I came across of the reference to this game here on the ICLONE forum. I researched a bit and what I discovered really stunned me.

Just 4 guys set out to develop a new game and engine in a small room and they replaced the ART with MATH !

They created a game engine where the terrain is dynamically generated on the fly with the help of pure math. You could create Millions of types of animals, fish, water bodies, caves, space crafts, planets and universe dynamically.

Compare it with Assassin's Creed, on which more than 800 guys work !

Wow ! A small team is no excuse. It's an inspiration !!!

Many people in the gamin community have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this game. It is pretty astounding what has been accomplished, now if it'll include fun gameplay elements, it could very well be a huge hit.

Cinema / Animation is really going to be benefited by the Gaming Technologies like this. It's amazing what the Gaming industry has achieved in such a short span of time.

No Man's Sky is pretty much the only reason I would consider buying a PS4 right now. Sounds super cool. Also of note, Minecraft is procedurally generated as well.

Heres another nifty article from a ways back at Grantland: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/will-the-infinite-worlds-of-no-mans-sky-revolutionize-gaming/

Being of age, I liked his pitch referring to the classic Sci-fi stories, which I used to read a lot when I was younger. A game like that would actually interest me. There seems to be a lot of intelligence behind it, artificial and otherwise. 

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