One Man’s Sky

The Sense of Permanence

What makes it all seem real?

Several months since I last logged into No Man’s Sky, I returned to my homeworld, a bit forgetful of the controls, yet still familiar with my homebase. I still recognized everything as I walked inside the…

Ringed Planets

Adding Planetary Rings into the Procedural Algorithms can change the Spacescape and Skies

No Man’s Sky can be considered as a platform to simulate and visualize many variations of planets. As far as I’ve seen, no…

The Itch to Create

Building in No Man’s Sky

Humans.

We want to create. We want to build. We always want to leave something behind. We want to share a legacy.

Inspired

I became more aware of Nature, more observant of life around me

After spending over 5 hours of playing No Man’s Sky I noticed a change in how I see the outside world. I’ve been inspired to look deeper into Nature. I began looking up at the sky…

Prayer

Is it wrong to believe that the Maker of our universe designed to spawn our needs just enough for us to survive?

Whenever I desperately need something, such as Isotopes (to recharge my life support systems) I just…

Death

The process of falling asleep is an exercise in dying

Let me tell you about the first time I died. I passed out. I was experiencing motion sickness and nearly vomited within the first two hours of playing No Man’s Sky. It really felt like dying. I often…

Time

It’s all we have…except when you’re having fun

No Man’s Sky is a training about the value of time in terms of efficiency. As soon as I filled up all my inventory slots, I was reminded again that time is the ultimate commodity. Sure, it’s often called “inventory…

Sensawunda

The Sense of Wonder in emulating yourself in a fleeting encapsulated universe

As I boot up No Man’s Sky and glide through space amidst the stars, and as I hover through the surface of a planet, I often get that Sense of Wonder…