Anyone who reads this blog will know that I love independent games developers. They are the only ones with the guts to release novel game designs or new games which focus on good gameplay and not cinematic cut-sequences *gasps with shock* I know, it's crazy stuff!
Anyway, check out Kerbal Space Program. This is an incredibly ambitious project, which is already showing mind boggling results.
The game won't work on my laptop, but a friend of mine has purchased it and I look forward to hearing how he gets on. I believe he's managed to get one thing into orbit. I wonder how soon until he builds a capital class interplanetary spaceship? A few weeks maybe... I'll await news and update you soon.
I should speak a little about the game, or at least what I've seen of it from youtube clips, which there are many and they are insanely incredible!
Kerbal Space Program gives the player access to all the various components that can be used to make shuttles, rockets, satellites, space stations, jet aircraft, anything that flies really with space travel in mind - their are jet engines for atmospheric flight, so people have used them for atmospheric aircraft. The game engine uses a remarkably realistic physics engine and actually getting a basic satellite into orbit will require a player to construct quite a complex and powerful rocket to get it there!
I don't think I can really do it justice by being descriptive, just take a look at the website and then go straight to youtube. People have built massive space stations, bases on other planets, capital ships, all launched in whole or parts from a single space base on the home planet, which I've forgotten the name of.
Take a look!
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