Galaxy generation image - Infinity: The Quest for Earth Game

Its our galaxy, also know as the milkyway. Every dot you see is a star, and there are more than 100 billion of them. Unless you fly very very far out you probably won't be able to see it like this.

You might see it like this in the 3D map we are planning for Infinity.

Thanks for responding, but I was actually meant to ask what it was in an in-game context. That is, isn't a solar system randomly generated when a player enters it? So what exactly is "Galaxy Generation?"

In order to enter a solar system, you have to go there first, so the game needs to know the locations of the stars to know when you have entered the system

Yeah something like that, and there's a big difference between randomly generated and procedurally generated.
From the FAQ:

Procedural generation is not at all the same than random generation. In fact, it's pretty much the opposite: it's all about recreating the same data providing the same inputs. "Seeds" numbers are given to objects, so as long as an object has the same seed than before, it will be recreated exactly like before, with the exact same details, down to the millimeter level.
Synchronization between multiple players is ensured by making the server transfer the same object's seed to all players who are able to see or interact with this object. So all players will see the same procedurally generated object, like a planet, with the same details.

Really? I always thought random and procedural were basically the same on a computer since there really is no such thing as random in computers. This is kind of a pain in the ass though. Random is so much quicker to type. It's shorter and more phonetic.

Hahaha. Yes. Yes it might. :D

and you have people who claim it will be easy to find Earth because they found a map of our galaxy on google LOL!

It's unknown for now, but a good fraction of them.

Hey, even if it's only a small fraction, a small fraction of 200 billion is still quite a few :)