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A past coworker who worked on Cobalt[1] told me that they spent entirely too much time implementing stars in the sky of the game with some amount of real(ish) s
by darknavi 1y ago
A past coworker who worked on Cobalt[1] told me that they spent entirely too much time implementing stars in the sky of the game with some amount of real(ish) star system physics behind them.
I can understand people removing polish things like that if there are usability concerns, but those small things add up to a lot in an end product and are a joy to find and explore.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_(video_game)
- pava0 1y agoCobalt was a really interesting game, too bad it never got any fame
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- edoceo 1y agoAnd pointed out Jon Stewart's globe spinned backward