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Sean Murray at GDC 2017 : Building Worlds Using Math - Q&A too!
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UltimaPooh
Member
Will this be the first time he was public since release?
Yes!!
Later this month (a few days before GDC perhaps), the sessions get updated with information regarding whether they get recorded or not. Most of them do. You still need a GDC Vault account if the video is locked to account holders only, or hope the Youtube GDC account decides to upload it for free.
valkillmore
Member
Man would I love to attend this
All GDC lecture will get added to the "VAULT" which will be accessible to general public at later dates.
Permanently A
Junior Member
is it bad if I'm hoping for drama like this?
newtypepilot
Member
math doesn't lie, or does it?
GravityInsanity
Member
I can only imagine if someone ask him a off-topic question about last year.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
Building Worlds using Maths, or How We Bullshitted Our Way Into the History Books.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Okay, here's the million dollar question I want to know from this talk. It's actually relevant to the hype critique and the discussion on math.
Was the game using the Superformula at some point or not? Was its removal the reason for the game seeming so half-baked at launch?
Was the game using the Superformula at some point or not? Was its removal the reason for the game seeming so half-baked at launch?
You know that NMS got nomination for Technical achievements in most of the major Industry Awards Like D.I.C.E .
As it said for developers looking into the "MATHS".
Lol. I tried to warn people to lower their expectations on the game. It is a shame that it turned out the way that it did but with such a small team size...no way could it have met most people's lofty expectations.
Will be interesting to see what his team does next though.
Not sure how this relates to this talk, but sure get your dumb ass dig in .
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I mean, I don't want to encourage shitposting here, but there is a legitimate critique to be had here with the way Sean talked about the math and procedural generation side of the game to drum up hype for the game.
I missed this earlier, But Where do you get this??
Dre_G_Writer
Member
RinBestFate
Banned
Someone calling him out for being a liar?
This is not a Reddit AMA!!!
Haunted
Member
From the saltiness in this thread, it'll be fun to watch the hater's reaction in here when they see how Sean will be met with applause and standing ovations from the programmers and developers at his GDC talk. 😂 The tech behind No Man's Sky's procedural generation is pretty amazing and tech-minded people in the industry know this.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Nah easier to shitpost.
Anyway interested in the math behind it the formulas used. How they plan to expand it later and refine it
Neuromancer
Member
I would go to this. I think NMS is still a remarkable achievement.
Please share the experience if you do go at the event.Thanks.
semiconscious
Member
it is that. not exactly what it was promoted as, or necessarily an endlessly, tremendously fun-filled experience. but, yes, it is absolutely that, & enjoyable (at a more reasonable price) as such
...Heckler456
Banned
Depends. Is Jacksinthe attending?
Looking forward to the talk. Hope he doesn't get harassed too much.
Hari Seldon
Member
There are video game designers and there are video game coders. Being good at one doesn't necessarily make you good at the other. Sean Murray is by all accounts a great coder and I feel like he has gotten way more shit than a single bad video game deserves.
runnin_blue
Banned
I can't help but imagine his talk going something like this...
Thought the title would've been "Building Hype Using Lies" tbh.
Ok I was too late, damn.
Ok I was too late, damn.
breakfuss
Member
People payed money for it and have every right to be pissed.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Damn man not one single thread come on now
Are you excited for him being there?
Milly Osworth
Member
Hype + Lie = $$$
Heckler456
Banned
I can kind of get you being like... meta-pissed about the general idea that a developer used HINTS OF (because they never directly marketed multiplayer as tent-pole feature) features that never made it into the final game, and how failed in properly communicating that fact.
But you're acting like the people who paid money for this game got scammed. They didn't get scammed. You have every opportunity to form an informed opinion in the form of reviews and other player's experience with the actual finished game, and all you have to do is not buy it on day one. If you made an uninformed purchasing decision, that's your own damned fault. Buying on day one isn't an inextricable human right.
And mind you, as a day one purchaser, I feel like I'm playing the game I was expecting.
esmith08734
Member
Lol, seriously. People need to let it go.
He never apologized for and admitted the lies, as far as I'm aware, so I don't see why people should forgive him before that.
They'll find some other person to hate and cling to that for a while eventually.
esmith08734
Member
I wish I could attend this. NMS could have been a flawed game when it comes to design but as an aspiring developer, the work behind this game is impressive. Sean, as a developer, is someone I aspire to be like, from a technical standpoint.