August 16, 2026 20:27
# the facts In 1986, Starflight managed to place an entire galaxy with 270 star systems and more than 800 plan
# the facts
In 1986, Starflight managed to place an entire galaxy with 270 star systems and more than 800 planets on two disks of just 360 KB.
The secret was procedural generation. The developers at Binary Systems didn't store every planet in its entirety. The game used algorithms and a set of rules to create landscapes and other data as needed.
The funny thing is, Starflight was a concept that decades before No Man's Sky had been offering to travel between the stars, land on planets, extract resources, trade, and meet with alien civilizations. #game
In 1986, Starflight managed to place an entire galaxy with 270 star systems and more than 800 planets on two disks of just 360 KB.
The secret was procedural generation. The developers at Binary Systems didn't store every planet in its entirety. The game used algorithms and a set of rules to create landscapes and other data as needed.
The funny thing is, Starflight was a concept that decades before No Man's Sky had been offering to travel between the stars, land on planets, extract resources, trade, and meet with alien civilizations. #game