Icyflamez96
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Yes I've been wanting something like this forever. Is that against any rules?
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The New Yorker: Sean Murray/Hello Games and No Man's Sky
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Yes I've been wanting something like this forever. Is that against any rules?
renegade_dewitt
Member
Would be a fantastic idea when the release date for NMS become a more concrete concept. The mileage out of that OT would be far more useful then than now.
foolishoptimist
Member
"choreographed" does not equal "cutscene". From the article:
Everything in the game is generated according to set algorithms. Adjusting the distribution/timing of generated elements so you can show variety in a quick amount of time hardly equates to a GGI trailer. Obviously showing off a vertical slice of such a game years before launch is an unrealistic expectation.
IMO, the exploration gameplay that they've shown is enough for me to know I'm going to get it at launch.
lifeexpectancy
Member
Thought this could be interesting, here are some objects created using the Superformula Murray is talking about:
If some flora/fauna shows up in the game looking like those, even if it takes me hundreds of hours of gameplay to stumble across a truly unique variant no one has seen, it would be fantastic.
I want my own Species 8472.
I seriously hope we get to see strange living objects like those that the super formula created. Imagine landing on a planet to mine and collect resources. As you are doing this you hear something behind you and turn to find something you can't explain but you know it's a living creature that may or may not want to hurt you.
neogaffer1
Banned
That seems a bit much.
Icyflamez96
Member
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/play...odborne-no-man-s-sky-and-black-friday/0149460
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The same guy who did that brilliant New Yorker article posted an update today. This article isn't as meaty or insightful as the other, but it gives a sample of some of the creature sounds generated by the engine
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/what-a-dragons-mating-scream-sounds-like
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/no-mans-sky-creatures
Icyflamez96
Member
Getting some cool tidbits from the Raffi Khatchadourian AMA that's going on right now.
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Q: lso did you try to interact with the wildlife you found to see their a.I. react and was their a.I. functinality described by Sean in relation to the procedural nature of the world?
A: The AI was being developed when I was there, and there were great advancements since the E3 build. In the E3 build there were certain things the creature would do -- like climb a 90 degree incline -- that they don't do any longer. I got to watch them add inverse kinematics to the creatures, and give them more logical behaviors. But still they were full of surprises. There's a story that I love. Grant Duncan had been working to give a hippo-like creature a rule to spawn in caves. He was doing this on a version of the game native to his machine and checked it into the master build. A bit later David Ream was exploring an underwater cave and found a pile of dead hippos in it. They had "drowned." There are so many factors to consider.
Q: Is there any combat in the game and if so what does it play like? A shooter? A first person brawler? Thanks !
A: Yes, there is combat in the game, and I was able to watch some of it. While I was in the studio, there was a great moment that i did not have space for in my story. I was hunkered down at a table opposite Sean, and suddenly David Ream who is focussing on gameplay jumped out of his seat and said something like "this is a game!" That morning he was working on laser cannons for a ship, and he was also working on ship handling. As a test, he shot at a freighter, and then descended to a planet. A few minutes later, police ships began firing at him on the planet's surface. At first he thought it was a glitch, but then realized that the police had tracked him down because he had fired at the freighters in orbit while testing the lasers. It was one of those moments where you could feel the many various aspects of the game coming together, and his excitement was really genuine. So yes, combat, yes!
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35y3ne/im_raffi_khatchadourian_im_a_staff_writer_at_the/
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Q: lso did you try to interact with the wildlife you found to see their a.I. react and was their a.I. functinality described by Sean in relation to the procedural nature of the world?
A: The AI was being developed when I was there, and there were great advancements since the E3 build. In the E3 build there were certain things the creature would do -- like climb a 90 degree incline -- that they don't do any longer. I got to watch them add inverse kinematics to the creatures, and give them more logical behaviors. But still they were full of surprises. There's a story that I love. Grant Duncan had been working to give a hippo-like creature a rule to spawn in caves. He was doing this on a version of the game native to his machine and checked it into the master build. A bit later David Ream was exploring an underwater cave and found a pile of dead hippos in it. They had "drowned." There are so many factors to consider.
Q: Is there any combat in the game and if so what does it play like? A shooter? A first person brawler? Thanks !
