I am very few people, I want a Morrowind style game. Article by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell at Rock, Paper, Shotgunhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-the-checkl...
I think a map, a compass (like one you have to hold next to a map) and certain land markers to help establish position would do well even now in gaming. Maybe have something like a North Star would also do wonders for navigating at night and helping immerse the player. Make use of sunstones as well for when there's cloud cover during the day. It could be a whole thing instead of using map markers. Now sometimes there's issues with finding where something is at and it could lead to some inaccessibility, but at least in TES they have an in universe solution with magic. To add maybe you could use something like a loaf of bread in a dungeon to mark where you've been, or if in a forest, can peel away bark that'll stay like that until the tree is chopped down and regrown. There's a plethora of ways we could do navigation these days, but IDK maybe it's deadlines and such that hamper the creativity. I know for myself, when I play Minecraft, I make a lava beacon to find my base of operations when I've been diggy diggy holing for way too long and I finally breach the surface again, and during my spelunking I place torches on either the left or right and keep on using only that side so if I want to backtrack to the surface its ez pee zee.
I've not played Sub Nautica before but have watched Markiplier play, it does look really fun
Also also, haven't watched the vid or read the article in question but it has come up on my browser before when I've got a new tab. Low key how I found the sub waaay back.
I think a map, a compass (like one you have to hold next to a map) and certain land markers to help establish position would do well even now in gaming. Maybe have something like a North Star would also do wonders for navigating at night and helping immerse the player. Make use of sunstones as well for when there's cloud cover during the day. It could be a whole thing instead of using map markers. Now sometimes there's issues with finding where something is at and it could lead to some inaccessibility, but at least in TES they have an in universe solution with magic. To add maybe you could use something like a loaf of bread in a dungeon to mark where you've been, or if in a forest, can peel away bark that'll stay like that until the tree is chopped down and regrown. There's a plethora of ways we could do navigation these days, but IDK maybe it's deadlines and such that hamper the creativity. I know for myself, when I play Minecraft, I make a lava beacon to find my base of operations when I've been diggy diggy holing for way too long and I finally breach the surface again, and during my spelunking I place torches on either the left or right and keep on using only that side so if I want to backtrack to the surface its ez pee zee.
I've not played Sub Nautica before but have watched Markiplier play, it does look really fun
Also also, haven't watched the vid or read the article in question but it has come up on my browser before when I've got a new tab. Low key how I found the sub waaay back.