Game Progression — Voyage to the Center & Galaxy Back-Travel

Solution to the Universe

An Illustrated Dream of a Prophetic Hyperbole



Guy picks up a novel and begins to read…

It is many years later, now - On the verge of a Sci-Fi 2020… There is rioting in the streets, sounds of sirens, a baby cries down the corridor and a mother passes wearing not much more than rags.

And when she turns, she is an alien. :alien:



Chapter 2.5 ⦂ ❝INFINITY❞

An exploding population of 256 galaxies come to the now-retired doctor, and beg, “What mad universe!”

There is a grunt and a shuffle, and a few things pushed aside - much of which was pushed to the floor many eons ago, and now there is much more where that came from. Checks his Stasis Device, seems to keep kicking. They still address him as ‘Dude-Man’, but he doesn’t really notice… The tired old man with his scribbled hair pushes up his glasses and writes a prescription…

Diagnosis reads: “Same. Old.”

reads…

❝All things procedural, and procedural personified❞

When they question him, he hands a half-rotted paper to them, which reads…

If one level of procedural proves not enough…

  • then enrichen it with another level
  • repeat as many times as necessary

It is then that the Doc falls dead to the floor. :rose:



Chapter 3.0 ⦂ ❝INSANITY❞

Upon regeneration, ❝Iteration #-kzzzt-❞, location of his grave and retrieval of all that cluttered inventory, he then promptly ditches the Stasis Device for some proper upgrade modules. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:



Appendix A ⦂ ❝Redefining the Infinite❞

Contents

Infinite

MATHEMATICS
(of a series) able to be continued indefinitely.

PROCEDURAL
(of a simulated universe) able to be ‘enjoyed’ indefinitely.

Source

Or was this phrase by mystery novelist, Rita Mae Brown’s fictional Jane Fulton in her 1983 book Sudden Death

INFINITY v2.5 + INSANITY v3.0 = either…

  • Infinite Insanity
  • INSANE INFINITY!

Here’s hoping for the later :pray:

  • EVERY GALAXY PROCEDURAL
    • EVERY INTERGALACTIC PROCEDURAL
    • EVERY MULTIGALACTIC PROCEDURAL
  • EVERY PROGRESSION PROCEDURAL

Hello Games, were you too ambitious, can you handle 256 galaxies?

℞ Underlying condition reads: Ambition

As long as there is…

❝A Secret Order to All Chaos❞

…the more unintentional and well seasoned something is, the closer its tangible reality reaches the perception of a great work and genius masterpiece — Dr. Crim

Modesty — Recognizing one’s own limitations and seeking a healthy balance.

Avant-Garde — Pushing the boundaries of what is and thus leading the future.



Appendix B ⦂ ❝Reaching Singularity❞

Contents

Loop16

Do we break the loop or be embraced by the loop? :ringer_planet: Or should we slam dunk it in one giant hoop?

We come to see that there are many loops, and that such is an entirely normal and even necessary game-play element, and that such is even desirable / palatable if a loop is given ❝FLAVOR❞.

  • Finite = One Playthrough = Game Over = ⧜
  • Infinite = No Conclusion = Endless Play = ∞

No Conclusion — Prior to release, NMS was heralded as “The Game to End All Games” — Why?

It would seemingly go on forever - But, while you can code infinite space, can you code infinite variety? Can you code infinite activity? Can you code an infinite amount of things to do? - The answer is, “Yes!”

We come to see that the answer depends entirely upon how you — “Define: Infinity”

Infinite Variety & Infinite Activity

  • Game Assets = Handcrafted
  • Use of Assets = Procedural

Handcrafted x Procedural = Finite ⧜

  • Literally Finite; Feels Finite

Handcrafted x (Procedural x Procedural (2 x 256)) = Finite ⧜

  • Literally Finite; Feels Infinite

Feels infinite because we forget and are ready to refresh all.
Why forget? — Assets scattered intergalactic & multigalactic !
Note: The 2 means intergalactic, an edge to center variable.

Hello Games, if you find that you were too ambitious, and can’t handle 256 galaxies…

Solution ⦂ 1 Galaxy of intergalactic assets scattered in all 8 points of the compass. :compass:

Just note that beefing up multigalactic maintains a much stronger sense of infinity. ∞

Now that we know the solution to the universe, let’s take the concept well over the top.

HYPOTHETICAL SOLUTION:

Can procedural code create procedural assets? — Would solve everything, if quality!

  • Game Assets = Procedural
  • Use of Assets = Procedural

Procedural + Procedural = Infinity ∞

Only limitations: Hardware, code, time & money — Thus…

❝Can procedural code create procedural code?❞

  1. And then… Can hardware create hardware? …AI Robots.

  2. Can robots source, process & utilize their own materials?

Would it be safe if Atlas wrote it’s own life-script?

SUBATOMIC :boom: SUPERNOVA = ANOMALOUS :business_suit_levitating: SINGULARITY

Dear God, we’ve entered singularity. :astonished: Careful not dual singularity!

  • The last thing we need here is,
  • ❝Rage Against the Machine and its Old Gods❞
  • for creating monsters - OMG!

Behold - An army of self-replicating ‘Atlas’ supercomputer AI robots of infinite procedural universes!

The problem with a preset and predictable loop, is that it feels like what it is, it feels prebaked. It is that feeling, whereas procedural feels “loose n’ casual”, very unintentional, just as with nearly all aspects of real-world nature - the trees, the grass, the universe - our hair in the wind.



:diamonds: ° ☾ ☆ ¸. ¸ ★ :. . • ○ ° ★ . . . ¸ . ° ¸. * ● ¸ . …somewhere ° ☾ ° ¸. ● ¸ . ★ ° :. . • ° . * :. . in an infinite universe ● ¸ ° ☾ °☆ . * ¸. ★ ★ ° . . . ☾ °☆ . * ● beyond the invisible… ° ☾ ★ °● ¸ . ★ ° :. . • ○ ° ★

❝Clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness❞ ╭𐎸

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