There IS an end to the game and that's the centre of the universe. I think it's going to be an ironic discovery. In a game that has used procedural generation to solve a problem, we'll discover that the universe and US are in fact procedurally generated. Once you've discovered the centre of the universe you can carry on just like you can in GTA.

I could be wrong, but I thought I read that the whole universe is procedural generated, but it will be the same for everyone. I would then assume you can upload your data to a server and you could find other people's planets. They talked about meeting other humans (not sure if they mean NPCs or other gamers).

I feel like we will be all in the same galaxy. I think it was a one time procedureal generation that created the galaxy (they did not have time to craft a billion planets by hand)

Well they use a procedural system similar to the system used back in the 90s in certain games like Daggerfall and Virtual Hydlide.  Basically, it's a mathematical equation/formula that generates the world (the world being based on the equation's result).  As such, the world is always the same but the data for whole planet sized levels is never saved.  Basically, there is no file for the planets just the resources used to make the planet.   So as you approach the planet it is generated, but since the generation is based on math it is always the same.

ya like I said, except I think they will save certain data point. Like the beacons. When you aproach a planet it will procedurally generate, then very specific things will load. When use a beacon, it saves, sends my save to the server. When someone else goes to that planet at some point it will load what I did at said beacon. They seemed to indicate people would come across your discoveries. 

Yea, that's what i'm trying to figure out.

With your gun. I'm pretty sure there are other ways but that's the only one we've actually seen so far.

It will take time

That's how I've interpreted it too. You discover a planet and it's been procedurally generated. You name your discovered planet (otherwise it assigns a name) and sends your data to the server based on your actions at said planet. The next player that sees this planet can't change the name and whilst the planet is procedurally generated, the results of the previous player/discoverers actions are loaded from the server and plain to see.

They're a small Indie studio and I get the distinct feeling they're not sure how to market this game. It seems to me they'd rather players discover the intricacies of the game themselves and be surprised than them telling you about them before hand.

If the game has you competing for space exploration against everyone else that has the game it will be epic. If it just a solo thing it will be fun for a while. I will get it either way, but if it is the former the game could be huge.