By Gergő Molnár
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// Imagine this, as you are discovering and exploring the almost endless universe and possibilities of the game No Man's Sky, and as you encounter the countless lifeforms on your journey, scanning them and reading about them in your 'Discovery Menu,' you start to wonder: "How these creatures truly live their lives on these worlds?". And now Imagine that you get the opportunity to read a writing about this topic that was written from an in-universe perspective.
And this is what the 'A Research of No Man's Sky' or A.R.N.M.S for short is
A.R.N.M.S is an ongoing speculative biology and worldbuilding project that explores the biology, ecology, and natural history of the animals and plants on the various planets in the game No Man's Sky. Now, every planet in the game only holds a handful of animal and plant species that the player can see and interact with.
Because of this, I'm also covering some lifeforms that I call "Secondary/Referred Fauna and Flora"(click here to learn more).
Of course, I'm not going to cover all planets and their respective lifeforms, that's because of just how many planets are in the game (approximately: 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 or 16^16 to be exact) and with the scope of the project, covering all planets are would be an impossible task to do. \\
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// Huge and special thanks to: ApatheticApe and FraustyToes who supported me mentally, helped with constructive criticisms, and partially inspiring me to create the project. To 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 who helped me with the production by creating some of the screenshots of rare faunas and their hard-to-find phenotypes! And last, but certainly not least to the members of the Biodiverse discord server with their constructive criticisms about the project.\\
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// If you find this project interesting, then make sure to check out the "Apathetic Apes Documentaries" YouTube channel and the series "An Interloper's Guide to the Euclid Galaxy". \\
The 'A Research of No Man's Sky' is an ongoing speculative biology project based on the video game No Man's Sky.
All images featured in the project are taken/made by me (Gergő Molnár) or other community members (names are highlighted on the respective pages).
Do NOT use without permission!
No Man's Sky is the property of Hello Games. The A.R.N.M.S. project is not associated with Hello Games!