no man's sky

a screenshot of stars in the night sky the stars are beautiful

i began playing no man's sky in 2021. i had heard the infamously storied past of the game and had, for the most part, stayed away as i understood the game had been mostly broken. in 2021, that was decidedly not the case.

i was immediately blown away by how much fun i was having exploring space, cataloguing flora and fauna, doing space combat with pirates, and avoiding sentinels. i quickly dove into the universe (no pun intended) of the game, even participating in the galactic hub project, the united federation of travelers, and contributing to civilized space.

civilized space

civilized space is somewhat of a roleplay mechanic in no man's sky that is loosely multiplayer. the idea is that players find, name, and catalogue objects in space and colonize them.

the royal collective of systems, or RCS, is the civilization that i'm creating, starting with the joyoshim star system.

the capital planet of the RCS is arubymint, where the royal collective of systems commons is located. there, services exist for travelers, as well as a portal for anyone to use to travel amongst the stars. you can navigate through civilized space using glyphs, the address system in no man's sky.

space adventures

no man's sky - alien plant
no man's sky - a flying fish that leaves a cloud of blue smoke
no man's sky - a ship pointed at a fleet of ships
no man's sky - a base on a green leafy island overlooking the shore
no man's sky - a lone planet
no man's sky - a multi-tiered base in a desert
no man's sky - a planet with valleys and mountains
no man's sky - warping through an asteroid field
no man's sky - the view of two planets from the perspective of the surface planet
no man's sky - green hills with a lake in the valley
no man's sky - a desolate planet at night with the view of another planet's rings on the horizon
no man's sky - a base at night on a bubble planet
no man's sky - pink bubbles float on a planet in daytime
no man's sky - a vista overlooking a beach on a dusty planet with hills
no man's sky - a ship pointed at a glowing jellyfish-like creature
no man's sky - a series of planets from the horizon of another among a sea of ship
no man's sky - a close-up of a ram-like animal on a planet
no man's sky - a futuristic base at night with a combat ship in the foreground
no man's sky - a traveler floats in a red ocean
no man's sky - a combat spaceship flies toward a planet