200 → 300
HP Regen Delay | 1 → 1.5
Max HP Regen | 50 → 30
Rejufruit HP | 55 → 50
Jolter Wire Jolt Duration | 2 → 2.75
Gorss Proj Speed | 0.4 → 0.65
Radius of Vile Spits | 1 → 3
Ghorr HP | 22 → 27
Cyst Enemy DMG | 2 → 3
Ioniz Primary Fire Spread | 1.2 → 0.85
Victor attacks slower if a Vuke is alive in L2A4
Increased Jovian Refold Range | 7.5 → 15

Mobile Tweaks

Keeps old HP and Healing/Regen values
Electrified Water DMG | 6 → 4
Vile Bullet DMG | 4 → 3

Changes

Ground Jovian scan log renamed to Ground
Some Scan Logs altered a bit
Clearance Level Requirements adjusted to account for new scans

Fixed

Ghorr Route access breaking if you brought the Ioniz into L1A4
Vozz being unscannable
Death sequence activating on title screen
Visible Impetus hitboxes
Using tools when dead or in dialogue
Rubber mats not being scannable sometimes
Couldn’t swap out specialized requisitions in loadout menu
Jovians only waving when angry
Phronesis breaking if you hit the Renegade in L2A3
Destructible object debris not keeping transparency
Towers in L2A4 having non collidable bits
Tab menu not closing on death
Pressing toolbar icons giving the wrong tool
Pressing F for specialized requisition not working sometimes
Title screen lines being out of sync
C26 knowing that Earth is called Earth
Jolter pickup giving repeating notifications if you already have the Jolter
Vimotts bugging out when you pick up a drone they’re targetting
Not being able to swap out weapons more than once

V4

Alpha 4 - Update - 15/11/25

Additions

Level 2
4 New Tools ||PHRONESIS||, ||JOLTER||, ||PULSE||, ||CORDIAL||
1 New Specialized Requisition ||UVATS DRONE CONTROLLER||
7 New Entities ||JAW||, ||INCISOR||, ||JOVIAN||, ||VIMOTT||, ||VUKE||, ||GROUND||, ||VICTOR||
Alien Languages
More Data Logs / Scan Logs / Oort Scans
Electricity
Dialogue
Loadouts Menu
Level Menu

New Behaviour

Hotbar text when tool is equipped
Entities may attack other entities
Tool swapping
Notifications for Scan milestones
Notifications for Clearance Level Ups
Death screen will show you falling over
Some new compatibilities for scan logs and readable logs
Restored and improved camera shake and recoil
Projectiles will bounce off enemies that they can’t damage

Changes

A lot of technical internal ones (music, level loading, enemy behaviour, etc…)
Interact to pick up tools instead of touching/walking over them
Mines area is brighter
Tutorials moved to notifications
Store updated
Badge icons updated
Gamepass icons updated
Devmenu updated (for me!!!)
Rejufruit Monolith scan log reworked to encompass all healing case items, renamed to Rejufruit
‘Secrets’ now contribute to Clearance Levels
CL 0 renamed from ‘INTERN’ to ‘PUBLIC’
Destruction crumbs particle now inherits part transparency
Item pickups make a noise
Intro screen now requires press any key
Cooler title screen
Prompt to favourite after end screen
Data Log entry text is larger

Tweaks

Impetus hitboxes adjusted
Scanner Flashlight is now brighter
Ghorr health reduced from 30 to 22

Fixes

Fixed first projectile to exist in game going off in random directions
Fixed being able to shoot through walls/floors if you were close to them
Fixed interactions timing out when spamming them

V3

Early Access 3 - Update - 22/3/25

New Stuff:

- Custom Hotbar
- Occlusion culling support
- Aim Assist option
- More scannable tags on objects (“Cute”, “Sturdy”, “Vilespawn”, etc…)
Scan Logs:
- Scanner
- Pipe
- Ioniz
- USATS BEACON-505
- Vile Accretion Channel
Data Logs:
- C1 : Survival On Alien Worlds
- C2 : Desperate Survival On Alien Worlds
- C3 : Recovery & Support Options
Internal dev menu for me because I’m Awesome

New Behaviour

Data Logs support images
Intro is faster on mobile

Tweaks

Various Ui Improvements
- Healthbar sfx and feedback
- Caption vfx and sfx
- Location Identified vfx and sfx
- Interaction Prompt sfx and vfx
Hitting a projectile with the Pipe will halve swing cooldown
Parried projectiles move faster
Improved parry feedback
Improved enemy corpse disposal
Vispits now die better and look better
Various improvements to earth surface
Various minor improvements to mines & corrupt undergrounds
Reimplemented unused pipe hit fx
Impetus equips faster now
Clearance 1 requires 10 scans
Clearance 2 requires 20 scans
Clearance 3 requires 35 scans (might be lowered in the future)

