A twitch-based space combat MMORPG with a procedurally generated galaxy - meaning you can visit every single star you see in the backdrop, hundreds of thousands in total, and each of those stars is an entire solar system with planets, rings, moons, and asteroid fields that all orbit in real-time. The game features seamless transition between space and planetary flight, with every planet completely rendered in actual size.
Gameplay has a core storyline with missions that can only be completed once server-wide, so after one player or group of players finishes the mission, that same mission is never available again, meaning actual story progression for the entire game. Outside of the core story the game is open-ended, with players able to explore, mine, or fight when they want and how they want. Players can construct space stations and even full cities, and can create their own corporations or factions. You can fly everything from a shuttle or fighter all the way up to a battleship or carrier, too.
Tech demonstration video, showcasing seamless planetary transition and the scale of planets and other stellar bodies in the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eREddMjt4
It's never coming out, been in production for almost 5 years (still no alpha/beta release, cept a lil combat test that sucked). That video you showed is 4 years old, and not much has changed since then.
' Wrote:It's never coming out, been in production for almost 5 years (still no alpha/beta release, cept a lil combat test that sucked). That video you showed is 4 years old, and not much has changed since then.
Most MMORPGs take that long to develop, and not much is released until the last few months before launch.
Well here's for hoping. I'll remember and see where it stands in about a year or two. BTW Tenacity, how you been I think I read something up stating your were never coming back? I'm glad that wasn't true. Had we are differences I thought you should have stayed around.
' Wrote:Well here's for hoping. I'll remember and see where it stands in about a year or two. BTW Tenacity, how you been I think I read something up stating your were never coming back? I'm glad that wasn't true. Had we are differences I thought you should have stayed around.
I attempted to start playing disco again a month or so ago, but I havent been able to get ahold of alley who apparently has my ship and all of my money =/
Looks great but I predict that every one of the 1 billon planets will look almost exactly like the one in the video, with slight variations in color. After you saw 20 planets you will have lost all motivation to look at more.
Hate to break it to you, but most planets in real life look the same... THey have variations of size, and color, and perhaps they have various rings around them too. The thing that makes the different is WHY they are that color (gas ball planet, or earth-like planet, etc). Really, all planets are spherical due to physics so the color/size it what is beautiful about it.
What I meant is that there will be little diversity in plant or animal life, little diversity in structures built by intelligent beings, little diversity in culture of races (if there are any), because computer algorithms cant simulate those, in contrast to the limited rendering of mountains (little diversity there too) that the video shows. Whether the thing has more diversity in planet topography like in RL or not, it's not going to stay interesting long after you saw a few planets. Also, planets aren't perfectly spherical but more or less flattened to elliptical cross sections due to rotation:P
If you're looking for something similar RIGHT NOW, Shores of Hazeron ( http://www.hazeron.com/ ) has a lot of the same concepts (can go to any star, planet surface to space), but in a rather scaled-down universe (it's still plenty big) and with graphics that look like something from 2004. Still rather addictive...
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