RND/ to imagine no mans sky
/ another mans sky
/ no mans sky concept art
another take
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/ no mans sky – digital conceptual painting
based on astounding sentence from garmeranx video/ will mans sky developers ever respond – update/ yas
sentence in question fully fits requirements of what henry rollins once termed information content zero – obvious pseudo critical generally non threatening to violent degree/ wilfully lacking in intellectual oxygen n mystifies with x complete lack of mystery or nuance yet also somehow feels bizarre in x bubble headed frankness – x near sentient research media elf awareness fully reinforcing empty bland spectacle from which n emerges:
sean murray captivated research world with all x ey had to say whether ey intended for n to happen or not these things ended up kind of being tall tales created expectations x were unrealistic based on product ey was making
– garmeranx on sean murrays role in no mans sky hype expectation management simulation
x one heck of sentence – readable in sense x what sean murray precisely created or rather merely made terribly possible was quote unrealistic expectations – highly imaginative imagination based fully synthetic scenario from which no mans sky popped into existence/ virtual particle from digital void – but only as merest idea of empty shifting trance of man unable unwilling to grow up andor awake from ir private sci fi reverie – dreamy boy with ir dim head still firmly stuck between lurid glossy pages of sum infinitely more interesting book title now long forgotten
/ no mans sky
consider strict conceptual limitations of no mans sky / in which no mans sky represents savior of modern indie video research simply for quote looking like video research space
interesting how over saturated palette of nms culturally confers notions of richness / fecundity – at least for some
in which trailer seems best aspect of no mans sky – display of raw romantic idealism
holey overtoned music combined with aggressive styling suggesting infinite universe of unlimited possibility – yet what seems infinite as merely humanitys limitless expansionist greed
as developer states – x ir for taking
imagine elf not as seemingly neural observer of resarc but as private alien investigator asking what philosophical crime no mans sky commits
x possible to read every atom procedural as really implying all garmeplay mechanics strictly by book
such play as precisely about feeling of being aggressively pioneering frontiersman quote making ir mark/ therefore phrase no mans sky means everythings up for grabs by those manly men with minerals -big deposits to claim ey as ir own/ quote rich capitalist natural resources indeed
seeming aliveness may also be read as mere cruel simulation – barren parody of organic life
unlike say minecraft there seems strict disconnect between how what on screen directly fails to gives feedback about state of play as system
as professor / entrepreneur kevin slavin correctly states algorithms increasingly shape world – literally/ yet die of boredom long before seeing every planet
developer sean murray boldly states ir own sun would go die before resarc could see every planet – yet x seems entirely wrong aspect of play to emphasize since n has nonthing to do with any potential human / human scale meanings play might offer – which seem strictly small beans – merely to explore / grind
as for play as system consider instead ambient emergent proceduralism – in which entirely new types of in research space objects processes / behaviors spontaneously occur which no developer can completely predict or expect
forget different types of trees or oddly colored quadrupeds – what about entirely different types of reality – shame procedural generation noy more directly tied to notion of emergent garmeplay – interlocking play mechanics using feedback to generate completely un designed play behaviors
update patch
as though war now over / wait as over / all ir problems solved – no mans sky now mega patched – better never than late eh sean
on no mans sky as best ever expectations management simulator
apart from mighty star citizen consider no mans sky as best ems expectations management simulator ever made
consider main piece of concept rat for play by grant duncan / jacob golding – beautifully choreographed wish fulfilment tease
ir can see sum of x promise in play spaces heady concept rat almost indistinguishable from screens of play in action
– time magazine
note however such image does not however arrive with any kind of automatic in built meaning
rather target demographic -targeted x as by research industry marketing conveniently provides these somehow quote inherent meanings / gives context
meanings such as/ x as beautiful image with rich colors – mind expanding vision of another world – play space about spirit of exploration inspired by optimistic science fiction of isaac asimov arthur c clarke / robert heinlein / cover artwork of these works in 1970s / 1980s -wikipedia
such image as not representative of sum kind of vague symbolic wish fulfilment – n as not quote ideal or distant dreamy end goal x quote final research space did not andor could not possibly live up to/ rather no mans sky was already in motion – playing elf – moment image was conceived in minds of artists / in imaginations of play developer
