No Man's Sky Player Recreates Hello Games Hometown Of Guildford In-Game
There are over 18 quintillion planets for players to visit in No Man’s Sky, and now, one of them has a tiny recreation of Hello Games’ home office. Nominally located in Guildford, UK, a virtual recreation can be visited by players looking for a virtual tour that’s somewhat more interactive than Google Maps.
The Hello Games offices were built by No Man’s Sky player Joan "Rasdar07," who shared the base build on the game’s official Discord server. It was then picked up by Twitch streamer LordFrobozz, who visited the planet and tweeted some footage at the real Hello Games. Naturally, this got the attention of Hello Games CEO Sean Murray, who is a totally different person and in no way related to the author of this article.
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Speaking to Rock Paper Shotgun, Joan said he’d never actually been to Guildford and he built the recreation using Google Maps and Streetview. The project started just a few days ago, so lots of buildings are only half finished. But you can see the Three Pigeons Pub and Turtle Bay Caribbean Social, the Caribbean restaurant located just underneath Hello Games’ offices. Frankly, I’m a little jealous that these developers are mere steps away from Caribbean food.
Joan has some experience with more elaborate No Man’s Sky builds. Just a few months ago, they made Spain’s Sagrada Familia just to push their boundaries. Hello Games is a more interesting challenge as it requires a lot of attention to detail and the ability to make as much as possible within No Man’s Sky’s build limit.
"Something I was really scared of, and this is where most of the tricky stuff appeared, was the base limit,” Joan told RPS. "I reached 3000 base parts
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