No Man's Sky Wins GDC Award, But No-one Was There to Accept it

[JUMBO PALACE]

Sounds like the developer community wanted to throw them a pity award and even Hello Games knew they didn't deserve it.

 

[Mangod]

Ok, you know how NMS has a lot of huge sized planets, 18 quintillion according to the wiki,across several galaxies? That's why.

So it wins an award for innovation by being...3D Starbound, but with less to do?

That seems backwards for an innovation award.

Well, Starbound only has around 13 quadrillion planets, NMS is literaly several magnitude bigger than Starbound, AND it's also in 3D.

This article talks about the largest game worlds, part of it talks about how NMS generates that many worlds. It's probably not be 100% how NMS handles it, but you might still find the article interesting:
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=33711

Isn't this kind of like giving the "Most Innovative Chef"-award to the guy who serves his soup in a water barrel instead of a soupbowl?

 

[FalloutJack]

Ok, you know how NMS has a lot of huge sized planets, 18 quintillion according to the wiki,across several galaxies? That's why.

So it wins an award for innovation by being...3D Starbound, but with less to do?

That seems backwards for an innovation award.

Well, Starbound only has around 13 quadrillion planets, NMS is literaly several magnitude bigger than Starbound, AND it's also in 3D.

This article talks about the largest game worlds, part of it talks about how NMS generates that many worlds. It's probably not be 100% how NMS handles it, but you might still find the article interesting:
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=33711

Isn't this kind of like giving the "Most Innovative Chef"-award to the guy who serves his soup in a water barrel instead of a soupbowl?

Bland soup, at that. I'd've given it to any other developer who put real work into their game. Hell, I'd've given it to The Last Guardian as a congratulatory "Nice work guys... You made it! Nobody thought you'd finish the game, but here you are and it's gorgeous!". Years of work and damn but they delivered. Ah well.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Maybe Hello Games could hire someone to bring the award to their office. AND THEN THEY'D GET A LESSON ON HOW TO DELIVER ho ho ho ho ho.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Well, they did innovate in ways to con people out of money for a glorified indie game.

Nah. Broken Age did that. And its ironic as hell that Tim Schafer is the host of the GDC.

 

[VincentX3]

Maybe they were there but they just couldn't see them.

 

[Naldan]

Well, they did innovate in ways to con people out of money for a glorified indie game.

Nah. Broken Age did that. And its ironic as hell that Tim Schafer is the host of the GDC.

Thanks for reminding me of the TS DownComing...

 

[sagitel]

Maybe they were there but they just couldn't see them.

they wereally there. Just the chance of actually seeing them was so small nobody could

 

[BoogieManFL]

Innovation on how to like in interviews and misrepresent their product maybe.

They don't deserve it, no matter what else they accomplished.

 

[Elijin]

Is this considered being a poor sport?

I mean, noting the absence implies they were invited, which means that they made the decision not to attend the ceremony because they weren't going to win anything. I know we have some pretty mixed opinions about the merit of these ceremonies existing to start with....but it still strikes me as being a poor sport.

 

[Darth_Payn]

I guess the only thing they innovated was in polishing a turd.

Maybe Hello Games could hire someone to bring the award to their office. AND THEN THEY'D GET A LESSON ON HOW TO DELIVER ho ho ho ho ho.

I nominate you for Burn of The Year.

 

[BrawlMan]

How the hell did they win a GDC award? No Man's Sky was just another $15-20 indie survival game charged as a full priced AAA title. It did nothing, but build false hype and waste everyone's time.

 

[Kyman102]

Man SPORE did a better procedural generation galaxy than No Man's Sky.

 

[CaitSeith]

Innovation award. Okay, if you say so...