

Ahaha oh I do love Data Analysis, it's even in my name!

There's something just so satisfying about fitting out your ship with all sorts of sensors and equipment and then getting that data back home for analysis.

9.īajo! I personally like how there's such a focus on doing experiments. Let's get into orbit and do some real science!Īhahah, affirmative, so here's a little science ship I prepared for us! Prepare for countdown. But we didn't start a space program just to sit around on the launch pad. It definitely encourages you to consider how re-usable your rocket designs are and that is a big consideration in real space programs. That's clever how it gives you back funds for parts you can recover. Easy data! Also, with your ship fully intact on the launch pad you can recover all the parts for no cost! Efficient science is good science!

You could even just take a crew report and do a study on the mystery goo while you're on the launch pad. Well Hex, our own backyard is a great place to start experimenting. But at the moment we barely have any parts so we can only build very basic ships, so we're not going to get very far with these. Yeah, some might feel a little lost at times and think 'what do I do now?' But it's great that they give you such freedom to approach the sandbox anyway you like! You just set yourself a goal, like getting to the moon, and you try and accomplish it. Hmm, that feels a little unguided, but I guess the contracts do ease you into gradually exploring more complex ideas and missions. By simply reaching new destinations and doing experiments you'll be granted veritable bounties of data and funds! Or you could just set out on your own missions. However you like Bajo! There are various contracts to take on such as testing equipment or ferrying tourists into space, which can provide science and funds upon completion. Alright Darren, let's get us some sweet scientific data and funding! Uhh, how do we get us some sweet data and funding? Ohh so it's like a business manager too? That's cool. Then we can build craft sophisticated enough to take us safely to the moon and beyond. Our overall mission is to gather scientific data and secure enough funding to research more advanced technologies. Unacceptable! I need you and Bajo to know what you're doing if you're going to launch me into a Black Hole.įine, walk us through setting up our space program.Īhaha, ok, so this is our space centre where we'll build our various hangers, launch pads, administrative and scientific buildings. Let's just start up the sandbox mode and quickly build a ship to get us there without the whole space program. So I'd say this is more for older spawnlings or at least those willing to put in the time to learn. Still, it's all pretty advanced stuff and it took us awhile to get our head around the controls and some of the concepts. Planning out such manoeuvres without them would be extremely complicated! For humans at least. You just place them on your trajectory and use them to figure out your next move, like when and where you need to fire your engines if you want to get to the moon.Īffirmative. Yeah, and these manoeuvre nodes are life savers. Yeah, the game manages to take some pretty big science-y ideas and concepts and make them surprisingly accessible! We've looked at it several times before as it has been available in early form since 2011, but it just finally reached version 1.0, that is to say, it's finished.
#Kerbal space program game play sips simulator
Alright guys, before we launch Darren into the black hole V404-Cygni it's time to run our test mission - a manned mission to the moon in Kerbal Space Program.Īhaha, Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars! Kerbal Space Program is a simulator where you design your own ships and develop your own Space Program.
