Today I will be talking about the long-awaited, and still yet to be fully released, computer game Star Citizen. In January of 2012, the small video game studio Roberts Space Industries posted on Kickstarter the idea for a computer game that would push every boundary previously set in the industry. Star Citizen would be a massive multiplayer online role playing game in which you could fly around in a space ship, get off at different planets, participate in in-game events, and, most importantly explore an entire virtual universe. Due to these lofty goals and fan support, Star Citizen raised over 100 million dollars making it one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time.
It is the notion of an endless universe that makes Star Citizen stand out. The endless universe mimics the size of our own universe and will be so large that nobody will ever be able to explore it all and the game will essentially be limitless. Every planet will have it's own unique size, shape, weather patterns, biomes, animals, items, etc so that the player will never get bored. The graphics, memory, and hardware required to make a game of this magnitude are massive and attribute to why something like this has never been done before. Despite many hiccups along the way, Star Citizen is aiming to be released by the end of 2016.In class we have experimented with random generators, talked about memory storage, and started designing programs with images that move. To me, it is absolutely amazing to think about the scale of this game and the skill required in which to produce it. However, it goes to show that, as we have seen throughout the 21st century, with computer anything is possible.
Resources:
- http://starcitizen.wikia.com/wiki/Crowdfunding_campaign
- http://blogs-images.forbes.com/jasonevangelho/files/2015/10/star-citizen1.jpg
- http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2016/08/star-citizen-header-1200x675.jpg
- https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game/spaceflight
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