A fifteen-minute documentary has now been released for the space game Elite: Dangerous, giving interested fans a behind-the-scenes look.
Elite: Dangerous, a passion project by David Braben, has a truly long tradition. It all began in 1984 (the documentary features images from that time) with the first Elite. The franchise gained fame and glory in the mid-90s.
Now Braben is back with a Kickstarter project, and he and some of the people he has gathered around him are – as can also be seen in the documentary – already of an advanced age. They feel committed to the vision they once developed and want to reinterpret the “Frontier spirit” of the classics with today’s technological possibilities.
One of the interesting issues highlighted in the documentary revolves around the whole “There are no sounds in space” story. As the “Head of Audio”, Jim Cross, says, that is indeed a realization of science that he prefers to ignore due to his work. Ultimately, compromises must be made. For the game, it is essential to allow sound effects.
Elite: Dangerous is considered one of the most interesting projects in the near future, with hopeful expectations for a PC launch in 2014, although it could be quite tight. At the moment, the MMO, which hovers somewhere between the genre worlds, is in its third beta phase.
And now we wish you a lot of fun with the “Making-of” video that gives a behind-the-scenes look.
