Bioluminescence (please!)

psimonk · 2012-03-05, 03:26 PM

Seeing some of the new shots of the interesting looking trees, and considering some of the nighttime footage of how stations are lit we have seen so far have got me thinking.

I started thinking how amazing it would be if there were certain areas or continents that were lit up with bioluminescence, not unlike the scenes in Avatar at night. Some areas maybe just a lone tree with glowing fruit, some others maybe almost as bright as the daytime. I'm trying to think of some tactical reasons to put it in there but to be honest I just think it would look amazing. Perhaps this is something we may see in the future?

UnknownDT · 2012-03-05, 03:27 PM

Gettin all Avatar'ish up in this piece!

Mirror · 2012-03-05, 03:33 PM

SUBARU · 2012-03-05, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by psimonk

Seeing some of the new shots of the interesting looking trees, and considering some of the nighttime footage of how stations are lit we have seen so far have got me thinking.

I started thinking how amazing it would be if there were certain areas or continents that were lit up with bioluminescence, not unlike the scenes in Avatar at night. Some areas maybe just a lone tree with glowing fruit, some others maybe almost as bright as the daytime. I'm trying to think of some tactical reasons to put it in there but to be honest I just think it would look amazing. Perhaps this is something we may see in the future?

Are you a 10 year old girl by chance?

Vancha · 2012-03-05, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by SUBARU

Are you a 10 year old girl by chance?

Yeah, 10 year old girls are known for their love of bioluminescence!

Seriously? Have you seen the deep-sea creatures that glow and light up? How is that anything but coolness that should be immediately put into the game?

Knocky · 2012-03-05, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by SUBARU

Are you a 10 year old girl by chance?

Are you frikken kidding me?

Have you never heard of Computer case mods? Hell these days you dont even have to mod your case. All mine are glowing blue. Actually my first I went over board and had to turn off my....

This thing just went too far over the top. As long as they dont go overboard, glowing flora would be awesome at night.

Graywolves · 2012-03-05, 05:37 PM

Everything should glow in the dark. That would be really cool. We could have glowsticks and a rave by a tower.

Redshift · 2012-03-05, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Graywolves

Everything should glow in the dark. That would be really cool. We could have glowsticks and a rave by a tower.

glow sticks... cashshop... nuff said

RedKnights · 2012-03-05, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

glow sticks... cashshop... nuff said

Hell Yes.

But yea I love the idea of the glowing forest! That would be so frikken cool and be a great demo of the engine!!

Why isn't this in the IDEA thread?

Saintlycow · 2012-03-05, 03:38 PM

Bioluminent tree and plant continent

VioletZero · 2012-03-05, 03:45 PM

Never seen avatar, but I like this idea.

I especially love glowing mushrooms.

Could be like a thick jungle continent.

Hmr85 · 2012-03-05, 03:47 PM

It would make for interesting gameplay at night time. It would also make for some stunning beautiful screenshots.

DviddLeff · 2012-03-05, 03:51 PM

Also some handy cover for the luminescent VS :P

Sirisian · 2012-03-05, 03:53 PM

Looks like a light to me from the image. I assume that's what they are for night time. Props to whoever designed it.

Geist · 2012-03-05, 04:01 PM

I think it would be great if there was a few alien landscapes on Auraxis. What if this glowing continent was always dark? Like permanent cloud cover or something, which is why all these glowing plants exist. I think perpetual night fighting would be great.

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