• Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I have been spouting mostly nonsense to my friends about NMS, but I truly think NMS has essentially turned into Light No Fire alpha testing. So much of the changes they have made lately really feel like they are trying to flesh out the “small scale” parts of the game, so they can be implemented in some fashion into LNF’s single planet gameplay.

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      4 months ago

      I guess you could call it alpha testing, but I’d just call it smart development. They have to make these things anyway, so add the pieces that work into the existing game so you can make more money while you work on the new game. You also get free press and good PR for giving existing owners more stuff. It only makes sense.

      (There are some people who will cry “asset reuse” and complain probably, but in what world is doing more with less bad? Reusing stuff you made is smart and good so you can focus on new things.)

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      4 months ago

      I mean they did say they’re bringing tech from LNF to NMS in I wanna say the worlds update so I think you’re definitely on to something