A: Yes, there is combat in the game, and I was able to watch some of it. While I was in the studio, there was a great moment that i did not have space for in my story. I was hunkered down at a table opposite Sean, and suddenly David Ream who is focussing on gameplay jumped out of his seat and said something like "this is a game!" That morning he was working on laser cannons for a ship, and he was also working on ship handling. As a test, he shot at a freighter, and then descended to a planet. A few minutes later, police ships began firing at him on the planet's surface. At first he thought it was a glitch, but then realized that the police had tracked him down because he had fired at the freighters in orbit while testing the lasers. It was one of those moments where you could feel the many various aspects of the game coming together, and his excitement was really genuine. So yes, combat, yes!
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35y3ne/im_raffi_khatchadourian_im_a_staff_writer_at_the/
Fushichou187
Member
^^^ Thanks for the further updates! The image of a cave full of drowned hippos is pretty damn funny.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
damn, how did i miss this thread. what a great read.
this part though
got me good, im hyped again
this part though
got me good, im hyped again
harrisk954
Member
From the article:
This is one of the reasons that Sony has been hitting it out of the park this generation. From the beginning, Sony went out and courted developers and did it from a gaming-centric perspective while at the same time throwing tremendous support financially and, more importantly, support on a personal/emotional level to make it all about these indie developers and what Sony could do for them.
This is one of the reasons that Sony has been hitting it out of the park this generation. From the beginning, Sony went out and courted developers and did it from a gaming-centric perspective while at the same time throwing tremendous support financially and, more importantly, support on a personal/emotional level to make it all about these indie developers and what Sony could do for them.
Messofanego
Banned
Police tracking your violence hehe
http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/commen..._to_explore_a_vast_digital_cosmos_ama/cr8wgsg
http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/commen..._to_explore_a_vast_digital_cosmos_ama/cr8wgsg
Handy Fake
Member
That's outstanding. The whole thing is just so exciting. The end about bird-populated forests made the hairs on my neck stand up.
What exactly do you feel they are promising that is unlikely?
Messofanego
Banned
I'm surprised you don't know these developers were former AAA developers. This isn't their first merry go round on a big game.
Police tracking your violence hehe
http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/commen..._to_explore_a_vast_digital_cosmos_ama/cr8wgsg
Whenever people ask "what do you do in this game?" this screenshot should be posted. From what I understand and from what I've experienced recently with the old Elite games, it seems like NMS is basically Grand Theft Space Ship, just without any structured missions.
Icyflamez96
Member
There's a lot more to it than that tho.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Dave Gibbons may be involved with the Art book...?
Sodding_Gamer
Member
I'm so excited for this game. I really hope it delivers. Sean Murrary's dreams are much like mine and this kind of game is something I have wished to exist for years. So here's hoping!
Hopefully we get a release date at E3
Hopefully we get a release date at E3
Fractology
Member
*Edit* Wrong Thread!
But to still add to the discussion, I don't quite understand where the accusations of "they never showed any gameplay" come from. The New Yorker piece and numerous live longer demonstrations given by Murrary after E3 show him controller in hand demoing the build of the game. The E3 trailer was only more focused...that wasn't a slight of hand bullshot. In fact, there's footage of him showing him controlling the player character through the world at dev mode speeds so that he can show how the world is being generated in real time from a fixed point from the player character. I'll see if I can dig up that footage and add it as an edit (Check it out here, it's a neat demonstration: https://youtu.be/h-kifCYToAU?t=566)
As for the structure of exploration, I have a gut feeling that whenever a player reaches the core of the galaxy then a new seed will be generated and the map will begin anew, maybe for everyone.
But to still add to the discussion, I don't quite understand where the accusations of "they never showed any gameplay" come from. The New Yorker piece and numerous live longer demonstrations given by Murrary after E3 show him controller in hand demoing the build of the game. The E3 trailer was only more focused...that wasn't a slight of hand bullshot. In fact, there's footage of him showing him controlling the player character through the world at dev mode speeds so that he can show how the world is being generated in real time from a fixed point from the player character. I'll see if I can dig up that footage and add it as an edit (Check it out here, it's a neat demonstration: https://youtu.be/h-kifCYToAU?t=566)
As for the structure of exploration, I have a gut feeling that whenever a player reaches the core of the galaxy then a new seed will be generated and the map will begin anew, maybe for everyone.
valkillmore
Member
I'm so excited for this game. I really hope it delivers. Sean Murrary's dreams are much like mine and this kind of game is something I have wished to exist for years. So here's hoping!