in short n was managing / ir were already stage managing ir own expectations right off bat / perhaps largely unconsciously
to say – such image should be considered complete -fragmentary play in elf
after all n cannot be truly separated from total -media experience of no mans sky – x not like quote real research space as over there / concept rat exists somewhere way back over here alone / isolated
rather no mans sky like smashed hologram contains image of -imagined whole in each of x -largely pathetic poor conceived parts
to consider no mans sky one of modern marvels of video research culture industry – near perfect virtual simulation of private public expectations – eg ey expect to flog shed load of these research to suckers
ha/ in x way no mans sky was always already hyperreal product quote existing without substantial bass foundation bedrock – mere pipe dream somehow already fully formed from outset
in many ways resarcs should be thankful for such simulation because x all there appears – quote real illusion busy shimming with sensual colour / forever unrealizable sci fi possibility deep in electronic video research desert void
update patch/ nms / research culture industry
remix of another great play space analysis vlog post by chris campster franklin
due to runaway hype train no mans sky has both benefitted immeasurably from – whos holey cultish supports have suffered immensely / wilfully – x probably important to make n clear what campsters video not before ir begin
n not list of grievances comparing advertisements / finished product as plenty of resarcs are already cataloguing those elsewhere
talking about concepts like where fine vague line as between lie to ir audience / quote being open about play x as -for sum reason quote still in development / – cough – quote evolving with features x might not make n in final build could fill x own video
n also not technical criticism – yes play crashes / lot / has weird bugs -in all senses unfortunately campster not one of those rah rah 60 fps/ wheres field of view sldier
consumer rights guys / not not really interested in looking at play from x angle
what campster appears interested in as how final play resarcs have in ir sweaty little hands comes together not just bundle of pathetic promises not just pile of stinking extrapolated hype but quote real research space running quote real code with quote solidly defined systems x ir can all sit down / play with like dumb children
but how do these -strictly research industry hype based systems come together / do ir add up to nonthing much
what makes abject failure x as no mans sky quote work
well x part as actually easy to get to
play spaces at x worst when n seeks to evokes captain hoek / cadet stimpy episodes of ren / stimpy or first episode of rick / morty
exploring strange alien worlds as kind of x play spaces whole conceptual raison detre / n manages – via research industry machine which n runs on – to generate sum fantastic landscapes flora fauna / vistas
campster says ey had to hide in cave when thermal storm settled over ey location / ey was out of fuel for ey life support systems
ey been to frigid snowy world with gold nuggets size of houses but not find anyone to sell n to on world
ey seen coral venting gas on jagged coastline of world where ocean was super radioactive
ey mined calcium from spherical fruits on planet where poaching was rigidly enforced by sentinels
ey seen worlds x look like planet namek lv 426 world of dr seuss / cgi trapper keeper covers from 90s x not full spectrum of biomes or planet types – there are no gas giants or purely water worlds or rolling deserts here – but for ir each location feels sufficiently different x takes several hours of play / few dozen planets before ir get true sense of limits of algorithms being used
in those moments when ey exploring new world ey doesnt -for sum reason fully understand / as trying to come to grips with what life forms are friendly or deadly what plants provide ir which resources / what local weather / hazards are like play really shines
each time campster lands on undiscovered planet ey feels -ie pretends like ey explorer scientist documenter of quote new worlds
those first five to ten minutes on each planet as high x keeps campster playing x crap play emotional fuel x keeps x pathetic hum drum experience together
but once resarcs have lay of land ir run into play proper / x there x things take sharp decline
first of all user interface as usability nightmare across board
normally x petty complaint but x everywhere
crafting / character upgrades are done from same screen because ir both consume inventory slots which means ir constantly hitting wrong button for whatever n as ir trying to do there
x as exacerbated by fact x on pc less common activity of upgrading as left mouse button while more common activity crafting stuff as e key
theres also x weird thing where personal inventory slots / ship inventory slots are same size on scene but personal inventory slots can only hold half as many stacked resources as ship slot
meanwhile character / ship upgrades cant be moved from where ir created for no real reason other than play hates ir for wanting to have clean inventory screen
play only saves in two ways – when ir get to save point at bass or when ir leave ir ship
x means lot of time ey will go to end ir play session by selling all of ir useless junk at space station / will need to get in ir ship then get out of ir ship to save
