Multiplat No Man's Sky

[swingdog]

Detailed article on the game and its creation:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/world-without-end-raffi-khatchadourian

 

[GoldenHodge]

- The planets look the same because they are, only a handful have been shown thus far. I believe this is to maintain as much mystery about the game as possible (a goal stated by the developers).

That video about the economy helped to alleviate some of my concerns simply with that small glimpse of the ice/foggy/whatever that was planet. It showed at least some variety to the planets.

 

[kangle4]

 

[dwwaino]

Appetite for more info satiated

 

[Balony_pony16]

All I saw was pretty planets

 

[Mighty P]

I'm still hoping to find out how they are going to implement such a huge universe on the consoles with limited resources. I hope it's as big as they have said, but something tells me it won't be.

 

[melbournemartin]

This is going to underwhelm a LOT of people. Lock it in.

 

[ioppolo]

Will still buy. Will probably be somewhat disappointed.

 

[Micksy]

Hopefully it's more than just Kaleidoscope Simulator 2016.

 

[kangle4]

A brief look at 5 different planets.

 

[kangle4]

 

[Sydney Bloods]

I'm still hoping to find out how they are going to implement such a huge universe on the consoles with limited resources. I hope it's as big as they have said, but something tells me it won't be.

its nothing new its procedurally generated, morrowind did this years ago.
the only thing you need to manage is moving from one area to the next without crashing. once you can get two areas to load you get every area to load a space game this makes sense as you can use the distance between planets to load in the next.

the reason games don't utilise it more is because it does one thing and one thing only makes massive sandboxes.
the issue wont be the size the issue, neither will the difference between planets that's all easily solved in the code. The Issues will be the variety of missions and new content.

sure hundreds of planets Ok that's massive, its meaningless if every planet boils down to mine ore/kill the dinosaur. That is the huge task awaiting No Mans Sky and it is a huge task. Which is why most modern games avoid procedurally generated content. They claim its artistry and how they can make more unique encounters. But the truth is you can do this with generated content, it just requires a **** ton of work.

the hardware limitations will restrict just densely populated each area is and how many users it can handle in an area.

 

[Quivorir]

Not just planets. Planet sized planets!

 

[pantskyle]

Not just planets. Planet sized planets!

You're a planet sized dickhead.

 

[Quivorir]

You're a planet sized dickhead.

What type of planet? Like a Jupiter or a Pluto?

 

[pantskyle]

What type of planet? Like a Jupiter or a Pluto?

Whichever one is the most planet sized.

 

[Mighty P]

Whichever one is the most planet sized.

The sun is the most planet sized of them all.

 

[ioppolo]

Lost it at pantskyle 's first response

 

[kangle4]

Includes Quivorir's favourite quote.

 

[Quivorir]

I cant watch that guy anymore.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

I used the phrase "planet sized dickhead" in real life today. Felt good.

 

[ioppolo]

Really looking forward to this tbh.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

What type of planet? Like a Jupiter or a Pluto?

pluto is not a planet!

 

[pantskyle]

pluto is not a planet!

Planet sized rock?

 

[Sydney Bloods]

Planet sized rock?

pluto is has less surface area then russia.