With every new gameplay video, the wait for No Man's Sky gets harder and harder. Easily one of the most anticipated games of the year (or of next year at this rate), it's easy to foget that Hello Games is a small, self-funded studio.
Between the multiple floods at their office and the sheer ambitiousness of the game, No Man's Sky has proven to be quite the challenge. And fans are beginning to grow impatient.
As of now, there's no firm release date for the game, but Hello Games' founder and programmer Sean Murray promises that it's for a good reason. From what Murray says it looks like there is a release date, just not one that they can share:
"I guess there’s two things, when the release date is, but also when we announce that date," Murray said. "We can’t announce the date right now, because of things that are not entirely in our control, but honestly for good reasons. It’ll be announced as soon as we can."
Murray continued: "It’s easy to forget we’re just a small self funded indie studio. I remember even on Joe Danger, we ran out of time, energy and even money, maxing out credit cards, but we just kept going. That’s where we are now."
Given the success fo Joe Danger and the support Hello Games has received for No Man's Sky, it's hard to imagine they are in the exact same position as before, but there's no denying the ambition and pressure of No Man's Sky.
"And this is such an ambitious game, such a small team, and under so much pressure. You can’t go to sleep at night because it’s not going to be as good as you promised yourself, or as good as you can now see it could be."
The game is extremely ambitious and entirely too intriguing for my little heart to handle the anticipation of its release. Hopefully Hello Games sees huge success for all their efforts.
[IGN]