Hopefully we get a release date at E3
I feel the same way. Let's hug.
Icyflamez96
Member
But seriously lets make a pre release community thread
ichtyander
Member
Holy shit at those sounds, some of them are disturbingly convincing. So apart from seeing relatively weird creatures we might be even more shocked and surprised by the sounds they're making, something that hadn't even crossed my mind until now. Imagine landing on a dense jungle planet at night an hearing that almost human scream, not knowing where it's coming from.
NotoriousPUG
Member
Police tracking your violence hehe
http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/commen..._to_explore_a_vast_digital_cosmos_ama/cr8wgsg
Why would he be excited about police GTA'ing him after shooting at neutrals. To be that excited over something so basic makes me wonder how basic this whole thing is.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I would imagine there's a difference between being in GTA, and having cops chasing you, and being in Space, shooting at a ship, flying away into a different planet, and having interplanetary police chasing you down in their ships. Tad bid different.
Icyflamez96
Member
Holy crap that'd be freakin scary man
eyeball_kid
Member
Great article. While a bit wide-eyed in tone (and I'm sure Sony played a part in securing this interview), it's the kind of writing we don't see enough of in the games industry.
This is perhaps the most compelling part, and really should've been part of the main article (sound design is always getting short shrift). I came in expecting to read that they are manipulating tiger roars with their algorithms, but the fact that the developer digitally modeled vocal organs had my jaw on the floor, especially after hearing the sounds produced by the system. Surprisingly evocative and versatile.
This is perhaps the most compelling part, and really should've been part of the main article (sound design is always getting short shrift). I came in expecting to read that they are manipulating tiger roars with their algorithms, but the fact that the developer digitally modeled vocal organs had my jaw on the floor, especially after hearing the sounds produced by the system. Surprisingly evocative and versatile.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Looking at the system they designed for it, that is practically what they got-
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/no-mans-sky-creature-vocal#t=0:00
Holy shit lower the volume though.
Handy Fake
Member
I listened to that through my headphones on my tablet in bed. I nearly shat my pants.
Icyflamez96
Member
Icyflamez96
Member
This is fantastic! Can't wait to start seeing people cataloging worlds, plants, animals and star systems once the game releases. Thanks for sharing
Fushichou187
Member
lol nice. I have a feeling the OT for this will be on point.
Actually ended up reading all of it, a great article. This bit at the end in particular was pretty cool:
Sounds like they're not entirely confident that they can make the 2015 release date, hope Sony doesn't pressure them into releasing it before it's ready because their holiday lineup isn't what they want it to be.
Sounds like they're not entirely confident that they can make the 2015 release date, hope Sony doesn't pressure them into releasing it before it's ready because their holiday lineup isn't what they want it to be.
Handy Fake
Member
I've been watching a few of COBRA.TV's videos about NMS. Interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/user/THExXxCOBRA
https://www.youtube.com/user/THExXxCOBRA
Gusy
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GAF... has anyone heard anything about NMS lately?. Is it safe to assume that it will be shown again at E3? Is it realistic to expect it this year?
The radio silence is killing me. I'm becoming borderline obsessed with this game. I don't remember being so excited by a game in such a long time. I think I've already watched most of the important media that its related to the game.. but I need more...
The radio silence is killing me. I'm becoming borderline obsessed with this game. I don't remember being so excited by a game in such a long time. I think I've already watched most of the important media that its related to the game.. but I need more...
SolidSnakex
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GAF... has anyone heard anything about NMS lately?. Is it safe to assume that it will be shown again at E3? Is it realistic to expect it this year?
The radio silence is killing me. I'm becoming borderline obsessed with this game. I don't remember being so excited by a game in such a long time. I think I've already watched most of the important media that its related to the game.. but I need more...
Sean is going to be there, so it's safe to assume that NMS will be there as well.
GAF... has anyone heard anything about NMS lately?. Is it safe to assume that it will be shown again at E3? Is it realistic to expect it this year?
The radio silence is killing me. I'm becoming borderline obsessed with this game. I don't remember being so excited by a game in such a long time. I think I've already watched most of the important media that its related to the game.. but I need more...
Surely is going to be at E3.