It’s sometimes pretty, sometimes nostalgic, and sometimes impressive.
I’m glad to idly visit them in my Twitter feed.
This low-resolution prerendering created a fascinating mix of “This looks amazing!”
and “This looks bad!”
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I like how many rolling landscapes have the telltale look of Terragen.
Watching Skybox Satellite, I am surprised by quite how many good cities were out there.
Something hellish about this view over Paris.
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I think the fake buildings in this Day Of Defeat skybox (from dod_avalanche?)
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I think one key to a good skybox is a kick of fog.
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Fog both builds a mood and obscures limitations of the low-resolution images, yeah?
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This murk reminds me of those monochromatic holograms from the 90s?
Like thehologram of the Lindow Manin the British Museum.
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Clouds are often the strongest part of a skybox, some beautiful vibes.
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And combining clouds with murk for night skies?
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And combining night skies with water?
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Or gazing up at celestial phenomena in the night sky.
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Hell, go into that night sky, just blast off to some alien planet.
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Or cower beneath an alien sun.
We never see the map which used the sky, only the skybox itself.
Skybox Satellite doesn’t even name maps, only the skybox filename.
I do sometimes enjoy guessing at what their home maps might have been.
From the name and view, I assume this was the view out the windows of an underwater base.
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But did these futurefactory innards loom massive over a map?
I want to know, but I don’t want to know.
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Some, I… Or was this used by Nickelodeon idents?
I can’t quite place the style but do remember seeing a lot of it.
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Travel safe, little probe.
Dokeep an eye on it.
