This time your challenge is to land on an asteroid. And not explode
The makers behindKerbal Space Programare teaming up with NASA to create an educational version of their popular rocket-building sim. I say “rocket-building sim” whenKSPis more of a “build a cool rocket and watch it crash in spectacular fashion” sim. With the aid of Teacher Gaming LLC, the team behindKSPis going to make an educational version of the game to promote engineering and science. Oh, and NASA’s 2025 mission to land astronauts on an asteroid.
That will be the goal of a new mission pack that is in development in association with the agency which will challengeKSPplayers to the limit. What’s put me off the base game (and a lot of Steam Early Access titles) is the seeming lack of any goal apart from the ones you make yourself. With clear missions and set goals, that might offset my wariness.
What’s really interesting aboutCharlie Hall’s feature on Polygonis finding out that Squad isn’t even a traditional developer — it’s a Mexico City-based marketing company. Lead developer Felipe Falanghe had grown frustrated working on marketing projects and had threatened to quit. However he was given time instead to work on a prototype ofKerbal Space Programand the rest is history.
To The Mun And Back: Kerbal Space Program[Polygon]
