Appearance of alien artefacts

[TN_Creator]

The first thing that comes to my mind is some sort of old-school japanese rpg character in a bubble. But that seems a bit off-topic in factorio

So i'm wondering if i'm seeing this totally wrong or if this is some sort of easter-egg, or early developpement thing that stayed here.

[Koub]

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[zytukin]

it sorta reminds me of the graphics from a different game.


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Anybody under the age of 20 probably wont know.

[ShizukaMiyuki]

I dunno why, but I see Link in there from Nintendo's Legend of Zelda.

[KatherineOfSky]

Personally, I LIKE the appearance of the Alien Artifacts -- being (relatively) a single color, and a bright one, they stand out, even at further zoom levels, enabling one to easily see if they have all been collected from destroyed structures.

[bloodargon]

it sorta reminds me of the graphics from a different game.

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This post actually compelled me to register. Descent 1 or 2. I enjoyed 3 a lot Im 23 btw.
Iv never really understood the alien artifact look either. You'd think it'd be some kind of slime ball.

[zytukin]

it sorta reminds me of the graphics from a different game.

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Anybody under the age of 20 probably wont know.

This post actually compelled me to register. Descent 1 or 2. I enjoyed 3 a lot Im 23 btw.
Iv never really understood the alien artifact look either. You'd think it'd be some kind of slime ball.

Yep!
I loved those games when I was younger.

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[TN_Creator]

it sorta reminds me of the graphics from a different game.


A cookie for whoever can name the game(s) these are from.
Anybody under the age of 20 probably wont know.

Descent, of course I loved that game!

[zytukin]

1-3 used to be available on Steam and GoG
But they were removed due to licensing issues between Interplay and Parallax.
However, the games stay in your library if you had already bought them (at least, on steam they do)


The people who made the original games formed a new company called Revival Productions and are making a Descent Prequel called Descent: Underground using the company name Descendant Studios. At least, I think it's the same people, otherwise there might be some copyright issues because the new company supposedly is going to be making a Descent game.

[ratchetfreak]

1-3 used to be available on Steam and GoG
But they were removed due to licensing issues between Interplay and Parallax.
However, the games stay in your library if you had already bought them (at least, on steam they do)


The people who made the original games formed a new company called Revival Productions and are making a Descent Prequel called Descent: Underground using the company name Descendant Studios. At least, I think it's the same people, otherwise there might be some copyright issues because the new company supposedly is going to be making a Descent game.

copyright doesn't stay with the team members; instead it gets transferred to the company or publisher depending on the contract.

[Xterminator]

It's pretty creepy to me. Haha It looks like a monkey or baby human face. O.o