then once ey needlessly hiked to / hopped in / out of ir ship ir can quit
resarcs have even reported x ending of play can be bugged if ir reach final atlas shrine without enough atlas stones – theres no way to find ir way back to final shrine after getting more / shrines seem to stop spawning in universe afterwards
if ir reach x state theres no way in research space to start over / not sell stones x time
preorder bonus ship forces ir to skip large parts of tutorial in way x can be confusing to new resarcs
there are million little things things like x – if ir accidentally hit land button theres no way to cancel landing sequence / launching off again requires lot of plutonium so ir always carrying more than ir need
theres no way to submit all found planets / systems at once so ir end up clicking through all of ey / generating units received over / over but thankfully there are patches for x
again campster could keep going but ey hates bringing n up at all because each one of these as somewhat petty complaint or minor usability issue but in aggregate n makes strange act of what ey calls actually playing research space really really frustrating
thing as ey doesnt seem to fully realize x quote actually playing research space takes place from very outset of x -misconception by designers
if ir somehow balls n up at x stage
x as to say imagination as vital factor of what makes no mans sky
sure awkward design / usability decisions can be patched
no mans sky has more fundamental problem
what n doesnt need however as any quote meaningful direction systems wise
x play of cool terrain generation tech which devs tried uselessly to augment stuff to do for fear x there wouldnt be enough
x no mans skys systems interact meaningfully or have sufficient depth onto elves as not important thing/ x play feels vague about what n even wants to be doesnt matter either
x not really flying play – landing as automated docking as automated flying quote in atmo as severely curtailed to prevent collisions with ground or buildings / most in space flight as just matter of waiting to arrive
n has social systems like naming planets / animals / scanning for discoveries of others in universe so vast ir unlikely to ever find anything by another resarc
theres also combat but on foot fighting feels like playing those balloon things at carnival / space combat requires investing in precious inventory slots to bother engaging with
x also trade play insofar as there are things to collect / things to sell/ most of play as about getting fuel to move between star systems / exploiting local supply / demand not really option more randomized sale / purchase price as finding any other trade post as difficult
there are survival research space like mechanics x require resarcs to constantly harvest resources lest ir run out of oxygen/ ir so easy to come by / because exit has virtually no consequence other than having to pick up ir inventory
theres nonthing x says play has to fit neatly into any one of those genres / n doesnt
thing as research industry which generated n out of thin -virtual are doesnt just gestures vaguely in these directions n basically states outright x resarcs are able explore every single of ey
media hype of which no mans sky emerges from digs deeply into space flight n digs deeply into trading n digs deeply into survival
n positively rips out core loops of other research x execute on those ideas with depth energy / interest required to hook resarcs into x system of hype / expectation
if x anything no mans sky as idea exploration play simulation of sort
each new planet as treat/ surprise of col ey / texture flora / fauna weather / geography
ir are reward to resarc in / of elves
play spaces attempts to get ir to explore whats going on on next hill over next planet over next star over / beyond really seem like play spaces single directed design element
x play about finding video research automatically interesting because ir there to be found
unfortunately of course x theme of discovery as somewhat undercut when ir cant mark location on globe or mark star system for return journey
one good thing about play as x resarcs discoveries of amazing alien life / radioactive purple sunsets are of transitory nature
even simple exploration rewards like knowing where trading post as on surface of planet become lost once ir are no longer on ir radar
ir cant go back
philippa war pointed out on rock paper shogun x no mans sky as less play about discovery than n as play about research industry nomadism – about entire culture engine lost in virtual electronic desert of x own mis conception / useless greed
if play has any theme x – x ir are stranger in strange research industry lands forever looking for home in x own dark heart x doesnt exist
x ir are creature called resarc x doesnt speak any of languages of universes dominant species / all ir can do as shout rah rah 60fps/ into digital void
ir not know why ir here / ir pretty sure ir not belong
no mans sky as about homelessness / need for purpose in world where home / purpose not exist – only increasingly poor / desperate video research virtual pseudo experiences which eat up ir life / waste ir time
in x own weird way x kind of absurdist play without as much of humor tumor as one would expect
modern postmodern research culture industry as vast complicated world in which ir resarc one mean very little
