Key Takeaways
- A No Man's Sky fan sets their iPhone alerts to match No Man's Sky in-game sounds.
- Customized phone alerts like "Technology Recharged" or "Incoming Storm" remind the player of the game.
- With new updates and content, now is a good time to dive into No Man's Sky's vast, procedurally generated universe.
One No Man's Sky player has discovered an inventive way to bring the space exploration title into their everyday life using recorded phone alerts. The alerts bring the game to life, sounding when a specific situation occurs. Fans of No Man's Sky can easily use this method to experience a bit of space in their day-to-day life.
Set in a world where space travel is common among the three races, No Man's Sky is a massive open-world game filled with planets just waiting to be explored. It has survival mechanics like base building, combat, ship combat, a plethora of discoveries to make, and languages to learn. Throughout the experience, players will often hear electronic alerts, letting them know when money is made, a blueprint is learned, or they've run out of inventory space, helping them stay on track while they explore new systems.
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Many No Man's Sky players can agree that the electronic alerts received during the game are a well-known part of the game. Posted on the r/NoMansSkyTheGame subreddit by user SuperMario62Mario, the alert for Technology Recharged was set as an iPhone sound when their phone reached 80%. How the recording was obtained isn't included, but the specific phone settings are shown in the different screenshots of the post. This is a simple and creative way to bring No Man's Sky to life outside VR or constantly playing the title.
No Man's Sky Player Sets Phone Alert to In-Game Sound
Other posters on the thread came up with additional recordings that fans of the game could use. From using "No Free Space in Inventory" for a low storage alert to having a specialized sound for storms using the "Warning: Incoming Storm" alert to "Units Received" when a payment is received via an app, the options are almost endless.
While the post focuses on iOS systems, Android users are able to set custom recorded sounds as alerts. Suggestions for third-party programs were frequent in the thread. Not only that, but anecdotes on what the alerts remind players of were rampant. From needing to find Ferrite after charging or the barrage of chimes when learning a large amount of blueprints at once, the post is an homage to the impact No Man's Sky has had since launch, pushing past the initial troubles the title was met with.
For those who haven't begun their space adventure yet, this is a good time to dive in. With the release of No Man's Sky Worlds Part 1 update and the second part on the horizon, the game is in the best state with the most content. Not only have planets been refreshed with new fauna and flora added, but there's a chance of a new type of star system coming in the future.
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No Man's Sky
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe.
Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery.
No Man's Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe's mysterious existence.
How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets.
The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
Adventure
Action
Survival
Systems
- Top Critic Rating:72/100 Critics Recommend:36%
- Platform(s)
- Switch , PC , Xbox One , Xbox Series S , Xbox Series X , PS4 , PS5
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Engine
- Proprietary
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood
- How Long To Beat
- 30 Hours
- X|S Enhanced
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 13 GB (April 2022)
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- Video Games
- No Man's Sky
- PC Gaming
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