Fixes

Removed unnecessary caption popups on mobile
Fixed inconsistent mobile crosshair
Fixed notification sound playing multiple times per notification
Fixed scan log counter being wrong
Fixed tab menu not vanishing after finishing level
Fixed end of level counters not resetting after finishing level
Fixed completion stars appearing at incorrect values
Probably some other things

Early Access 2.5 - Patches

22/2/25
New Stuff

Added some analytical stuff behind the scenes
- Tracking how many scans you make, how many checkpoints, and how far people get in game.
- This will hopefully help me in the future somehow
Loading screen before title screen on game boot
Tweaks
Improved objective text
Slightly brightened healthbar outlines
Fixes
Fixed Store button colour being inconsistent

Early Access 2.5 - Update - "Mobile Support Full & Store" - 29/1/25

New Stuff

Store Menu!
6 Donation Options (5 - 50 - 250 - 500 -5,000 - 50,000)

Tweaks

Vile Ravine section now has more walking space
Corrupt Underground Route II mini-obby nerfed a little bit
Increased size of ‘new area’ heading
Lowered Volt attack speed on mobile
Further decreased enemy attack speed on mobile
Lowered the speed of some projectiles on mobile
More mobile optimisation

Fixes

Fixed menu button disappearing on death on mobile
Fixed first volt not dying on corrupt underground route II when falling into liquid
Fixed flood section buttons being interactive despite not being broken

Early Access 2.49 - Update - "Testing Mobile Support" - 29/1/25

New Stuff

Potentially Unstable Mobile Support

New Behaviour

Projectile tools on mobile have crosshairs
Keypad highlighted when the player is nearby
Enemy behaviour will be altered on mobile (as you aren’t as fast) these changes include
- Enemies have longer attack cooldowns (between 1.5x and 2.0x)
- Ghorr has 15 health instead of 30 because aiming the Ioniz is hard on mobile
- Ghare fires 26 bullets per barrage instead of 40
Level detail will be altered on mobile

Tweaks

Larger interaction radius for objects, mostly for mobile players
Surface snow and fog particles altered for performance

Fixes

Fixed Oort Scans 3 and 4 being referred to as each other in their respective log
Fixed Earth Log 6 being subject to quantum-superpositioning’s translocational fluctuations (it was part of the first area, and would unload soon after reaching the area its in)

V2

Early Access 2 - Patches

2/1/25
New Stuff :

Added ‘Menu Size’ setting

New Behaviour

New readable/scan logs will highlight the readable/scan logs buttons

Tweaks:

Lowered Tab Menu size a bit
Moved Earth Research Log 6 to an area less subject to the fluctuations of antimatter and
quantum space

Early Access 2 - Update - "MORE! MORE! MORE!" - 31/12/24

New Stuff :

2 new enemies
Alternate Routes for Surface, Mines, Corrupt Underground and Vile Crypt
Ioniz Recharging Plasma Pistol
Oort Scanner Specialized Requisition
4 New Oort Signals
Lil Fella Badge
New Data Log (Clearance 1)
Reset Data option
Update Logs menu
Monitor Mode overlay option

New Behaviour

Volatile Cysts can now chain react
Volatile Cysts can now damage breakable objects
Reflecting projectiles increases the damage they deal to breakable objects by 1
Ghares have damage resistance meaning they will not take damage under a threshold (currently 2)
Pipes will emit light upon striking a surface
Healthbar now has a ‘low health’ indicator, will flash when low
Healthbar will flash more visibly when you take damage
Scanner will tell you if the thing you’re scanning is a projectile, and whether or not it can be reflected
End of level screen now shows your kill count
Ghares will fire more the longer you are in their line of sight
Ghares will spool their firing speed back up if you come out of cover after they started shooting at you

Tweaks

Tab Menu ui now more consistent and better
Jump height when crouching is halved
Respawn points are oriented better
Skip Intro setting now saves
Surface area colour grading slightly changed
Increased Ghare firerate, projectile count, other stats
Corrupted Undergrounds initial area has been upgraded
Added puddles to mines
Ghare platforming section has bigger platforms
Various level additions and improvements

Fixes

Reads/Scans count in mission progress no longer off by 1
Pipe reflecting spawning light sources that didn’t despawn
Entities not despawning when returning to title screen
Importance of Clearance log having wrong title
Vispit sploints now move in the correct direction when line of sight is broken
Data Logs now in correct Z order
Previous areas being accessible after unloading

V1

Early Access 1 - Patches

22/11/24
Fixes :

Fixed surface crevasse fog / kill plane being way off from where it should be.

