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[Tartiflette]

https://twitter.com/amosolov/status/715570118928023552

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Looks a like scanning mechanic, maybe even tech-mining, to me...

[Spoorthuzad]

Took me a while to realise it was a gif and not a picture...
Anyway also could be a day-night cycle?
Eh, I stick with something about mining...

[Gothars]

The grid, the arid planet and the red color make me think it's a scan for resources/energy/technology. But the circular shape of the glowing thingie and the persistence of clouds during "scanning" indicate a day/night cycle on a civilized planet.

Looks nice anyway. Can't wait to learn more about the mechanic this is connected to.

[SafariJohn]

That's Chicomoztoc, and the glows are its city lights. You can find the same glows on the current in-game version of the planet.

[Wyvern]

Huh.  Needs a higher resolution city lights layer for this, then; at this scale, those lights are too blobby.

[Wyvern]

...Oh, right.  And thanks for posting the actual image, Tartiflette; gifycat never works for me.

[Cycerin]

Getting SCII vibes here

[HELMUT]

Yeah, it's definitely some day/night cycle thing. It makes me think those "lights" represent the development of a planet, and are dynamically generated depending on the planet infrastructure, its "Industry".

[Soda Savvy]

All of the skulls hidden in the terrain are pretty cool.

[Euphytose]

I would be very pleased if it were mining, loved it in SPAZ despite others finding it boring. Day and night cycle is nice too.

[David]

All of the skulls hidden in the terrain are pretty cool.

Now I feel bad that I didn't actually intend that.

[Thaago]

Oooh! Very pretty.

I hope its not a mining mini-game. My experience from mass effect 2 has sullied those forever.

[ANGRYABOUTELVES]

All these teasers must mean that there's an update coming out soon, right? I mean, it'd just be cruel, otherwise.

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[Gorgonson]

If that's a city, I'd like to shake the hands of the civil engineers.

Would it be possible to alter the colour of the lights according to the faction that controls the planet?  Though with the timescale so high, it might look like a strobe-light.

[billi999]

All of the skulls hidden in the terrain are pretty cool.

Now I feel bad that I didn't actually intend that.

Pareidolia; we can find faces in anything if we look hard enough. Take for example the old face on Mars

That art looks beautifully detailed though excited about possibly seeing more.