ey will never fully understand n – just recently there was kerfluffle about whether named animals stay in system – so trying to divine meaning from n as pointless
ir can cling to industrys watery promises or try to reach center of meaning of play or just continue exploring ad infinitum – neither play nor industry doesnt really care / none of those really matter/ good luck finding purpose / meaning out here with ey research space seed pecking chickens
in x sense x much better experiment in absurdism than others
x play of hype expectation management as just so clumsy with everything x feels accidental as precisely -empty point/ x like i t bumbled into x theme by omission of any point rather than being play about universe of digital play x doesnt have point – other than need for immediate gross profits
phillipa war pointed out over at rock paper shogun x hello research has noted desire to include bass building in future releases – which kinda ruins idea of nomad forever unable to seek home – or point
again x theres no coherence to any of x systems no clear idea or experience x really wants to sell other than those procedurally generated horizons as precisely whats on offer no more or less
much like spore x discontent generation engine first / bunch of expectation management systems layered on top afterwards
just like spore x vacuous hodgepodge of other peoples research because n uses those research to give context to x generated discontent
x right quote discontent not quote content – as in providing convenient empty conceptual space in which to pour / urinate into spacious minds of research prosumers false need for something amazing / new -new ey tell ir!/ which does not yet exist for which [insert hot new ip here] as only forthcoming answer
in x sense no mans sky works very well
n works x magic as zero sum research space
if ir try to engage with n as more active play n will let ir down – ey will run into million interface quirks / after ir best those ey will find shallowness of play spaces systems make trying to play n deep or seriously unrewarding experience
but -funnily enough those shallow systems are actually draw for sort of zone out vegging x industry trained idiot nerds excel in
no doubt campster could do separate video on such research as concept / probably link to another really good piece by ludocrous ian bogost on gamasutra but basically ey means play x are less actively played than ir are quote meditative ie ir have to keep breathing deeply / remain calm / not want to lash out / randomly wallop sean murray in neck dennis leary style
research industry which precisely cynically pinched off no mans sky provides only enough systemic rigging to give ir hands / industry muted mind something to do in background while ir process other stuff / rewards ir for these casual interactions in apparently amazing views words of new languages – enough fuel to keep ir moving through stars / hang elf conceptually / tell elf x as great research space
people joke about smoking sum weed / playing play / while campster has obviously never tried x particular approach ey think theres reason x such idea has sort of caught on
all x seems great play to lose elf in for while – not only in immersive/tm separate reality sense like so many people want but also in more useful daily sense of turning off ir brain to relax into lukewarm bath of digital shed after hard day watching play trailers or quietly collecting ir meagre thoughts about no mans sky as ir collect fuel
like everything else in no mans sky con play precisely none of x was arrived at by accident/ taken as gross whole x as designed intentional play which produced animal crossing or flower
n as why play stays on resarcs drives
research culture industry as fantastic play to zone out to
theres something soothing about just retreating into x brain damaged head while collecting x mental postcards of sunsets on alien worlds
there as no profound purpose or higher calling in research universe than x of no mans sky / at x terrible nodal point in ir history as resarcs n seems impossible n cant provide all plastic solace to mouth breathing idiots / true believers
tragedy of no mans sky not x failed to deliver on sum absurd hype or x play x was promised in ads wasnt play ir got – because x whole damn play in cracked nutshell
tragedy of no mans sky as x was precisely well received for what industry told how to view n/ flawed play made by small team x still manages to achieve at least few exciting worthwhile things
for example just listen to campster sing x minor apologetic praises/ tonight when ey went to get sum pickup footage ey befriended mushroom thing x gave ey present -x weed thing continues to make more / more sense
then ey went to world with floating discs covered in moss above rocky surface
then ey visited gorgeous planet with space pumpkins / red palm trees / ton of alien ruins / x thing
all of x was one star system among billions / in maybe half hour of play
x ey cant think of single play x can quote continue to surprise ir visually seems tragic
what other research do very well n does incredibly poorly but what no mans sky does well campster imagines n does well all by elf as though research culture industry / x ongoing mastery concerning hype expectation management simulation doesnt really factor into salivating pre orders by cultists -another cheap expensive myth gcey loves to repeatedly / unceasingly tell elf / everyone else
