Take A 30-Minute Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of No Man's Sky

The small team out of Guildford, England is using procedural generation to create an entire galaxy worth of planets, asteroids, and space stations to explore. While visiting the studio, we sat down with the founder of Hello Games Sean Murray to learn about the tools, math, and science behind the game.

[Tripl3seis]

I'm in I can't wait for this to come out

[DigitalRaptor]

What a great preview. You can tell Sean is both massively passionate about what he's creating here, but also grateful that it's being put on such a pedestal as one of PS4's top up-and-comers.

Can't wait to see more at PSX. This concept is just something I can't get enough of.

[ABizzel1]

The technology here is amazing, these guys are really pushing things, and this is one of the benefits of being a indie studio.

AAA Indie is the new hotness of gaming studios.

[gamerfan0909]

This game looks like bloody rubbish. All style, zero substance.

[Perjoss]

It might look that way at first, but I've seen quite a few interviews and there are some interesting mechanics involved.

Sean mentioned that one of the main goals is to reach the center on the universe and to do so will take a LONG time, on the way you will need to upgrade your ship and your weapon. If you desire you can wipe out an entire species, it will be gone for good. He says its not just a sightseeing game and that the universe will be a dangerous place.

There is also some science going on, Sean explained how planets have to be a certain distance from their 'sun' be be able to have water, and by having water this will change the appearance of the atmosphere.

[jay2]

OMG STOP SAYING LIKE DUDE HATE PEOPLE WHO REPEAT THE SAME WORD ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! AND TYPE KK. NO, JUST NO! SORRY, I CAN'T WATCH THIS VIDEO 5 MINS AND OVER 80 'LIKE' AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Mr_cheese]

Hate like but love caps lock huh?

[fermcr]

Technology present on the game seems interesting, but... I honestly can't see why all the fuss and hype about this game. Basically, it's a game where you explore various worlds. Is there even a single player story?

[TOTSUKO]

Not really a story mode. Its more like Minecraft where everyone just finds out on there own and experiment on things.

In No mans Sky, the main objective is to reach the center of the universe.

Sean says in previous interviews, it will take a lot of things to accomplish that.

Things like:

-Spacecraft, weapons, and suit upgrades.

-Staying alive by animals or factions(NPC forces around the Universe) which you can also join by helping them out on mini side objectives

Supposedly as you get closer the center of the universe, things get more hostile and planets get more radically generated.

Those are just bits and pieces of information I gathered from several interviews he has done. Hope that gives you a better picture of how the game really is. Its pretty awesome in my eyes I can't wait to play it.

[SuperBlur]

When is the last time you had the opportunity to explore a universe in first person view ? thats the "big" fuss is about. They haven't begun to "hype" the game on what we'll be able to do , only tease here and there. I personally can't wait to pre-order this masterpiece of a game.

If you did not enjoy Minecraft, if you care not about sci-fi , there is little for you here , the game will have no story , no hand holding, the players will be in charge of creating their own journey .

[Sir_Simba]

Hes very honest. I like that