Alterra Science Update Released!

Posted by acedude 9 years ago
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Crashed on an alien world? Surrounded by ocean predators and hostile environments? Fear not, brave traveller: For you now have new means of crafting at your disposal. The Workbench and Propulsion Cannon will transform the way you explore the ocean!

 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGOSan1aip4

The propulsion cannon was developed by a crack team of Alterra Corporation scientists. The cannon may or may not exploit un-patented work by one Dr Eli Vance, rumoured to be an employee of one of Alterra’s competitors, Black Mesa Corporation. We can’t be sure. We can be sure that nothing like the Propulsion Cannon has existed for a very long time – Perhaps even as long as the half-life of the universe.

The propulsion cannon can be used …

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Subnautica Trailer Coming Soon

Posted by acedude 9 years ago
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If all goes to plan, Subnautica will release on Steam Early Access on December 16th. That’s four days from now! Panic mode! Naturally, we’re planning some celebration to go along with the release. The finishing touches are being made to Subnautica’s Early Access Trailer! The above image is a screen grab from the latest render. And here’s what the soundtrack looks like:

This is an exciting moment – The last time Unknown Worlds released a trailer like this  was the original Natural Selection 2 teaser, over five years ago. We can’t wait to share this one with you!…

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Subnautica Concept Art: Coral Reef 3

Posted by acedude 10 years ago

Diversity of environments is a key design feature of Subnautica. We want Subnautica players to be able to experience vastly different and beautiful ‘biomes’ as they explore the underwater world. Of course, no underwater world would be complete without a coral reef!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu9ydODgflw

Cory painted Coral Reef Zone 3 to the team visualise what a coral reef biome might look like. Creating an ‘alien’ coral reef is quite tricky, because by their very nature terrestrial coral reefs already look quite alien!

We also need keep our desire for diversity of coral life in check: Each new life form is a new model that needs to be created and put into the game. There are financial, performance, and time expenses …

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Subnautica Concept Art: Cave Thing

Posted by acedude 10 years ago
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Subnautica will take you to diverse environments: From lava, to ice, to coral, and more. In these environments, you will encounter all sorts of creatures, big and small. The above image is Cave Thing, and is a piece of Subnautica concept art that tries to give form to several gameplay ideas.

Cave Thing is painted with a diver’s mask at the edges, hinting at Subnautica’s first person nature. On the right, a small vehicle of some kind if shining lights on to the evidently bemused creature. Small vehicles will be pilotable (or this one an un-manned drone, supporting the swimming player?), deploying from ‘mothership’ style larger vessels (See Exterior Sketch for more about this!).

Most importantly, this little encounter is …

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Subnautica Concept Art: Interior Sketch

Posted by acedude 10 years ago

Over the past three weeks, we here at Unknown Worlds have released five pieces of concept art. Until today, each one was accompanied by a piece of ambient soundtrack created by Simon. We’ve come to the abrupt realisation that if we keep up at this pace, we will run out of soundtrack before we run out of concept art! So for two weeks, we are giving the Subnautica YouTube channel a break.

That doesn’t mean you allowed to stop visiting the Subnautica channel. Nothing makes Charlie happier than seeing that little ‘subscribers’ number tick upwards, so lets put a new year smile on his dial and subscribe!

The image you see above is called ‘Interior Sketch.’ It …

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Subnautica Concept: Exterior Sketch

Posted by acedude 10 years ago
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One week ago, we revealed that Unknown Worlds is working on a new game: Subnautica. We want to share Subnautica with you from its earliest moments, bringing you concept art, early design thinking, and more.

Today we are following up on the original three concepts with Exterior Sketch. This concept was only the second ever to be created for Subnautica, penned by Cory after he completed Interior Hallway (We’ll show you that one later!)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ct7rTUcgHk

Exterior Sketch was the first attempt to give form to an idea that is central to Subnautica: That players would interact with substantial underwater vehicles. These submarines would enable exploration and discovery by providing protection, mobility, and utility below the ocean surface.

Since this …

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Subnautica: Descend into the Depths

Posted by acedude 10 years ago
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Subnautica is an open world underwater exploration and construction game. We are Unknown Worlds, the developers of Natural Selection 2, and Subnautica is our new project. Subnautica will combine elements of role playing, sandbox, exploration and cinematic games to create a unique experience, the genre of which we do not believe has yet been invented.

We have assembled a small team, and are in the early stages of prototyping Subnautica gameplay. The first in-game art assets are being created, soundscapes are being recorded, and animations are starting to slither, turn and swim. We have created a rich library of concept art, and set about designing and iterating on core elements of gameplay. Subnautica is not in ‘alpha,’ …

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The Crew of Subnautica

Posted by acedude 10 years ago

A ship is only as strong as her crew. She may have the most accurate navigation equipment, the most powerful engines, the strongest hull: None of it is of any use if her crew does not do right by her. Subnautica is being developed by a small team. What it lacks in numbers, it makes up for in experience, determination, and energy. During development, this team will grow slightly, and we will update this post as it does.

Charlie (Flayra) is our leader, taking on the role of game director and lead gameplay programmer. He brought the idea of Subnautica to Unknown Worlds, and has inspired us to work on it. He is responsible for designing the …

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Welcome to the Subnautica Blog

Posted by acedude 10 years ago
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Unknown Worlds has begun work on a new game: Subnautica. It is an open world, underwater exploration and construction game. Right now, this game is dry dock. The hull is being assembled, technology is being tested, and the crew is in training – Development has started, and you are invited to participate.

We want to share every moment of development with you. Every failure, every success, every setback, every breakthrough. Our most recent development, Natural Selection 2, has been (and continues to be) chronicled by over 424 blog posts. This blog will do the same for Subnautica.

Over the coming months, we hope you will join us. We hope you will tell us what we are doing …

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