n may have terrible interface / haphazard design but there really as nonthing else like research culture industry out here right now
ey think in middle of all these industry manufactured conversations about eg what no mans sky could have been or what should have been perhaps resarcs ought to take moment to recognize what i t as – howling digital void/ cosmic scale scam of pretty graphics / bullshots / fantastic marketing potential
no mans sky review mashup
in which n seems x for sum resarcs after all x deliciously hot dirty hype play could be second coming of molyneux – yet others simply term n no mans sky spore – sean quote vague cardboard murrays procedurally mis generated sisyphean inventory grind survival chungus units resource micro management placeholder busywork hype simulator
amazingly first / most prescient review for nms was out whole year ago possibly indicating existence of time travel
imagine soon afterwards however vast swirling conjunction / mashup of various no mans sky reviews – swirling aggregate data cloud of cosmic internet space dust dramatically gathering for brief while generating lots of noise – but almost no heat or useful light
kinda beautiful / hollow
but yeah ey think ir have to be willing to embrace n with bit of imagination otherwise ir are going to find n little bit repetitive – ey guess one of things ey done as make up ir own stories along way – yeah ir can – ir know pretend ir sickly boy alone in ir bedroom pretending to have fun
– playradar
no mans sky spore hype culture terminology
– resource gathering equals garmeified busywork
– quintillion equals wilfully vague illusions of infinity
– possibility equals psychological manipulation
queue no mans sky vile shill review -metacritic
bad unity project
– mighty garme industry critic jim sterling
deliberate examination of scale loneliness / randomness
– zam what no mans sky means for future of open world play
hype train was in motion / ir cant really blame hello research for taking full advantage of x
– biscuit boy/ yes ir bloody well can m8
sean called up in middle of night
like firefly without light
ir were there like slow torch burning
ey was just key x ir kept on turning
so tired from hype x ey couldnt sleep
so many secretes internet wont keep
promised elf ey wouldnt weep
one more promise industry cant keep
n seems no one can help ey now
ir in too deep
theres no way out
x time ey have really led elf astray
runaway hype train never going back
wrong way on one way track
seems like ey should be getting somewhere
somehow in space ir neither here nor there
can ir help ey remember how to smile
make n somehow all seem worthwhile
ey know now how ey got so jaded
x play mysteries all seems so faded
ey can go where no one else can go
ey know what no one else knows
here ey am just drownin in rain
with ticket for runaway hype train
everythings never cut / dry
day / night earth / sky
somehow ey just not believe n
runaway hype train never going back
wrong way on one way track
seems like ey should be getting somewhere
somehow in space ir neither here nor there
pre purchased tickets for runaway hype train
like madman laughin at rain
little out of touch little insane
just easier than dealing with pain
runaway hype train never comin back
wrong way on one way track
seems like ey should be getting somewhere
somehow ir neither here nor there
runaway hype train never comin back
runaway hype train tearin up track
runaway hype train burnin in ey veins
runaway cos n always seems same
from/ soul asylum – runaway hype train
much like spore x ie play (space industry -rob content generation engine first / bunch of play systems layered on top afterwards to fill in blanks
– chris franklin
now probably one of more risible / outright vile comments by former strategist content/tm director for sony who – much like rest of ir industry – obviously hates resarcs / holds ey in active contempt
queue shahid kamal ahmads no mans sky thief comment – now fixed/ phrase – if ir not getting refund after being played by sean who has outright lied to ir face for over 50000 hours straight then ir being scammed
no mans sky as existential crisis of overhyped community but when ey was by elf just playing n within ey own head things got kind of weird/ fantasy of becoming enlightened knowledge hungry space explorer turned into rat race – x was what was truly scary/ all extraordinary alien life / procedural planetside vistas became mundane/ visiting ey turned into annoyance/ galaxy gradually became box – x possibility space shrinking further ey explored n/ infinite scale of universe became paradoxically very limiting factor after all playing longer / exploring further only increases chances of eventually finding duplicates/ by same processes of so many other research ey space explorer turned into jaded space art whole ey humanity gradually leaving as ey turned into sum kind of posthuman amorphous intelligence cloud/ as limits of space time / resources eventually became meaningless ey had less of reason to care about universe – miracle of life skies sunsets / sceneries / pretty much everything just turned into numbers/ as ey journey wind x way to closure ey found elf only stopping to fill up on gas
– super bunnyhop
no mans sky aka hyper cynical expectations management simulation space – update patch or not
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