Creator Killer: Wally Pfister, once an accomplished and popular cinematographer, has since been relegated into directing comedic TV shows and shorts such as The Tick (2016) thanks to this movie bombing. It didn't help that his regular collaborator Christopher Nolan, who brought in Hoyte van Hoytema to replace Pfister on Interstellar while Pfister worked on this film, chose to stick with Hoytema on Dunkirk and future projects.
Playing Against Type: Johnny Depp is known for playing hammish and eccentric characters, especially in the last decade. In here, he's assuming one of his most subdued and realistic roles to date. Very subdued.
Development Hell: It took seven years for the game to get from initial announcement to a 1.0 release. Now that George has returned to full-time game development, the pace of development has picked up significantly.
A number of stations and ships appear in the game's resources that are unused. Since then, modders have taken to including them.
The game's code also means that any item above Level XII will never be available for sale. At least until the game itself is expanded beyond the Heretic system.
Running the Asylum: Official extensions are both considered canon and made by the community.
What Could Have Been: The concept art on the official site depicts ink drawings of ships take look startlingly similar to the ones in game. However, this is played straight with several ships which have been remodeled multiple times or even outright replaced (or never made it into the game in the first place).