11/11/24
Added :

Scanner Projectiles now emit a temporary light

Edited :

Leapers will hopefully no longer get stuck if lured away from their wandering location
Bit more detail to T-SP-0
Increased delay on first notification which kindly asks you to try scanning something

9/11/24
Edited :

Apnit renamed to ‘Leaper’

7/11/24
Edited :

Vispit has been quietened (shut up!!!)
Apnit first attack is now always a jump attack (spooky!!!)
Apnit jump attack chance now 25% instead of 20% (rng!!!)
Light camera shake added to enemy spawns in crypt area

Fixes :

Fixed surface music still playing after you enter mines/underground

6/11/24
Edited :

Introduction sequence no longer has the dramatic text section, will find a way to reintroduce somewhere else.
Few seconds of delay before first objective banner appears

Fixes :

Fixed background static in intro sequence being loud and looping poorly
Fixed screen still being blurred when returning to title screen from menu

Early Access 1 - Update - "Dark Stuff" - 4/11/24

Added :

Clearance Levels
[scan more and more objects to unlock Clearance Levels, which unlock new areas of the Data Logs]
Data Logs
Readable Logs
Readable Logs Gamepass
New Cave Creature - ‘Apnit’
New Vile Creature - ‘Vispit’
[no relation to ‘Apnit’, naming coincidence, will probably change one of these names - open for suggestions]
New Secret
[gleep glorp - found in Vile Ravine, also in the Vile Base if you have the Impetus Specialized Requisition]
You can disable the controls overlay by clicking on it whilst in the Tab menu

Edited :

Earth Surface area is now more interesting
Additional decorations throughout Vile Caves/Crypt areas
Altered decorations throughout Mines
Adjusted readable position of Geo Log 6
Increased light produced by lights in Mines
Skipping intro puts you in the game even faster
Additional healing option added
Crouching makes you much smaller
[you can now duck under Gorss shots by timing your crouch]
Changed ‘return to title screen’ button text to ‘exit level’
Slight repositioning of title screen elements

Fixes :

Zooming in is now consistent across all FOVs
Buttons in scan logs should have more consistent text sizes
Fixed ui sound settings not working, now setting is also applied to notification / intro sounds
Fixed pipe swinging when dead
Fixed tab menu buttons changing buttons to wrong colour when clicked

Launch

Launch 1.1 - Patches

2/8/24
Fixes :

Fixed crazy shaking and loony behaviour when at low framerates
Fixed camera shake being all over the place, toned it down a bit

3/8/24
Fixes :

Scan logs no longer needlessly re-update to already active logs

Edited :

Minor visual changes

Launch 1 - Release - 1/8/24

Added :

Game is now publicly available

Yay

ALPHA UPDATE 6 :

New Secret Thing and general improvements and new stuff

THEN…

Scan Logs/Read Logs Overhaul
Level 3 and onward from there
Co-Op mode, eventually..?

Completed

ALPHA UPDATE 5 :

New Specialized Requisition
Improvements to all levels
New routes for level 2
Objective display

ALPHA UPDATE 4 :

Level 2
Another specialized requisition
More cool features
Few other things probably

EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 3 :

Custom Hotbar
Mobile Support

EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 2 :

Alternate Routes in Level 1
‘DEEP OORT SCANNER’ Specialized Requisition
More DATA LOGGSS [1 was added, more later]
Improved Healthbar
Mobile Support (?) [moved to U3]

EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 1 :
Major Features

Clearance Levels - Unlock exclusive Data Logs (lore) by scanning objects
Data Logs - Special lore pages that go in depth of the Starcyst Universe
Transcript Logs - Gamepass that unlocks a menu page containing transcripts of all found readable items.
Updated introduction sequence [technically true]
Minor Improvements

AND…

New creature - Leaper
New creature - Vispit

Note

Early Access- Level 1 is available, core game functionality is being implemented and improved.
Alpha - Entered after Level 2 is released. Will last as long as it needs to.
Beta - Entered after the story is established in the levels - everything is set up.
Full Release - All levels, mechanics needed for the game are implemented. Game becomes paid access, for 20,000 Robux, and all existing gamepasses are replaced with identical ones you will need to re-buy. Useless pet gambling systems are added, and I come to your house and personally rob you.

Teasers are usually posted in the #game-teasers channel in the Calamity Crew Discord, which you should totally join, because there are more teasers there than here.

Alpha

Early Access

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_TBydOshIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K0tynjcHEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Les0XXsfo

Development Screenshots & Pre - Early Access

DISCORD SERVER
[ STARCYST Discord ]

or use the social link on the game page

DEVELOPER
Jamstroxian - YouTube
Jamstroxian - Twitter

ROBLOX GROUP
The Calamity Crew - Roblox Group