"We've had plenty of examples of people in the community who, from the game, it's grown their passion for space and astrophysics, to the point where they've actually gone and studied it and now work for NASA or ESA." "So the community that it gathers, it really is heavily laden with people who are interested in space exploration, physics, all that kind of scientific endeavor."Īs Leighton noted, it also works the other way around. "It gives you the opportunity to try and do stuff that real space programs do," said Tregoning. Credit: Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition Happy accidents Kerbal Space Program was intended to entertain space nerds, but it's also creating them. Many are still playing Kerbal Space Program 10 years later as they anticipate the sequel’s release, including Tregoning and fellow co-lead engineer Jamie Leighton, who both began as fans. This commitment to realism has garnered Kerbal Space Program a dedicated fanbase of virtual astronauts, whose fascination with space has been nurtured by the game's basis in relative reality - actual physics and actual science. What sets Kerbal Space Program apart is that it’s heavily based in science fact rather than science fiction, using a physics simulation that’s as realistic as its developers can manage with only the power of a home computer. Released on June 24, 2011, the sandbox game lets players build spacecraft and launch enthusiastic green creatures called Kerbals into space - often with more failures than successes. It makes sense considering that spacefaring is what Kerbal Space Program is all about. There are still many mysteries hidden in our oceans of course, but that prospect simply isn't as exciting for Squad as the pull of deep space. "It's the one great exploration frontier that still remains, right?" said co-lead engineer David Tregoning in an interview with Mashable. Kerbal Space Program 2 is currently targeting a launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.It seems fairly unanimous among Kerbal Space Program's development team, Squad, that, given the opportunity, they'd definitely go to space. It was originally due to release in 2020, but has seen its fair share of development drama, most notably when publisher Private Division cancelled its contract with Kerbal Space Program 2's now-defunct original developer Star Theory Games to move work to a specially formed in-house studio - which it reportedly established by poaching Star Theory's team. Squad will now join developer Intercept Games as it continues work on Kerbal Space Program 2 for a planned 2022 launch - the latest release window given to the sequel following repeated delays.
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And while the studio notes it "may still release a minor patch here and there when needed", it warns that "bug fixing for the original game will be slowed down significantly from now on."
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Following the release of Kerbal Space Program's 1.12.2 update earlier this week, Squad officially brought the curtain down on development, telling players the patch marked both the end of work on 1.12 update, "as well as the sustained development of the original KSP".įrom this point on, Squad is "shifting gears towards the development of" Kerbal Space Program 2.
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