Sunset on Mars

[Space Mango]

Will there be an realistic sunset with blue color and halo on your game?
Today i randomly learned mars have it caused by dust in the mars atmosphere.

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.html

 

[just_a_beaver]

That is beautiful. I sure hope so.

 

[Boyan_Haemimont]

Hi

I'm Boyan (not to be confused with Boian) and I'm the other lead designer of Surviving Mars. Now lighting and skyboxes are not something typically in the purview of the design team but I'm quite proud of what our engine developers managed to accomplish in terms of day/night simulation and lighting. I think it's best to demonstrate with a picture, so here's a shot of a sunset in Surviving Mars...

...as well as the same spot during the day

We have a simulation of the Martian atmosphere which allows us to create the famous Martian blue sunsets. I would say that the main inspirations for our time-of-day settings are photos from the Spirit and Curiosity rovers as well as certain shots from "The Martian". To cap things off here's a night shot with all the stars in the night sky.

 

[just_a_beaver]

Hi

I'm Boyan (not to be confused with Boian) and I'm the other lead designer of Surviving Mars. Now lighting and skyboxes are not something typically in the purview of the design team but I'm quite proud of what our engine developers managed to accomplish in terms of day/night simulation and lighting. I think it's best to demonstrate with a picture, so here's a shot of a sunset in Surviving Mars...

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...as well as the same spot during the day

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We have a simulation of the Martian atmosphere which allows us to create the famous Martian blue sunsets. I would say that the main inspirations for our time-of-day settings are photos from the Spirit and Curiosity rovers as well as certain shots from "The Martian". To cap things off here's a night shot with all the stars in the night sky.

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Looks really beautiful, thanks for sharing! And why do you two have the same(ish) name? Just luck? Also, how grainy are the sand GFX? I love my grainy sand GFX...

 

[Blizzard_Haemimont]

Looks really beautiful, thanks for sharing! And why do you two have the same(ish) name? Just luck? Also, how grainy are the sand GFX? I love my grainy sand GFX...

We actually have the same name, we just don't agree on spelling it the same way. People need some way to tell us apart...

 

[just_a_beaver]

We actually have the same name, we just don't agree on spelling it the same way. People need some way to tell us apart...

Wait... Blizzard Haemimont replying to a comment about Boian Haemimont being similar to Boyan Haemimont under the guise of being Boyan Haemimont?! NANI?!

 

[WyoJohn]

just gorgeous!

 

[GuildenSpur]

Indeed, just, wow!

 

[KindaichiShota]

That's really mind blowing... wow